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Date: Friday 6 November 2026

Time: 5–8 pm (arrive from 5 pm for setup; Zoom starts 6 pm)

Place: The Boardroom, The Exchange, 53–57 Exchange Place, Adelaide — the old Stock Exchange building between Grenfell and Pirie Streets, now home to the Conservation Council of SA. WiFi in the Boardroom is good.

Guest speaker: TBC

Zoom: Get the Zoom link sent to you by registering here or emailing staffwikimedia.org.au and we'll send the link the day before.

A workshop for new editors covering basic Wikipedia editing and how to upload images to Commons, focused on South Australia's environment and heritage — particularly our coastal and marine environment. Experienced editors will be on hand to help, and once you've picked up the basics, you're welcome to work on your own topics.

Bring a laptop if you can. Phone editing works but is fiddly for beginners. If your laptop hasn't been used in a while, update its software beforehand on home WiFi.

Topics you might like to work on: protected areas, flora and fauna, geology and palaeontology, Indigenous history and DEW park co-management, scientific biographies (Mawson, Sprigg, Cleland, Tyler), institutions (Royal Society of SA, SA Museum), volunteer groups, and issues such as the 2025 harmful algal bloom and feral species. See a list of article suggestions to work on.

Registering as a new editor

1. Create an account using the "Create account" link at the top right of this page — see Wikipedia:Username policy before choosing a name. Your username will then appear at the top of the page as a red link.
2. Click that red link to create your userpage, and add a short paragraph about your interests.
3. Add yourself to the event statistics using the button below. This lets us count the articles improved on the night, so we can share the results with everyone afterwards. You can choose whether your participation is public or private.

   Add me to the event statistics

   The page may look like nothing happened after you save — it did save. Just return here to carry on.

4. Now make your first real edit: come back to this page, click "Edit", and add your username to the "New editors" list below, noting if you're joining via Zoom.

Questions or comments? Use the talk page.

Background

This is one of a monthly series; see Edit-a-thon 4 for the rationale behind them. The event is auspiced by Friends of Parks and Nature Inc. and promoted to its ~150 member groups, the Friends of Parks newsletter, and WikiProject Adelaide.

Adelaide is home to two Wikimedia Australia staff members, Alison Smith (AlphaLemur) and Belinda Spry (BindiS). In 2025 they ran a WMAU Partner Project with the South Australian Museum — a workshop for local editors, staff training in Wikipedia and Wikidata, and a grant for a 100-hour paid Wikipedian in Residence (Laterthanyouthink). They're also building relationships with the State Library and the Art Gallery of SA.

Attendees

What to work on