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Things we could do but don't have the detail or support to rise to the level of grants proposals | Things we could do but don't have the detail or support to rise to the level of grants proposals. | ||
==Photography based== | ==Photography based== | ||
===ROV=== | ===ROV=== | ||
Buy and constuct an ROV (http://www.robotshop.com/gorobotics/the-news/hobbyist/build-your-own-underwater-rov-for-250 $250 version here although there are better options). Use to get photos of marine life and wrecks. | Buy and constuct an ROV (http://www.robotshop.com/gorobotics/the-news/hobbyist/build-your-own-underwater-rov-for-250 $250 version here although there are better options). Use to get photos of marine life and wrecks. | ||
:OpenROV project: http://openrov.com/ | |||
::Would anyone actually use it? Would the photos be of a usable quality if they did? Marine photography isn't an easy subject. | |||
===Photograph every coin=== | ===Photograph every coin=== | ||
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===Old journals=== | ===Old journals=== | ||
Offer to digitalise and host the older journals of the likes of the Sussex Archaeological Collections which would provide wikipedians with more access to good local history sources. | Offer to digitalise and host the older journals of the likes of the Sussex Archaeological Collections which would provide wikipedians with more access to good local history sources. | ||
:Compare the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, which ran a similar project - [http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/psas/]. Might be worth finding out how much this cost. | |||
===Journal of citation needed=== | ===Journal of citation needed=== | ||
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Develop support for some kind of 3D file format (.blend?) for mediawiki | Develop support for some kind of 3D file format (.blend?) for mediawiki | ||
==Events== | |||
[[Wikipedia:Time Team]] special, via Bristol University? [[User:Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry|Richard Symonds]] ([[User talk:Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry|talk]]) 23:24, 23 April 2012 (UTC) | |||
Latest revision as of 09:25, 7 July 2012
Things we could do but don't have the detail or support to rise to the level of grants proposals.
Photography based
ROV
Buy and constuct an ROV (http://www.robotshop.com/gorobotics/the-news/hobbyist/build-your-own-underwater-rov-for-250 $250 version here although there are better options). Use to get photos of marine life and wrecks.
- OpenROV project: http://openrov.com/
- Would anyone actually use it? Would the photos be of a usable quality if they did? Marine photography isn't an easy subject.
Photograph every coin
Work with museums and other collections to try and get us the access needed to photograph every pre 1860 coin ever. Tokens can decided one way or another.
Source based
Old journals
Offer to digitalise and host the older journals of the likes of the Sussex Archaeological Collections which would provide wikipedians with more access to good local history sources.
- Compare the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, which ran a similar project - [1]. Might be worth finding out how much this cost.
Journal of citation needed
Set up an open access journal with the stated aim of publishing papers in those areas wikipedia finds it difficult to get sources for
Old newpapers
Buy a microfilm scanner and scan and OCR old local newspapers.
software
Develop support for some kind of 3D file format (.blend?) for mediawiki
Events
Wikipedia:Time Team special, via Bristol University? Richard Symonds (talk) 23:24, 23 April 2012 (UTC)