Wikipedia:GLAM/Australian libraries and WP/Events/2015 ALIA Workshops/Darwin

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Participants:

Agenda

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  • 9:30-10:45

Fundamental principles of editing Wikipedia
Discussion of libraries and the GLAM-Wiki project
Live edit

  • 10:45-11:00

Morning tea

  • 11:00-12:30

Begin editing articles on Wikipedia

  • 12:30-13:15

Lunch

  • 13:15-14:15

Uploading images to Wikimedia Commons

  • 14:15-15:00

Begin creating Wikipedia articles

  • 15:00-15:15

Afternoon tea

  • 15:15-16:30

Showcase of people’s articles
Discussion of future projects

Content

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Content for this workshop includes NT places and prominent people, and historic newspapers.

Articles to add some info and an image to

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# Wikipedia article Reference source Image to add Allocation
1 Areyonga, Northern Territory Areyonga community profile (pdf) Areyonga Community 1951 Databasechaser
2 Araluen Cultural Precinct About Us Alice Springs0258 Wikime405
3 Katherine Airfield Trove article about an accident at the Airfield Katherine aeradio building, 1950 slydefool
4 Picnic Day (Australia holiday) NT Public Holidays neilgodfrey
5 Coniston (Northern Territory) History of the Station (NB there is already a separate article about the Coniston Massacre) Laden vehicle near Coniston Station, c. 1935 batchelorfarm
6 Australian rules football in the Northern Territory History of the Northern Territory Football League (pdf) Football in Darwin, 1916 Lasagna1
7 Garma Festival of Traditional Cultures About the festival Databasechaser
8 Darwin Beer Can Regatta History includes establishment Darwin's Beer Can Regatta in August 1977 02 mikiSu
9 Old Ghan Heritage Railway and Museum Travel NT Old Ghan Locomotive neilgodfrey
10 Lake Mary Ann Article mentions Lake is also called Tingkkarli
11 Arnhem Plateau Arnhem Plateau bioregion (pdf) Wikime405
12 Katherine River Journals of John McDouall Stuart, volume 6 includes mention of naming of river Katherine Low Level View in June 1962 cloverh2
13 Bicentennial Park (Darwin) Bicentennial Park including details of Memorials included in its grounds Darwin War Memorial NTGirl
14 RAAF Base Tindal Trove article USMC-100909-M-3740P-136 Lemon Gelato
15 Roper River ADB article for John Roper, includes naming of the river after him Roper River vossagutt
16 Horn Expedition Expedition summary, notes that it was a joint project of three universities Horn Scientific Expedition

Images to upload

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# Wikipedia article Image for uploading Reference source Allocation
1 Palmerston, Northern Territory SLSA City of Darwin MikiSu
2 Alpurrurulam, Northern Territory SLQ Crikey article Wikime405
3 Lewis Hubert (Harold Bell) Lasseter State Library NSW NAA
4 Katherine River SLSA Katherine River Flood Study Vossagutt
5 East Point, Northern Territory SLSA City of Darwin Slydefool
6 Fannie Bay, Northern Territory http://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+16578/32 NT Electoral Commission
7 Mindil Beach SLSA National Museum Australia Batchelorfarm
8 Escape Cliffs SLSA Sydney Morning Herald
9 Victoria Hotel, Darwin SLSA Sydney Morning Herald Databasechanger
10 Rum Jungle, Northern Territory SLSA NT Gov LemonGelato
11 Samuel James Mitchell SLSA Australian Dictionary of Biography Neilgodfrey
12 Daly Waters, Northern Territory SLSA Sydney Morning Herald NTGirl
13 Heavitree Gap SLSA Heavitree Gap Police Station Historical Reserve Cloverh
14 Sport in the Northern Territory#Racing SLSA Includes date for first Darwin Cup Lasagna1

Articles to create

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Number Topic Related Wikipedia articles References Sample article Image Allocation
1 Harry Chan List of mayors and lord mayors of Darwin ADB Alec Fong Lim
2 Alngindabu ADB, Territory stories
3 Alyangula, Northern Territory East Arnhem Region Remote Area Health Corps, Anindilyakwa Land Council, Diocese of Darwin Alawa, Northern Territory NTGirl
4 Museum of Central Australia List of museums in the Northern Territory Department of Arts and Museums, Museum and Art Gallery NT, Planet Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
5 Australian Aviation Heritage Centre Winnellie, Northern Territory, List of museums in the Northern Territory Official website, Royal Australian Airforce Association, Dept. of Arts and Museums
6 Chan Contemporary Artspace List of museums in the Northern Territory Official website, Dept. of Arts and Museums, NT Government Newsroom Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory MikiSu
7 Holmes Jungle Nature Park Protected areas of the Northern Territory, Leanyer, Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission NT, Factsheet - Parks and Wildlife, Crocodile Management Plan, Park profile Black Mountain (Australian Capital Territory) Cloverh
8 Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve List of telegraph stations, Protected areas of the Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife NT Chambers Pillar
9 Michael Ahmat List of people from Darwin ABC News, Whyalla Basketball Assocation, Territory Stories newspaper, A Better Place to Live: Making the Top End a New Kind of Community / Diana Giese (ebook) Fabian Francis
10 Cecil Black List of mayors and lord mayors of Darwin City of Darwin press release, Local Government Association of the Northern Territory - Executive Profiles, Australian Lawyers Directory Alec Fong Lim Wikime405
11 Arltunga Historical Reserve Protected areas of the Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission NT, Fact sheet, Sydney Morning Herald Chambers Pillar SLSA Vossagut
12 Darwin Festival Bicentennial Park (Darwin), NT Indigenous Music Awards Official website, ABC Darwin, Australian Government Sydney Festival Slydefool
13 Harry Chan Darwin, Northern Territory, List of mayors and lord mayors of Darwin Australian Dictionary of BiographyArticles on Trove Alec Fong Lim
14 MusicNT NT Indigenous Music Awards Official website, themusic.com.au, aureview.com Australia Council for the Arts Lasagna1
15 Anzac Hill Alice Springs Alice Springs Town Council, Monument Australia, Town of Alice Springs Free Aussie Stock BatchelorFarm
16 Finniss River

NT newspapers

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