Wikipedia:GLAM/History of the Paralympic movement in Australia

HOPAU is short for History of the Paralympic movement in Australia and is a GLAM project organised by Paralympics Australia and the National Sport Information Centre in partnership with Wikimedia Australia. The project's primary page is on Outreach Wiki at History of the Paralympic Movement in Australia.

Objective edit

Our objective is to support the development of comprehensive coverage on Wikipedia, of Australian paralympians, coaches and administrators, and Australians at the Paralympic Games. So far, we have ensured there are stub articles (basic starts) for all of these. You can browse the work so far at:

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Articles Created Notes edit

In the Talk page add the following as this allows for all articles created through the project to be identified -

{{WikiProject HOPAU}}

which produces something like this:

HOPAU NA‑class

	This article is related to the History of the Paralympic movement in Australia. Please copy assessments of the article from the most major WikiProject template to this one as needed.HOPAUWikipedia:GLAM/History of the Paralympic movement in AustraliaTemplate:WikiProject HOPAUHistory of the Paralympic movement in Australia-related articles
NA	This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.

Wikimedian in Residence edit

Laura Hale was the Wikimedian in Residence for this project. She started in this role in May 2011 and finished in January 2012. She is still involved in the project as a fan of Paralympic sport.

Elsewhere edit

Commons edit

The Australian Paralympic Committee has released images under a Creative Commons licensed and donated them for use on Commons. These images can be found at Category:Images from the Australian Paralympic Committee on Commons. The donated images help to illustrate articles about individual athletes and Australia at the games, and to help illustrate Paralympic sport in general. These images are now being used on several projects including English Wikipedia, German Wikipedia and Dutch Wikipedia.

Wikinews edit

Information on writing Australian Paralympic related articles on Wikinews can be found at Wikinews:History of the Paralympic Movement in Australia. These articles get fed to Google News. Being an accredited reporter on Wikinews helps Wikimedia gain access to disability related sport events around the country.

Wikiversity edit

Much of the initial planning, research, and related learning materials for this project can be found on Wikiversity. This includes copies of the tender, project participation and goals, past and future research data such as statistics and analysis, and links to related educational programs.