Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/October 2012

Australian Wikipedians are holding an edit-a-thon about French classical music to coincide with the Classic 100 Music of France (ABC), which will be broadcast by ABC Classic FM 8–14 October 2012. The physical meetup in Sydney will be on the penultimate broadcasting day (that is, Saturday, 13 October). Physical and online participation is welcome!


 * When: 1–5 pm Saturday 13 October


 * Where: Mitchell Meeting Room 2, Mitchell Wing, State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street, Sydney. See the State Library's website "getting here" page.

Venue
The venue for the physical meeting is on the first floor of the Mitchell Wing. Enter through the main doors of the Library, go up the marble staircase, turn left at the top, along the corridor, second room on the left. There is also a lift. The Library has its own café on site, which is open on the day.

Resources
Since the venue is a great public library, there are a great many resources available if we want to order them up from the stack. They have to be referred to in the reading room but it is just down the stairs, near the edit-a-thon. Some rare resources are held offsite, but they can be ordered online in advance to be available on the day. Use the SLNSW Catalogue

Participants

 * Whiteghost.ink (talk) 08:22, 3 October 2012 (UTC).
 * Weekends any time Sat/Sun preferred, but could do Wednesday later in the afternoon ((if decided soon) or evening. Tony   (talk)  06:52, 3 October 2012 (UTC) Sorry about late notice: unable to attend.  Tony   (talk)  01:57, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm in Wittylama 08:04, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Ennegma (talk) 00:10, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Hohohob (talk) 03:00, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Your name here!

Online participation
We will use online collaboration tools like Internet Relay Chat and Google Hangout to track the countdown. (Include your preference when you add your name.)


 * John Vandenberg (chat) 01:40, 3 October 2012 (UTC) – IRC, Google Hangout
 * Graham 87 13:34, 3 October 2012 (UTC) IRC
 * Noetica. I have no time to set up those facilities or to engage in the proposed way. But anyone wanting me to assist with problems in an article can approach me at my talkpage. (I have an extensive collection of books on musical topics, if references are required that are unavailable online.) N oetica Tea? 23:35, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll watch and see where I can help. GFHandel &#9836; 01:42, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Your name here! (Indicate which collaboration tools you prefer.)

To do
Note that the voting possibilities in the Timeline section of the ABC website link directly to WP articles. For example, in the Romantic period the list reveals which items have an article and which do not. Look at the voting possibilities or scroll down on this ABC page

Some composers such as Fauré are already Featured Articles but many composition articles are non-existent. These include both compositions by French composers and compositions in the French style. There are also Australian connections – for example, Pinchgut Opera recently performed in connection with this Countdown and its Director, Erin Helyard, does not have an article.

These lists of works have been copied to /The List, which in combination with the voters' choices are developed into the workplan table below.

The key guiding article – Classic 100 Music of France (ABC) – is being diligently updated by User:GFHandel.

Broadcast schedule
The ABC's Classic 100 broadcast schedule is included here, with the edit-a-thon at the Library highlighted in red. Live stream of ABC Classic FM is available via http://www.abc.net.au/classic/player/