I think the initial aim is not the existing GA's but rather focusing on bringing additional articles up to a standard that would warrant a plaque.
On 3 February 2014 20:08, Craig Franklin <cfrank...@halonetwork.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I made a couple of comments on the talk page of the proposal. > > I'd point out that obviously not every GA has an obvious location for a > plaque, and obviously those ones wouldn't be a part of this programme. On > the other hand, there are plenty of articles, like [[Banksia oligantha]], > that could conceivably have multiple plaques across different botanic > gardens, for instance. > > So long as we're not sticking to "every Good Article must have a plaque!", > then I think this is a very good idea that's definitely within the > chapter's current capacity. > > Cheers, > Craig > > > On 3 February 2014 22:00, <wikimediaau-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org>wrote: > >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 12:00:40 +1100 >> From: Toby Hudson <tob...@gmail.com> >> To: Kerry Raymond <kerry.raym...@gmail.com>, Wikimedia Australia >> Chapter <wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >> >> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] QR code proposal >> Message-ID: >> < >> cab2stcb5gfpgcgk0oet-pu_v-qxho9_4_7w_uqhniwu_gz+...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> >> But I do agree that it would be nice to work with smaller batches if the >> cost is not too much worse. >> Toby >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Kerry Raymond <kerry.raym...@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> >> > I think it's a good idea. >> > >> > >> > >> > But then I took a quick look at the list of the GA articles for >> Australia. >> > Yes, 500+ of them, but an awful lot don't seem to have an obvious >> "place" >> > to put a plaque. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> http://tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=Australia&quality=GA-Class >> > >> > >> > >> > Just starting with the first on the list >> > >> > >> > >> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Fisher >> > >> > >> > >> > where would we put a plaque for him? He's got a couple of memorials in >> the >> > UK (where he was born and died) and there is a bust of him in Ballarat >> (a >> > city with which he does not appear to have been associated). I think >> we'd >> > face a similar problem with many of the GAs being biographies. >> > >> > >> > >> > Also, in your Freopedia experience, how much time has to go into getting >> > permission from the owner of the place where we want to put the plaque? >> > Again, with Freopedia, you were "on the ground" and probably >> > well-connected. But Australia-wide it's probably going to be >> "cold-calling" >> > in a lot of situations. Did you contact people directly yourself or get >> > introduced by a local historical society or ...? >> >> > >> > >> > >> > Also, are there any constraints on the number of plaques in a batch? How >> > few could we start with? You mention 100 as a trial in the proposal. Is >> > that the minimum? Or could we run with less? >> > >> > >> > >> > Kerry >> > >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > >
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