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* It's great to see effort going into this important topic, but I'm concerned that the focus is too narrow to attract a sustainable number of members; perhaps better as a task force under an existing project? <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 08:53, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
* It's great to see effort going into this important topic, but I'm concerned that the focus is too narrow to attract a sustainable number of members; perhaps better as a task force under an existing project? <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 08:53, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
:: I agree with the difficult to attract members, but I don't think that this project is "too narrow." Also, I think it's difficult to find a place to put this as a task force because it relates to so many notions of conservation and collections care and so many different types of cultural heritage. --[[User:RichardMcCoy|RichardMcCoy]] ([[User talk:RichardMcCoy|talk]]) 12:11, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
:: I agree with the difficult to attract members, but I don't think that this project is "too narrow." Also, I think it's difficult to find a place to put this as a task force because it relates to so many notions of conservation and collections care and so many different types of cultural heritage. --[[User:RichardMcCoy|RichardMcCoy]] ([[User talk:RichardMcCoy|talk]]) 12:11, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
* Wouldn't it be better to call it "Artifact conservation and collections care" ? (since there's also nature conservation, which also have collections) -- [[Special:Contributions/76.65.128.252|76.65.128.252]] ([[User talk:76.65.128.252|talk]]) 04:23, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

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Description

The goal is to create new articles, as well as to gather existing articles, concerning conservation and collection care at museums, libraries, historic locations, archives, and other relevant sites into a collaborative project aimed at unifying the various related topics. AngelKelley (talk) 22:22, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of important pages and categories for this proposed group
List of WikiProjects currently on the talk pages of those articles
Please invite these and any other similar groups to join the discussion about this proposal. See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory to find similar WikiProjects.
Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
The topic of Conservation and Collection Care already has a wide range of related articles, including a number of conservation and restoration articles specific to various types of mediums (e.g. Conservation and restoration of glass objects, conservation and restoration of ivory objects, conservation and restoration of metals, etc.). Unfortunately, a large number of these articles are marked as stubs or have not been properly referenced.
While, technically this group could be considered a subcategory of both the Museums and Libraries WikiProjects, many of the relevant pages are not specific to one or the other. For example, historic landmarks and houses are not necessarily included in either group. The Public Art and Visual Arts groups could be considered related topics, but as not all collection items fall under the public art and/or visual arts realm, it would be inappropriate to link the projects. Additionally, the Digital Preservation group holds to narrow a focus for the wealth of pages to fall under this broader category. As a result, the Digital Preservation group could likely be considered a subcategory or sister group to this one, unless a merger is preferred. That said, the topic does certainly fall under the GLAM WikiProject and as such it would be appropriate for this project to reference said connection.

Support

Please specify whether or not you would join the project.

  1. I would like to start this project as part of a larger internship project, and continue contributing well past the internship requirements- AngelKelley (talk) 22:22, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support Angel left a note at WP: Museums and I totally see her reasoning why this could be, but isn't, a subcat of either museums or libraries. Angel, you shoulld look into getting this, if approved, added to the Musuems & Libraries deletion sorting as a way of keeping track of your articles. Might also want to ping the National Register of Historic Places group as there could be some overlap there. I might watchlist the project, but I probably wouldn't join as I'm not actively editing in that area right now. StarM 01:07, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support. I think this would be a valuable project, and one that could bridge a number of the projects that deal with cultural heritage in a broad way. Note, that I suggested a similar project Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Conservation-restoration that was eventually not created. --RichardMcCoy (talk) 12:08, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

  • It's great to see effort going into this important topic, but I'm concerned that the focus is too narrow to attract a sustainable number of members; perhaps better as a task force under an existing project? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 08:53, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with the difficult to attract members, but I don't think that this project is "too narrow." Also, I think it's difficult to find a place to put this as a task force because it relates to so many notions of conservation and collections care and so many different types of cultural heritage. --RichardMcCoy (talk) 12:11, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wouldn't it be better to call it "Artifact conservation and collections care" ? (since there's also nature conservation, which also have collections) -- 76.65.128.252 (talk) 04:23, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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