User:CmdrDan/BP Best Practices for plaques

Best Practices: Plaques

Photographing plaques: Best Practices

BP Best Practices for plaques

Shooting plaques

Multiple images.

Set the scene.

• Overview
• Close-up
• Tight shot if each plaque

Show in situ

Show context

Plaque Properties

Orientation:

• Orientation
  • Vertical, Horizontal or other
• Publicly visible
  • Viewable from street
  • Located on highway
  • 24 hour accessible
  • Illuminated?

Materials

• Metal
• Stone
• Glass
• ???

Dimensions

• Size
• Scale
  • Photo with object of widely known size

Condition

• Good
• Not so good

Single or multiple plaques?

• Is this a part of an array or grouping of plaques

Examples of multiple groupings

• Francis Parkman House in Boston

Mounting

• 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

• Date Installed
• Dates shown
• Dates commemorated

Plaque Series, Plaque Sponsor

• Is this one of many plaques erected by an organization?

Questions?

Market Size

Counts of files in categories

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

• PetScan

• • Connecticut: Historical markers in CT
• Initial try:

[1]

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Tools

CatAnalysis lists a whole mess o data about edits, contributions, editors, files, etc...

Example with:

• Historical_markers_in_Colorado
• Historical Markers in Colorado