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Transcribe Bentham is a an award-winning participatory project based at University College London. Its aim is to engage the public in the online transcription of original and unstudied manuscript papers written by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), the great philosopher and reformer, via a transcription interface based on a customised [[MediaWiki]]. "Transcribe Bentham emerged out of initial discussions between Professor Philip Schofield, the Director of the Bentham Project, and Martin Moyle of UCL Library Services, regarding the production of a digital Bentham resource for a forthcoming Arts and Humanities Research Council funding call. Martin proposed the establishment of a resource to facilitate crowdsourced transcription of the Bentham Papers, and a potential partnership between the Bentham Project, UCL Library Services, UCL’s Centre for Digital Humanities, and the University of London Computer Centre. After an initial meeting between Professor Schofield, Martin, Dr Melissa Terras (UCL DH), and Richard Davis (ULCC), hosted by Library Services, the project consortium was formed."(About Us, official project page)  +
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The WhaleFM project ask participants to help classifying calls of Whales, i.e. find close matching pairs of calls. According to [http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/at-scientific-american/2012/04/19/whale-fm-where-citizen-science-whale-songs-and-education-come-together/ Mariette DiChristina], Whale.FM—a collaborative effort of Scientific American, Zooniverse and the research institutions WHOI, TNO, the University of Oxford and SMRU—lets citizen scientists help marine researchers who are studying what whales are saying.  +
There are various kinds of pollution that get often on the first page of newspapers. Noise pollution instead is rarely cited, but it's something that constantly surrounds us even if we are not aware of. WideNoise will help you to better understand the soundscape around you & live a healthier life. ([http://cs.everyaware.eu/event/widenoise/ Ever heard of sound pollution?] (Nov. 6, 2013)  +
We need the public’s help in observing the behaviour of tiny nematode worms. When you classify on wormwatchlab.org you’re shown a video of a worm wriggling around. The aim of the game is to watch and wait for the worm to lay eggs, and to hit the ‘z’ key when they do.  +
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According to the official [https://www.zooniverse.org/about about] page (15/10/2013), the Zooniverse is home to the internet's largest, most popular and most successful citizen science projects.  +