Dr Mike Dickison was New Zealand Wikipedian at Large from July 2018 through June 2019, funded by a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation to help New Zealand organisations and the people of New Zealand engage with Wikipedia and open knowledge.
During his term, he was a Wikipedian in Residence for 2–6 weeks in organisations ranging from museums to nature reserves, from Auckland to Dunedin, training staff and helping them use their expertise to improve Wikipedia and make images, text, and video freely usable by the public. He also worked with the volunteer Wikipedia community, organising meetups and running public workshops and edit-a-thons.
Contact him:
- Email Mike at giantflightlessbirds
gmail.com - Leave a message on his Wikipedia talk page
- Sign up to the mailing list to be kept informed about upcoming events in your area
- Join the Wikipedia New Zealand Facebook group
- Coming soon: you can join the Wikimedia User Group of Aotearoa New Zealand
