Wikipedia:GLAM/Thinktank/Diary#May 2015

• Training event; three attendees. Articles:
• Christopher Wray Lighting works
• Velocette Viceroy
• Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (improved)
• Michael Kaiser (improved)

• Wrote Thinktank section of UK's April report for Wikimedia community's monthly GLAM newsletter
• Created and populated:
• :commons:Category:Boulton and Watt
• :commons:Category:James Watt and Company
• :commons:Category:Albert Rollit
• :commons:Category:Morris Mini Minor XEW583 ‎
• :commons:Category:Alec Issigonis
• :commons:Category:Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory
• :commons:Category:Castle Bromwich Aeroplane Factory cricket trophy
• Second editathon, at Birmingham Museum Collection Centre
• New articles:
• Robert William Chase
• James Luckcock
• William Royse Lysaght
• Cut Steel Jewellery
• Improved:
• APEXC
• Birmingham Museum Collection Centre
• Birmingham Natural History Society
• Norfolk kaka
• George Hamilton Kenrick
• Antwerp Edgar Pratt
• Richard South

[Two weeks away]

• Spoke about the residency during [http://arabia.wikimedia.tn/index.php?title=Main_Page WikiArabia] in Monastir, Tunisia
• Categorising image uploads from the first editathon; see :commons:Category:Files from 2015 Thinktank residency
• Created and populated:
• :commons:Category:The Automobile Association
• :commons:Category:Badges in the collection of Thinktank, Birmingham
• :commons:Category:Badges of World War II
• :commons:Category:Foden Steam Wagon DD4894
• :commons:Category:Motorcycles in Thinktank, Birmingham
• :commons:Category:BSA M21 at Thinktank, Birmingham
• :commons:Category:BSA A10 Golden Flash CSS408
• :commons:Category:Velocette Viceroy
• :commons:Category:Heinkel Kabine at Thinktank, Birmingham
• :commons:Category:Riley Elf at Thinktank, Birmingham
• :commons:Category:Wage tins
• :commons:Category:Warship Week
• :commons:Category:Watches in England
• :commons:Category:Watches in the collection of Thinktank, Birmingham
• Launched page for our second editathon: Wikipedia:GLAM/Thinktank/Event 2
• Set up :commons:Category:Files from 2015 Thinktank residency/Reports/index
• Wrote Thinktank section of UK's March report for Wikimedia community's monthly GLAM newsletter
• Launched regular Wikidata report for Wikimedia community's monthly GLAM newsletter
• Article on the Smethwick Engine now in Arabic: :ar:محرك سميثويك
• More uploads of donated images; and adding metadata to the respective pages
• Created and populated:
• :commons:Category:Taxidermied animals in the collection of Birmingham Museums Trust
• :commons:Category:Taxidermied birds in the collection of Birmingham Museums Trust
• :commons:Category:Taxidermied mammals in the collection of Birmingham Museums Trust
• :commons:Category:Joseph Gillott
• :commons:Category:Victoria Works, Birmingham
• :commons:Category:Tangye Limited
• :commons:Category:Cornwall Works, Birmingham
• :commons:Category:Phillips Cycles
• :commons:Category:Statue of James Watt in Greenock, Scotland
• :commons:Category:Belliss & Morcom high-speed steam engine at Thinktank, Bimringham‎
• :commons:Category:Easton & Amos gas pumping engine at Thinktank, Birmingham
• :commons:Category:Galloway uniflow engine at Thinktank, Birmingham
• :commons:Category:General Electric household appliances

• Wrote Thinktank section of UK's February report for Wikimedia community's monthly GLAM newsletter
• Created :Commons:Commons:Thinktank, Birmingham
• Added accession numbers to Wikipedia (e.g. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thinktank,_Birmingham&diff=prev&oldid=649977796]) and Commons (e.g. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Triceratops_skull_at_the_thinktank_museum.JPG&diff=152199276&oldid=147646908])
• Made :commons:Template:Object available as a redirect for :commons:Template:Artwork, and added new parameters, to allow museum objects to be better described, with structured metadata, on Commons.
• Started upload of donated images (see :commons:Category:Images donated by Birmingham Museums Trust) with first 29 pics
• Editathon!
• New articles:
• Helen Kerly
• Leather flying helmet
• Murray's Hypocycloidal Engine
• Woolrich Electrical Generator
• Articles improved:
• Elkington Silver Electroplating Works
• Fattorini and Sons
• Flight helmet
• Longstone Lighthouse
• Matthew Murray
• Military history of Birmingham
• Mourning ring
• Railton Special
• Thinktank, Birmingham
• New templates:
• {{tl|Infobox historic engine}}
• {{tl|Thinktank, Birmingham}}
• New category:
• :Category:Collection of Thinktank, Birmingham
• Articles etc. created in follow-up activity
• Lap Engine
• Newcomen Memorial Engine
• :Category:Preserved Newcomen engines
• Articles etc. improved in follow-up activity
• Bank of England note issues
• Cataract (beam engine)
• Elsecar Heritage Centre
• Engineering Heritage Awards
• Fairbottom Bobs
• Old Bess (beam engine)
• Resolution (beam engine)
• Six-column beam engine
• Soho Manufactory
• Sun and planet gear
• Thomas Newcomen
• Timeline of steam power
• Watt steam engine
• Whitbread Engine
• Template:Steam engine configurations
• + many more minor edits, links, navboxes & categories added, etc.
• Cleanup and further expansion of new & related articles from editathon
• Added all new articles from editathon to Wikidata
• Cleanup (categories, etc.) of image uploads from editathon
• Created :commons:Category:Files from Thinktank editathon 2015-03-07
• Marked closure of former coach park (now a construction site) on OpenStreetMap
• Cleaned up Wikidata items for the Trust's sister museums.

• First training session for eight (8) staff and volunteers.
• Articles:
• Jigginstown Castle (new)
• Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (new)
• William Ick (new)
• Almonry Museum and Heritage Centre (new)
• Bewdley Museum (new)
• Weoley Castle (house) (improved)
• Chad Valley (toy brand) (improved)
• Rolls-Royce Griffon (improved)
• British Plant Gall Society (improved)
• Images uploaded:
• :File:Photograph of William Ick.jpg
• :File:Handwriting of William Ick.jpg
• :File:Ick's herbarium.jpg
• Articles created subsequent to training:
• Minworth Greaves
• Middle Littleton Tythe Barn
• Created :Commons:Institution:Museums Collections Centre, Birmingham
• Recorded and uploaded audio files of engines
• :File:Amos gas engine - Thinktank - Andy Mabbett - 2015-02-12 -01.flac
• :File:Robey steam engine generator set (model) - Thinktank - Andy Mabbett - 2015-02-12 -01.flac
• :File:Belliss steam launch engine - Thinktank - Andy Mabbett - 2015-02-12 -01.flac
• :File:Savery steam launch engine - Thinktank - Andy Mabbett - 2015-02-12 -01.flac
• :File:Savery steam launch engine - Thinktank - Andy Mabbett - 2015-02-12 -02.flac
• :File:Murray engine - Thinktank - Andy Mabbett - 2015-02-12 -01.flac
• Wrote Thinktank section of UK's January report for Wikimedia community's monthly GLAM newsletter
• Made and populated :commons:Category:Murray engine (Thinktank)
• Made :Commons:Template:GLAM Thinktank
• First training session for eight (8) staff and volunteers.
• Articles:
• Thimblemill Library (new)
• George Edward Hunt (jeweller) (new)
• Birmingham Museum Collection Centre (new)
• The Real Junk Food Project (new)
• Chad Valley (toy brand) (further improvements)
• Anchor telephone exchange (improved)
• Longstone Lighthouse (improved)
• Took photos of :Commons:Category:Curzon Street wall, Birmingham
• Received training in the museum's cataloguing system
• Added accession numbers to articles, Wikimedia Commons categories, Wikidata
• Created Wikidata items for exhibits, which though significant, have no Wikipedia article (e.g. the Spitfire & Hurricane; tram)
• Created :Commons:Template:Birmingham Museums Trust accession

• Induction
• setting up IT, email account, etc.
• Started project page
• Notified relevant pages, projects & mailing lists
• Added coordinates of various features, to Birmingham Corporation Tramways
• Preliminary visit to the Museum collection Center (stores)
• Created and populated :Commons:Category:Collection of Thinktank, Birmingham
• Created and populated :Commons:Category:Thinktank museum (exterior)
• Made Commons:Institution:Thinktank, Birmingham
• Arranged upload of over 400 open-licence images from Flickr (thanks, Fæ, Ellrbrown)
• Reviewed and categorised images
• Started list articles to write/ improve
• Created and populated :Commons:Category:Thinktank, Birmingham (Science Garden)
• Created and populated :Commons:Category:Lanchester petrol-electric car
• Created and populated :Commons:Category:Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
• Created and populated :Commons:Category:Chad Valley toys
• Arranged and promoted 7 March editathon