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==Getting started ==
==Getting started ==
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.
We're still working on [[Help:Getting Started|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.
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.


==What we're up to right now ==
==What we're up to right now ==

Revision as of 08:45, 22 September 2010

Welcome to M3P: the Malta Music Memory Project - a collaborative database of Maltese music and associated arts.


Getting started

We're still working on simple help documentation for users of this website who want to collaborate on 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 User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.

What we're up to right now

  • 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 page for this Main Page, while some of the more transient work on the front end is listed below...at least for now. --Toni Sant (talk) 10:50, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Project Pages

  • Initial text for a page about the project was entered on 13 August 2010.
  • The Editorial Policy is being developed on an ongoing basis. We hope to obtain some useful insights on a number of issues which will impact both the Editorial Policy, and, eventually, a Submissions Policy, during the networking sessions in Malta on 25 September 2010.

Building Categories

Michael Bugeja has contributed an A-Z of the Malta Music Scene and his newspaper articles, which are also coming together as a page called Articles by Michael Bugeja.

Still exploring here: Musical groups from MaltaCD releases from MaltaNewspaper articles (need to explore sub-categories next...)

M3P Launch

The project will be launched during Notte Bianca: Lejl Imdawwal in Valletta, Malta on 25th September 2010, with an 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.


Academic Research

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 Malta Council for Culture and the Arts.