Abstract
ABSTRACT This article is summary and reflections from Sophia Coghini and Lisa Maule on a pilot Wikipedia project in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2022. The pilot sought to examine out if Wikipedia was considered of value to a Pasifika community, to increase content about Pasifika arts in Wikipedia, and to teach Pasifika people to edit Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. The research describes the discoveries and reflections of people in the project. Difficulties for the new editors included a lack of writing about Indigenous artists in secondary sources to create Wikipedia articles. There was a questioning of how to bring Pasifika concepts of talanoa and Vā into a Wikipedia learning journey. The Pasifika arts communities of the project validated content to be in Wikipedia, but there was a sadness from older generations that notable artists were not easily able to be added.
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