Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedian in Residence, Museums Galleries Scotland

Hi! Let me know if there's any museum/gallery openings, or exhibition launches, that I can cover on Wikinews (within easy travel distance of Edinburgh). I've a far-better camera now than when I did the National and the Portrait Gallery. Brian McNeil -- Wikinewsie.org | http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeets in the papers - worth publicising?

will always be in a pub, you have a clue why entrenched cultural factors in the online community also seem quite stubborn. Charles  Links: -- [1] mailto:r...@blueyonder.co.uk -- Brian McNeil -- Wikinewsie.org | http://wikinewsie.org | https://en.wikinews.org Facts don't cease to be facts

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet in Edinburgh, 28 September

Wikimedians in Scotland or near Edinburgh who might be interested in joining us! [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Edinburgh_7 Have you pencilled in, Begin planning for Wikimedia Scotland on the agenda? ;-) -- Brian McNeil -- Wikinewsie.org | http://wikinewsie.org | https

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Non-renewal of Wikimedia UK fundraiser agreement

it, and damage public goodwill towards the movement. Brian McNeil -- Wikinewsie.org | http://wikinewsie.org | https://en.wikinews.org Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news. GPG Fingerprint: 7C3D FFD5 5ED5 B80F 1D18 A52B E84C 8928 6ABC A7AD

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Hillsborough page

-- Brian McNeil -- Wikinewsie.org | http://wikinewsie.org | https://en.wikinews.org Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news. GPG Fingerprint: 7C3D FFD5 5ED5 B80F 1D18 A52B E84C 8928 6ABC A7AD ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] I'm Not in Love...

/ ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk Brian McNeil -- Wikinewsie.org | http://wikinewsie.org | https://en.wikinews.org Facts don't cease to be facts

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Launching a Wikipedia for children soon, you may help !

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK slide scanner

. Fiddly, yes; but the results I've seen are very impressive, capturing the feel of film photography without a lot of work developing actual postive prints. Brian McNeil -- Wikinewsie.org | http://wikinewsie.org | https://en.wikinews.org Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikinews coverage of Strasbourg EU Parliament visit

to OTRS from someone in the Parliament. I'll be looking to do more video-based reporting over the next couple of months, but I think the new 'pop-out' method of displaying video is hideous. A result of NIH syndrome, methinks? Brian McNeil -- Wikinewsie.org | http://wikinewsie.org | https

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikinews coverage of Strasbourg EU Parliament visit

done, rather than doing nothing and offending nobody? I name no names because I'm pretty-sure a lot of people who could meet that 'wish' do not, due to people who put positive PR before meeting the movement's longer-term goals hamstringing them. Brian McNeil -- Wikinewsie.org | http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] No Sanity Clause?

with which to beat them up about copyright. -- Brian McNeil Wikinewsie.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

[Wikimediauk-l] Tom Morris for enWN CheckUser

://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Requests_for_permissions#Tom_Morris_.28talk_.C2.B7_contribs.29_.E2.80.94_CheckUser Brian McNeil -- Wikinewsie.org | http://wikinewsie.org | https://en.wikinews.org Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news. GPG Fingerprint: 7C3D FFD5 5ED5 B80F 1D18 A52B

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Invitation to Chapters and Photographers for the European Parliament Project 2014

reasonable-quality video. Only proviso: I'm not doing Nigel Farage unless I get to interview (read: Paxo) him. :P Brian McNeil -- Wikinewsie.org | http://wikinewsie.org | https://en.wikinews.org Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news. GSM: +44 (0)788 987 8314 | brian.mcn

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Invitation to Chapters and Photographers for the European Parliament Project 2014

in the door' with help from WM-UK has to be worthwhile. Brian McNeil -- Wikinewsie.org | http://wikinewsie.org | https://en.wikinews.org Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news. GSM: +44 (0)788 987 8314 | brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata tartan!

. They're not cheap, and I can be a smug git over the fact I've no problem fitting into one made for me over 20 years ago. Brian McNeil -- Wikinewsie.org | http://wikinewsie.org | https://en.wikinews.org Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news. GPG Fingerprint: 7C3D FFD5 5ED5

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A couple of proposals for perusal

in Edinburgh are multilingual. I'd hope that UK-targeted literature, in languages other than English, might be one thing to come out of Wiki Takes Leicester. Brian McNeil. -- Wikinewsie.org | https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Brian_McNeil Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news. GPG Key

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Early Photography in Scotland Edit-a-thon Edinburgh rescheduled

of Scotland and will take place between 10:00-17:00 at the NLS Boardroom on George IV Bridge, Edinburgh. Ah, well. Now clashes with EduWiki in Cardiff. Brian McNeil. -- Wikinewsie.org | https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Brian_McNeil Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news. GPG Key

[Wikimediauk-l] National Museums Scotland listings to 1 December 2013

is accepted for any harm that may be caused to your systems or data by this message. - End forwarded message - Brian McNeil -- Wikinewsie.org | http://wikinewsie.org | https://en.wikinews.org Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news. GPG Fingerprint: 7C3D FFD5 5ED5

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Alastair McCapra's conflict of loyalties between CIPR and WMUK

to feed their grievances, or manipulation, into The Signpost - in it's distinctive Yellow Journalism style. I've my grievances with The Signpost, far more than I've any worry that Alastair is incapable of managing (i.e. not voting on) issues where his COI is present. Brian McNeil

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wiki Loves Monuments deadline rapidly approaching

Quoting Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com: well done everyone! I see the UK ended up the 5th-biggest country in terms of the number of contributors, and 8th in terms of total photos uploaded. Not bad for a first attempt! I only got out taking photos one afternoon, and one late-night.

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: New display on Higgs boson at the National Museum of Scotland

One for the science geeks... ---BeginMessage--- Please find to follow media release from National Museums Scotland: [MediaLogo_pink]

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] At a loose end this weekend? Take some pics and snap out of it!

Quoting Michael Maggs mich...@maggs.name: http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/?page_id=75 What, in London, hasn't been photographed? Oh, wait, ... Tomorrow's triathalon. Anyone in the city fancy themselves as a sports photographer/reporter? Brian McNeil -- Wikinewsie.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: National Museums Scotland listings to 27 October 2013

invites to the press previews on most paid exhibitions (See Peter Doig's enWP for all I managed out of that; but, ...). Brian McNeil. -- The Wikinewsie Group. | http://wikinewsie.org | brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2014: On journalism

We're looking a year ahead, so we should have plenty of time to sort things out. But, the UK has some particularly-talented Wikinewsies (I'm looking at Iain Macdonald, Tom Morris and Paul Williams in particular). It would be short-sighted, in the extreme, not to ask the UK-resident

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Tony Benn, and Wiki-literature

Quoting Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk: Hi Brian, That all sounds really interesting, nicely done! I don't have your mobile number but I am connected to you on Skype. If there's a good time to contact you please let me know and I'll ping you and we can take it from there. Happy

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Tony Benn, and Wiki-literature

to a few handy contacts, will include a tour round the likely home for any TWG servers - those will not be cheap, largely because I'm going to stamp my feet and demand we're set up to be mostly NSA-proofed. And, running their preferred operating system (yes, it can host linux VMs). Brian

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Tentative schedule for London WIkinews Workshop

with just a couple of higher-res/larger sensor webcams. And as I noted a comment about this now being a closed list, I'll plug http://wikignomes.com. I bought the domain a couple of years back, and have done nothing with it. So, I've now set it up as a WordPress multisite install. -- Brian McNeil

[Wikimediauk-l] Possible WIkinews workshop

Since Wikimedia Australia have managed to secure press access and credentials for the Paralympic Games, I've been asked if I could run a Wikinews workshop in London shortly before the Paralympics. I'm curious as-to what interest there would be, outwith those from Down Under. Brian McNeil

[Wikimediauk-l] National Trust hiring geeks...

Thought this might be of interest to some folks on the list... http://www.theitjobboard.com/r.php?t=36195_70549_8867026_17384 Brian McNeil -- Wikinews Accredited Reporter | brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news. Unless otherwise stated

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Possible WIkinews workshop

On Thu, 2012-07-19 at 16:41 +0100, Tom Morris wrote: On Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 13:35, Brian McNeil wrote: Since Wikimedia Australia have managed to secure press access and credentials for the Paralympic Games, I've been asked if I could run a Wikinews workshop in London shortly before

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Edinburgh photography workshop

On Wed, July 11, 2012 2:58 pm, geni wrote: If interested, the project page for the workshop is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Scotland/Edinburgh_Photography_Workshop Whats the justification for using google documents? Not my choice to do so. I believe Peter used

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Edinburgh photography workshop

On Wed, July 11, 2012 3:37 pm, geni wrote: On 11 July 2012 15:14, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: it's on a system which we have full control over, although the servers are run by Google, obviously! The difference is that we have some control over it. What other

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Edinburgh photography workshop

Yep, Andrew. Unlucky for you - 13th in the auto-created spreadsheet. ;-) On Wed, July 11, 2012 4:09 pm, Andrew Gray wrote: On the format, a wiki is practical for our users, but not for people new to the system - even if they are comfortable editing, using a complicated table is definitely a

[Wikimediauk-l] Edinburgh photography workshop

From 20 - 22 July 2012 we are looking forward to hosting the first Edinburgh Photography Workshop. The intent is to improve photography skills amongst attendees, share the tricks of the trade and show how to make the most of your photographs throughout Wikimedia's projects, focusing on Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Russian Wikipedia blackout.

On Tue, 2012-07-10 at 10:33 +0100, James Farrar wrote: It's interesting to the community to learn that other countries and languages have similar problems to those that have affected us here. s/affected/been inflicted upon/ Remember Virgin Killer and the IWF[1]? This quote from the 'quite

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Yes, another charity wants your money

On Mon, July 9, 2012 9:52 am, Gordon Joly wrote: snip Become a Friend today and as part of your Friends pack you’ll receive discounts to museums and attractions, and lots more benefits to help you get even more out of your visits to the waterways. Wikimedia UK has members, but no

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welsh Education Minister

On Mon, 2012-07-09 at 23:45 +0100, Deryck Chan wrote: We *are* WMCY and WM Scotland. Now let's giddy up and get on with the nice stuff! Scotwiki (dot org) Have you? B. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Soldiers' letters

On Wed, 2011-10-26 at 17:55 +0100, Tom Morris 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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Soldiers' letters

: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Soldiers' letters From: Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Date: Wed, October 26, 2011 10:37 pm To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org On Wed, 2011-10-26 at 17:55 +0100, Tom Morris wrote: On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 22:55

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] World Wars project

Thanks, Chris ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org Brian McNeil. -- http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Brian_McNeil - Accredited Reporter

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A little wiki hacking

who demanded subtitles for Rab C. Nesbitt. Whether or not the sco language code is justified, is a point I'll defer to linguists on. As I say, Burns is the best-known example of it, and I've no passion to glorify the poetic musings of an ex-tax collector. Brian McNeil. -- http://en.wikinews.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A little wiki hacking

are due there. 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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] We are now accepting Direct Debits

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Question: UK versus regional branding

to accept reality. 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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Question: UK versus regional branding

eggs at the Iron Lady. 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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Phone hacking, a Wikinews special

they just not see it? On 20 July 2011 21:14, Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: Forgive the cheekiness, but this seems most apt as a subject to bring up on the WM UK list. If you've not heard about the NoTW phone hacking, I

[Wikimediauk-l] Phone hacking, a Wikinews special

him asked to speculate about regarding the (now 6 yr+ debacle over phone voicemail hacking). 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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] We need to talk to the public catalogue foundation

://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Brian McNeil. -- brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org | Wikinews Accredited Reporter. http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] two-letter UK domains: any use?

right in to the wiki; look for the Shorten URL link down the left. This is owned by Jon Davis (ShakataGaNai), an enWN crat, and current WMF employee. -- Brian McNeil. -- brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org | Wikinews Accredited Reporter. http://en.wikinews.org | http://www.wikinewsie.org Facts don't

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools projects

http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Brian McNeil. -- brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org | Wikinews Accredited Reporter. http://en.wikinews.org | http://www.wikinewsie.org Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools projects - evening courses

/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Brian McNeil. -- brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org | Wikinews Accredited Reporter. http://en.wikinews.org | http://www.wikinewsie.org Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Info: Press interest in Wikipedia articles for 'super-injunction celebrities'

has not been granted corresponding restraint by the Scottish Courts. Legal advice provided to Wikinewsies indicates they'd have a great deal of trouble getting that from the courts here - or prosecuting because someone broke some silly English judge's ruling. -- Brian McNeil. -- brian.mcn

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Info: Press interest in Wikipedia articles for 'super-injunction celebrities'

across today: http://www.city-law.net/news/2010/Wikipedia_article.htm So, it'll stay in - sure. However, someone in the US may well have to ask for legal assistance (EFF, ACLU?) in - via the Foundation - telling an out-of-touch man in a white, powdered wig and dress to, eff orf!. -- Brian

[Wikimediauk-l] Editing help

, and so. But, they're doing a reasonable job contributing despite that. Anyone point me at some documents I can get Prof. Blackall to tell them are 'required reading'? -- Brian McNeil. -- brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org | Wikinews Accredited Reporter. http://en.wikinews.org | http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Editing help

! Chris On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: Piggybacking on the Wikipedia workshops stuff,... I've got an Australian university

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Wikipedia Academy, podcast feature

with me, rather than related directly to the talks. 34 minutes or so in, as it says. Anything *but* the royal wedding, _pu-leez!_ :-P -- Brian McNeil. -- brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org | Wikinews Accredited Reporter. http://en.wikinews.org | http://www.wikinewsie.org Facts don't cease

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia logo on University Challenge?

. But, yes. Essentially Thomas is correct. -- Brian McNeil, Wikinewsie. http://www.wikinewsie.org | http://en.wikinewsie.org/wiki/Brian_McNeil Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), a 501(c) registered non-profit which is also responsible for Wikipedia. Wikinewsies

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Contractor position available for a GLAM-WIKI organizer

Hi Michael, This looks interesting - but not to me as a potential jobseeker. However, depending on my personal finances at the time, I might be very interested as attending as a member of the press. ;-) Brian. On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 12:48 +0200, Michael Peel wrote: Hi all, I've put a job

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] T-shirts

On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 03:30 +0100, Thomas Dalton wrote: On 24 May 2010 03:28, Brian McNeil [Wikinewsie] brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: Why not? The main reason not to do it is the amount of work involved in setting it up. At the moment, we are limited far more by volunteer time than

[Wikimediauk-l] T-shirts

locally, and have tourists collecting Wiki-related T-shirts for the places they visit while supporting the WMF... Brian McNeil. -- Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news. · Freelance, community-accredited, journalist. Wikinewsies do not officially represent the Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] T-shirts

On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 00:49 +0100, Thomas Dalton wrote: On 24 May 2010 00:29, Brian McNeil [Wikinewsie] Does WMUK have that authority? It is an interesting idea. I don't think WMUK has the authority to do it unilaterally (we can sell t-shirts to members at cost price, but once you start

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Wikimedia UK - help us build our future

very ambitious about getting WMUK seen as serious and respectable, I do want to push Wikinews issues, but I only want to do so where I can see a short-to-medium term benefit to WMUK. So, if I'm up as a candidate, spam me with questions! -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Wikinewsie.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership Fee Cut

On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 00:41 +, River Tarnell wrote: Brian McNeil: And this is an argument for what, exactly? No argument; I'm merely pointing out that a direct comparison between WM-UK and the NT might be misleading, since their fundraising methods and goals are quite different

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ordnance Survey consultation - should it be made free with no restrictions?

challenge. This is a political thing that the WMF, or at least WMUK, should be taking an active interest in. Were OS in the US all the data would be PD. -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Wikinewsie.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

with policy but absent that knowledge. -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Wikinewsie.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

, or change Wikipedia articles without violating policy. This ended up longer than I expected; could a strategy of grassroots work, with 'learning experience' errors, be a better use of resources than countering UK mainstream media reportage? -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told toavoidWikipedia - Telegraph

a way to fit it all together. I'm sure it is right to 'migrate' the message from a rebuttal of what journalists have to say, to our own ground. I see no inconsistency here, in fact, just a discussion of ways and means. Charles -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Wikinewsie.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoid Wikipedia - Telegraph

and problems. I see the government accepting people will use Wikipedia, and cautioning them on how to judge an article, as a highly significant step forward in a process leading to a more informed and critical electorate. -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Wikinewsie.org signature.asc

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools to get free access to online encylopedias

, Innovation and Skills; Children and Schools; Culture, Media and Sport; Health; Wales and Scotland. Many sources made freely available (well, taxpayer-paid) through libraries are the very sources Wikipedians reply on to access papers c to expand and flesh out Wikipedia articles. -- Brian McNeil

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...

the costly, time-intensive process of digitally restoring them. The Mary Rose pics won't need restored, but Commons offers some interesting services to museums. -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Wikinewsie.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...

On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 00:40 +, Michael Peel wrote: On 3 Jan 2010, at 00:35, Brian McNeil wrote: Durova's already done what she can with the image in the release at the moment. If you can figure out how to best add a mention of digital restorations, please do... I'd like to work

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Press release (Public Domain Day)

time based on where people are in the world. :-P -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Wikinewsie.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Open decisions

advanced tips. -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Wikinewsie.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

as to precisely which of Yeats' works will be PD on January 1. -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Wikinewsie.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

/wiki/Press_releases/Public_domain_day -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Wikinewsie.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

be persuaded to records stuff for Commons; getting a featured audio on Wikipedia would stroke their egos. Stephen Fry reading his favourite Yeats poem anyone? -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Wikinewsie.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 19:23 +, Charles Matthews wrote: WMUK list CC Steve Virgin Charles Matthews wrote: Brian McNeil wrote: Stephen Fry reading his favourite Yeats poem anyone? Have you seen the recent Doonesbury strand about celeb voices for satnav? This one

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Open decisions

On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 00:57 +, Andrew Turvey wrote: Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: From: Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, 21 December, 2009 00:22:23 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject

[Wikimediauk-l] WikiVoices #51 / English Wikinews Writing Contest 2010 - #wikiwednesday

The for your friends who might try Wikinews intro http://enwn.net/6bc42 -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org|http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Brian_McNeil Content of this message in no way represents the opinions or official position of the Wikimedia Foundation or any of its projects

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia guide for teachers

on how Wikipedia can have false information inserted. -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org|http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Brian_McNeil Content of this message in no way represents the opinions or official position of the Wikimedia Foundation or any of its projects. * Problems replying

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia guide for teachers

On Sun, 2009-12-06 at 16:48 +, Thomas Dalton wrote: 2009/12/6 Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org: For the 11-13 range I'd suggest they use Wikipedia for Schools. They can install it locally if they like, and actually letting the upper-end 15/16 loose on the mediawiki install would

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor

be referred to as he despite being a hermaphroditic alien reptoid. -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org|http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Brian_McNeil Content of this message in no way represents the opinions or official position of the Wikimedia Foundation or any of its

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paying for news

/Press_releases/Free_online_news Steve Virgin's just rewritten this - any comments on the latest version? The current plan is to send it out tomorrow morning. I like this new version. Needs a few more eyeballs over it to check for grammar and so. -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paying for news

pills for a couple of extra weeks. ;-) -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Brian_McNeil Content of this message in no way represents the opinions or official position of the Wikimedia Foundation or any of its projects. signature.asc Description

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Help us on Britain loves Wikipedia!

interested in knowing if they still have them hidden away somewhere. As a kid I loved going round and pushing all the buttons to make things like bridges raise and mineheads run. Those would make great little video clips for commons if I can borrow some sort of decent vid-cam. -- Brian McNeil

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Would anyone like to talk to Rory Cellan-Jones about the falling number of editors?

media organizations about this story. The Press Association are looking for comment. -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Brian_McNeil Content of this message in no way represents the opinions or official position of the Wikimedia Foundation or any of its

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] School project

] http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/charity-news/wikipedia-for-schools.htm [2] http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/charity-news/2008-wikipedia-for-schools.htm [3] http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/2008-09_Wikipedia_for_Schools_goes_online -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Notes from the Cbinet Forum

history of assuming they have a right to be paid over and over and over again for exactly the same piece of work. -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Wikinewsie.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Next board meeting: this evening, with a different format

. -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Wikinewsie.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cbinet Forum

the public domain what they agreed to give it in the first place. -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Wikinewsie.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cbinet Forum

, try to get any press there to mention you were present. -- Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org Wikinewsie.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM dates

From: Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net On 26 Sep 2009, at 12:52, Al Tally wrote: On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 12:44 PM, brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: From: Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com - Al Tally majorly.w...@googlemail.com wrote: also, where is it going to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Daily Mail on Flagged Revisions

...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Paul Williams Sent: 26 August 2009 13:48 To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Daily Mail on Flagged Revisions Under that logic, posting the link is a copyright violation as it does not belong to us. 2009/8/26 Brian McNeil brian.mcn

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Daily Mail on Flagged Revisions

To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Daily Mail on Flagged Revisions I was merely stating that your logic is flawed. We aren't claiming any ownership of posts to this list, or content ownership. It's just being reposted as a convienience. 2009/8/26 Brian McNeil

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikinews' article on the National Portrait Gallery threat

Wikinews has its article up for review. It should be published and in Google News pretty much as-is. http://tinyurl.com/WN-NPG It is quote long and mindful of the discussion over the weekend. Brian. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Foundation-l] sue and be damned FOI to NPG

I have a response from the National Portrait Gallery's press spokesperson that they are drafting a release to issue today. Obviously they've received a lot of interest on this. Brian. -Original Message- From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] FW: National Portrait Gallery threat of legalaction

Of Brian McNeil Sent: 13 July 2009 18:33 To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] FW: National Portrait Gallery threat of legal action Statement from the National Portrait Gallery. -Original Message- From: Eleanor Macnair [mailto:emacn...@npg.org.uk] Sent: 13

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Foundation-l] About that sue and be damnedto the National Portrait Gallery ...

I have emailed the culture department, pointed them at the legal threat, and asked a few questions and for a statement on this. Brian. -Original Message- From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Sam Blacketer

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Using Wiki software in higher Education: Interview request

@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Using Wiki software in higher Education: Interview request Could Cormac travel to London do you think? - Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: From: Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday

[Wikimediauk-l] Merchandise

I know this may be early days, but I see mention of chapter negotiations and this is a somewhat related issue. Most people here (not in the wider public) know about the Cafepress store for Wiki merchandise, but it doesn't really cut it anymore. I am aware that alternatives are being looked at,

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