Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...
Charles Matthews wrote: Brian McNeil wrote: I don't think WMUK needs a style guide as long as Wikinews' but, it might be an idea to note points as we go along that should be consistent. Oooh, let's do the endash-hyphen thing right here ... not. The press do have their own style guides, so the message is more important than the medium. I have moved material around to get the punch into the first para. Mary Rose is good: on everyone's radar, apparently. Charles Style guides? A few weeks back, I contacted The Guardian to correct the spelling of PARC quoting a well known online encyclopedia as a reliable source. I also pointed out that parc appeared to be a registered trademark. They were adamant. Their style guide said that it should be Parc. One of those who has spent his time studying what happens on Wikipedia is Ed H Chi, a scientist who works at the Palo Alto Research Center (Parc) in California. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/12/wikipedia-deletionist-inclusionist But elsewhere (Technology Guardian) the spelling is correct:- http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2004/feb/25/formerxeroxpa Go figure. Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: I contacted Stephen Fry's agent but got no response. It may have been bad timing given the holidays, perhaps someone else could try and see if that can be arranged after the fact. Stephen Fry posted on his blog yesterday that he has a book due for completion in April and as such as disappearing from Twitter and keeping his appointments clear. So I fear he'll not be up for this until at least the middle of the year. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: If he hadn't just announced that he's going incommunicado until April to work on his autobiography, I would have suggested contacting him via Twitter. He won't do any recordings until he's finished the book, though. Damn, must read to the end of threads before posting. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...
2010/1/5 Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com: Style guides? A few weeks back, I contacted The Guardian to correct the spelling of PARC quoting a well known online encyclopedia as a reliable source. I also pointed out that parc appeared to be a registered trademark. They were adamant. Their style guide said that it should be Parc. The BBC's style guide says the same. Acronyms (that is, abbreviations that are pronounced as a word, rather than as individual letters) get only one capital letter, eg. Nasa not NASA. I guess it makes it easier to know how to pronounce an unfamiliar name. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Schools to get free access to online encylopedias
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/ireland/schools-to-get-free-access-to- online-encylopedias-440794.html The country’s 4,000 schools are to get free access to online versions of the popular Encyclopedia Britannica and World Book as part of an e-Learning initiative announced today. ... do you think we should offer to generously let them access Wikipedia for free as well? We can even throw in the native language version. ;-) (via Mathias Schindler on wmfcc-l) Mike ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools to get free access to online encylopedias
(resending as the Wikimedia IE mailing list apparently defies the - l convention...) On 5 Jan 2010, at 16:10, Michael Peel wrote: http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/ireland/schools-to-get-free-access-to- online-encylopedias-440794.html The country’s 4,000 schools are to get free access to online versions of the popular Encyclopedia Britannica and World Book as part of an e-Learning initiative announced today. ... do you think we should offer to generously let them access Wikipedia for free as well? We can even throw in the native language version. ;-) (via Mathias Schindler on wmfcc-l) Mike ___ 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
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools to get free access to online encylopedias
Michael Peel wrote: http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/ireland/schools-to-get-free-access-to- online-encylopedias-440794.html The country’s 4,000 schools are to get free access to online versions of the popular Encyclopedia Britannica and World Book as part of an e-Learning initiative announced today. ... do you think we should offer to generously let them access Wikipedia for free as well? We can even throw in the native language version. ;-) Not CCed since I have a UK point to make. Which is that government these days have budgets to spend on website mass subscriptions for schools (as here) or libraries. This doesn't get much scrutiny. This is something to research. I benefit through my library card in Cambridge by having about 20 online subscriptions. I'm not ungrateful, but this is taxpayers' money, and there is politics attached. Can we find out, in the UK, which ministry is paying? Out of what budget? How much do they spend? What arguments do we have of the type this money is propping up an older model, could be spent better? There will be an election by May, and we know public spending is under pressure. A position paper for WMUK would be good. Charles ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools to get free access to online encylopedias
On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 17:44 +, Chris McKenna wrote: I'd suggest that some FoI requests to likely ministries/departments asking how much they spend annually on such subscriptions, and which budget it comes out of. I'd suggest the Home Office; Communities and Local Govt; Business, 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 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://uk.wikimedia.org
