Hi Wiki-Pilgrims, Eric has laid out a a nice ambitious plan, but we could also just use someone to start a simple page for the Boston photo event with the event page wizard:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America#Event_page_wizard This really just means picking a 'starting point' and time, so even if you can't get to all the other stuff, this should be fun and easy to set up. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 11:18 AM, emw <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I had been planning to help coordinate and organize Wiki Loves Monuments > (WLM) in the New England region (including Boston), but I won't be able to > devote significant time to that. If you are interested in that coordinating > role, please add your name to the Team Organization table at > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_in_the_United_States#Team_organization. > If you're interested in helping plan an event in Boston or another place in > the region, take a look at > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America. > > There are a few important high-level tasks that need to be done for WLM in > the New England region: > > 1) Generate a list of places to photograph and make that list > user-friendly > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Massachusetts > and similar pages for other states are a great starting point. For WLM, > it's OK to photograph NRHP sites for which an image already exists on > Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons. > Most of the places/goals from Wikipedia Takes Boston in 2011 still need to > be photographed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WTB/Goals. Note > that most of these places are not NRHP sites, though. > Tools for WLM are available: > > Erfgoedbot (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ErfgoedBot) seems like > it could be useful. In particular, erfgoed's 'Search Monuments' and > 'Statistics' tools seem relevant: > > Search Monuments: http://toolserver.org/~erfgoed/toolbox/search.php > Statistics: http://toolserver.org/~erfgoed/toolbox/statistics.php > > A list of other WLM tools is available at > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Tools > > 2) Get in touch with local media entites: The Boston Globe, Worcestor > Telegram and Gazette (http://www.telegram.com/), The Lowell Sun > http://www.lowellsun.com/, and/or others listed at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Massachusetts would be > appropriate. > > 3) Put up paper fliers around universities, community centers, etc. > announcing WLM, and reach out to photography clubs > > There is a Wiki Loves Monuments IRC channel on freenode -- > #wikilovesmonuments -- where you can talk with people knowledgeable about > WLM. There is also an active Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments/. Other > helpful people to contact about WLM include Pharos > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pharos), Multichill > (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Multichill), Dominic > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dominic) and SJ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sj). > > Although I won't be able to devote much time to the WLM planning for New > England in August, I might be able to contribute in a minor role in > September. > > Thanks, > Eric > > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-boston mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston
