Hey Frank, This is an awesome idea! I'm interested.
On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Frank Schulenburg < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was wondering whether anyone here would be interested in helping me to > improve Wikipedia's coverage on cheese. > > Cheese? Yes. Background is that the French chapter recently started a > project called "WikiCheese".[1] Wikipedia's coverage of food-related topics > is patchy and articles about cheese are not an exception. So, French > community members started WikiCheese, which aims at systematically filling > content gaps.[2] > > Now, Northern California has an incredibly rich and interesting artisan > cheesemaker scene.[3] Cowgirl Creamery (Point Reyes Station), Epicurean > Connection (Sonoma), Vella Cheese Company (Sonoma)… just to name a few. > > Last weekend, I went on a tour and started photographing a couple of > cheeses as well as cheese production at Cowgirl Creamery: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiCheese_California > > I'm wondering whether any of you on this list would like to join me on my > next excursion (date and time tbd.) You > > * don't need to be a cheese expert (I'm not) > * don't need a fancy camera (actually, text contributions would be highly > welcome as well) > * don't necessarily need to own a car (I do) > > All you need is some time and enthusiasm :-) > > I haven't yet started a project page on Wikipedia – so in case you're > interested, please send a reply to this list. Once a few people show their > interest, we'll plan the next steps. > > Thanks, > > Frank > > [1] > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11254146/Wikipedia-asks-French-help-to-explain-cheese-with-WikiCheese.html > [2] Some image results: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikicheeses/0 > [3] http://cheesetrail.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > >
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