This is a project space for Wikimedia initiatives with the University of Otago, New Zealand.
From June–November 2020 the Otago-based Dodd-Walls Centre worked with Mike Dickison ( User:Giantflightlessbirds) to create articles about Dodd-Walls researchers, upload photos of their research to Commons, and cite information in WIkipedia.
Dr
Mike Dickison (contact: mike
rove.wiki) is working as a Wikipedian in Residence from January 2023 with the Division of Sciences, initially the Zoology Department (contact
Dr Nic Rawlence for more information), and with other departments if funding is available.
- Alison Clarke (2018). Otago : 150 years of New Zealand's first university. Dunedin: Otago University Press. ISBN 978-1-98-853133-5. OL 29404941M. Wikidata Q107426622.
- William Parker Morrell (1969), The University of Otago : a centennial history, Dunedin: Otago University Press, OCLC 71676, Wikidata Q116313106
- Dorothy Page (2008), Anatomy of a Medical School: A history of medicine at the University of Otago, 1875–2000, Dunedin: Otago University Press
- Neville Peat (2011), Seabird Genius: The Story of L.E. Richdale, The Royal Albatross, and the yellow-eyed penguin, Dunedin: Otago University Press.
- 7–10 February 2023, for archive scanning and meeting with researchers
- 28–31 March 2023, for scanning and meeting researchers
- 12 May – 22 June based in Dunedin and available to meet researchers
- Wednesday 8 February, 2023, 12:00–1:00, Benham Seminar Room (B215), Department of Zoology, University of Otago
Getting your science into Wikipedia: a lunchtime presentation for university researchers and other scientists
- Saturday 11 February, 2023, 09:30–4:00,
Conservatory, H.D. Skinner Annex, 361 Great King Street North (corner of Albany Street)
Public Edit-a-thon to coincide with the Entomological Society's inaugural Bug of the Year competition.
Create a working list of all biology faculty at the University, past and present, with dates of hiring and retirement, going back to Hutton in 1873.All these researchers in Wikidata, using any published biographical information available, linked to ORCID and other identifiers.- For each researcher, all available research publications in Wikidata, linked to them as the authors, with a Scholia publications list and graphs.
- A WikiCommons category for each faculty member, using images scanned or located in departmental archives and other sources, with a profile photo assigned to their Wikidata item.
- Additional field and lab photographs sourced from institutional or private collections and placed in a new Commons category, Research at the University of Otago; cleared with copyright owners under an open licence.
- Those images strategically deployed across Wikipedia articles and Wikidata.
- Creation of Wikipedia articles about Ian Jamieson and Phil Bishop, and any other faculty that meet Wikipedia’s notability threshold (sufficient coverage of their life and work in multiple independent publications).
- Expansion of exisiting articles to include a summary of research, publications list, and a photo gallery. For each faculty member, findings from significant research papers summarised and cited in at least one relevant Wikipedia article
- No media coverage yet; press release pending
Wikidata generally uses the full name as given in author lists on publications; Wikipedia would use the most-commonly-referred-by name—in this case the one in the Department's staff listing. The Scholia link shows the number of publications currently in Wikidata.
| Wikidata | Wikipedia | Quality | Wikimedia Commons | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachie Scarsbrook (Q116311932) | Lachie Scarsbrook | — | Category:Lachie Scarsbrook | Photo added 23/1/23 |
| Graham McCulloch (Q57247159) | Graham McCulloch | — | — | |
| Anne A Besson (Q113461177) | Anne Besson | — | — | |
| Kerry Walton (Q116725174) | Kerry Walton | — | — | |
| Marcileida Dos Santos (Q88869386) | Leida Dos Santos | – | Category:Marcileida Dos Santos | 21/4/23: Created Commons cat |
| Ann Wylie (Q103976490) | Ann Wylie |
|
— | 25/4/23: Improved Wikidata |
| Geoffrey Thomas Sandford Baylis (Q13423966) | Geoff Baylis |
|
Category:Geoff Baylis | 1/2/23: Created cat, sorted pics |
| Wikidata | Wikipedia | Quality | Wikimedia Commons | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Zoology, University of Otago (Q45135879) | Zoology at the University of Otago | — | Category:University of Otago Zoology Department | Improved 9/2/23 |
| Marples Building (Q116733364) | Marples Building | — | Category:Marples Building | Created 9/2/23 |
| Wikidata | Wikipedia | Quality | Wikimedia Commons | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durvillaea (Q1744108) | Durvillaea |
|
Category:Durvillaea | |
| Hoplodactylus (Q616263) | Hoplodactylus |
|
Category:Hoplodactylus | |
| Hoplodactylus tohu (Q116213555) | Hoplodactylus tohu | — | — | |
| Lake Manuherikia (Q48799574) | Lake Manuherikia |
|
— | ref |
| Rock and Pillar Range (Q1528863) | Rock and Pillar Range |
|
Category:Rock and Pillar Range | Photos and category added 14/2 |
| New Zealand grayling (Q1785903) | New Zealand grayling |
|
Category:Prototroctes oxyrhynchus |
See Category:University of Otago Zoology Department for more, and Commons categories for individuals listed above. Historical photos were scanned at the Department's request from their physical archives in February 2023 and uploaded with their approval—contact the HOD or Nic Rawlence for more information.
-
Leida Dos Santos and Murray McKenzie at McKenzie's retirement, 11 May 2017 -
Carolyn Burns and Colin Townsend, Graduation Day 2002 -
Henrik Moller, 2002 -
John Jillett, 1989 -
Colin Townsend, 1989 -
Barbara Williams, 1977 -
1987 staff photo -
1948 staff photo -
Lloyd Davis, 1987
This is a project space for Wikimedia initiatives with the University of Otago, New Zealand.
From June–November 2020 the Otago-based Dodd-Walls Centre worked with Mike Dickison ( User:Giantflightlessbirds) to create articles about Dodd-Walls researchers, upload photos of their research to Commons, and cite information in WIkipedia.
Dr
Mike Dickison (contact: mikerove.wiki) is working as a Wikipedian in Residence from January 2023 with the Division of Sciences, initially the Zoology Department (contact
Dr Nic Rawlence for more information), and with other departments if funding is available.
- Alison Clarke (2018). Otago : 150 years of New Zealand's first university. Dunedin: Otago University Press. ISBN 978-1-98-853133-5. OL 29404941M. Wikidata Q107426622.
- William Parker Morrell (1969), The University of Otago : a centennial history, Dunedin: Otago University Press, OCLC 71676, Wikidata Q116313106
- Dorothy Page (2008), Anatomy of a Medical School: A history of medicine at the University of Otago, 1875–2000, Dunedin: Otago University Press
- Neville Peat (2011), Seabird Genius: The Story of L.E. Richdale, The Royal Albatross, and the yellow-eyed penguin, Dunedin: Otago University Press.
- 7–10 February 2023, for archive scanning and meeting with researchers
- 28–31 March 2023, for scanning and meeting researchers
- 12 May – 22 June based in Dunedin and available to meet researchers
- Wednesday 8 February, 2023, 12:00–1:00, Benham Seminar Room (B215), Department of Zoology, University of Otago
Getting your science into Wikipedia: a lunchtime presentation for university researchers and other scientists
- Saturday 11 February, 2023, 09:30–4:00,
Conservatory, H.D. Skinner Annex, 361 Great King Street North (corner of Albany Street)
Public Edit-a-thon to coincide with the Entomological Society's inaugural Bug of the Year competition.
Create a working list of all biology faculty at the University, past and present, with dates of hiring and retirement, going back to Hutton in 1873.All these researchers in Wikidata, using any published biographical information available, linked to ORCID and other identifiers.- For each researcher, all available research publications in Wikidata, linked to them as the authors, with a Scholia publications list and graphs.
- A WikiCommons category for each faculty member, using images scanned or located in departmental archives and other sources, with a profile photo assigned to their Wikidata item.
- Additional field and lab photographs sourced from institutional or private collections and placed in a new Commons category, Research at the University of Otago; cleared with copyright owners under an open licence.
- Those images strategically deployed across Wikipedia articles and Wikidata.
- Creation of Wikipedia articles about Ian Jamieson and Phil Bishop, and any other faculty that meet Wikipedia’s notability threshold (sufficient coverage of their life and work in multiple independent publications).
- Expansion of exisiting articles to include a summary of research, publications list, and a photo gallery. For each faculty member, findings from significant research papers summarised and cited in at least one relevant Wikipedia article
- No media coverage yet; press release pending
Wikidata generally uses the full name as given in author lists on publications; Wikipedia would use the most-commonly-referred-by name—in this case the one in the Department's staff listing. The Scholia link shows the number of publications currently in Wikidata.
| Wikidata | Wikipedia | Quality | Wikimedia Commons | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachie Scarsbrook (Q116311932) | Lachie Scarsbrook | — | Category:Lachie Scarsbrook | Photo added 23/1/23 |
| Graham McCulloch (Q57247159) | Graham McCulloch | — | — | |
| Anne A Besson (Q113461177) | Anne Besson | — | — | |
| Kerry Walton (Q116725174) | Kerry Walton | — | — | |
| Marcileida Dos Santos (Q88869386) | Leida Dos Santos | – | Category:Marcileida Dos Santos | 21/4/23: Created Commons cat |
| Ann Wylie (Q103976490) | Ann Wylie |
|
— | 25/4/23: Improved Wikidata |
| Geoffrey Thomas Sandford Baylis (Q13423966) | Geoff Baylis |
|
Category:Geoff Baylis | 1/2/23: Created cat, sorted pics |
| Wikidata | Wikipedia | Quality | Wikimedia Commons | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Zoology, University of Otago (Q45135879) | Zoology at the University of Otago | — | Category:University of Otago Zoology Department | Improved 9/2/23 |
| Marples Building (Q116733364) | Marples Building | — | Category:Marples Building | Created 9/2/23 |
| Wikidata | Wikipedia | Quality | Wikimedia Commons | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durvillaea (Q1744108) | Durvillaea |
|
Category:Durvillaea | |
| Hoplodactylus (Q616263) | Hoplodactylus |
|
Category:Hoplodactylus | |
| Hoplodactylus tohu (Q116213555) | Hoplodactylus tohu | — | — | |
| Lake Manuherikia (Q48799574) | Lake Manuherikia |
|
— | ref |
| Rock and Pillar Range (Q1528863) | Rock and Pillar Range |
|
Category:Rock and Pillar Range | Photos and category added 14/2 |
| New Zealand grayling (Q1785903) | New Zealand grayling |
|
Category:Prototroctes oxyrhynchus |
See Category:University of Otago Zoology Department for more, and Commons categories for individuals listed above. Historical photos were scanned at the Department's request from their physical archives in February 2023 and uploaded with their approval—contact the HOD or Nic Rawlence for more information.
-
Leida Dos Santos and Murray McKenzie at McKenzie's retirement, 11 May 2017
-
Carolyn Burns and Colin Townsend, Graduation Day 2002
-
Henrik Moller, 2002
-
John Jillett, 1989
-
Colin Townsend, 1989
-
Barbara Williams, 1977
-
1987 staff photo
-
1948 staff photo
-
Lloyd Davis, 1987