Preservapedia:WikiProject Cultural landscapes/Get started

Get started
Add your name to the list of members and tell everyone what you'd like to work on. If you're new to Preservapedia, review the Beginners page before getting started.

Open tasks
There are a lot of things that can be done with this project. The goals are listed on the project page, but feel free to create your own tasks. Or you can do some of the suggested ones below.

Find or create lists of Cultural landscapes

 * Start in your own city or area and make a list of all of the Cultural landscapes.
 * These can be excellent starting points for working in Preservapedia.
 * If you find a new list put it in the Cultural landscapes list section

Create Cultural landscapes articles

 * Use the tools available in the Resources section (the Article Template, Style Guide, and Image Guide) to create new articles about Cultural landscapes.
 * Check the lists of Cultural landscapes and the SIRIS database to get a sense of what's missing in Preservapedia.
 * Try out the SOS! to Preservapedia process or any other projects in the Project plans section to get started creating articles.

Tag Cultural landscapes articles

 * 1) Find an article about Cultural landscapes.
 * 2) Click the Discussion tab to view the Talk Page.
 * 3) Click the Edit tab to edit the Talk Page.
 * 4) Add   to the top of the page.
 * 5) Check the Cultural landscapes assessment chart if you'd like to fill out the template with the article's class. (We do not judge the importance level, unlike other projects.)
 * 6) Click Save.

Expand stub-class articles

 * Check Category:Stub-Class Cultural landscapes articles frequently for an updated listing.
 * When expanding a stub, use the  Cultural landscapes article template to ensure a consistent layout between articles.

Assess articles
The importance concept still needs to be developed.
 * Assess tagged Category:WikiProject Cultural landscapes articles using Cultural landscapes assessment guidelines.
 * Unassessed articles are located at Category:Unassessed Cultural landscapes articles and Category:Unknown-importance Cultural landscapes articles.

Tackle miscellaneous open tasks

 * Copy edit and/or rework guidelines for photographing Cultural landscapes (priority techniques/things to avoid) and tips on using Flickr (simple and advanced); a good start was made in the Indiana Statehouse Project
 * Prepare a reader/bibliography pulling together the city/state/national guides.
 * Draft guidelines outlining the essentials of any article about Cultural landscapes.
 * Suggest priorities for new content development--artists, artworks, controversies, policies, cross-referencing, etc.
 * Draft guidelines for measuring sculptures and presenting size in articles.
 * Make a video about any of the above.

Start a project
A number of resources have been developed so that you can start a project in your community, museum, or school.
 * Check out the Cultural landscapes project plans.

Tools

 * Main tool page: toolserver.org


 * Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
 * Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
 * Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
 * Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
 * GeoLocator] - Obtain accurate GPS coordinates.