The Record: Australian Music On Wikipedia
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* [https://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/afternoons/afternoons/13660030 James Gaunt talks to Jacinta Parsons about why The Record matters (2:24:00)] - ABC Melbourne, Dec 2021 | * [https://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/afternoons/afternoons/13660030 James Gaunt talks to Jacinta Parsons about why The Record matters (2:24:00)] - ABC Melbourne, Dec 2021 | ||
* [https://www.pedestrian.tv/music/wikipedia-aussie-music/ Wikipedia Is A Depressing Wasteland When It Comes To Aussie Music But That’s About To Change] - Pedestrian, Dec 2021 | * [https://www.pedestrian.tv/music/wikipedia-aussie-music/ Wikipedia Is A Depressing Wasteland When It Comes To Aussie Music But That’s About To Change] - Pedestrian, Dec 2021 | ||
* [https://limelightmagazine.com.au/news/expanding-australian-musics-presence-on-wikipedia/ Expanding Australian music’s presence on Wikipedia - Limelight, Fev 2022 | * [https://limelightmagazine.com.au/news/expanding-australian-musics-presence-on-wikipedia/ Expanding Australian music’s presence on Wikipedia] - Limelight, Fev 2022 | ||
Revision as of 00:09, 17 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, Register here
- 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.
Articles Created
- Aarght Records
- Anti Fade Records
- The Australian Music Vault
- Beat Magazine
- Byron J Scullin
- Cable Ties
- Corduroy Records
- Cry Club
- Divide and Dissolve
- The John Curtin Hotel
- Mary Mihelakos
- Music Street Press of Australia
- The Ovarian Sisters
- Robin Fox
- Roza Terenzi
- Spinifex Gum
- Tijuana Cartel
- Treetops
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
- Expanding Australian music’s presence on Wikipedia - Limelight, Fev 2022