AxonsArachnida

Userboxes This user likes spiders. This user collects insects. This user is interested in Entomology This user is a member of Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand. This user is a participant in WikiProject Insects. This user is a participant in WikiProject Beetles. ORCİD This user has the ORCID identifier 0000-0001-9988-5985 This user is the main author of 6 Good Articles This user is proud knowing that they are one in 76,277.

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Introduction

Hello, I'm Shaun Thompson, also known as AxonsArachnida. I am a New Zealand based entomologist/arachnologist. I am still somewhat new to Wikipedia/Wikidata but I am learning fast. I am employed by Te Papa as detailed in my Conflict of Interest below. Although I am associated with Te Papa, my wiki related activities are not part of my professional work there and are entirely a hobby.

My overarching goal

My aim is to turn Wikipedia into a extremely detailed and reliable source of information on New Zealand's wildlife. Much of what is known is hidden within academia and is difficult to access for the lay person. This information should be made easy to access and understandable.

To do

• Create articles for all New Zealand Spiders.
• Create species lists for all terrestrial invertebrates of New Zealand.
• Get Alicella gigantea up to Featured Article status.
• Get Huhu beetle up to Good Article, then Featured Article status.
• Get Prolasius advenus up to Good Article Status
• Get Robsonella huttoni up to Good Article status
• Get Megadromus capito up to Good Article status
• Get Patiriella regularis up to Good Article status
• Create article for Rowan Emberson

New Zealand invertebrates 100 Good Articles project

I aim to make 100 "Good Article" pages about species of New Zealand invertebrates. My progress is listed below.

• Ten Coleoptera Good Articles:
  • Zecicindela feredayi
  • Neocicindela tuberculata
  • Mecodema howittii

30% completed (estimate)

   

• Ten Diptera Good Articles:
  • Opifex fuscus

10% completed (estimate)

   

• Ten Hymenoptera Good Articles:

0% completed (estimate)

   

• Ten Hemiptera Good Articles:

0% completed (estimate)

   

• Ten small order insect/lepidoptera Good Articles:

0% completed (estimate)

   

• Ten Araneae Good Articles:
  • Trite auricoma

10% completed (estimate)

   

• Ten miscellaneous terrestrial Arthropod Good Articles:

0% completed (estimate)

   

• Ten Mollusc Good Articles:

0% completed (estimate)

   

• Ten miscellaneous marine Arthropod Good Articles:

0% completed (estimate)

   

• Ten miscellaneous marine invertebrate Good Articles:

0% completed (estimate)

   

Overall completion:

5% completed (estimate)

   

My statistics

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My favourite Wikipedia articles

• Christchurch Seagull Pit
• Jetpack man
• IP over Avian Carriers

Conflict of Interest

Shaun Thompson PhD Student/Collections Technician Te Papa		Contact me [e-mail]
About me I am a paid employee of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Te Papa), an autonomous Crown entity of New Zealand that provides a forum in which the nation may present, explore, and preserve both the heritage of its cultures and knowledge of the natural environment in order to better understand and treasure the past, enrich the present, and meet the challenges of the future. We are working to make our holdings, publications, and other resources more accessible to the public by engaging directly with the Wikimedia Foundation projects Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.
Conflict of interest statement When I am editing the Wikimedia Foundation projects Wikipedia, Wikidata or contributing to Wikimedia Commons as part of my official professional duties, I always strive to strictly abide by the accepted practices on conflicts of interest, neutrality, and notability of that particular project. Because Te Papa's educational mission is in line with Wikipedia's mission to disseminate knowledge freely, I will not make edits that I do not believe are in accordance with that Wikimedia Foundation projects practices and procedures. Therefore, I will not make substantive edits to articles related to Te Papa as an agency (e.g. Te Papa), or its personnel. Instead, my edits and contributions will be to contribute subject matter expertise, for example to improve articles about Te Papa holdings or subjects relating to New Zealand (e.g. Phar Lap, New Zealand art). You can find out more about this project at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa WikiProject. Te Papa’s work on Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons is being governed by internal guidelines, which we have published on-wiki in our WikiProject page. If you believe I have made an error or violated Wikipedia’s norms, please do not hesitate to contact me. My email is also listed on this page in case I am not regularly checking my talk page.