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Auckland Museum hosts an edit-a-thon

From Nine To Noon, 10:30 am today
Anjuli smiles at the camera. She is standing in a library, holding a book. She wears a black top.

Anjuli Selvadurai is Auckland Museum's Wikimedian-in-Residence. Photo: Supplied

If you've ever fancied a go at editing one of the world's largest-ever sources of knowledge - you've got a chance this weekend at the Auckland Museum.

Three years ago it started running a summer programme for students, teaching them how to use Wikipedia as a tool to help support local history in Tāmaki Makaurau.

This year's cohort is focused on the Women in Red movement - that's the global effort to make sure women don't get left behind in Wikipedia references. 

When it started in 2014 - just 15 percent of biographies were about women - now it sits about 20.

This weekend's event at the museum is focused on boosting Wikipedia entries about New Zealand women in the arts, STEM, politics and law.

Anjuli Selvadurai is Auckland Museum's Wikimedian-in-residence and overseas the students running the event. She tells Kathryn how people can participate in this weekend's Wikipedia edit-a-thon.