Siobhan Leachman
@siobhanleachman.bsky.social
Wikimedian, citizen scientist, digital curator, volunteer, nature nerd, wine geek, partner & mum. She/her. Inordinately fond of linked open data, moths & weevils. Other contact links see my ORCID. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5398-7721
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Bionomia/OpenRefine/Wikidata "Collection items at" workflow
This workflow uses Bionomia's frictionless data packages and OpenRefine to bulk edit natural history collector items in Wikidata. It shows the steps needed to be taken to add "collection items at" sta...
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As part of my Wikimedia in Residence roll at the New Zealand Bioeconomy Science Institute I've created documentation using @bionomia.net frictionless data packages to help add "collection items at" statements to collector items in @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social See doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #Wikidata
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An elementary manual of New Zealand entomology; London, West, Newman & Co., 1892. (source: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8547643) #nature #illustration #art
February 19, 2026 at 12:28 AM
An elementary manual of New Zealand entomology; London, West, Newman & Co., 1892. (source: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8547643) #nature #illustration #art
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Join Wikimedians from across the country for Wellington WikiCon, 2–3 May 2026, the annual gathering for editors of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia platforms organised by Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand.
Tickets are available now along with limited travel grants: events.humanitix.com/wellington-w...
Tickets are available now along with limited travel grants: events.humanitix.com/wellington-w...
Wellington WikiCon 2026
Annual conference for editors of Wikimedia platforms from across Aotearoa New Zealand.
events.humanitix.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Join Wikimedians from across the country for Wellington WikiCon, 2–3 May 2026, the annual gathering for editors of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia platforms organised by Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand.
Tickets are available now along with limited travel grants: events.humanitix.com/wellington-w...
Tickets are available now along with limited travel grants: events.humanitix.com/wellington-w...
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The second #kakapo chick of the #kakapo2026 breeding season hatched this morning: Hine Taumai-A1-2026 on Ako's nest on Te Kākahu. We transferred the egg from Anchor two nights ago. This is Ako's first-ever chick, which is just a few hours old in this video. #conservation #birds #parrots
February 17, 2026 at 8:27 AM
The second #kakapo chick of the #kakapo2026 breeding season hatched this morning: Hine Taumai-A1-2026 on Ako's nest on Te Kākahu. We transferred the egg from Anchor two nights ago. This is Ako's first-ever chick, which is just a few hours old in this video. #conservation #birds #parrots
Working in #OpenRefine and have added a column to a project in order to vent. This saves hair follicles.
February 17, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Working in #OpenRefine and have added a column to a project in order to vent. This saves hair follicles.
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New Zealand has lost 29% of its glaciers since 2000
That means in only 25 years, we've lost almost 1/3 of our glaciers, that had been existent for millions of years prior.
Oceans continue to warm
Meanwhile this govt are pushing through bills to disband the Ministry of Environment #NZ #nzpol
That means in only 25 years, we've lost almost 1/3 of our glaciers, that had been existent for millions of years prior.
Oceans continue to warm
Meanwhile this govt are pushing through bills to disband the Ministry of Environment #NZ #nzpol
February 16, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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The first #kakapo chick for four years hatched two days ago (on Valentine’s Day for those who like to anthropomorphise!). Here’s Tiwhiri-A1-2026 in Yasmine’s nest. 📸: Deidre Vercoe. www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots #birds
February 16, 2026 at 12:48 AM
The first #kakapo chick for four years hatched two days ago (on Valentine’s Day for those who like to anthropomorphise!). Here’s Tiwhiri-A1-2026 in Yasmine’s nest. 📸: Deidre Vercoe. www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots #birds
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Which Aotearoa bug is best? – In the News
Which Aotearoa bug is best? - In the News - Science Media Centre
Voting closes at midnight on Monday for the Entomological Society's Bug of the Year 2026. Here are some of the 21 bugs vying for your vote. Otago alpine cockroach Professor of Evolutionary Biology Mary...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
February 16, 2026 at 6:22 AM
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If you're interested in MfE's reports or use their data, better load it up to the wayback machine pronto.
#nzpol
#nzpol
National orcishness continues, with a bill to disestablish MfE bills.parliament.nz/v/6/27caed65...
House
bills.parliament.nz
February 16, 2026 at 5:02 AM
If you're interested in MfE's reports or use their data, better load it up to the wayback machine pronto.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Another day with a piece of Aotearoa on the front page of Wikipedia! 💻
The article on William Bloomfield was created as part of Auckland War Memorial Museum's 2025/26 summer student programme. Ka pai tō mahi to the new editors! 👏
🔗 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
The article on William Bloomfield was created as part of Auckland War Memorial Museum's 2025/26 summer student programme. Ka pai tō mahi to the new editors! 👏
🔗 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
February 16, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Another day with a piece of Aotearoa on the front page of Wikipedia! 💻
The article on William Bloomfield was created as part of Auckland War Memorial Museum's 2025/26 summer student programme. Ka pai tō mahi to the new editors! 👏
🔗 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
The article on William Bloomfield was created as part of Auckland War Memorial Museum's 2025/26 summer student programme. Ka pai tō mahi to the new editors! 👏
🔗 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
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February 16, 2026 at 5:23 AM
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🌿🔥 #NewResearch is revealing how and when NZ’s beech forests can burn. We’re supporting PhD student Georgia Stevenson, with Lincoln University researchers, to test beech litter flammability in the field. These are the first experiments of their kind in any NZ native forest type.
🔗 bit.ly/46EV7oa
🔗 bit.ly/46EV7oa
February 16, 2026 at 1:30 AM
🌿🔥 #NewResearch is revealing how and when NZ’s beech forests can burn. We’re supporting PhD student Georgia Stevenson, with Lincoln University researchers, to test beech litter flammability in the field. These are the first experiments of their kind in any NZ native forest type.
🔗 bit.ly/46EV7oa
🔗 bit.ly/46EV7oa
I'm cold but I'm NOT prepared to turn the heating on in FEBRUARY! However I am stomping my way back to bed where I will continue to work from home with my electric blanket on. #Wellington
anna from frozen is sitting in the snow with a blanket around her .
Alt: anna from frozen is walking in the snow and wind with a blanket around her .
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February 15, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I'm cold but I'm NOT prepared to turn the heating on in FEBRUARY! However I am stomping my way back to bed where I will continue to work from home with my electric blanket on. #Wellington
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I've written a blog post about using @gbif.org to geocode localities (for some reason biodiversity people call this "georeferencing" 🤷♂️). Post is iphylo.blogspot.com/2026/02/gbif... (DOI coming soon once @rogue-scholar.wisskomm.social.ap.brid.gy picks it up). Tool at rdmpage.github.io/gbif-geocoder/
GBIF Geocoder: using GBIF to find places on a map
Blog by Rod Page on biodiversity informatics, taxonomy, systematics, phylogeny, knowledge graphs, and other topics.
iphylo.blogspot.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:35 PM
I've written a blog post about using @gbif.org to geocode localities (for some reason biodiversity people call this "georeferencing" 🤷♂️). Post is iphylo.blogspot.com/2026/02/gbif... (DOI coming soon once @rogue-scholar.wisskomm.social.ap.brid.gy picks it up). Tool at rdmpage.github.io/gbif-geocoder/
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Been a busy week prepping for O Week next week. I made a “Can I trust Wikipedia?” Game, a poll about Wikipedia and AI, and two displays of Wiki-based games for students queuing for their ID cards. And a stack of “what can a Wikimedian in Residence do for you?” flyers. Phew, roll on Monday!
February 13, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Been a busy week prepping for O Week next week. I made a “Can I trust Wikipedia?” Game, a poll about Wikipedia and AI, and two displays of Wiki-based games for students queuing for their ID cards. And a stack of “what can a Wikimedian in Residence do for you?” flyers. Phew, roll on Monday!
I think we've progressed to level 6 on the basis that the wind gusts are most definitely felt by all & I've got concerns "slight non-structural damage occurs", I'm worried my fence might blow over. It did in the 2013 Matariki storm & this one seems to be approaching similar wind speeds. #Wellington
She's a windy night in #Wellington. Instead of playing the "wind gust or earthquake?" game, we've progressed to playing "if this wind gust WAS an earthquake where on the EQNZ "felt it" scale would it fall?". Where I am, we're currently experiencing house shudders at "felt it" level 5. 💨🍃💨
February 15, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I think we've progressed to level 6 on the basis that the wind gusts are most definitely felt by all & I've got concerns "slight non-structural damage occurs", I'm worried my fence might blow over. It did in the 2013 Matariki storm & this one seems to be approaching similar wind speeds. #Wellington
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Increasing rapidly
February 15, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Increasing rapidly
She's a windy night in #Wellington. Instead of playing the "wind gust or earthquake?" game, we've progressed to playing "if this wind gust WAS an earthquake where on the EQNZ "felt it" scale would it fall?". Where I am, we're currently experiencing house shudders at "felt it" level 5. 💨🍃💨
February 15, 2026 at 7:46 AM
She's a windy night in #Wellington. Instead of playing the "wind gust or earthquake?" game, we've progressed to playing "if this wind gust WAS an earthquake where on the EQNZ "felt it" scale would it fall?". Where I am, we're currently experiencing house shudders at "felt it" level 5. 💨🍃💨
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Code on Github github.com/rdmpage/gbif... with MIT license
GitHub - rdmpage/gbif-geocoder: Use GBIF to geocode localities
Use GBIF to geocode localities. Contribute to rdmpage/gbif-geocoder development by creating an account on GitHub.
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February 14, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Code on Github github.com/rdmpage/gbif... with MIT license
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With the help of Claude Code I have resurrected a tool to geocode localities using @gbif.org. If you have a locality such as "Cambodia: Ratanakiri Province, Virachey National Park" rdmpage.github.io/gbif-geocoder/ will search for specimens that match that locality and display results on a map.
February 14, 2026 at 10:18 PM
With the help of Claude Code I have resurrected a tool to geocode localities using @gbif.org. If you have a locality such as "Cambodia: Ratanakiri Province, Virachey National Park" rdmpage.github.io/gbif-geocoder/ will search for specimens that match that locality and display results on a map.
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Wikidata would not be possible without the ton of Free Software projects it runs on. Thank you to all the communities and maintainers, who built them and improve them every day.
♥️ to you on I Love Free Software Day! You make the world go round and help us share open knowledge.
♥️ to you on I Love Free Software Day! You make the world go round and help us share open knowledge.
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Wikidata would not be possible without the ton of Free Software projects it runs on. Thank you to all the communities and maintainers, who built them and improve them every day.
♥️ to you on I Love Free Software Day! You make the world go round and help us share open knowledge.
♥️ to you on I Love Free Software Day! You make the world go round and help us share open knowledge.
Currently feeling very aggrieved on behalf of Filemón Lozano y Lozano, a Mexican botanical collector who worked with Cyrus Pringle. Variously described as "helper" or "travelling companion" & is generally not listed as a co-collector on Pringle specimens. Added to #Wikidata & @bionomia.net
February 14, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Currently feeling very aggrieved on behalf of Filemón Lozano y Lozano, a Mexican botanical collector who worked with Cyrus Pringle. Variously described as "helper" or "travelling companion" & is generally not listed as a co-collector on Pringle specimens. Added to #Wikidata & @bionomia.net
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Deadline for session proposals: 🗓️ 25 Feb, 23:59 UTC‑10!
There’s still time 🕐 but act fast ⚡️
Submit an organized session for #TDWG2026 in #Oslo.
New this year: 🌟Discussion sessions🌟.
Theme: 🔬🤖 Research & robot‑ready biodiversity data standards.
More info: 🔗 tdwg.link/call-for-ses...
There’s still time 🕐 but act fast ⚡️
Submit an organized session for #TDWG2026 in #Oslo.
New this year: 🌟Discussion sessions🌟.
Theme: 🔬🤖 Research & robot‑ready biodiversity data standards.
More info: 🔗 tdwg.link/call-for-ses...
February 12, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Deadline for session proposals: 🗓️ 25 Feb, 23:59 UTC‑10!
There’s still time 🕐 but act fast ⚡️
Submit an organized session for #TDWG2026 in #Oslo.
New this year: 🌟Discussion sessions🌟.
Theme: 🔬🤖 Research & robot‑ready biodiversity data standards.
More info: 🔗 tdwg.link/call-for-ses...
There’s still time 🕐 but act fast ⚡️
Submit an organized session for #TDWG2026 in #Oslo.
New this year: 🌟Discussion sessions🌟.
Theme: 🔬🤖 Research & robot‑ready biodiversity data standards.
More info: 🔗 tdwg.link/call-for-ses...
Off to the #Wellington #Wiki meetup this morning. Looking forward to catching up with colleagues. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington/Meetup 14 February 2026 - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 13, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Off to the #Wellington #Wiki meetup this morning. Looking forward to catching up with colleagues. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
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New to BHL this week: "West Australian Orchids" by Emily H. Pelloe (1930), with spectacular illustrations by the author. This presentation copy from #RBGVictoria's collection includes a manuscript inscription and the author's signature. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/65321275 #ILoveBHL 📖 🧪 🌏
February 6, 2026 at 3:51 AM
New to BHL this week: "West Australian Orchids" by Emily H. Pelloe (1930), with spectacular illustrations by the author. This presentation copy from #RBGVictoria's collection includes a manuscript inscription and the author's signature. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/65321275 #ILoveBHL 📖 🧪 🌏
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Tomorrow is #LibraryLoversDay 💚 🧪 📚️ 🌱
On February 14, we’re inviting our global community to show their love for the Biodiversity Heritage Library. 63+ million pages of biodiversity knowledge. Free. Open. For everyone.
ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/BHLDona...
#LoveLibraries #OpenAccess #ILoveBHL
On February 14, we’re inviting our global community to show their love for the Biodiversity Heritage Library. 63+ million pages of biodiversity knowledge. Free. Open. For everyone.
ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/BHLDona...
#LoveLibraries #OpenAccess #ILoveBHL
February 13, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Tomorrow is #LibraryLoversDay 💚 🧪 📚️ 🌱
On February 14, we’re inviting our global community to show their love for the Biodiversity Heritage Library. 63+ million pages of biodiversity knowledge. Free. Open. For everyone.
ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/BHLDona...
#LoveLibraries #OpenAccess #ILoveBHL
On February 14, we’re inviting our global community to show their love for the Biodiversity Heritage Library. 63+ million pages of biodiversity knowledge. Free. Open. For everyone.
ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/BHLDona...
#LoveLibraries #OpenAccess #ILoveBHL