The First World War Wikipedian in Residence program was established in 2016 by the State Library of Queensland. The goal of the Wikipedian-in-Residence program is to tell the story of World War I in Queensland underpinned by the rich collections of the library and its affiliated GLAM organisations. The role of the Wikipedian in Residence is to:
Provide advice and assistance to the staff and volunteers of the State Library of Queensland and its affiliated GLAM organisations in their contributions to Wikimedia projects, drawing upon their collections as source material
Contribute personally to the creation of content on Wikimedia projects, drawing upon the collections of the State Library of Queensland and its affiliates as source material[1]
The Wikipedian-in-Residence will not be expected to contribute to Wikipedia content about the State Library of Queensland or related topics that would constitute a conflict-of-interest.
A framework for Wikipedia content relating to World War I in Queensland
Queensland in World War I can be seen from a number of perspectives
There are a number of perspectives through which one can view the story of Queensland in World War I:
chronologically as a series of events in time
geographically as the history of a place
thematically by topics, e.g. recruitment, role of women, resettlement, memorialisation
biographically as the story of individuals and organisations
The framework envisaged for Wikipedia content will involve articles from each of these viewpoints. Individual events will often exist on the intersection of these viewpoints and thus may appear in multiple articles. For example, the internment of German-born British-naturalised Eugen Hirschfeld in 1916 at the Enoggera Interment Camp can form part of his biography, an example of the topic Enemy aliens in Queensland during World War I (a thematic article) and within the chronology of Queensland in World War I (1916) and the history of Enoggera, Queensland.
The primary entrypoint into this content will be Queensland in World War I, which will be an expansion of History of Queensland#World War I. This article will primarily be structured as the evolution of themes over the passing of time and linking to the articles with a chronological and thematic approach as appropriate. It is expected that the chronological and thematic articles will all be linked from Queensland in World War I. The geographic and biographic articles will generally illustrate specific examples of these themes. As there are many places, people and organisations in Queensland, it is not expected all of these will be linked from Queensland in World War I.
Created by KR 9 March from Trove digitised newspaper reports
Recruiting trains
mentioned in Queensland Recruiting Committee but is there more to be said about them in that article or others (there seem to be a number of photos of them)
Reasons to oppose recruitment
War is wrong - Conscientious objectors and pacifism
Quaker records
Australia should not be part of a European war
Irish angle - Australian troops in Europe frees British troops to maintain British rule in Ireland
note T. J. Ryan and Ryan Ministry exists but neither mention WW1 at all, apart from one brief mention of Ryan's opposition to conscription and John Adamson's resignation from the Ministry over conscription (but neither article actually states what Adamson's views were!)
Role of women in Queensland in WWI
overview article?, individuals (see below), organisations (see below)
comfort and care (fundraising, comfort fund, Red Cross, Coo-ee Cafe)
Mrsinna created page on Queensland Soldiers' Comforts Fund (27 April 2016)
do we need a Soldier settlement (Queensland) article or similar? Presumably there was a lot of state-level legislation and committees involved? The article is redirecting to the Australian article at this stage.
Category:Queensland in World War I is the category (directly or indirectly) for articles relevant to this project (whether created by this project or already existing)
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