Wikipedia:GLAM/British Library/British wildlife edit-a-thon 2015
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.
See also the British wildlife edit-a-thon 2016
General information
editDuring this edit-a-thon wildlife lovers and Wikipedians enriched Wikipedia with field recordings of wildlife sounds from the British Library.
Location and time
edit- Location: British Library
- Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Programme
edit- 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
editYou might want to join Wikimedia UK
Edit-a-thon information
editCollections and media objects
editFiles 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
edit- 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
edit- Wikidata - all files added to Wikidata now. the wub "?!" 15:10, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
- Wikispecies
Video(s)
editHow do you enrich a Wikipedia article with audio?
Training booklets
editHere are the Dropbox links
- Clitheroe Beginners Training booklet
- Clitheroe Intermediate Training booklet
- Wildlife Sounds Intermediate Training booklet
Mentors
edit- Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits
- Clem Rutter (talk)
Participants
edit- Richarddr (talk)
- Darnocrolyat (talk)
- Lauraamiles (talk)
- Cheryltipp (talk)
- the wub "?!"
- Karlinamillion (talk)
- JLo283 (talk)
- Ericabasnicki (talk)
- Aa77zz (talk)
- Garimars
Photos
editAre 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)
editPlease fill in this survey at the end of the day, in order to help us improve future events.
Results
editThroughout the day we had a total of 506 edits in 40 different languages
Files
edit- 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 ShovePAGE 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://en.wikipedia.org/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, EnglandNOT 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
Other languages
editBasque
editBulgarian
editCatalan
editCebuano
editCzech
editDanish
editDutch
editEsperanto
editEstonian
editFaroese
editFinnish
editFrench
edit- fr:Rissa (oiseau)
- fr:Bruant jaune
- fr:Alouette lulu
- fr:Daim
- fr:Sterne caugek
- fr:Sarcelle d'hiver
- fr:Traquet motteux
- fr:Gobemouche noir
Galego
editGaeilge
editGerman
edit- de:Brandseeschwalbe
- de:Rissa (Gattung)
- de:Blaumeise
- de:Kanadagans
- de:Dreizehenmöwe
- de:Damhirsch
- de:Krickente
- de:Steinschmätzer (Art)
- de:Trauerschnäpper
- de:Waldkauz
Gujarati
editGermanic Frisian
editGreek
editHungarian
editItalian
edit- it:Branta canadensis
- it:Dama dama
- it:Thalasseus sandvicensis
- it:Ardea cinerea
- it:Oenanthe oenanthe
- it:Strix_aluco
Latin
editLatvian
edit- lv:Dambriedis
- lv:Meža_pūce
- lv:Klinšu_ērglis
- lv:Rudā_lapsa
- lv:Lielais_dumpis
- lv:Ķīvīte
- lv:Sila_cīrulis
- lv:Zivju_gārnis
- lv:Dižraibais_dzenis
Lithuanian (Lietuviu)
editMacedonian
editNorwegian
editNorwegian nynorsk
editPicard
edit- pcd:Privaret = TRANSLATED
Polish
editPortuguese
edit- pt:Ganso-do-canadá
- pt:Cotovia-pequena
- pt:Dama dama
- pt:Escrevedeira-amarela
- pt:Garajau-comum
- pt:Felosa-musical
- pt:Aluco
Romanian
editRussian
editScots
editSerbian
editSicilian
editSlovakian
editSlovenian
editSpanish
edit- es:Ardea cinerea
- es:Branta canadensis
- es:Lullula arborea
- es:Emberiza citrinella
- es:Dama dama
- es:Rissa (animal)
- es:Thalasseus sandvicensis
- es:Cyanistes caeruleus
- es:Anas crecca
- es:Hydrobatidae
- es:Ficedula hypoleuca
- es:Strix_aluco
Swedish
editTurkish
editWelsh
editSee also
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