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This is the project page to improve content of New Zealand Aotearoa based Pasifika Arts. The goal is to increase biographies in Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons with a target of 50% new articles being women or non-binary folk.

New resource[edit]

A new book has been published called Pacific Art Aotearoa (2023) edited by Lana Lopesi which is a valuable resource for information with contributions from more than 120 artists, curators and community voices. It was published in association with Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa as part of the Pacific Arts Legacy Project from the Pacific Arts Strategy.[1]

The powerful and dynamic legacy of Pacific arts in Aotearoa, as told by the artists themselves. Pacific Arts Aotearoa tells the dynamic and powerful story of Pacific arts in Aotearoa New Zealand.[1]

Participants[edit]

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with moody lighting members of the collective FAFSWAG pose as a group, some are reclined, some standing, some looking at the camera and all with attitude
FAFSWAG

About the project[edit]

In 2021 Lisa Maule (Pakoire (talk)) was funded by the Wikimedia Foundation to run the Performing Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject, and this project built from that in 2022, but seeking emerging Pasifika editors to explore possibilities of Wikipedia. Lisa is Pākehā, of Scottish and English descent from Wellington, Aotearoa with a background in performing arts and events. You can email queries about the project to: lisamaule.info@gmail.com

In 2023 the project has a new coordinator, Kasi Valu who is taking it to new heights including the attendance at Wikimania Singapore of six Pasfika artists and editors.

Creative New Zealand Residency[edit]

The Pasifika Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject included a pilot residency component (Wikipedian in Residence) with Creative New Zealand that started in December 2021 and finished on 24 April 2022.

  • Working with Wikimedia Foundation and through its Pacific Arts Wikipedian in Residency pilot, Creative New Zealand aims to amplify globally the profile of its Arts Pasifika Award winners and other notable Pasifika artists, increasing knowledge of their creative careers and the valuable contribution they make to Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • Through the Pacific Arts Wikipedian in Residency pilot, Creative New Zealand is supporting three Pasifika artists to become Wikipedia editors, documenting the stories of its Arts Pasifika Award winners and other notable Pasifika artists, while also building and developing capability through their increased knowledge and skills, and shared professional development.
  • The residency contributes to Creative New Zealand’s work to develop ‘Tagata’ arts leadership, a strategic focus of its Pacific Arts Strategy 2018-2023, and is part of its #DigitalMoana response to the impacts of COVID-19.

Outcomes of the residency[edit]

The Creative New Zealand residency in 2022 created 20 new articles with ten of these being created beyond start class by the three editors new to Wikipedia. The three residents also improved 13 Wikipedia articles, created and expanded 19 Wikidata items and uploaded 4 images to Wikimedia Commons. There was an outreach target and between them the residents attended a number of New Zealand-based Wikipedia group meetings and one secured a sponsored place to the New Zealand Digital Forum, representing the project to GLAM workers. Each resident spoke to practitioners within the Pasifika Arts community in Aotearoa about their learning and the goals of the project.

Some reflections from the editors:

Looking deeper into the future I hope we begin to build frameworks outside of Wikipedia, a database that best reflects our lens and cultural practices that is true to the way we catalogue information from our ancestral practices deeply rooted in oratory.[2]

I am an avid user of Wikipedia, and most of my reading has been through music and film deep dives over the years so it's nice to experience Wikipedia from this perspective as a contributor.[2]

Wikimania Singapore 2023 - Aotearoa Pasifika performance[edit]

Some emerging Pasifika Wikimedians presented at Wikimania Singapore 2023 in the Entertainment programme.

A cutting edge showcase that wove multiple disciplines within Pacific arts. As proud descendants of Te Moana Nui-A-Kiwa, a group of young artists from Aotearoa, New Zealand, illustrated the distinct voices of Tonga, Samoa, and Niue, through traditional and contemporary visuals, movement and song at Wikimania Singapore 2023

Follow their experiences in the new website TALAWIKI.ORG

Suggested articles needing creation or improvement[edit]

Pasifika Arts Aotearoa in this project is broadly defined as fine arts, crafts, music, dance, theatre, inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary arts by Pasifika heritage artists based in Aotearoa. The Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards have been running since the early 2000's, and when this project was proposed in October 2021 over half of the notable winners don't have Wikipedia articles. Arts Pasifika Award winners and people in the Pacific Arts Legacy Project in Pantograph Punch are the starting place for suggested articles. The Pacific Island Legacy project is curated by Lana Lopesi and includes notable artists from many disciplines.

Draft space articles[edit]

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Articles created[edit]

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  1. Marilyn Kohlhase
  2. Lana Lopesi
  3. Kaetaeta Watson
  4. Ema Tavola
  5. Pati Solomona Tyrell
  6. FAFSWAG
  7. Andy Leleisi'uao
  8. Suli Moa
  9. Natalia Mann
  10. Stone Maka
  11. Lusi Faiva
  12. Edith Amituanai
  13. Louisa Humphry
  14. Emma Kesha
  15. Pacifica Mamas
  16. Jasmine Togo-Brisby
  17. Amanaki Prescott-Faletau
  18. Cora-Allan Wickliffe
  19. Pelenakeke Brown
  20. Pati Umaga
  21. Tupua Tigafua
  22. Gina Cole
  23. Telly Tuita
  24. Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies
  25. Nina Tonga DYK
  26. Tanu Gago
  27. Michel Mulipola
  28. Samson Setu
  29. Ela To'omaga-Kaikilekofe
  30. Opetaia Foaʻi
  31. Qiane Matata-Sipu
  32. Tuāfale Tanoa’i

Articles improved[edit]

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  1. Victor Rodger
  2. Karlo Mila
  3. David Eggleton
  4. FAFSWAG
  5. Teresia Teaiwa
  6. Grace Taylor (poet)
  7. Roseanna Raymond
  8. John Pule
  9. Fāgogo
  10. Phylesha Brown-Acton
  11. Tui Manu’a
  12. Tusiata Avia
  13. Lemi Ponifasio
  14. Tupe Lualua
  15. Fatu Feu'u

Wikidata[edit]

The following list is of new and suggested Wikidata items. Please add new or improved articles & Wikidata QID.

  1. Mele Suipi Fakatava Lātū - QID:
  2. Metuliki Fakatava - QID: Q110920754
  3. Louisa Humphry - QID: Q111018920
  4. Jasmine Togo-Brisby -
  5. Lyle Penisula - QID: Q110920546
  6. Raymond Sagapolutele - QID: Q110921219
  7. Stacy Leilua - QID: Q110920735
  8. Benjamin Work - QID: Q111017932)
  9. Iona Gordon-Smith - QID:Q110920547
  10. Glenda Tuahine -
  11. Pacific Dance New Zealand - QID: Q110967774
  12. Measina Festival - QID: Q110940583
  13. Le Moana - QID: Q110967808
  14. Vivian Aue - QID: Q111137033
  15. Tyla Veau -
  16. Ridge Ponini -
  17. Samson Setu - QID: Q111137197
  18. Tupumaiaga A Niue Trust -
  19. Cora-Allan Wickliffe -
  20. Ronnie Tua - QID: Q111137326

The following are examples of how people items are modelled. Use these to find statements relevant for other Wikidata item you are expanding. These include a range of different authority controls to look for your subject.

Examples of Wikidata Items
Item QID & link Description
Leafa Wilson Q67900383 New Zealand artist
Lana Lopesi Q110578530 New Zealand author, art critic, editor and multidisciplinary researcher
Makerita Urale Q15439940 Samoan New Zealand dramatist and arts administrator
David Eggleton Q22959054 New Zealand poet and writer
Tanu Gago Q62071480 Samoan artist

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Notability guidelines[edit]

From Wikipedia:Notability (people)

People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject.

Additional biography

  1. The person has received a well-known and significant award or honor, or has been nominated for such an award several times; or
  2. The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in a specific field; or
  3. The person has an entry in a country's standard national biographical dictionary (e.g. the Dictionary of National Biography).

Fast links:

Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Creative professionals - directors, writers, choreographers, designers, artists

Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Entertainers - actors and also assume dancers

External links[edit]

https://www.talawiki.org/

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Lopesi, Lana, ed. (2023-01-01). Pacific Arts Aotearoa. ISBN 978-1-77695-051-5.
  2. ^ a b "Writing Pasifika artists into today's 'history books'". www.creativenz.govt.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
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