Performing Arts Aotearoa on Wikipedia
Lisa started editing during a workshop (edit-a-thon) run by the Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt focusing in Māori women artists.
I discovered a surprising lack of articles about the arts in Aotearoa. I write on Wikipedia as a volunteer mostly content about women, performing arts in Aotearoa and recently The Treaty of Waitangi. ~ Lisa
The Wikimedia Foundation has funded Lisa to coordinate a four month Performing Arts Aotearoa project to create quality content on dance, theatre and other forms of performing arts in Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.
The project is May to September 2021.
For more information and to join in:
Wikipedia is the 5th-most-visited website in the world, and comes near the top in search results. Editing is by volunteers, it is open source and not for any commercial gain; currently, there are about 250,000 editors (Wikipedians) around the world.
Join in person or on-line:
DUNEDIN 10 July 2021. Hocken Collections Library.
WELLINGTON 21 August 2021. Nolla Millar Library. Te Whaea: National Dance and Drama Centre.
These are some of the articles Lisa has started.
Anybody can become an editor and improve content.
Dianna Fuemana, Rona Bailey, Michael Parmenter, Te Ohu Whakaari, Pacific Underground, Julie Paama-Pengally, Mata Aho Collective, Raymond Boyce (theatre designer), Bruce Mason Playwriting Award, Ahi Karunaharan, Circa Theatre, Unity Theatre, Wellington, Sunny Amey, Shona McCullagh
