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The [[International Dunhuang Project]] group at the British Library, together with [[User:Andrew Gray|Andrew Gray]], the Wikipedian in Residence, ran a multi-day, multi-language, editing programme during late October 2012
During the week-long event, around fifty articles were improved, of which 35 were newly created or significantly expanded. Around a hundred images were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, which are now used in sixty-four different articles across ten languages.
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== Preparation ==
The event was sketched out in May, following the appointment of the BL's Wikipedian in Residence. The date of late October was settled on so as to fit with the run-up to the [http://idp.bl.uk/conference/index.html Archaeology of the Southern Taklamakan] conference in early November. An October date also made it more practical to bring in student groups, as there would be time to organise it prior to the next academic year.
The details were settled in July, and a number of Wikipedia projects were notified about this (eg/ those dealing with Central Asia, China, archaeology, etc., as well as the UK mailing list.) Around this time, the IDP group reached out to a number of academic contacts to find those interested in bringing in students, as well as to investigate the possibility of overseas involvement.
By mid-September, we had some academic partners identified, and were working on arranging the logistics for the event, specifically ensuring sufficient wireless internet capacity in the room.
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== Outline of the event ==
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