User talk:GiftedScholar
Hi[edit]
and Welcome to Wikipedia. If you get any problems, most of the regular editors and admins are willing to give advice - or to pass you on to someone who knows more. One tip for these museum projects - if you are going to use pictures, take fresh ones and upload them as personal work. It should save the complications of releasing copyright for ones belonging to the museum. Don't forget to give references for articles - WP:RS will tell you what sort of thing is good, what can be used for extra info, and what should be avoided at all costs. You can ask for advice before moving the article into mainspace - often a good idea to do this. A lot of people don't and get quite upset when someone deletes their pride and joy. (Quite often when this happens, nothing could have saved it anyway, but it's better to be given advance warning...) Good luck with the project. Peridon (talk) 18:34, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Children's Museum update[edit]
It's time again to share the latest news on the Children's Museum of Indianapolis Wikipedia project! In the last few months we have been busy with our third image donation, which was made up of 150 images that were professionally photographed specifically for this upload. We are asking for volunteers to categorize these images and distribute them into Wikipedia articles. Your help is appreciated! Check them out here.
We have also donated our first video and a second GLAM-Wiki Infographic to Commons. In September we were thrilled to welcome Jimmy Wales to the museum. Following our successful Edit-a-Thon and Translate-a-Thon in August, translations have continued with the help of the established QRpedia community, (particularly Russian translations thanks to Lvova!) We have begun to analyze our implementation of QRpedia codes and completed an extensive case study. In November we presented at the Museum Computer Network conference about how museums can effectively collaborate with Wikipedia. You can see more details on the Prezi.
In more general news, in addition to serving as the Children's Museum's Wikipedian-in-Residence, it was recently announced that I will be taking on the role of US Cultural Partnerships Coordinator for the Wikimedia Foundation. In this role I will be working to streamline the process of connecting interested US GLAMs with the Wikipedia community. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to let me know. Be sure to sign up for This Month in GLAM to keep up with the latest GLAM-Wiki news from around the world (subscribe).
We have a listing of High Need and Moderate Need requests on the Ways to Help section on the project page. I encourage you to lend a hand if you're able. While the Children's Museum partnership continues to truck along, we still are in desperate need of volunteers to help disperse our images and update and maintain content. Thank you for your time and help. Happy holidays! LoriLee (talk) 16:45, 21 December 2011 (UTC)