Wikipedia:GLAM/British Library/British wildlife edit-a-thon 2016

WP:BW2016

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 8 October 2016 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.

A similar event ran in 2015.

Location and time

Location: British Library

Start: 10.00 am
Finish: 4.00 pm

Programme

10.00-10.30 Arrival and welcome coffee. Log on and computer checks.
10.30-10.45 Introduction to the British Library and an introduction to Europeana Sounds.
10.45-11.00 Introductions to British Library Sounds and Wildlife collection from curator Cheryl Tipp
11.00-11.15 Introduction to Wikimedia
11.15-12.45 Hands on session editing Wikipedia and 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!

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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 are at:

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)
Sample edit - Wikidata, using the audio (P51) property
Sample edit - 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
ClemRutter (talk)

Participants

Photos + Video

Photos taken at the event are in the category Commons:Category:British Wildlife Edit-a-thon October 2016.

A video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8OyGOCBzjI

Did you take photos during the event? Please upload them to Wikimedia Commons using the above category.

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 X edits in Wikipedias in over 60 different languages (including English, Simple English and Old English) as well as Wikidata and Wikispecies.

Files

African Dusky Nightjar (Caprimulgus pectoralis) Steven - DONE
African Grey Hornbill (Tockus nasutus) Steven - DONE
African Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis) - Laura - DONE
African Scops Owl (Otus senegalensis) - Laura - DONE
African Thrush (Turdus pelios) - DONE
Amethyst Sunbird (Nectarinia amethystina) - DONE
Ashy Cisticola (Cisticola cinereolus) - DONE
Axmouth atmosphere - DONE
Bamboo Rat (Dactylomys dactylinus) KVB Done
Banded Tit Warbler (Parisoma boehmi) - DONE
Bare-faced go-away Bird (Corythaixoides personata) - DONE
Barking Gecko (Ptenopus garrulus) Richarddr - DONE
Barn Owl (Tyto alba) Richarddr - DONE
Barred Owl (Strix varia) Richarddr - DONE
Black Crow (Corvus capensis) - DONE
Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus) KVB done
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) DONE
Black-and-white Casqued Hornbill (Bycanistes subcylindricus) Cheryl
Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus) - DONE
Black-faced Solitaire (Myadestes melanops) Richarddr - DONE
Black-headed Gonolek (Laniarius erythrogaster) - DONE
Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus larvatus) - DONE
Black-throated Barbet (Tricholaema melanocephala) - DONE
Bolivian Earthcreeper (Upucerthia harterti) - DONE
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla) - DONE
Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) - DONE
Brubru (Nilaus afer) - DONE
Buff-streaked Chat (Saxicola bifasciata) - DONE
Burnham Overy harbour atmosphere leave this one
Cape Bunting (Emberiza capensis) - DONE
Cape Eagle Owl (Bubo capensis) - DONE
Cape Grassbird (Sphenoeacus afer) - DONE
Cape Rock Thrush (Monticola rupestris) - DONE
Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) CONRAD
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) - DONE
Common House Martin (Delichon urbica) - DONE
Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) Richarddr - DONE
Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus) Richarddr - DONE
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) CONRAD
Common Toad (Bufo bufo) - DONE
Didric Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius) - DONE
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) - DONE
Dusky-tailed Antbird (Drymophila malura) - DONE
Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus) - DONE
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) - DONE
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) - DONE
European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) Richarddr - DONE
Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis) - DONE
Garden Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus) CONRAD
Golden-breasted Bunting (Emberiza flaviventris) - DONE
Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata) - DONE
Green Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) - DONE
Green-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura) - DONE
Grey Wren Warbler (Camaroptera simplex) - DONE
Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata) - DONE
Grey-capped Warbler (Eminia lepida) - DONE
Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) - DONE
Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) - DONE
Happy Wren (Pheugopedius felix) - DONE
Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta) Richarddr - DONE
Impala (Aepyceros melampus)
Joyful Greenbul (Chlorocichla laetissima) - DONE
Lesser Double-collared Sunbird (Nectarinia chalybea) - DONE
Lesser Striped Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica) - DONE
Lizard Buzzard (Kaupifalco monogrammicus) - DONE
Malabar Flying Frog (Rhacophorus malabaricus)
Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) Richarddr - DONE
Marico Sunbird (Nectarinia mariquensis) - DONE
Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa) Richarddr - DONE
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) - DONE
Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma) Richarddr - DONE
Mountain Reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula)
Night Monkey (Aotus azarae) Richarddr - DONE
Northern Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus) - DONE
Ochre-flanked Tapaculo (Eugralla paradoxa) - DONE
Olive Thrush (Turdus olivaceus) - DONE
Piping Cisticola (Cisticola fulvicapilla) Cheryl
Rattling Cisticola (Cisticola chiniana) - DONE
Red-billed Francolin (Pternistis adspersus) - DONE
Red-chested Cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius) - DONE
Red-faced Cisticola (Cisticola erythrops) - DONE
Red-faced Crombec (Sylvietta whytii) - DONE
Red-naped Trogon (Harpactes kasumba) - DONE
Rosy-patched Bushshrike (Rhodophoneus cruentus) DONE User:Carbon Caryatid
Royal Natal National Park dawn chorus DONE - Andy M
Rufous-naped Lark (Mirafra africana) - DONE
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis (Illadopsis albipectus) - DONE
Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Nectarinia senegalensis) - DONE
Scarlet-throated Tanager (Compsothraupis loricata) - DONE
Screaming Piha (Lipaugus vociferans) - DONE
Slate-coloured Boubou (Laniarius funebris) Cheryl
Spotted Hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) Wieselkind
Spotted Morning Thrush (Cichladusa guttata) - DONE
Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus) - DONE
Tiny Cisticola (Cisticola nana) - DONE
Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) CONRAD
Wailing Cisticola (Cisticola lais) - DONE
White-browed Robin Chat (Cossypha heuglini) - DONE
White-browed Sparrow Weaver (Plocepasser mahali) - DONE
White-collared Manakin (Manacus candei) Richarddr - DONE
White-starred Robin (Pogonocichla stellata) - DONE
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) - DONE
Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus)
Yellow-necked Spurfowl (Francolinus leucoscepus) KVB Done
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus) - DONE

Other languages

Afrikaans

Assamese

as:লক্ষী ফেঁচা

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Bahasa Indonesia

id:Chlorocebus pygerythrus

Basque

Belarussian

be:Сіпуха звычайная

Belarusian (classical orthography/ Taraškievica)

be-tarask:Сіпуха звычайная

Bislama

Breton

Bulgarian

Bengali

bn:লক্ষ্মীপেঁচা

Catalan

Cebuano

Chinese (putonghua)

Corsican

co:Malacedda

Croatian

hr:Kukuvija_drijemavica

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

et:Loorkakk

Faroese

fo:Hjartaugla

Farsi

fa:هدهد درختی سب

Finnish

fi:Afrikanpöllönen
fi:Branta bernicla (Sepehanhi)
fi:Pycnonotus barbatus
fi:Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Alppivariset)
fi:Liuskelepinkäinen
fi:Ruusurintalepinkäinen
fi:Afrikanparatiisimonarkki
fi:Laulujoutsen
fi:Ritinäherttu
fi:Tornipöllö

French

German

de:Baumhopf
de:Chlorocebus pygerythrus (Südiche Grünmeerkatze)
de:Gallinago gallinago
de:Pycnonotus barbatus
de:Royal-Natal-Nationalpark
de:Kleine Bambusratte
de:Gelbbüschel-Zwergbärtling
de:Schleiereule
de:Grautoko
de:Axmouth

Greek

el:Τυτώ

Hindi

hi:Gallinago gallinago

Hungarian

Irish Gaelic

Icelandic

is:Branta bernicla (Margæs)
is:Gallinago gallinago

Italian

Japanese

Karbardian

kbd: Къыу

Kurdish

ku:Gallinago gallinago

Latin

la:Axmouth

Latvian

Lithuania

Navajo

nv:Biniiʼłigaii (néʼéshjaaʼ)

Nigeria

Hausa

ha:Gyaran Cilakowa

Norwegian (bokmal)

Norwegian (nynorsk)

nn:Branta bernicla (Ringgås)

Occitan

Polish

pl:Branta bernicla
pl:Ptenopus
Chlorocebus pygerythrus (Edytujesz pl:Kotawiec sawannowy)
pl:Dzierzbik czerwonogardły
pl:Muchodławka wspaniała
pl:Sierpodudek purpurowy
pl:Plomykówka zwyczajna
pl:Axmouth