User:Slowking4/Public Art Plan

thoughts on plan for public art going forward.

sitrep

 * siris and art museum databases are stovepiped, nobody talks. we can be the consolidator, since we are "NPOV".
 * our lists thusfar, scrubbed from siris, are a slice of database normally sorted by piece name, in table format.
 * scraping the databases is difficult, since most lack an export function.
 * most "public art" list articles are in table format. we have some old essay format with example subsection articles, that could be expanded into tables with stand alone art articles.
 * there are some web 1.0 websites with thumbnails. our lists can include gps making more useful for phone functionality.
 * the problem with wiki art lists is that the size balloons by the "citation" template, making the upload time too long.
 * process i've followed = export data into spreadsheet, add wikicode in spreadsheet, upload into wikilist article.
 * i've put a comprehensive (siris) list in user space, and abreviated list (with images) in article, with note on talk page.
 * once list article is created, then search for images, either by photo contest, or search flickr, with right license.
 * break lists into neighborhoods if they get too big.

lists

 * List of public art in Philadelphia
 * User:Slowking4/list of philadelphia public art = Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia


 * Statues and sculptures in New York City
 * List of sculptures in Central Park
 * List of public art in New York City = "Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York"


 * List of public art in Baltimore = "Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore"


 * User:Slowking4/List of Public Art in Los Angeles = "Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles"
 * public art la website
 * List of public art in Los Angeles


 * List of public art in Chicago = "Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago"


 * List of public art in Washington, D.C. = Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
 * List of monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield

plan wishlist

 * scraping wizard to upload databases into friendly format.
 * editing database with art cognescenti
 * add gps, references, other data to database
 * export wiki code into bite size articles
 * go public art hunting, taking photos; writing art articles.
 * revise list, as new field information reported