Thanks for sharing this, Chris.  The Cooper-Hewitt is definitely leading by example.  I also like that they have published their list of people/institutions in their collections database who don’t have Wikipedia articles: https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/people/not-from/wikipedia/.  While not every entity on this list is automatically notable, it is an interesting starting place for design-oriented Wikimedians who may be looking to create some new articles.

 

Providing a ready-made citation template on collections pages is a great way for GLAMs to be Wikipedia-friendly, and is not that technically daunting to develop.   I have definitely put it on my to-do list!

 

Sara (User:Sarasays)

 

P.S. – You can tweet them your appreciation/encouragement at @cooperhewittlab

 

 

Sara Snyder

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Smithsonian Institution

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