[WikiEN-l] Feature Article Prizes - British Museum

[Liam Wyatt]

Dear en.wiki-l,

As some of you may have seen in this week's Wikipedia Signpost[1] or on the
Wikimedia UK Blog[2] the British Museum is offering five prizes of £100
(≈$140USD/€120) at their shop/bookshop[3]  for new Featured Articles on
topics related to the British Museum *in any Wikipedia language edition*.
Ideally, the topics will be articles about collection items. Your choice. A
good place to start looking is Category: Collection of the British Museum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Collection_of_the_British_Museum

The full information about this "Features Article Prize" is at the
documentation page here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/Featured_Article_prize   That
is [[WP:GLAM/BM/Featured Article prize]]

This is the first time an organisation in the UK has put out a prize that
recognises the value of good quality articles on Wikipedia in their own
right. This is a recognition that Wikipedia work is not only good quality
but is consistent with the outreach aspect of the Museum’s mission to engage
the public. You don’t have to sign-up and the competition runs as long as
there are prizes to hand out.


The museum has curators dedicated to answering phone and email questions
about their specialist areas and they recognise that editing Wikipedia
articles, especially about items in the BM’s collections, counts for those
purposes. Equally, the museum will not attempt exert any editorial control
over the articles and accepts the community’s own judgement on what
constitutes a Featured Article. If you require assistance in approaching the
British Museum curators, please contact me directly or place your request at
the "British Museum: One on One collaborations" page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/One_on_one_collaborations



Again, the full and place to ask questions is at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/Featured_Article_prize



Good luck!

Liam Wyatt [[Witty Lama]]
Volunteer Wikipedian in Residence, British Museum

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[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Tools/Single#News_and_notes
[2]
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/06/featured-article-prizes-from-the-british-museum/

[3] http://www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/

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