Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
On 30 December 2011 17:14, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Tom, I'm feeling good as I just had a press release from Monmouth County Council and I made the point that it was Wikimedia UK they were partnering with - and we should be mentioned. I agree that John Cummings comment is spot on. He isnt a Wikipedia old lag but quite a new Wikipedian. He is the only wikipedian as far as I know in Monmouth. We are going to try and pull off an amazing stunt of taking one Wikipedian and creating 1,000 QR codes in a town that has no other known editors. John cannot do this Monmouth and Wikimedia UK can. Lots of coverage to day from The Next Web et al, BBC Wales Radio and TV and we're on Radio 4 next week. We also have promises of longer features. My own target is that we get a TV programme out of this. The story broke because John got a bit published in the Monmouth Beacon and the press ran with it. I'm not surprised, this a meme of an idea. The project has not been hidden but I guess it has not occupied much board time as the idea is so simple and everyone I've spoklen to just says got it lets do it. The only investment so far has been persuading the town that they want to do it. and we have had no one say No, nearly everyone has said yes ... how can we help. We have had a few who wanted to think about it, but we made it clear that this wasn't an option. We already have a university, several societies, 2/3 museums, councillors and civic societies etc committed. Initial funding is agreed. This is a great chance for Wikimedia UK to show what it can do. It would be great if some of our members searched out some Monmouth articles or looked at the Monmouthpedia project pages and started helping. I would request however that people resist giving a quick lesson in what you are doing wrong to a newbie until we have helped them four of five times. Anybody got some time to assist? It would be great to demonstrate how we collaborate to create something better then any of us can do alone. I'm (desperately) hoping someone surprises me Roger The problem you hit rather quickly is that while it is fairly easy to write local history about your local area (your local library will have sources) writing local history about a more distant place is far more difficult. Monmouth Archaeological Society also appears to have a fairly limited set of publications which is a pity since local Archaeological Societies are usually a fairly good of material for articles. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
I would agree about the difficulty of getting access to local sources (although I might have a go at Monmouth Castle which deserves a better article than it has got), but I wondered how broadly Monmouthpedia is being interpreted? The Monmouth Rebellion is relevant to my neck of the woods - but probably not that significant for the town - would that be included? Rod The problem you hit rather quickly is that while it is fairly easy to write local history about your local area (your local library will have sources) writing local history about a more distant place is far more difficult. Monmouth Archaeological Society also appears to have a fairly limited set of publications which is a pity since local Archaeological Societies are usually a fairly good of material for articles. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4713 - Release Date: 12/30/11 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
Great to see this interest! I also have editors ready to translate when we have some improved articles. 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.. I've included John on the list to make sure he knows and he can hopefully forward the requests. I know its not very easy but it is possible. As far as interpretation goes. Derby Museum used the rule that if the article had a link then it was relevant. So a bio of an artist who cad stuff in [[Derby Museum]] was relevant So I think the rebellion is named after the Duke of Monmouth - ie tricky to link to [[Monmouth, Wales]] John is looking for someone who can do some grome-ish stuff. He wants to allow editors to claim points for writing articles. There is a proven system at the GLAM/Derby pagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Derby/Multilingual_Challenge. Does someone fancy moving the important bits to the MonmouthpediA pagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/MonmouthpediAand zeroing everything so we are ready to allow editors to claim points etc.??? Armoured Car, and Ship - Yes we should be able to link the QR codes Monmouth Castle - Go for it! There are lots of ideas on MonmouthpediA pages. Some are people who may be local to you in fame but born in Monmouth. If we can make a new or 5x expanded article then I'll get it on DYK - has to be done in 5 days MonmouthpediA is to be on Radio 4 on Tuesday - be nice to say we are getting into 2nd gear Thanks for the interest Happy New Year! Roger B On 31 December 2011 09:25, Rod Ward rodw...@plus.net wrote: I would agree about the difficulty of getting access to local sources (although I might have a go at Monmouth Castle which deserves a better article than it has got), but I wondered how broadly Monmouthpedia is being interpreted? The Monmouth Rebellion is relevant to my neck of the woods - but probably not that significant for the town - would that be included? Rod The problem you hit rather quickly is that while it is fairly easy to write local history about your local area (your local library will have sources) writing local history about a more distant place is far more difficult. Monmouth Archaeological Society also appears to have a fairly limited set of publications which is a pity since local Archaeological Societies are usually a fairly good of material for articles. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4713 - Release Date: 12/30/11 ___ 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] Monmouthpedia
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. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
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. ___ 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] Monmouthpedia
On 31 December 2011 11:32, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: So I think the rebellion is named after the Duke of Monmouth - ie tricky to link to [[Monmouth, Wales]] In a slightly convoluted mode, I believe the ship is as well. (At some point in the past few centuries it was decided that he was All Right After All, etc.) Armoured Car, and Ship - Yes we should be able to link the QR codes Monmouth Castle - Go for it! There are lots of ideas on MonmouthpediA pages. Some are people who may be local to you in fame but born in Monmouth. Is there a WP Monmouth[shire]? If not, this may be a good idea to kickstart one - identify relevant articles, start projecttagging, etc. -- - 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
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
Andrew G - type monmouthpedia in to wikipedia or monmouthpedia.org into browser There is the project page @David Gerard - Thanks very much - the slides are at Monmouthpedia in Slideshare. The argument goes - - we've done a museum, we can do your town - Monmouth societies publish things for their mums and mates - we'll give you thousands of readers - Google ranking - how does it work? ... Links.. what do we supply ... links - Why are you copyrighting your images - don't you want people to use them? - How much money are you making from your copyright protection excatly? - Can you find Monmouth Museum on a map in Spanish why not? Wikicup bot? Thats exactly what we need!!! On 31 December 2011 12:36, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote: On 31 December 2011 11:32, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: So I think the rebellion is named after the Duke of Monmouth - ie tricky to link to [[Monmouth, Wales]] In a slightly convoluted mode, I believe the ship is as well. (At some point in the past few centuries it was decided that he was All Right After All, etc.) Armoured Car, and Ship - Yes we should be able to link the QR codes Monmouth Castle - Go for it! There are lots of ideas on MonmouthpediA pages. Some are people who may be local to you in fame but born in Monmouth. Is there a WP Monmouth[shire]? If not, this may be a good idea to kickstart one - identify relevant articles, start projecttagging, etc. -- - 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 -- Roger Bamkin Chair WMUK http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board 01332 702993 0758 2020815 Google+:Victuallers Skype:Victuallers1 Flickr:Victuallers2 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
On 31 Dec 2011, at 11:32, Roger Bamkin 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.. Is there a link here with Wikisource? Do they have digitized documents that could be hosted there? Or is there scope for a crowdsourced digitisation project here? I've done a quick scout around Wikisource and archive.org to see what's there, but there isn't too much: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel/Monmouth Mostly focused on Geoffrey of Monmouth. There's a book related to the [[Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers]] available on archive, which Richard might be interested in. Thanks, Mike ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
Oh yes - Wikisource has stuff to load and the museum have offered 10,000 pictures for commons. This is a Quid pro quo deal Mike's stuff looks interesting. I also searched ODNB for Monmouth and found so many with some tenuous connection to Monmouth under B that I stopped looking. Lots of people went to school in Monmouth as there are two posh schools there who trained people for the empire 100 years ago and quite a few notables. On 31 December 2011 13:47, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: On 31 Dec 2011, at 11:32, Roger Bamkin 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.. Is there a link here with Wikisource? Do they have digitized documents that could be hosted there? Or is there scope for a crowdsourced digitisation project here? I've done a quick scout around Wikisource and archive.org to see what's there, but there isn't too much: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel/Monmouth Mostly focused on Geoffrey of Monmouth. There's a book related to the [[Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers]] available on archive, which Richard might be interested in. Thanks, Mike ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Roger ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
The ship... is, sometimes. The most recent one is technically named for the duke, although the previous five were named for the town. The current one is also officially affiliated with the town. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Monmouthshire_Royal_Engineers is also still, basically, a stub... would be nice to get it to GA! Richard On 31 December 2011 12:36, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote: On 31 December 2011 11:32, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: So I think the rebellion is named after the Duke of Monmouth - ie tricky to link to [[Monmouth, Wales]] In a slightly convoluted mode, I believe the ship is as well. (At some point in the past few centuries it was decided that he was All Right After All, etc.) Armoured Car, and Ship - Yes we should be able to link the QR codes Monmouth Castle - Go for it! There are lots of ideas on MonmouthpediA pages. Some are people who may be local to you in fame but born in Monmouth. Is there a WP Monmouth[shire]? If not, this may be a good idea to kickstart one - identify relevant articles, start projecttagging, etc. -- - 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
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
Aah I thought it unusual that you'd name ships after an illigitamete traitorous Duke although in time all is forgiven Interestingly enough, one of the HMS Monmouths was quite treasonous as well, taking part in the Nore Mutiny in 1797. Afterwards, while she was sailing to battle at Camperdown, her new captain exhorted the crew to wash the stain off your character with the blood of your foes. Don't you love it when two outreach projects overlap? ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Monmouth_%281796%29action=historysubmitdiff=468751857oldid=463199366 Chris ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
Ø Monmouth Castle - Go for it! The castle article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monmouth_Castle has a bit of an expansion but could do with more from others. I did have a problem getting the Monmouthshire map to work in the infobox so it currently has the Wales map instead. I also came across the article for the Great Castle House (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Castle_House) which hadnt been tagged for Monmouthpedia so there may be other relevant articles still to be spotted. Rod From: Roger Bamkin [mailto:victuall...@gmail.com] Sent: 31 December 2011 11:33 To: r...@rodspace.co.uk; wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: john cummings Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia Great to see this interest! I also have editors ready to translate when we have some improved articles. 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.. I've included John on the list to make sure he knows and he can hopefully forward the requests. I know its not very easy but it is possible. As far as interpretation goes. Derby Museum used the rule that if the article had a link then it was relevant. So a bio of an artist who cad stuff in [[Derby Museum]] was relevant So I think the rebellion is named after the Duke of Monmouth - ie tricky to link to [[Monmouth, Wales]] John is looking for someone who can do some grome-ish stuff. He wants to allow editors to claim points for writing articles. There is a proven system at the GLAM/Derby page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Derby/Multilingual_Challenge . Does someone fancy moving the important bits to the MonmouthpediA page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/MonmouthpediA and zeroing everything so we are ready to allow editors to claim points etc.??? Armoured Car, and Ship - Yes we should be able to link the QR codes Monmouth Castle - Go for it! There are lots of ideas on MonmouthpediA pages. Some are people who may be local to you in fame but born in Monmouth. If we can make a new or 5x expanded article then I'll get it on DYK - has to be done in 5 days MonmouthpediA is to be on Radio 4 on Tuesday - be nice to say we are getting into 2nd gear Thanks for the interest Happy New Year! Roger B On 31 December 2011 09:25, Rod Ward rodw...@plus.net wrote: I would agree about the difficulty of getting access to local sources (although I might have a go at Monmouth Castle which deserves a better article than it has got), but I wondered how broadly Monmouthpedia is being interpreted? The Monmouth Rebellion is relevant to my neck of the woods - but probably not that significant for the town - would that be included? Rod The problem you hit rather quickly is that while it is fairly easy to write local history about your local area (your local library will have sources) writing local history about a more distant place is far more difficult. Monmouth Archaeological Society also appears to have a fairly limited set of publications which is a pity since local Archaeological Societies are usually a fairly good of material for articles. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4713 - Release Date: 12/30/11 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4713 - Release Date: 12/30/11 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
On 31 December 2011 16:15, Rod Ward rodw...@plus.net wrote: I did have a problem getting the Monmouthshire map to work in the infobox so it currently has the Wales map instead. Fixed. The map is called Wales Monmouthshire rather than Monmouthshire for some reason. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
[[HMS *Monmouth* (1796)]] is at Did You Know. Our 2nd! Its a tenuous link to Monmouth, but its there. Thanks to Chris. On 31 December 2011 16:23, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 31 December 2011 16:15, Rod Ward rodw...@plus.net wrote: I did have a problem getting the Monmouthshire map to work in the infobox so it currently has the Wales map instead. Fixed. The map is called Wales Monmouthshire rather than Monmouthshire for some reason. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Roger Bamkin Chair WMUK http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board 01332 702993 0758 2020815 Google+:Victuallers Skype:Victuallers1 Flickr:Victuallers2 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
On 31 December 2011 13:57, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: I also searched ODNB for Monmouth and found so many with some tenuous connection to Monmouth under B that I stopped looking. Lots of people went to school in Monmouth as there are two posh schools there who trained people for the empire 100 years ago and quite a few notables. Monmouthshire in the ODNB full text is more reasonable - around 200 hits and there are going to be fewer false positives in there. If someone can do a list of missing related DNB biographies (edition by 1912 to be PD text) then it could be posted to WP:WP DNB and we could have a look at it. This would be a way to get something new up quickly. Charles ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
I've just sent out an email to 15 supporters (ie, donors, current members etc) who are from the Monmouth area. Hopefully we can get them involved too - they'll be contacting John or i...@wikimedia.org.uk if they want to help. Richard On 31 December 2011 19:58, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 31 December 2011 13:57, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: I also searched ODNB for Monmouth and found so many with some tenuous connection to Monmouth under B that I stopped looking. Lots of people went to school in Monmouth as there are two posh schools there who trained people for the empire 100 years ago and quite a few notables. Monmouthshire in the ODNB full text is more reasonable - around 200 hits and there are going to be fewer false positives in there. If someone can do a list of missing related DNB biographies (edition by 1912 to be PD text) then it could be posted to WP:WP DNB and we could have a look at it. This would be a way to get something new up quickly. Charles ___ 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] Monmouthpedia
Notability is still an issue Gordon. However the rules for places are its on a map and we will do histioric buildings but not every 1960s Church. AGF I think you will be surprised. We pulled out 100 items at Derby Museum and none were challenged on notability. Roger. On 31 December 2011 21:11, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: ** I am slightly bugged about this. Local history, local geography, down to very small granularity was frowned upon in years past... Onwards and upward? Gordo On 30/12/2011 17:14, Roger Bamkin wrote: Hi Tom, I'm feeling good as I just had a press release from Monmouth County Council and I made the point that it was Wikimedia UK they were partnering with - a*nd we should be mentioned*. I agree that John Cummings comment is spot on. He isnt a Wikipedia old lag but quite a new Wikipedian. He is the only wikipedian as far as I know in Monmouth. We are going to try and pull off an amazing stunt of taking one Wikipedian and creating 1,000 QR codes in a town that has no other known editors. John cannot do this Monmouth and Wikimedia UK can. Lots of coverage to day from The Next Web et al, BBC Wales Radio and TV and we're on Radio 4 next week. We also have promises of longer features. My own target is that we get a TV programme out of this. The story broke because John got a bit published in the Monmouth Beacon and the press ran with it. I'm not surprised, this a meme of an idea. The project has not been hidden but I guess it has not occupied much board time as the idea is so simple and everyone I've spoklen to just says got it lets do it. The only investment so far has been persuading the town that they want to do it. and we have had no one say No, nearly everyone has said yes ... how can we help. We have had a few who wanted to think about it, but we made it clear that this wasn't an option. We already have a university, several societies, 2/3 museums, councillors and civic societies etc committed. Initial funding is agreed. This is a great chance for Wikimedia UK to show what it can do. It would be great if some of our members searched out some Monmouth articles or looked at the Monmouthpedia project pages and started helping.* I would request however that people resist giving a quick lesson in what you are doing wrong to a newbie until we have helped them four of five times. * Anybody got some time to assist? It would be great to demonstrate how we collaborate to create something better then any of us can do alone. I'm (desperately) hoping someone surprises me Roger On 30 December 2011 16:10, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-16359364 I've just seen this article. I'd somehow missed this is the planning stages (I was vaguely aware of some discussion about qr codes, but hadn't realised anything had progressed this far) - it looks like a great idea. It's a good article too, I particularly like the quote from John about being told he should implement his idea himself - that's exactly the attitude wmuk should have and we should make everyone aware of that. The only thing I don't like about the article is that it makes it sound like a Wikipedia project, rather than a Wikimedia UK project. It's not a big deal, but we should try and get the chapter's role more emphasis. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Roger Bamkin ___ Wikimedia UK mailing listwikimediauk-l@wikimedia.orghttp://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Gordon Jolygordon.joly@pobox.comhttp://www.joly.org.uk/ Don't Leave Space To The Professionals! ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Roger Bamkin Chair WMUK http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board 01332 702993 0758 2020815 Google+:Victuallers Skype:Victuallers1 Flickr:Victuallers2 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
On 31/12/2011 21:20, Roger Bamkin wrote: Notability is still an issue Gordon. However the rules for places are its on a map and we will do histioric buildings but not every 1960s Church. AGF I think you will be surprised. We pulled out 100 items at Derby Museum and none were challenged on notability. Roger. OK. Sure. So why is Monmouth so different from London (UK)? As a project? Gordo -- Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com http://www.joly.org.uk/ Don't Leave Space To The Professionals! ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
On 31 December 2011 21:54, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: OK. Sure. So why is Monmouth so different from London (UK)? As a project? Work down to the borough level. Walthamstow has an active historical society, for instance, who have churned out reams of highly citable text. Start at the local library and local museums and work outwards. - d. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
