Report on the Art History Challenge on Wikimedia in support of the Europeana 280 campaign. Presented at the Central & Eastern European (CEE) Wikimedians conference, August 2016
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Art history challenge
1. Europeana Art History Challenge
Liam Wyatt / @Wittylama / [[user:Wittylama]]
#WMCEE2016 #GLAMWIKI
Dilijan, Armenia
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Europeana_Art_History_Challenge
4. Stats
At start: 472 Wikipedia pre-
existing articles (av. 12 articles
per language). At end: over 1,300
articles (av. 34 p/l)
Largest ever GLAM-Wiki comp;
first WP+WD comp; 2nd largest
translation comp (after CEE
spring!)
Summary
10 artworks per country, 39
languages, chosen by the MoC
Wikipedia + Wikidata
Self-reporting points, small
prizes
13. Challenges
National Stereotypes
how 280 became 296
Metadata inconsistencies
how many ways can use the same field
Notability of items
Its Madonna and child. Yes which one.
EN.WP-centrism
ContentTranslation doesnt support campaigns
Engagement (chapters, individuals, GLAMs)
16. En.wp centrism
Everything goes into EN before being translated back out.
Support ContentTranslation when source, but not
destination, is known (example)
17. How to improve..?
Liam Wyatt / @Wittylama / [[user:Wittylama]]
#WMCEE2016 #GLAMWIKI
Dilijan, Armenia