Wikipedia:GLAM/Herbert Art Gallery and Museum/To-do

Like all projects, we need volunteers interested in a range of tasks, whether it is larger scale projects like research and article work, or smaller tasks like tagging and categorising. If you have any special skills, like programming, proficiency with templates, digital image expertise, please note it when you sign up. == Tasks ==

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 * Add images to articles using the Images from Herbert Art Gallery and Museum category.
 * ''Please help disperse these valuable images that have been donated by the museum. They should be added to articles in any language that are related to the image.


 * Categorise images in the Images from Herbert Art Gallery and Museum category on Commons.
 * Images are in need of being more accurately categorised in order to make them more searchable within Commons.


 * Translate into any language all articles in Template:Herbert Art Gallery and Museum.

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 * Categorise images in the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum category on Commons.
 * This category is more general than the "Images from..." category listed above, and includes an assortment of images that are not part of the official museum donation, making it a lesser need.


 * Translate descriptions of images in the Images from Herbert Art Gallery and Museum category on Commons.
 * Add the translation template   (for Spanish),    (for German), etc., into the Description field of the template, and translate the description from English in order to make it easier to categorize and use for non-English speakers.


 * Tag articles related to Herbert Art Gallery and Museum-related topics with the   tag.
 * Browse the museum's website and collections database to check out the many topics represented in the museum's exhibits and collections.

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 * Add the project user box  to your userpage to show that you're helping the project.
 * Share what you're working on via Wikipedia, Twitter, or Facebook.

Requested articles

 * Coventry History Centre ✅
 * Thomas Stevens/Stevengraphs, ribbon weavers known for silk pictures ✅
 * David Gee, painter ✅
 * Godiva Procession (currently redirects to Godiva Festival) ✅
 * Priory Visitor Centre
 * Coventry Exhibition of 1867
 * Sydney Bunney (1877 - 1928), local artist known for his topographical watercolours of Coventry  ✅
 * Donald Gibson: List of urban planners -- created 6 Oct 2011 ✅
 * Nathaniel Troughton (1794 - 1868), surgeon who also made topographical sketches of Coventry (now at the History Centre). His obituary in the 1868 British Medical Journal:
 * Muriel Hind, female motorcyclist
 * John Bailey Shelton (1875 - 1958) ✅
 * William George Fretton (1829 - 1900)

Online Resources
Coventry Collections is an online database containing information about collections held at the Herbert, the History Centre (Coventry Archives) and Coventry Transport Museum.

The British Newspaper Archive has recently digitised some Coventry newspapers which are available online. Credits must be purchased to access the full article but the index can be used free of charge. You can use the keyword search to get the date an article appeared in the newspaper and then use the History Centre's microfilms to locate the article. The following newspapers are included:
 * Coventry Evening Telegraph 1891-1903
 * Coventry Herald 1833-1874
 * Coventry Times 1863