Jon, The point is be nice, and respectful, to the library staff. I was having to stop laughing when Fiona was telling me that "they know a good Wikipedia article by the number of cited references". Without any input from us they've figured out how to judge article quality - they are people we want to recruit.
I've done 'stubs' on Leith Library[1], Stockbridge Library[2], and McDonald Road Library[3]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leith_Library [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockbridge_library [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald_Road_Library The 7th of July is the 125th anniversary of Andrew Carnegie laying the foundation stone for Edinburgh's Central Library. If there's anything we can do to get them main page mentions (DYK?) then we'll have an entire city's ibrary staff onside. Unlike most of the UK, Edinburgh City Council left libraries in the hands of the public. The response to surveys was that £300,000 was put _back_ into the library budget. I think the city deserves recognised for that, and it should be a priority to document their libraries. Once we've done so there is a basis to do outreach to the non-natives (Hindi, Arabic, etc speakers) and get translations. Considering how many kids do homework in libraries we can also 'stomp on' plagiarism and educate a really wide swathe of the public. Brian McNeil -- Wikinews, Accredited Reporter. Personal: brian.mcn...@o2.co.uk "Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news." > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Lum Hats in Paradise > From: Jon Davies <jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk> > Date: Tue, May 22, 2012 1:15 pm > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > I hope we will be jumping at your offer! Brilliant work, > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 1:03 PM, <brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org> wrote: > > > Hola! From a non-Wikipedian Wikimedian - in Edinburgh - who is delighted > > with the response from some tentative outreach work. > > > > I spend around an hour this morning touring Edingburgh's Central Library > > with Fiona Myles, took around 150 photos of the interior of the > > building, and _hope_ I've laid the groundwork for us to work far more > > closely in future. > > > > I have, dependent on copyright, a verbal agreement to get high-res scans > > of the plans of the building (A Carnegie Library), a keen interest to > > have librarians briefed on Wikipedia - if not outright encouraged to > > contribute, and the possibility of running recruitment/induction > > sessions in Edinburgh. Which, for the unwashed masses, is a UNESCO City > > of Literature. > > > > Given the piss-poor representation up here in Scotland, I think that's a > > major win. My next job, as interim 'cowboy liasion' between Wikimedia UK > > and Museums Galleries Scotland is to get a few councillors calling for > > all publicly funded publications to be under a CC-BY license. > > > > Any, and all, encouragement welcome. Any Englandshire Wikimedians wh > > plan to visit Edingburgh in the next 6-12 months, please feel free to > > drop me a mail. If I can get you meetings with people, or privileged > > access for photography, I will. > > > > Fun and frivolity aside, with limited Internet access I've come to the > > conclusion that public libraries are the way to recruit. Brief the staff > > of what makes a good Wikipedia article - half of them know already - > > then a simple static display may encourage locals to try their hand. > > Here in Edinburgh I suspect I can, without too many problems, get > > articles put into about a half-dozen languages with keen help from > > library staff. > > > > And this message's title? Purloined from a book on the city's libraries. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brian McNeil > > -- > > Wikinews, Accredited Reporter. Personal: brian.mcn...@o2.co.uk > > "Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news." > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > > > -- > *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. 07976 935 986 > tweet @jonatreesdavies > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513 > Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, > London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. > Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. > Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate > Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit > organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for > its contents. > > Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and > @wikimediauk<hr>_______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
