On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Gillian White <whiteghost.ink(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
This is great because it means that all the excellent
work on the
paralympics and paralympians can be moved to "Sport" where they belong.
Paralympic articles and Paralympians are already under sport. :D It is
fantastic that Australian Paralympians are covered under several
Wikiprojects like Australia, Sport and the Paralympics.
Articles about women’s sport are not primarily GLAM
articles, they are
sports articles, just as articles about women artists are primarily GLAM
articles.
Yes, articles about Australian Paralympians done as part of the HOPAU GLAM
program, that are part of the biggest GLAM incentive contribution effort to
date and in a country where culture identity is tied into sport are
primarily GLAM articles, just like articles about female artists are
primarily GLAM articles.
Describing an article on [[Priya Cooper]] as a GLAM
article, as we have
been doing, is as confusing as it would be to describe the article on
Bernini’s wonderful [[Apollo and Daphne (Bernini)]] as an article on the
sport of archery.
No, it is a GLAM article. Priya Cooper is a huge part of Australian
sporting culture. The article was written as part of the HOPAU GLAM
project. Images were donated by the Australian Paralympic Committee. The
work was supported by the library called the National Sport Information
Centre. :D Isn't it fantastic the opportunity this GLAM has presented to
improve women's content related to Australia? And it isn't just an issue
of improving sport content, but women's content and disability related
content! :D So awesome! Priya Cooper was the first GA in the
APC/NSIC/HOPAU GLAM effort. Hopefully, we have many more to come. It
would be great to have a list of other GAs/FAs/DYKs/FLs featuring women
that were done as part GLAM movement.
So this sports portal means things can be made less
confusing.
The sport portal and sport Wikiproject have been around for a while. :)
If you want to learn more about the GLAM project,
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/HOPAU it is there. The Wikiproject
about Women's sport is completely independent of the Wikiproject. :)
The obvious overlaps between women and sports (for
example, individual
sportswomen and women’s sport, such as individual paralympians or sporting
competitions like the Olympics) are comparable to the obvious overlaps
between GLAM and women (for example, women artists or exhibitions of their
work). Now, with their primary category made clearer, it should all be more
coherent. Good.
The overlap between GLAM is obvious and coherent. It is fantastic that
culturally important women are getting recognition on Wikipedia by having
images donated by cultural institutions to support them, by having a GLAM
support efforts to improve these articles, and by providing resources and
access to resources to continue to support them. :D
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/HOPAU/W2G also provides a fantastic
opportunity for women in Australia to work on this and gain access to
opportunities they might not otherwise have. It is fantastic, and
coherent. You should hear the passion from institutional stakeholders in
our GLAM about this. :D
There are opportunities for good GLAM articles when all three converge –
GLAM, sport and women.
Yes these are good opportunities when a GLAM project,
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/HOPAU , can converge to encourage the
improvement of culturally important articles like Priya Cooper. :D
Hopefully, we can get more GLAM opportunities to improve similar content.
If you know any women Wikimedians in Australia, please encourage them to
participate in
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/HOPAU/W2G because it
would be fantastic to have women participate, to have women improve women's
oriented content, and for them to have an opportunity to attend the London
Paralympics to cover the games live… especially if they cover them with a
focus on women competitors.
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