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Auckland Museum edit-a-thon 20 May 2023
Ngā Kaikanikani ō te Rangi artwork by Lisa Reihana in Waitangi Park amongst the landscape design of Megan Wraight. An example of design by women in public spaces.
Black and white line drawing of house floorplan, designed by E. A. Plischke and landscape design by Anna Plischke

Women in Architecture Aotearoa WikiProject is a project to improve content of New Zealand women architects and their work in Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

This project is inspired by the publishing in 2022 of the book Making Space: A History of New Zealand Women in Architecture edited by Elizabeth Cox.

2024 Auckland edit-a-thon and walking tour

Tickets available now: https://events.humanitix.com/a-w-nz-wikiproject

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Project[edit]

In December 2022 there were nine women listed in the category "New Zealand women architects". There are over 500 women named in the chapters of Making Space. The project aims to increase the number of articles about women and non-binary people who work in architecture and related fields in or from Aotearoa New Zealand.

Architecture + Women NZ are promoting and supporting this project and there are several existing Wikipedia editors updating and creating information on Wikidata.

New to Wikipedia?[edit]

Create an account on Wikipedia, join a meetup or event, read through this article and the guides linked on this page.

Join in[edit]

  • Existing editors list your name in the participants section on this page, you will get sporadic updates.
  • Check out the resources linked on this page including list of suggested articles.
  • New editors familiarise yourself with guides for editing on Wikipedia including notability guidelines and managing a conflict of interest (some of you may work with, be or be close friends with some notable women architects of Aotearoa).
  • Add missing articles to Suggested articles.

Walking Tour and Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for 2024[edit]

A+W NZ are bringing 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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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. If you are new have a look at some of the links on this page.

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.

https://events.humanitix.com/a-w-nz-wikiproject


Participants[edit]

Add your username below to join this project. Add links to any articles you are working on.

You will receive updates on your talk page from time to time.

Suggested articles[edit]

List suggested articles here – many with reference links. Please add your name to articles you are working on to avoid edit conflicts and double ups. Edit with VisualEditor

  • Names with ** are practioners recommended as being easier to find information.
  • Some award winners and judges of the Dulux Awards don't have articles yet: Architecture + Women NZ Dulux Awards

Articles to improve

  • Architecture of New Zealand – this article is a very short overview with lots of room to extend and link to significant firms, buildings and people.

Biographies – many of the new and existing articles could be expanded for example the article on Diane Menzies doesn't have much about her work.

Existing categories/lists

Images needed

  • Suggest that at the 2023 Architecture + Women NZ Dulux Awards the photographer is requested to upload photos of the finalists and award winners, and the event, to Wikimedia Commons to illustrate articles created in this project. MurielMary (talk) 22:34, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've added the Taylor House at 16A Mays Road, Devonport, and the Bryant House at 81 Forrest Hill Road, Milford, Auckland to Wikidata with coordinates so hopefully they should come up on Wikishootme. Both these houses were co-designed by Renate Prince and it would be great to get images of them onto her Wikipedia article. – Ambrosia10 (talk)

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Wikidata project[edit]

An item for the Wikiproject has been created New Zealand Women in Architecture WikiProject (Q117787843) and can be applied to people, buildings, companies, books etc of interest to the project.

As of April 2023, there are 11 women listed with NZ citizenship and the occupation architect (https://w.wiki/6bnB) and 8 landscape architects (https://w.wiki/6bnW). There are 15 women on the list of the NZThesisProject with the occupation 'architect' (https://w.wiki/6bnA) and 8 with landscape architect. Plus there is 1 architectural historian (https://w.wiki/6euf). Combining we get 35 individuals, our starting point for the project.

Project outcomes[edit]

New articles[edit]

Add your new article below. Also add new relevant articles to the List of New Zealand architects and List of women architects this helps them not be 'orphan' articles.

  1. Architecture + Women NZ (Pakoire)
  2. Parlour (women, equity, architecture) (Pakoire)
  3. Architecture + Women NZ Dulux Awards – separated from article about the organisation
  4. Christina van Bohemen
  5. Lynda Simmons – will put forward for DYK
  6. Lucy Greenish – have nominated for DYK
  7. Julia Gatley ACADEMIC (Q117270922)
  8. New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects
  9. Diane Menzies
  10. Dorothy Wills
  11. June Pallot (architect, then accounting prof)
  12. Clare Athfield
  13. Jane Rooney
  14. Cecile Bonnifait
  15. Lindley Naismith
  16. Jackie Gillies
  17. Renate Prince
  18. Megan Rule
  19. Felicity Wallace
  20. Louise Wright
  21. Elizabeth Cox
  22. Dorita Hannah
  23. Margaret Munro
  24. Anna Plischke
  25. National Association of Women in Construction (New Zealand) Excellence Awards
  26. Alison Sleigh
  27. Deborah Cranko
  28. Merle Greenwood
  29. Min Hall
  30. Gina Jones
  31. Muriel Lamb
  32. Jade Kake
  33. Jessica Halliday
  34. Marianne Reay
  35. Jessica Barter
  36. Jane Aimer
  37. Robin Allison
  38. Elisapeta Heta
  39. Monica Barham
  40. Kimberly Browne
  41. Maria Chen
  42. Anne Salmond
  43. Bronwen Kerr
  44. Vanessa Carswell
  45. Wendy Shacklock
  46. Mary Jowett
  47. Annette Jones
  48. Katherine Skipper
  49. Sharon Jansen
  50. Rachel de Lambert
  51. Anna-Marie Chin
  52. Charmaine 'Ilaiū Talei
  53. Otago Pioneer Women's Memorial Hall
  54. NAWIC New Zealand
  55. Tere Insley
  56. Muriel Mary Watt
  57. Joanna Merwood-Salisbury
  58. Raukura Turei
  59. Felicity Brenchley

Improved articles[edit]

  1. NZIA – removed list of Gold Medal winners (as are listed on separate page), added Distinguished Fellows section & list

Edit-a-thons Saturday 20 May 2023[edit]

New Zealand Women in Architecture Edit-a-Thon: 20 May 2023 (time 10.00am – 4pm). On-line (NZST).

Registration was through:https://women-in-architecture-edit-a-thon-online.lilregie.com/booking/attendees/new New Zealand Women in Architecture Edit-a-Thon: 20 May 2023 (time 1pm – 4pm). In-person in Auckland at the Auckland Museum and also on-line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland_20

New Zealand Women in Architecture Edit-a-Thon: 20 May 2023 Dunedin in-person at the Hocken seminar room (10.30–4pm). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Dunedin_6

Dunedin Southern Heritage Festival in-person event 7 October 2023, sign up link here and event page here.

Dashboard for 20 May Edit-a-Thon[edit]

Outcomes[edit]

Tracked by the dashboard over 12 hours on 20 May 2023 across Wikidata and Wikipedia there were 130 articles edited with a total of 964 edits by 25 people. They added a total of 58.4K words and 351 references. There were 17 images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. The editors created 17 new Wikipedia biographies of women – an amazing effort. One new awards page was created too, the National Association of Women in Construction (New Zealand) Excellence Awards. In Wikidata there were 22 new items created including quite a few books useful for referencing in Wikipedia.

  • a big curved seat with people and children sitting and playing and people walking. Above is an impressive curved wooden architectural shape soaring up into an atrium.
    Auckland War Museum entry hall
  • Auckland War Museum - interior
    Auckland War Museum - interior
  • Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon
    Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon
  • Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon
    Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon

Follow up[edit]

Follow up on content creation, tidy or expand articles. Create new articles. Join a community to address Wikipedia questions and find sources of information. Post your progress on this page so the collective efforts can be tracked.

Resources[edit]

Books[edit]

Notability guidelines[edit]

From Wikipedia:Notability (people)

People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject.

Additional biography

  1. The person has received a well-known and significant award or honor, or has been nominated for such an award several times; or
  2. The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in a specific field; or
  3. The person has an entry in a country's standard national biographical dictionary (e.g. the Dictionary of National Biography).

Fast links:

Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Creative professionals – directors, writers, choreographers, designers, artists

Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Entertainers – actors and also assume dancers

Conflict of interest (COI)[edit]

Wikipedia:Conflict of interest

Conflict of interest (COI) editing involves contributing to Wikipedia about yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, or your financial and other relationships. Any external relationship can trigger a conflict of interest. That someone has a conflict of interest is a description of a situation, not a judgement about that person's opinions, integrity, or good faith. Purpose of Wikipedia: As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia's mission is to provide the public with articles that summarize accepted knowledge, written neutrally and sourced reliably. Readers expect to find neutral articles written independently of their subject, not corporate or personal webpages, or platforms for advertising and self-promotion.

Finding sources – Papers Past[edit]

We are fortunate to have access to digitised newspapers from around 1850 through to 1970 (for The Press anyway). The search engine is powerful and effective, and this can be a great way to find sources for content from prior to 1970. No subscription or login is required. See: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/ . One hint is that if you cite a source from Papers Past, it is good practice to include the attribute: via = in the citation (ie via= Papers Past). You may also choose to put Papers Past in double square brackets as a Wikilink to the article about Papers Past.
Marshelec (talk) 08:53, 13 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Finding sources – ProQuest[edit]

Through the Wikipedia Library [6], or alternatively through your own local library, you can get subscription access to a database that has vast numbers of newspaper articles, mostly from periods later than is currently covered by Papers Past. If your local library has a subscription to ProQuest, just go to the ProQuest home page [7], and login via your local institution (in my case with Wellington City Libraries, this involves entering my library card number and passcode, and it remembers this for next time :) ). There is a useful template that can be used for citing sources from ProQuest [8]. To see several examples of how to use the ProQuest template, look at the article Christina van Bohemen. The numeric code in the ProQuest template comes from the middle of the ProQuest source url (once you find a reference of interest).Marshelec (talk) 08:53, 13 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Contact us[edit]

Leave a message on our talk page. We will have an email address too but it isn't sorted yet.

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