Also, there's a tool for that [1]... Magnus
[1] http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/fist.php Pre-filled for "Grade I listed buildings in London" : <http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/fist.php?doit=1&language=en&project=wikipedia&data=Grade+I+listed+buildings+in+London&datatype=categories¶ms%5Bcatdepth%5D=0¶ms%5Brandom%5D=50¶ms%5Bstartat%5D=¶ms%5Bll_max%5D=5¶ms%5Bcommons_max%5D=5¶ms%5Bflickr_max%5D=5¶ms%5Binclude_flickr_id%5D=1¶ms%5Bpicasa_max%5D=5¶ms%5Bwts_max%5D=5¶ms%5Bgimp_max%5D=5¶ms%5Besp_max%5D=5¶ms%5Bab_max%5D=5¶ms%5Bgeograph_max%5D=5¶ms%5Bgeograph_max_de%5D=5¶ms%5Bgeograph_max_channel-islands%5D=5¶ms%5Bfreemages_max%5D=5¶ms%5Bforarticles%5D=noimage¶ms%5Blessthan_images%5D=3¶ms%5Bskip_no_candidate%5D=1¶ms%5Buse_article_as_file_name%5D=1¶ms%5Buse_article_as_description%5D=1¶ms%5Bdefault_thumbnail_size%5D=¶ms%5Bjpeg%5D=1¶ms%5Bpng%5D=1¶ms%5Bgif%5D=1¶ms%5Bsvg%5D=1¶ms%5Bogg%5D=1¶ms%5Boutput_format%5D=out_html¶ms%5Bmin_width%5D=80¶ms%5Bmin_height%5D=80&sources%5Blanguagelinks%5D=1&sources%5Bcommons%5D=1&sources%5Bflickr%5D=1&sources%5Bgeograph%5D=1> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Lodewijk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Roger, > > I feel sorry for you that you have the feeling that you went out for > nothing. However, you did surely add to the wealth - having multiple photos > of something is also worth something. > > A categorization project sounds great, but should probably not be called > 'wiki loves monuments' to avoid confusion. It is also much less useful to > new users, the main target group of Wiki Loves Monuments. We shouldn't > bother them with Commons' horrible categorization structure - they should > just identify what is on their photo, and we can (automagically) take it > from there thanks to the (to be built) database. > > If you want to motivate people from our communities to categorize pictures, > that would be a nice project in its own right. Perhaps it would be nice to > do *before* wiki loves monuments - so that both get maximum effect? > > Lodewijk > > No dia 30 de Janeiro de 2012 15:29, Roger Bamkin <[email protected]> > escreveu: >> >> Anecdotal story: My wife decided to take me outside for a trip and asked >> where I wanted to go. I'd recently seen a tool by Magnus Mankse called Shoot >> me which lists out all the wiki articles geo tagged near you that lacked >> pics. So I quickly went >> >> http://toolserver.org/~magnus/wikishootme/index.html >> >> and that listed out half a dozen useful places near me that lacked pics. >> We went out .... took the pics and when I went to load them I found out that >> all these pictures already existed ..... they were uncategorised, but there. >> I think I loaded some *new* pix but I'm not sure I added much to "the >> wealth". >> >> So if our objective is to "supply everything to everyone" (paraphrase our >> vision), then first we need a copy of everything. It could be that we >> already have a copy of nearly everything if we could just sort out what we >> had and what we lacked. However the chances of running a successful UK >> categorisation project is low..... or is it? >> >> Do you know I just typed the last sentence and realised that that is what >> we want. We want a categorisation project. What we know will appeal is a >> successful photography project. Hmmm >> >> UK WIKI LOVES MONUMENTS - wacky proposal >> >> Prize goes to the best five media files in a complete >> Wiki-Commons-Category >> >> Entrants will ensure that they use a valid commons category for a village, >> road, type of monuments etc. They will populate that category with as many >> photos and videos and sounds as possible. They are invited to add their own >> pictures, viideo and sounds but also to collect as many freely sourced files >> they can find from other sources too. >> >> Judges will look at wikimedia commons pages, wikipedia, wikisource etc >> pages that use or could use these resources. They will choose the winning >> category and the five media files that best illustrate its reason for >> winning. This is a "beauty" competition that is is not just based on the >> quality of the media but also the quantity, meta data and completeness of >> the chosen category. >> >> So thats an idea for what might work Please feel free to ignore, delete or >> modify >> >> >> On 30 January 2012 11:46, Gordon Joly <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> I may have missed the point.. but.... doesn't this article need expanding >>> urgently? I feel these types of articles should be expanded routinely (Grade >>> I listed buildings). >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmondsworth_Barn >>> >>> In the news currently because English Heritage have just bought it. >>> >>> Perhaps it should look more like this... >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Mill >>> >>> And, yes, I will edit the article - REAL SOON NOW. >>> >>> Gordo >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Gordon Joly >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.joly.org.uk/ >>> Don't Leave Space To The Professionals! >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Roger Bamkin >> Chair WMUK >> 01332 702993 >> 0758 2020815 >> Google+:Victuallers >> Skype:Victuallers1 >> Flickr:Victuallers2 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
