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[[file:C_Station_Pump_House.jpg|thumb|180px|Inside Abbey Mills Pumping Station by User:Msemmett really captures the state of the building]]
[[file:North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (exterior, 02).JPG|thumb|220px|Harry Mitchell’s Wiki Commons image of the exterior.]]


''This post was written by Richard Nevell''
''This post was originally published by Robert Forsythe. [http://robertatforsythe.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/wikimedia-at-mining-institute.html You can read the original here].''


September 2013 will always be the month the UK took part in Wiki Loves Monuments for the first time. We missed out in 2012, and planning began in January this year because we didn't want the same to happen again. It has been a long process, but now the dust is settling and we can look back at WLM in the UK.
Earlier in 2013 Wikimedia (parent to Wikipedia) was engaged in North East England through Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums. This was with the first [[:Wikipedia:Wikipedia:GLAM/Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Wikimedian in Residence|Wikimedian in Residence]] in the region. Robert Forsythe was the fortunate candidate and it proved to be fascinating. An interesting follow on has been arranged for the 6th November 2013.


The first few minutes of 1 September were nervous. Would everything work? Would we have long to wait for our first upload? What did the month ahead hold? I nearly wore out the F5 looking for that first image, but only had to wait a few minutes. Thirty days later we had 11,995 photos from 573 people.
An editathon is being held in the [[:Wikipedia:North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers|North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers]] just a very short walk east of Newcastle Upon Tyne Central station. I will be participating and it ought to appeal to a wide spread of people. It is a [[:Commons:Category:North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers|magnificent venue]], a major piece of [[:Commons:Category:Neville Hall and Wood Memorial Hall|Victorian Gothic Revival]]. Lunch and a guided tour are part of the package provided. There is already Wikimedia content but once you see the collections, you will understand just how much connectivity between the Institute and Wikimedia there might be. If you feel you are a Wikimedia beginner, there will be experienced editors on hand. And if “mining” phases you reflect how much local and regional social history runs with the subject.


Both of those numbers are encouraging. The sheer number of photos meant the UK was the eighth biggest contributor to the global competition, but if anything those 573 people are more encouraging. Looking at the names of people who took part, there is a mix of old and new faces, and lots of people who have never edited before.
Additionally the library hosts the collections of local Stephenson Locomotive Society and Railway Correspondence & Travel Society branches. It has become a place where many volunteers interested in industrial heritage in the region gather (not least because it has a license and offers excellent coffee). More details are available on the [[:Wikipedia:Editathon, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers|registration page]].


Buildings are the stage on which history happens, and WLM was a chance for people to engage with history as well as Wikimedia.  
There have been 15 sign ons as of 4th October.


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