Herbert Backstage Pass
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What is it?
A Backstage Pass tour is an event aimed at sharing the expertise of real-world cultural institutions with our wiki-expertise. Principally this involves an organisation or interest group hosting a private tour for the benefit of local Wikimedians and in reciprocation we help improve the content on Wikipedia that is relevant to that organisation.
Simply put the day is in three parts:
- Private guided tour of 'backstage' areas of the museum with the experts.
- Lunch together (sponsored by Wikimedia UK)
- Sitting down with the curators individually/small groups to collaborate on topics discussed during the tour.
This event is being organised in collaboration with Wikimedia UK. The main contact person for this activity is Roger Bamkin (Victuallers) The work to improve Wikipedia's content on Derby's collections and archives will continue long after this day's event. See the project page for full information about what needs doing, and what's been achieved so far.
When/where is it?
Saturday, October 1sth, 2011 at Herbert Art Gallery and Museum. See the Museum's getting here instructions for directions.
Coffee from 10:00 ask at the front desk. Plese bring your laptop.
Advantages for the Museum
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Advantages for Wikimedia
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The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum have been bold enough to get involved with this project. They are keen to integrate their collection with communities, online and in real life and working with Wikimedia is an appropriate way of doing that. The museum will be bringing out a number of usually hidden artefacts and showing wikipedians "their backstage areas".
What
A brief introduction to the GLAM project (and the collaboration at The Herbert) and what it is and what has been achieved elsewhere and here so far. Some speed dating with artefacts. We'll then have lunch and they will give us access to a internet-enabled meeting room where we can all work on-wiki after the tours.
Schedule
The schedule will be announced very soon.
Who (Wikimedians)
First come, first served! In the event that there is an oversubscription, early contributors and members of Wikimedia UK will be given preference. Please bring your laptop and we'll hang out during the second part of the day to collaborate.
The curators will "pitch" objects that are their personal favourites and we can work with them to start articles – following assessment of "notability"
Other types of content that could be improved:
- Articles about existing articles of specific artefacts in the museum collection.
- Using photographs/information about objects to improve other more generic topics
- Suggesting text that Derby Museums own that could be incorporated into Wikipedia if it had appropriate copyright licensing.
- The museum's own article
Sign Up
If you don't sign up we won't know you're coming! Please make sure that we can contact you if needs be - enable "email user" in your user settings if you are logged in.
If you do not want to list your name publicly, please contact Roger Bamkin (Victuallers) at roger.bamkin
wikimedia.org.uk
Attending:
- Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 16:58, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
- Mike Peel 19:50, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
Interested in attending but not confirmed:
Parking
Any Questions? Add your own.
- Do I have to register to attend, or can I just arrive on the day?
- You do not have to register, but preference will be given to those who do by signing up on this page.
- Is there a minimum number of Wikipedia edits I have to have made to be allowed to attend?
- Of course not. All are welcome - even if you've never edited Wikipedia before. Being "a Wikipedian" is a self-defined thing, so if you call yourself a Wikipedian (or would like to become one) then come along.
- Do I have to be a member of Wikimedia UK?
- No, this is open to all. However if you would like to join Wikimedia UK and get involved in other projects like this or start your own, you can do so here
- If I come and take the tour, will I be obliged to make Wikipedia contributions about Herbert Art Gallery and Museum topics?
- No. As volunteers, there is no obligation to do anything. Of course, it is encouraged for you to stay after the tours to share your wiki-expertise with the interested curators (that's the quid pro quo of this free event after all) but you are under no obligation to do so. Equally, it is hoped that you'll be inspired to write about some of the things/ideas you've seen for Wikipedia and maybe collaborate with the curators doing so, but you don't have to.
- Can I bring my camera?
- Yes
- What about lunch?
- A free lunch will be provided in one of the museums.
- How much wiki-expertise/knowledge of Wikimedia policies and procedures will participants be expected to possess?
- None - in fact we are also inviting keen amateur historians in order that we can encourage a new relationship between local historians, museums and Wikipedia.
- Do you have to own/bring a laptop?
- It will certainly help if you are intending to assist in the second half of the event - there will probably be one or two computers for our use, but internet will be available to laptops.
- It is not stated how many places there are. Will we receive invitations individually after the attendees are chosen?
- No, the museum will place a cap on the number of attendees and that means places have been limited.
- There will be no other official invitation other than the information at this page. You can assume that if this page has not been deleted then just turn up on the day.
- Are there age requirements to attend this event?
- There is no minimum (or maximum) age limit - as long as you're interested and have permission from the relevant parent.
Past example
Backstage Pass at Derby Museums - Derby Backstage Pass.