User:CmdrDan/BP Best Practices for plaques

Best Practices: Plaques

Photographing plaques: Best Practices

BP Best Practices for plaques

Shooting plaques
Multiple images.

Set the scene.
 * Overview
 * Close-up
 * Tight shot if each plaque

Show in situ
Show context

Orientation:

 * Orientation
 * Vertical, Horizontal or other
 * Publicly visible
 * Viewable from street
 * Located on highway
 * 24 hour accessible
 * Illuminated?

Materials

 * Metal
 * Stone
 * Glass

Dimensions

 * Size
 * Scale
 * Photo with object of widely known size

Condition

 * Good
 * Not so good

Single or multiple plaques?

 * Is this a part of an array or grouping of plaques

Examples of multiple groupings

 * Francis Parkman House in Boston

Mounting

 * Affixed to building Structure
 * Mounted in/on sidewalk--intended for people to walk over
 * Embedded in sidewalk


 * Affixed to, or embedded within, rock or boulder
 * Standalone sign
 * Affixed to, mounted in addition to, road sign

Dates

 * Date Installed
 * Dates shown
 * Dates commemorated

Plaque Series, Plaque Sponsor

 * Is this one of many plaques erected by an organization?

Counts of files in categories
Given a category on Commons I want to get:
 * Count of files assigned to category
 * List of files assigned to category
 * Count of sub-categories and
 * Count of files in each sub-category
 * List of files assigned to each sub-category

Solution for: Counts of files in categories

 * PetScan


 * Connecticut: Historical markers in CT
 * Initial try:

though it would be nice to script ...

Tools
CatAnalysis lists a whole mess o data about edits, contributions, editors, files, etc...

Example with:
 * Historical_markers_in_Colorado
 * Historical Markers in Colorado