This is an opportunity to see what we can achieve by bringing together the resources that both communities can offer in one focused event. Alongside the 10 Wikipedians coming on-site there will be a considerable amount of people contributing virtually from around the world.
"The Hoxne (pronounced 'Hoxon') hoard is the richest find of treasure from Roman Britain...The Hoxne (pronounced 'Hoxon') hoard consists of over 15,000 gold and silver coins, gold jewellery and numerous small items of silver tableware, including pepper pots, ladles and spoons. Also found were the remains of a large wooden chest and smaller caskets with tiny silver padlocks, into which the treasure had been carefully secreted." -- Description by the British Museum (archived from the original on 9 March 2012)
Yes, Hoxne Hoard became a Featured Article, and a very fine one, but it took a while longer than a week! This remains one of the most successful editathons ever, and was a lot of fun. Thanks to all participants, on the day or later, and to the British Museum and all their staff who contributed!
As of May 2013, there is a Featured Article in the French Wikipedia, effectively a translation of this, and another long translation in Italian, as well much shorter versions in Arabic, Persian, Danish and Simple English.
This is a high importance article, with high popular awareness and copious published sources and readily available experts at the BM, but it is of very low quality on Wikipedia (see also WP:GLAM/BM#Qualitative). Nevertheless, the article was one of the highest individual referral articles to the British Museum website last month.
The complete hoard is held at the British Museum and most of the scholarly resources about it were produced by museum staff. It has featured in both the Our Top Ten Treasures and A History of the World in 100 Objects(item 40) series.
Awadewit I don't have time to do in-depth research this summer, but I can help guide the FA-writing process, review the article at various stages, and copyedit.
SlimVirgin Tentatively, if I can gain access to suitable references; if not I'll be confined to copy editing.
83d40m - I can devote some time to it also, remotely, but have some time conflicts during the proscribed work schedule. Presume we will be shown the ropes while working on it.
Serendipodous - I'm not sure if I have time, and since I am unfamiliar with the topic I don't know how much use I would be, but I'll see how I do.
BabelStone - I won't be free until about midnight on Friday, so have started to do some editing already, focussing on the discovery and relationship with other hoards.
More than likely. Reoving myself from attandance, unfortunatly, due to work committments. Will try and help remotely. Apologies for this at last notice. Ceoil (talk) 20:21, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
For those participating online:
Work on the article has already begun! But the onsite event will begin at 14.00 London time (13.00 UTC, 09.00 New York, 23.00 Sydney) on Friday 25th where you can join in for real-time collaboration.
For those attending on-site:
British Museum ‘Hoxne Challenge’ Schedule
Time
Activity
Place
11.45 - 12.00
Meet
Great Court, by the Information Desk
12.00 - 13.00
Tour of the display, then private tour of non-display collection
Photography - will we able to take photos? will we be able to request specific items to photograph? e.g. if I said "I'd like to take a photograph of the two Constantine III siliquae and a handful of clipped coins to illustrate how the hoard was dated?" is that likely to happen? The Land (talk) 21:12, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You can take photos in the galleries of what's on display as per usual but we won't be able to take those things off display for the purposes of the day. No doubt we'll be allowed to take photos in the non-public part of the tour too. WittyLama21:39, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
