Wikipedia:GLAM/British Museum/Featured Article prize

British Museum Featured Article prizes

In 2010 theBritish Museumoffered five prizes of £100 (≈$140USD/€120) at theirshop/bookshopfor newFeatured Articleson topics related to the British Museum in any Wikipedia language edition. Ideally, the topics were articles about collection items. This was the first time an organisation in the UK had put out a prize that recognises the value of fine articles on Wikipedia. This was a recognition that Wikipedia work is not only good quality but is consistent with the outreach aspect of the Museum's mission to engage the public. It had a positive effect for the Museum in terms of usage of the deeper resources and links back to their research material. It was a win–win situation for free cultural products, and more broadly for the cultural sector. The museum has curators dedicated to answering phone and email questions about their specialist areas and they recognise that editing Wikipedia articles, especially about items in the BM's collections, counts for those purposes. If you require assistance in approaching the British Museum curators, please contact Liam Wyatt (User:Witty lama)

Note: five years onThe winners are listed below, but the format of this page did not require articles being worked on to be listed. With hindsight this was a pity. As well as the winners, many other articles were worked on, and several also became Featured Articles. In English these includedLindow Man,Sweet Track,Harpy Tomb,andRosetta Stone,which the winners (for the Latin version) did in English.Cyrus Cylinderwas greatly improved, but because of controversies inherent in the subject remains a Good Article. (others? please add).Johnbod(talk)15:19, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Good places to start

You might want to start by looking at theBritish Museum's "highlights" pageand sorting "by culture" or "by place" relevant to your own culture/history/language. You could look at the current major project at the museum "A History of the World in 100 Objects"or the existing English Wikipedia articles inCategory:Collection of the British Museumto see whether there is something that interests you there.

You can also have a look at the matrix of articles related to the British Museum sorted by quality -listed here.That way you can find ones that are already good to start with!

The English Wikipedia pageWP:GLAM/BMis the clearing house for the BM's involvement with Wikipedia; you can find more information about the project there or by emailing (User:Witty lama).

Details

• This prize is for articles directly related to the British Museum, especially about any object in the collection. There are potentially other subjects (such as famous former curators or famous parts of the building itself) that could potentially also be eligible for the prize – if in doubt, ask.
• Limit of one prize per person
• Limit of one prize per article – people can choose to share a prize if they collaborated on it.
• The prizes are available until all are claimed. You do not have to "register" beforehand but it would be good if you could tellWitty lamawhat you are doing so he can help you.
• In the event that multiple users claim a prize for the same article, they will need to agree among themselves how to allocate the prize.

Winners!

1)Royal Gold CupJohnbod(talk)13:09, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
2)Epifania de Miquel Àngel(User:MarisaLR) (posted by --Mafoso(talk))08:32, 6 July 2010 (UTC))
3)Tabula RosettanaAndrew Dalby(working withIustinus,NeanderandCaptmondo)09:30, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
4)Bronzes de Benín(Joancreus) (posted by--Mafoso(talk))14:55, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
5)La gran ola de Kanagawa(byRαge) --Màñü飆¹5^talk00:39, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

The Articles
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Tabula Rosettanain Latin align Tabula Rosettanaeststeladecreto de rebus sacris inAegyptoanno196 a.C.n.lato inscripta. Tabula iuxtaRosettamAegypti,urbemindelta Niliet ad orammaris Mediterraneiiacentem, anno1799a militeFrancicoreperta est. Inventio stelae, linguis duabus etscripturistribus inscriptae, eruditisInstituti Aegyptistatim nuntiata est; ibi enim iussu imperatorisNapoleoniseruditi omnium scientiarum (sub aegideCommissionis Scientiarum et Artium) properaverant cumexpeditione Francica.Qua aBritannismox debellata, tabula RosettanaLondiniummissa hodie apudMuseum Britannicumiacet. more	Bronzes de Benínin Catalan align Elsbronzes de Benínsón una col·lecció formada per més de 1.000 peces commemoratives que provenen del palau reial delregne de Benín.Van ser creades pels pobles Edo des delsegle XIII,i els britànics se'n van apoderar de la majoria el1897.200 d'aquestes es van dur alMuseu Britànic,mentre que la resta es van repartir entre altres museus. Actualment una part encara es troba al Museu Britànic, a la sala 25 (secció d'Àfrica). D'altres parts es troben alsEstats UnitsiAlemanya,entre altres. more
La gran ola de Kanagawain Spanish align La gran ola de Kanagawa(Thần nại xuyên trùng lãng lí,Kanagawa oki nami ura,literalmente «Bajo una ola en altamar en Kanagawa»),también conocida simplemente comoLa olaoLa gran ola,es una famosaestampajaponesadel pintor especialista enukiyo-e,Katsushika Hokusai,publicada entre1830y1833,durante elperíodo Edode lahistoria de Japón. Esta estampa es la obra más conocida de Hokusai y la primera de su famosa serieFugaku sanjūrokkei(Phú nhạc tam thập lục cảnh,«Treinta y seis vistas del monte Fuji»),además de ser la estampa más famosa de su género así como una de las imágenes más conocidas en el mundo. Del molde utilizado se realizaron varios miles de copias, muchas de las cuales llegaron a manos de coleccionistas europeos. A partir de ladécada de 1870la estampa se volvió muy popular entre artistas y coleccionistas franceses. more

Any questions

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• I'd like to seeBritish Museum Reading Roombecome an FA; anyone want to help? --phoebe/(talk to me)18:24, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
  • I certainly think that would be an article worthy of FA. I don't think I could be of much help, I know little about it, am located in Yorkshire and a bit limited with time. I am however watching this ground-breaking project with great interest and wish you the best of look.Mtaylor848(talk)09:17, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

• • Would gettingList of directors of the British Museumup to FL status qualify for the award?Remember(talk)15:10, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
    • It's a list article, so it's not really the same thing as a prose article, but more importantly I'd really like to avoid making this about the institution or the staff of the institution as that might become CoI etc. Rather, if we could focus on the objects or subject areas that would be something where the BM and WP can collaborate without POVs getting in the way.WittyLama12:38, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
• fair game or not -- first, artists who made the works? Second, what about a poet who wrote a poem that isnotin the BM, but inspired a painting thatis?Third, certain very specific genres or schools of art, which are represented in the museum? Fourth, cultures represented in the museum's works? And so on...? •Ling.Nut15:18, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
  • All potentially really interesting and valid encyclopedic topics, but pushing the boundaries of relevance to the BM... Of course, if you wanted to write about these I could definitely try to put you in contact with a curator in that subject area. Have a look atCategory:British Museumand especiallyCategory:British Museum-related articles by importance.A good rule of thumb would be any article that appears in the "top", "high" or "mid" importance categories or ANY museum object (some of which are in the "low" importance category or the article has not yet been created at all).WittyLama16:05, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
• Category:A History of the World in 100 Objectsis up for deletionhere.•Ling.Nut03:33, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Whether or not the category stays, the articles within it will stay, so that does not affect this project fortunately:-)WittyLama09:38, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

• (in French)Quelqu’un serait intéressé pour un AdQ sur la Wikipédia francophone?(in English)Anyone interrested for an FA on the french speaking Wikipedia? Cdlt,VIGNERON*^discut.12:53, 25 June 2010 (UTC)