Thanks Mike, I've trawled through those that aren't schools, found some good photos on either Commons or the Geograph so the list is quite a bit shorter <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_in_Greater_Manchester>, but I've left the schools as, well that's really not my bag.
Anyone else want to adopt an English county? Jonathan On 12 August 2015 at 21:23, Michael Peel <[email protected]> wrote: > With WLM: I was hoping that this would take place again this year, > particularly since it's been so successful in the past. Perhaps it could > focus on quality photos rather than quantity if we have reasonably > comprehensive coverage of listed structures now? Or perhaps we could think > of a new topic for such a photography competition - perhaps we could focus > on statues, new buildings, ships, or something else? I guess it depends on > what else might have a standardised listing available. I'd be interested in > volunteering to help, particularly with the on-wiki infrastructure side of > things, but I definitely wouldn't be able to take a lead. > > With requested photos: thanks WSC for the offer! I'd be happy to adopt the > Greater Manchester county, and to do my best to photograph the requested > locations if they don't already have available photographs. > > Thanks, > Mike > > On 12 Aug 2015, at 16:32, WereSpielChequers <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have been going through the not particularly useful category Wikipedia > requested photographs in the United Kingdom > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_in_the_United_Kingdom> > removing some that are done, doing a few either via commons or by importing > them from the Geograph, and most importantly moving a lot of them down to > the much more useful level of nation or in England to County. > > So if you fancy taking a few photos and putting them on Wikipedia we > probably have some current requests near you! > > Anyone fancy adopting a county? First couple to call for help I will go > through the requests for that county next week and pick off any I can > import from the Geograph, which should make it a bit more practical to do > the rest (offer excludes London, Scotland and Wales due to them being too > big). > > Regards > > Jonathan > > On 12 August 2015 at 10:45, Stevie Benton <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello Edward, everyone, >> >> If there's a volunteer willing to take the lead on Monuments then we can >> offer a little logistical support. However, the volunteers that delivered >> it last year said it was an enormous amount of work and don't have the >> time. If you would like to lead on it then we can help, although time is >> very short at this point. >> >> Thanks and regards, >> >> Stevie >> >> On 12 August 2015 at 10:35, Ed Hand <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Are we taking part in Wiki Loves Monuments this year? >>> No mention of the UK here: >>> >>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2015/Participating_countries >>> >>> best wsihes >>> Edward >>> >>> On 10 August 2015 at 16:43, WereSpielChequers < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I have now used the visual editor for more than a hundred edits since >>>> the speed up. I agree that the classic editor is generally faster and I >>>> suspect that will be especially true for anyone editing large articles as >>>> V/E's still lacks section editing. >>>> >>>> I like the way V/E supports infobox editing, one of the things I >>>> sometimes do is add images to articles and with the classic editor you >>>> usually have the pain of having to check the template documentation to find >>>> out what the parameters are for image and caption (sadly and for no obvious >>>> reason these parameters are unlikely to be "image" and "caption"). V/E is >>>> actually quite intuitive here in allowing you to run through the unused >>>> parameters of the infobox. >>>> >>>> Table editing is more nuanced, on the one hand there are handy looking >>>> options that come up inviting you to delete or add columns or rows and I'm >>>> sure at some point I will find an opportunity to use them. But editing the >>>> contents of a cell in a table is challenging, not a task I would suggest to >>>> a newbie and far less intuitive than using the classic editor. >>>> >>>> Adding images from commons is really quite impressive in V/E, I haven't >>>> yet been in the situation of having to work out which Newcastle V/E is >>>> prompting me with and it would be good to know whether V/E is using wiki >>>> data links, keywords, geocodes or some combination. But however it does it >>>> the images it has prompted me with so far have been pretty good. >>>> >>>> Not sure between Joe and Andy's positions re showing diffs. I have had >>>> very little to do with the education program, but I appreciate for >>>> educators knowing how to look at the contributions of a student is >>>> important. I think that V/E would be a better entry point for technophobes >>>> whilst clearly the classic editor is better for the technoscenti. How you >>>> recruit one or other group for an editathon without stereotyping is an >>>> interesting conundrum. If you have access to a large mailing list of people >>>> who might be interested then you could do two sorts of sessions, one >>>> emphasising that this was Wikipedia editing for anyone, especially people >>>> who tried it in the past and found it technically arcane. Another promising >>>> a session led by a "power user" showing how to be an effective editor on >>>> Wikipedia perhaps billed as "this session is suitable for anyone with any >>>> programming experience, however rusty or archaic". >>>> >>>> Alternatively if you have a good ratio of experienced editors to >>>> newbies you can guard people and show them the editor most suitable for >>>> them. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Jonathan >>>> >>>> >>>> > On 9 Aug 2015, at 01:03, Richard Farmbrough <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > I guess when it is sufficiently fast that I don't have time to hit >>>> "edit source" instead before it loads, I will start using it on other >>>> projects. 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