Wikiclub NT
events
Ever looked on Wikipedia for something to do with the Northern Territory and not been able to find it? That's because there's not much there!
Wikiclub NT is an ongoing series of events aimed at creating and updating Wikipedia pages related to Northern Territory history, places and people. It also supports Wikipedia activities for communities elsewhere in Australia.
The Northern Territory is poorly represented on Wikipedia. When the project began, there were a mere 1700 pages relating to the Northern Territory compared to more than 10,000 pages on Western Australia. Aspects of Territory history of great significance and interest at a local, national and international level were not covered in Wikipedia, and were therefore invisible to a vast audience, including to Territorians themselves.
Internationally, Wikipedia ‘edit-a- thons’ and ‘meet-ups’ are frequently hosted within the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) sector as an engagement and collection activation exercise. This project brought that movement to the Northern Territory.
It enabled the launch of a series of workshops providing training in Wikipedia editing, followed by a monthly program of edit-a-thons for new editors to come together to create and update pages about the Northern Territory. It also supported the delivery of the first- ever Wikipedia training workshops in Alice Springs, Katherine and Tennant Creek. Participants were trained and are now active editors of Wikipedia, working together to double the number of Wikipedia pages for the NT
Wikiclub NT was supported by the Northern Territory Government through a Department of Tourism and Culture History Grant, Northern Territory Library, Wikimedia Australia and the Wikimedia Foundation through a Quick Response Grant.
Events
Tuesday 18 October 2019 - 11am and 5pm
Get Online Wikipedia Workshops, Alice Springs Public Library, Andy McNeill Room
Wednesday 18 September 2019 - 6pm
Women in Science Edit-a-thon, University of NSW, Sydney
Thursday July 2019 - 1.30pm
Franklin Women Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Women in Health and Medical Research, Sydney
Saturday 15 June 2019 - 9am
Wikimedia Australia Community Conference, Sydney
Saturday 24 November 2018 - 9am
Tennant Creek Public Library, Tennant Creek
Thursday 21 June 2018 - 10am
GLAM Peak, Digital Access to Collections, Alice Springs
Sunday 16 April 2018 - 10am
National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame, Alice Springs
Wednesday 21 March 2018 - 5pm
Northern Territory Library, Parliament House, Darwin
Wednesday 22 November 2017 - 5pm
Northern Territory Library, Parliament House, Darwin
Wednesday 5 July 2017 - 5pm
NAIDOC Week with Don Christophersen
Northern Territory Library, Parliament House, Darwin
Wednesday 5 April 2017 - 5.15pm
Northern Territory Library, Parliament House, Darwin
International Women's Day, Wednesday 8 March 2017 - 5.15pm, Northern Territory Library, Parliament House, Darwin
#1Lib1Ref, Wednesday 15 February 2017 - 9am
Northern Territory Library, Parliament House, Darwin
Wednesday 9 November 2016 - 5.15pm
Northern Territory Library, Parliament House, Darwin
Saturday 8 October 2016, 11am
Katherine Public Library, Katherine
Thursday 6 October 2016, 4.30pm
Tennant Creek Public Library, Tennant Creek
Wednesday 5 October 2016, 5.30pm
Alice Springs Public Library, Alice Springs
Sunday 11 September 2016 - 3.00pm with Michael Wells
Northern Territory Library, Parliament House, Darwin
Wednesday 24 August 2016 - 5.15pm
Northern Territory Library, Parliament House, Darwin
Sunday 14 August 2016 - 3.00pm
Northern Territory Library, Parliament House, Darwin
Wednesday 20 July 2016 - 5.15pm
Northern Territory Library, Parliament House, Darwin
Sunday 26 June 2016 - 2.00pm
Northern Territory Library, Parliament House, Darwin
Wednesday 22 June 2016 - 5.15pm
Northern Territory Library, Parliament House, Darwin
Wednesday 22 June 2016 - 11am
Charles Darwin University, Darwin
Related
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Media: Australian researchers join global movement to improve visibility of women in STEM, ABC News - 25 July 2019
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Media: Combatting gender bias on Wikipedia, ABC Radio, Drive, Sydney - 25 July 2019
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Media: Boosting visibility of women in STEMM, one Wiki entry at a time, Sydney Morning Herald - 25 July 2019
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Media: Most Wikipedia profiles are about men - these women in Australia are hoping to change that, SBS - 24 July 2019
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Media: ABC Radio Interview, Darwin: Drive - 15 April 2018
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Media: Wiki Club Revives Forgotten Northern Territory History, ABC World Today and Online - 7 July 2017
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Media: ABC Radio, Alice Springs, Mornings - 5 October 2016
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Media: Katherine Times - 5 October 2016
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Media: Wikipedia Workshop Comes to Tennant, Tennant Creek Times - 30 September 2016
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Media: A Wikid Idea, NT News, 17 July 2016
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Media: Get your Wiki on, The Monthly, 1 July 2016
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Media: ABC Radio, Darwin: Breakfast, 22 June 2016
Supporting Historian
Jared Archibald has lived in Darwin since 1979. He has spent over 20 years working at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory working primarily as a taxidermist, but currently fills the role of Curator of Territory History. He has had a life-long interest in the history of the Northern Territory, especially its military history. Jared assisted in the development of the Defence of Darwin Experience which opened in 2012 at East Point.
Supporting Wikipedians
Gideon Digby is the Presdient of Wikimedia Australia. A photographer from Perth, he has been editing since 2005. He has been running editing workshops in Western Australia since 2010, and been leading the development of WikiTown projects like Freopedia and Noongarpedia.
Robert Myers has a Bachelor of Creative Arts and Design in Photography from Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga. He's lived most his life in Wagga but lived and worked in Darwin in 2007. He's been an editor on English Wikipedia since October 2005, over 49,000 contributions, mostly articles within the Riverina.
