Wikipedia:GLAM/British Library/British wildlife edit-a-thon 2015
Europeana Sounds (1) are organising several sound and music related edit-a-thons throughout Europe in 2015 and 2016. An edit-a-thon about wildlife sounds was held on the 7 November 2015 at the British Library.
See also the British wildlife edit-a-thon 2016
General information
[edit]During this edit-a-thon wildlife lovers and Wikipedians enriched Wikipedia with field recordings of wildlife sounds from the British Library.
Location and time
[edit]- Location: British Library
- Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Programme
[edit]- 10.00-10.30 Arrival and welcome coffee. Log on and computer checks.
- 10.30-10.45 Introduction to BL, housekeeping. Introduction to Europeana Sounds.
- 10.45-11.00 Introduction to BL Sounds and Wildlife collection from curator Cheryl Tipp
- 11.00-11.15 Introduction to Wikimedia
- 11.15-12.45 Hands on session, editing Wikipedia. Training available throughout.
- 12.45-13.00 Recap and sharing
- 13.00-14.00 Lunch
- 14.00-15.45 Edits continue
- 15.45-16.00 Recap of the day and work done
- 16.00 End!
Wikimedia UK
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Edit-a-thon information
[edit]Collections and media objects
[edit]Files are in commons:Category:Wildlife Sounds in the British Library
Statistics on file usage will be at commons:Commons:British Library/Reports/Wildlife sounds shortly.
Guide
[edit]- Sample edit - English Wikipedia
- Sample edit - non-English Wikipedia when the editor doesn't speak the language concerned. Note the edit summary, and the commented-out English language caption. The caption has subsequently been translated. (Please avoid doing this on the Swedish Wikipedia)
Please log specific edits ("diffs") on non-English Wikipedias, then we can ask their editors to assist with translations.
Sister projects
[edit]- Wikidata - all files added to Wikidata now. the wub "?!" 15:10, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
- Wikispecies
Video(s)
[edit]How do you enrich a Wikipedia article with audio?
Training booklets
[edit]Here are the Dropbox links
- Clitheroe Beginners Training booklet
- Clitheroe Intermediate Training booklet
- Wildlife Sounds Intermediate Training booklet
Mentors
[edit]- Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits
- Clem Rutter (talk)
Participants
[edit]- Richarddr (talk)
- Darnocrolyat (talk)
- Lauraamiles (talk)
- Cheryltipp (talk)
- the wub "?!"
- Karlinamillion (talk)
- JLo283 (talk)
- Ericabasnicki (talk)
- Aa77zz (talk)
- Garimars
Photos
[edit]Are you taking photos during the event? Upload these to Wikimedia Commons and put the photos in the category Commons:Category:British Wildlife Edit-a-thon November 2015.
Evaluation of the event (to be filled in at the end of the day)
[edit]Please fill in this survey at the end of the day, in order to help us improve future events.
Results
[edit]Throughout the day we had a total of 506 edits in 40 different languages
Files
[edit]- Garden Warbler song, Frensham Great Pond, Surrey, May 1979, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
- Curlew calls, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > DONE
- House Sparrow calls, Cowley, Gloucestershire, 1970s, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
- Magpie calls, Pinbury Park, Gloucestershire, May 1975, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
Sand martin colony calls, UK, 1960s, Lawrence Shove> No sound - No BL sound file on Commons- Storm Petrel song, Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire, 1968, Lawrence Shove > DONE
- Blackcap calls, Camberley, Surrey, August 1977, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
- Chiffchaff song, Surrey, April 1977, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
- Lapwing display flight, Frensham Great Pond, Surrey, April 1980, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
Osprey calls, Loch Garten, Scotland, June 1971, Lawrence ShovePAGE ALREADY HAS A GOOD RECORDING- Starling roost, Kenton, February 1965, Lawrence Shove > DONE
- Nightingale song, Teign Valley, Devon, May 1961, Lawrence Shove> DONE
Blackbird song, Culver, Devon, May 1961, Lawrence Shove >PAGE ALREADY HAS A GOOD RECORDING OF SONGS- Blackcap song, Windelsham, Surrey, May 1983, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_bunting Corn Bunting song, Portland bird observatory, Dorset, June 1966, Lawrence shove] > DONE
Cuckoo song, Frensham Great Pond, Surrey, May 1979, Aubrey John Williams >Sound is there, but not BL sound! PAGE ALREADY HAS A GOOD RECORDING OF SONG- Mallard calls, Windelsham, Surrey, January 1976, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
- Raven calls, Culver, Devon, May 1960, Lawrence Shove > DONE
- Razorbill calls, Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire, May 1965, Lawrence Shove > DONE
Song Thrush song, Swanwick, Derbyshire, April 1975, Aubrey John Williams> NO BL AUDIO FILE- Stonechat calls, Camberley, Surrey, May 1976, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
- Woodlark song, Camberley, Surrey, May 1977, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
- Eider calls, Loch Beag, Scotland, October 1976, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
- Goldfinch song, Cowley, Gloucestershire, July 1976, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
- Green Woodpecker yaffle song, Surrey, April 1977, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
- Grey Heron colony calls, Warminster, Wiltshire, June 1992, Howard Phelps > DONE
- Kittiwake calls, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, May 1965, Lawrence Shove > DONE
- Herring Gull in a gale, UK, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > DONE
- Chaffinch song, Windelsham, Surrey, June 1979, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
- Blackbird calls, Loch beag, Scotland, October 1976, Aubrey John Williams > DONE, MOVED TO 'SONG AND CALLS' section
- Sika Deer calls, Wareham, Dorset, October 1964, Lawrence Shove > Done Richarddr
- Bewick's Swan calls, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, February 1966, Lawrence Shove > DONE
- Marsh Warbler song, Pershore, Worcestershire, June 1984, Howard Phelps >Done KVB
- Tawny Owl calls, UK, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done Richarddr
- Tawny Owl hoots, UK, January 1978, Aubrey John Williams > Done Richarddr
- Red-throated Diver calls, Loch Gowan, Scottish Highlands, May 1985, Howard Phelps >Done KVB
- Grasshopper Warbler song, UK, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done Cheryltipp
- Northern Wheatear song, Dartmoor, Devon, 1966, Lawrence Shove > Done EB
- Golden Eagle calls, Kinlockewe, Scotland, July 1969, Lawrence Shove > Done Richarddr
- Black-headed Gull calls, Havergate Island, Suffolk, May 1971, Lawrence Shove > Done Richarddr
- Capercaillie female & chick calls, Scotland, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done Richarddr
- Red Fox barks, Pinbury Park, Gloucestershire, January 1977, Aubrey John Williiams > Done Richarddr
- Fallow Deer calls, Haldon Forest, Devon, October 1964, Lawrence Shove > Done, EB
- Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) (W1CDR0001430 BD7).ogg plus German version
- Yellowhammer song, Dartmoor, Devon, May 1966, Lawrence Shove >Done KVB
- Great Tit song type 1, April 1968, Lawrence Shove > 2nd song type, Done Richarddr
- Woodlark (Lullula arborea) (W1CDR0001500 BD8).ogg plus German version
- Common_Stonechat_(Saxicola_torquata)_(W1CDR0001536_BD16).ogg plus German Version
- Willow Warbler song, Cowley, Gloucestershire, April 1974, Aubrey John Williams >Done KVB
- Bittern booms, Hickling Broad, Norfolk, May 1966, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Robin calls, Loch Aveg, Scotland, October 1976, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Richarddr
Song of a European Robin, recorded at Culver, Devon, EnglandNOT USED: PAGE ALREADY HAS A GOOD RECORDINGS OF SONGS- Blue Tit calls, Cowley, Gloucestershire, May 1978, Aubrey John Williams > Done LM + German
- Canada Geese calling, Brownsea Island, Dorest, March 1966, Lawrence Shove > Done, EB
- Gannet calls, Grassholm Island, Pembrokeshire, May 1965, Lawrence Shove > Done, Conrad
- Badger calls, Chobham Place, Surrey, February 1975, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Richarddr
- Red Deer roars, Melberry Park, 1963, Lawrence Shove > Done, Richarddr
- Cirl Bunting song, Bridford, Devon, May 1965, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Bullfinch song & calls, Camberley, Surrey, June 1977, Aubrey John Williams > Done LM
- Sedge Warbler song, UK, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done, LM
- Whitethroat song, Camberley, Surrey, July 1977, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Peter
- Quail, Wimborne, Dorset, June 1966, Lawrence Shove > Done, LM
- Sandwich Tern calls, Cley, Norfolk, September 1974, Aubrey John Williams >
- Great Crested Grebe calls, Frensham Great Pond, Surrey, April 1974, Aubrey John Williams > Done, LM
- Dipper song, Teign Valley, Devon, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Eurasian teal male & female calls, Brownsea Island, Dorset, March 1966, Lawrence Shove] > Done, LM
- Wigeon calls, Brownsea Island, Dorset, 1966, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Common Redstart song, Camberley, Surrey, May 1977, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Peter
- Carrion Crow calls, Culver, Devon, April 1961, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Rock Pipit song, Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire, April 1965, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Bearded Tit calls, Hickling, Norfolk, May 1966, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Avocet Avocet calls, Havergate Island, Suffolk, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Black Grouse at lek, Fife, Scotland, April 1967, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Common Sandpiper song, North Uist, Scotland, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Tree Pipit song, Culver, Devon, April 1961, Lawrence Shove >Done KVB
- Crested Tit calls, Loch Garten, Scotland, 1970, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Dunnock song, Dartmoor, Devon, May 1966, Lawrence Shove > Done
- Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Yarner Wood, Devon, June 1976, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Puffin calls, Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire, 1965, Lawrence Shove > Done
- Manx Shearwater calls, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, 1965, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Meadow Pipit calls, Chobham Place, Surrey, June 1979, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Peter
- European pied flycatcher
- Goldcrest (sound quality is good, it is high-pitched)
- Reed Bunting song, UK, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Reed Warbler song, Frensham Great Pond, Surrey, July 1976, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Peter
- Siskin song & calls, Camberley, Surrey, April 1976, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Peter
- Skylark song, Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire, 1965, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Treecreeper calls, Frensham Great Pond, May 1979, aubrey John Williams > Done, Peter - contact calls only
- Spotted Crake calls, UK, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Red Grouse song & calls, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done. Peter
- Wren calls, Old Dean Common, Camberley, Surrey, July 1977, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Peter - Both Wren audios added
- Nightjar song, Frensham Great Pond, Surrey, July 1972, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Peter
- Pink-footed Geese flock calls, Caerlaverock, Scotland, 1969, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Ringed Plover calls, Morston Salt Marshes, Norfolk, Sept 1974, Aubrey John Williams > Done. Peter
- Ptarmigan display song, Glenshee, Scotland, April 1967, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
- Guillemot calls, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, June 1965, Lawrence Shove > Done
- Grey Squirrel calls, Camberley, Surrey, July 1977, Aubrey John Williams > DONE - Richarddr
- Nuthatch song, Frensham Great Pond, Surrey, April 1973, Aubrey John Williams > Done
- Nuthatch calls, Frensham Great Pond, Surrey, May 1980, Aubrey John Williams > Done
Other languages
[edit]Basque
[edit]Bulgarian
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Czech
[edit]Danish
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Esperanto
[edit]Estonian
[edit]Faroese
[edit]Finnish
[edit]French
[edit]- fr:Rissa (oiseau)
- fr:Bruant jaune
- fr:Alouette lulu
- fr:Daim
- fr:Sterne caugek
- fr:Sarcelle d'hiver
- fr:Traquet motteux
- fr:Gobemouche noir
Galego
[edit]Gaeilge
[edit]German
[edit]- de:Brandseeschwalbe
- de:Rissa (Gattung)
- de:Blaumeise
- de:Kanadagans
- de:Dreizehenmöwe
- de:Damhirsch
- de:Krickente
- de:Steinschmätzer (Art)
- de:Trauerschnäpper
- de:Waldkauz
Gujarati
[edit]Germanic Frisian
[edit]Greek
[edit]Hungarian
[edit]Italian
[edit]- it:Branta canadensis
- it:Dama dama
- it:Thalasseus sandvicensis
- it:Ardea cinerea
- it:Oenanthe oenanthe
- it:Strix_aluco
Latin
[edit]Latvian
[edit]- lv:Dambriedis
- lv:Meža_pūce
- lv:Klinšu_ērglis
- lv:Rudā_lapsa
- lv:Lielais_dumpis
- lv:Ķīvīte
- lv:Sila_cīrulis
- lv:Zivju_gārnis
- lv:Dižraibais_dzenis
Lithuanian (Lietuviu)
[edit]Macedonian
[edit]Norwegian
[edit]Norwegian nynorsk
[edit]Picard
[edit]- pcd:Privaret = TRANSLATED
Polish
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]- pt:Ganso-do-canadá
- pt:Cotovia-pequena
- pt:Dama dama
- pt:Escrevedeira-amarela
- pt:Garajau-comum
- pt:Felosa-musical
- pt:Aluco
Romanian
[edit]Russian
[edit]Scots
[edit]Serbian
[edit]Sicilian
[edit]Slovakian
[edit]Slovenian
[edit]Spanish
[edit]- es:Ardea cinerea
- es:Branta canadensis
- es:Lullula arborea
- es:Emberiza citrinella
- es:Dama dama
- es:Rissa (animal)
- es:Thalasseus sandvicensis
- es:Cyanistes caeruleus
- es:Anas crecca
- es:Hydrobatidae
- es:Ficedula hypoleuca
- es:Strix_aluco
Swedish
[edit]Turkish
[edit]Welsh
[edit]See also
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