Wikipedia:GLAM/YNP/Talk links

These links accompany this introductory Prezi: 10 ways for your museum to get started with Wikipedia

It was first given by PatHadley at the Thackray Medical Museum on 26 June 2014

Slide 1

For some introductory information, these are great:

• 10 things you did not know about Wikipedia
• 10 things you did not know about images on Wikipedia
• Who edits Wikipedia? What is a Wikipedian?

Slide 2

When sharing content consider the long term impacts. Compare:

• British Museum's twitter
• The British Library's Canadian Copyright Collection

Slide 3

Niche enthusiasts do great work!

• An account of the Sabang harbour photograph (near the end!)

Slide 4

Two significant articles written by Wikipedians as a result of YMT image releases:

• William Alfred Ismay
• The Middleham Hoard

Slide 5

Wikipedias exist in a huge number of languages!

• List of all Wikipedias - with statistics
• Coppergate Helmet - explore the other languages at the bottom of the Left-Hand sidebar
• Église Notre-Dame de la Délivrande du Morne-Rouge - French Wikipedia
• Lucie Rie - German Wikipedia
• Albertustaler - German Wikipedia

Slide 6

Fixing things!

• Be Bold! Advice on editing with courage and sensitivity
• Guide to your first article
• The rigorous standards for a Featured Article

Slide 7

Uploading images shares across the world!

• Mary Ellen Best's images on Wikimedia Commons
• Mary Ellen Best - a biography created as a result of a YMT edit-a-thon

Slide 8

Sometimes sharing needs to happen off Wikipedia too!

• Royal Gold Cup
• Blogpost about the writing of the Royal Gold Cup article
• Horsforth Museum Blog

Slide 9

It's also possible to share more sophisticated content:

• Video of Starting two looms at the Queen Street Mill Museum
• The Queen Street Mill GLAMwiki Project
• Gazier's Histoire generale du movement Janseniste on Wikisource
• A beginner's guide to Wikisource
• GLAM donations to Wikisource

Slide 10

Dreams!

• Wikimedia's vision
• Museums Association: 'What is a museum?'