Wikipedia:GLAM/Washington State Historical Society

Washington State History Museum Arch (Tacoma, Washington)

Welcome to the Washington State Historical Society on the English Wikipedia! This is a project focused on sharing Washington State Historical Society resources with the public and improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the history of Washington and the Pacific Northwest. Our goal is to encourage collaboration between the Wikimedia community, the Washington State Historical Society, and other cultural organizations contributing content to related WikiProjects and enhance learning experiences for Wikipedians. Please make suggestions for accomplishing this goal on the talk page.

News

Check back soon for news about GLAM/WSHS projects.

Scope

Guiding principles

• Encourage and contribute Wikipedia content related to the history of Washington and the Pacific Northwest.
• Improve and increase public access to Washington StateHistorical Society resources that support Wikipedians’ research and writing.
• Encourage online volunteer assistance with the GLAM/WSHS WikiProject.

WSHS resources

The Washington State Historical Society collects, preserves, and shares the state’s history. As a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1891, the WSHS is recognized by the State of Washington as a trustee agency. It owns and operates the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, Washington.

Project Goals

• Expand Wikipedia content.
• Enhance learning experiences for Wikipedians.
• Actively support other Wikimedia collaborations.
• Serve as a model Wikipedia project.

Tasks

• Assist individual Wikipedians and WikiProject collaborations with content research, writing, and editing.
• Identify and attribute WSHS-related resources on Wikimedia sites.
• Share WSHS resources as allowed under copyright laws.
• Request digitization of WSHS resources to assist Wikipedians with online research.
• Participate in related Wikimedia GLAM initiatives.
• Host GLAM/WSHS events.
• Track outcomes of GLAM/WSHS efforts.

Expected outcomes

• Improve Wikipedia content related to the history of Washington or the Pacific Northwest using the extensive resources of the WSHS.
• Organize activities for Wikimedia volunteers to encourage and facilitate use of WSHS resources for Wikipedia content development and develop Wikipedia editing skills.
• Collaborate with Wikipedians and other WikiProjects to develop content that relates to Washington history topics and the history of the Pacific Northwest.
  • The intention is not to duplicate other WikiProjects, but to enhance these efforts with relevant content and related WSHS resources.
  • The WSHS editor, Suffrage100wa, functions as a liaison for connecting the Wikimedia community to the WSHS.
• Serve as a model GLAM project for state and local history historical organizations.

Participate

We’re glad to have you join the GLAM/WSHS WikiProject.

Participants list

Please add your username to the participants list so we can keep in touch.

Wikimedians

• Add your username here
• Peaceray (talk)
• Jmabel | Talk

Washington State Historical Society staff

• Add your username here
• User:Suffrage100wa (talk)

Getting started

There are several ways to participate in GLAM/WSHS.

• Create/enhance Wikipedia content.
  • Please take a look at the GLAM/WSHS Projects list for suggestions.
• New to Wikipedia?
  • If you are new to Wikipedia, please start here: Beginners Guide to Wikipedia.
  • If you have a specific question about GLAM/WSHS, please leave a message on the GLAM/WSHS talk page.
• When you are ready to begin working on GLAM/WSHS, select an article to edit or pick a topic from the GLAM/WSHS Projects list.

Volunteer support

Suffrage100wa, is currently the Washington State Historical Society's Wikimedia liason, and in this capacity, seeks to support GLAM/WSHS participants in improving existing and creating new Wikipedia and Wikimedia content related to the history of Washington and the Pacific Northwest. GLAM/WSHS tasks include reviewing, writing, and editing Wikipedia content; requesting digitization of WSHS resources to assist Wikimedians with research; participating in Wikipedia and GLAM initiatives to encourage collaboration; hosting GLAM/WSHS events; and tracking GLAM/WSHS outcomes. This public historian welcomes collaborations on projects related to Washington history or assisting in locating related resources. Feel free to post a message on Suffrage100wa talk.

Activities

Events

• GLAM/WSHS plans to host informal events for the Wikipedia community at the Washington State History Museum, the Washington State Historical Society's headquarters in Tacoma, WA, beginning in 2019.
• Check the News section for details on upcoming GLAM/WSHS events.
• If you have event suggestions, please post it on the GLAM/WSHS talk page. New ideas are always welcome.

GLAM/WSHS projects list

Under constructions – check back soon.

Importance guidelines

Importance	Meaning	Examples
Top	Articles of critical significance where Washington State Historical Society resources provide critical context for the article.	Washington (state) and Seattle
High	Articles of important significance where Washington State Historical Society resources provide critical context for the article.	Grand Coulee Dam and Salishan languages
Mid	Articles in which an Washington State Historical Society resource is a major component or source and articles concerning important WSHS-related locations, people, or events.	Ezra Meeker and Bainbridge Island, Washington
Low	Articles that are tangentially related to the Washington State Historical Society or its resources in some way.	Bastyr University and Snoqualmie Valley
NA	Non-article pages related to this WikiProject.	WSHS-related files, project pages, templates, and categories
???	Unknown articles that have not yet been assigned importance to this project, but have been tagged as related to the Washington State Historical Society or its resources in some way.

Article assessment

• Please submit new or expanded articles to a related WikiProject for assessment.
  • WikiProject United States
  • WikiProject Washington
  • WikiProject Seattle
  • WikiProject Museums
  • WikiProject Biography
• If your article does not fit into one the WikiProjects listed above, please post a message on the GLAM/WSHS talk page. GLAM/WSHS will review it using the established Wikipedia assessment guidelines and give you feedback.

Requests

GLAM/WSHS is interested in collaborating with the Wikipedia community on topics related to the history of Washington and the Pacific Northwest using WSHS resources.

• Learn more about the Washington State Historical Society.
  • Refer to the Washington State Historical Society page or visit the Washington State Historical Society website.
  • Browse the WSHS on-line collections catalog and the WSHS digital image collections catalog for content materials.

Discuss

Please leave a post on the GLAM/WSHS talk page with topics you would like to discuss.