Thanks for your efforts with improved GLAM documentation. It's always a
high need. I'm sorry I wasn't able to respond sooner. I was traveling for a
presentation.
I absolutely agree with the premise, but I'm extremely disheartened by the
direction that the conversation has gone on-wiki.
It's rare that I get a Wikipedia-related pit in my stomach nowadays. But I
guess no one's ever immune.
My thoughts can be found on-wiki.
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Dorothy Howard <dhoward(a)metro.org> wrote:
Hi GLAM-Wikiers,
There is a conversation going on at Wikipedia
talk:GLAM#<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:GLAM#GLAM-Wiki_S…
Section in Manual of
Style?<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:GLAM#GLAM-Wiki_Secti…3F>,
about creating a GLAM-Wiki section or page of the Manual of Style that
could use your input.
I drafted some reasons why I think it would be helpful to have a GLAM-Wiki
Manual of Style subpage, which I've posted on the talk page mentioned
above, and I'll copy them below.
Post to the talk page or reply to this email to discuss further.
1. The GLAM-Wiki movement is rapidly growing and more GLAM
professionals are searching for resources to help guide them in adopting
editing policies everyday.
2. There are dozens of GLAM-Wiki resources dispersed throughout
Wikipedia, with similar, overlapping content. By synchronizing these
resources, and providing cite-able sections in the manual of style, there
could be more understanding and common language within the GLAM community.
3. Though there are dozens of GLAM-Wiki resources, new
Wikipedians-in-Residence often still feel the need to generate more guides
because there is no definitive version.
4. The Manual of Style already includes information and templates that
speak to the GLAM-community, but it would be helpful for GLAM editors and
Wikipedians-in-Residence if they were aggregated together. The closest
things we have now are: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Visual arts#Museums
and
collections<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Visu…ns>,
red links in outreach:GLAM/Model
projects<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Model_projects>ts>,
and a whole lot of different learning resources in the GLAM
Bookshelf<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Bookshelf>lf>,
as well as some resources floating on user pages, GLAM pages, etc.
5. GLAMs have a lot of documents and artifacts, such as museum
collections, catalogs, finding aids, and archival materials, that can be
difficult to put into the current templates provided, and questions about
these materials are extremely common among GLAM professional Wikipedians,
especially in the early days of their involvement with GLAM-Wiki.
6. It would be helpful for private, non-GLAM editors to have a GLAM
manual of style so that they could help monitor and regulate GLAM editing
and watch out for COI issues.
I would love to hear more opinions on this proposal! I just got a draft
of a GLAM MOS
subpage<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:OR_drohowa/sandbox/MOSdraft&g… as
well and I'm seeking help and collaborations.
Thanks,
Dorothy
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