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CowleyRoad.org is like a Wikipedia for the Cowley Road. === How do I get involved? ===
Every public or commercial building from *Become a wiki editor — click the "request account" button at the top right of the Plain to Magdalen Road has its own page. Anyone is free See the [[How_to_contribute|how-to contribute facts or imagespage]] for instructions. We are building an open archive *Check the list of facts and photos celebrating Cowley Road's social [[Jobs which need doing]].*Sign up to our newsletter using the box at the bottom right to get updates about the project, and architectural life, with all content freely available to the communityhear about upcoming events.
The project will be officially launched during Cowley Road Carnival 2017, followed by a series of public workshops. The workshops will collect local people's knowledge, and get people set up to add their memories and research to the website.=== Who made it? ===
===Who made it?===This is a project from artist [http://eleanorg.org Eleanor Greenhalgh] and programmer [https://charlieharvey.org.uk Charlie Harvey].
This is It uses software from [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki], and features some images from other open archives such as [http://www.geograph.org.uk/ Geograph]. It features a project large contribution from artist local author and photographer [https://www.martin-stott.com/ Martin Stott] who has generously contributed his own archival photographs. We are working in partnership with [http://eleanorgcowleyroadcarnival.co.org Eleanor Greenhalghuk Cowley Road Carnival] and programmer have benefited from the advice and support of historian [http://charlieharveylizwoolley.orgco.uk Charlie HarveyLiz Woolley].
===How does it work?===The project has been supported financially by the Greening Lambourn Trust, which exists to promote interest in the history and architectural heritage of Oxford by supporting publications and other media which create access to them.
Anyone can make an account to start contributing to the projectCowleyRoad. All contributions are released under an open license, so unlike other archives, all content on the site is genuinely available for free community use. See the org has been featured a few times [[CopyrightIn_the_media|in the media]] page for more details.
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CowleyRoad.org is an open, DIY community history project.
===What is it?=== It's like a Wikipedia for the Cowley Road. Every public or commercial building from the Plain to Magdalen Road has its own page. We are building an open archive of facts and photos celebrating Cowley Road's social and architectural life, with all content [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_culture_movement freely available] for community use. The project was officially launched during Cowley Road Carnival 2017, followed by a series of public workshops. The workshops will collect memories and images, and show people how to add these to the website.
===How do I get starteddoes it work?===
All content is created by and for the local community. All contributions are released under an open license, so all content on the site is genuinely available for free community use. See the [[How-toCopyright|how-to pageCopyright]] page for instructions on how to contributemore details.
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