We’re pleased to bring back the Walking Tour and Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for 2024.The two concurrent events will be held on Saturday 18th May 2024.

Women still make up less than 20% of biographies on wikipedia, and the New Zealand Women in Architecture WikiProject aims to fill the gaps in the digital realm and increase the visibility of prolific female Architects.

Originally inspired by Making Space, we will be continuing last year’s work to increase articles about women and non-binary people who work in architecture and related fields in or from Aotearoa New Zealand.

A+W NZ is fortunate enough to be joined by Lisa Maule, who will be our Wikipedia expert on the day! Lisa contributes to a multitude of Wikipedia projects that aim to increase the diversity on Wikipedia, including Women in Red, Pasifika Arts Aotearoa, and Women in STEAM Aotearoa.

Walking Tour

The walking tour will be starting in Auckland CBD and take you to five locations. Free license photos and images are a challenging aspect of filling out wikipedia articles. Attendees will be asked to take photos during the walking tour and upload them to WikiCommons to contribute to the online database!

Meet outside the Ellen Melville Centre at 10am, we will finish the tour at Auckland Museum. Lunch will be provided, followed by a tutorial on photo uploading by Lisa.

Please bring your own laptop for uploading!

Edit-a-thon

The edit-a-thon will run from 10am-4pm at the Learning Labs at Auckland Museum.

Location: Learning Labs, Level 1, Auckland Museum next to Te Whiwhinga the Imaginarium.

Copies of Making Space and other publications will be available for reference.

All experience levels welcome! A beginners’ course will be held at 10am after introductions, for new editors or experienced ones that need a refresher.

Feel free to come by any time during the day to join the group. Please bring your own editing device. Lunch will be provided at 1pm.