Having done a little bit of work on the image lists for WLM and quite a bit of categorisation on commons I would add that in some counties they have the majority of the grade I listed buildings.
So we should talk to the people who manage their physical estate, perhaps after Wiki Loves Monuments. Jonathan Cardy GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) Organiser/Trefnydd GLAM (Galeriau, Llyfrgelloedd, Archifdai a llawer Mwy!) Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0990 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. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Press Enter to send your message. On 29 August 2013 08:26, Tom Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm just getting ready to write an article for Wikinews about the > Archbishop of Canterbury, and I realised we do not have a free image of him. > > Does the chapter or any volunteers have any contacts at the Church of > England? I expect they have a sizeable collection of interesting images > that could help illustrate both historical articles, biographies (of > bishops and archbishops etc.), articles about places, and things like > Wikinews articles covering current-day issues in the church (like women > bishops, the church's attitude to lesbian and gay people etc.) > > I've just sent an email to Lambeth Palace asking if they would be willing > to release some images for use on the Wikimedia projects, but I'd be > interested to see if anyone else could think of either good reasons to > want, or good ways to get, images from the Church of England. > > -- > Tom Morris > http://tommorris.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >
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