The Record: How culturally diverse communities are using Wikipedia
Channel: Wikimedia Australia
Date: 2023-02-10

In February 2023, Wikimedia Australia hosted a night of presentations on how Wikipedia and sister projects like Wikimedia Commons are being used by culturally diverse communities from Australia and around the world.

0:00 Introductions by James Gaunt, Wikimedia Australia
2:58 Introduction to Wikimedia, James Gaunt
9:11 Rhianna Patrick introduction to Steve Bunbadgee Hodder Watt
10:40 Securing Our Archives Before 2025, Steve Bunbadgee Hodder Watt, First Nations Media
31:04 Rhianna Patrick introduction to Sophia Amore Coghini
31:40 Pasifika Arts Aotearoa WikiProject, Sophia Amore Coghini
46:59 Rhianna Patrick introduction to Olaniyan Ishola Olushola
48:00 Nigeria Oral Language Documentation, Olaniyan Ishola Olushola, Wikimedia Nigeria

About our presenters:
Rhianna Patrick is a Torres Strait Islander freelance journalist, broadcaster and audio content creator. She is moderating tonights session. Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whoviangirl77/

Steve Bunbadgee Hodder Watt is a Lardil man from Gununa (Mornington Island) is Digitisation Coordinator for First Nations Media Australia, and has worked predominantly in First Nations media for over 20 years. Find more about First Nations Media: https://firstnationsmedia.org.au/

Sophia Amore Coghini has worked on projects to increase Wikipedia editing knowledge about Pacific Island artists in Aotearoa (New Zealand).  Find more about the project: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_New_Zealand/Pasifika_Arts_Aotearoa

Olaniyan Ishola Olushola of Wikimedia Nigeria User Group who are recording audiovisual of oral history of languages spoken in Nigeria as part of their Nigerian Language Oral History Documentation Project. Find more about Wikimedia Nigeria: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria

Wikimedia Australia and the Australia Council for the Arts partnered on 'The Record - Australian Music on Wikipedia' a project which aims to increase the visibility of Australian content on Wikipedia and make it easier for global audiences to discover great Australian music. This presentation was created as part of The Record project.

For more information please see: https://wikimedia.org.au