I'm definitely in. On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 9:49 PM Stephen LaPorte stephen.laporte@gmail.com wrote:
Hey Frank,
This is an awesome idea! I'm interested.
On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Frank Schulenburg < frank@wikiphotographer.net> wrote:
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
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-a... [2] Some image results: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikicheeses/0 [3] http://cheesetrail.org
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