All true, but, from an operational perspective, it's much more time-efficient to approach 1 organisation in relation to many plaques than vice versa. It think there's at least 3 variations here.
1. WMAU celebrates existing GAs by organising plaques where possible. 2. WMAU organises for plaques at willing locations and then tries to motivate its members or WP contributors for generally to upgrade the corresponding articles (as required). 3. Passionate editor (might or might not be WMAU member) either has a GA article or is motivated to work toward one. WMAU organises plaque. Operationally, 1 is the easiest as it can be done with only WMAU resources (time and effort). 2 may need assistance of folks outside of WMAU. 3 is critically dependent on folks outside WMAU. Both 2 and 3 need communication out to Australian editors, which is an area of weakness for us operationally. Engaging outside WMAU increases risk. 1 and 3 are most exposed to the risk that the article doesn't have a "location" and that the owner does not give permission for the plaque. That risk is reduced with 2 as you start with locations most likely to be willing to multiple plaques, but increases risk that the articles aren't good enough, which is reduced with 1 and 2. If we are trying to impress WMF in a future FDC application, we need to have projects that are successfully implemented and produce nice metrics. That means we need to consider how to reduce implementation risk. Waiting for hundreds of passionate editors to do something we want them to do ... that's something we can't control ... It's ok to use the strategy but I don't think we can rely on it to give us 100 (or whatever) plaques in 12 months. I'd prefer to see strategies 1 or 2 employed to target the 100 plaques and see any from strategy 3 as bonus extras (or reducing the need to get as many from strategy 1 and 2). Sent from my iPad > On 3 Feb 2014, at 10:58 am, Toby Hudson <tob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Wait wait ... "approach the old Parliament and look to QR code every PM > article" ... that is a whole separate proposal, it's effectively a > mini-wiki-town idea. Maybe ok, but that's quite different to the GA one, > mainly because it centralizes the inspiration and motivation: "WMAU says > prime ministers are important - you volunteer editors should improve the > articles about our prime ministers" instead of "If your passion is for prime > ministers (or anything else that can be related to a place), getting an > article up to scratch can result in a 'prize' of seeing the article promoted > in the real world" > > We don't need to contrive a plaque place for every existing good article, we > can be selective about which will be most effective with plaques. Having > scanned the list, I think we could find plenty which would have an effective > location to kickstart the project and start getting statistically-valid > metrics. > > Toby > > >> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Kerry Raymond <kerry.raym...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> Yes, that is what I was thinking. It may be easier to first find the willing >> places and then upgrade the articles if necessary. >> >> >> >> And it would be useful to kill multiple birds with one stone. Because the >> Museum of Democracy at old Parliament House has a permanent exhibition on >> the prime ministers: >> >> >> >> http://moadoph.gov.au/exhibitions/prime-ministers-of-australia-exhibition/ >> >> >> >> they might not be amenable to QR plaques (but I guess you never know until >> you ask), but on closer inspection, Ballarat Gardens might indeed be the >> place to try: >> >> >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Ministers_Avenue >> >> >> >> because it appears they have busts of all the PMs and (I would imagine) no >> easy way to display information about them, so perhaps an ideal opportunity >> for QR plaques! >> >> >> >> Kerry >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Gnangarra [mailto:gnanga...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Monday, 3 February 2014 9:53 AM >> To: Kerry Raymond; Wikimedia Australia Chapter >> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] QR code proposal >> >> >> >> The aim is to improve the number of articles of a reasonable standard, there >> are many articles that need very little to get them past GA its just >> encouraging someone to make that effort. Yes bios are harder to find >> suitable places thats why the focus is towards heritage buildings, places, >> statues etc many of which are in public type ownership which are easier to >> get permissions from. >> >> Taking the Andrew Fisher article, we could approach the old Parliament and >> look to QR code every PM article as they have a hall with limited >> information on each >> >> >> >> Most people responded happily to a written request. >> >> running with less increase the cost, the smaller the batch the higher the >> costs. >> >> >> >> On 3 February 2014 07:31, 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 >> >> >> >> From: wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org >> [mailto:wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Gnangarra >> Sent: Sunday, 2 February 2014 7:25 PM >> To: Wikimedia-au >> Subject: [Wikimediaau-l] QR code proposal >> >> >> >> Hi Everyone >> >> During todays iirc discussion its was suggested that WMAU would create QR >> codes of articles which achieve GA status. This would enable everyone to >> participate in the WikiTown format without creating a full project, this >> will work especially well for places where you have a connection and can >> assist in gaining permission to install the plaque. >> >> The proposal is at >> http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:QR_codes_GA_articles >> >> Please join the discussion >> >> Gideon >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >> Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >> Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >
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