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. I note this article
(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta ) 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