siobhan_leachman

siobhan_leachman, 2 months ago to Wikipedia

My #CitSciOz23 keynote has been uploaded to youtube. Me talking all things #citizenscience #Wikipedia #Wikidata #Wikicommons #iNaturalist et al. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8EghOSdzEA

siobhan_leachman, 2 months ago to nz

A moth rises like a phoenix from the dead. An #iNaturalist observation of a species thought possibly to be extinct. That is until a tourist on Stewart Island got his uv light out for an evening & observed it. #nz #moth enthusiasts are beside themselves with joy. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202565126

siobhan_leachman, 6 months ago to random

So proud to announce a research paper I've co-authored has just been published! My fabulous co-authors & I have been researching flowering #plant genera named after women. Our research process involved
#Wikidata #IPNI #Tropicos & the #BiodiversityHertiageLibrary https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/114408/

siobhan_leachman, 7 months ago to random

I've just made my youtube recording of a presentation I did on "Connecting Entomological Collectors to the Wikiverse" public. See https://youtube.com/watch?v=kWp9Yi4v87c #Wikidata #Bionomia

siobhan_leachman, 7 months ago to random

Doing some VERY basic editing of Wikidata items via OpenRefine generated batches and feeling like a data queen!

siobhan_leachman, 7 months ago to random

So most of the time I listen to music through headphones. But oh, to have music on, out, and loud, is such a delight. https://open.spotify.com/track/6Rqn2GFlmvmV4w9Ala0I1e?si=eec02dfa2bed4eee

siobhan_leachman, 8 months ago to random

My favourite piece of #Wikidata advice for today comes from a constraint violation. I added the place of burial prior to the death date and got a laugh. "Don't bury living people" 😂

magnusmanske, 8 months ago to random

After some time, I finally worked on ListeriaBot again, running a test now. Seems to hold stable at ~10K/h pages. #Wikidata

siobhan_leachman, 9 months ago to wellington

Just had the loveliest meeting with the #Wellington #wikipedia editing group. We meet once a month at the National Library building. Everyone is learning by doing, contributing to improving access to knowledge. Such a great community! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington

siobhan_leachman, 9 months ago to random

I was on #RadioNZ last night. #Wikimania2023 https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nights/audio/2018903118/new-zealander-takes-out-top-wikipedia-award #WikimediaLaureate

wikipedia, 9 months ago to Wikipedia

Congratulations to the 2023 Wikimedian of the Year Winners!! 🎉

User:Tofeiku, @siobhan_leachman, User:Eugene_Ormandy, @funcrunch and @zabe, plus an honorable mention for Anton Protsiuk of Wikimedia Ukraine.

Thank you all for your contributions to #Wikipedia and other #Wikimedia projects to further spread #FreeKnowledge

Read more about each of the winners: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/08/16/celebrating-the-2023-wikimedian-of-the-year-winners/

siobhan_leachman, 11 months ago to Wikipedia

Reminder that the Aotearoa New Zealand virtual Wiki meetup is happening tomorrow Sunday 25th of June at Noon (NZ time). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Aotearoa_New_Zealand_Online/38 for the link and the agenda. #Wikipedia #Wikidata #Wikicommons #Wikisource #NewZealand #Aotearoa