Well done Katie and everyone involved. This is going to be great. Jon On 19 June 2013 15:11, Katie Chan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > One of the task that needs to be completed for WLM to happen is to have > exhaustive lists of all eligible listed buildings on Wikipedia, using > appropriately formed templates instead of wiki tables directly. To get > everyone going, I have created the templates[1], which everyone is of > course encouraged to improve. > > In terms of the actual lists themselves, I have created a tracking > table[2] so that everyone can see where we are and where work needs to be > done. All the columns should be fairly self explanatory, aside from the one > on images which is intended to track when someone has searched through > Commons & Wikipedia for existing images and added them to the respective > list. > > Except for Wales, where lists didn't exist before, you can navigate to the > existing lists from [3]. As you can see, I have made a start on at least > one counties per countries so that everyone can see what I envisage them > looking like[4]. You can find a copy of the source data for England[5], > Wales[6], Scotland[7] and Northern Ireland[8] at the respective links > provided. There's also PHP scripts for manipulation of geo-coordinates > (latitude/longitude) to[9] and from[10] OS grid references, and also one > for conversion between WGS-84 datum (as used by GPS) and OSGB-36 datum (as > used by the Ordnance Survey)[11]. They may come in useful for manipulation > of the source data when creating the lists. > > I should say here that the English list is brand new courtesy of English > Heritage who have recently completed a review of their licensing and > released the information where they previously declined to! > > Aside from making WLM happen, completing these lists would improve a lot > of the existing lists on Wikipedia or create new ones where they didn't > exist before. This is something that can be done by everyone as time > permits, whether that is mass converting the source data into templated > lists, a few minutes spent looking for existing images and adding them to a > list, or copyediting the generated list. > > Plese contribute when and where you can! > > Katie > > [1]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:EH_listed_building_header>, < > https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:EH_listed_building_row>, < > https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:Cadw_listed_building_header>, < > https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:Cadw_listed_building_row>, < > https://en.wikipedia.org/HS_listed_building_header>, < > https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:HS_listed_building_row>, < > https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:NIEA_listed_building_header>, < > https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:NIEA_listed_building_row>. > [2]: < > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_the_United_Kingdom/planning/lists > > > [3]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_the_United_Kingdom > > > [4]: < > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Isle_of_Wight>, > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Bridgend>, < > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Category_A_listed_buildings_in_East_Renfrewshire>, > < > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Grade_A_listed_buildings_in_County_Fermanagh > > > [5]:< > https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnePnspksYOidG1DXzhscDFFSHFZOTNSd0NGakJNNlE#gid=0>, > < > https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnePnspksYOidG5MMU1lM0RwemZ1bmVVUnRyT3g0MGc#gid=0>, > < > http://data.gov.uk/data-requests/list-of-grade-i-and-ii-listed-buildings-in-england > > > [6]: < > https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3ePnspksYOiV2YzSTlpNXFvc28/edit?usp=sharing>, > < > https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3ePnspksYOiN2VMbzFHcTk1SWM/edit?usp=sharing>, > <https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/listed_buildings_in_wales> > [7]: < > https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnePnspksYOidE1nWWtRQURfTWxsc3pNaksyU0VMX0E#gid=0 > > > [8]: < > https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnePnspksYOidHRORGNLaHR6WVJsZ2QxUEYxVVJBRkE#gid=0>, > < > https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnePnspksYOidF8tdjFBeER4QXRaa3I4bU5ZeW12eVE#gid=0 > > > [9]: <http://pastie.org/private/uoljp6fge3rgf24fju3xug> > [10]: <http://pastie.org/private/tojd2r3a7w4emiag46n1lw> > [11]: <http://pastie.org/private/e32ndvonwgqofv9odduy4w> > > > -- > Katie Chan > Volunteer Support Organiser > Wikimedia UK > +44 (0) 20 7065 0990 > +44 (0) 7885 980 534 > > Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. > Registered Company No. 6741827. 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