Wikipedia:GLAM/British Library/IDP/Report

The International Dunhuang Project group at the British Library ran a multi-day, multi-language, editing programme during late October 2012, focused on the broad theme of Central Asian history and archaeology. Participants were drawn from IDP staff and colleagues in other departments of the British Library, as well as volunteer Wikipedians, three groups of students, and a number of participants from external institutions.

During the week-long event, --- articles were improved, of which --- were newly created or significantly expanded. Around a hundred images were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, which are now used in sixty-four different articles across ten languages.

Preparation

Participants

Three groups of students contributed to the project; one from the University of Birmingham (offsite), one from SOAS, and one from University College London (both at the BL). In addition, we had participation from six members of staff from the Dunhuang Project, two other curators from elsewhere in the Library, and five visiting academics. Around eight Wikipedia volunteers visited during the week - several on two or three days - and another dozen or so worked on relevant articles online.

Content contributed

Created or heavily expanded

Other articles worked on

Followup

Plans are under way for a second workshop at Birmingham early in 2013, and a session at the Dunhuang Project workshop in Nottingham in March.