Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/October 2012

Australian Wikipedians are holding an edit-a-thon about French classical music to coincide with the Classic 100 Music of France (ABC), which will be broadcast by ABC Classic FM 8–14 October 2012. The physical meetup in Sydney will be on the penultimate broadcasting day (that is, Saturday, 13 October). Physical and online participation is welcome!

When: 1–5 pm Saturday 13 October

Where: Mitchell Meeting Room 2, Mitchell Wing, State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street, Sydney.
See the State Library's website "getting here" page.

Venue[edit]

The venue for the physical meeting is on the first floor of the Mitchell Wing. Enter through the main doors of the Library, go up the marble staircase, turn left at the top, along the corridor, second room on the left. There is also a lift.
The Library has its own café on site, which is open on the day.

Resources[edit]

Since the venue is a great public library, there are a great many resources available if we want to order them up from the stack. They have to be referred to in the reading room but it is just down the stairs, near the edit-a-thon. Some rare resources are held offsite, but they can be ordered online in advance to be available on the day. Use the SLNSW Catalogue

Participants[edit]

Whiteghost.ink (talk) 08:22, 3 October 2012 (UTC).[reply]
Weekends any time Sat/Sun preferred, but could do Wednesday later in the afternoon ((if decided soon) or evening. Tony (talk) 06:52, 3 October 2012 (UTC) Sorry about late notice: unable to attend. Tony (talk) 01:57, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm in Witty lama 08:04, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ennegma (talk) 00:10, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hohohob (talk) 03:00, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Your name here!

Online participation[edit]

We will use online collaboration tools like Internet Relay Chat and Google Hangout to track the countdown. (Include your preference when you add your name.)

John Vandenberg ^(chat) 01:40, 3 October 2012 (UTC) – IRC, Google Hangout[reply]
Graham87 13:34, 3 October 2012 (UTC) IRC[reply]
Noetica. I have no time to set up those facilities or to engage in the proposed way. But anyone wanting me to assist with problems in an article can approach me at my talkpage. (I have an extensive collection of books on musical topics, if references are required that are unavailable online.) Noetica^Tea? 23:35, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'll watch and see where I can help. GFHandel ♬ 01:42, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Your name here! (Indicate which collaboration tools you prefer.)

To do[edit]

Note that the voting possibilities in the Timeline section of the ABC website link directly to WP articles. For example, in the Romantic period the list reveals which items have an article and which do not. Look at the voting possibilities or scroll down on this ABC page

Some composers such as Fauré are already Featured Articles but many composition articles are non-existent. These include both compositions by French composers and compositions in the French style. There are also Australian connections – for example, Pinchgut Opera recently performed in connection with this Countdown and its Director, Erin Helyard, does not have an article.

These lists of works have been copied to /The List, which in combination with the voters' choices are developed into the workplan table below.

The key guiding article – Classic 100 Music of France (ABC) – is being diligently updated by User:GFHandel.

Article	Work needed	Comment/
Je te veux	#100. Needs developing
Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus	#97. References and sources needed	Copy-edited, but it needs significant expansion (asked a very good UK music editor, RobertG, whether he's interested; I think he has a good personal library of relevant material. Tony (talk) 04:12, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Rapsodie espagnole	#88. Citations needed
Symphonie fantastique	Citations needed	I've gone through it, copy-editing where possible. Schumann's text needs accessing to source quite a few quotations. There's a WMF book that seems to lead to a blank on google books (see bottom of Movement 5 section). Tony (talk) 03:48, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio	#93. Needs developing
À Chloris	#92. Needs an article. Currently redirect from List of compositions by Reynaldo Hahn
Le carnaval romain	#86. Only a component of Overtures by Hector Berlioz. Could be its own article?
Symphonic Variations (Franck)	#84. Improvement needed	Copyedited –Noetica^Tea?
Concertino for flute and orchestra (Chaminade)	#85. Op. 107. Originally redirected to Cécile Chaminade Needed its own article More refs would be good.	Stub created. Whiteghost.ink (talk)
Violin Concerto No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)	#95. Needs developing from stub.
Christopher Lawrence	One of the presenters of the countdown.	Added to disambig. page. New bio article launched. Whiteghost.ink (talk) 04:03, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply] Question: Problem raised by me at the talk page.. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 10:14, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Petite Suite (Debussy)	#99.	Graham87 Created Auguste Durand (DYK length) I think we can expand Petite Suite (Debussy) to DYK length using info on de:Petite_suite. user:John Vandenberg.
Les baricades mistérieuses	#76. Currently a redirect, but using this source, perhaps a stub could be made?	Launched :-) Witty lama
Template:ABC Classic FM	Create template & use, equivalent to Template:Triple J. Closest current is Template:ABC Radio and Regional Content	Starting. Hohohob (talk). I'm propagating it. Witty lama 04:30, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sicilienne (Fauré) Op.78.	#74. Only a redirect. perhaps stub could be created?	Stub created. Whiteghost.ink (talk) 08:51, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
List of compositions by Charles Gounod	Citations needed	somewhat done. Witty lama 03:33, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Saint Cecilia (disambiguation)	Add Gounod's St Cecilia Mass	Whiteghost.ink (talk)
Messe solonelle a Sainte Cécile	#73. Article needed. Redirects to List of compositions by Charles Gounod
List of compositions by François-Adrien Boieldieu	List Article needed to link to #71, and/or article Harp Concerto (Boieldieu)	Established by dumping list from fr:François-Adrien Boieldieu. Needs work. Hohohob (talk)
List of compositions for harp	An orphan article	Added François-Adrien Boieldieu, Harp Concerto (Ginastera), Harp Concerto (Glière), Concierto serenata, Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra (Mozart) to list of harp compositions. Removed hatnote. Whiteghost.ink (talk) 05:35, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Arabesques (Debussy)	Citations and references needed	Done. Increased citations from 1 to 9. Arabesques (Debussy)#In_popular_culture section complete, could use more in rest of article, particularly Arabesques (Debussy)#The_arabesques section Ennegma (talk)
Boléro	"Legacy" section needs citations
Les Indes galantes	#65. "Performance history" section needs citations
Concerto Symphonique No 4 (Litolff)	#64. Article needed. Currently redirects to List of compositions by Henry Charles Litolff
Gaîté parisienne	#60. References to/from Can-can need sorting and adding to "See also"
String Quartet (Debussy)	#56. Needs developing.
Doctor Zhivago (film)	#58. Add information about the music to the article.
Lawrence of Arabia (film)	#59. The music section could be broken out and developed into its own article.
Shéhérazade (Ravel)	#54. Only a stub. Needs developing.
Le tombeau de Couperin	#50. Needs citations for Ravel quotes.	Had to remove a section for copyvio unfortunately. Witty lama
Harold en Italie	#45. Citations needed.
François Lesure	No article on the man himself. There are references to him all over the encyclopaedia. Needs his own article?
Children's Corner	#45. Citations needed.	added two journal articles and a thesis. Witty lama
Giselle	#38. Performance history needs citations.
Samson and Delilah (opera)	#29.	Image of singer (1905)added.
Orpheus in the Underworld	#34. Citations needed.
Marin Marais	Citations needed.
Sonnerie de Ste-Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris	#47. Citations needed.
Turangalîla-Symphonie	#51.	Reference added about Bernstein's conducting the premiere. Whiteghost.ink (talk) 04:33, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
fr:ABC Classic FM	Expansion	Stub created. John Vandenberg
fr:Classic 100 Music of France (ABC)	Expansion of introduction	Created and translated. John Vandenberg. Table completed by GFHandel. Introduction translated by Arsendis
id:Classic 100 Music of France (ABC)	Expansion of introduction Translation	Created and mostly translated. John Vandenberg
Mairi Nicolson	presenter

Broadcast schedule[edit]

The ABC's Classic 100 broadcast schedule is included here, with the edit-a-thon at the Library highlighted in red.
Live stream of ABC Classic FM is available via http://www.abc.net.au/classic/player/

Day	Date	Hour
Day	Date	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1	Monday 8 Oct	09:00–12:00 Christopher Lawrence			12:00–16:00 Guy Noble
2	Tuesday 9 Oct	09:00–12:00 Mairi Nicolson			12:00–16:00 Marian Arnold
3	Wednesday 10 Oct	9:00–12:00 Christopher Lawrence			12:00–13:00 Julian Day
4	Thursday 11 Oct	09:00–12:00 Julian Day and Emma Ayres			12:00–16:00 Christopher Lawrence
5	Friday 12 Oct	09:00–12:00 Stephen Snelleman au lieu de Mairi Nicolson			12:00–16:00 Julie Howard and guest Roy Howat
6	Saturday 13 Oct	09:00–13:00 Marian Arnold				13:00–17:00 Mairi Nicolson and Christopher Lawrence
7	Sunday 14 Oct	09:00–12:00 Marian Arnold			12:00–15:00 Mairi Nicolson and Christopher Lawrence