Wikipedia:GLAM/Yorkshire Network Project/Talk links

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?

When sharing content consider the long term impacts. Compare:

• [https://twitter.com/britishmuseum/media British Museum's twitter]
• [http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/canada-through-a-lens/ The British Library's Canadian Copyright Collection]

Niche enthusiasts do great work!

• [http://pathadley.net/2013/10/13/historyworks-tv-post-the-herd-the-crowd-and-the-forum-real-participation-online An account of the Sabang harbour photograph (near the end!)]

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

• William Alfred Ismay
• The Middleham Hoard

Wikipedias exist in a huge number of languages!

• [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias List of all Wikipedias] - with statistics
• Coppergate Helmet - explore the other languages at the bottom of the Left-Hand sidebar
• [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_Notre-Dame_de_la_D%C3%A9livrande_du_Morne-Rouge Église Notre-Dame de la Délivrande du Morne-Rouge] - French Wikipedia
• [https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lucie_Rie Lucie Rie] - German Wikipedia
• [https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albertustaler Albertustaler] - German Wikipedia

Fixing things!

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

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

Sometimes sharing needs to happen off Wikipedia too!

• Royal Gold Cup
• [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2010/07/10/the-royal-cup-bridges-wikipedia-and-the-british-museum/ Blogpost about the writing of the Royal Gold Cup article]
• [http://horsforthmuseum.blogspot.co.uk/ Horsforth Museum Blog]

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
• [https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre:Gazier_-_Histoire_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale_du_mouvement_jans%C3%A9niste,_depuis_ses_origines_jusqu%E2%80%99%C3%A0_nos_jours,_tome_1.djvu Gazier's Histoire generale du movement Janseniste on Wikisource]
• [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Help:Beginner%27s_guide_to_Wikisource A beginner's guide to Wikisource]
• [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Share_Space/GLAM_content_donations GLAM donations to Wikisource]

Dreams!

• [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vision Wikimedia's vision]
• [http://www.museumsassociation.org/about/frequently-asked-questions Museums Association: 'What is a museum?']