[Wikimediauk-l] Yes, another charity wants your money
I have been following the transfer from British Waterways to Canal River Trust. They have now begun business, and as a registered charity, they want your money. https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/get-involved/donate-now CRT have launched Friends package. 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 Friends. Perhaps this should change? Gordo P.S. Nobody in their right mind would use an ampersand in their legal name in the age of the web, would they? ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monthly reports - May and June
Hello again, Just a quick reminder that we're approaching deadline for these reports and we're still pretty light on content. If you've been involved in any WMUK activity in May or June please do feel free to add some notes to the report. Thank you, Stevie On 5 July 2012 10:55, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone, This is a reminder that we are in the process of compiling monthly reports for May and June. The May report needs to be signed off by the middle of next week (latest) so if you were involved in any WMUK activity during May please add your content to the report by then. The wiki page can be found herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2012/May The June report is also in development and we'd like to get this signed off soon too. If you haven't already done so, please add any relevant content by the end of next week. You can find the wiki page herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2012/June If you have any questions please do let me know. Thanks, Stevie -- Stevie Benton Communications Organiser Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, 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. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. -- Stevie Benton Communications Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, 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. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
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 youll 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 Friends. Perhaps this should change? Interesting idea; but, what's going to catch people's attention more would be Friends of Wikipedia. That might be worth pushing up to the WMF, and across to Cultural Partners (list currently down). What people could be offered in-return for becoming Friends is kinda hard to see. P.S. Nobody in their right mind would use an ampersand in their legal name in the age of the web, would they? amp; why not? :-) Brian. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Welsh Education Minister
Robin Owain and I met Leighton Andrews (today) who is the Education Minister for Wales. The meeting arose out of the work that we are doing in Wales. This means Monmouthpedia and the Welsh Wicipedia (yes its spelt with a c). The meeting lasted less than 45 minutes but we covered - Who we are? About WMUK, WMCY, Monmouthpedia. We noted especially that WMCY is the leading web site in Welsh. - Welsh phone. There is no phone that will switch truly into Welsh. We had already tried getting his officials to ask and Google had said maybe. Leighton agreed to ask personally. - Welsh encyclopedia. There is a bilingual Welsh and English encyclopedia that was published in the last few years. Leighton said he would see if the copyright could be released to grow WMCY. - Could Wales be the leading nation for information freedom? Leighton said he would challenge his fellow ministers with this question. - The minister said that he was supportive of the idea that information should be made commercially available freely. ie CC BY SA - He would ask the Heritage minister about what could be done to free more data. - Note: There is an experiment currently in progress to release 150 images from multiple sources to Wikimedia Commons. The objective is to find out why thousands more images could not be freely released. This is a WMUK (And Monmouthshire County Council) inspired initiative. -- Roger Bamkin and Robin Owain 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] Welsh Education Minister
On 9 July 2012 16:06, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: Robin Owain and I met Leighton Andrews (today) who is the Education Minister for Wales. The meeting arose out of the work that we are doing in Wales. This means Monmouthpedia and the Welsh Wicipedia (yes its spelt with a c). The meeting lasted less than 45 minutes but we covered Fantastic stuff! - d. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Yes, another charity wants your money
On 09/07/12 15:46, Brian McNeil wrote: P.S. Nobody in their right mind would use an ampersand in their legal name in the age of the web, would they? amp; why not?:-) amp; ?? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Yes, another charity wants your money
On 09/07/12 20:01, Gordon Joly wrote: On 09/07/12 15:46, Brian McNeil wrote: P.S. Nobody in their right mind would use an ampersand in their legal name in the age of the web, would they? amp; why not?:-) amp; ?? Gordo There is no escape Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welsh Education Minister
Do you mean WPCY rather than WMCY? On Jul 9, 2012 11:06 AM, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: Robin Owain and I met Leighton Andrews (today) who is the Education Minister for Wales. The meeting arose out of the work that we are doing in Wales. This means Monmouthpedia and the Welsh Wicipedia (yes its spelt with a c). The meeting lasted less than 45 minutes but we covered - Who we are? About WMUK, WMCY, Monmouthpedia. We noted especially that WMCY is the leading web site in Welsh. - Welsh phone. There is no phone that will switch truly into Welsh. We had already tried getting his officials to ask and Google had said maybe. Leighton agreed to ask personally. - Welsh encyclopedia. There is a bilingual Welsh and English encyclopedia that was published in the last few years. Leighton said he would see if the copyright could be released to grow WMCY. - Could Wales be the leading nation for information freedom? Leighton said he would challenge his fellow ministers with this question. - The minister said that he was supportive of the idea that information should be made commercially available freely. ie CC BY SA - He would ask the Heritage minister about what could be done to free more data. - Note: There is an experiment currently in progress to release 150 images from multiple sources to Wikimedia Commons. The objective is to find out why thousands more images could not be freely released. This is a WMUK (And Monmouthshire County Council) inspired initiative. -- Roger Bamkin and Robin Owain 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 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welsh Education Minister
I guess so although WMCY is a possibility for the future On 9 July 2012 21:29, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: Do you mean WPCY rather than WMCY? On Jul 9, 2012 11:06 AM, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: Robin Owain and I met Leighton Andrews (today) who is the Education Minister for Wales. The meeting arose out of the work that we are doing in Wales. This means Monmouthpedia and the Welsh Wicipedia (yes its spelt with a c). The meeting lasted less than 45 minutes but we covered - Who we are? About WMUK, WMCY, Monmouthpedia. We noted especially that WMCY is the leading web site in Welsh. - Welsh phone. There is no phone that will switch truly into Welsh. We had already tried getting his officials to ask and Google had said maybe. Leighton agreed to ask personally. - Welsh encyclopedia. There is a bilingual Welsh and English encyclopedia that was published in the last few years. Leighton said he would see if the copyright could be released to grow WMCY. - Could Wales be the leading nation for information freedom? Leighton said he would challenge his fellow ministers with this question. - The minister said that he was supportive of the idea that information should be made commercially available freely. ie CC BY SA - He would ask the Heritage minister about what could be done to free more data. - Note: There is an experiment currently in progress to release 150 images from multiple sources to Wikimedia Commons. The objective is to find out why thousands more images could not be freely released. This is a WMUK (And Monmouthshire County Council) inspired initiative. -- Roger Bamkin and Robin Owain 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 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Roger Bamkin 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] Yes, another charity wants your money
I believe the record for consecutive ands is seven... On Jul 9, 2012 8:03 PM, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 09/07/12 20:01, Gordon Joly wrote: On 09/07/12 15:46, Brian McNeil wrote: P.S. Nobody in their right mind would use an ampersand in their legal name in the age of the web, would they? amp; why not?:-) amp; ?? Gordo There is no escape Gordo __**_ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-lhttp://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] Welsh Education Minister
We *are* WMCY and WM Scotland. Now let's giddy up and get on with the nice stuff! On Jul 9, 2012 5:10 PM, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: I guess so although WMCY is a possibility for the future On 9 July 2012 21:29, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: Do you mean WPCY rather than WMCY? On Jul 9, 2012 11:06 AM, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: Robin Owain and I met Leighton Andrews (today) who is the Education Minister for Wales. The meeting arose out of the work that we are doing in Wales. This means Monmouthpedia and the Welsh Wicipedia (yes its spelt with a c). The meeting lasted less than 45 minutes but we covered - Who we are? About WMUK, WMCY, Monmouthpedia. We noted especially that WMCY is the leading web site in Welsh. - Welsh phone. There is no phone that will switch truly into Welsh. We had already tried getting his officials to ask and Google had said maybe. Leighton agreed to ask personally. - Welsh encyclopedia. There is a bilingual Welsh and English encyclopedia that was published in the last few years. Leighton said he would see if the copyright could be released to grow WMCY. - Could Wales be the leading nation for information freedom? Leighton said he would challenge his fellow ministers with this question. - The minister said that he was supportive of the idea that information should be made commercially available freely. ie CC BY SA - He would ask the Heritage minister about what could be done to free more data. - Note: There is an experiment currently in progress to release 150 images from multiple sources to Wikimedia Commons. The objective is to find out why thousands more images could not be freely released. This is a WMUK (And Monmouthshire County Council) inspired initiative. -- Roger Bamkin and Robin Owain 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 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Roger Bamkin 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 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
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 http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
