FYI, our plan is to start with the Hunter Museum in Tennessee as a
test, because this is our smallest museum set.

Thanks,
Richard


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From: Michael Maggs <Michael@maggs.name>
Date: Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 5:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Wikipedia Loves Art
To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: Pharos Wikipedia <pharosofalexandria@gmail.com>


Great news.  I would suggest letting people know on the VP and doing a
test upload of, say, 10 images just to check there are no technical
problems or other issues that might need to be discussed before mass
uploading starts.

Michael

Andrew Turvey wrote:
>
> On the subject of chapter-led projects that import large amounts of content into commons:
>
> The Wikipedia Loves Art ran through the month of February 2009 (more details are at [1][2][3]) and has generated about 5,000 images. At some stage the plan is to upload these to Commons and thence link to Wikipedia articles.
>
> I've included Pharos in this email who was one of the main organisers.
>
> Is there anything that needs to be considered or put in place before the mass uploading starts?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew
>
> [1] http://www.flickr.com/groups/wikipedia_loves_art
> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WLART
> [3] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikipedia_Loves_Art
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