Wikipedia:GLAM/Thinktank/Diary

Summary of tasks undertaken.

Note: This page does not list the many internal meetings, provisional discussions with potential collaborators, nor general wiki-gnoming.

Listed by month, in reverse order:

June 2015

 * Training event; three attendees. Articles:
 * Christopher Wray Lighting works
 * Velocette Viceroy
 * Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (improved)
 * Michael Kaiser (improved)

May 2015

 * Wrote Thinktank section of UK's April report for Wikimedia community's monthly GLAM newsletter
 * Created and populated:
 * commons:Category:Boulton and Watt
 * commons:Category:James Watt and Company
 * commons:Category:Albert Rollit
 * commons:Category:Morris Mini Minor XEW583 ‎
 * commons:Category:Alec Issigonis
 * commons:Category:Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory
 * commons:Category:Castle Bromwich Aeroplane Factory cricket trophy
 * Second editathon, at Birmingham Museum Collection Centre
 * New articles:
 * Robert William Chase
 * James Luckcock
 * William Royse Lysaght
 * Cut Steel Jewellery
 * Improved:
 * APEXC
 * Birmingham Museum Collection Centre
 * Birmingham Natural History Society
 * Norfolk kaka
 * George Hamilton Kenrick
 * Antwerp Edgar Pratt
 * Richard South

April 2015
[Two weeks away]


 * Spoke about the residency during WikiArabia in Monastir, Tunisia
 * Categorising image uploads from the first editathon; see commons:Category:Files from 2015 Thinktank residency
 * Created and populated:
 * commons:Category:The Automobile Association
 * commons:Category:Badges in the collection of Thinktank, Birmingham
 * commons:Category:Badges of World War II
 * commons:Category:Foden Steam Wagon DD4894
 * commons:Category:Motorcycles in Thinktank, Birmingham
 * commons:Category:BSA M21 at Thinktank, Birmingham
 * commons:Category:BSA A10 Golden Flash CSS408
 * commons:Category:Velocette Viceroy
 * commons:Category:Heinkel Kabine at Thinktank, Birmingham
 * commons:Category:Riley Elf at Thinktank, Birmingham
 * commons:Category:Wage tins
 * commons:Category:Warship Week
 * commons:Category:Watches in England
 * commons:Category:Watches in the collection of Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Launched page for our second editathon: GLAM/Thinktank/Event 2
 * Set up commons:Category:Files from 2015 Thinktank residency/Reports/index
 * Wrote Thinktank section of UK's March report for Wikimedia community's monthly GLAM newsletter
 * Launched regular Wikidata report for Wikimedia community's monthly GLAM newsletter
 * Article on the Smethwick Engine now in Arabic: ar:محرك سميثويك
 * More uploads of donated images; and adding metadata to the respective pages
 * Created and populated:
 * commons:Category:Taxidermied animals in the collection of Birmingham Museums Trust
 * commons:Category:Taxidermied birds in the collection of Birmingham Museums Trust
 * commons:Category:Taxidermied mammals in the collection of Birmingham Museums Trust
 * commons:Category:Joseph Gillott
 * commons:Category:Victoria Works, Birmingham
 * commons:Category:Tangye Limited
 * commons:Category:Cornwall Works, Birmingham
 * commons:Category:Phillips Cycles
 * commons:Category:Statue of James Watt in Greenock, Scotland
 * commons:Category:Belliss & Morcom high-speed steam engine at Thinktank, Bimringham‎
 * commons:Category:Easton & Amos gas pumping engine at Thinktank, Birmingham
 * commons:Category:Galloway uniflow engine at Thinktank, Birmingham
 * commons:Category:General Electric household appliances

March 2015

 * Wrote Thinktank section of UK's February report for Wikimedia community's monthly GLAM newsletter
 * Created Commons:Commons:Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Added accession numbers to Wikipedia (e.g. ) and Commons (e.g. )
 * Made commons:Template:Object available as a redirect for commons:Template:Artwork, and added new parameters, to allow museum objects to be better described, with structured metadata, on Commons.
 * Started upload of donated images (see commons:Category:Images donated by Birmingham Museums Trust) with first 29 pics
 * Editathon!
 * New articles:
 * Helen Kerly
 * Leather flying helmet
 * Murray's Hypocycloidal Engine
 * Woolrich Electrical Generator
 * Articles improved:
 * Elkington Silver Electroplating Works
 * Fattorini and Sons
 * Flight helmet
 * Longstone Lighthouse
 * Matthew Murray
 * Military history of Birmingham
 * Mourning ring
 * Railton Special
 * Thinktank, Birmingham
 * New templates:
 * Infobox historic engine
 * Thinktank, Birmingham
 * New category:
 * Category:Collection of Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Articles etc. created in follow-up activity
 * Lap Engine
 * Newcomen Memorial Engine
 * Category:Preserved Newcomen engines
 * Articles etc. improved in follow-up activity
 * Bank of England note issues
 * Cataract (beam engine)
 * Elsecar Heritage Centre
 * Engineering Heritage Awards
 * Fairbottom Bobs
 * Old Bess (beam engine)
 * Resolution (beam engine)
 * Six-column beam engine
 * Soho Manufactory
 * Sun and planet gear
 * Thomas Newcomen
 * Timeline of steam power
 * Watt steam engine
 * Whitbread Engine
 * Template:Steam engine configurations
 * + many more minor edits, links, navboxes & categories added, etc.
 * Cleanup and further expansion of new & related articles from editathon
 * Added all new articles from editathon to Wikidata
 * Cleanup (categories, etc.) of image uploads from editathon
 * Created commons:Category:Files from Thinktank editathon 2015-03-07
 * Marked closure of former coach park (now a construction site) on OpenStreetMap
 * Cleaned up Wikidata items for the Trust's sister museums.

February 2015

 * First training session for eight (8) staff and volunteers.
 * Articles:
 * Jigginstown Castle (new)
 * Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (new)
 * William Ick (new)
 * Almonry Museum and Heritage Centre (new)
 * Bewdley Museum (new)
 * Weoley Castle (house) (improved)
 * Chad Valley (toy brand) (improved)
 * Rolls-Royce Griffon (improved)
 * British Plant Gall Society (improved)
 * Images uploaded:
 * File:Photograph of William Ick.jpg
 * File:Handwriting of William Ick.jpg
 * File:Ick's herbarium.jpg
 * Articles created subsequent to training:
 * Minworth Greaves
 * Middle Littleton Tythe Barn
 * Created Commons:Institution:Museums Collections Centre, Birmingham
 * Recorded and uploaded audio files of engines
 * File:Amos gas engine - Thinktank - Andy Mabbett - 2015-02-12 -01.flac
 * File:Robey steam engine generator set (model) - Thinktank - Andy Mabbett - 2015-02-12 -01.flac
 * File:Belliss steam launch engine - Thinktank - Andy Mabbett - 2015-02-12 -01.flac
 * File:Savery steam launch engine - Thinktank - Andy Mabbett - 2015-02-12 -01.flac
 * File:Savery steam launch engine - Thinktank - Andy Mabbett - 2015-02-12 -02.flac
 * File:Murray engine - Thinktank - Andy Mabbett - 2015-02-12 -01.flac
 * Wrote Thinktank section of UK's January report for Wikimedia community's monthly GLAM newsletter
 * Made and populated commons:Category:Murray engine (Thinktank)
 * Made Commons:Template:GLAM Thinktank
 * First training session for eight (8) staff and volunteers.
 * Articles:
 * Thimblemill Library (new)
 * George Edward Hunt (jeweller) (new)
 * Birmingham Museum Collection Centre (new)
 * The Real Junk Food Project (new)
 * Chad Valley (toy brand) (further improvements)
 * Anchor telephone exchange (improved)
 * Longstone Lighthouse (improved)
 * Took photos of Commons:Category:Curzon Street wall, Birmingham
 * Received training in the museum's cataloguing system
 * Added accession numbers to articles, Wikimedia Commons categories, Wikidata
 * Created Wikidata items for exhibits, which though significant, have no Wikipedia article (e.g. the Spitfire & Hurricane; tram)
 * Created Commons:Template:Birmingham Museums Trust accession

January 2015

 * Induction
 * setting up IT, email account, etc.
 * Started project page
 * Notified relevant pages, projects & mailing lists
 * Added coordinates of various features, to Birmingham Corporation Tramways
 * Preliminary visit to the Museum collection Center (stores)
 * Created and populated Commons:Category:Collection of Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Created and populated Commons:Category:Thinktank museum (exterior)
 * Made Commons:Institution:Thinktank, Birmingham
 * Arranged upload of over 400 open-licence images from Flickr (thanks, Fæ, Ellrbrown)
 * Reviewed and categorised images
 * Started list articles to write/ improve
 * Created and populated Commons:Category:Thinktank, Birmingham (Science Garden)
 * Created and populated Commons:Category:Lanchester petrol-electric car
 * Created and populated Commons:Category:Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
 * Created and populated Commons:Category:Chad Valley toys
 * Arranged and promoted 7 March editathon