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[https://australianmusicvault.com.au Australian Music Vault], [https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/ Australian Music Centre], [https://www.country.com.au/ Country Music Association of Australia] and [https://www.apraamcos.com.au/ APRA AMCOS]. | [https://australianmusicvault.com.au Australian Music Vault], [https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/ Australian Music Centre], [https://www.country.com.au/ Country Music Association of Australia] and [https://www.apraamcos.com.au/ APRA AMCOS]. | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarght_Records Aarght Records] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarght_Records Aarght Records] | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobe_Newton Dobe Newton] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobe_Newton Dobe Newton] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Griswold Erik Griswold] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Griswold Erik Griswold] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Coast_Music_Awards Gold Coast Music Awards] | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halyna_Korin Halyna Korin] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halyna_Korin Halyna Korin] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_John_Curtin_Hotel The John Curtin Hotel] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_John_Curtin_Hotel The John Curtin Hotel] | ||
Revision as of 01:48, 21 March 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.
Partners
Founding Partner
Event partners
Australian Music Vault, Australian Music Centre, Country Music Association of Australia and APRA AMCOS.
41 Articles Created
- Aarght Records
- Aaron Wyatt
- Amanda Villepastour
- Anne Cawrse
- Anti Fade Records
- The Australian Music Vault
- Beat Magazine
- Bree van Reyk
- Brenda Gifford
- Byron J Scullin
- Cable Ties
- Camille Trail
- Christopher Sainsbury
- Corduroy Records
- Cry Club
- Divide and Dissolve
- Dobe Newton
- Erik Griswold
- Gold Coast Music Awards
- Halyna Korin
- The John Curtin Hotel
- Keyna Wilkins
- Lachlan Skipworth
- Liquid Architecture
- Mary Mihelakos
- Melody Pool
- Music Street Press of Australia
- Music Victoria
- Nadje Noordhuis
- Nat Bartsch
- The Ovarian Sisters
- Robin Fox
- Room40
- Roza Terenzi
- Sounds Australia
- Speak Percussion
- Spinifex Gum
- Spirit Level
- Tijuana Cartel
- Tom Curtain
- Treetops
22 Articles Improved
- 2016 in classical music
- ARIA Hall of Fame
- ANU School of Music
- Australian classical music
- Australian Music Centre
- Claire Edwardes
- Ensemble Offspring
- Felix Riebl
- Gina Williams
- Gondwana Choirs
- Hamed Sadeghi
- Helen Gifford
- Inpress
- Judy Bailey
- Matthew Hindson
- Mod Con
- Poison City Records
- R.I.P Society Records
- Resident Advisor
- Ross Hannaford
- Sally Greenaway
- Vanessa Tomlinson
The project Dashboard is available here.
Contact
Project Coordinator, James Gaunt: contact@wikimedia.org.au
Credits
Illustration: Rubii Red is a proud Lama Lama woman from Cape York, QLD, but has grown up and live in Narm (Melbourne, VIC) majority of her life. She’s an artist, Twitch streamer, aspiring videographer and an activist, who uses her art to speak about important issues to her and her community.
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, Feb 2022
- Push for More Australian Music on Wikipedia - The Violin Channel, Feb 2022