Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ballet/Royal Opera House editathon

Cycling

Disappointing that the RoH directions page doesn't have anything about cycling. Where are the nearest "Boris Bike" racks? The nearest racks for other cycles? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:52, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There's a Boris bike rack at the junction of Tavistock Street and Wellington Street, and one half-way up Drury Lane. A little further off, there's a few along the Strand. Andrew Gray (talk) 16:10, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies

I was expecting to come, but now will be in Budapest. Hope it goes well! Johnbod (talk) 00:08, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm delayed by an emergency at work and Ivan has a cold/flu. We'll do what we can remotely ... Andrew Davidson (talk) 10:35, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

William Chappell

I created an article on Billy Chappell, ballet designer, dancer and choreographer, who was a friend and associate of Sir Frederick Ashton, Dame Ninette de Valois and Marie Rambert. This is still virtually a solo effort. I would be interested if you come across anything of use in his article, especially a picture that could be freely licensed to Commons. Keomike (talk) 02:32, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Belated apologies

Sorry I couldn't make it, due to a health emergency (details and update on my talk page); and thank you to those of you who sent me good wishes for my recovery. Please let me know if there's any remote assistance I can offer. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:29, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Navbox

I made {{Navbox Frederick Ashton}}. Please see what needs to be added, or removed, and which articles it should appear on. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:54, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sophie Fedorovitch

Started an article on Sophie Fedorovitch, who worked with Ashton (and others) as a designer from 1926 until her death in 1953. Photo and further editing welcome. Edwardx (talk) 17:57, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Photos

Many, if not most of the Ashton-related articles could really benefit from some/more photos. La fille mal gardée (Ashton) is unusual in having four good photos, but it appears that even those could benefit from a more detailed non-free use rationale.

As we discovered during Saturday's editathon, ROH have over a million images, so they should be able to meet all our reasonable needs. Of course, digitizing those images is a major task.

For now, is there a more systematic approach we can take to using existing online ROH/Royal Ballet images. Do we need to get some sort of broader consent from them, or can fellow editors with more experience in this area suggest a suitable fair use rationale, or perhaps point me in the direction of an uploaded image with an appropriate justification? Edwardx (talk) 12:04, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If RoH are the copyright holders, far better to get them (or whoever is) to release images under an open licence, than to apply fair-use. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:18, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Documentation

Here is a project proposal summary when the event was being set up, and here is a post event summary written from the perspective of Rose from the Royal Opera House.