Wikipedia:GLAM/Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa/The whole GLAM package/Select images

At this point you’ll have cut down your list of potential records to a set that fits well with your goals and scope. If needed, you’ll also have digitised missing images and made corrections to the data.

Selection criteria
Checklist task: Set selection criteria

Deciding which images are the best should include looking again at your overall goals, how the Commons works, and what the audience needs. Work as a group to come up with the criteria that work for you, and save them in a document you can refer to later.

How to make selections
Checklist task: Select images

If you already have the right number of records and images, great! You can jump right to checking your images for size and quality. Otherwise, you can start figuring out what’s the best of the best.

Export the list of records you’ve selected from OpenRefine and download all the associated images.

Things that will help you with your selection process:
 * Include the record and image id in the filename – this will help you keep track of what you’ve selected.
 * Make a folder for each record, and if you have groups of records (for example multiple specimens for a species), make folders for the groups too.
 * Make another folder for your selections and when you want to include an image, drag and drop it over.
 * Your subject matter expert is the best person to make selections, but the rest of the team can help – use them as a second (or third) set of eyes.

Now, with your criteria document open, start reviewing images.



Tips when reviewing:
 * Don’t try and get everything ‘right’ in one go – work folder by folder and be generous in your selections. It’s easier to remove extra images than it is to go back and find more to add.
 * Eyeball how many images are in each folder to give you a sense of how strict you need to be. If there’s only one image on a record, you can just drag it over.
 * If you find you don’t want to include any images for a record, make a note of it and move on. Maybe it doesn’t make it into this project, but you can look at getting a better image later.

When you’re happy with the selections, the filenames will tell you which records and images you need to get the data for.

Next up: Make Wikidata edits