Random ideas

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.

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.

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