The Record: Australian Music On Wikipedia
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Revision as of 07:16, 21 February 2022
Putting Australian music on the record – new Wikipedia projects aims to increase discoverability of Australian artists
Wikipedia is one of the most popular websites in the world. Its content is often the first to appear in web searches, yet if you searched for Beat magazine, National Indigenous Music Award nominee Stuart Joel Nuggett, or composer Robin Fox, none of these had Wikipedia entries up until recently.
Wikimedia Australia and the Australia Council for the Arts have partnered on a new project The Record - Australian Music on Wikipedia which aims to increase the visibility of Australian content on Wikipedia and make it easier for global audiences to discover great Australian music.
Through four edit-a-thon events across Australia, The Record will grow the low number of Wikipedia articles about Australian musicians, organisations and publications. Volunteers will be invited to be trained to edit, expand, and create new articles related to a diverse range of Australian music and musicians.
See below for some of the many articles we have created and improved so far.
Events
- The Record: Melbourne Music Week Edit-a-thon, Saturday 11 December 2021, 10am - 1pm, Collingwood Yards
- The Record: Australian Music Centre, Friday 18 February 2022, 10am - 1pm, Online.
- The Country Record: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Thursday 17 March 2022, 2pm - 5pm, Online, Register here
Partners
Founding Partner
Event partners
Australian Music Vault, Australian Music Centre, Country Music Association of Australia and APRA AMCOS.
31 Articles Created
- Aarght Records
- Aaron Wyatt
- Anne Cawrse
- Anti Fade Records
- The Australian Music Vault
- Beat Magazine
- Bree van Reyk
- Brenda Gifford
- Byron J Scullin
- Cable Ties
- Christopher Sainsbury
- Corduroy Records
- Cry Club
- Divide and Dissolve
- The John Curtin Hotel
- Keyna Wilkins
- Lachlan Skipworth
- Liquid Architecture
- Mary Mihelakos
- Music Street Press of Australia
- Music Victoria
- Nat Bartsch
- The Ovarian Sisters
- Robin Fox
- Roza Terenzi
- Sounds Australia
- Speak Percussion
- Spinifex Gum
- Spirit Level
- Tijuana Cartel
- Treetops
18 Articles Improved
The project Dashboard is available here.
Contact
Project Coordinator, James Gaunt: contact@wikimedia.org.au
Credits
Illustration: Rubii Red
Further reading
- Wikipedia 'edit-a-thons' set to amplify Australian music scene's Wikipedia presence - ABC, Dec 2021
- James Gaunt talks to Jacinta Parsons about why The Record matters (2:24:00) - ABC Melbourne, Dec 2021
- Wikipedia Is A Depressing Wasteland When It Comes To Aussie Music But That’s About To Change - Pedestrian, Dec 2021
- Wikimedia launches initiative to boost Wikipedia coverage of Aussie acts - The Music Network, Dec 2021
- Want More Aussie Music Names In Wikipedia? - Mixdown, Dec 2021
- Expanding Australian music’s presence on Wikipedia - Limelight, Fev 2022