Hello everyone,

Thanks for all the comments on this so far.

Given some of the feedback I think a call to action on one significant article is perhaps not going to attract too much attention. But what I think could work is a new year kind of story in which Wikimedia UK "releases" its top 50 targets for improvement on Wikipedia. It's the kind of listicle that is quite popular these days. Last year we put out a press release on the 20 most searched for terms on Wikipedia and that got quite a lot of traction.

If others think this could work (or we could reduce the number to 20, or 25, or whatever) then I'll create a page on the UK wiki where we can post suggestions for articles that might be relevant in 2015 (such as Magna Carta, of course) and work from there.

Thanks again for all of your comments.

Stevie

On 7 November 2014 21:44, Rod Ward <rodward@plus.net> wrote:

Thanks for the videos – have just included one in the article.

 

Working on the linked pages would also be useful – both the abbots/bishops/barons (NB not “signatories”) and the settings  (improvements to Runnymede have already been requested) and some of the legal revisions along with later effects or interpretation. Lots of the bulleted lists of “clauses in one charter but not another” also need to be tackled (and referenced).

Any further help appreciated.

Rod

 

 

 

From: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Richard Farmbrough
Sent: 07 November 2014 19:50
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There will be less demanding work, for example the signatories articles maybe could do with work.   I just linked to [[Abbott of Peterborough]], only a few  of those abbots have any biographical details - VCH will supply plenty of useful information, typically more on the latter abbots.

 

On 7 November 2014 00:11, Fæ <faewik@gmail.com> wrote:

I have uploaded a few presentations and talks on video which would
cheer up Magna Carta articles, some are quite 'non-academic friendly'
for readers who might be daunted by a long encyclopaedia article
(videos play back without having to leave a Wikipedia article). They
are currently in
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Magna_Carta> but will
probably be moved to a sub-category in a while. The lectures might be
helpful for those thinking of improving articles and are looking for a
quick guide to issues and interpretations.

Of particular interest are a video from the British Library
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Four_surviving_Magna_Carta_to_be_brought_together_for_the_first_time_in_history.webm>
and a friendly one from Parliament
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magna_Carta_and_the_Emergence_of_Parliament.webm>.

These are uploaded thanks to a YouTube download/upload script I put
together for a WikiprojectMed request. If there are others on YouTube
you find with a CC-BY licence, drop me a link by email and I'll get
around to taking a look. Unfortunately handling video remains a
challenge for contributors, so I think my uploads are the first videos
on Commons for this topic.

Fae
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