Wikipedia:GLAM/Thinktank



Andy Mabbett, User:Pigsonthewing, is Wikipedian in Residence at the Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum, part of Birmingham Museums Trust.

Introduction
A Wikipedian in residence is an experienced Wikipedian (or Wikimedian), who works as such, inside an institution, much like an artist in residence.

This means that Andy is paid by the Trust, to act as an advocate among its staff, partner organisations, members, and the general public, to encourage them to improve the coverage of the museums collections and related subjects in Wikipedia, its sister projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation, and other initiatives with an "open content" ethos, and to engage with - and support the work of - the Wikipedia community.

Among other things, this may involve:


 * Explaining what "open content" means in this context, what the projects are, and how they work
 * Supporting existing contributors to the projects, in improving coverage of relvant content
 * Training people to edit Wikipedia and other projects
 * Advocating and explaining the use of open licences
 * Running public engagement events, such as editathons
 * Giving talks to interested groups
 * Speaking at conferences
 * Writing guest blog posts or articles
 * Encouraging the use of Wikimedia projects in education
 * Acting as a liaison between interested parties
 * Encouraging the reuse of content from the projects
 * Deploying existing Wikimedia projects, such as voice recording article subjects and QRpedia

Activities
Andy is working one day per week (on average, actual days vary). A project diary will note headline events and milestones.

We held our first editathon on 7 March 2015.

We will be holding our second editathon on 28 May 2015. All welcome, but booking essential!

Key articles

 * Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Smethwick Engine
 * Railton Special
 * Murray's Hypocycloidal Engine
 * Woolrich Electrical Generator

Articles needed

 * For a list of articles we've created or improved; see the project diary.

We could write articles about any of the following, but check they meet the notability criteria:

Exhibits

 * William Murdoch's steam carriage (split from William Murdoch)

Related

 * Webster's Patent Aluminium Company and/ or John Webster (industrialist)
 * William Thomas Blackband
 * Webb Corbett - glasmakers of Stourbridge
 * Keystone (glassmakers) - makers of codd bottles
 * Bakelite Limited - split from Bakelite (which is about the material)
 * Constituent companies
 * Birmingham Aluminium Castings - company (aka Birmal)
 * Henry and Theophilus Merry - jewellers
 * Later Merry and Company
 * Boulton and Fothergill
 * Grazebrook beam engine - see File:Grazebrook Beam Engine.jpg
 * Ralph Heaton & Sons - split from Birmingham Mint?
 * Ralph Heaton II (currently a redirect)
 * Ralph Heaton III (currently a redirect)
 * Ralph Heaton IV (currently a redirect)
 * Birmingham Advertising Tablet Company
 * Midland Electricity Corporation (File:MEC (2295760241).jpg)
 * T. A. Savery and Company - see Thomas Savery
 * Witton Tram Depot (currently a redirect)
 * Bellis and Seeking, makers of Secundus for the Furzebrook Railway
 * Minworth Sewage Works, Birmingham, Tame and Rea District Drainage Board and/ or Birmingham, Tame and Rea District Drainage Board Railway - narrow-gauge railway network; locomotive (1961S01403.0000) is in collection; out on loan. See also:,  (open licence pic)
 * Add to W. G. Bagnall; Abbey Pumping Station.
 * Bob Lawrence (silversmith) - was 'in residence' at Thinktank
 * Easton & Amos - makers of the museum's Amos Gas Engine (1956S00610)
 * Thomas Fattorini Ltd - badge & medal makers
 * Robert William Chase (1852-1927) -
 * W.O. Lewis (Badges) Limited
 * W Reeves & Co (badge makers)

Articles to improve

 * Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Elkington Silver Electroplating Works
 * Millennium Point (Birmingham)
 * Birmingham Museum Collection Centre
 * Longstone Lighthouse - expand section on Chance Bros optics
 * List of surviving Supermarine Spitfires
 * add service history of Thinktank's example; determine where the rest were built (specifically, which were built at Castle Bromwich)
 * add info on wooden elevators
 * Parkesine - expand, describe chemistry
 * J Hudson & Co
 * Ruston, Proctor and Company - add section on railway locos
 * Georgie Gaskin
 * Hozelock - expand
 * Chad Valley (toy brand) - expand
 * Bernard Cuzner - expand
 * J. Lancaster & Son - expand
 * Coronet Camera Company - expand
 * Bulpitt & Sons - expand
 * Léonard Morel-Ladeuil - add details of work with/ for Elkington
 * Chad Valley (toy brand) - expand
 * T. W. Camm - expand
 * Florence Camm - expand

Wikidata
For all of the above; check that Wikidata items exist, and are correctly populated.

Templates

 * Commons:Institution:Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Commons:Institution:Museums Collections Centre, Birmingham
 * Commons:Template:GLAM Thinktank

Categories

 * Commons:Category:Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Commons:Category:Thinktank museum (exterior)
 * Commons:Category:Collection of Thinktank, Birmingham (new)
 * Commons:Category:Smethwick Engine
 * Commons:Category:LMS Princess Coronation Class 6235 City of Birmingham
 * Commons:Category:Birmingham City Transport tram 395
 * Commons:Category:Collection of cars at Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Commons:Category:Collection of cycles at Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Commons:Category:Collection of engines at Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Commons:Category:Collection of Wild Life at Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Commons:Category:Kids' City - Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Commons:Category:Medicine matters - Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Commons:Category:Midland Rolling and Haulage Co. Ltd
 * Commons:Category:Railton Special
 * Commons:Category:Ruston Proctor and Co Ltd - No. 18188
 * Commons:Category:Spitfire Gallery - Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Commons:Category:The Future - Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Commons:Category:The Street - Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Commons:Category:Things About Me - Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Commons:Category:Thinktank Science Garden
 * Commons:Category:We Made It - Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Commons:Category:Files from 2015 Thinktank residency

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