User:Robertforsythe

Robertforsythe is Robert Forsythe working from Prudhoe, Northumberland. He is easily visible on the internet and is the author of eight books, very many periodical features and the curator of several exhibitions including Auden's Pennine Landscapes. His interests encompass theology, industrial history and archaeology, the geography of Northern Britain, shipping and water transport, model railways, transport publicity and sexuality. Material covering these themes is accessible through his website. Between March and June 2013 he was contracted to be Wikipedian in Residence at Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. The best summary of his web presence is http://about.me/forsytherobert. Contributions as Wikimedian in Residence will be made using the account TWAMWIR.

This link gives more information about the residency. As a follow up to the residency since the summer of 2013 he has been assisting the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers grow its Wikimedia relationship. So far this has resulted in a series of Wiki Commons uploads and one very successful editathon.



Robert with his wife Fiona curates The Forsythe Collection. The collections are huge and include materials in three public repositories. A summary outline of the collections is here. Of the material now in public ownership the largest element is The Forsythe Collection in the National Railway Museum at York's Search Engine Archive. The central theme of their collecting is the ephemera of travel and transport. A thought that is especially driven by the recognised concept of "grey literature" (printed materials with no bibliographical trace).



National Railway Museum York Editathon 19th October 2013
This one is in my diary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Railways/National_Railway_Museum_editathon

Mining Institute Editathon 6th November 2013
Robert will be going to this editathon https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Editathon,_North_of_England_Institute_of_Mining_and_Mechanical_Engineers.

The wrap up blog is here.