Archives Challenge
Images and documents from the Bulgarian State Archives are very valuable and Wikimedians' of Bulgaria cooperation with the Bulgarian Archives State Agency is incredibly important for the improvement and expansion of Wikipedia's encyclopaedic content. Up to November 2015, more than 5500 archive materials have been digitized and uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.
- Language
- English version - Версия на български - Deutsche Version - Versión en español
Aim edit
This "Archives Challenge" is a cross-border GLAM-cooperation, which aims at:
- improvement in the file descriptions in different languages, because that would make the documents accessible to people around the globe,
- addition of more categories, because that would make the documents easier to find,
- addition of the images to articles, and creation of articles, based on the images.
Here are the starting points for people, accepting the challenge:
- c:COM:BASA - coordination page
- c:Category:Images from the Bulgarian Archives State Agency - all images
Quantitative aims are hard to be defined beforehand, since this is the first challenge of this kind, to the best knowledge of the organisers.
Images edit
Rules edit
The challenge starts on November 15th 2015 and ends on December 15th 2015.
- Writing descriptions of images - 1 point per language and image
- Editing (correcting, extending) the descriptions of images - 0.5 pts per language and image
- Adding categories to images - 0,5 pts per category and image
- Adding images to articles - 3 pts per language and article
- Finding pairs of photos for inclusion to the "Then and Now" gallery - 3 pts per pair
- Creating an article about an object from an image - 10 pts + 1 pt per 1000 bytes of information
Every participant will count their own points in a table like the following:
| Participant | Created descriptions 1 pt |
Edited descriptions 0.5 pts |
Added categories 0.5 pts |
Added images in articles 3 pts |
"Then and Now" gallery | Created articles 10+ pts |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 (+ 6 pts) | 43.5 pts |
Prizes edit
Except for barnstars on talk pages, we will try to give away a few small souvenirs.
Organisers edit
Participants edit
- Spiritia - Wikimedians of Bulgaria
- Msannakoval
- Lilitik22
- Macruzbar
- David1010
- 6AND5
- Ochilov - Wikimedians of Uzbekistan Community
- Лорд Бъмбъри – not really a participant, because I am a co-organiser, but still... (Wikimedians of Bulgaria)
- Armineaghayan
- Miljan Simonović
- Nickispeaki
- Алиса Селезньова
- Мико
- Litev
- Ilikeliljon
- Лавеол
- Чигот
- Nauka
- Аз
- Gikü
- Renessaince
- ... write down your name
Results edit
| Participant | Created descriptions 1 pt |
Edited descriptions 0.5 pts |
Added categories 0.5 pts |
Added images in articles 3 pts |
"Then and Now" gallery 3 pts |
Created articles 10+ pts |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David1010 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 (+ 0 pts) | 122 |
| Spiritia | 0 (0) | 11 (5.5) | 11 (5.5) | 22 (66) | 12 (36) | 7 (70+33) | 216 |
| 6AND5 | 203 | 6 (3) | 18 (9) | 2 (6) | 0 | 1 (10 + 1 = 11) | 232 |
| Ochilov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Лорд Бъмбъри | 9 ( 9) | 8 ( 4) | 2 ( 1) | 4 (12) | 0 ( 0) | 0 ( 0) | 25 |
| Lilitik22 | 1614 (1614 pts) | 25 (12.5 pts) | 405.5 pts | 1 (3 pts) | 0 | 1 (10+9 pts) | 2054 |
| Armineaghayan | 480(480) | 10 (5 pts) | 26 (13 pts) | 64 (193) | 18 (54) | 51 (510+249) | 1504 |
| Miljan Simonović | 124 | 0 | 0 | 13 (39) | 0 | 3 (30+19) | 212 |
| Litev | 0 | 0 | 64 | 123 | 6 | 10 (100+33) | 558 |
| Алиса Селезньова | 577 | 202 | 1455 | 359 | 25 | 20 (200+105.5) | 2863 |
| Ilikeliljon | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 (10+5) | 46 |
| Gikü | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Renessaince | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
New articles edit
Please record in the table below the articles you have written within the Challenge, so that we can keep track of them. Also, this can serve as inspiration for other people who can translate your articles in their languages.
| Date (MM-DD) | Language code | Article | Short description in English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11-15 | bg | Боян Константинов | Boyan Konstantinov, Bulgarian violinist |
| 11-15 | bg | Владимир Балючев | Vladimir Balyuchev, Bulgarian journalist |
| 11-15 | bg | Борис Мандушев | Boris Mandushev, Bulgarian public figure |
| 11-16 | bg | Скопски акведукт | Skopje Aqueduct |
| 11-16 | bg | Стефан Стойчев | Stefan Stoychev, Bulgarian revolutionary |
| 11-16 | bg | Любомир Дойчев | Lyubomir Doychev, Bulgarian writer |
| 11-17 | bg | Елисавета Йовович | Elisaveta Yovovitch, Bulgarian opera singer |
| 11-18 | bg | Енрико ди Мазей | Enrico di Mazzei, Italian opera singer |
| 11-18 | bg | Щипска крепост | Hisar stronghold, fortress in Shtip |
| 11-19 | bg | Павел Елмазов | Pavel Elmazov, Bulgarian opera singer |
| 11-19 | bg | Никола Паунчев | Nikola Paunchev, Bulgarian revolutionary |
| 11-20 | bg | Кристи Солари | Christy Solari, Italian opera singer |
| 11-21 | bg | Живоин Мишич | Zhivoin Mishich, Serbian Field Marshal |
| 11-22 | bg | Мирко Стиепич | Mirko Stiepich, Serbian politician and revolutionary |
| 11-22 | bg | Просветно единство | Prosvetno edinstvo, Bulgarian educational newspaper in the period 1934/35 - 1943/44 |
| 11-23 | bg | Велизар Пеев | Velizar Peev, Bulgarian military officer and businessman, founder of the first chocolate factory in Bulgaria |
| 11-17 | hy | Սկոպյեի ջրանցույց | Skopje Aqueduc |
| 11-17 | hy | Իվան Ցիբուլկա | Czech cellist, composer, educator |
| 11-17 | hy | Բուլղարիայի օպերայի և բալետի ազգային թատրոն | National Opera and Ballet of Bulgaria |
| 11-18 | hy | Դորա Գաբե | Bulgarian Jewish poet |
| 11-18 | hy | Ելիզավետա Բագրյանա | Bulgarian poet |
| 11-19 | hy | Զորկա Յորդանովա | Bulgarian actress |
| 11-19 | hy | Կոստա Մանոյլովիչ | Serbian composer, ethnomusicologist, educator and choral conductor |
| 11-19 | hy | Ռիլայի վանական համալիր | the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria |
| 11-20 | hy | Յանա Յազովա | Bulgarian intellectual and writer |
| 11-20 | hy | Չավդար Մութաֆով | Bulgarian architect and writer |
| 11-21 | hy | Ասեն Ռազցվետնիկով | Bulgarian poet, writer and translator |
| 11-21 | hy | Պոիբրենե | A village in the Panagyurishte municipality, western Bulgaria |
| 11-22 | hy | Տասոս | Greek island |
| 11-22 | hy | Ասենի ամրոց | Asen's Fortress |
| 11-23 | hy | Ալեքսանդրովսկա համալսարանական հիվանդանոց | Aleksandrovska University Hospital |
| 11-23 | hy | Սուրբ Սոֆիայի եկեղեցի (Օխրիդ) | Church of St. Sophia, Ohrid |
| 11-23 | hy | Տրան | Tran, small town in Bulgaria |
| 11-23 | hy | Վասիլ Լևսկու հուշարձան (Կառլովո) | Vasil Levski Monument (Karlovo) |
| 11-23 | hy | Մարին Վասիլև | Bulgarian sculptor |
| 11-24 | hy | Ալեքսանդր II-ի հուշարձան (Սոֆիա) | Equestrian monument in the centre of Sofia |
| 11-24 | hy | Լյուդմիլա Պրոկոպովա | Chech-bulgarian opera singer |
| 11-24 | hy | Նադյա Նոժարովա | Bulgarian Operetta singer and actress |
| 11-25 | hy | Պլովդիվի միջազգային տոնավաճառ | International Fair Plovdiv |
| 11-25 | hy | Դիմիտր Դոբրովիչ | First academically-trained Bulgarian painter |
| 11-26 | hy | Ստեֆանա Գանդևա | Bulgarian actress |
| 11-26 | hy | Իվան Վազովի անվան ազգային թատրոն | Bulgaria's national theatre |
| 11-26 | hy | Իվան Վազովի անվան ազգային գրադարան | Ivan Vazov National Library |
| 11-27 | hy | Գեորգի Աթանասով | Bulgarian composer |
| 11-27 | hy | Պենչո Սլավեյկով | Bulgarian writer |
| 11-27 | hy | Վրանա պալատ | Vrana Palace |
| 11-28 | hy | Դոխոդնո զդանիե | Dohodno Zdanie |
| 11-28 | q:hy | Ֆերդինանդ I (Բուլղարիայի թագավոր) | 1300th article in armenian Wikiquote - Ferdinand I |
| 11-29 | hy | Ցվետան Ռադոսլավով | Tsvetan Radoslavov, author of the national anthem of Bulgaria, Mila Rodino. |
| 11-30 | hy | Մուսալա | Musala, the highest peak in the Balkan Peninsula |
| 12-01 | hy | Լյուբա Վելիչ | Bulgarian-Austrian operatic soprano |
| 12-02 | hy | Վենելին Գանև | Bulgarian lawyer, diplomat, and politician, one of the regents of underage tsar Simeon II |
| 12-03 | hy | Ռակովսկու անվան ռազմական ակադեմիա | Rakovski Defence and Staff Colleg, Bulgaria's oldest military institution of higher education. |
| 12-03 | hy | Ռուժա Դելչևա | Bulgarian stage and film actress |
| 12-04 | hy | Նիկոլայ Լիլիև | Bulgarian writer. Member of Bulgarian National Academy |
| 12-04 | hy | Անգել Կարալիյչև | Bulgarian writer of children's literature |
| 12-05 | hy | Մոիսեյ Զլատին | General conductor of National Opera and Ballet of Bulgaria (1922-1924, 1929, 1932-1936) |
| 12-06 | hy | Կենտրոնական ռազմական ակումբ (Սոֆիա) | Central Military Club |
| 12-07 | hy | Իվան Լազարով (քանդակագործ) | Bulgarian sculptor and academician Ivan Lazarov |
| 12-07 | hy | Դրագոմիր Կազակով | Bulgarian opera singer, actor |
| 12-07 | hy | Արծիվների կամուրջ (Սոֆիա) | Eagles' Bridge, Sofia |
| 12-08 | hy | Ֆրանտիշեկ Ստուպկա | Czech violinist and conductor. Honored Artist of Chekhosovakia |
| 12-09 | hy | Դեչկո Ուզունով | Bulgarian painter Dechko Uzunov |
| 12-10 | hy | Սերբ-բուլղարական պատերազմում զոհվածների հուշարձան (Վիդին) | Memorial of Victims in Serbo-Bulgarian War in Vidin |
| 12-10 | hy | Ադրիանա Բուդևսկա | Bulgarian actress |
| 12-11 | hy | Ռայկո Ալեքսիև | Bulgarian caricaturist, and writer of feuilletons |
| 11-26 | bg | Бата | Global footwear and fashion accessory manufacturer and retailer |
| 11-27 | bg | Щернова консерватория | Private music school in Berlin with many notable tutors and alumni |
| 11-30 | bg | Централна фотографска занаятчийска кооперация | Central Photographic Craftsman Cooperation in Sofia |
| 11-30 | bg | Каснаковски нимфеум | Nymphaeum in Kasnakovo, Bulgaria |
| 12-01 | bg | Феликс Граф фон Ботмер | German general |
| 12-01 | bg | Херман Кьовес фон Кьовесхаза | Commander-in-Chief of Austria-Hungary |
| 12-02 | bg | Стамболов мост | Famous bridge and historical landmark in Beliko Tarnovo |
| 12-06 | bg | Св. св. Константин и Елена (Варна) | Monastery in Bulgaria |
| 12-06 | bg | Армин Хегедюш | Hungarian architect |
| 12-13 | bg | Симеон Андреев | Bulgarian writer |
| 12-11 | hy | Դիմիտր Միխալչև | Bulgarian philosopher, member of Bulgarian Academy of Science |
| 12-14 | hy | Շտերնի անվան կոնսերվատորիա | Private music school in Berlin |
| 12-15 | bg | Илия Куртев | Bulgarian public figure and revolutionary |
Helpful tools edit
EditDescriptions edit
- User:MarkTraceur/editDescriptions.js – A tool for fast editing of descriptions on Commons. Import it by adding
importScript( 'User:MarkTraceur/editDescriptions.js');to your common.js on Commons (e.g. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Лорд_Бъмбъри/common.js).
Cat-a-lot edit
- Used for: Mass categorization / recategorization / uncategorization of files in Commons.
- Activation: Every user can activate it from their Preferences >> tab "Gadgets" >> Tools for categories >> Cat-a-lot
- How to use it: c:Help:Gadget-Cat-a-lot
CatScan edit
- Used for: Generating on demand category tree intersections of a category with/without another category, with/without templates, namespaces, various parameters related to byte size, time of last edit, links, red links, redirects, etc.
- Address: https://tools.wmflabs.org/catscan3/catscan2.php
GLAMorous edit
- Used for: Checking which files from a Commons category are used in which project
- Address: https://tools.wmflabs.org/glamtools/glamorous.php
- Example:
- Category on Commons = Wiki Expedition Dimitrovgrad - Dragoman 2015
- Search depth = 2
- ☑ Show details ☐ Show limited details ☐ Main namespace only
- Projects ☑ all
GLAMify edit
- Used for: Helping other/smaller Wikipedias make good use of those collections based on the already existing usage of those images on Wikipedia in another language.
- Address: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ijon/GLAMify
- Example: Request
# sr; bg; Wiki Expedition Dimitrovgrad - Dragoman 2015 Day 2; Spiritia
has yielded the following result: User:Ijon/GLAMify/2015/10/Wiki Expedition Dimitrovgrad - Dragoman 2015 Day 2 sr bg - How to use it:
- Checks for only two languages at a time, and the results for
# sr; bg; ...
will be most probably different from the results for# bg; sr; ...
- It only checks the category that has been given as parameter, no traversing its subcategories
- Multiple requests are handled.
- Checks for only two languages at a time, and the results for
GeoLocator edit
- Used for: Finding geolocation coordinates of objects
- Address: http://tools.freeside.sk/geolocator/geolocator.html
- How to use it:
- Browse the map and place the location marker using [Ctrl+click] or [Alt+click]
- Specify the type of the object from a dropdown menu
- Any change in the parameters immediately leads to change in the automatically filled in "Basic wikipedia/commons templates:": Coord (@ English Wikipedia), Location (@ Commons), Object location (@ Commons)
- Click on coordinate markup in preferred format to copy it to clipboard.