[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mapping Wikipedia artciles

[Andy Mabbett]

On 15 August 2014 21:47, Matthijs Melissen <info at matthijsmelissen.nl> wrote:
>
>>    wikipedia en:St Paul's Church, Birmingham
>
> Do we add the equals sign after wikipedia, or do we use wikipedia:en?

Yes, sorry - that should be:

  wikipedia=en:St Paul's Church, Birmingham

>> You can see local, geotagged Wikipedia articles on this map:
>>
>> https://tools.wmflabs.org/wiwosm/osm-on-ol/kml-on-ol.php?la=en&uselang=en&lon=-1.865&lat=52.450&rang=50&map=1
>
> I don't understand that map very well. Is there a legend?

You're looking for a pin with a "W" in it.

>  Is there a way to see what has been done already?

Sadly not.

> How do we tag things that only appear on a list, such as 'Grade I
> listed buildings in the West Midlands'?

Undecided. Perhaps:

   wikipedia_list=en:Grade I listed buildings in the West Midlands

   wikidata_list=Qnnnn

>> What do you think? Any questions? Will you help?
>
> Like I said, I think it's a great idea. I added tags for a couple of
> buildings in the city centre already, and plan to help adding some
> more.

Thank you. Keep going!

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Andy Mabbett
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