07-14-2013, 09:47 PM
This one is more of a question to the community at large rather than an answer to the thread, but could RAT be used as a host for a Wikipedia-type directory?
A fairly standardised format could be set-up (Museum name, country, region, link to museum website, areas of relevance to RAT, charges/gift shop etc, as well as a free-form section on "tips" - e.g. museum closed Mondays, "Information in Spanish, English & French" or "closed for restoration when I visited in Spring 2012" etc, and users could contribute sites and edit to add their insights, building a directory gradually.
I do tend to keep reasonable holiday diaries of sites I visit on the European mainland as well as being familiar with lots of UK sites, and I am sure there is a mine of information in RATers' collective heads.
It could also be extended to cover worthwhile archaeological sites without museums.
Any thoughts anyone? Could RAT host "Wiki-museum-directory" (and can anyone think of a better name)?
John
A fairly standardised format could be set-up (Museum name, country, region, link to museum website, areas of relevance to RAT, charges/gift shop etc, as well as a free-form section on "tips" - e.g. museum closed Mondays, "Information in Spanish, English & French" or "closed for restoration when I visited in Spring 2012" etc, and users could contribute sites and edit to add their insights, building a directory gradually.
I do tend to keep reasonable holiday diaries of sites I visit on the European mainland as well as being familiar with lots of UK sites, and I am sure there is a mine of information in RATers' collective heads.
It could also be extended to cover worthwhile archaeological sites without museums.
Any thoughts anyone? Could RAT host "Wiki-museum-directory" (and can anyone think of a better name)?
John
