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WSPA participants are working to raise awareness about [[public art]] on a community level by locating art, researching it, and publishing information and images about it in Wikipedia. This work is similar to the [[Save Outdoor Sculpture!]] program, but is more open and collaborative since the final published information will be available in Wikipedia, one of the most visited websites in the world.

You can participate in the project by working with the [http://sirismm.si.edu/siris/ariquickstart.htm SOS! Database] and searching for public art that has been surveyed in your communitystate. The SOS! data is further sorted by city. Generally, it's best if you work as a team or at least with a partner on this project.

'''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 state.

* ClickAfter onyou find your state, thensee if there are any in your city, or a nearby city. (Cities may have only one artwork, hundreds, or none.)

* Once you have found a list of sculptures is up, click on the title of the artwork for the detailed report on a specific sculpture,. Check to see if there andare possiblyany photosimages.

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

* Identify which artworks you want to investigate

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

* OrganizeCreate youra information in anew spreadsheet which lists the SOS! sculptures found in the SOS! database. Update it with the verified information found while at the sculptures.

* Go out and visit the artworks, verifying their current locations, artist name, title and creation date (as possible).

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

* Organize your information in a spreadsheet which lists the SOS! sculptures found in the database. Update it with the verified information found while at the sculptures.

* Update your spreadsheet with the verified information found while at the artworks.

* Need a step here about acquiring images from the SOS! database.

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'''Step 3: Find What’s Missing'''

* IdentifySearch for and identify public artworks that were not surveyed by SOS!, or that are new to your community.

* Create another spreadsheet about these artworks.

* 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 another spreadsheet about sculptures found in your community that were not in the SOS! database. Update it with the new information found while at the sculptures.

* Update it with the new information found while at the sculptures.

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

* Using your two spreadsheets, search Wikipedia for each sculpture. Search a lot. Considerand 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 the articles to which you want to contribute or create.

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