[Wikimediauk-l] Re: "Court of Appeal ruling will prevent UK museums from charging reproduction fees—at last"
O *frabjous* day! Callooh! Callay! On Fri, 29 Dec 2023 at 19:57, Andy Mabbett wrote: > A recent Court of Appeal (England and Wales) case has clarified that > there is no new copyright in photographs reproducing 2D artworks that > are themselves in the public domain - and that (as many of us have > argued) this has been the case since at least 2009. > > > https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/12/29/court-of-appeal-ruling-will-prevent-uk-museums-from-charging-reproduction-feesat-last > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimedia-l] Europeana post on Wikimedia Commons large batch upload projects
Thank you Fae for sharing this post (and for uploading those Photocrom images! People who want to see more or use them in WP articles can find them on Commons at Category:Photocrom prints collection https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photochrom_prints_collection) The GLAMwikiToolset (project homepage https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GLAMToolset_project, mediawiki extension https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GWToolset, user manual https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:GWToolset) has been in development for several years now at *Europeana. *It is a joint funding initiative with several European chapters to develop a standard method for GLAMs (or anyone else for that matter) to mass-upload to Wikimedia Commons on their own terms, without the need to operate bots or be dependent on the subset of volunteers who can to do it for them. While we acknowledge that the system still has bugs and still requires some technical ability (e.g. creating a flat XML file), this is a significant step forward. The tool has been quietly operational now for a while and has been used for an interesting variety of uploads https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GWToolset_users, with more coming each week. We hope that with increased usage the system will start to become a standard part of the GLAMwiki repertoire of activities and over time will become easier to use and help draw attention to other related engineering work that needs attention - like multimedia statistics and metadata export. For those coming to Wikimania who who would like to know more, there will be two presentations on the Sunday https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme#Sunday.2C_August_10 dedicated to the tool and also a hackathon session - please sign up here: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon#GWToolset For any questions feel free to contact me offlist or join the dedicated mailing list https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glamtools if you wish. Sincerely, - Liam / Wittylama Europeana GLAM-Wiki Coordinator wittylama.com Peace, love metadata On 23 July 2014 02:08, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: Re: http://pro.europeana.eu/pro-blog/-/blogs/sharing-multimedia-on-wikipedia-now-easier-with-new-tool Liam has just published this Europeana blog post about the first big projects using the new GLAMwiki Toolset uploader (GWT). The main image is one of the unusual photochrom prints from the 1890s that I uploaded as a Wikimedia UK sponsored project - these hand coloured prints feature locations from around the world and were incredibly popular to send as gifts in that period, a time when colour photography was still experimental; this high quality chromolithographic process was to virtually vanish within a few years. We are hoping that there will be a lot of interest in new GWT projects at Wikimania (and the hackerthon beforehand) both from GLAM professionals and keen volunteers. It's certainly worth browsing some of the projects delivered so far that the tool has made possible, especially if you think you might reuse some of the images. Those of us who helped create the tool are looking forward to this transforming Wikimedia Commons into a standard home on the internet for the public to find high quality GLAM materials. Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [cultural-partners] Wikimedia UK World War I universities GLAM
Hi Chris, Sounds like a good project! You might also be interested in knowing about a WWI Centenary project that Europeana is doing - http://www.europeana1914-1918.eu/en (That's not the final site BTW) I believe they're trying to collate similar records from cultural institutions across Europe to be able to tell the story of the same events from all sides' own records. Perhaps that's a potential tie-in with the UK project. Just keep it in mind :-) Best, -Liam wittylama.com/blog Peace, love metadata On 27 October 2011 17:51, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: (apologies for cross-posting, but it's a UK topic, a MILHIST topic, GLAM topic and an education topic all rolled into one) You might be interested to know that Wikimedia UK has lent its support to a bid led by a researcher at University of Birmingham, supported by Oxford University and also the Imperial War Museum, for a project funded by JISC to categorise and prioritise the UK's cultural heritage related to World War I.(1) This isn't a partnership per se though it may well lead to one. The only commitment we have made is to write a letter and go to a meeting, and the outcomes will be very long-term. However I think it's significant because 1) It is good recognition that the Wikimedia movement is a stakeholder in the development of heritage and educational resources. (The phone call when someone from Oxford was saying we really think your support would add weight to what we're doing was, erm, interesting) 2) It gives us as an organisation formal access to a strong network of world-leading institutions focusing on this particular task 3) It's also relatively unusual for a Wikimedia organisation to provide support to someone else to apply for third-party funding in a competitive tendering process, but in this case the Wikimedia UK board thought it was quite justified in pursuit of our objectives. This should help us build up our network of institutional partners, particularly (but not exclusively) aimed at the World War I centenary, and help lay the groundwork for some exciting collaboration work in the future. Any questions, or if you'd like to express your interest in being involved in future work on the World War I centenary, please give me a shout. Chris (1)JISC's Invitation to Tender: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2011/09/JISC%20ITT%20World%20War%20One%20Commemoration.aspx Wikimedia UK's letter of support (and a bit of a manifesto): http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birmingham_JISC_support.pdf The people whose bid we are supporting (though nothing specific about it here): http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/warstudies/index.aspx ___ cultural-partners mailing list cultural-partn...@wikimedia.ch http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/cultural-partners ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [cultural-partners] British Museum Behind the Scenes event on Ice Age Art, all day October 13th
I'm particularly excited about this project, not only because it is an interesting subject and cool event, but also because this represents the *sustainability* of the relationship between GLAMs and us after intensive projects like Wikipedian in Residence. Although this is with the British Museum I had no involvement with this planning at all It had been built upon the relationships forged last year between individual wikimedians and curators - which is exactly how it should be! Congratulations John and the UK team. good luck :-) -Liam Sent from my phone. Wittylama.com/blog On 25/09/2011, at 9:10, John Byrne j...@bodkinprints.co.uk wrote: Announcing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/Ice_Age_Event_-_October_13,_2011 This is a full-day event to encourage participation in our project to improve coverage of Ice Age art aka the Art of the Upper Paleolithic on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, including the early history of the rediscovery and interpretation of these objects. The British Museum are planning an important exhibition for Spring 2013 on this, and the project will run until then. This is a rare opportunity to have guided tours of the collections at Franks House, where the British Museum's Palaeolithic and Mesolithic objects not on display live. It will also be possible to photograph some objects at Franks House, which will be very useful for the project (and at Bloomsbury in the normal way). Places are strictly limited to 20 because of the facilities at Franks House. We are very lucky to be having a generous amount of time with Jill Cook, Deputy Keeper of the Prehistoric Europe Department, responsible for Palaeolithic and Mesolithic material, and [http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/departments/staff/prehistory_and_europe/nick_ashton.aspx Nick Ashton], Curator of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic collections. Sign up now open - only 20 places. John ___ cultural-partners mailing list cultural-partn...@wikimedia.ch http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/cultural-partners ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] OTRS
Would it not be easier/better to put all the corrections in the article's talkpage? -Liam wittylama.com/blog Peace, love metadata On 7 February 2011 23:24, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, Is there anyone on this list who works with en.wp OTRS? A college-mate of mine, who is a part-time professional actress and has an article, [[Lulu Popplewell]], talked to me today about big factual inaccuracies in her article. I told her to send all the amendments to me by e-mail because that's as far as I know how the process goes. Whom should I then forward the e-mail to, while I make the actual edits? Deryck [[User:Deryck Chan]] ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Helping with museum signs
+1! Got any pictures of the installation processes or labels in-situ? This deserves a mention in the Signpost and if you could also add it to the this month in GLAM report for Feb that's being compiled here http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter Agreed with Roger too, if we could generate labels that not only show the QRcode but also the article title, and maybe something like read about me on Wikipedia... to give some context. Roger, would you mind giving a report of what you've achieved to the cultural-partners mailing list and requesting assistance to bring this to v.2? -Liam Wittylama.com/blog Peace, love metadata On 05/02/2011, at 10:06, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote: I'm thoroughly impressed that we went from my vague mention of QR codes to a live public exhibition within 3 days. Victuallers, you deserve a great big Making things happen barn star. Cheers, Fæ -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Helping with museum signs
I have always thought the most likely organization to be willing to let us put our texts on their walls (via a QR code most likely) would in actual fact be zoos. Think about it! :-) But, for fine arts galleries or major museums the process and policies of label writing is a very complex thing. Lots of people/departments involved, lots of policies and style guides (which wikipedians can relate to!) and lots of discussions about how to fit accurate content into small spaces without either dumbing down nor filling up the wall with text. I once did a multi-week internship at the [[powerhouse museum]] in order to research and write *two* labels for a temporary display! Suffice it to say that no museum is going to, at this stage, outsource their label writing to Wikipedians - it would be too much of a political decision within the organisation as you can imagine. [perhaps a small/volunteer organization might though...] That's just my experience though... Others might find other, more amenable GLAMs! -Liam Wittylama.com/blog Peace, love metadata On 01/02/2011, at 20:35, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: Geni This is an excelent idea - of course if we mounted a bar code as well and they had wi fi or internet phone carrying customers then we could use Google Goggles and supply it in different languages I tried suggesting this at one museum and I got the impression that they were worried about doing their job of course they can use our text and take nearly all the credit for just doing a print. Roger On 31 January 2011 23:39, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: I was recently in the Portsmouth natural history museum (or as the natives call it Cumberland House). When I was there I saw this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/58992329@N03/5406060116/ If you look at the text in the right column (may need to view image at full size) you will find that it is not only dated (it's treating 1982 as recent) but is treating the [[Almas (cryptozoology)]] thing seriously. The museum doesn't really have any money so this isn't something that is likely to be fixed by them any time soon. I think offering to replace it with wikipedia based text along the lines of say [[User:Geni/museum_sign]] would fall within 7-8 of: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Business_Plan#Mission_and_Objectives I don't know how much doing such a replacement would cost but I would be surprised if it passed the limit of our micro grant program. Wikimedia-UK would need to be involved to cover use of the logo and the like. ==Advantages== *Museum gets a better sign *New way to spread wikipedia content *Gives us the chance to produce a real world example of the type of signs we would like to see (QR code and the like) *Helps draw attention to gaps in Wikipedia (in this case it failed to mention how much Neanderthals weigh) *It may get us some good will with the Portsmouth museum service which since they hold one of the larger collections of ship paintings could be kinda handy *May get us some new editors who are interested in working on such signs. *It's a concrete real world activity that we can point to as an example of what we are doing. ==Disadvantages== *Might be more expensive than expected *Images are an issue in this case (need to check copyright status of http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Homo_neanderthalensis_models ) *Scale we can do this on is limited both financially and finding people to write such signs ==Neutral== *They might say no -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Roger Bamkin (aka Victuallers) ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Oxford Internet Institute: Hiring Part-Time Research Assistant (Wikipedia)
Hi all, I just came across this and thought that someone on this list would probably know someone who knows someone who would like this job... Based at this research institute: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/?id=66 (Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University) as part of the project entitled: Wikipedia's Networks and Geographies: Representation and Power in Peer-Produced Content Grade 6: Salary £25,751 - £30,747 p.a. (pro rata) We are a leading international research and policy Institute looking for a part-time (50% FTE) Research Assistant to work on a range of programming and database administrative tasks on a Wikipedia-related research projects with Drs Mark Graham and Bernie Hogan. The current offer is for a half time position with a likelihood of expansion to full time, funding permitted. The research will involve a substantial array of computer science skills applied to questions of social science interest. The application does not necessarily need to have social science training, but should be interested in how contemporary technologies can address new and novel research questions. This part-time post (50%FTE) is available immediately for 12 months in the first instance, with the possibility of renewal thereafter funding permitting. Some flexibility over the number of hours worked per week may be possible The blogpost announcing the job is here: http://zerogeography.blogspot.com/2011/01/hiring-part-time-research-assistant.html Applications close on January 27. wittylama.com/blog Peace, love metadata ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Program to the United Kingdom
On 19 November 2010 15:31, Alex Stinson stins...@dukes.jmu.edu wrote: Hello Wikimedia UK, I am Alex Stinson (User:Sadads), an American student from James Madison University (JMU) and a Wikipedia Campus Ambassador ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ambassadors). I am also a member of the Wikipedia Ambassador Steering Committee and soon will be a Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Trainer. I will be studying abroad in Oxford during the Spring, and look forward to participating in Wikimedia UK activities. The organization of Wikipedians in the United States (or at least the greater DC Area) has been rather slow, so I look forward to bringing back lessons I learn from you to Wikimedia DC. I recently approached the board of Wikimedia UK and asked if they would be interested in starting an Ambassador program in the UK. Realizing that their will need to be significant effort on the part of myself and volunteers in Britain, they have given me the go ahead to begin developing the infrastructure to create an Ambassador program in the UK and begin engaging universities. The Steering Committee of the Ambassador program decided very early that it was best that the ambassador program to be run in a regional approach so that the program could become international and sustainable, I hope the UK will become our first extra-US Ambassador region. The Campus Ambassador Program in the United States has largely been focused on the Public Policy Initiative and supporting writing projects and assignments in university classes. However, even in this first semester of the program, we have already seen the creation of two student organizations as well as course work in other disciplines (such as literature and chemistry). I also have been working closely with the library at JMU to begin discussion on how we think of Wikipedia in Academia through workshops on the topic. I realize the approach to academic curriculum may be hard to translate to the UK university system. However, it is activities such as student organizations and the workshops in addition to the article writing assignments, which I would like to bring to the United Kingdom. Like GLAM cooperations, the Wikipedia Ambassador program has the potential to help a very large community of academics become more engaged with Wikipedia world wide. I have yet to determine the exact schedule of my studies and activities at Oxford. However, while in the UK I plan to, at the very least, find and engage members of Wikimedia UK to begin a regional Ambassador program through Ambassador training and discussions at Wikimedia UK events as well as through the creation of a student organization at Oxford. If anyone would be interested in supporting such an Ambassador program, especially if you are engaged in a University campus, please send me an e-mail and we can begin figuring out how you can help. This program can only be successful if local Wikipedians engage and provide creative approaches to the university environment. Alex Stinson User:Sadads Wikipedia Campus Ambassador James Madison University Wikipedia Ambassador Steering Committee Member I've got nothing specifically constructive to add other than to say - fantastic! I really hope that you can get some on-campus activities happening at Oxford (noting that Cambridge has had a series of meetups and I can't find any at Oxford http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge ). Good luck, -Liam wittylama.com/blog Peace, love metadata ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Announcing GLAM-WIKI:UK
Dear WikimediaUK, Cultural Partnerships Foundation-l mailing lists, On behalf of Wikimedia UK I am pleased to formally announce the second edition of the GLAM-WIKI conference - this time to be held in London at the British Museum on the 26th and 27th of November. The purpose of this conference is to bring the UK and European GLAM sector [gallery, library, archive museum] into direct conversation with the Wikimedia community so we can build a better understanding of our common purpose - sharing culture - and how to assist each to best do that. After all, we are here for the same reason, for the same people, in the same medium so we might as well do it together :-) As the British Museum will be generously hosting this event, and today marks the anniversary of the deciphering of the Rosetta Stone (hence today's Feature Article on the English Wikipedia), we thought it would be an auspicious time to declare that registration is now open. The registration price for Wikimedians is £20. You can read all the details at: *http://glamwiki.org* http://glamwiki.org and the WM-UK blogpost just published: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/09/announcing-registration-now-open-for-glam-wikiuk-at-the-british-museum/ Wikimedia France will be hosting edition three of GLAM-WIKI one week later in December at the *Assemblée nationale* in Paris, and Wikimedia Australia hosted edition one last year at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, so we're in good company. Keynote speakers at this conference will be: - Author, activist, blogger and London local *Cory Doctorowhttp://craphound.com/ * - Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation *Sue Gardnerhttp://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Sue_Gardner * - Director of the Columbia University copyright advisory office *Dr. Kenneth Crewshttp://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/about/director-and-staff/ * And many other presenters besides! Some are already listed on the conference page and many more will be announced by @wikimediaUKhttp://twitter.com/wikimediauk Wikimedians from the UK and further afield are invited to register for this conference. If you are in contact with professionals in the GLAM sector, please mention this event to them too. Moreover, if you would like to come and moderate a session please write to me directly with your proposed session. If you have any questions you can write to me privately, leave them on the event's talkpage or reply on the mailing list. Sincerely, Liam [[witty lama]] Convener, GLAM-WIKI:UK Wikipedian in Residence, British Museum wittylama.com/blog Peace, love metadata ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Wikipedia - British Museum: Bits and pieces
Dear WM-UK, At the suggestion of Mike Peel, I'm forwarding this mailout to the UK list too in the hope that you might find it interesting. I have only been sending these mailouts to people who have actively expressed interest in following the British Museum - Wikipedia project but I can send them here too if you'd like. You can read about the project itself here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM Best, Liam Wyatt/Witty Lama Volunteer Wikipedian in Residence, British Museum wittylama.com/blog Peace, love metadata -- Forwarded message -- From: Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com Date: 23 June 2010 18:28 Subject: Wikipedia - British Museum: Bits and pieces To: *you are receiving this because you have expressed interest in the British Museum - Wikipedia collaboration project. If you do not wish to receive these emails please tell me. Otherwise, please do pass them on to others.* Dear all, Just a couple of little things to mention about the ongoing collaboration with the British Museum: The combined pageviews for all articles related to the History of the World project (using category:A history of the world in 100 objects) is just under 100,000 this month so far. This will continue to increase as the month goes on and it does not include articles about generic subjects - only articles that are specifically about the individual object in question. You can see this here: http://toolserver.org/~magnus/treeviews.php?depth=9date=2010-06cats=A+History+of+the+World+in+100+Objectscombination=subsetautolang=0page_creation_date=1doit=1Notehttp://toolserver.org/%7Emagnus/treeviews.php?depth=9date=2010-06cats=A+History+of+the+World+in+100+Objectscombination=subsetautolang=0page_creation_date=1doit=1Notethat a fair few of these didn't exist before last week. - Several other libraries have expressed interest to me personally, or I've heard through the grapevine that they too now want to do something in-house with Wikipedia. This is not just in London (although several are) but in the US, Australia and Spain. Nice :-) For example yesterday I met with the VA and today with the British Library to fly the flag. Equally the Wikimedia-New York City and D.C. team have put a notice up saying that they're going to have a meeting with the Smithsonian soon. - The total pageviews so far this month for all articles related to the British Museum (ignoring articles about staff) is 336,000 http://toolserver.org/~magnus/treeviews.php?depth=9date=2010-06cats=British+Museum%0D%0A-British+Museum+directors%0D%0A-Employees+of+the+British+Museum%0D%0A-Trustees+of+the+British+Museumcombination=subsetautolang=0page_creation_date=1doit=1http://toolserver.org/%7Emagnus/treeviews.php?depth=9date=2010-06cats=British+Museum%0D%0A-British+Museum+directors%0D%0A-Employees+of+the+British+Museum%0D%0A-Trustees+of+the+British+Museumcombination=subsetautolang=0page_creation_date=1doit=1 This is compared to last month's total of 500,000 which we'll probably reach. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM#Quantitative Of all the articles 16 are newly created since the backstage pass. - The Hoxne Challenge is on TOMORROW. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/Hoxne_challenge. The fact of this event is top story in this week's Wikipedia Signpost http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-06-21/News_and_notes. Even though we've not actually had the event yet - the mere fact of people's willingness to get involved has *already* taken this article from 2kb in length to 20kb! Here's the diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hoxne_hoardaction=historysubmitdiff=369758479oldid=333169107There's obviously a long way to go yet, but it's significantly better already which is a fantastic achievement. Note that someone's even begun a stub in French http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%A9sor_de_Hoxne If you can help out with this, please do. This article is already the 6th most common source of inbound traffic to the BM site from Wikipedia (see below). - As you may have also noticed in that signpost article, the British Museum have changed their collection website's frontpage to feature the most prominent item from the Hoxne Hoard in quiet recognition of our event. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/explore_introduction.aspx They've also been working away in the web team to make the records about the Hoard more citable, findable and collated in one spot: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/article_index/h/the_hoxne_hoard.aspxOne of the things to come out of the backstage pass day was the realisation that it is very hard to reference the BM website if we're talking about a collection of items. This link now compiles all of the links to the individual sub-sections on one page. - As you may have also noticed in the Signpost article - the BM has started linking out to Wikipedia articles that are a) about objects in the collection and b) Feature articles. The two examples so far
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Wikipedia - British Museum: Bits and pieces
On 24 June 2010 16:10, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 24 June 2010 15:02, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: At the suggestion of Mike Peel, I'm forwarding this mailout to the UK list too in the hope that you might find it interesting. I have only been sending these mailouts to people who have actively expressed interest in following the British Museum - Wikipedia project but I can send them here too if you'd like. You can read about the project itself here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM Fantastic stuff! Do let internal-l know as well ... this sort of thing is, frankly, WMF blog material. (And just wait until the NPG call asking if they can do something like this with us ;-) ) Well, I am wary of spamming too many people with reports of things that I'm doing here at the British Museum on the basis that, although I might find it interesting I'm aware that everyone has their own projects that are of equal importance to the movement. I just happen to be volunteering with an organisation that has a big brand name (and awesome collection) but I don't want to pretend that my wikiwork should get more airtime than anyone else's. And yes, I have been in contact with the NPG on an unofficial lets have a beer basis. What I think has come from that is that both communities, whilst recognising that there is a gap between our interpretations of the law, we have both learned a lot in the last year about each other. The whole event is a lose-lose for both communities and there is now an awareness (IMO) in both communities that we need to have pro-active and mutually-beneficial relationships. That's pretty much what I'm trying to demonstrate here at the BM - that a mutually-beneficial relationship that respects the policies of BOTH communities is achievable. And, as you can see from the variety of UK and international museums that are starting to make noises about having their own in-house wikipedia volunteer that message seems to be getting through :-) -Liam ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Wikipedia - British Museum: Bits and pieces
As far as the catalogue goes there is only one reference to Karikari and that is this item: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/s/silver-gilt_dish_with_a_gold_s.aspx A silver-gilt dish. Although I'm guessing that's not what you were looking for. -Liam wittylama.com/blog Peace, love metadata On 24 June 2010 21:32, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 24 June 2010 15:02, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: Please do get in touch if you have any questions, queries, offers to help etc. Liam Wyatt Volunteer Wikipedian in Residence, British Museum Is it possible to find out if Kofi Karikari's state parasol ended up in the British museum collection? Not run across any references to what happened to it post 1870s. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
