| Welcome | Pilot 1 | Pilot 2 |
National Trust's second pilot began on 14 September 2023 and ran until 26 February 2024. It has two strands of work:
1) Exploring the potential of uploading images of select objects from the collection to Wikimedia Commons.
2) Create guidance and test training methods for staff and volunteers who are interested in learning to edit.
We’re grateful to the editors who supported pilot 1; if you’re interested in pilot 2, please leave a message on the talk page.
Editing
editNew editor? Tell us what you're working on here
edit- I'm working on ...
Articles that could be improved
edit- Ellen Terry - there are some missing references in the article
- Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth - missing references and more detail to add on the 2024 display of the dress?
- Beetlewing - missing references and information to add on history of beetle wings in European costumery
- Peacock dress of Lady Curzon - see talk page comment which is a request for further information on its colonial context - article could also do with some sub-headings
- Tredegar House - lots of missing references (including the whole section on the family), see its talk page here
- Radiator cabinet - article only has one reference
- Michael Hobart Seymour lectured at Bath Assembly Rooms - article is poorly referenced, using text from the DNB in 1900, reference here
- Saltram House - add references missing across article - recent carpet re-weave could be added, sources here, here and here
- Oxburgh Hall - page could be expanded with more archaeology and history, including attic archaeology from here, here, here and here
- Margaret Greville who owned Polesden Lacey, her biography needs a couple citations adding, and perhaps more could be added about her life rather just her death and estate?
- Hughenden Manor has several places where additional references could be added
- Stourhead - article is quite good but recent NT projects could be briefly added, such as the return of the Angelica Kaufman portrait (here & here) and recent archaeological investigation (here)
- A La Ronde - some references missing towards the end of the article - new additions could be added about the conservation work (here, here, here & here)
- Killerton - there are a couple of references to add to the existing text, as well as recent conservation work (here, here, here & here) and recent costume exhibition here
- ...add your ideas here
- Nomination for Category:National Trust stubs
Dashboard
editPart of this second pilot is to introduce new editors, both staff and volunteers, to ways in which they may be able to contribute to Wikipedia. Our dashboard is here. We're grateful for the support of the existing editing community.
Resources
edit- Climate action resources
- Trusted source articles from the National Trust
- Cultural Heritage Magazine, published by the National Trust is available for download
- A Climate for Change: Adaptation and the National Trust, published by the National Trust
- National Trust research repository
- Global Goods and the Country House (free pdf download)
Images
editImages uploaded as part of this pilot are being added to the new Category:Images uploaded by The National Trust. The number of images is purposefully discrete as this is a pilot. If you have feedback on the images, please add you thoughts to the talk page. The template for the project on Wikimedia Commons is here.
Gallery
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Wikithon at Bath Assembly Rooms, January 2024 -
Highly decorative radiator panels at Kingston Lacy, Dorset -
Ceremonial casket with camel on lid, given to Benjamin Disraeli at Hughenden by the Company of Grocers. -
Casket of the Freedom of the City of London, presented to Benjamin Disraeli, housed at Hughenden. -
Silver dish at Stourhead depicting the death of Cyrus the Great with Tomyris -
Chair, belonging to Benjamin Disraeli, in the colours of his 1832 by-election campaign. -
Model of bactrain camel, owned by Agatha Christie at Greenway, made in eighth-century China -
World's first English globe, made by Emery Molyneux, part of the Petworth collection -
Brass doorstop shaped as a cobra, forked tongue visible, owned by Agatha Christie at Greenway -
Fan signed by attendees of the Congress of Berlin, displayed at Disraeli's home, Hughenden Manor -
Gothic armchair made by Thomas Chippendale the Younger, in the Stourhead collections. -
Extravagant cabinet belonging to Pope Sixtus V, then subsequently purchased by Henry Hoare for Stourhead. -
Vizagapatam cabinet at Kingston Lacy, made of rosewood inlaid with ivory -
Leucistic white pheasant shot at Bonham Hanging, Stourhead by Henry Hoare, 29 October 1895 -
Octagon Chair (NT 1312248.2) displayed at A la Ronde -
Removing ingrained dirt from the woven hemp seat using a hydrophilic sponge. Octagon hall chair, A la Ronde -
UV light shows old glue fluorescing on the underside of chair seat during conservation. Octagon chair, A la Ronde. -
Digital microscopy reveals pre-1850 verdigris and lead painted surface of octagon chair at A la Ronde -
Shell Gallery interior, A la Ronde -
Side cabinet by Johann Puchwiser, Kingston Lacy
New categories
editWikimedian in Residence edits
editThe goals of this second pilot were to develop internal guidance and policies, as well as upload a discrete number of images and introduce some staff and volunteers to the editing process. Its primary goal wasn't to directly edit pages, so the list of contributions below is much shorter than for pilot 1.
Wikidata
editNew items and Wikidata links
edit- Octagon chair, A la Ronde image of paint close up linked to lead paint, sponge to hydrophilicity
- Shell Gallery, A la Ronde
- Cobra Doorstop, Greenway
- Model of Bactrian camel, Greenway linked to sancai & Huangye kilns
- Vizagapatam cabinet, Kingston Lacy
- Buoninsegni Brothers' Florentine Pietra Dura Panels, Kingston Lacy linked to Buoninsegni Brothers & pietra dura & radiator cabinet
- Side cabinet, Kingston Lacy
- Disraeli's chair, Hughenden linked to 1832 election
- Congress of Berlin fan, Hughenden
- Casket of the Freedom of London, Hughenden linked to Freedom of the City of London
- Casket for the Freedom of the Grocers' Company, Hughenden
- Molyneux globe, Petworth linked to Emery Molyneux
- The Pope's cabinet, Stourhead linked to baroque furniture
- White pheasant, Stourhead linked to leucism
- Cyrus dish, Stourhead linked to winged unicorn & death of Cyrus
- Open armchair, Stourhead linked to Chippendale the Younger
- Buoninsegni Brothers
- Johann Puchwiser
- Gongyi kiln complex
- Huangye Tang sancai kiln