Wikipedia:GLAM/British Museum/Featured Article prize

Note: five years on The winners are listed below, but the format of this page did not require articles being worked on to be listed. With hindsight this was a pity. As well as the winners, many other articles were worked on, and several also became Featured Articles. In English these included Lindow Man, Sweet Track, Harpy Tomb, and Rosetta Stone, which the winners (for the Latin version) did in English. Cyrus Cylinder was greatly improved, but because of controversies inherent in the subject remains a Good Article. (others? please add). Johnbod (talk) 15:19, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Good places to start
You might want to start by looking at the British Museum's "highlights" page and sorting "by culture" or "by place" relevant to your own culture/history/language. You could look at the current major project at the museum "A History of the World in 100 Objects" or the existing English Wikipedia articles in Category:Collection of the British Museum to see whether there is something that interests you there.

You can also have a look at the matrix of articles related to the British Museum sorted by quality - listed here. That way you can find ones that are already good to start with!

The English Wikipedia page WP:GLAM/BM is the clearing house for the BM's involvement with Wikipedia; you can find more information about the project there or by emailing (User:Witty lama).

Details

 * This prize is for articles directly related to the British Museum, especially about any object in the collection. There are potentially other subjects (such as famous former curators or famous parts of the building itself) that could potentially also be eligible for the prize – if in doubt, ask.
 * Limit of one prize per person
 * Limit of one prize per article – people can choose to share a prize if they collaborated on it.
 * The prizes are available until all are claimed. You do not have to "register" beforehand but it would be good if you could tell Witty lama what you are doing so he can help you.
 * In the event that multiple users claim a prize for the same article, they will need to agree among themselves how to allocate the prize.

Winners!
1) Royal Gold Cup Johnbod (talk) 13:09, 3 July 2010 (UTC) 2)  Epifania de Miquel Àngel (User:MarisaLR) (posted by --Mafoso (talk)) 08:32, 6 July 2010 (UTC)) 3)  Tabula Rosettana Andrew Dalby (working with Iustinus, Neander and Captmondo) 09:30, 7 July 2010 (UTC) 4) Bronzes de Benín (Joancreus) (posted by--Mafoso (talk)) 14:55, 14 July 2010 (UTC) 5)  La gran ola de Kanagawa (by Rαge)  -- Màñüé£†¹5 talk 00:39, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Any questions
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 * I'd like to see British Museum Reading Room become an FA; anyone want to help? -- phoebe / (talk to me) 18:24, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I certainly think that would be an article worthy of FA. I don't think I could be of much help, I know little about it, am located in Yorkshire and a bit limited with time.  I am however watching this ground-breaking project with great interest and wish you the best of look.  Mtaylor848 (talk) 09:17, 16 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Would getting List of directors of the British Museum up to FL status qualify for the award? Remember (talk) 15:10, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * It's a list article, so it's not really the same thing as a prose article, but more importantly I'd really like to avoid making this about the institution or the staff of the institution as that might become CoI etc. Rather, if we could focus on the objects or subject areas that would be something where the BM and WP can collaborate without POVs getting in the way. Witty Lama 12:38, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
 * fair game or not -- first, artists who made the works? Second, what about a poet who wrote a poem that is not in the BM, but inspired a painting that is? Third, certain very specific genres or schools of art, which are represented in the museum? Fourth, cultures represented in the museum's works? And so on...? &bull; Ling.Nut 15:18, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
 * All potentially really interesting and valid encyclopedic topics, but pushing the boundaries of relevance to the BM... Of course, if you wanted to write about these I could definitely try to put you in contact with a curator in that subject area. Have a look at Category:British Museum and especially Category:British Museum-related articles by importance. A good rule of thumb would be any article that appears in the "top", "high" or "mid" importance categories or ANY museum object (some of which are in the "low" importance category or the article has not yet been created at all). Witty Lama 16:05, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Category:A History of the World in 100 Objects is up for deletion here. &bull; Ling.Nut 03:33, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Whether or not the category stays, the articles within it will stay, so that does not affect this project fortunately :-) Witty Lama 09:38, 20 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Quelqu’un serait intéressé pour un AdQ sur la Wikipédia francophone ? Anyone interrested for an FA on the french speaking Wikipedia? Cdlt, V IGNERON  * discut. 12:53, 25 June 2010 (UTC)