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''This post was written by Stevie Benton, Head of External Relations''
''This guest post was written by [http://www.bfi.org.uk/people/stephen-mcconnachie Stephen McConnachie], Head of Data at the BFI and [http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/day-we-teamed-wikipedia originally published here]''


This morning I attended the launch of Open Up! – Report of the Speaker’s Commission on Digital Democracy. Having been [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connecting_knowledge_to_power:_the_future_of_digital_democracy_in_the_UK_(Archive_1) involved in the work of the Commission] I was very interested to hear its recommendations.
A marathon of Wikipedia editing at the [http://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/bfi-reuben-library BFI Reuben Library] has enriched the online encyclopedia’s records relating to black and Asian British filmmaking.
[http://www.digitaldemocracy.parliament.uk/documents/Open-Up-Digital-Democracy-Report.pdf The report is a substantial document (PDF)] which I need to read in more detail, but there are five key targets and recommendations highlighted in the summary (P3 of the report). Some of these appear to be significant wins for the open knowledge movement. These are quoted below:


*By 2020, the House of Commons should ensure that everyone can understand what it does
On 26 January, the BFI and Wikimedia UK held a Wikipedia Editathon in the BFI Reuben Library on London’s South Bank. The focus was British black and Asian films and filmmakers, with a list of key films, filmmakers and writers established in advance. This subject was inspired by the BFI’s new three ticks diversity guidelines for film funding, which are aimed at improving on-screen and off-screen diversity within the film sector, including BAME (Black, Asian, minority ethnic) diversity.
*By 2020, Parliament should be fully interactive and digital
*The 2015 newly elected House of Commons should create immediately a new forum for public participation in the debating function of the House of Commons
*By 2020 secure online voting should be an option for all voters
*By 2016 all published information and broadcast footage produced by Parliament should be freely available online in formats suitable for re-use. Hansard should be available as open data by the end of 2015.


It is the final recommendation that is of most interest here, and I’ll address this first. I very much welcome this step to make more of Parliament’s information freely available, especially as this is already paid for from the public purse, although the choice of open license is crucial to the impact this move will have. I encourage Parliament to use the most open license possible. For example, the use of the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Open Government Licence] would allow for footage of parliamentary debates to be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and inserted into appropriate Wikipedia articles. I find this quite exciting and it would enhance Wikipedia as a learning and teaching tool for those interested in Parliament.
All afternoon the editors used the books, articles and digitised press cuttings in the BFI Reuben Library to create new Wikipedia pages as well as improve existing articles. They had support from three of the major figures in this area of British filmmaking, who very kindly gave their time to support the event: [http://www.stephenbourne.co.uk/ Stephen Bourne] (author of a major book on this subject, [http://www.stephenbourne.co.uk/BlackintheBritish.html Black in the British Frame]), June Givanni (curator of the [http://www.junegivannifilmarchive.com/ Pan African Cinema Archive]), Imruh Bakari (filmmaker, writer and academic, co-founder of the [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/569785/ Ceddo] film and video workshop) and film and theatre writer Suman Bhuchar.


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Among the newly created and published Wikipedia articles are one on Imruh Bakari himself (a unique opportunity for article writer and subject to discuss the references available in the Library’s collection), Udayan Prasad (director of My Son the Fanatic, 1997), Lionel Ngakane’s pioneering 1966 film Jemima + Johnny, John Akomfrah’s Handsworth Songs (1986) and Newton Aduaka’s Rage (2000). Other articles are being prepared for publication, including one on tap-dancing duo Scott & Whaley.
 
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