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Presented by Steve Virgin Mashable Open Day 30 June 2011
Bristol & Wikipedia
Our wider objective
National chapter of Wikimedia volunteers
Recognized by Foundation, but independent
Founded 2008
Promote free content & seek volunteers
Wikimedia UK
Wikipedia only one of many projects
Wikipedia building a growing relationship with city
Bristol-Wikipedia Connection Global Fund Raising Conference May ‘10
Wikipedia @10 – January 13 2011
Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia
6’ 42’ Promo Video
Talk at the University of Bristol (Jan 13, 2011)
Celebrating 10th Birthday of Wikipedia
Worldwide unique visitors
Google Sites (includes YouTube) 831 million
Microsoft Sites 692 million
Yahoo! Sites 594 million
Facebook 500 million
Wikimedia Foundation Sites 411 million
AOL 286 million
eBay 250 million
CBS Corporation (includes CNET) 203 million
Amazon Sites 195 million
Wikimedia reach – per month
Content sharing
2008 Share contentGerman State Archiveputs 82,500 low resimages on WikimediaCommons
2008 Share contentMuseum of the TropicsAmsterdam – 45,000images on Maroon &their culture
Summer ‘10 - Get involvedBackStage Pass British MuseumHosts expert tour day for Wikimediansto encourage cooperation &collaboration on pages
2010 Share contentNew images from thesalvage of the MaryRose
Summer ‘10 – Hoxne ChallengeMuseum team work together toedit Hoxne Hoard Wikipediaarticle with aim to meetexacting quality standards
June 2010 – Wikipedian inResidence @ British Museum
Projects Wikipedia have been involved in
What did this involve?
Sharing Content Bringing ‘unseen’ images to the public
Training ‘thecurators’ tolead teamsto work onWikipedia
Writing descriptivetext – criticalanalysis, withevidence-basedsources
Providinglinks back tooriginal site
Following anarticle qualitystandards guide tobring best possibleinfo to public
Encouraging an interestand understanding of ourshared cultural heritage
Success for the BundesarchivWebsite traffic doubledPrint sales increased 50%1000+ corrections in metadataPermanent link backs to archive
Success for WikimediaAt the time, the single largest image donation to Wikipedia15000 images in use on 42000 articles.
Large Donation Case Study – Bundesarchiv
How about restoring old documents?
John Quincy Adams(Library of congress)
Wounded Knee aftermathORIGINAL (Library of Congress)
What about languages?
Rapid growth for developing world content
Can we get our own local communities to contribute?
• Get their parents involved writing entries in Somali
• Open up new pictures to the world• Improve understanding of their homeland• Increase own skills (linguistic + ICT)• Be part of something they can feel proud of
Teaching?
Get classes involved with cool projects around globe
Do the basics – improve your own schools page on Wikipedia
Teaching?
Develop material about your local area with local groups
Build understanding for Exams
Get classes involved with cool projects around globe
Donation by the State Library of Queensland The State Library of Queensland has donated 50,000 copyright-free photographs documenting some of the history of Queensland. We need help categorizing the images, and completing and re-wording image descriptions. You can read more about how to help here.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species. Starting in June of 2010, the IUCN red list has authorized the production of distribution maps from their spatial data. There are currently ~25,000 species on the Red List
Though there was none of the pomp and circumstance associated with the Sun King, Monday was nevertheless a historic day for the Château de Versailles, as it officially welcomed Wikipedia intern Benoît Evellin into the palace for six months. From within the historic institution, Evellin is charged with organizing a community of contributors to improve Wikipedia articles on Versailles and to create digital images.
Trying something new…QR Coding the UK’s Cultural
Heritage
QR codes have become more prevalent in
marketing circles and have been integrated
into both traditional and interactive
campaigns.
Media where QR codes have been deployed
include: billboard ads, guerrilla marketing
campaigns, in-store displays, event ticketing
and tracking, trade-show management,
business cards, print ads, contests, direct
mail campaigns, websites, email marketing,
and couponing just to name a few.
QR Mobile Codes – Quick Response
QR Mobile Codes viewing museum
exhibits
QR Mobile Codes viewing anything
The Wright Challenge – Derby Museum
More than 600 pages created in less than 6 weeks
People of Bristol – WMUK wants you + your content
Wikimedia UK outreach has only just begun
Thank you for listeningQuestions?
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