Random ideas
Things we could do but don't have the detail or support to rise to the level of grants proposals.
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Photography based [edit]
ROV [edit]
Buy and constuct an ROV (http://www.robotshop.com/gorobotics/the-news/hobbyist/build-your-own-underwater-rov-for-250 $250 version here although there are better options). Use to get photos of marine life and wrecks.
- OpenROV project: http://openrov.com/
- Would anyone actually use it? Would the photos be of a usable quality if they did? Marine photography isn't an easy subject.
Photograph every coin [edit]
Work with museums and other collections to try and get us the access needed to photograph every pre 1860 coin ever. Tokens can decided one way or another.
Source based [edit]
Old journals [edit]
Offer to digitalise and host the older journals of the likes of the Sussex Archaeological Collections which would provide wikipedians with more access to good local history sources.
- Compare the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, which ran a similar project - [1]. Might be worth finding out how much this cost.
Journal of citation needed [edit]
Set up an open access journal with the stated aim of publishing papers in those areas wikipedia finds it difficult to get sources for
Old newpapers [edit]
Buy a microfilm scanner and scan and OCR old local newspapers.
software [edit]
Develop support for some kind of 3D file format (.blend?) for mediawiki
Events [edit]
Wikipedia:Time Team special, via Bristol University? Richard Symonds (talk) 23:24, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
