museumsandtheweb.com - Comments for "Wikipedia Saves Public Art" http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/forum/wikipedia_saves_public_art Comments for "Wikipedia Saves Public Art" en Yes, it would be cool indeed http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/forum/wikipedia_saves_public_art#comment-2908 <p>being a hub for context is very much wikipedia's strength -- providing an open canvas for curators and lovers of a style/medium/art to capture the details of a work, and link out to dozens of detailed perspectives about it... not just a skeletal summary with statistics and a solitary representative image.</p> <p>conservation status would be interesting, though there are also the works that are not intended to last.</p> Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:03:06 +0000 sj comment 2908 at http://www.museumsandtheweb.com Harnassing the power of composition classes http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/forum/wikipedia_saves_public_art#comment-2903 <p>As I was reading about your project, I kept thinking about all of the university students across the United States who are required to take a composition class in college. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we would harness some thousands of those students to help write the articles for this project?</p> Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:32:22 +0000 wadewitz comment 2903 at http://www.museumsandtheweb.com