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<div style="font-size:162%; border:none; margin:0; padding:.1em; color:#000;">Welcome to [[M3P:About|M3P]]: Malta Media Memory Preservation</div>
<div style="top:+0.2em; font-size:100%;"> a collaborative database of Maltese media and associated arts</div>
<div id="articlecount" style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-size:85%;">''currently holding memories on [[Special:AllPages|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} pages]] contributed by [[Special:ListUsers|{{NUMBERINGROUP:confirmed}} registered users]]''</div>
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* [[:Category:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene|A-Z: Malta Music]]
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* [[:Category:CD releases from Malta|CD releases]]
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* [https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nies_Maltin_li_mietu_fl-2024 Deaths in 2024]
* [https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_fil-mu%C5%BCika_ta'_Malta Music in 2024]
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'''The main goal of the M3P is to provide an inclusive repository for memories of Malta's media and associated arts, ensuring that these are kept in posterity for current and future generations.'''


==Getting started ==
We're constantly rethinking what should be included or linked on the Main Page. Further suggestions and comments are very welcome on the [[M3P_talk:Community_Portal|M3P:Community Portal talk page]].  
We're still working on [[M3P:Submissions policy|simple help documentation]] for users of this website who want to collaborate on [[M3P:About|this project]]. Meanwhile, please feel free to explore without instructions for now and check back later if you still need guidance.


You may also want to consult the Mediawiki [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
* Discussion on regular contributions from the scene are handled through the [[M3P:Community_Portal|M3P Community Portal]].  


==Getting started ==
If you would like to know how to get started contributing or editing the M3P database and website have a look at this [[Help:Getting Started|basic step by step guide to getting started]], or the [[User:Tonygrimaud/Quickies|M3P Quickies in PDF format]] for quick and easy step-by-step on how to start creating and editing pages on M3P.


==What we're up to right now ==
We're still working on developing our [[Help:Getting Started|help pages]] even further for users of this website who want to collaborate on [[M3P:About|this project]]. Also check out the [[:Category:M3P Policies|M3P Policies section]] for some content guidelines - currently under heavy development. We've also constantly [[‎M3P:Redesigning website in 2016|redesigning the M3P website]] to keep it as fit for purpose as possible. Meanwhile, please feel free to explore as you see fit.
* On 28 June 2010 we started exploring the basic information architecture by developing entries related to [[Xtruppaw]].
 
* We've also developed a page [[Exploring Music Genres]] as a checklist for potential music genres that may be applicable to Maltese Music.
 
* [[Pierre Portelli]] created the M3P logo and after several iterations we settled on the one you see on the site right now. We're hoping to have a page about the history of the logo as one of the project pages in the near future.


* Further updates and discussions on the back-end work can be found in the [[Talk:Main_Page|talk page for this Main Page]], while some of the more transient work on the front end is listed below...at least for now. --[[User:Tonisant|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant|talk]]) 10:50, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
If you're already a contributor or you're familiar with the way wikis work, you'll find ideas about what to do next and details about what other contributing users are doing on the [[M3P:Community_Portal|M3P Community Portal]].


===Project Pages===
==Support & Collaboration==
* Initial text for a page [[M3P:About|about the project]] was entered on 13 August 2010.
M3P was originally created as the Malta Music Memory Project in 2010, supported in part by the [[Malta Arts Fund]] of the [[Malta Council for Culture and the Arts]] and the University of Hull's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and School of Arts & New Media. Further support for the creation of the project was provided by the British Academy, Jisc, the National Archives of Malta, the Open Preservation Foundation, and the [[Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector]].  
* The [[M3P:Editorial policy|Editorial Policy]] is being developed on an ongoing basis. We hope to obtain some useful insights on specific issues during the networking sessions in Malta on 25 September 2010.


===Building Categories===
In 2015 the M3P Foundation has also entered into formal collaboration agreement with [[Fondazzjoni Kreattività]].  
[[Michael Bugeja]] has contributed an [[A-Z of the Malta Music Scene]] and his [[:Category:Newspaper articles|newspaper articles]], which are also coming together as a page called [[Articles by Michael Bugeja]].


Still exploring here:
We also work very close with Malta's [https://gov.mt/en/Government/Press%20Releases/Pages/2017/April/12/PR170944.aspx National Archives].
[[:Category:Musical groups from Malta|Musical groups from Malta]] – [[:Category:CD releases from Malta|CD releases from Malta]] –
[[:Category:Newspaper articles|Newspaper articles]] (need to explore sub-categories next...)


==M3P Launch==
== Projects ==
The project will be launched during ''Notte Bianca: Lejl Imdawwal'' in Valletta, Malta on 25th September 2010, with an [[M3P:Inaugural Symposium|Inaugural Symposium]] and Networking Workshop at the St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity. The launch events will also include evening concert called [[You Rarely Hear This On the Radio!]] at Hastings Garden.
The main M3P project is never ending.  That is really not an overstatement.  There are also a number self-containted projects that we are actively focused on; most of these operate collectively as the Malta Music Memory Project, and include:


* A historical directory of [[Band Clubs in Malta and Gozo]]
* [[Charles Clews Memorial Collection]]
* [[Elektronika]] - towards a historiography of electronic music in Malta
* [[Mużika Mod Ieħor]]


==Academic Research==
Other projects not directly associated with the Malta Music Memory Project include:
Academic research is an essential dimension of this project. The collaborative partners on this aspect of M3P are from the University of Hull (led by Dr [[Toni Sant]] from the School of Arts & New Media and supported by researcher [[Alex Grech]]) and the University of Malta (Dr Ing Saviour Zammit from the Dept. of Communications & Computer Engineering and Dr Albert Bell from Youth & Community Studies). A position paper by Toni Sant appears in the current issue of the Journal of Music, Technology & Education. An academic conference is being planned to take place in Malta in late Spring 2011 to address this particular aspect of M3P. Support for this event is partially provided by the Malta Arts Fund of the [http://www.maltaculture.com Malta Council for Culture and the Arts].
* Documenting the [[Fondazzjoni Kreattività Art Collection]]

Latest revision as of 08:25, 28 January 2024

Welcome to M3P: Malta Media Memory Preservation
a collaborative database of Maltese media and associated arts
currently holding memories on 4,878 pages contributed by 421 registered users

The main goal of the M3P is to provide an inclusive repository for memories of Malta's media and associated arts, ensuring that these are kept in posterity for current and future generations.

We're constantly rethinking what should be included or linked on the Main Page. Further suggestions and comments are very welcome on the M3P:Community Portal talk page.

Getting started

If you would like to know how to get started contributing or editing the M3P database and website have a look at this basic step by step guide to getting started, or the M3P Quickies in PDF format for quick and easy step-by-step on how to start creating and editing pages on M3P.

We're still working on developing our help pages even further for users of this website who want to collaborate on this project. Also check out the M3P Policies section for some content guidelines - currently under heavy development. We've also constantly redesigning the M3P website to keep it as fit for purpose as possible. Meanwhile, please feel free to explore as you see fit.

If you're already a contributor or you're familiar with the way wikis work, you'll find ideas about what to do next and details about what other contributing users are doing on the M3P Community Portal.

Support & Collaboration

M3P was originally created as the Malta Music Memory Project in 2010, supported in part by the Malta Arts Fund of the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts and the University of Hull's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and School of Arts & New Media. Further support for the creation of the project was provided by the British Academy, Jisc, the National Archives of Malta, the Open Preservation Foundation, and the Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector.

In 2015 the M3P Foundation has also entered into formal collaboration agreement with Fondazzjoni Kreattività.

We also work very close with Malta's National Archives.

Projects

The main M3P project is never ending. That is really not an overstatement. There are also a number self-containted projects that we are actively focused on; most of these operate collectively as the Malta Music Memory Project, and include:

Other projects not directly associated with the Malta Music Memory Project include:

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