[OpenGLAM] #milkmaidsyndrome

Wed Jan 7 16:18:21 UTC 2015

Hi everyone,

Really cool initiative Sarah!
I have written a blog post about it on the Europeana blog.

See:
http://pro.europeana.eu/pro-blog/-/blogs/the-yellow-milkmaid-syndrome-paintings-with-identity-problems
?

Cheers,

Joris

2014-12-24 18:30 GMT+01:00 Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch at gmail.com>:

> Hi everyone,
>
> While working on the Sum of all Paintings Wikidata project, I have been
> admiring the beautiful varieties of paintings we have on Commons (sarcasm).
> Specifically those that suffer from Yellow Milkmaid Syndrome, where one
> painting will have 3-5 difference versions of it, thanks to various scans,
> photographs and renditions found online. Many of these are often versions
> that are available for purchase, too.
>
> So, I created a Tumblr
>
> http://yellowmilkmaidsyndrome.tumblr.com/
>
> You can also submit your own via the hamburger button (aka the little
> three barred menu in the upper left corner of the tumblr) it falls under
> the following criteria:
>
>    - Is public domain or the artwork itself is freely licensed
>    - Varies in color, shape, size, etc.
>
> It's been getting some decent traffic; we're using the hashtag
> #milkmaidsyndrome. I generally add a gently snarky comment with each
> submission (And I mean gentle, those of you who know me know I'm pretty
> damn snarky - but hey, I'm looking for a job :) ).
>
> This tumblr was inspired by "The Problem of the Yellow Milkmaid: A
> Business Model Perspective on Open Metadata" by Harry Verwayen, Martijn
> Arnoldus and Peter B. Kaufman. If you've never read this paper, you're
> missing out on one of the best papers ever about the wild west of the web
> in regards to digitized artworks... [1]
>
> I also love that you can see the difference between "official" versions
> offered by GLAM websites (if any) and the different colored versions Google
> made - these paintings have identity problems, obviously.
>
> Remember GLAMs: you're the authority, you have the power to flood the
> internetz with high quality, "proper" versions of your collection - but
> until then, this is how your'e being represented on the web, including
> Wikipedia.
>
> Enjoy and submit your own! :)
>
> -Sarah
>
> [1]
> http://pro.europeana.eu/documents/858566/2cbf1f78-e036-4088-af25-94684ff90dc5
>
>
> www.sarahstierch.com
>
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