Join us behind the scenes of Wikipedia, and discover how Aotearoa New Zealand's local history is making its way to the World Wide Web. 

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The Amp: Episode 6, Welcome to Wikipedia
EPISODE 6

Welcome to Wikipedia

Ever wondered how Wikipedia works? Who edits it, and where does all the information come from? In this episode of The Amp, we’re lifting the lid on Wikipedia. Learn how the Museum has partnered with Wikipedia to get information out of our stores and onto the internet – where anyone can learn from it for free, wherever they are in the world.  

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This podcast was brought to you by Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum. It was written by Steph Strock and Anjuli Selvadurai. Production support from Laura Skerritt. Sound design by Sara O’Brien. The executive producer was Teresa Cowie from Connect Content. Thanks to our guests, James Taylor, Marty Blayney, Aashish Ramanlal, Kat Baker, and Sophie Elborough.

 

MUSIC REPRODUCTION

Freesound.org

  • City Street Sounds - Auckland, New Zealand by tdes https://freesound.org/s/276922/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
  • Birds Tweeting In The Morning - Auckland, New Zealand by tdes -- https://freesound.org/s/319536/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
  • Vintage cash register.m4a by Tompalompa -- https://freesound.org/s/475915/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
  • EchoChamberYelling.mp3 by RandomRecord19 -- https://freesound.org/s/703808/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

 

Wikimediafoundation.org

  • Original sound by Thaddeus Osborne. re-recorded, mixed and mastered by MassiveMusic/Robby Stone for the Wikimedia Foundation., CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

 

Wikipedia.org

  • Paul Dreifus, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
  • Sammimack, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

 

Revivethis.org

  • Tala’aga Recorded between May 1-13, 1969 on Sili Savaii, Savai’i, Samoa. Creative Commons BY-NC license.

 

Other SFX/Music used with appropriate permissions/licence from Epidemic, Soundsnap, BBC library, Internet Archive, Sara O’Brien, AWMM SFX Library.

 

IMAGE REPRODUCTIONS

Find out more about the images from the episode cover below. All images sourced via Wikipedia.org.

  • https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manukau_Harbour_surveyed_by_Commander_B._Drury_..._(et_al.),_1853_-_Mangere_Bridge_cropped.jpg
  • https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_watercolour_of_Mount_Albert_(1840s)_(cropped).jpg
  • https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Zealand_Nurses_at_Apia_Hospital,_Samoa,_August_1914_(18109249681).jpg