User:CmdrDan/BP Best Practices for plaques
Best Practices: Plaques
Photographing plaques: Best Practices
BP Best Practices for plaques
Shooting plaques[edit]
Multiple images.
Set the scene.
- Overview
- Close-up
- Tight shot if each plaque
Show in situ[edit]
Show context
Show individual elements[edit]
Transcribing Text[edit]
Headings[edit]
Body[edit]
[edit]
Work flow[edit]
File types[edit]
Multiple images of same plaque[edit]
OCR recognize[edit]
Languages[edit]
Plaque Properties[edit]
Orientation:[edit]
- Orientation
- Vertical, Horizontal or other
- Publicly visible
- Viewable from street
- Located on highway
- 24 hour accessible
- Illuminated?
Materials[edit]
- Metal
- Stone
- Glass
- ???
Dimensions[edit]
- Size
- Scale
- Photo with object of widely known size
Condition[edit]
- Good
- Not so good
Single or multiple plaques?[edit]
- Is this a part of an array or grouping of plaques
Examples of single groupings[edit]
Examples of multiple groupings[edit]
Mounting[edit]
- Affixed to building Structure
- Mounted in/on sidewalk--intended for people to walk over
- Embedded in sidewalk
- Affixed to, or embedded within, rock or boulder
- Standalone sign
- Affixed to, mounted in addition to, road sign
Dates[edit]
- Date Installed
- Dates shown
- Dates commemorated
Plaque Series, Plaque Sponsor[edit]
- Is this one of many plaques erected by an organization?
Questions?[edit]
Market Size[edit]
Counts of files in categories[edit]
Given a category on Commons I want to get:
- Count of files assigned to category
- List of files assigned to category
- Count of sub-categories and
- Count of files in each sub-category
- List of files assigned to each sub-category
Solution for: Counts of files in categories[edit]
- PetScan
- Connecticut: Historical markers in CT
- Initial try:
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Tools[edit]
CatAnalysis lists a whole mess o data about edits, contributions, editors, files, etc...
Example with: