:) Fantastic. Let me know if you need any cheesy library research done. The textbook "Guide to Cheese Identification, Classification, and Utilization", perhaps? http://books.google.com/books?id=2jmO9hmr9WsC Or possibly the more technical "Cheese: Chemistry, Physics and Microbiology" http://books.google.com/books?id=vz-2Y7npqj0C
And don't forget that US dairy statistics are online: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1052 Alternatively, I'd be happy to host another UC Davis edit-a-thon for research purposes at some point, since we have a very extensive food [and therefore cheese] collection :) Phoebe -- Phoebe Ayers Wikimedia Foundation | UC Davis Libraries http://phoebeayers.info 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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