Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimediaindia-l] Translation Help for WikiConference India
On 20 July 2011 14:54, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote: All in all, collaborating with UK GLAM on this initiative was a very positive experience that we recommend to others If you're looking for further GLAM articles to translate, please consider this one: * The King of Rome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Rome from GLAM/Derby and: * articles about endangered species from the GLAM/ARKive project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/ARKive, listed in the Work done section. Please let me know if and when you do any of these. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pigsonthewing ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Input requested: July WMUK report
Thank you. I've made a few edits. On 4 August 2011 15:23, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hi all, I'm currently putting together the July WMUK report at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/July If I've missed anything out, then please let me know before Sunday morning, either by editing the report directly on the wiki or emailing me. Thanks to Rock drum for adding pictures to the report already, and my apologies to Andy Mabbett for missing out a few of his activities in the previous report. Thanks, Mike ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Open data in cultural heritage (LODLAM-London)
Those of you with easy access to London might want to attend: http://lodlamlon11.eventbrite.com/ A meetup for people interested in the applications of linked and open data for cultural heritage. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Suggestions for Merchandise
It's useful - and engenders goodwill - to have things to give away at
events; especially button badges and stickers (geeks love stickers,
for their laptops). It's also useful to have a few, slightly more
valuable items, which can be given away in limited quantities, as spot
prizes.
I like the idea of badges/ stickers with phrases like citation
needed, etc. and perhaps also {{fact}}.
Please note, though, that my suggestion was for badges with the
QRpedia code for the article on QRpedia; not a generic code for the
one on QR codes in general.
On 12 September 2011 15:41, Richard Symonds
richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
All,
I’m looking into replenishing the chapter’s supplies of merchandise, but
rather than the standard fare of key rings and stress balls, I’m wondering
if there’s any interesting requests people have. Obviously, we’re
constrained by cost, but if you’ve got any ideas, I’d love to hear them.
Some suggestions that have already been made –
· Badges printed with the QR code for the Wikipedia page on QR Codes
· Wikipedia logo-shaped cookie-cutters
· Merchandise printed with Wikipedia memes such as [citation
needed], [edit], or maybe phrases like “Wiki Loves Museums” or “I Write
Wikipedia”
· Business card-size cards with DYKs printed on them
We’re looking for things that’ll be easily understandable by the general
public – something that would make the average person want to edit. That
said, feel free to make any suggestions, even if you think they might be
unworkable – they might be usable in future campaigns or as part of a bigger
project.
All the best,
Richard
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] August report coming out tomorrow - has anything been missed?
I've tweaked the wording on ARKive and added something on QRpedia. On 14 September 2011 15:32, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hi all, The draft Wikimedia UK report for August is on the wiki at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/August Please let me know if there's anything that's been missed out - the report will be sent around tomorrow. Thanks, Mike P.S. the September report is in embryo form at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September - please add things that have happened/are happening this month to that rather than the August report. :-) ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] uk. or gb.
The Scotland vs. UK debate has reminded me that we're using uk.wikimedia.org which is, strictly speaking, the Ukrainian sub-domain; and should be using gb.wikimedia.org Is this something we should rectify sooner, rather than later, choosing some pain now over more pain later? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Info: Edinburgh wikimeet on Saturday 1st October
Done; please feel free to tweak. On 17 September 2011 08:43, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote: If anyone would like to add an alternative notice to the proposed wikimeet geonotice it would be appreciated. My initial version seems a bit flat. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GEONOTICE#Edinburgh_Wikimeet It would be a good idea for the notice to go live later today. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New use for QRpedia?
Not sure you're on this mailing list... -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On Oct 10, 2011 10:20 AM, Andrew West andrewcw...@gmail.com wrote: Just read this BBC article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15216513 where the correspondent wanders around a Paris cemetery, smartphone in hand, searching the internet for information about the people buried there. How much more convenient if the graves of notable people were tastefully and discretely marked with QRpedia codes. A Wikimedia UK collaboration with Highgate Cemetery maybe? Andrew ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Page for would-be translators from English
to encourage and assist those volunteers willing to translate pages from English into other languages, who perhaps have never edited Wikipedia before, I have started a guidance page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Translate_us mirroring the already-existing page for those translating '/into/ English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Translate Please feel free to improve or publicise it. I'm very keen to work on recruiting more such translators, based on the work done as part of the Wright Challenge. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] World Wars project
On 17 October 2011 13:24, Bod Notbod bodnot...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I see from the 2012 activity plan that there's a budget for a World Wars project [1]. Is there a leader for this? An online presence? Isn't there a wiki-style or open-content project somewhere documenting war memorials and listing the names on them? Maybe we could link up. If such a project exists, but isn't open-, perhaps we could persuade them to be? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Soldiers' letters
On 25 October 2011 22:55, Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: All good stuff, but... A QR code could be placed at a relevant war memorial, it points to a Wikibook collecting all the soldiers' letters, with scans and transcripts. I'd rather the QR code point (via QRpedia) to a Wikipedia article about the memorial, and have that point to relevant pages on commons/ Wikisource, and the book. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Soldiers' letters
I was assuming that part of the project would involve making sure the article wasn't just a stub... On 25 October 2011 23:32, Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: That's the sort of feedback I'm looking for, thanks. I've no intention of vigorously arguing one way or the other, but I just feel it is inappropriate to point to a Wikipedia article that may never get much beyond stub status when orders of magnitude more content is elsewhere on WMF projects. On Tue, 2011-10-25 at 23:07 +0100, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 25 October 2011 22:55, Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: All good stuff, but... A QR code could be placed at a relevant war memorial, it points to a Wikibook collecting all the soldiers' letters, with scans and transcripts. I'd rather the QR code point (via QRpedia) to a Wikipedia article about the memorial, and have that point to relevant pages on commons/ Wikisource, and the book. Brian McNeil. -- http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Brian_McNeil - Accredited Reporter. Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Soldiers' letters
Longer articles work fine on mobiles, because the lede is shown, followed by the other sections, collapsed, and which can be expanded individually if and when required by the user. On 26 October 2011 11:10, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: If the QR code is for use on mobile phones then we may not want much more than a stub either. What is the maximum article size that would work on the typical modern phone? WereSpielChequers On 25 October 2011 23:32, Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: That's the sort of feedback I'm looking for, thanks. I've no intention of vigorously arguing one way or the other, but I just feel it is inappropriate to point to a Wikipedia article that may never get much beyond stub status when orders of magnitude more content is elsewhere on WMF projects. On Tue, 2011-10-25 at 23:07 +0100, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 25 October 2011 22:55, Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: All good stuff, but... A QR code could be placed at a relevant war memorial, it points to a Wikibook collecting all the soldiers' letters, with scans and transcripts. I'd rather the QR code point (via QRpedia) to a Wikipedia article about the memorial, and have that point to relevant pages on commons/ Wikisource, and the book. Brian McNeil. -- http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Brian_McNeil - Accredited Reporter. Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Soldiers' letters
On 26 October 2011 11:56, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: I'd rather the QR code point (via QRpedia) to a Wikipedia article about the memorial, and have that point to relevant pages on commons/ Wikisource, and the book. It could be difficult writing Wikipedia articles about these soldiers. I referred to page about each /memorial/, not one for each soldier. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Soldiers' letters
Size of Qr codes is governed by three things: * Number of characters encoded * Amount of error correction * Expected distance from the user's device The first two of those determine the number of squares making up the code, the latter the size of those squares On 26 October 2011 12:13, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: OOPS. I was thinking about the size of QR Codes. Articles? Is there a limit? Gordo On 26/10/2011 12:11, Gordon Joly wrote: On 26/10/2011 11:10, WereSpielChequers wrote: If the QR code is for use on mobile phones then we may not want much more than a stub either. What is the maximum article size that would work on the typical modern phone? WereSpielChequers My experience is 1 cm at a distance of 10 cm. That is off the top of my head. Gordo -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Soldiers' letters
On 26 October 2011 17:55, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 22:55, Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: A QR code could be placed at a relevant war memorial, Is that such a good idea? I like QR codes as much as the next person, but sticking them on war memorials may probing the limits of taste in Wikimedia outreach. The suggestion was at not on - it should be possible to place a QR Code on nearby information point, for example, not on the memorial itself. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Soldiers' letters
On 27 October 2011 00:44, Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote:
I might upset a few people here, but,... Why does this even have to in
any way link to Wikipedia?
[else where you also said The point here is not to drive traffic to
Wikipedia]
I'm not concerned with driving traffic to Wikipedia - it seems to be
doing OK, in that regard, without our help.
I think a Wikipedia page is the most user-friendly front end to the
rest of the data, and is also likely to satisfy the curiosity of a
more casual reader, who wants to know what the memorial is (name,
architect, date of construction, etc.), without going further into the
personal details of those memorialised, which will nonetheless be thus
made available to those who do wish to see it.
QRpedia and interwiki links mean we can also serve basic information
to people who cannot read English (or Scots/ Welsh).
For many GLAM partners, Wikipedia is not going to be the 'ideal' first
port of call.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Soldiers' letters
This may be relevant: http://m.spiegel.de/international/europe/a-794103.html ' WWI Grave Find Tells Story Germans Want To Forget' -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Soldiers' letters
On 25 October 2011 22:55, Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: Following on from Fae and myself meeting Robin Urquart of the National Archives of Scotland, I'm looking for people who may be interested in working on a WW-I related GLAM project. This is also pertinent: http://www.inmemoriam2014.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Blog post: Talking about GLAM, Wikipedia and QRpedia in Amsterdam and Hamburg
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/glam-wikipedia-qrpedia-amsterdam-hamburg/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article
Folks, I learned today that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanhill_railway_station was the one-millionth English Wikipedia article so I've boldly written to Transport Scotland to see if they'd be interested in putting a (blue) plaque on the station, noting that fact, and featuring a QRpedia code - after all, the article has 22 other-language versions. Fingers crossed! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article
On 19 December 2011 13:26, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 17/12/2011 00:06, Andy Mabbett wrote: I learned today that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanhill_railway_station was the one-millionth English Wikipedia article I millionth article approximately? No. There's a link to a FAQ on the article's talked page, which explains the metrics used. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article
On 19 December 2011 03:14, Mickey Conn mickey.c...@gmail.com wrote: There was such a plan at the time - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Jordanhill_commemoration. Despite a lot of discussion (on the talk page), it seems it never went anywhere. I'm a believer in the JFDI way of working... -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article
On 19 December 2011 18:02, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: Can we ask the UK board to consider offering to fund this? It is my intention first to suggest that the rail com[any/ies involved, or Scottish Trasnport, might do so. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Govt consultation on copyright
On 27 December 2011 09:42, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: Do people feel we should respond? Yes; and we should also encourage individuals to respond in their own name. We should discourage pro-forma replies, but we might want to provide a list off issues and which they may wish to address or points they may wish to make. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
Hi Harry, Not a Monmouthpedia issue, but I have two BotRequests outstanding: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_requests/Archive_44#Date_templates_in_infoboxes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_requests/Archive_44#Apply_template_to_album_and_single_durations_in_Infobox_album_.26_Track_listing Would you be interested in helping with them? [Apologies if I've asked you before, and forgotten.] Andy M. On 31 December 2011 12:00, Harry Burt harryab...@gmail.com wrote: Seconded - that's fantastic news! Also, I might as well put it on record that I am more than happy to help with any bot programming that might be of use during these sort of initiatives. (I was reminded by the idea of scoring, having spent this morning updating the WikiCup bot to a 2012 specification, but you name, I'd be happy to contribute.) -- Harry (User:Jarry1250) On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 11:45 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 31 December 2011 11:32, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: We have the Archaeological Society signed up. They tell me that we can have the lot - they are convinced that CC by SA beats (c) 2011.. HUGE WIN! What was the process of convincing them? That's definitely one to duplicate! - d. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Celebration 2.0 - live coverage for events
My friend John Popham has a project: http://johnpopham.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/introducing-celebration-2-0/ in which he is offering free live audio video coverage of events. I can vouch for his expertise and good standing. I suggest we find a suitable Wikimedia UK event at which we can deploy this - one with lots of people and activity. Can anyone suggest something? Perhaps in Monmouth? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article
On 17 December 2011 00:06, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: I learned today that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanhill_railway_station was the one-millionth English Wikipedia article so I've boldly written to Transport Scotland to see if they'd be interested in putting a (blue) plaque on the station, noting that fact, and featuring a QRpedia code - after all, the article has 22 other-language versions. I have at long last received a reply from Transport Scotland. It's a splendid example of bureaucracy in action: I have discussed with ScotRail your proposal to install a plaque at the station to mark the one-millionth article on Wikipedia about Jordanhill. We do not wish to take this forward. ScotRail has been delivering a comprehensive station re-branding programme which began in 2008 and will be complete in 2014. There are Brand Guidelines in place for this programme which aims to simplify and unify all station branding and this includes the removal of information from third parties. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article
I've blogged about this here: http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/transport-scotland-scotrail-plaque-jordanhill-station-millionth-wikipedia-article/ On 19 January 2012 12:16, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 17 December 2011 00:06, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: I learned today that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanhill_railway_station was the one-millionth English Wikipedia article so I've boldly written to Transport Scotland to see if they'd be interested in putting a (blue) plaque on the station, noting that fact, and featuring a QRpedia code - after all, the article has 22 other-language versions. I have at long last received a reply from Transport Scotland. It's a splendid example of bureaucracy in action: I have discussed with ScotRail your proposal to install a plaque at the station to mark the one-millionth article on Wikipedia about Jordanhill. We do not wish to take this forward. ScotRail has been delivering a comprehensive station re-branding programme which began in 2008 and will be complete in 2014. There are Brand Guidelines in place for this programme which aims to simplify and unify all station branding and this includes the removal of information from third parties. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Making Wikipedia loves monuments work in the UK.
On 19 January 2012 14:11, John Byrne j...@bodkinprints.co.uk wrote: the most useful actual photos might well be in specialized areas *War memorials *Wrecks (there are Scheduled wrecks) *Church furnishings *Side of a building murals * public art (statues, chalk carvings etc) * fountains other water features * (blue) plaques (collaboration with openplaques.org) * street furniture (notable historic; perhaps a representative sample of new) -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article
On 19 January 2012 17:13, Nev1 nev1onwikipe...@gmail.com wrote: They said no and were courteous enough to explain why, so persisting is unlikely to change their mind. The best thing to do would be to abandon the idea, but if you feel strongly about it at least wait a few months before trying again. I'm not sure that's how a participatory democracy is supposed to work. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Broken link
The QRpedia link on the WikimedaiUK main page goes to the Ukrainian article. Can I say I told you so now? ;-) How does one become an admin on this wiki, BTW? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Broken link
On 24 January 2012 18:43, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Pigsonthewingdiff=18652oldid=11220 Thank you. Mwahaha! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Charity Commission correspondence
On 26 January 2012 12:49, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: The Charity Commission correspondence has been released, and is on the UK wiki at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Charity_status/Correspondence. These are great, thank you, but is there any chance we could have searchable, copyable, and most importantly accessible, text as well as images? I suspect you'll need to OCR the originals, rather than the online images. Cheers, -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia in the Guardian
There's a great article about MonmoutpediA in the Guardian today; congratulations to all involved, it's a great advert for our work, despite some (baseless) naysaying. However (there's always a catch!), the article says: By April the aim is to dot 1,000 QR codes – a barcode that smartphones can read – around the border town. Visitors will be able to use their phones to scan the QR codes and view the Wikipedia page (in the language their phone is set up for) relevant to where they are standing. which is good, but doesn't use the word QRpedia. can we try to include/. emphasise that name on our marketing; or if we did, encourage journalists to use it? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] For those WP:SHIPS fans among you...
On 26 January 2012 20:47, Richard Symonds chasemew...@gmail.com wrote: HMS Liverpool Right. Who's going to display - with permission - a QRpedia code on the ship? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] For those WP:SHIPS fans among you...
Worth putting something up - even a sheet of paper Blu-tak - if there will be lots of visitors during the open day(s). On 26 January 2012 22:17, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: No point - it's being decommissioned. Maybe something we can pull off at HMS Monmouth though, inside the wardroom? Richard Symonds Office Development Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0)207 065 0991 On 26/01/2012 21:00, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 26 January 2012 20:47, Richard Symondschasemew...@gmail.com wrote: HMS Liverpool Right. Who's going to display - with permission - a QRpedia code on the ship? ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] For those WP:SHIPS fans among you...
Canon do/ did a compact which worked brilliantly on litre light, Even night-club type conditions. (Excuse top-posting: am mobile) -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On Jan 27, 2012 8:07 AM, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: Photography is allowed on board, everywhere except places that are 'in use', ie the comms room, the engine room. You'll be able to get photos of the weapons systems and navigation systems, as well as the general interior of the ship. Bear in mind that lighting will be low, spaces will be cramped, and as such it's a challenge for any photographer. With my amateur skills, I've managed to get photos like https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4527704379l=a99e17c546, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4527684379l=0da4a6ec60, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20mm_gun.jpg and http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harpoon_Launcher.jpg the times I've been on board, and it'd not impossible to get wide-angle shots like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Akrotiri_Mole_wide.jpg. I have more lying around somewhere but have never bothered to upload them, as they're blurry and rubbish. I'll be going along with my dad (who reads Wikipedia but doesn't edit), but it'd be good to see a few Wikipedians drop by too. I'll be there at shortly after 10am, hopefully with a camera that can handle low light at least moderately competently *revises plans for weekend to include camera buying* Chris ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb
Hi folks, I have been provided with some information about a backstage pass event at the Black Country Living Museum, a week on Saturday: http://westmidlandsmdo.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/calling-wiki-editors/ Please note that I am not organising this event, though I shall attend and have been asked to speak at it; any queres should be addressed to the named contact, at the museum. Given the short lead-time, what's the best method of publicising this, on-wiki? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [okfn-announce] Announcement: OGDCamp, OKCon and the Open Knowledge Festival 2012 in Helsinki
FYI -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk -- Forwarded message -- From: Kat Braybrooke kat.braybro...@okfn.org Date: Feb 7, 2012 1:54 PM Subject: [okfn-announce] Announcement: OGDCamp, OKCon and the Open Knowledge Festival 2012 in Helsinki To: Open Knowledge Foundation discussion list okfn-disc...@lists.okfn.org You may have noticed from the buzz on the Web that the OKFN shared quite an announcement this morning. On September 17-22 this year, global communities will be descending on the shores of Helsinki for a week-long celebration called the Open Knowledge Festival http://okfestival.org/ – and you’re the first to be invited! For this festival – the first of its kind in the world – we are bringing Open Government Data Camp http://okfestival.org/open-government-data-camp/ (OGDCamp) and Open Knowledge Conferencehttp://okfestival.org/open-knowledge-conference/ (OKCon) to the same place to provide new opportunities for collaboration. We’ll start the week by supporting practitioners working in the fields of open government and municipal data, and end it by exploring the diversity of open knowledge initiatives from a global perspective. The organising team, a talented gathering of Finns and leaders from around the world, are already hard at work planning a busy week of seminars, workshops, lectures, hackathons, keynotes, coding jams and interactive media sessions that will bring together participants from a wide variety of backgrounds in new ways. Most importantly, we want your ideas to be highlighted at OKFest. We are currently looking for proposals regarding sessions, satellite events, research streams, hackathons, lecture topics and other forms of collaboration. Have a great project or idea that you want to share with the global community? This is the place to do it. Join our public discussion list and say hello herehttp://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfestival-coord and start finding collaborators on Twitter using the hashtag #okfesthttps://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/okfest . We look foward to seeing you in Helsinki, Finland this September for a week of new friends, open knowledge and global inspiration with a Nordic twist! For details about OKFest, see our blog post here http://shar.es/fA8jj. And apologies for any cross-posts - we're quite excited today! | Kat Braybrooke | Community Coordinator | Open Knowledge Foundation | London UK | OKFN.org | Tweet @OKFN | Tweet @kat_braybrooke ___ okfn-announce mailing list okfn-annou...@lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-announce ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK staff policies
On Feb 9, 2012 4:14 PM, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 09/02/2012 15:14, Richard Symonds wrote: Hope this makes sense! I have been a volunteer editor at Wikipedia for about since 2004 (25th January 2004 at 23:13 or possibly earlier). Are these volunteers you mention in the same class? No. I started editing in 2003. Newbie -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] West Midlands Police seek owners of Welch family memorial plaque
Only tangentially conencted (WLM!), but this should intrigue or amuse many of you: http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/latest-news/appeal.asp?id=4554 -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Politician pin ups – open-licensed pictures, please
Yes; I'm trying to work out how to talk my way into a joyride! Several of the pics are of Wikipedia already - we need to talk to other police forces about whether they have similar. On 15 February 2012 13:30, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Andy, Can i just say: Wow. I love the shots from the police helicopter! Richard On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: Folks, If you have contacts in local government, the civil service, other public bodies (police, NHS trusts, universities, etc) or political parties, please bring this appeal for open-licenced images of elected members. senior staff to their attention: http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/politician-open-licenced-pictures-please/ I've already had some very positive responses and promises of images with open licences. The post has already been translated and republished in Finland; other such reuse is welcome, under CC-By-SA 3.0 -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb
On 17 February 2012 12:21, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 February 2012 12:19, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: Hi folks, I have been provided with some information about a backstage pass event at the Black Country Living Museum, a week on Saturday: http://westmidlandsmdo.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/calling-wiki-editors/ Please note that I am not organising this event, though I shall attend and have been asked to speak at it; any queres should be addressed to the named contact, at the museum. Given the short lead-time, what's the best method of publicising this, on-wiki? Have we got reasonable numbers or is it worth me poking a few people via talk pages? I haven't heard; but then again they haven't cancelled, which they said they would do if bookings were insufficient. Thanks, though. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia needs your support
Please support QRpedia by voting it up at: http://www.telecoms.com/40186/qrpedia-language-code/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] WW1 Family History Roadshows event, Preston 1 March
Anyone in or near Preston? @EuropeanaEU just tweeted: Calling all journalists. Want to hear about our WW1 Family History Roadshows? Conf: March 1 10.30am Museum of Lancashire Preston #europeana -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Geonotices
On 2 March 2012 01:17, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote: [Geonotices] (PS, if there are any enwiki admins who don't know how to put up a geonotice, just copy and paste from this diff and change the message to the message you want, the start date to the current date and time, and the end date to the day of the event!) I don't do javscript, but it looks like it should be trivially easy to add an hCalendar microformat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hCalendar to that, to make the events downloadable as iCal files. Could you or anyone work with me on that? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikim
On 19 March 2012 14:48, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: We’re happy to announce our fourth employee at the UK chapter – Stevie Benton. Good news and congratulations to Stevie. Perhaps all the UK chapter staff might like to tell use their Wiki[m|p]edia user names? Of course that's not obligatory. -- Andy Mabbett User:Pigsonthewing @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikim
If only you knew some good Wikipedia trainers... ;-) On 19 March 2012 15:40, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: I'm keeping mine secret for a good reason- at the weekend I just couldn't get something to work and would have hated everyone to see me struggling!!! I like editing but am not (yet) as good at it as everyone else seems to be. Quoting Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk: On 19 March 2012 14:48, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: We're happy to announce our fourth employee at the UK chapter - Stevie Benton. Good news and congratulations to Stevie. Perhaps all the UK chapter staff might like to tell use their Wiki[m|p]edia user names? Of course that's not obligatory. -- Andy Mabbett User:Pigsonthewing @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. 07976 935 986 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] First QRpedia deployment in a church
Folks, It's my pleasure to announce that one of Birmingham's historic churches, St Paul's, in the city's Jewellery Quarter, is the first church in the world to use QRpedia. I have just helped their staff to install codes linking to articles about the church, the square in which it stands, its famous worshippers (James Watt Matthew Boulton; each code alongside the location of their respective private pews), the artists who designed and made its east window (Benjamin West Francis Eginton). Codes for the architect who added its spire (Francis Goodwin), and its famous organist (James Stimpson), will be added shortly. I'll be posting some images to Commons shortly, then working with them to raise some local and church-sector press coverage. Many thanks to fellow Wikipedians around the world, who raised the article about the church from one language to eleven over the last week. More would still be welcome! No doubt an item in This Month in GLAM will follow. I wonder what Messrs. Boulton and Watt would have made of this innovative technolgy? The URLs used are: [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Church,_Birmingham [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Square,_Birmingham [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Watt [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Boulton [5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_West [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Eginton [7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Goodwin [8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stimpson -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] First QRpedia deployment in a church
Images now uploaded: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Pigsonthewing On 23 March 2012 15:16, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: Folks, It's my pleasure to announce that one of Birmingham's historic churches, St Paul's, in the city's Jewellery Quarter, is the first church in the world to use QRpedia. I have just helped their staff to install codes linking to articles about the church, the square in which it stands, its famous worshippers (James Watt Matthew Boulton; each code alongside the location of their respective private pews), the artists who designed and made its east window (Benjamin West Francis Eginton). Codes for the architect who added its spire (Francis Goodwin), and its famous organist (James Stimpson), will be added shortly. I'll be posting some images to Commons shortly, then working with them to raise some local and church-sector press coverage. Many thanks to fellow Wikipedians around the world, who raised the article about the church from one language to eleven over the last week. More would still be welcome! No doubt an item in This Month in GLAM will follow. I wonder what Messrs. Boulton and Watt would have made of this innovative technolgy? The URLs used are: [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Church,_Birmingham [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Square,_Birmingham [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Watt [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Boulton [5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_West [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Eginton [7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Goodwin [8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stimpson -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Civil engineering Wikipedia event, London, 20 April
Friends and colleagues, I'm running a daytime event at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London, on 20 April: http://blog.pwcom.co.uk/2012/04/11/wikipedia-and-the-ice/ to talk about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects in relation to that sector. Its not an editathon, and it's not aimed at existing Wikipedians, but a few places are still available for representatives of civil engineering or related (architects, etc) bodies which have archives, or students and historians of such subjects who are new to Wikipedia. Please inform anyone in your networks, who fits that description and may be interested. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Geograph
A simple solution would be to create new categories, such as Geograph:West Sussex and Geograph:Barnes. Bots could then upload images to those, which could be subcategories of the respective parent categories, without clogging the latter, and images could be switched manually, as they're checked (simply by deleting the prefix were applicable). On 14 April 2012 14:30, John Byrne j...@bodkinprints.co.uk wrote: Yes, many of us are aware of the issues with Geograph, above all WSC. I agree the categorization side of it has been the real Achilles heel, and in my experience the problem is often worse than WSC suggests. When I filled up the Commons category for Wimbledon Common, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wimbledon_Common, I found that a significant number of images were categorized in West Sussex categories (what, 80 miles away?) and several others as Barnes (only 5 miles out, but that's a lot in London). But the good news was that I was able to find these images easily enough through the basic Commons search, as the original Geograph text info had enough detail. I've had this sort of result doing other categories. I understand that because templates were mostly used to record images as uncategorized etc, and categorizing with cat-a-lot doesn't remove these, and they are a pain to remove when you're doing bulk, these tend not to get removed. So a good number of the images categorized with uncategorized or category query templates are actually ok, and we don't have any reliable numbers for what is still a problem. Many of the ones supposed to have problems don't, and many of the ones supposed to be ok aren't. If you want images for a place in the UK, you should always do a basic search as well as looking at the category. But actually that's true of most things on Commons. Johnbod ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Museums Showoff is coming to London on Wednesday night
Note QRpedia slot: -- Forwarded message -- From: Rosie Clarke ro...@culture24.org.uk Date: 23 April 2012 17:26 Subject: Museums Showoff is coming to London on Wednesday night To: m...@jiscmail.ac.uk Dear All, This Wednesday evening (25th April) I'm one of an enthusiastic bunch of museum people who'll be talking about our latest projects and discoveries at Museums Showoff http://wp.me/p1LEfs-7e , in the Camden Head pub on Camden High Street. Doors open at 7pm, and admission's free (although the suggested donation is £5, to go to the charity Arts Emergency, http://www.arts-emergency.org http://www.arts-emergency.org%20 who campaign to make arts and humanities degrees accessible to people from disadvantaged backgrounds.) The speakers will be: Terence Eden on QRpedia Brian Macken on the Irish Natural History Museum, or 'The Dead Zoo' MJ Hibbett from Dinosaur Planet with a rock opera about space dinosaurs Gordon Cummings on the North West Essex Collection Subhadra Das on UCL's Pathology Collections, or, Why Russell Brand Should Never Be Let Near Any Museum Collection; Ever Gemma Angel on the Wellcome Collection's 300 preserved tattooed human skins Me talking about Museums at Night Ayla Lepine on teenagers in the VA Catherine Walker with handling objects from the Wellcome Collection, including a shrunken head Steve Lloyd on responsive signage at the Science Museum and a robot in the Houses of Parliament Robots, tattoos, shrunken heads and a rock opera about space dinosaurs - how can you resist? If you come along, please do say hello to me! All the best, Rosie Clarke Marketing Coordinator, Culture24 Direct line: 01273 623336 Main office: 01273 623266 Follow: @MuseumsAtNight http://twitter.com/MuseumsAtNight About: www.WeAreCulture24.org.uk http://www.weareculture24.org.uk/ Supporting the cultural sector to reach audiences online Enjoy: www.culture24.org.uk http://www.culture24.org.uk/ Your arts heritage guide online Museums at Night: www.museumsatnight.org.uk http://www.museumsatnight.org.uk/ Annual festival of arts, culture heritage 18th-20th May 2012 Culture24 is the official cultural data provider to the BBC website: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ukmcg Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/museumscomputergroup [un]subscribe: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Discussing risk in Wikimedia UK
On 23 April 2012 13:44, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Following the bard meeting at the weekend we have st up a age where our idcussion on risk can be continued in the community Risk of poor typing harming reputation? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UCL Lunch Hour Lectures on Tour - Virtual Visitors: Why Would Anyone Want To Visit The Virtual British Museum Collections Online?
Another event which may interest those of you close on London: On 24 April 2012 15:43, Washington, Samuel s.washing...@ucl.ac.uk wrote: Thursday 14 June VIRTUAL VISITORS: WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO VISIT THE VIRTUAL BRITISH MUSEUM COLLECTIONS ONLINE? Dr Melissa Terras (UCL Centre for Digital Humanities) Launched in October 2007, the British Museum provides virtual access to objects and collections via an online database, and by the end of 2009 nearly 2 million records had been made available. However, why would anyone want to view a collection online rather than in person, and what would they use it for? This Lunch Hour Lecture, by Dr Terras, Deputy Director of UCL's Centre for Digital Humanities, will discuss what is known about the use of this virtual online resource, and if indeed it is even used. This talk will also present analysis undertaken by UCL's Centre for Digital Humanities in conjunction with Claire Ross and Vera Motyckova and colleagues at the British Museum. For venue and additional information please visit: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/june_2012/virtual_visitors.aspx -- Sam Washington Digital Resources Manager UCL Museums Collections Room 224, Wilkins Building University College London Gower Street London WC1E 6BT Tel: 0207 679 2354 | x32354 website: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ukmcg Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/museumscomputergroup [un]subscribe: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthshire CC open-license pics of their councillors Chief Officer
In response to my blog post: http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/politician-open-licenced-pictures-please/ Monmouthshire County Council have open-licensed portrait photos of all their councillors (post the recent election), plus their Chief Officer. I've already used two, on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monmouthshire_County_Council Please encourage your contacts in local government and other public bodies to do likewise - feel free to refer them to my blog post for details. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election and resolution results
On 12 May 2012 18:50, James Farrar james.far...@gmail.com wrote: Here are the results of the resolutions and elections held at the Wikimedia UK AGM today: For and on behalf of the Tellers Thank you for what must be a tedious job; done well. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] OpenDomesday links
If you curate an en.Wikipedia page about place in the UK, and it appeared in the Domesday Book, please add the OpenDomesday template: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:OpenDomesday to the external links section. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] OpenDomesday links
Thank you. Yes; I'm in contact with Anna Powell-Smith, who spoke about OD at the Wikimedia-UK AGM and who set up the Domesday wikiproject. On 16 May 2012 14:47, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: To test this, I added it to my childhood village here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penn%2C_West_Midlandsdiff=492863117oldid=49214 It works brilliantly. Thanks very much for setting this up Andy - do OpenDomesday know we're doing it? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 16 May 2012 14:16, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: If you curate an en.Wikipedia page about place in the UK, and it appeared in the Domesday Book, please add the OpenDomesday template: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:OpenDomesday to the external links section. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] OpenDomesday links
Cool. How are you sourcing entries? On 16 May 2012 16:46, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote: Andy's note encouraged me to send off a bot to populate http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Geograph_images_of_places_mentioned_in_the_Domesday_Book. The bot has only just started, it may take a while to finish! So don't go renaming the category or anything daft for at least a day, but just having this category might kick off some creative ideas. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:Fae http://enwp.org/user:Fae/events Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Visiting Monmouth on Saturday
I'll be in Monmouth for the first time on Saturday, and look forward to meeting those of you who can make it. When and where should I present myself? Is there a programme for the day? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia - press coverage so far
On 18 May 2012 09:22, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: So far we have lost three articles to non-notability. Which articles? Were any attempts made to rescue them? Did they go through Articles for Deletion debates, or were they speedily deleted or PRODed? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia - press coverage so far
On 17 May 2012 15:12, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: We're starting to pick up some press coverage There's been quite a lot of social media coverage, too - do we have any tools for measuring this? Yesterday, @JackSchofield (late of the Guardian, 19,744 followers) retweeted my comment about Monmouthpedia, and @BBCClick (1,970,737 followers!) have just done likewise. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Lift offered: Birmingham - Monmouth
I should have said; I can offer lifts from North Birmingham-Monmouth on Saturday, or pick up en route. Share costs. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] OpenDomesday links
On May 18, 2012 11:40 PM, Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote: On 16/05/2012 14:16, Andy Mabbett wrote: If you curate an en.Wikipedia page about place in the UK, and it appeared in the Domesday Book, please add the OpenDomesday template: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:OpenDomesday to the external links section. Domesday names a total of 13,418 places. - [[Domesday Book]] Yeah, this is going to take a while. We have no deadline. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] A V Denham
The first (only?) article created in Monmouth during today's festivities was a biography of the author A V Denham. I've just removed a proposed PROD deletion template from it, but it dos need more references, to establish notability. I've searched on Google and HighBeam, and found nothing suitable, Can anyone provide suitable references, please? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A V Denham
On 19 May 2012 22:44, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: As I feared when we discussed this article early today, I'm not really sure she is notable... I think that's why you can't find suitable references to establish notability. I'd be very surprised if an author of at least nine novels, all published by a single mainstream publisher (implying commercial success) with some republished in large print editions, had manage to garner no press coverage, interviews, or reviews. That they have been published over a period starting in 1976 means that such coverage is likely to pre-date the web and may never have been available electronically. I'm also a little concerned that a large portion (over a third) of the article I think you're miscounting. is copied word for word from the publisher's biography of her (the 2nd reference). It's only one and a half sentences and its the obvious way to convey that information, so it wouldn't usually be a problem, but the article is just so short that it is quite significant. SOFIXIT! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A V Denham
On May 20, 2012 8:34 AM, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 19 May 2012 20:59, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: It's not looking promising... hmm Given there are Monmouth MPs without articles and with sources, there is an issue of priorities. YMMV of course. Pardon me if I regard supporting a new editor in creating and developing their first article as a priority. As always, you're entitled to ask for a refund. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] (semi-OT) WMUK should probably not do any balloon releases, OK?
Beach balls. Take that any way you will ;-) On 25 May 2012 13:00, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Now that WOULD be nice - Daria? On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 25 May 2012 08:57, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: smallQuick, cancel the order for all of those Wikipedia globe-shaped balloons!/small Now I want a Wikipedia globe-shaped balloon... Jon, have you got anyone working on that? ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. 07976 935 986 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] (semi-OT) WMUK should probably not do any balloon releases, OK?
Jimbo will just have to fend for himself. On 25 May 2012 13:11, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: That could be fun but might they hurt whales? On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: Beach balls. Take that any way you will ;-) On 25 May 2012 13:00, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Now that WOULD be nice - Daria? On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 25 May 2012 08:57, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: smallQuick, cancel the order for all of those Wikipedia globe-shaped balloons!/small Now I want a Wikipedia globe-shaped balloon... Jon, have you got anyone working on that? ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. 07976 935 986 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. 07976 935 986 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia press release: Technological landmark for award-winning Birmingham Moor Street station
Wikimedia UK press release about my QRpedia work at Birmingham Moor Street Railway Station, from WikimediaUK: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/05/technological-landmark-for-award-winning-birmingham-moor-street-station-press-release/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia press release: Technological landmark for award-winning Birmingham Moor Street station
On 30 May 2012 10:12, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 30/05/12 04:14, HJ Mitchell wrote: [QR codes] Another issue is that they are mysterious dots in a square. You don't know where they will take you. This is not an issue for the QRpedia codes at Moor Street, nor in Monmouth and elsewhere, which are labelled both Wikipedia (or Monmouthpedia) and with the title of the target article. Like any other innovation, QR codes can be used well, or badly. We aim to use them well. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Listadmin wanted for wikimediauk-l
On 1 June 2012 10:04, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 30 May 2012 20:13, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: Andrew Turvey has quit as listadmin so we could probably do with a spare. Any volunteers? Please email wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org . Who'd have thought being a listadmin would be so popular? Must be the stupendous capacity for bribery and corruption [citation needed]. We counted the bribes^W^W^Wtossed a virtual coin and picked thehelpfulone as the latest recipient of a daily list of really weird penis spam to clear. Thank you to all who also volunteered, someone will doubtless think of good things for you to do ;-) Fascist. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK's coolest projects
On 6 June 2012 16:12, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Short version: What are our three coolest projects between Wikimania 2011 and Wikimania 2012? Monmouthpedia, of course but also, separately, the spread of QRpedia around the world. Becoming a charity for #3? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Glasgow
I shall be in Glasgow, with free time on the afternoon of 19 and daytime of 20 June. I hope to visit a couple of museums, and perhaps talk to their staff about GLAM QRpedia. Obviously, I don't want to tread on the toes of anyone already working in that area - do we have anyone already doing so? Otherwise, does anyone have any useful GLAM contacts there? Or just want to meet for coffee? On the evening of the 20th, shall be at this event, also in Glasgow: http://tartantweeple.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/protecting-you-social-media-assets/ Discussing social media in local government, should any of you wish to attend, or follow online. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Main page seen by library users - where is Wikipedia?
The screenshot at: http://twitpic.com/9trfss shows the first page seen by anyone using a computer in a library in my home city, Birmingham. There are a lot of popular websites listed - but Wikipedia isn't there! Maybe we could all check out our local libraries, for similar pages, and ask the staff to include Wikipedia, if they don't already? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] London Underground gets Wi-Fi, but....
London Underground stations are to get Wi-Fi, which will be free until end of Olympics. After that, free access will be limited to the Virgin portal and TfL travel news: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/07/wifi-first-london-tube-stations Perhaps we could ask for Wikipedia to be included in that free access, post-Olympics? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Main page seen by library users - where is Wikipedia?
On 8 June 2012 12:46, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Just looking into this now: Do you know what template was vandalised? There is some discussion at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Elizabeth_II#Porn_images_on_Elizabeth_II_page -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Main page seen by library users - where is Wikipedia?
We dropped the death penalty for treason, right..?
On 8 June 2012 14:39, brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote:
Not difficult at all.
On [[Template:NPG name]]
Vandalising IP: 188.28.135.246 rDNS: 188.28.135.246 is
188.28.135.246.threembb.co.uk
Vandalism Timestamp: 12:44, 2 June 2012 (UTC).
So the vandal either did this with a smartphone, or some other three
mobile 3G device (dongle, tablet, 3G-enabled laptop).
Checkuser will 'out' the browser ID, and that can be handed to
ab...@threembb.co.uk as a complaint about the user in question.
I'd be tempted to back it up with rough stats on how many people this
individual shocked/offended in the time that, and other, templates were
vandalised (for {{NPG name}}, about 2 minutes.
Brian McNeil
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From: HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com
Date: Fri, June 08, 2012 2:18 pm
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Well if you've got the patience, you could go through the recent changes,
isolate it to the template namespace, and look for recent reverts and
protections. But tracking it down the day after it's happened strikes as a
bit like locking the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Harry
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All I know is that it's from the 188. range, which is used by a few people
with a grudge against Wikipedia. I really need to know what template was
vandalised to be able to give the checkusers the info they need to track it
all down.
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On 8 June 2012 13:45, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote:
On 8 June 2012 12:38, Andrew West andrewcw...@gmail.com wrote:
On 7 June 2012 20:08, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
I
wonder how many of those were accessing the site from public computers
in libraries, and what the librarians thought about Wikipedia when
library users notified them of the porn on the Elizabeth II page.
Get the IP (I gather it's an IP user who vandalised the template), reverse
WHOIS it, report the issue to ISP / library / school / wherever that IP
user belongs.
Last year I had fun kicking up some fuss when an IP editor from Oxford
University vandalised an article about my Cambridge college ;)
Deryck
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Main page seen by library users - where is Wikipedia?
On 8 June 2012 15:53, Peter Coombe thewub.w...@googlemail.com wrote: Note there's currently a discussion on protecting the entire Template namespace and/or creating a template-editor user right. The former is getting shot down in flames. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#RfC_concerning_template_space I'd like the latter; if it meant I could edit currently-protected templates, without the rigmarole of becoming an admin. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Underground gets Wi-Fi, but....
On 9 June 2012 08:35, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 08/06/12 08:40, Andy Mabbett wrote: London Underground stations are to get Wi-Fi, which will be free until end of Olympics. After that, free access will be limited to the Virgin portal and TfL travel news: Perhaps we could ask for Wikipedia to be included in that free access, post-Olympics? In all languages? With a QR code (QRpedia) at each station? I like your thinking! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Underground gets Wi-Fi, but....
On 9 June 2012 16:55, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: We should support Hassle free access to WiFi as its in line with the free Hassle free has to be balanced with best-practice on security. it'll only take one bad incident, with press coverage to get a network closed down, or its (and possibly our) reputation destroyed. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Antiquist] Fwd: Cultural Heritage seminar on Tuesday 31st July - save the date
Who has interest in 3D modelling? Fae? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk -- Forwarded message -- From: Leif Isaksen leif...@googlemail.com Date: Jun 11, 2012 4:13 PM Subject: [Antiquist] Fwd: Cultural Heritage seminar on Tuesday 31st July - save the date To: Antiquist antiqu...@googlegroups.com Likely to be of interest to many antiquistas Best L. -- Forwarded message -- From: Grant Cameron grant.came...@cdg.uk.com Date: Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:41 PM Subject: Cultural Heritage seminar on Tuesday 31st July - save the date To: Leif Isaksen leif...@googlemail.com Dear Leif As part of the 3D-CoForm exhibition at the University of Brighton, CDG in-conjunction with the VA Museum are hosting a seminar to promote the use of 3D technologies for Cultural Heritage applications. Seminar title: 3D Scanning 3D Printing Technologies for Cultural Heritage Date: Tuesday 31st July Time: 10am-4pm Location: University of Brighton Presentations: by CDG Case Study: by James Stevenson, VA Museum For more about the 3D-Coform project please see... http://www.3d-coform.eu/ Please drop me a note if you would like to attend or would like further details. Best regards Grant Cameron CDG Concurrent Design Group Tel. 01420 88645 www.cdg.uk.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Antiquist group. To post to this group, send email to antiqu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to antiquist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/antiquist?hl=en. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What is in a name?
On 13 June 2012 09:44, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: At last, the company (a registered charity) is now called Wikimedia UK. The name was changed from Wiki UK Ltd. Various pages on the wiki will need to be changed; for example the chapter's expenses policy. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Distance learning project
I'll read this in full layer (on first glance it looks fine, but I'm mobile). How does it relate to Wikiversity? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] offlist Re: Recruiting for the Developer
-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] GLAM-WIKI 2012 - registration now open!
How should those of us expecting to work at the event register, if at all? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On Jun 22, 2012 5:20 PM, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote: Dear all, I am pleased to announce that registration is now open for the GLAM-WIKI 2012 conference, to be held at the British Library in London on 14th - 16th September 2012. The conference will feature two days of presentations and workshops, with the Friday focused on the work Wikimedia and similar organisations have done in partnership with cultural institutions, presenting case studies and discussing the benefits to both parties. The Saturday will be oriented more towards the practical and technical side, looking at ways to work together and running workshops to share best practice. The third day, Sunday 16th, will be an unconference day, with the focus and agenda determined by the attendees on the day. We are currently taking proposals for talks, workshops and panel sessions, on three broad themes: * Open content in the GLAM sector * Developing sustainable partnerships * New models and future projects The call for papers will close on 23rd July, and the schedule will be announced on 30th July. Registration is now open at: http://glamwiki2012.eventbrite.co.uk/ and accomodation details will be released at a later date when hotel arrangements are confirmed. More details, and the call for papers, are at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2012 If you have any questions, please contact g...@wikimedia.org.uk -- - Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Copyright of images on 'Britain from the Air' website
You may have seen a buzz on social media in the last couple of days, about a new website, 'Britain from the Air': http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/ which features http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/about-project: images from the Aerofilms collection... Dating from 1919 to 2006... purchased by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, English Heritage and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales... in 2007. The site-wide copyright statement, on http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/legalities, is somewhat ambiguous: The images, information and data featured on this website are subject to Crown Copyright and other Intellectual Property Rights held by the Partners and Individual Contributors as indicated. There are also copyrights relating to the database itself and to the design, structure and code employed in the website. Has anyone found an image on the site with a copyright notice excepting it from the default Crown Copyright? Presumably, the use of Crown Copyright means that we're at liberty to use images that are over 50 years old, like this 1928 shot of Birmingham: http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw022585?search=birminghamref=10 on Commons and Wikipedia? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] GeoVation: applying QRpedia to the Wales Coast Path - we're through to the final!
This week, Roger Bamkin, John Cunningham, Robin Owain and I took part in an intensive, competitive event, as part of the GeoVation Challenge: http://www.geovation.org.uk/ We pitched a proposal to extend the Monmouthpedia model along the Wales Coast Path, the world's first footpath covering the entire coastline of a country: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_Coast_Path Our bid, which would involve training communities of people to edit articles about their local area, the erecting QRpedia codes linking to those articles, was very well received, and we're through to the final: http://www.geovation.org.uk/finalists-invited-geovation-showcase/ which will take place on 18 June. If successful we will receive funds which will cover the cost of training sessions and the production of QRpedia plaques and stickers. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] GeoVation: applying QRpedia to the Wales Coast Path - we're through to the final!
On 26 June 2012 14:07, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: we're through to the final: http://www.geovation.org.uk/finalists-invited-geovation-showcase/ which will take place on 18 June. 18 July, sorry! (Thank you, Lori!) -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyright of images on 'Britain from the Air' website
The site says Crown Copyright. On 26 June 2012 12:24, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: I don't think so - I think they're probably still copyrighted to the Aerofilms collection... Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 26 June 2012 12:10, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: You may have seen a buzz on social media in the last couple of days, about a new website, 'Britain from the Air': http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/ which features http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/about-project: images from the Aerofilms collection... Dating from 1919 to 2006... purchased by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, English Heritage and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales... in 2007. The site-wide copyright statement, on http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/legalities, is somewhat ambiguous: The images, information and data featured on this website are subject to Crown Copyright and other Intellectual Property Rights held by the Partners and Individual Contributors as indicated. There are also copyrights relating to the database itself and to the design, structure and code employed in the website. Has anyone found an image on the site with a copyright notice excepting it from the default Crown Copyright? Presumably, the use of Crown Copyright means that we're at liberty to use images that are over 50 years old, like this 1928 shot of Birmingham: http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw022585?search=birminghamref=10 on Commons and Wikipedia? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyright of images on 'Britain from the Air' website
As I said in my first mail ;-) But it does say Crown copyright and... not Crown Copyright or After Wikimania, I may give them a call to discuss and clarify. In any case, some, by anonymous photographers, are outside the 75 year barrier. On 29 June 2012 22:01, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Not quite - the legalities section says The images, information and data featured on this website are subject to Crown Copyright and other Intellectual Property Rights held by the Partners and Individual Contributors as indicated. Bit of a pain, but I suspect that the copyright of most of the image is murky at best :s Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 29 June 2012 21:18, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: The site says Crown Copyright. On 26 June 2012 12:24, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: I don't think so - I think they're probably still copyrighted to the Aerofilms collection... Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 26 June 2012 12:10, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: You may have seen a buzz on social media in the last couple of days, about a new website, 'Britain from the Air': http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/ which features http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/about-project: images from the Aerofilms collection... Dating from 1919 to 2006... purchased by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, English Heritage and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales... in 2007. The site-wide copyright statement, on http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/legalities, is somewhat ambiguous: The images, information and data featured on this website are subject to Crown Copyright and other Intellectual Property Rights held by the Partners and Individual Contributors as indicated. There are also copyrights relating to the database itself and to the design, structure and code employed in the website. Has anyone found an image on the site with a copyright notice excepting it from the default Crown Copyright? Presumably, the use of Crown Copyright means that we're at liberty to use images that are over 50 years old, like this 1928 shot of Birmingham: http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw022585?search=birminghamref=10 on Commons and Wikipedia? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Draft WMUK communications strategy for input
On 2 July 2012 11:08, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: I've recently drafted a communications strategy for WMUK based on preliminary discussions on the UK wiki here. I'd be really grateful for your thoughts and input on the strategy. Good stuff. A few opinions: * I'd like to see reference to environmental impact of print; and a requirement to balance outreach against this; with emphasis on the use of electronic communications wherever possible. * There should be a clear process for requesting, agreeing and publishing press releases and other broadcast communications (leaflets, posters etc, as opposed to wiki pages or mailing list posts) *in a timely manner*. This should not involve board sign-off; their job is policy, not micro-management. * The strategy should refer to post holders' titles, not individuals' names (just in case Stevie wins the lottery and decamps to the Bahamas!) * Video/ audio content should be available in accessible format to deaf or blind people. Videos should be subtitled, and audio transcribed, wherever possible. * Similarly, all print material should include an offer to provide large-print or audio copies, etc (or a URL for such). * Photography (and event video) - due consideration should be given to individuals who do not wish to be shown (or outed); especially minors ATB, -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Expenses...
On 2 July 2012 19:41, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: When receiving payments from the chapter, you'll now note that the payment reference contains a number - (31) or (15) or the like. This is a number that helps me and you reconcile what that payment is for, and which expense claim it belongs to Oh. I thought it was marks out of 100... -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia quick-start user guide
By popular request, I've written a short guide to getting started with QRpedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_QRpedia/user_guide suitable for showing to staff at GLAMs, and the custodians of historic buildings, etc.. Thanks to John Cummings for his contributions. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [OSGeo-UK] FOSS4G is coming to Nottingham!
On 25 June 2012 11:47, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: No website for 2013 as yet, but see... http://2012.foss4g.org/ http://foss4g.org/ Context: 1) Open Source, Open Knowledge, Open Data. 2) A major international conference comes to the UK. There's more at: http://knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/britain-will-be-open-for-geoconferencing-in-2013/ We should definitely be involved, not least to talk about geo-tagging articles, thus making them available, via our API to geo-sensitive services. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Can I get wikimedia-uk to buy a ROV?
On 5 July 2012 06:40, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote: I still think it is logical to start with establishing a photography interest group It might be worth talking to Peter Weis in Haburg; he's involed in a similar project for WikimediaDE. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] GLAM WIKI 2012 planning meeting is on Thursday 19 July
With no joining instructions, I've been unable to participate. On 19 July 2012 05:39, Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote: On 19/07/2012 10:31, Daria Cybulska wrote: Dear All, Below is a reminder about the meeting later today. Regards, Daria On 2 July 2012 14:17, Daria Cybulska daria.cybul...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Dear All, Just as a reminder, the next GLAM WIKI planning meeting is on Thursday 19 July at the London Wikimedia UK offices, basement room, 2-5pm. Everybody involved in organising/supporting the GLAM WIKI 2012 conference is welcome. This time we will try a conference call to support remote participation. I will send the details of how to connect closer to the day, but do let me know beforehand if you are interested. And how is the remote participation going to be done? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] (no subject)
The problem seems to be spreading. I'll get my coat... On 26 July 2012 14:12, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: I'll look into this tomorrow. After I've dealt with non-dairy subjects. Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK On Jul 26, 2012 6:49 PM, Firozali A Mulla flymu...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Margarine is made from plastic MARGARINE, when first produced, is a grey, smelly plastic. It needs ... a grey, smelly grease. Yet many health ...There you are you eating plastic? Is that why we need more plastic bottles? The only reason people but this instead of butter is butter is high in cholesterol and it is priced expensive I thank you Firozali A.Mulla Firozali A.Mulla DBA P.O.Box 38100 Dar-Es-Salaam Tanzania ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
