[WikiEN-l] Feature Article Prizes - British Museum

Dear en.wiki-l, As some of you may have seen in this week's Wikipedia Signpost[1] or on the Wikimedia UK Blog[2] the British Museum is offering five prizes of £100 (≈$140USD/€120) at their shop/bookshop[3] for new Featured Articles on topics related to the British Museum *in any Wikipedia language edition*. Ideally, the topics will be articles about collection items. Your choice. A good place to start looking is Category: Collection of the British Museum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Collection_of_the_British_Museum The full information about this "Features Article Prize" is at the documentation page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/Featured_Article_prize That is [[WP:GLAM/BM/Featured Article prize]] This is the first time an organisation in the UK has put out a prize that recognises the value of good quality articles on Wikipedia in their own right. This is a recognition that Wikipedia work is not only good quality but is consistent with the outreach aspect of the Museum’s mission to engage the public. You don’t have to sign-up and the competition runs as long as there are prizes to hand out. The museum has curators dedicated to answering phone and email questions about their specialist areas and they recognise that editing Wikipedia articles, especially about items in the BM’s collections, counts for those purposes. Equally, the museum will not attempt exert any editorial control over the articles and accepts the community’s own judgement on what constitutes a Featured Article. If you require assistance in approaching the British Museum curators, please contact me directly or place your request at the "British Museum: One on One collaborations" page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/One_on_one_collaborations Again, the full and place to ask questions is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/Featured_Article_prize Good luck! Liam Wyatt [[Witty Lama]] Volunteer Wikipedian in Residence, British Museum wittylama.com/blog Peace, love & metadata [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Tools/Single#News… [2] http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/06/featured-article-prizes-from-the-briti… [3] http://www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/ wittylama.com/blog Peace, love & metadata