That's a sensible point Andrew, thank you. How about we draw up a list of
50 articles we think are important and that need improving? We could use
examples like Magna Carta as a hook to the story. We could even make this
an annual "thing". The Wikimedia Hitlist for 201x?
Any thoughts?
Stevie
On 6 November 2014 08:40, Andrew Gray <andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk> wrote:
I'm not so sure. The article is 7000 words long,
with densely-written and
relatively technical content, and needs a comprehensive overhaul - it's the
sort of thing that rewards work by one or two people with a good overview
and a few days reading, rather than fifty people with small contributions.
Inviting people to contribute to something with very little "entry-level"
potential seems likely to just end in frustration for all concerned.
Trying a call to action seems a good idea, but probably better for
something else...
A.
On 5 November 2014 13:58, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:
Hello everyone,
I really like Ed's point that this is a good PR opportunity. If anyone is
interested in putting together some details and a potential media pitch
that
would be excellent!
Thank you,
Stevie
On 5 November 2014 12:11, Jonathan Cardy <
jonathan.cardy(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:
>
> Dear Rod,
>
> We did indeed have a resident at the British Library, and some ongoing
> discussions and events with them, including an event last Friday. At the
> moment we are focussed on some large image releases and a major tagging
> exercise to identify old maps which will then be loaded on Commons.
>
> But it would be worth thinking of further projects, though at least for
> this month I'd like to focus what we are doing with BL on certain mass
> uploads.
>
> Do people think that Magna Carta would be a good subject for a Wiki
> wednesday session - bringing few editors together on a Wednesday
evening in
> our office in London?
>
> Regards
>
>
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> On 5 November 2014 11:04, Rod Ward <rodward(a)plus.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> An article in this weeks observer (see
>>
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/01/magna-carta-800-celebrates-a…
>> ) points out that it will be the 800th
anniversary of the signing of
the
>> Magna Carta next year (15 June 2015) and
suggests there will be
various TV
>> and radio programmes (and books etc) to
coincide with the significant
date.
regularly
>> gets 150,000+ page views per month and
this is likely to increase. It
was
>> listed as a Good Article back in the
early days but was delisted in
2006 and
>> has gone downhill since then. It is also
listed on the Vital Articles
for
>> Society and Social Sciences. A few of us
are trying to get it to at
least GA
>> or even FA standard before the
anniversary – any help would be
appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> The specific reason for this email is that I think WikimediaUK had some
>> sort of relationship (possibly a wikimedian in residence or similar)
with
>> the British Library years ago. For that
or other sources does anyone
have a
>> contact within the appropriate department
(possibly manuscripts
curator or
>> similar) of the BL who would be willing
to help advise on the
development of
this important article?
Rod
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