Wellington Wikicon is just a few weeks away! If you'd like to pop along and meet the great people that keep Wikipedia running in Aotearoa, there are a few spots available still
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
For details and registration see accessadvisors.nz/events/freec...
These are made possible with funding support from InternetNZ.
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Want to improve accessibility, and you're an NGO, non-profit or community organisation in New Zealand?
Accessor Advisors is running free digital accessibility workshops:
- Christchurch: 22 & 23 April
- Wellington: 4 & 5 May
- Taupo: 6 & 7 May
- Auckland: 19 & 20 May
- Online: 2 & 3 June
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Just a reminder that the Aotearoa New Zealand Wiki meetup will be happening on SUNDAY the 19th of April - this weekend - from 10am until 11.30am NZST. For more information see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped... #Wikipedia #WikiCommons #Wikidata #Wikisource
Had a discussion today about commercial software costing $3500/year per seat. Why not just use docs-as-code?
greenmtndocs.com/2026-04-14-d...
"The Edge of Two Worlds"
"Earthset"
"Artemis II in Eclipse"
We now interrupt your daily doomscrolling with MOON PICTURES
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Yesterday the RSNZ announced their list of latest elected fellows. The only women Fellow who did not already have a Wikipedia page was Cecile de Klein - now fixed! This was my 551st Wikipedia biography for a woman 😀
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecile_...
Black-and-white portrait of a smiling woman wearing glasses, set against a bright blue background with a stylized sunburst pattern in yellow and light blue. Text reads: Her work brings natural history to all of humanity. 2023 Wikimedia Laureate. Siobhan Leachman is a citizen scientist and open knowledge advocate from New Zealand, known for her contributions to natural history on Wikimedia projects.
Siobhan Leachman is a New Zealand citizen scientist, open knowledge advocate and prolific Wikimedian whose work focuses on natural history. She connects museum collections and biodiversity data with the public and champions open access. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)
![This page in a nutshell: Don't use large language models (LLMs) to generate article content.
Text generated by large language models (LLMs)[1] often violates several of Wikipedia's core content policies. For this reason, the use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited, save for the exceptions given below.
Editors are permitted to use LLMs to suggest refinements to their own writing, and to incorporate some of them after human review, provided the LLM doesn't introduce content of its own. Caution is required, because LLMs can go beyond what you ask of them and change the meaning of the text such that it isn't supported by the sources cited.
Use of LLMs to translate articles from another language's Wikipedia into English Wikipedia must follow the guidance laid out at Wikipedia:LLM-assisted translation.
Some editors may have similar writing styles to LLMs. More evidence than just stylistic or linguistic signs is needed to justify sanctions, and it is best to consider the text's compliance with core content policies and recent edits by the editor in question.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:phyrjqtsscocqllqjsw2jnqn/bafkreiamfuo27qtou535gq3cxprnnpgmz7vkhlsnfgrfszog7udck2mahy)
This page in a nutshell: Don't use large language models (LLMs) to generate article content. Text generated by large language models (LLMs)[1] often violates several of Wikipedia's core content policies. For this reason, the use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited, save for the exceptions given below. Editors are permitted to use LLMs to suggest refinements to their own writing, and to incorporate some of them after human review, provided the LLM doesn't introduce content of its own. Caution is required, because LLMs can go beyond what you ask of them and change the meaning of the text such that it isn't supported by the sources cited. Use of LLMs to translate articles from another language's Wikipedia into English Wikipedia must follow the guidance laid out at Wikipedia:LLM-assisted translation. Some editors may have similar writing styles to LLMs. More evidence than just stylistic or linguistic signs is needed to justify sanctions, and it is best to consider the text's compliance with core content policies and recent edits by the editor in question.
Excellent news: Wikipedia has beefed up its guidelines on the use of LLMs (to "just don't", with some caveats). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
A group of people work on laptops around a table. Two screens are visible with Wikipedia articles displayed.
The monthly Aotearoa New Zealand Online Meetup is on tomorrow 👋
🗓️ Saturday 21 March
⏰ 10am – 11:30am
🔗 w.wiki/K2Gr
Come chat with Wikimedians from around the motu. All welcome!
📷 Women in Red Edit-a-thon at Auckland Museum, Sophie Sparrow, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Check out Aotearoa New Zealand's newest Featured Article ⭐🕷️🤩
Thanks to the work of a dedicated NZ editor, the katipō has recently joined the ranks of featured articles. Did you know its name comes from Māori for "night stinger" which is derived from the words kakati (to sting) and pō (the night)? 😳
NZ councils yet again bedazzled by the latest techy nonsense - AI data centre - that will suck up our badly needed cheap electricity by a huge foreign firm for 35 years and screw a near pristine ocean environment.
How many jobs, doing what?
What NZ tax will they pay? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
👋 Hey Wellington Wikimedians, it's meetup time this weekend! 🙌
New to editing? Come along! These meetups are a great way to connect with other Wikipedia fans, or even just to learn what editing is all about.
🗓️ Saturday 14 March
⏰ 10am—12pm
📍 Te Kupenga room, National Library
🔗 w.wiki/JWC4
It's been going for over 20 years, but if you're interested in technical writing and don't know about it, we have a monthly newsletter aimed at making you a better technical communicator. See www.cherryleaf.com/useful-resou...
Hindsight is 20/20. Multitudes of lives were saved. It wasn't perfect but by god it was better than practically EVERY other government in the world. Will be forever grateful we didn't have what happened to northern Italy, New York & multitudes of other areas & cities. www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/589...
Need I point out there are dozens of great photos of the beehive, some professional quality, available in Wikimedia Commons absolutely free, no effort required. Well, you do have to credit the photographer, which most papers find overly taxing. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
Got a very quick question I hope someone can answer for me.
Do all prisons in Aotearoa New Zealand have physical access to the New Zealand Law Reports?
If not physical, electronic?
Thank you
Checking on 1 day old #kakapo chick Waa-A3-2026 in Waa's nest on Pukenui/Anchor Island. We check the chicks twice in the first 4 days, and then less frequently as they get older. #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots
And 12 million by ME!!! 😂
It’s the tenth anniversary of the event that I wrote my favourite-ever Wikipedia article about. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waitang...
We are pleased to be able to offer a limited number of travel grants to assist editors to participate in WikiCon 2026, held in Wellington from Friday 1 – Sunday 3 May.
Applications will be approved on a first come, first served basis, so don't delay: www.wikimedia.nz/travel-grant...
Judging of the Wiki Loves Science photo competition is now complete! With over 160 entries, judges from Australia and New Zealand have reviewed the submissions—congratulations to our winners!
Check out a selection of winners below, or visit the results page for more info: w.wiki/Hcma
Methane has driven about one-third of warming to date 🔥 and is far more potent than CO₂ in the short term. Learn about solutions in latest Insights piece from Emily Cassidy, Research Associate and Paul West, Senior Scientist: https://bit.ly/3NqBEkx
@enviroem.bsky.social @paul-west.bsky.social
A magnificent aerial photography of Sulaibikhat Marine Protected Area in Kuwait. Text reads: Explore different perspectives through the winners of Wiki Loves Earth 2025.
The landscape winners of Wiki Loves Earth 2025 will help you get a new perspective of our world 🧵⬇️ (1/4)
The next Aotearoa New Zealand Online Wikipedia Meetup is on TODAY at 12 noon, Sunday 4 January 2026 NZST.
Get more details here 👇
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
An historic illustration of two colourful pheasants flying in the sky.
🌍 The #GiveBHLWings campaign is on the brink of reaching its USD 50,000 goal, just hours before the Biodiversity Heritage Library transitions to independence on 1 Jan 26.
If BHL matters to you, please help us soar over the line. 💚 🧪
ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/GiveBHL...
#BHLTransition #ILoveBHL
Aotearoa New Zealand’s Wikipedian-at-Large, Dr Mike Dickison, recently spent a weekend on Waiheke Island getting members of the local community better acquainted with the Wikimedia Movement. The result was a group of new editors, and improved coverage of the island.
www.wikimedia.nz/a-weekend-of...
This *seems* like common sense—but what about, for example, making a selected publications list for academics for their Wikipedia page? We trust Google Scholar and DOIs and don't read every paper—and nor should we have to! My fear is that fake papers like these have infected Wikidata.
Great stuff. Hobby hunters are trying to normalise the idea that these invasive pests should be farmed, for their convenience, in the native forests we all own. (Imagine if possum trappers tried this nonsense!) We non-hunters who love our forests outvote them. Let your MP know.
