Hi all,
I was wondering whether anyone here would be interested in helping me to improve
Wikipedia's coverage on cheese.
Cheese? Yes. Background is that the French chapter recently started a project called
"WikiCheese".[1] Wikipedia's coverage of food-related topics is patchy and
articles about cheese are not an exception. So, French community members started
WikiCheese, which aims at systematically filling content gaps.[2]
Now, Northern California has an incredibly rich and interesting artisan cheesemaker
scene.[3] Cowgirl Creamery (Point Reyes Station), Epicurean Connection (Sonoma), Vella
Cheese Company (Sonoma)… just to name a few.
Last weekend, I went on a tour and started photographing a couple of cheeses as well as
cheese production at Cowgirl Creamery:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiCheese_California
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiCheese_California>
I'm wondering whether any of you on this list would like to join me on my next
excursion (date and time tbd.) You
* don't need to be a cheese expert (I'm not)
* don't need a fancy camera (actually, text contributions would be highly welcome as
well)
* don't necessarily need to own a car (I do)
All you need is some time and enthusiasm :-)
I haven't yet started a project page on Wikipedia – so in case you're interested,
please send a reply to this list. Once a few people show their interest, we'll plan
the next steps.
Thanks,
Frank
[1]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11254146/Wikipedia-…
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11254146/Wikipedia-asks-French-help-to-explain-cheese-with-WikiCheese.html>
[2] Some image results:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikicheeses/0
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikicheeses/0>
[3]
http://cheesetrail.org <http://cheesetrail.org/>