Wikipedia:WikiProject Visual arts/Public art/Get started

Find or create lists of public art

• Start in your own city or area and make a list of all of the public art.
• These can be excellent starting points for working in Wikipedia.
• If you find a new list put it in the Lists of public art

Create public art articles

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

Tag public art articles

1. Find an article about public art.
2. Click the Discussion tab to view the Talk Page.
3. Click the Edit tab to edit the Talk Page.
4. Add {{WikiProject Visual arts |public-art=yes |class=}} to the top of the page.
5. Check the Public art 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 public art articles frequently for an updated listing.
• When expanding a stub, use the New article guide to ensure a consistent layout between articles.

Assess articles

The importance concept still needs to be developed.

• Assess tagged Category:WikiProject Public art articles using Public art assessment guidelines.

Unassessed articles are located at Category:Unassessed public art articles and Category:Unknown-importance public art articles.

Consider using QRpedia

• Ask the owner of the artwork, or the area around it, or an adjacent building, if there's somewhere they could display a QRpedia QR code, linking to the Wikipedia article about it (and/ or the subject or artist)
• See the QRpedia project for advice on how to make and display QRpedia codes
• Consider applying for funding from your local authority, arts organisation, or other sources, or for a Wikimedia/ chapter micro-grant, to pay for the making and fixing of a durable QRpedia plaque
• Translate the article for other-language Wikipedias; or seek help from other people who will do so
• Drop a note on the project talk page to tell us of your success!

Tackle miscellaneous open tasks

• Copy edit and/or rework guidelines for photographing public art (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 public art.
• 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.