26 November 2010
GLAM WIKI @ British Museum
Roger Bamkin
Victuallers
NB - Lots of attribuation to wikipedia editors has been stripped by Slideshare - see me.
Art in a Time of Chaos Ancient Treasures Come to China InstituteTroy Segal
The China Institute has opened a new exhibit titled "Art in a Time of Chaos: Masterworks from Six Dynasties China" featuring over 100 ancient sculptures, ceramics, paintings and calligraphy works from the 3rd to 6th centuries. Many of the pieces were excavated from tombs and represent a turbulent political time in China that also saw great cultural and artistic achievements. The exhibit spreads across five rooms decorated to showcase the neutral-colored artifacts, including ceramic vessels, figurines meant for tombs, and sculptures depicting foreigners and Buddhas introduced during this period of foreign trade.
QR codes before QRpedia talk from Bristol WikiAcademy in marchRoger Bamkin
Story to date in March before QRpedia was working. Before #GLAMderby. Progress to date of Derby Museums and Wikipedia working together. The first QR Code experiment
Upper and lower bounds maths example questionRoger Bamkin
Mr. McGregor has a rectangular garden that is 15 meters long and 12 meters wide. The document calculates the maximum and minimum total lengths of fencing needed for the garden. For the maximum, the garden is 15.5 meters long, 12.5 meters wide and the gate is 1.5 meters wide, requiring 54.5 meters of fencing. For the minimum, the garden is 14.5 meters long, 11.5 meters wide and the gate is 2.5 meters wide, requiring 49.5 meters of fencing.
This document provides instructions for calculating your age in terms of chocolate. It has the reader pick how many times per week they want to eat chocolate, multiply that by 2 and add 5, then multiply the result by 50 and add either 1764 if your birthday has passed this year or 1763 if it hasn't. Finally, subtract the year you were born to reveal your age in the last two digits. Completing the steps results in a three digit number where the first digit is how many times you want chocolate per week and the last two digits are your actual age.
1. A study found that women find the scent of symmetrical men to be more attractive, based on smell tests using men's sweaty undershirts.
2. To ensure good weather for the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, the Chinese government authorized over 1,100 cloud seeding missile launches to reduce the threat of rain.
3. "The Gate to Hell" is a natural gas field in Turkmenistan that collapsed in 1971 after Soviet drilling, leaving a crater over 60 meters wide that has been burning uncontrolled ever since.
Chapple, R. M. 2012 Review: Archaeology Ireland 26.2 (issue 100). blogspot postRobert M Chapple
This document provides a summary and review of Archaeology Ireland 26.2 (Issue 100), which celebrates the 100th issue of the magazine. It discusses several articles in the issue that look back on developments in Irish archaeology over the past 25 years since the magazine's inception. These articles examine topics like changes in the scope and challenges of the field, as well as developments in publishing and disseminating archaeological research. The review provides overview and commentary on each of the articles in a celebratory tone, emphasizing the important role the magazine has played in documenting Irish archaeology.
History Of Volleyball Essay. PPT - Volleyball PowerPoint Presentation, free d...Danielle Torres
The document provides an overview of an essay analyzing how two Japanese anime films, Akira and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, portray the impact of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The essay examines how the films depict the aftermath and influence on Japanese culture and thought. It also considers the messages conveyed about nuclear weapons, environmental destruction, and humanity's relationship with technology.
The document summarizes the discovery of the Staffordshire Hoard, the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure discovery in Britain found in a field in Hammerwich, Staffordshire in 2009. It consisted of over 1,500 pieces of gold and silver jewelry and decorations from the 7th century Kingdom of Mercia. The hoard was valued at £3.3 million and efforts are underway to raise funds to acquire it for the region to be housed at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the Potteries Museum in Stoke to tell the story of Mercia.
Art in a Time of Chaos Ancient Treasures Come to China InstituteTroy Segal
The China Institute has opened a new exhibit titled "Art in a Time of Chaos: Masterworks from Six Dynasties China" featuring over 100 ancient sculptures, ceramics, paintings and calligraphy works from the 3rd to 6th centuries. Many of the pieces were excavated from tombs and represent a turbulent political time in China that also saw great cultural and artistic achievements. The exhibit spreads across five rooms decorated to showcase the neutral-colored artifacts, including ceramic vessels, figurines meant for tombs, and sculptures depicting foreigners and Buddhas introduced during this period of foreign trade.
QR codes before QRpedia talk from Bristol WikiAcademy in marchRoger Bamkin
Story to date in March before QRpedia was working. Before #GLAMderby. Progress to date of Derby Museums and Wikipedia working together. The first QR Code experiment
Upper and lower bounds maths example questionRoger Bamkin
Mr. McGregor has a rectangular garden that is 15 meters long and 12 meters wide. The document calculates the maximum and minimum total lengths of fencing needed for the garden. For the maximum, the garden is 15.5 meters long, 12.5 meters wide and the gate is 1.5 meters wide, requiring 54.5 meters of fencing. For the minimum, the garden is 14.5 meters long, 11.5 meters wide and the gate is 2.5 meters wide, requiring 49.5 meters of fencing.
This document provides instructions for calculating your age in terms of chocolate. It has the reader pick how many times per week they want to eat chocolate, multiply that by 2 and add 5, then multiply the result by 50 and add either 1764 if your birthday has passed this year or 1763 if it hasn't. Finally, subtract the year you were born to reveal your age in the last two digits. Completing the steps results in a three digit number where the first digit is how many times you want chocolate per week and the last two digits are your actual age.
1. A study found that women find the scent of symmetrical men to be more attractive, based on smell tests using men's sweaty undershirts.
2. To ensure good weather for the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, the Chinese government authorized over 1,100 cloud seeding missile launches to reduce the threat of rain.
3. "The Gate to Hell" is a natural gas field in Turkmenistan that collapsed in 1971 after Soviet drilling, leaving a crater over 60 meters wide that has been burning uncontrolled ever since.
Chapple, R. M. 2012 Review: Archaeology Ireland 26.2 (issue 100). blogspot postRobert M Chapple
This document provides a summary and review of Archaeology Ireland 26.2 (Issue 100), which celebrates the 100th issue of the magazine. It discusses several articles in the issue that look back on developments in Irish archaeology over the past 25 years since the magazine's inception. These articles examine topics like changes in the scope and challenges of the field, as well as developments in publishing and disseminating archaeological research. The review provides overview and commentary on each of the articles in a celebratory tone, emphasizing the important role the magazine has played in documenting Irish archaeology.
History Of Volleyball Essay. PPT - Volleyball PowerPoint Presentation, free d...Danielle Torres
The document provides an overview of an essay analyzing how two Japanese anime films, Akira and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, portray the impact of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The essay examines how the films depict the aftermath and influence on Japanese culture and thought. It also considers the messages conveyed about nuclear weapons, environmental destruction, and humanity's relationship with technology.
The document summarizes the discovery of the Staffordshire Hoard, the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure discovery in Britain found in a field in Hammerwich, Staffordshire in 2009. It consisted of over 1,500 pieces of gold and silver jewelry and decorations from the 7th century Kingdom of Mercia. The hoard was valued at £3.3 million and efforts are underway to raise funds to acquire it for the region to be housed at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the Potteries Museum in Stoke to tell the story of Mercia.
The summary is as follows:
1. In July 2009, a treasure hoard from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia was discovered in Staffordshire, England.
2. The hoard contained over 1,500 pieces of gold and silver jewelry and artifacts from the 7th century, making it the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found in Britain.
3. The artifacts are believed to have been war loot that was buried for safekeeping but never reclaimed, giving insights into Mercia's military history and trading networks during that time period.
This document outlines a lesson plan for students to research and debate the two main beliefs about how life arose on Earth: evolution and creationism. It provides links and resources for students to learn about each view and fill out a table comparing the information. In the next lesson, students will be assigned to argue for either evolution or creationism and give a speech to persuade their classmates, regardless of their own personal beliefs. Finally, students will vote on which theory they agree with and explain their reasons.
The Hammerwich Hoard, the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found, was discovered in Staffordshire, UK in 2009. It contained over 1,500 pieces of gold and silver jewelry and fragments of weaponry from the 7th century Kingdom of Mercia. Worth £3.3 million, fundraising efforts led by the Art Fund and involving public donations helped acquire the hoard for Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the Potteries Museum in Stoke to develop the story of the hoard through the Mercian Trail exhibition. Further study is needed to understand the significance of the hoard and what it can reveal about Mercia and Anglo-Saxon society.
The document discusses several maps and timelines that are used to understand history and culture, including:
1) The Mercator projection map and arguments that it promotes white supremacy and imperialism.
2) Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion map and other alternatives to the traditional north-up map orientation.
3) Carl Sagan's Cosmic Calendar, which scales the age of the universe to a single calendar year to help understand timescales in history.
4) A memory matrix comparing archaeological periods, tools, economies, dwellings, clothing, and societies over time.
The document examines why change is difficult and why updated, less ethnocentric models struggle to be widely adopted.
The document summarizes the preparation of an exhibition on early printed books held at St. John's College Library. It provides background on the library's special collections, which include over 20,000 works printed before 1850 and 143 works printed before 1501 (known as incunables). It then discusses ideas for the exhibition, including highlighting the library's earliest book printed in 1461 and other rare volumes. The document explores choices that were made in selecting highlights from the collection to feature in the display.
This document is the September 2015 issue of Biophilately, the official journal of the Biology Unit of the American Topical Association. It contains articles on new stamp issues related to botany, fungi, mammals, birds, invertebrates, entomology and paleontology. Additional articles discuss cultural artifacts of frogs depicted on stamps, a report from the National Topical Stamp Show, and milestones in paleo-philately. The first part of a three-part article by Michael Kogan discusses early uses of dinosaurs in advertising and the first stamps to depict paleontologists, scientists, and prehistoric animals. It provides context on the history and development of paleontology and philately.
Society in the Middle Ages was divided into three estates - those who fought, those who prayed, and those who worked. The social hierarchy was rigid, with the king and lords having authority over knights and peasants. Children learned trades like crafting or farming from a young age. Boys from noble families trained to become knights, learning combat and horseback riding. Castles provided protection for lords, with fortified walls, towers, and moats. Conditions within castles, while luxurious for the nobility, lacked modern sanitation and contributed to disease spread. Entertainment included tournaments, hunting, and religious festivals.
This document provides an overview of the Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World series. It notes that each volume in the series comprises 25-40 concise essays written by individual scholars on periods of ancient history, genres of classical literature, and important themes in ancient culture. The essays are written in a clear and lively style for an international audience. The document then lists some of the published and upcoming volumes in the series, which include companions on Greek and Roman history, literature, religion, art, and mythology.
The Lever Museum in London was one of the first private museums open to the paying public in the late 18th century. Its collections included a large number of birds acquired by its owner Sir Ashton Lever, as well as ethnographic objects from the Pacific collected by Captain Cook. However, Lever refused access to the "common people" and only allowed certain classes of visitors. This highlighted the emerging debate around public access to knowledge and new ideas of museums as places for both education and entertainment for all of society during the Enlightenment period.
This book challenges traditional Western definitions of heritage that focus on tangible elements from the past, and develops an alternative conception of heritage that includes themes of memory, identity, intangibility and place. Through case studies, the book explores how heritage can be used both to promote conservative views of the past and identity, as well as to actively question such views. It argues that people are more active in how they engage with heritage than previously assumed.
The document discusses several books of days and firsts. It describes Robert Chambers' 1864 book The Chambers Book of Days, which was a miscellany of popular antiquities and calendar events. It also discusses Diane Stein's The Goddess Book of Days, a perpetual calendar focused on goddesses. Finally, it provides examples from Scholastic Book of Firsts, which details over 500 first events and discoveries throughout history in areas like science, technology, exploration and more.
This document provides a summary of a pub crawl in Central London focused on science. It includes 9 plaque locations marked with blue plaques commemorating scientists. At each location, participants answer trivia questions. The pub crawl also includes 5 pub stops with various science-themed trivia questions and puzzles. The document outlines the plaque locations, included trivia questions, and clues or summaries for each trivia question or puzzle.
The Wanderings of A Spiritualist, by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleChuck Thompson
This chapter introduces the book as an account of the author's wanderings promoting spiritualism in Australia and New Zealand in 1920-1921. It describes the inception of the journey, including a pivotal experience at a séance in Merthyr, Wales that motivated the author's desire to share spiritualist teachings more widely. It outlines the author's experience of lecturing across Britain and discusses debates around Christianity and spiritualism. The chapter concludes by introducing the party that embarked on the ship Naldera to begin their journey to Australia.
This presentation aims to question the Book of Genesis. It focuses in particular on Noah's Ark - primarily because Genesis gives us several specifications (size, cargo, etc.). It is therefore testable. This presentation ask a series of questions and quotes facts too. I forgot to add an important element - Dinosaurs died (extinction) before humans began!
This document provides information about an evolution and ecology course, including:
- The semester A lectures will focus on evolution, covering topics like the history of evolutionary thought, natural selection, human evolution, and more.
- Semester B lectures will focus on ecology, covering topics like food webs, biomes, global warming, and more.
- Assessment will include a workshop in each semester worth 20% and 80% for a final exam.
- Recommended reading materials are also provided to supplement the course content.
The Staffordshire Hoard, the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found, was discovered in 2009 near Lichfield, England. It contained over 1,500 pieces of gold and silver from the 7th century Kingdom of Mercia. The hoard is valued at £3.3 million and includes fragments of weaponry and battle gear. Multiple organizations have come together to raise funds to acquire and preserve the hoard so it can be displayed throughout the region and tell the story of ancient Mercia.
Douglas Scott's document discusses the connections between astronomy and coins. It finds that ancient coins often featured astronomical symbols like stars, suns, and moons as rulers wanted to associate themselves with the divine and astronomical events were seen as important omens. It provides many examples of ancient Greek, Roman, and medieval European coins depicting symbols representing the sun, moon, eclipses, comets, and sometimes constellations or planets. The document suggests astronomers and numismatists have parallel interests in studying ancient skies and coins.
This document provides information about the contributors and consultants involved in creating the History Year by Year book. It lists their names, titles, and brief backgrounds. It also acknowledges the Smithsonian Institution for their contributions of historians and museum specialists. The document contains copyright information and lists the editors, designers, and production team involved in publishing the book.
Secondary Computing Curriculum in the UK and WikipediaRoger Bamkin
This is the Computing curriculum, Powerpoint has gone. Where will the information come from? Wikipedia.... Live with it..... Don’t ignore it. Now the students are allowed to ask why things work. Wikipedia is easy to take the hood off. Its all available to see and you can ask questions about it right down to the bit level.
Smart UK Short List at Westminster Conference Centre on 23rd January 2012.
QRpedia on show with 12 other Smart Mobile ideas.Examples shown are from, Derby Museum - King of Rome, Domesday Book, Collosus Computer from Bletchley Park, Wiki Loves Monuments from Russia, Jimmy Wales in Indianapolis Childrens Museum
The summary is as follows:
1. In July 2009, a treasure hoard from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia was discovered in Staffordshire, England.
2. The hoard contained over 1,500 pieces of gold and silver jewelry and artifacts from the 7th century, making it the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found in Britain.
3. The artifacts are believed to have been war loot that was buried for safekeeping but never reclaimed, giving insights into Mercia's military history and trading networks during that time period.
This document outlines a lesson plan for students to research and debate the two main beliefs about how life arose on Earth: evolution and creationism. It provides links and resources for students to learn about each view and fill out a table comparing the information. In the next lesson, students will be assigned to argue for either evolution or creationism and give a speech to persuade their classmates, regardless of their own personal beliefs. Finally, students will vote on which theory they agree with and explain their reasons.
The Hammerwich Hoard, the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found, was discovered in Staffordshire, UK in 2009. It contained over 1,500 pieces of gold and silver jewelry and fragments of weaponry from the 7th century Kingdom of Mercia. Worth £3.3 million, fundraising efforts led by the Art Fund and involving public donations helped acquire the hoard for Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the Potteries Museum in Stoke to develop the story of the hoard through the Mercian Trail exhibition. Further study is needed to understand the significance of the hoard and what it can reveal about Mercia and Anglo-Saxon society.
The document discusses several maps and timelines that are used to understand history and culture, including:
1) The Mercator projection map and arguments that it promotes white supremacy and imperialism.
2) Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion map and other alternatives to the traditional north-up map orientation.
3) Carl Sagan's Cosmic Calendar, which scales the age of the universe to a single calendar year to help understand timescales in history.
4) A memory matrix comparing archaeological periods, tools, economies, dwellings, clothing, and societies over time.
The document examines why change is difficult and why updated, less ethnocentric models struggle to be widely adopted.
The document summarizes the preparation of an exhibition on early printed books held at St. John's College Library. It provides background on the library's special collections, which include over 20,000 works printed before 1850 and 143 works printed before 1501 (known as incunables). It then discusses ideas for the exhibition, including highlighting the library's earliest book printed in 1461 and other rare volumes. The document explores choices that were made in selecting highlights from the collection to feature in the display.
This document is the September 2015 issue of Biophilately, the official journal of the Biology Unit of the American Topical Association. It contains articles on new stamp issues related to botany, fungi, mammals, birds, invertebrates, entomology and paleontology. Additional articles discuss cultural artifacts of frogs depicted on stamps, a report from the National Topical Stamp Show, and milestones in paleo-philately. The first part of a three-part article by Michael Kogan discusses early uses of dinosaurs in advertising and the first stamps to depict paleontologists, scientists, and prehistoric animals. It provides context on the history and development of paleontology and philately.
Society in the Middle Ages was divided into three estates - those who fought, those who prayed, and those who worked. The social hierarchy was rigid, with the king and lords having authority over knights and peasants. Children learned trades like crafting or farming from a young age. Boys from noble families trained to become knights, learning combat and horseback riding. Castles provided protection for lords, with fortified walls, towers, and moats. Conditions within castles, while luxurious for the nobility, lacked modern sanitation and contributed to disease spread. Entertainment included tournaments, hunting, and religious festivals.
This document provides an overview of the Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World series. It notes that each volume in the series comprises 25-40 concise essays written by individual scholars on periods of ancient history, genres of classical literature, and important themes in ancient culture. The essays are written in a clear and lively style for an international audience. The document then lists some of the published and upcoming volumes in the series, which include companions on Greek and Roman history, literature, religion, art, and mythology.
The Lever Museum in London was one of the first private museums open to the paying public in the late 18th century. Its collections included a large number of birds acquired by its owner Sir Ashton Lever, as well as ethnographic objects from the Pacific collected by Captain Cook. However, Lever refused access to the "common people" and only allowed certain classes of visitors. This highlighted the emerging debate around public access to knowledge and new ideas of museums as places for both education and entertainment for all of society during the Enlightenment period.
This book challenges traditional Western definitions of heritage that focus on tangible elements from the past, and develops an alternative conception of heritage that includes themes of memory, identity, intangibility and place. Through case studies, the book explores how heritage can be used both to promote conservative views of the past and identity, as well as to actively question such views. It argues that people are more active in how they engage with heritage than previously assumed.
The document discusses several books of days and firsts. It describes Robert Chambers' 1864 book The Chambers Book of Days, which was a miscellany of popular antiquities and calendar events. It also discusses Diane Stein's The Goddess Book of Days, a perpetual calendar focused on goddesses. Finally, it provides examples from Scholastic Book of Firsts, which details over 500 first events and discoveries throughout history in areas like science, technology, exploration and more.
This document provides a summary of a pub crawl in Central London focused on science. It includes 9 plaque locations marked with blue plaques commemorating scientists. At each location, participants answer trivia questions. The pub crawl also includes 5 pub stops with various science-themed trivia questions and puzzles. The document outlines the plaque locations, included trivia questions, and clues or summaries for each trivia question or puzzle.
The Wanderings of A Spiritualist, by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleChuck Thompson
This chapter introduces the book as an account of the author's wanderings promoting spiritualism in Australia and New Zealand in 1920-1921. It describes the inception of the journey, including a pivotal experience at a séance in Merthyr, Wales that motivated the author's desire to share spiritualist teachings more widely. It outlines the author's experience of lecturing across Britain and discusses debates around Christianity and spiritualism. The chapter concludes by introducing the party that embarked on the ship Naldera to begin their journey to Australia.
This presentation aims to question the Book of Genesis. It focuses in particular on Noah's Ark - primarily because Genesis gives us several specifications (size, cargo, etc.). It is therefore testable. This presentation ask a series of questions and quotes facts too. I forgot to add an important element - Dinosaurs died (extinction) before humans began!
This document provides information about an evolution and ecology course, including:
- The semester A lectures will focus on evolution, covering topics like the history of evolutionary thought, natural selection, human evolution, and more.
- Semester B lectures will focus on ecology, covering topics like food webs, biomes, global warming, and more.
- Assessment will include a workshop in each semester worth 20% and 80% for a final exam.
- Recommended reading materials are also provided to supplement the course content.
The Staffordshire Hoard, the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found, was discovered in 2009 near Lichfield, England. It contained over 1,500 pieces of gold and silver from the 7th century Kingdom of Mercia. The hoard is valued at £3.3 million and includes fragments of weaponry and battle gear. Multiple organizations have come together to raise funds to acquire and preserve the hoard so it can be displayed throughout the region and tell the story of ancient Mercia.
Douglas Scott's document discusses the connections between astronomy and coins. It finds that ancient coins often featured astronomical symbols like stars, suns, and moons as rulers wanted to associate themselves with the divine and astronomical events were seen as important omens. It provides many examples of ancient Greek, Roman, and medieval European coins depicting symbols representing the sun, moon, eclipses, comets, and sometimes constellations or planets. The document suggests astronomers and numismatists have parallel interests in studying ancient skies and coins.
This document provides information about the contributors and consultants involved in creating the History Year by Year book. It lists their names, titles, and brief backgrounds. It also acknowledges the Smithsonian Institution for their contributions of historians and museum specialists. The document contains copyright information and lists the editors, designers, and production team involved in publishing the book.
Secondary Computing Curriculum in the UK and WikipediaRoger Bamkin
This is the Computing curriculum, Powerpoint has gone. Where will the information come from? Wikipedia.... Live with it..... Don’t ignore it. Now the students are allowed to ask why things work. Wikipedia is easy to take the hood off. Its all available to see and you can ask questions about it right down to the bit level.
Smart UK Short List at Westminster Conference Centre on 23rd January 2012.
QRpedia on show with 12 other Smart Mobile ideas.Examples shown are from, Derby Museum - King of Rome, Domesday Book, Collosus Computer from Bletchley Park, Wiki Loves Monuments from Russia, Jimmy Wales in Indianapolis Childrens Museum
The document summarizes a presentation given by Wikimedia UK about using QR codes linked to Wikipedia articles to provide additional information to visitors of museums and other locations. It discusses how this was successfully piloted at Derby Museum, resulting in over 1,200 articles being written about museum exhibits. The presentation proposes using a similar approach to promote the town of Monmouth, with a goal of linking 1,000 QR codes to Wikipedia articles within six months to help increase awareness of the town online. Risks and next steps are also outlined.
In September Wikimedia was invited to give a presentation to staff at the British Library. This presenation was given by Roger Bamkin and Ashley van Haeften. Oddly this doesnt mention QR codes ...
This is a short "fairy story" or "just so" story that explains how the Wikimedia logo came to be the way it is
Acknowledgement to Judy Robertson who wrote a very similar story and Wikimedia ... its their logo.
Transforming museums with technology - Transforming a city from inside a museumRoger Bamkin
The TEDx talk on 8th September at Bristol M Shed. Daringly we spoke about the M Shed's on-line presense. They have spent millions transforming the museum from its former name of the Bristol Industrial Museum. Sadly on Wikipedia their former reincarnation looks like a better museum that they are now. How can you transform a museum? Why would you want to? Is it possible to change the on-line profile of your museum. We talk here about the work that Wikimedia UK have done with Derby Museum. As a result they have 1200 articles on their museum and are probable seen as one the UKs top museums on many wikipedias.
Glam derby collaborating with a smalll museumRoger Bamkin
Late Draft of presentation given at Wikimania in Haifa, Israel in August 2011. At this point we had 1,000 translations - this was to eventually be 1,200 translations for the Wright challenge. We also gathered an editor in Africa
eventually. One small museum - the first you can tour in a dozen languages we think
People involved include Jimmy Wales, Jonathon Wallis, Terence Eden, Roger Shelley, Nick Moyes, Richard Mackney, James Bamkin, Andy Mabbut, Rachel Atherton, Lucy Salt, Joseph Wright, Erasmus Darwin, Lvova, Tappinen, Conte de Sarre, Sanko, Fwahwah, Palnatoke, Mayor of Derby, Ting Cheng, Arnau Duran, Kipelboy
As we navigate through the ebbs and flows of life, it is natural to experience moments of low motivation and dwindling passion for our goals.
However, it is important to remember that this is a common hurdle that can be overcome with the right strategies in place.
In this guide, we will explore ways to rekindle the fire within you and stay motivated towards your aspirations.
Understanding of Self - Applied Social Psychology - Psychology SuperNotesPsychoTech Services
A proprietary approach developed by bringing together the best of learning theories from Psychology, design principles from the world of visualization, and pedagogical methods from over a decade of training experience, that enables you to: Learn better, faster!
Inspire: Igniting the Spark of Human Potentialgauravingole9
Inspire: Igniting the Spark of Human Potential
Inspiration is the force that propels individuals from ordinary to extraordinary. It transforms ideas into innovations, dreams into realities, and individuals into icons. This article delves into the multifaceted nature of inspiration, exploring its sources such as nature, art, personal experiences, and the achievements of others, and its profound impact on personal growth, societal progress, and cultural evolution. Through the lens of historical figures and timeless quotes, we uncover how inspiration fuels creativity, drives societal change, and ignites the spark of human potential.
Procrastination is a common challenge that many individuals face when it comes to completing tasks and achieving goals. It can hinder productivity and lead to feelings of stress and frustration.
However, with the right strategies and mindset, it is possible to overcome procrastination and increase productivity.
In this article, we will explore the causes of procrastination, how to recognize the signs of procrastination in oneself, and effective strategies for overcoming procrastination and boosting productivity.
You may be stressed about revealing your cancer diagnosis to your child or children.
Children love stories and these often provide parents with a means of broaching tricky subjects and so the ‘The Secret Warrior’ book was especially written for CANSA TLC, by creative writer and social worker, Sally Ann Carter.
Find out more:
https://cansa.org.za/resources-to-help-share-a-parent-or-loved-ones-cancer-diagnosis-with-a-child/
2. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
A History of “the World” in
100 Articles
Roger Bamkin
(Victuallers)
How To Get Help ...
• Belief in Free information
• NPG and Notability
• Smithsonian/ LOC/TCMI/BBC
Working with Authority
• What has GLAM/BM done?
• Featured and Good Articles
• 100 Articles
• Copyright and Images
FA 2 7
GA 2 6
B 16 24
C 20 54
Start 59 112
Stub 30 31
List 1 3
Total 148
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1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
Making us collaborate
1-5
1. Handaxe
2. Sleep Reindeer
3. Clovis point
4. A.S. Lovers
5. Barnet Burns
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1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
Despite a "Bad First Date" ...
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1. Mary Ann Rawson
2. Isaac Crewdson
3. M.M.Isambert
4. Samuel J.Prescod
5. L.C.Lecesne
5. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
1. Sgt. Stubby
2. Kalulu
3. Howard Butler
4. Wanless
5. Duke Ellington
The GLAM/WIKI "world" gets some articles
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6. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
Back Stage Pass-beginning of science?
1. Standard of Ur
2. Rhind Maths
3. Bull leaper
4. Mold Cape
5. Textiles
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1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
1. Library Portal
2. Catalogue
3. Robt. Brown
4. W.H.Carpenter
5. J.Henry Smith
Not just Wikipedia
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1st Date
Some cities
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Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
The world in the age of confusion
1. Nereid
2. Thetford hook
3. Witham shield
4. Bassae Frieze
5. Ormside Bowl
26-30
1 2
5
4
3
9. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
Building an Empire of Featured Articles
1. Rosetta Stone
2. Hoxne Hoard
3. Lindow Man
4. Royal Cup
5. Sweet Track
31-35
1 2
5
4
3
10. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
Pleasures & spice? - "Good Article“s
1. Sutton Hoo
2. Parthenon F.
3. Burney ..
4. Seax
5. Admonitions
36-40
1 2
5
4
3
11. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
World faiths - Wikipedia around the world
1. ca:Michelangelo
2. ca:Benin Bronzes
3. es:The Wave
4. la:Rosetta Stone
5. en:Royal Cup
41-45
1 2
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3
12. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
The Road to the National Helmet Week
1. Heyrick
2. Waterloo
3. Ribchester
4. Newstead
5. Crosby Garrett
46-50
1 2
5
4
3
13. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
Inside the palace...we improve.
1. Mayan Blood
2. Lothair Crystal
3. Wandsworth
4. Lycurgus Cup
5. John Henning
51-55
1 2
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4
3
14. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
Pilgrims, raiders and traders - Hoards
1. Vale of York
2. Frome
3. Shrewsbury
4. Milton Keynes
5. Broighter Gold
56-60
1 2
5
4
3
15. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
Status symbols
1. Hedwig Glass
2. Lewis Chess
3. Dunstable Swan
4. Mao Badge
5. Copper Bull
61-65
1 2
5
4
3
16. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
Meeting the goods and gods
1. Thorn Reliquary
2. Isabella Brandt
3. Empress Pot
4. Easter Island
5. Penrith Hoard
66-70
1 2
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4
3
17. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
the modern world (copyright issues)
1. Tree of Life
2. Dinis Sengulane
3. W.P.Gottlieb
4. Ian Jenkins OBE
5. Rawiri Puaha
71-75
1 2
5
4
3
18. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
global economy in pictures and text
1. Durer’s rhino
2. The Nef
3. Benin Bronzes
4. Aztec Serpent
5. Kakiemon
76-80
1 2
5
4
3
19. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
Tolerance and intolerance...
1. Ipswich Hoard
2. James Condor
3. Harpy Tomb
4. Ethnography
5. Sarcophagus
81-85
1 2
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20. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
Exploration, exploitation & enlightenment
1. Akan Drum
2. Mahiole
3. Celtic Brooch
4. Tregwynt
5. Death of Cook
86-90
1 2
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21. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
Mass persuasion
1. Chronometer
2. The Wave
3. Tomb of Payava
4. Valerie Flint
5. Thetford Rings
91-95
1 2
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22. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
The world of our making
1. Kapital plate
2. Guisboro’ Helmt
3. Weapon Throne
4. Cavalry Sports
5. 100th Article
?
96-100
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23. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
A History of “the World” in
100 Articles
Roger Bamkin
(Victuallers)
How To Get Help ...
• Belief in Free information
• NPG and Notability
• Smithsonian/ LOC/TCMI/BBC
Working with Authority
• What has GLAM/BM done?
• Featured and Good Articles
• 100 Articles
• Copyright and Images
FA 2 7
GA 2 6
B 16 24
C 20 54
Start 59 112
Stub 30 31
List 1 3
Total 148
(june)
255
(Nov)
24. Collaborate
1st Date
Some cities
Backstage
Catalogue
Confusion
Featured
Good Articles
..the world
Helmet week
The palace
Hoards
Status
Gods
Copyright
Economy
Tolerance
Exploration
Persuasion
Our World
The 100th Article – What should it be?
1. Totem Pole
2. NPG-Anti Slavery
3. Solar Lamp
4. Jadeite Cabbage
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Your
G allery
L ibrary
A rchive or
M useum
WIKI article?
Editor's Notes
Making us collaborate
In January 2010 Neil MacGregor revealed the results of four years of planning and his the British Museum's collaboration with the BBC as he spoke for 15 minutes each weekday on the earliest objects that define us as humans."[2] At about the time these were being broadcast in January 2010, the British Museum was being approached by Mike Peel and Liam Wyatt to investigate how Wikimedia UK could co-operate with the British Museum.
Neil MacGregor took four years to develop his series, the 100 articles below were identified in the last two weeks. The core of the choices are based on Neil MacGregor's objects that either were or inspired Wikipedia articles. Here we have five of the earliest objects that were chosen by the British Museum that were also described by wikipedians. Three of the five articles below existed before the GLAM/BM collaboration started in June 2010 and they would have been seen anyway, but over the next few months over 40,000 people would be reading about two of them. One was a prehistoric sculpture of two people making love - another was a prehistoric sculpture of two reindeer swimming. Which got more hits?
Surprisingly it was the Swimming Reindeer which had 5,000 people viewing it every hour it was on the main page.
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I'm told that GLAM is not a term in common use. It stands for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums. The 100 articles below are mainly from the Museum sector, but we will be discussing the 140,000 books we have archived and several paintings from a few galleries.
The chart shows the state of British Museum articles in June 2010.
There were 148 articles that ranged from “stubs” which may just say “The British Museum is in London” up to a “Good Article” which is an article that has grown to have good coverage of a subject and no major omissions. The highest quality article is called a Featured Article. More on them later.
n January 2010 Neil MacGregor revealed the results of four years of planning and his and the British Museum's collaboration with the BBC as he spoke for 15 minutes each weekday on the objects that define us as humans."[2] At about the time these were being broadcast in January 2010, the British Museum was being approached by Mike Peel and Liam Wyatt to investigate how Wikimedia UK could co-operate with the British Museum.
Neil MacGregor took four years to develop his series. The GLAM/BM collaboration has lasted six months and the 100 articles here were identified in the last two weeks. The core of the choices are based on Neil Macgregor's objects that either were or inspired Wikipedia articles. These articles are complemented by other GLAM/BM articles and my own choices. Here we have four of the earliest objects that were chosen by the British Museum that were also described by Wikipedians. Three of the five articles below existed before the GLAM/BM collaboration started in June 2010 and they would have been seen anyway, but over the next few months over 40,000 people would be reading about two of them. One was a prehistoric sculpture of two people making love (the first) and another was a prehistoric sculpture of two reindeer swimming. Which got more hits?
Surprisingly it was the Swimming Reindeer which had 5,000 people viewing it every hour it was on the main page.
The phrase a "bad first date" has been proposed to title the disagreement between the National Portrait Gallery and Wikipedia in March 2009. The disagreement focuses on whether it is possible to claim a copyright on a very good photograph of a public domain painting. Some argue that the "sweat of the brow" required to take a professional photograph justifies the protection offered by copyright law to original works. Wikipedia argues that if this argument is correct then the concept of public domain content becomes difficult to defend. It can be argued that the purpose of establishing a law that copyrights are protected for the authors lifetime plus 70 years, strongly implies that it was intended that no one would be able to claim copyright to those ideas after that date. The NPG were not alone and they were supported by the British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies whose members deal in copyright and public domain images.
The picture shown is what is known as a template in Wikipedia. The template allows this image to be used over and over again in several articles. The image is important as this painting by Haydon recorded dozens of the leading anti-slavery activists of the nineteenth century. The people are from America, Barbados, South Africa, France and Jamaica. Users can move their cursors over the painting and find a fair sized article on the scores of notable people in the painting. It isn't possible to do this anymore on the NPG site as the images and the associated key cannot be read at the resolution available. The medium resolution images and the key to which person represents each person is only available at Wikipedia.
The examples below are five people from the painting. One is of interest to people from Sheffield, another is a man who split the early Quakers from Manchester; another is a French intellectual; another is a Barbadian national hero and the last one is a businessman who sued (and won) a case against the British Government. They and their agents had robbed him of his right to live in Jamaica. In each case we have a very rare colour picture of these people which can only be seen by visiting the NPG. This could be difficult for many living in the provinces or Barbados.
More recently the BBC has announced that it plans to put the 200,000 paintings in public ownership on the web, although it is not clear under what license or at what resolution.[4] The British Museum has committed itself to putting two million records and one million images online by 2012. Again it is not clear what the licenses will be or the resolution but their strategy for increasing income does not identify image licensing as a growth area.[5]
The GLAM/WIKI "world" gets some "cities" ...ok articles
The cyberworld of information that makes up Wikipedia relies heavily on the availability of images. Images should ideally have a license that allows them to be distributed with attribution and share-alike licenses. Wikipedia also requires that images and text are able to be used commercially. Wikipedia's information is intended to be used freely without the need to gain permission. If a printer in Africa makes money by printing text books then he is still free to use Wikipedia's information. The five articles below rely heavily on images taken from public institutions. Some institutions have the advantage of laws that presume the free and open access to a shared cultural heritage. Making things accessible (even) to the able bodied. Other institutions are being challenged by their historic obligations but some are succeeding to make their information available (even if they have to use Nelson's blind eye).
Howard Russell Butler is another Smithsonian image. This article inspired a more scientific article about a solar eclipse that Butler painted (there was no colour photography).
The Back Stage Pass - the beginning of science and literature?
Five more British Museum artefacts that were chosen by Wikipedia editors to have an article that were also in "The (History of the World in) 100 Objects". The Minoan Bull Leaper is important as many of the Wikipedians who attended the Back Stage Pass event saw this artefact and one decided to start the article, but many assisted. It was one of the first of the "100 Objects" to make the main page just days after the “back-stage pass”. The last of the 100 objects (so far) to make the main page was based around Peruvian Textiles with were found on thousand year old mummies. A photograph of the distorted skull of one of these mummies got the article on to the main page for Halloween.
===Old world, new powers ===
The English Wikipedia started nearly ten years ago. In the wake of its success there have been other sister projects. There is a Wikiversity, a Wiktionary, wikipedias in dozens of language and Wikisource that stores thousands of books, magazines etc and creates digital versions of their content. The British Museum had a portal on Wikisource that gathered together biographies, books and other works relevant to the British Museum. These inspired new wiki articles and also added to the quality of those already available.
The world in the age of confusion
"The world in the age of confusion" was one of Neil MacGregor's titles for his "100 Objects". Here we are looking at "100 articles", and the "confusion" title needs no amendment. Wikipedia is formed from chaos. No one chooses what is going to be worked on apart from their own next edits. Editors are encouraged to just do their best. Errors are amazingly caught by those who come later. Occasionally a project like the WIKI/BM collaboration can create some consensus and direction. The artefacts below vary from a simple meat hook a carved stones brought from Greece which are given a special room at the BM.
The Witham Shield was a very short article that was offered as a challenge to the group. The article was the start of a number of artefacts about shields thrown into water and nearly 5,000 people read the article
Building an Empire of Featured Articles
The British Museum made an unusual step of offering five 100 pounds shopping tokens for the first five articles that achieved feature article status. Its a condition of Wikipedia that no one gets paid for editing Wikipedia so this was a major step for both Wikipedia and the British Museum. As someone who has observed ten well paid curators and ten Wikipedians editors joining in collaboration with Wikipedians worldwide to create Hoxne Hoard then I can tell you that 100 pounds is well below the UK minimum wage.... but it is slightly more that the w
Wikipedian in residence was paid.
Ancient pleasures, modern spice? - "Good Article's” on Wikipedia
The concept of "Good Article" is an assessment of an article's quality. Good Articles on Wikipedia are well written and have been through a review process. They will have no copyright issues, they will be well illustrated and structured and every major facet of the subject will have been addressed. There are only about 10,000 articles on the English Wikipedia that are "Good Articles" (although there are an additional 5,000 which are in higher classifications).There were two good articles about British Museum artefacts in June, but over the next few months a number of new articles received this accolade. These articles are in the top 0.5% of articles by quality (1 in 226)
The rise of world faiths - Wikipedia around the world
I have mentioned the British Museum's prize of 100 pounds for the first five featured articles, but I never mentioned that only one of the English Wikipedia's feature articles won a prize. The prize had specifically not been constrained to English as Wikipedia itself does not assume that its members speak English. One of the challenges of running Wikipedia is the number of languages the project supports. The English, French and German wikipedias contain over a million articles. The Rosetta Stone won with a new "Feature Article" in Latin, there were two winning entries in Catalan and one in Spanish. None of the articles previously had a feature article in English, although an English "Feature Article" was written after the Latin one achieved its status.
The Road to the National Helmet Week
"National Helmet Week" was a title that arose after the Wiki British Museum got a thing about helmets. The Crosby Garrett Helmet was in the news so it seemed reasonable to attempt the most similar helmet in the British museum. In the end all of the full face Roman helmets were described before other helmets were included. Surprisingly the most iconic helmet of Sutton Hoo was not started despite it being item 47 in the History of the World in 100 Objects. Just goes to show that you cannot micro manage voluntary effort, you can however support, inspire and guide it. However the Sutton Hoo article was substantially improved in 2010.
Ribchester Helmet - The Ribchester helmet received attention because the Crosby Garrett helmet was in the news. This helmet is held in London, but there is also a copy kept at the Ribchester Museum. Obviously an article on this helmet is of interest to Ribchester and visitors to the British Museum
Inside the palace....
These are five articles that all appeared on the main page but each is relevant to the British Museum. The first two are from Neil MacGregor's “100 Objects”. Each of these new articles is subject to the rising standards that are set for Wikipedia articles. As Wikipedia comes up to its 10th anniversary we can see that it becoming more reliable. Wikipedia now expects article to have reliable sources and efforts are made to encourage editors to delete unsupported material.
The first article has taken nearly five years to be close to being a "Good Article", the second, of the "Lothair Crystal" was written more recently. However each is improving. Every few days each will receive an edit from either a human or a robotic editor. In return Wikipedia is increasingly accepted as sufficient in quality for particular uses. The BBC are now using Wikipedia text on their web site to document the biographies of musicians.[7] Many pictures come from LOC! The British Museum has also linked a few of its articles to our best pages. However as has been noted by Sue Gardner... people trust Wikipedia because we tell them not to.[8] Wikipedia is not a reliable source and we continue to criticize (and edit) our own content.
Pilgrims, raiders and traders - Hoards
It may have been because the BBC broadcast Neil MacGregor's episode concerning the York Hoard as item 56 of "A History of the World in 100 Objects" on the 21st June that captured Wikipedians interest in hoards. Or it may have been the museums challenge to write a top class article on the work on the Hoxne Hoard, but a great deal of effort went into writing articles concerning hoards. The "Hoxne Challenge" teamed up Wikipedians and curators for a day in the hope of creating a featured article. The article was deemed to be comprehensive of the subject after a month and in November it was chosen to be the featured article on Wikipedia's main page.
Hoards are a good example of artefacts that have a wide interest. The prime British hoards make their way to museums in London, Cardiff and Edinburgh but there will always be a local interest. Hoards are now frequently found by metal detectorist.
The recent Frome Hoard article was found with a metal detector and the Wikipedia article is illustrated with an authoritative sketch released by those working on this recent find. The picture was included because almost as soon as it was drawn it was loaded onto the web with a generous license. Conversely the Broighter Gold used to be in the British Museum but it ended up in Belfast. Drawings of the Broighter finds have been used as designs for coins from the U.K. and Eire, but the best images that were free to use to explain to a global audience were from a report made at the British Museum over 100 years ago.
These hoards were found by metal detectorists. Not all curators understood initially the contribution that these people were making to finding artefacts. The Treasure Act and the work done by the Portable Antiquities Scheme has made the people with metal detectors a valuable resource for archeology. The articles were helped a great deal by the Portable Antiquities Scheme. The organizers arranged for the release of hundreds of images so they could be used by Wikipedia (and anyone else).Could it be that Wikipedians can make a similar contribution to metal detectorists in the future?
Status symbols
Status symbols is another name taken from 100 Objects. Again it suits these five objects which are all status symbols but from different times and different cultures.
Dunstable Swan Jewel is a livery pendant that was given by royalty to nobility to reward loyalty. This piece allows people to understand why the the presumed of the Battle of Bosworth has been moved. A similar piece to this (in much poorer condition) showed where a noblemen fought for his life miles from the Battle of Bosworth official site.
Meeting the gods
"Meeting the Gods" includes Christ's thorn, Raphael's first wife, an "Empress" Pepper pot and some Celtic brooches.
The threshold of the modern world (copyright issues)
Writing Wikipedia articles about items from recent history can prove difficult. One of the issues is finding images that can be used. Copyright law is rarely clear in any country. When the images will be uploaded in one country from images "taken" from a museum in another country and then stored on servers in the USA and then made available (without censorship) to the web - then problems are predictable. One of the difficulties is that even where the law is clear the meta data or documentation on the information is frequently vague. Copyright laws can be clear if the manufacture and use is in one country and the author has been dead 70 years, but frequently the work is anonymous or maybe its just too tricky to find an author. Judgment is frequently required.
The first global economy in pictures and text
In September the BBC started to broadcast the second half of Neil MacGregor's radio programmes. One of the first weeks was devoted to the emergence of the global economy in the time around the sixteenth century. Since June there had been a growing collection of new Wikipedia articles on these objects. However there were many gaps. In September, for the first (and only) time, Wikipedia had five consecutive articles to support the programmes.
The new articles were not written from the programme transcripts, but they were researched independently and therefore brought new facts to the publics notice. They brought the same objects to different people. The articles were written and usually published before the radio programmes were broadcast. Over ?, 000 people saw these five articles on Wikipedia. The articles were made possible by obtaining pictures from photographers around the world who were willing to release their pictures to the public.
The radio programmes are not just listed to in the UK. The programmes are available as a free download and half of the downloads are to outside the U.K. The benefit of having these programmes distributed outside the UK must be very similar to the benefit of publishing articles on these artefacts. Luckily the funding sources for the radio programmes were able to see that the benefit of a museum's collections is not measured purely by counting visitors.
The philanthropists who contributed to the collections in today's Galleries, Libraries, Art Galleries and Museums did not predict that their gifts would be available without borders, but it is difficult to see that they would have disapproved. It is still reasonable that writers and artists should be able to profit from their creativity, but it seems difficult to believe that works given into public ownership were not intended to be shared with as many people, and at the lowest cost, possible.
Benin plaque: the oba are Nigerian rulers shown with European traders. The plaques are made from brass which the Europeans gave them in exchange for their slaves.
Tolerance and intolerance...
Five random articles that are either about British Museum artefacts or in the case of James Conder his article was created to complement another (Condor lived on top of a hoard in Ipswich).
Exploration, exploitation and enlightenment
All five of these articles were created this year as a result of the collaboration with the British Museum. However the Hawaiian helmets involve numerous museums and the final painting is in the National Maritime Museum.
The first two of articles were based on objects numbered 91 and 93 in the 100 objects. All of these were involved in persuasion of some type. The chronometer allowed navigation, the print beauty, the tomb commands respect..
The world of our making
The last five of the articles are again an eclectic group. There is a Russian plate and the [[Throne of Weapons" which are two of the last "100 Objects". The Guisborough Helmet and Hippika gymnasia appear like a encore for National Helmet Week but its pure chance. Both articles are written by a new editor who published his articles last week. He had seen the helmet in the British Museum and I'd like to tell you that he was inspired by the 100 Articles shown here, but actually ... he's from Guisborough. Lastly we have the choice of the 100th Article. Neil MacGregor put his 100th Object out to public debate and I've given you also a choice of articles.
I'm told that GLAM is not a term in common use. It stands for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums. The 100 articles below are mainly from the Museum sector, but we will be discussing the 140,000 books we have archived and several paintings from a few galleries.
The chart shows the state of British Museum articles in June 2010.
There were 148 articles that ranged from “stubs” which may just say “The British Museum is in London” up to a “Good Article” which is an article that has grown to have good coverage of a subject and no major omissions. The highest quality article is called a Featured Article. More on them later.
Neil MacGregor did not announce the 100th Article until the week before the radio programme was transmitted. Picking up that idea I have also chosen five ideas that could be the basis of the 100th article.
The first is the totem pole that greeted us as we arrived at the Great Court. That picture will be on the main page tomorrow – but without an article on the totem pole.
The second is my favourite which is an article on the Anti-Slavery convention that took place 170 years ago. There are already 70 articles that relate to this painting. Are the NPG willing to again put the image and key to the picture available so that we might complete the “Haydon Challenge”
The Solar Lamp might be Neil MacGregor’s choice as this was his 100th object.
The Jadeite Cabbage might be Jimmy Wale’s choice as this describes an article in Taiwan which is an article that helps to spread the message of free information to that part of the world. – That article will be on the main page today.
Finally, the fifth choice is your own. Who in the audience will be the first to write a new article on an object in their GLAM.