Talk:Editathon, British Library/June 2011

I just wanted to say that this sounds amazing, and I'm sorry I can't be there. Have fun! -- Phoebe 20:02, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Further query about photos

Is there a general policy from the BL about taking (non-flash) photographs of documents for research purposes? I am thinking of examples where it might be handy for an editor to be able to refer to their sample pocket camera photos for later updating (or verification) of article content rather than the scenario of adding photos of documents to Commons. For me, this would mean I could fit a lot more into a day rather than relying on my hand-written notes. --Fæ 12:43, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

After checking the reader registration terms, the BL makes it clear that scanning or otherwise making images from documents is not allowed. I guess that taking copious notes is the way to go. --Fæ 19:36, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Promotion checklist

Below, I suggest we have a list of places we should tell about the event. Tom Morris 15:07, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:Geonotice
  • Done by Fæ.
• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Literature
  • Done by Tom Morris.
• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Theatre
  • Done by Tom Morris.
• Wikisource
• Wikiquote
  • Done by Tom Morris.
• Target the main editors of articles on the authors/playwrights etc. we have access to archival material of?
• Wikibooks
• WMUK members mail list
  • Done Fae.

Don't forget:

• Wikimedia UK blog
  • Working may take a few days to get on to it; my thoughts are than this would be a post about the new GLAM task force, what we are doing right now (BL, GLAMcamp(s), NRM) and our vision for a sustainable UK wide network of active e-volunteers. --Fæ 19:15, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
• WMUK's Twitter account.
  • Done Retweeted. Fæ
    • I've also tweeted it (rather than retweeted) from the WMUK account. Will tweet it intermittently in future as well.

• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject_Science_Fiction - ? - The Land 12:17, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
  • Yes please, it's directly relevant for J.G. Ballard, H.G. Wells etc. --Fæ 16:33, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

- The Land 17:50, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

J.G. Ballard

When checking the portraits for the page header, I discovered that Commons has no photo of J.G. Ballard and the one used on Wikipedia is fair use only. Anyone care to investigate where one might be able to find a PD or CC-BY image? --Fæ 19:19, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Poets table

Based on a meeting with the British Library yesterday, I have created a discussion list of poet articles at Editathon, British Library/Poets. Please do not create the linked articles in advance of the Workshop. --Fæ 07:46, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Potential workshop topics

The workshops will be organized by "table" with potential for these to be changed between the morning and afternoon sessions, it would probably be handy to add a big label or symbol on each table so everyone remembers what the topic is. With 30 people it should be possible to have 5 or 6 topics. If you have a topic that you would like to suggest or discuss, please add it here:

• Poets and Audio library - there are a large number of prize winning poets without articles and existing articles may be weakly categorized and not provide much in the way of context. The BL has a unique archive of interviews available in the audio library and though the audio file is not available off-site, there are detailed summaries of the facts from the interviews that are invariably unused as a reliable source for related Wikipedia articles. The BL have also offered to release some portrait photographs of some of the modern poets that have been interviewed if articles are being created.