Wikipedia:GLAM/ARKive

In the Summer of 2011, Wikimedia UK and ARKive are collaborating on a project to improve Wikipedia's articles on threatened species. This will involve sharing some of ARKive's text content with Wikipedia, and community outreach through online and offline events. This will involve a fixed-period in-residence role that we are calling Wikipedia Outreach Ambassador. Andy Mabbett, known on Wikipedia as User:Pigsonthewing, has been appointed to this role, starting on 11 July. He's written a blog post about the role.

Background

For background and contacts, please see the Wikimedia UK page for the project.

The project

The project will involve internal tasks of improving content and liaising with the Wikipedia and Wikiproject communities. Internal tasks will include:

• Improving the target articles using text and references from an agreed selection of ARKive's fact-files. This includes both extending and improving the content of the articles and increasing the number of helpful wiki-links between articles.
• Adding external links from target articles to relevant ARKive pages, on a wide range of specific species.
• Informing other language Wikipedias of relevant articles in English, where this is not already being done by Wikipedia's processes.
• Keeping relevant Wikiprojects informed of the improvement work.

Events

We held two events, on the afternoon, and again in the evening of 15 September, in Bristol, using the hashtag #GLAMARKive on Twitter.

You can read more about the events.

Templates and categories

• {{ARKive attribute}} - for giving attribution (use in references section). Adds articles to the hidden category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from ARKive.
• {{ARKive}} - for adding external links to articles. Adds articles to the hidden category ARKive links.
• {{GLAMARKive}} - for talk pages of articles incorporating text donated by Wildscreen. Adds articles to the hidden category ARKive texts.
• Category:Wikipedia-ARKive collaboration

How to take part

As part of this collaboration Wildscreen have kindly agreed to release the text (note: not images or other media) of 200 of their ARKive articles (listed below) under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL.

Those agreed to date are listed below, together with some suggested article sections for expansion.

How to transfer content

This is a detailed list; don't worry if you can only complete some of the steps.

1. Search ARKive to get to the appropriate page.
2. Click on the icon for "print fact sheet". (It is a little icon to the right of the "A"s, in the upperish right.) This will give you all the text on one page, useful for cut and pasting. You can also scroll through the individual tabs (same content though).
3. Decide which sections of text are helpful and transfer them to the Wiki article. Some articles may only need a small update. Others that are stubby, can get a huge head start. Some can just use isolated sections. Make sure to transfer the list of Arkive references as well. (Easiest is just to transfer as a set into the Wiki article references section.)
4. Add {{ARKive}} in the external links section if appropriate. (Note the template instructions are helpful for understanding how to fill in the fields. Or compare how African elephant or other completed improvements do it.)
5. Format the refs, wikilink text, do any other quick edits to integrate.
6. To show attribution, insert {{ARKive attribute}} between the references header and the first reference.
7. Consider using this edit summary: Text from [[ARKive]] donated by [[Wildscreen]] under CC-BY-SA 3.0 & GFDL; see [[Wikipedia:GLAM/ARKive]]
8. Add {{GLAMARKive}} to the article's talk page.
9. Return to this page and strike-through the relevant item, below, so that we can keep track of progress.
10. Also, copy the link for the improved article to the relevant Work done section; please feel free to sign, so everyone can see how hard you're working ;-)
11. If additions were substantial, and eligible, investigate getting a WP:DYK award - you can ask on this project's talk page if you need help, or a nominator. Or seek Peer review with a view to obtaining good article or featured article status.

For an example of how ARKive text can be incorporated into a Wikipedia article, please see this change to the African Elephant article.

Inter-wiki

Once articles are improved using the donated texts, editors are invited to:

• translate them into other languages (or tell other people who might do so, about this project)
• re-write them in simple English

Articles

Donated texts

Wildscreen have agreed to release their ARKive text about the following species (more to follow). Struck through titles have been improved, and moved to the section below.

Mammals

1. Arabian oryx: Biology
2. Aye-aye: Biology - reproduction
3. Bornean orang-utan: Description/Biology
4. Red-shanked douc: Threats/Conservation
5. European bison: Biology - diet/Conservation
6. Ganges river dolphin: Biology/Conservation
7. Giant anteater: Description/Biology
8. Indri: Description/Biology
9. Lion-tailed macaque: Biology
10. Proboscis monkey: Biology - reproduction
11. Red wolf: Biology
12. African elephant: Description/Range/Conservation
13. Asian elephant: Diet/Effect of their diet on environment
14. Western gorilla: Description
15. African wild dog: Biology/Conservation
16. African forest elephant: Biology
17. Amur leopard I'll work on this one Maxgecko (talk) 21:58, 15 September 2011 (UTC): Biology
18. Giant armadillo: Description/Biology/Threats/Conservation
19. Argali
20. Beluga whale: threats
21. Black rhinoceros: conservation
22. Bush dog
23. Chimpanzee: threats and conservation
24. Forest elephant
25. Golden lion tamarin
26. Iberian lynx: threats and conservation
27. Mandrill: threats and conservation
28. Okapi: reproduction
29. Pygmy hog
30. Quokka
31. Spectacled bear
32. Takin
33. Yangtze river dolphin: biology
34. Kouprey
35. Narwhal: repro and conservation
36. Banteng
37. Fishing cat
38. Kit fox
39. Maned wolf
40. Mountain gazelle
41. Hippopotamus: threats and conservation
42. Saola
43. Mountain zebra
44. Pygmy marmoset
45. Gemsbok
46. Mouflon
47. Vaquita - Currently working on this Liabet (talk) 15:00, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
48. Aardvark

Fish

1. Southern stingray: Description/Biology
2. Pygmy seahorse: Description/Biology
3. Knysna seahorse: Description/Biology
4. Common seahorse: Description/Biology
5. Weedy seadragon: Description
6. Yellowfin tuna: Biology
7. Southern bluefin tuna: Biology
8. Manta ray: Biology
9. Scalloped hammerhead: Description/Biology
10. Humphead wrasse: Biology/Habitat/Range
11. Beluga: Description/Biology
12. Swordfish: Biology
13. Sand tiger shark: Description/Biology
14. Black sea bass (Stereolepis gigas): Description/Biology
15. Bull shark I'll edit this one angharad84 (UTC)]]: Biology
16. Nurse shark: Biology
17. Rainbow parrotfish: Description/Biology/Habitat
18. Atlantic halibut: Description/Biology/Habitat
19. Danube salmon: Description/Biology/Habitat
20. Giant guitarfish: Description/Biology/Habitat
21. Lemon shark: Description/Biology/Habitat

Birds

1. Galapagos penguin - has very few references in current Wikipedia article
2. Kakapo our article is an FA and would not benefit from incorporation of arkive content Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:22, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
3. Hyacinth macaw:
4. Great spotted kiwi:
5. whooping crane:
6. saker falcon
7. Andean flamingo
8. Bali starling
9. black-browed albatross
10. Black-necked crane
11. North Island Brown Kiwi
12. Japanese crane
13. African penguin
14. Fiordland crested penguin
15. Humboldt penguin
16. Maleo
17. royal penguin
18. takahe
19. Great snipe
20. Tawny eagle
21. Galapagos hawk
22. Great bustard
23. Southern rockhopper penguin
24. Swan goose
25. Blue bird of paradise
26. Imperial eagle
27. Blue swallow
28. Indian vulture
29. Red junglefowl
30. Gentoo penguin

Reptiles

1. African rock python
2. Hawksbill turtle
3. Green iguana
4. Hermann's tortoise
5. Nile crocodile
6. Gila monster
7. Egyptian tortoise
8. Green anaconda
9. Rosy boa
10. Nile monitor
11. Common box turtle
12. tiger chameleon
13. Galapagos marine iguana
14. Greek tortoise
15. Chinese alligator
16. Black caiman
17. Dwarf crocodile
18. King ratsnake
19. Dwarf chameleon
20. African burrowing python
21. Rhinoceros iguana
22. Wood turtle
23. Alligator snapping turtle
24. Ornate box turtle
25. Cuban crocodile
26. Woma python
27. Pancake tortoise
28. Satanic leaf-tailed gecko
29. Brown leaf chameleon (Brookesia superciliaris) - new article

Amphibians

1. Chinese giant salamander
2. Golden toad
3. Goliath frog
4. Japanese giant salamander
5. Dyscophus antongilii - basically replaced the few-line stub that was there
6. Darwin's frog
7. Western leopard toad
8. Waterfall frog
9. Mountain chicken
10. African giant toad
11. Mallorcan midwife toad
12. Sunset frog
13. Water frog - new article

Terrestrial + fresh water invertebrates

1. Apollo butterfly
2. Coconut crab
3. Giant freshwater crayfish
4. Yabbie crayfish
5. Noble crayfish
6. Curlyhair Tarantula
7. Mexican Fireleg
8. Mexican redknee tarantula
9. Emperor Scorpion
10. Dracula ants
11. Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus)
12. Freshwater pearl mussel
13. Aldabra banded snail
14. Cook Strait giant weta

Marine invertebrates

1. Giant clam
2. Horseshoe crab
3. Black abalone
4. Small giant clam
5. Southern giant clam
6. Fire corals (general page)

Plants

1. African blackwood
2. Boreal Felt Lichen
3. Bristlecone pine
4. coco de mer
5. Forest Coconut
6. Giant sequoia
7. Green pitcher plant
8. Jellyfish Tree
9. Maidenhair tree
10. Monkey puzzle
11. Pau brasil
12. Thief palm
13. Titan arum
14. Venus Fly trap
15. Wollemi Pine
16. Dracula vampira
17. Dragon Tree (Dracaena draco)
18. Baku (Tieghemella heckelii)
19. Olulu
20. Cretan dittany - I'll work on this. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:52, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
21. Cretan date palm
22. Rafflesia (general page)
23. Fairy slipper orchid
24. Sapele
25. White mahogany
26. African walnut (Lovoa trichilioides)
27. Grandidier’s baobab
28. lava cactus
29. Azobe
30. Lawson's cypress
31. Underground orchid (Rhizanthella gardneri)
32. Star cactus (Astrophytum asterias)
33. Eastern Cape dwarf cycad (Encephalartos caffer) - new article

Fungi

1. Bloxam's entoloma (Entoloma bloxamii) - new article
2. Pig's ear
3. Violet crown-cupour article would not benefit from incorporation of arkive content
4. Pepper pot our article would not benefit from incorporation of arkive content
5. Golden gilled bolete

Work done

Mammals

1. African elephant - Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing)
2. Giant Armadillo - Aurous One
3. European bison - Aurous One
4. Bornean orangutan - Aurous One
5. Ganges river dolphin - Aurous One
6. Takin: (Diff) Expanded considerably. User:MartinPoulter

Fishes

1. Southern stingray: (Diff) Expanded from a stub - Aurous
2. Atlantic halibut: (Diff) Expanded somewhat - Cwmhiraeth
3. Manta ray: (Diff) Added description and part of biology. Cwmhiraeth
4. Knysna seahorse: (Diff) Added Description and Biology. Cwmhiraeth
5. Pygmy seahorse: (Diff)Added Description and Biology. Cwmhiraeth
6. Weedy seadragon: (Diff) Lewiscj

Birds

1. Hyacinth macaw (diff) - Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing)
2. Blue Swallow (Diff) - Added description and biology. User:Cwmhiraeth
3. Gentoo penguin (diff) Bs5er (talk) 15:34, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Reptiles

1. Common box turtle: For this one, was able to quickly get from a stub to maybe a B class article in content. Very helpful! TCO
2. Hawksbill turtle: No text transferred. Could not find any gap that they help us with. We have a featured article and it is pretty integrated.TCO
3. African rock python (Diff): xferred all ARKIVE text. We had a C article, but takes us to B. They have more length and a lot of our text was unreferenced.TCO
4. Brown leaf chameleon - new article (anon)
5. Pancake tortoise (Diff) - Calliopejen1
6. Satanic leaf-tailed gecko (448582170) - added a couple of new sections and generally expanded and added references to others. Wikisamia
7. Hermann's tortoise (Diff) - Hula-Hoop
8. tiger chameleon (Diff)- Able to transfer almost directly a lot of the text to add sections and expand article. Also added image from commons - Wikisamia

Amphibians

1. Mountain chicken - anon
2. Water frog - new article - Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing)

Terrestrial + fresh water invertebrates

1. Apollo butterfly: Added several sections and linked refs. Dger
2. Curlyhair Tarantula - Bugboy52.40
3. Mexican Fireleg - Bugboy52.40
4. Freshwater pearl mussel done! Calliopejen1
5. Cook Strait giant weta (Diff)- Expanded from stub - Cwmhiraeth
6. Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish (Diff) - vastly expanded Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing)

Marine invertebrates

1. Maxima clam (small giant clam) (Diff) - No longer a stub. Cwmhiraeth
2. Black abalone (Diff)
3. Fire corals (Diff) - Cwmhiraeth

Plants

1. Dracula vampira (Diff) expanded from a few line stub. SmartSE
2. Erioderma pedicellatum expanded conservation efforts. Graeme Bartlett
3. coco de mer threats conservation and habitat used. Graeme Bartlett
4. Bristlecone pine Tried to incorporate what I could but the ARKive article is pretty short and has at least one inaccuracy ("Bristlecone pines inhabit the harsh environments of the western Sierra Nevada Mountains, where there is very little moisture" - in fact the western Sierras are wetter than the eastern Sierras and these pines are more to the east, with many not even in the Sierras - see http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?195,210,225 and http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?195,210,213 ). More added there (Diff); and to Pinus longaeva (Diff).
5. Underground orchid (Diff) - Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing)
6. Jellyfish Tree redirects to Medusagyne (Diff) About doubled in size, no longer a stub. Graeme Bartlett
7. Star cactus (Astrophytum asterias) (Diff) Over 50% increase - Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing)
8. Encephalartos caffer new article Graeme Bartlett
9. Thief palm (Diff) - added description to stub article - Cwmhiraeth
10. Pau brasil (Diff) - Added description - Cwmhiraeth
11. Azobe (Diff) - Added description and biology. No longer a stub. - Cwmhiraeth
12. Green pitcher plant (Diff) - Elefunkie

Fungi

1. Bloxam's entoloma - new article (Diff) - Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing) + another
2. Golden-gilled bolete (Diff) - improved from a one-sentence stub.
3. Pig's ear (Diff) - edited threats and conservation section (User:Inthefieldnews)

Other

Edited

The following articles have also been edited as part of this project:

• ARKive
• Wildscreen
• Wildscreen Festival
• Parnassius autocrator
• Andrew Bloxam
• Other articles had {{ARKive}} added
• Various disambiguation pages
• Relevant project talk/ to-do pages

Created

The following articles have been created as part of this project:

• George McGavin (Wildscreen patron)
• A great many redirects (differing capitalisations, common names to scientific names, alternative common names, etc.)

Nominated

Peer review

• African elephant

Coverage elsewhere

• Fatbirder- 22 July 2011
• Connecting Bristol - 8 September 2011
• Bristol 24/7 - 16 September 2011
• Life’s wild editing Wikipedia - 16 September 2011