The aim is to improve the number of articles of a reasonable standard, there are many articles that need very little to get them past GA its just encouraging someone to make that effort. Yes bios are harder to find suitable places thats why the focus is towards heritage buildings, places, statues etc many of which are in public type ownership which are easier to get permissions from.
Taking the Andrew Fisher article, we could approach the old Parliament and look to QR code every PM article as they have a hall with limited information on each Most people responded happily to a written request. running with less increase the cost, the smaller the batch the higher the costs. On 3 February 2014 07:31, Kerry Raymond <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it's a good idea. > > > > But then I took a quick look at the list of the GA articles for Australia. > Yes, 500+ of them, but an awful lot don't seem to have an obvious "place" > to put a plaque. > > > > > http://tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=Australia&quality=GA-Class > > > > Just starting with the first on the list > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Fisher > > > > where would we put a plaque for him? He's got a couple of memorials in the > UK (where he was born and died) and there is a bust of him in Ballarat (a > city with which he does not appear to have been associated). I think we'd > face a similar problem with many of the GAs being biographies. > > > > Also, in your Freopedia experience, how much time has to go into getting > permission from the owner of the place where we want to put the plaque? > Again, with Freopedia, you were "on the ground" and probably > well-connected. But Australia-wide it's probably going to be "cold-calling" > in a lot of situations. Did you contact people directly yourself or get > introduced by a local historical society or ...? > > > > Also, are there any constraints on the number of plaques in a batch? How > few could we start with? You mention 100 as a trial in the proposal. Is > that the minimum? Or could we run with less? > > > > Kerry > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Gnangarra > *Sent:* Sunday, 2 February 2014 7:25 PM > *To:* Wikimedia-au > *Subject:* [Wikimediaau-l] QR code proposal > > > > Hi Everyone > > During todays iirc discussion its was suggested that WMAU would create QR > codes of articles which achieve GA status. This would enable everyone to > participate in the WikiTown format without creating a full project, this > will work especially well for places where you have a connection and can > assist in gaining permission to install the plaque. > > The proposal is at > http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:QR_codes_GA_articles > > Please join the discussion > > Gideon > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > >
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