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You can participate in the project by working with the [http://sirismm.si.edu/siris/ariquickstart.htm SOS Database] and searching for public art in your community.

'''Step 1: Consult the Save Outdoor Sculpture! Database'''

* Go to the [http://sirismm.si.edu/siris/ariquickstart.htm SOS Database] to find what public artworks were documented in your communitystate.

* Click on your state, then city. (Cities may have only one artwork, or hundreds, or none, depending on the size.)

* Once a list of sculptures is up, goclick toon ''Clickthe heretitle forof morethe information''artwork for the detailed report on a specific sculpture, and possibly more photos.

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'''Step 2: Verify the Save Outdoor Sculpture! Data'''

* VisitGo out and visit the artworks, verifying their current locations, artist, title and date.

* Photograph and Geolocate each sculpture while you are on-site. Upload your photos to a Flickr account.

* Organize your information byin creatinga an Excel Docspreadsheet which lists the SOS! sculptures found in the database. Update it with the verified information found while at the sculptures.

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'''Step 3: Find What’s Missing'''

* Identify public artworks that were not surveyed by SOS!, or that are new to your community.

* Visit the artworks, documenting their locations, artist, title and date.

* Photograph and Geolocate each sculpture while you are on-site. Upload your photos to a Flickr account.

* Create ananother Excelspreadsheet Doc titled SOS-NOT IN ofabout sculptures found in your community that were not in the SOS! database. Update it with the new information found while at the sculptures.

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'''Step 4: Consult Wikipedia and Prioritize Articles'''

* Using your SOS-INtwo and SOS-NOT IN documentsspreadsheets, search Wikipedia for each sculpture. Search a lot. Consider the various titles the sculpture might have.

** Is there already a good article on the work?

** Is there already a “stub” article that needs to be expanded?

** Is there no article at all?

* Prioritize which articles you to which you want to contribute to, or create.

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'''Step 5: Research and Edit/Create an Article'''

* Consult available printed and online resources to research the history of the sculptureartwork. Consider newspaper databases, your local library, historical society or, tourism department, and newspaper databases. Also consider other local and state-level institutions.

* Research the artist who made the artwork. If they are available to contact, they are often a great source of information.

* Keep in mind that all information on Wikipedia has to have a source. Original research cannot be included in the article.

* Create or Edit the Wikipedia article for your sculpture.