GLAM/Wikifying a Conference

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This is the companion site for the book Wikifying a Conference (July 2026), by Tamsin Braisher and Mike Dickison. The book has resources and tips for Wikipedians wanting to work in a conference or meeting. This page is linked from the book and contains all the URLs mentioned. The project pages, with links to the three events Wikified for the project, are on English Wikipedia.

A PDF of the book is available on Wikimedia Commons. This PDF has clickable links and blank pages have been removed. It is not a press-ready printing copy, but can be freely shared and reused under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International licence. If you're interested in translating the book into another language or republishing a selection of the text, the licence permits this; contact us for source files.

Links in book

• Colophon: https://creativecommons.org/ for the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence information.
• Page 4: The GLAM project space is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Projects
• Page 6: Zenodo.org is an open data repository that is able to assign a DOI to an uploaded document. For a video on the WIki Tool see File:Using the Wiki List tool.webm
• Page 7: Sample events in Wikidata: 27th International Congress of History of Science and Technology (Q131313813), International Congress of History of Science and Technology (Q130321855)
• Page 15: Create an author template for Commons; more about the VRT process
• Page 20: The Commons Voice Intro project
• Page 28: Scholia for the 27th International Congress of History of Science and Technology: https://qlever.scholia.wiki/event/Q131313813
• Page 29: Tutorial on uploading images to Commons with Open Refine
• Page 30: Plan your reporting: Programs & Events dashboard, GLAMorgan tool
• Page 33: The WikiPortraits initiative

Image credits

See Commons Category:Wikifying a Conference (2026) for images used in the book and a PDF.

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  Front cover: Empty conference venue • Royal Society Te Apārangi • CC BY 3.0
• Page 2: Mike and Tamsin at ICHST 2025 07.jpg • Hillmenco (Sophie Sparrow) • CC BY-SA 4.0 International
• Page 3: Conference badges • Royal Society Te Apārangi • CC BY 4.0 International
• Page 4: Albion Press at Printopia • Mike Dickison • CC BY 4.0 International
• Page 7: Printopia 2024 by Tatiana Harper.jpg • Tatiana Harper • CC BY-SA 4.0 International
• Page 9: NZCFS 2024 National Conference logo.jpg • New Zealand China Freedom Society • Public domain
• Page 10: Conference lanyards with Wiki washi tape • Tamsin Braisher • CC BY 4.0 International
• Page 11: Conference catering • Royal Society Te Apārangi • CC BY 4.0 International
• Page 12: Brochure stand • Tamsin Braisher • CC BY 4.0 International
• Page 13: ICHST website screenshot • Hamish Spencer • CC BY-SA 4.0 International

  

• Page 13: Tamsin's embroidered jacket • Jonny Knopp for WANZ • CC BY-SA 4.0 International
• Page 13: Ask Me badge • Mike Dickison • CC BY 4.0 International (Wikipedia20 globe CC0)
• Page 13: Wikipedia editor t-shirt made with fabric marker • Tamsin Braisher • CC BY 4.0 International
• Page 14: Printopia 2024 by Tatiana Harper • Tatiana Harper • CC BY-SA 4.0 International
• Page 15: Dean Carruthers photographing Catherine Bishop MRD • Mike Dickison • CC BY 4.0 International
• Page 16: Tamsin Braisher photo set up, Underlit, With bounced light• all Mike Dickison • CC BY 4.0 International

  

• Page 17: University of Otago Wellington staff with badges, and without badges, both Mike Dickison • CC BY 4.0 International
• Page 18: WANZ swag • Mike Dickison • CC BY 4.0
• Page 19: Washi tape and Washi taped badge • Mike Dickison • CC BY 4.0 International
• Page 20: Tamsin and ICHST attendee • Hillmenco • CC BY-SA 4.0 International

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  Page 20: Julia Galef • BrainDad • CC BY-SA 4.0 International
• Page 21: Marta Hanson • Mike Dickison • CC BY 4.0 International
• Page 21: Te Pae convention centre • Royal Society Te Apārangi • CC BY 4.0 International
• Page 22: What do you tell your students about Wikipedia? • Mike Dickison • CC BY 4.0 International
• Page 23 and 24 (cropped): Sketchnotes from ICHST • Mike Dickison • CC BY 4.0 International
• Page 25: Conference room chairs • Barbiere1138 • CC BY SA 3.0
• Page 26: Printopia category screenshot images: Printopia table • Tatiana Harper • CC BY-SA 4.0 International; Albion press, Albion press, Albion press, Albion press 2, Albion press 3, Albion press printing 1, Albion press printing 2, all Mike Dickison • CC BY 4.0 International
• Page 28: Headshots in screenshot: Simone Turchetti, Doubravka Olšáková • both Mike Dickison • CC BY 4.0 International
• Page 29: 3 images in OpenRefine from Royal Society Te Apārangi honours in 2025: Tahu Hera Kukutai award, Carolyn King award, Jacinta Ruru team award • all Royal Society Te Aparangi • CC BY 4.0 International
• Page 29: PattyPan logo • Rickterto • CC BY-SA 4.0, OpenRefine logo • openrefine.org • public domain
• Page 30: Thumbnail image from ICHST and Wikipedians at ICHST 2025 • both Hillmenco • CC BY-SA 4.0 International
• Page 31: Printopia volunteers 2024.jpg • Tatiana Harper • CC BY-SA 4.0 International
• Page 32: OMS150 Otago Wellington team MRD 04.jpg • Mike Dickison • CC BY 4.0 International

Other resources

• https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikifying_a_conference
• https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Covers_Events

Bonus content

• The A5 handouts we mention in the book can be found here (and their editable text here)
• Are you looking for good reasons to wikify a conference that you can present to conference organisers? We have a list.

Media

• Blog post about the book by Anton Protsiuk (in Ukranian)
• This Month in GLAM about Wikifying a Conference
• Education Newsletter about the Wikifying a Conference book launch
• This Month in GLAM post (September 2026) by Australian editors using the handbook to Wikify a conference