Wikipedia:GLAM/British Library/British wildlife edit-a-thon 2015

WP:BW2015

Europeana Sounds (1) are organising several sound and music related edit-a-thons throughout Europe in 2015 and 2016. An edit-a-thon about wildlife sounds was held on the 7 November 2015 at the British Library.

General information

During this edit-a-thon wildlife lovers and Wikipedians enriched Wikipedia with field recordings of wildlife sounds from the British Library.

Location and time

Location: British Library
Time: 10:00 - 16:00

Programme

10.00-10.30 Arrival and welcome coffee. Log on and computer checks.
10.30-10.45 Introduction to BL, housekeeping. Introduction to Europeana Sounds.
10.45-11.00 Introduction to BL Sounds and Wildlife collection from curator Cheryl Tipp
11.00-11.15 Introduction to Wikimedia
11.15-12.45 Hands on session, editing Wikipedia. Training available throughout.
12.45-13.00 Recap and sharing
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.45 Edits continue
15.45-16.00 Recap of the day and work done
16.00 End!

Wikimedia UK

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Edit-a-thon information

Collections and media objects

Files are in commons:Category:Wildlife Sounds in the British Library

Statistics on file usage will be at commons:Commons:British Library/Reports/Wildlife sounds shortly.

Guide

Sample edit - English Wikipedia
Sample edit - non-English Wikipedia when the editor doesn't speak the language concerned. Note the edit summary, and the commented-out English language caption. The caption has subsequently been translated. (Please avoid doing this on the Swedish Wikipedia)

Please log specific edits ("diffs") on non-English Wikipedias, then we can ask their editors to assist with translations.

Sister projects

Wikidata - all files added to Wikidata now. the wub "?!" 15:10, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Wikispecies

Video(s)

How do you enrich a Wikipedia article with audio?

Training booklets

Here are the Dropbox links

Mentors

Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits
Clem Rutter (talk)

Participants

Photos

Are you taking photos during the event? Upload these to Wikimedia Commons and put the photos in the category Commons:Category:British Wildlife Edit-a-thon November 2015.

Evaluation of the event (to be filled in at the end of the day)

Please fill in this survey at the end of the day, in order to help us improve future events.

Results

Throughout the day we had a total of 506 edits in 40 different languages

Files

Garden Warbler song, Frensham Great Pond, Surrey, May 1979, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
Curlew calls, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > DONE
House Sparrow calls, Cowley, Gloucestershire, 1970s, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
Magpie calls, Pinbury Park, Gloucestershire, May 1975, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
~~Sand martin colony calls, UK, 1960s, Lawrence Shove~~ > No sound - No BL sound file on Commons
Storm Petrel song, Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire, 1968, Lawrence Shove > DONE
Blackcap calls, Camberley, Surrey, August 1977, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
Chiffchaff song, Surrey, April 1977, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
Lapwing display flight, Frensham Great Pond, Surrey, April 1980, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
~~Osprey calls, Loch Garten, Scotland, June 1971, Lawrence Shove~~ PAGE ALREADY HAS A GOOD RECORDING
Starling roost, Kenton, February 1965, Lawrence Shove > DONE
Nightingale song, Teign Valley, Devon, May 1961, Lawrence Shove> DONE
~~Blackbird song, Culver, Devon, May 1961, Lawrence Shove >~~ PAGE ALREADY HAS A GOOD RECORDING OF SONGS
Blackcap song, Windelsham, Surrey, May 1983, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Corn_bunting Corn Bunting song, Portland bird observatory, Dorset, June 1966, Lawrence shove] > DONE
~~Cuckoo song, Frensham Great Pond, Surrey, May 1979, Aubrey John Williams >~~ Sound is there, but not BL sound! PAGE ALREADY HAS A GOOD RECORDING OF SONG
Mallard calls, Windelsham, Surrey, January 1976, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
Raven calls, Culver, Devon, May 1960, Lawrence Shove > DONE
Razorbill calls, Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire, May 1965, Lawrence Shove > DONE
~~Song Thrush song, Swanwick, Derbyshire, April 1975, Aubrey John Williams~~ > NO BL AUDIO FILE
Stonechat calls, Camberley, Surrey, May 1976, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
Woodlark song, Camberley, Surrey, May 1977, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
Eider calls, Loch Beag, Scotland, October 1976, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
Goldfinch song, Cowley, Gloucestershire, July 1976, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
Green Woodpecker yaffle song, Surrey, April 1977, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
Grey Heron colony calls, Warminster, Wiltshire, June 1992, Howard Phelps > DONE

Kittiwake calls, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, May 1965, Lawrence Shove > DONE
Herring Gull in a gale, UK, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > DONE
Chaffinch song, Windelsham, Surrey, June 1979, Aubrey John Williams > DONE
Blackbird calls, Loch beag, Scotland, October 1976, Aubrey John Williams > DONE, MOVED TO 'SONG AND CALLS' section
Sika Deer calls, Wareham, Dorset, October 1964, Lawrence Shove > Done Richarddr
Bewick's Swan calls, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, February 1966, Lawrence Shove > DONE
Marsh Warbler song, Pershore, Worcestershire, June 1984, Howard Phelps >Done KVB
Tawny Owl calls, UK, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done Richarddr
Tawny Owl hoots, UK, January 1978, Aubrey John Williams > Done Richarddr
Red-throated Diver calls, Loch Gowan, Scottish Highlands, May 1985, Howard Phelps >Done KVB
Grasshopper Warbler song, UK, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done Cheryltipp
Northern Wheatear song, Dartmoor, Devon, 1966, Lawrence Shove > Done EB
Golden Eagle calls, Kinlockewe, Scotland, July 1969, Lawrence Shove > Done Richarddr
Black-headed Gull calls, Havergate Island, Suffolk, May 1971, Lawrence Shove > Done Richarddr
Capercaillie female & chick calls, Scotland, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done Richarddr
Red Fox barks, Pinbury Park, Gloucestershire, January 1977, Aubrey John Williiams > Done Richarddr
Fallow Deer calls, Haldon Forest, Devon, October 1964, Lawrence Shove > Done, EB
Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) (W1CDR0001430 BD7).ogg plus German version
Yellowhammer song, Dartmoor, Devon, May 1966, Lawrence Shove >Done KVB
Great Tit song type 1, April 1968, Lawrence Shove > 2nd song type, Done Richarddr
Woodlark (Lullula arborea) (W1CDR0001500 BD8).ogg plus German version
Common_Stonechat_(Saxicola_torquata)_(W1CDR0001536_BD16).ogg plus German Version
Willow Warbler song, Cowley, Gloucestershire, April 1974, Aubrey John Williams >Done KVB
Bittern booms, Hickling Broad, Norfolk, May 1966, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Robin calls, Loch Aveg, Scotland, October 1976, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Richarddr
~~Song of a European Robin, recorded at Culver, Devon, England~~ NOT USED: PAGE ALREADY HAS A GOOD RECORDINGS OF SONGS
Blue Tit calls, Cowley, Gloucestershire, May 1978, Aubrey John Williams > Done LM + German
Canada Geese calling, Brownsea Island, Dorest, March 1966, Lawrence Shove > Done, EB
Gannet calls, Grassholm Island, Pembrokeshire, May 1965, Lawrence Shove > Done, Conrad
Badger calls, Chobham Place, Surrey, February 1975, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Richarddr
Red Deer roars, Melberry Park, 1963, Lawrence Shove > Done, Richarddr
Cirl Bunting song, Bridford, Devon, May 1965, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Bullfinch song & calls, Camberley, Surrey, June 1977, Aubrey John Williams > Done LM
Sedge Warbler song, UK, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done, LM
Whitethroat song, Camberley, Surrey, July 1977, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Peter
Quail, Wimborne, Dorset, June 1966, Lawrence Shove > Done, LM
Sandwich Tern calls, Cley, Norfolk, September 1974, Aubrey John Williams >
Great Crested Grebe calls, Frensham Great Pond, Surrey, April 1974, Aubrey John Williams > Done, LM
Dipper song, Teign Valley, Devon, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Eurasian teal male & female calls, Brownsea Island, Dorset, March 1966, Lawrence Shove] > Done, LM
Wigeon calls, Brownsea Island, Dorset, 1966, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Common Redstart song, Camberley, Surrey, May 1977, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Peter
Carrion Crow calls, Culver, Devon, April 1961, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Rock Pipit song, Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire, April 1965, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Bearded Tit calls, Hickling, Norfolk, May 1966, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Avocet Avocet calls, Havergate Island, Suffolk, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Black Grouse at lek, Fife, Scotland, April 1967, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Common Sandpiper song, North Uist, Scotland, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Tree Pipit song, Culver, Devon, April 1961, Lawrence Shove >Done KVB
Crested Tit calls, Loch Garten, Scotland, 1970, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Dunnock song, Dartmoor, Devon, May 1966, Lawrence Shove > Done
Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Yarner Wood, Devon, June 1976, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Puffin calls, Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire, 1965, Lawrence Shove > Done
Manx Shearwater calls, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, 1965, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Meadow Pipit calls, Chobham Place, Surrey, June 1979, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Peter
European pied flycatcher
Goldcrest (sound quality is good, it is high-pitched)
Reed Bunting song, UK, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Reed Warbler song, Frensham Great Pond, Surrey, July 1976, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Peter
Siskin song & calls, Camberley, Surrey, April 1976, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Peter
Skylark song, Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire, 1965, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Treecreeper calls, Frensham Great Pond, May 1979, aubrey John Williams > Done, Peter - contact calls only
Spotted Crake calls, UK, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Red Grouse song & calls, 1960s, Lawrence Shove > Done. Peter
Wren calls, Old Dean Common, Camberley, Surrey, July 1977, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Peter - Both Wren audios added
Nightjar song, Frensham Great Pond, Surrey, July 1972, Aubrey John Williams > Done, Peter
Pink-footed Geese flock calls, Caerlaverock, Scotland, 1969, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Ringed Plover calls, Morston Salt Marshes, Norfolk, Sept 1974, Aubrey John Williams > Done. Peter
Ptarmigan display song, Glenshee, Scotland, April 1967, Lawrence Shove > Done, Peter
Guillemot calls, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, June 1965, Lawrence Shove > Done
Grey Squirrel calls, Camberley, Surrey, July 1977, Aubrey John Williams > DONE - Richarddr
Nuthatch song, Frensham Great Pond, Surrey, April 1973, Aubrey John Williams > Done
Nuthatch calls, Frensham Great Pond, Surrey, May 1980, Aubrey John Williams > Done

General information

Location and time

Programme

Wikimedia UK

Edit-a-thon information

Collections and media objects

Guide

Sister projects

Video(s)

Training booklets

Mentors

Participants

Photos

Evaluation of the event (to be filled in at the end of the day)

Results

Files

Other languages

Basque

Bulgarian

Catalan

Cebuano

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Galego

Gaeilge

German

Gujarati

Germanic Frisian

Greek

Hungarian

Italian

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian (Lietuviu)

Macedonian

Norwegian

Norwegian nynorsk

Picard

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Scots

Serbian

Sicilian

Slovakian

Slovenian

Spanish

Swedish

Turkish

Welsh

See also