Hi Wiki-Pilgrims,
Eric has laid out a a nice ambitious plan, but we could also just use
someone to start a simple page for the Boston photo event with the
event page wizard:
This really just means picking a 'starting point' and time, so even if
you can't get to all the other stuff, this should be fun and easy to
set up.
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 11:18 AM, emw <emw.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I had been planning to help coordinate and organize Wiki Loves Monuments
(WLM) in the New England region (including Boston), but I won't be able to
devote significant time to that. If you are interested in that coordinating
role, please add your name to the Team Organization table at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_in_the….
If you're interested in helping plan an event in Boston or another place in
the region, take a look at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America.
There are a few important high-level tasks that need to be done for WLM in
the New England region:
1) Generate a list of places to photograph and make that list
user-friendly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_…
and similar pages for other states are a great starting point. For WLM,
it's OK to photograph NRHP sites for which an image already exists on
Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons.
Most of the places/goals from Wikipedia Takes Boston in 2011 still need to
be photographed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WTB/Goals. Note
that most of these places are not NRHP sites, though.
Tools for WLM are available:
Erfgoedbot (
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ErfgoedBot) seems like
it could be useful. In particular, erfgoed's 'Search Monuments' and
'Statistics' tools seem relevant:
Search Monuments:
http://toolserver.org/~erfgoed/toolbox/search.php
Statistics:
http://toolserver.org/~erfgoed/toolbox/statistics.php
A list of other WLM tools is available at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Tools
2) Get in touch with local media entites: The Boston Globe, Worcestor
Telegram and Gazette (
http://www.telegram.com/), The Lowell Sun
http://www.lowellsun.com/, and/or others listed at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Massachusetts would be
appropriate.
3) Put up paper fliers around universities, community centers, etc.
announcing WLM, and reach out to photography clubs
There is a Wiki Loves Monuments IRC channel on freenode --
#wikilovesmonuments -- where you can talk with people knowledgeable about
WLM. There is also an active Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments/. Other
helpful people to contact about WLM include Pharos
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pharos), Multichill
(
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Multichill), Dominic
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dominic) and SJ
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sj).
Although I won't be able to devote much time to the WLM planning for New
England in August, I might be able to contribute in a minor role in
September.
Thanks,
Eric