Wikimedia Australia June 2024 Update
This month’s news and happenings include special announcements, inspirational projects and new events.
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News
Submissions are open for WikiCon Australia 2024
Submissions are now open for WikiCon Australia 2024. We encourage submissions from anyone interested in Wikipedia and its sister projects, with special consideration given to the work of Wikimedians in Australian, South East Asia and the Pacific regions. Further information about the submission process and travel scholarships are available on meta-wiki.
WikiCon Registrations open
Registrations have opened for this year's WikiCon to be held on 23rd November, at the Ibis Hotel in Adelaide South Australia. In addition to the conference itself, we are planning a few social pre and post event activities that we’d love to invite you along to! To help with catering and bookings, head to Humanitix to register your WikiCon attendance.
Understanding the Gender Balancing Process in Wikipedia Editors’ Community
Wikipedia editors (including professional staff) are invited to join an online interview for a study by the University of Queensland and made possible with a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation. The purpose of the study is to understand how gender balance has been taken into account in the Wikipedia editorial process and decisions, as well as how a tool could be best designed to support this process. Contact Tianwa Chen to take part.
Learn how to edit and upload to Wikimedia Commons with OpenRefine
"OpenRefine is a free data wrangling tool that can be used to process, manipulate and clean tabular (spreadsheet) data and connect it with knowledge bases ("spreadsheets on steroids" / "a swiss army knife for data")." Learn how.
What's been happening
Events
- Introducing Wikipedia: A free online workshop - July 2024 — Wednesday 3 July 2024
Wikipedia content is created and edited worldwide by volunteer contributors - come and learn how - Franklin Women Women in STEM edit-a-thon - Sydney — Wednesday 24 July 2024
#WomenInSTEMM edit-a-thon in Sydney with Franklin Women - Franklin Women Women in STEM edit-a-thon - Canberra — Thursday 25 July 2024
#WomenInSTEMM edit-a-thon in Canberra with Franklin Women
Wikimedia
Other things from around the web:
- WikiFauna - Wikipedia
- Improving millions of files on Wikimedia Commons with Flickypedia Backfillr Bot - Flickr.org
- ‘We’re writing history’: Spanish women tackle Wikipedia’s gender gap - The Guardian
- Visions of AI in Popular Culture Report is out - Wikimedia Brussels
- AI for the people: How machines can help humans improve Wikipedia - Diff
- New Policy paper on public domain heritage - Communia Association