Hello all, I wanted to gauge if there was interest in the idea of doing a Commons uploading walking tour in London at some point. I've started to go on my lunch break to places near the Wikimedia UK offices to take photos to illustrate Wikidata items and WP articles which don't have photos. You can see here https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikishootme/#lat=51.52186839072881&lng=-0.07847070693969728&zoom=16 on WikiShootMe that there are more green items (with photos) near the office on Leonard Street, but that there are still some areas (Bunhill cemetery to the West, Arnold Circus to the East) which have a lot of places without photos (in red).
So I wonder if any Wikimedians would be interested in doing a walking tour of either of these places with me to add photos to Commons. It doesn't have to be these locations, and you're welcome to suggest other places with lots of red items that need photos. I will be taking some photos most lunchtimes during work days, so if anyone is free then, let me know. Alternatively we could arrange a specific outing on a weekend or in the evening to take photos in a specific place. We can use WMUK camera equipment if anyone needs to borrow a camera.
Please let me know here or by email (john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk) if you'd be interested in doing something like this.
All the best,
John Lubbock
Hi John,
It has been a while since we did a WikiTakes event in the UK, Wiki takes Chester may be the most recent, be good to have another one
Magnus has now produced a nifty tool that shows heat maps of articles without images, so the chapter could do a Wiki takes event targeted at a a place where we have lots of unillustrated articles. London might be such a place, but last years Wiki Loves Monuments had such a London skew that I'd be surprised if we had many gaps in our coverage of grade I or Grade II* listed buildings in London.
Jonathan
On 9 January 2017 at 12:23, John Lubbock john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Hello all, I wanted to gauge if there was interest in the idea of doing a Commons uploading walking tour in London at some point. I've started to go on my lunch break to places near the Wikimedia UK offices to take photos to illustrate Wikidata items and WP articles which don't have photos. You can see here https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikishootme/#lat=51.52186839072881&lng=-0.07847070693969728&zoom=16 on WikiShootMe that there are more green items (with photos) near the office on Leonard Street, but that there are still some areas (Bunhill cemetery to the West, Arnold Circus to the East) which have a lot of places without photos (in red).
So I wonder if any Wikimedians would be interested in doing a walking tour of either of these places with me to add photos to Commons. It doesn't have to be these locations, and you're welcome to suggest other places with lots of red items that need photos. I will be taking some photos most lunchtimes during work days, so if anyone is free then, let me know. Alternatively we could arrange a specific outing on a weekend or in the evening to take photos in a specific place. We can use WMUK camera equipment if anyone needs to borrow a camera.
Please let me know here or by email (john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk) if you'd be interested in doing something like this.
All the best,
John Lubbock
Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Hi Jonathan, which tool are you referring to? Do you mean WikiShootMe, or another one? I linked to WikiShootMe in the original message. Is there a specific place you would suggest? I think there are so many red dots all over central London that one area might not be that different from another. I'd be interested in any ideas about how we could organise a WikiTakes. Perhaps to coincide with some particular anniversary?
John
On 9 January 2017 at 15:52, WereSpielChequers werespielchequers@gmail.com wrote:
Hi John,
It has been a while since we did a WikiTakes event in the UK, Wiki takes Chester may be the most recent, be good to have another one
Magnus has now produced a nifty tool that shows heat maps of articles without images, so the chapter could do a Wiki takes event targeted at a a place where we have lots of unillustrated articles. London might be such a place, but last years Wiki Loves Monuments had such a London skew that I'd be surprised if we had many gaps in our coverage of grade I or Grade II* listed buildings in London.
Jonathan
On 9 January 2017 at 12:23, John Lubbock john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Hello all, I wanted to gauge if there was interest in the idea of doing a Commons uploading walking tour in London at some point. I've started to go on my lunch break to places near the Wikimedia UK offices to take photos to illustrate Wikidata items and WP articles which don't have photos. You can see here https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikishootme/#lat=51.52186839072881&lng=-0.07847070693969728&zoom=16 on WikiShootMe that there are more green items (with photos) near the office on Leonard Street, but that there are still some areas (Bunhill cemetery to the West, Arnold Circus to the East) which have a lot of places without photos (in red).
So I wonder if any Wikimedians would be interested in doing a walking tour of either of these places with me to add photos to Commons. It doesn't have to be these locations, and you're welcome to suggest other places with lots of red items that need photos. I will be taking some photos most lunchtimes during work days, so if anyone is free then, let me know. Alternatively we could arrange a specific outing on a weekend or in the evening to take photos in a specific place. We can use WMUK camera equipment if anyone needs to borrow a camera.
Please let me know here or by email (john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk) if you'd be interested in doing something like this.
All the best,
John Lubbock
Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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