City of Sydney

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It has long been acknowledged there is a lack of diversity among Wikipedia content and contributors.

City of Sydney has joined the movement to help remedy Wikipedia's imbalance and bias in the diversity of voices.

Since 2020, City of Sydney Libraries have been hosting edit-a-thons to increase and improve content relevant to diverse communities. These have included events focused on Paralympics and First Nations, as well as adding images from the City Archives to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia.

== Events ==

===== '''An introduction to Wikipedia + Wikidata 2022''' =====
Across two sessions, Wikimedians Toby Hudson and Ann Reynolds presented an introduction to Wikipedia and Wikidata at Sydney's Darling Square Library.

Dates:

* An introduction to Wikidata - August 2022
* Hands on history: an introduction to Wikipedia - September 2022
* An introduction to Wikidata - October 2022
* An introduction to Wikipedia - November 2022

Project pages and Dashboards:

* [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/City_of_Sydney/Introduction_to_Wikidata_(August) August Dashboard] 
* [[w:Wikipedia:GLAM/Australian_libraries_and_WP/Events/City_of_Sydney_Hands_on_history|September Project Page]]
* [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/City_of_Sydney/Hands_on_history_-_an_introduction_to_Wikipedia_(September) September Dashboard]
[https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2022/Contents/Australia_report Read the August 2022 event report here].

===== Paralympics Wikipedia edit-a-thon - September 2021 =====

Highly decorated Paralympian and passionate advocate Sarah Stewart addressed the edit-a-thon about the importance of diverse voices in documenting Australian Paralympic history. 

Editing was led by Tony Naar, Greg Blood and Ross Mallet who manage the Australian Paralympic History Project. Wikipedia editors Toby Hudson and Caddie Brain supported participants to improve articles about Paralympians and the Paralympic Games. They edited nearly 70 pages, updating images, results and stories from the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Australian_libraries_and_WP/Events/City_of_Sydney_Paralympics_editathon Project page]
* [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/City_of_Sydney/Paralympics_Wikipedia_edit-a-thon/home Event Dashboard]

===== First Nations Wikipedia edit-a-thon - July 2021 =====

Initially planned for the Redfern Community Centre, the First Nations edit-a-thon was instead held online in July 2021. Led by Kirsten Thorpe and Nathan “Mudyi” Sentance, participants improved articles of importance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities on Wikipedia. Kirsten’s professional and research interests relate to Indigenous self-determination in libraries and archives. Nathan works to ensure that the cultural and historical narratives conveyed by memory institutions are being told and controlled by First Nations people. They were supported by experienced Wikipedia editors Toby Hudson and Caddie Brain.

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Australian_libraries_and_WP/Events/City_of_Sydney_First_Nations Project page]
* [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/City_of_Sydney/Paralympics_Wikipedia_edit-a-thon/home Event Dashboard]

===== Picture This edit-a-thon - May 2021 =====

For May's Picture This edit-a-thon, city historians Dr Lisa Murray and Laila Ellmoos joined Wikimedians Toby Hudson and Ann Reynolds to improve Sydney-specific Wikipedia articles with historic images sourced from the City Archives collection. Participants learnt about copyright laws and added new images to articles relating to Sydney and its people.

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Australian_libraries_and_WP/Events/City_of_Sydney_Picture_This Project page]
* [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/City_of_Sydney/Paralympics_Wikipedia_edit-a-thon/home Event Dashboard]

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