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31 May 2024, Ali Smith.

This month’s news and happenings include special announcements, inspirational projects and new events.

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News

ESEAP Conference

ESEAP Conference 2024

From 10 to 12 May, nearly 150 Wikimedians from East, South East Asia and the Pacific (ESEAP) came together for the 2024 ESEAP Conference. Facilitated by Wikimedia Malaysia, the conference took place in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, and online, with several Australian community members taking part. We look forward to hearing more about their news and experiences. In the meantime, you can view the conference presentations and photos on Wikimedia Commons.

Northern Territory Environment Wiki Project Partner update

Over 100 images have been added to Wikimedia Commons in the last few months as part of the Northern Territory Environment Wiki Project. Recently added images have included stunning photos of white naped honeyeaters and lesser sand plovers, and also documented the habits of turtles nesting in the sand at Lee Point. Images that have been added to Wikimedia Commons have then, where possible, been shared across to Wikipedia to add context to Wikipedia articles - like this one from the Northern Territory Herbarium collection. Read more about the project.

Central Australian images on Wikimedia Commons The Anton Faymann Collection is now on Wikimedia Commons thanks to the amazing staff at Alice Springs Public Library. 85 images taken primarily in Alice Springs (Mparntwe) by Anton Faymann from 1957 and 1958, have made their way onto Wikimedia Commons and been added to Wikipedia pages.

Biodiversity Heritage Library Project Partner update Over the last few months Jack Eastaugh and Nicole Kearney have been digitising and updating information about the social and ecological heritage of Victoria on Wikipedia. As a 2024 Project Partner, they have sought to deepen our understanding of the role that the Victorian field naturalist clubs have played in documenting Australia’s flora and fauna

Coordinate Me 2024 Results Did you participate in the Wikidata Coordinate Me 2024 competition for geolocatable content? The results and winners are now available to view

Events

• Introducing Wikipedia: A free online workshop - June 2024 — Wednesday 5 June 2024
  Wikipedia content is created and edited worldwide by volunteer contributors - come and learn how
• Drop in and Wiki - June 2024 — Wednesday 5 June 2024
  Join us for a casual drop-in session, edit Wikipedia, and ask us anything!
• Online Community Meeting - June 2024 — Wednesday 12 June 2024
  Hear from the Wikimedia Australia community and share what you've been working on
• Wikihistories 2024: Wikipedia and/as Data — Wednesday 19 June 2024
  What is Wikipedia’s relationship to data? What should Wikipedia’s relationship to data be?

Wikimedia

Other things from around the web:

• Wikipedia’s volunteer editors to have access to all Taylor & Francis journals - The Bookseller
• Orphan articles: The 'dark matter' of Wikipedia - TechXplore
• When Online Content Disappears - Pew Research Center
• Students Sharpen Research Skills at Wikipedia Edit-a-thon - UMass Lowell
• El Paso librarian takes love of knowledge to Wikipedia - ElPaso Inc.