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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:) Fantastic. Let me know if you need any cheesy library research done. The textbook "Guide to Cheese Identification, Classification, and Utilization", perhaps? http://books.google.com/books?id=2jmO9hmr9WsC Or possibly the more technical "Cheese: Chemistry, Physics and Microbiology" http://books.google.com/books?id=vz-2Y7npqj0C

And don't forget that US dairy statistics are online: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1052

Alternatively, I'd be happy to host another UC Davis edit-a-thon for research purposes at some point, since we have a very extensive food [and therefore cheese] collection :)

Phoebe

-- Phoebe Ayers Wikimedia Foundation | UC Davis Libraries http://phoebeayers.info

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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