Hi,

I think this is very interesting.

Based in Tower Hamlets we have in mind the effects of the air raids here: http://www.ideastore.co.uk/local-history-online-exhibitions-upper-north-stre...

Not so much on Wikipedia yet. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_strategic_bombing_during_World_War_I

I looked at the historical material about the bombing of Poplar some time ago, it is clear there were quite divergent views about it locally, re the deaths of our children locally:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poplar_Memorial.jpg

Certainly the views of Sylvia Pankhurst were quite distinct from that of the local bishop, but this was a bit later in the war.

Perhaps you could share an outline of the project here (or perhaps it would work better on wiki) as regards what is envisaged and how it can link with other WWI experiences such as:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Yarmouth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Yarmouth_and_Lowestoft

and also in the context of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._occupation_of_Veracruz_(1914)

I think if we are to live up to the conception of a NPOV we need to ensure that any accessing of local material is put in the broader context of the entire global context of the First World War.

I think this is a great opportunity to develop international links and to create opportunities to examine differing experiences in different contexts.

all the best

Fabian User:Leutha

Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 13:36:44 +0000 From: Toni Sant toni.sant@wikimedia.org.uk To: UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WWI Memorabilia Roadshow Message-ID: CAKYVc0=2DWeS=gzL7NoWvtBbSJZnBetujid1kHWzkjf5j_0kkA@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

On the subject of WWI (but off the original topic, sorry): is anyone on this list interested in working with a small group of undergraduate students at the University of Hull's Scarborough Campus on a small wikimedia-related project we're planning to do around the Scarborough Bombardment, along the Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre?

I recently mentioned this to Harry Mitchell and I'll be following up with him on it as soon as the seasonal merriment is over, but I'm keen to see whether anyone else would want to join us; particularly anyone who could easily attend a Scarborough event sometime in springtime.

Cheers,

Toni