Europeana/1914-18/Wikimedia Norge/Editing contest

Wikimedia Norge takes part in the Europeana 1914–18 online campaign. The campaign runs until 31 July 2017.

Online editing contest edit

The online editing contest on World War I and the time period 1914-1918 in Norway ran from 29 May to 18 June. To help inspire participating in the contest User:Profoss made a list of articles missing and a list of ships sunk in the current Norwegian economical sector during the battle of Jutland:

We made a list list of articles missing
We made a list of ships sunk in the current Norwegian economical sector during the battle of Jutland from The Directorate of Cultural Heritage's Kulturminnesøk (Search for Norwegian cultural heritage sites)

Outcome: 29 new or improved articles, 504 sources added, 392 kB added.

James Alfred Ewing 1855–1935, on Norwegian bokmål Wikipedia

Færøyene under første verdenskrig, on Norwegian bokmål Wikipedia / Faroe Islands during World war I

Noreg under fyrste verdskrig, on Norwegian nynorsk Wikipedia / Norway during World War I

Remembrance Day, on Norwegian bokmål Wikipedia

Online editing contest on the first world war, week 23, 2011
Online editing contest on the first world war, week 30-31, 2014. Outcome: 58 new articles, 297 sources added, 366 kB added
Online editing contest on the first world war, week 26, 2016. Outcome: 15 sources added and 15 kB added