Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK
The Telegraph seem to have picked this up... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9439046/Chairman-of-Wikipedia-charity-banned-after-pornography-row.html Tom ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK
the statement below was sent to our members Was it? My understanding was it was sent to the mailing list, and selected others. I did not receive the message independently of that. Not every member is on the mailing list. Just a minor point. Tom On 31 July 2012 09:29, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone, We've just published a response to the story on our blog. You can find this here - http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/07/a-response-to-the-daily-telegraph-article/ If anyone has any comments or questions please do feel free to email myself or Jon. Kind regards, Stevie On 31 July 2012 09:22, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote: The Telegraph seem to have picked this up... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9439046/Chairman-of-Wikipedia-charity-banned-after-pornography-row.html Tom ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Stevie Benton Communications Organiser Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton 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 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] New Laptops for events
All, At the request of a volunteer, we've purchased three more laptops for events. They're free for any volunteer to take along to events - just ask us and we'll get them sent to you or the event. These ones are quite powerful, and relatively lightweight - they're the same ones that we used at IBM as company laptops. They are extremely robust - I've seen things happen to them that would make a Mac cry. The laptops themselves are specced as follows: Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 15, Intel Core i3-380M processor, 15.6 screen, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD. They have a webcam, and a card reader, and a dual-layer DVD+-RW drive. They all come with Windows 7 installed, but it'd be nice if a volunteer with experience in open-source software came in and got them to dual-boot with a suitable version of Linux. Any volunteers? 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 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New Laptops for events
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: They all come with Windows 7 installed, but it'd be nice if a volunteer with experience in open-source software came in and got them to dual-boot with a suitable version of Linux. Any volunteers? Well, without wanting to start a complete firestorm, dualbooting Ubuntu 12.04 (LTS) via Wubi is really very easy indeed for 95% of setups [1]. Depending on your internet package, you might want to use the Download Ubuntu link in the bottom left, burn it to CD, insert CD, then run Wubi to avoid downloading Ubuntu three times over. I did the same only last week, no problems whatsoever. -- Harry Burt (User:Jarry1250) ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Derbypedia?
I am aware. His views are unusual but it seems that here we are looking for a publicist . and he has the CV for that I'm not known for my subtelty but Derby needs the guy from V for Vendetta to explain. Its very busy putting up posters about Derby being the city of invention with microsoft tags on them ... TBH they did amend the signs that said they were QR codes On 31 July 2012 13:04, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote: Unfortunate, unless I am reading his article wrong, that he's a bit of a quack... Tom On 30 July 2012 13:48, Doug Weller dougwel...@gmail.com wrote: We had an interesting tour of Derby Saturday run by Richard Felix, who seems to be the chief tourism booster in Derby and a real enthusiast. See his website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Felix and our article on him http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Felix I mentioned Monmouthpedia and he was fascinated. He also seems to be a great fundraiser, and very upset at the lack of plaques on buildings. Doug -- Doug Weller http://www.ramtops.co.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 -- 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] University WiR job description
Chris, Panyd wrote one for Manchester Uni which I can't trace but Mike Peel may have a copy of. This may be useful I believe she is still in USA R On 28 July 2012 11:34, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: I've started work on a University Wikimedian in Residence job description, and a business case for the university. Please do have a look and add anything I've missed; http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_projects/University_Wikimedian_in_Residence ___ 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] Derbypedia?
He may be a bit of a quack, he's managed to get quite a few things done. Here's what he has to say: http://dialog.newsedge.com/portal.asp?site=2007100814443105593225searchfolderid=pg2007100814522209759333block=defaultportlet=epnzesm=ondisplay=New+Zealandaction=sitetopicsmode=realtimenzenb=leftcriteria=[topic%3Disonz]searchID=730444datetime=[t-minus%3D7]hdlaction=storystoryid=[storyid=ZEyPbScrG1jqXzNJx0stv_xaXKqx5NTyYu6vxKb430WzQfpdAyDYPYiNDYc3-KVuypy-7LvkTj52QJF6qhxubg**]rtcrdata=onepname=FINSVC; He had a Derby Heritage Centre which he hopes to get going again http://www.ilkcam.com/Specials/Heritage%20Derby/110828/Derby%20HW20.html March article on his Derby Tourism Network http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Tourism-network-help-city-s-hidden-treasures-map/story-15373990-detail/story.html Doug On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote: Unfortunate, unless I am reading his article wrong, that he's a bit of a quack... Tom On 30 July 2012 13:48, Doug Weller dougwel...@gmail.com wrote: We had an interesting tour of Derby Saturday run by Richard Felix, who seems to be the chief tourism booster in Derby and a real enthusiast. See his website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Felix and our article on him http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Felix I mentioned Monmouthpedia and he was fascinated. He also seems to be a great fundraiser, and very upset at the lack of plaques on buildings. Doug -- Doug Weller http://www.ramtops.co.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 -- Doug Weller http://www.ramtops.co.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 Laptops for events
Harry, Andrew, thanks for your advice! Andrew, since you've offered, there's a desk available for you if you'd like to drop in next week :-) 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 31 July 2012 12:03, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote: On 31 July 2012 11:08, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: All, At the request of a volunteer, we've purchased three more laptops for events. They're free for any volunteer to take along to events - just ask us and we'll get them sent to you or the event. These ones are quite powerful, and relatively lightweight - they're the same ones that we used at IBM as company laptops. They are extremely robust - I've seen things happen to them that would make a Mac cry. The laptops themselves are specced as follows: Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 15, Intel Core i3-380M processor, 15.6 screen, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD. They have a webcam, and a card reader, and a dual-layer DVD+-RW drive. They all come with Windows 7 installed, but it'd be nice if a volunteer with experience in open-source software came in and got them to dual-boot with a suitable version of Linux. Any volunteers? I use xubuntu 12.04 on an almost identical laptop (a Thinkpad L-420/i3), and can report it has no problems at all dual-booting beyond a slight bit of confusion in the bootloader. (For some reason, it thinks there are two Linuxes and two Windows 7 setups on the same machine. Beats me.) If you'd like me to do the same to these, I can come in sometime this week or next - I'm working from home several days, but working from the office is more or less the same... These are very robust, very pleasant machines to use. Thanks for getting them, Richard, it'll make future outreach a lot easier to organise. -- - 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] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK
On 31 July 2012 09:22, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote: The Telegraph seem to have picked this up... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9439046/Chairman-of-Wikipedia-charity-banned-after-pornography-row.html Predictably, the story is starting to spread: http://news.google.co.uk/news/story?gl=ukpz=1cf=allned=ukhl=enq=wikimedia+ukncl=drcm1dj39Jz4CfMo-tJUD6HkAFEPMcf=allscoring=d (I think that link will work - it's supposed to be the related stories page for the Telegraph article.) So far, the Telegraph is only big name to be running the story, but it's early yet. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK
On 31 July 2012 09:22, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote: The Telegraph seem to have picked this up... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9439046/Chairman-of-Wikipedia-charity-banned-after-pornography-row.html At the end of the article, it states *Wikimedia UK said it did not have an official view on pornography on Wikipedia as it does control the content or have responsibilty for it*. (I added the emphasis). Stevie can you ask The Telegraph to fix this error? -- Thehelpfulone http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK
Thank you for pointing that out. I've written for (another) correction. Thanks, Stevie On 31 July 2012 14:21, Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com wrote: On 31 July 2012 09:22, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote: The Telegraph seem to have picked this up... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9439046/Chairman-of-Wikipedia-charity-banned-after-pornography-row.html At the end of the article, it states *Wikimedia UK said it did not have an official view on pornography on Wikipedia as it does control the content or have responsibilty for it*. (I added the emphasis). Stevie can you ask The Telegraph to fix this error? -- Thehelpfulone http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone -- Stevie Benton Communications Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton 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] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK
Fixed now... it reads Wikimedia UK said it did not have an official view on pornography on Wikipedia as it does not control the content or have responsibilty for it. Not quite what we said, but accurate enough for the Telegraph. At least they've got a quote from Larry Sanger in there. 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 31 July 2012 14:24, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Thank you for pointing that out. I've written for (another) correction. Thanks, Stevie On 31 July 2012 14:21, Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com wrote: On 31 July 2012 09:22, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.comwrote: The Telegraph seem to have picked this up... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9439046/Chairman-of-Wikipedia-charity-banned-after-pornography-row.html At the end of the article, it states *Wikimedia UK said it did not have an official view on pornography on Wikipedia as it does control the content or have responsibilty for it*. (I added the emphasis). Stevie can you ask The Telegraph to fix this error? -- Thehelpfulone http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone -- Stevie Benton Communications Organiser Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton 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 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK
On 31 July 2012 15:23, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: At least they've got a quote from Larry Sanger in there. The Telegraph didn't just pick up this story from nowhere; it was obviously fed to them by someone. And given how the direction the article takes is in line with Larry Sanger's campaign against pornography on wikipedia, and that he has publicly denounced Fæ as a clown, I wonder if Sanger was not the source of the article. Andrew ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] University WiR job description
I don't have a copy of it, sorry. Mike On 31 Jul 2012, at 04:20, Roger Bamkin wrote: Chris, Panyd wrote one for Manchester Uni which I can't trace but Mike Peel may have a copy of. This may be useful I believe she is still in USA R On 28 July 2012 11:34, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: I've started work on a University Wikimedian in Residence job description, and a business case for the university. Please do have a look and add anything I've missed; http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_projects/University_Wikimedian_in_Residence ___ 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
[Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia updates
HI folks, QRpedia developer Terence Eden has a new job (congratulations, Terence!) and a week of leave, before he starts it. Rather than let him watch the Olympics we've kept him chained to a desk, hacking code. As a result, we have new improved stats pages, for example: http://qrpedia.org/stats.php?path=Monmouth You will see that there is a link to download all the data in CSV format: http://qrpedia.org/csv.php?path=Monmouth A link to the stats page is now on the main QRpedia.org page, when a code is generated. The old stats pages will be redirect to the new ones in a few weeks, because cool URIs don't change ;-) If you have any requests for improvements - or have noticed any bugs - please report them using the bug tracking system at http://code.google.com/p/qrwp/issues/list That way we can all track everyone's requests, and see what others have asked for before duplicating them. I'll update the project pages at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_QRpedia including the short how to guide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_QRpedia/user_guide after posting this. I'm sure that everyone using QRpedia will join me in thanking Terence for his efforts in responding to our support requests. 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
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK
On 31 July 2012 09:29, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone, We've just published a response to the story on our blog. You can find this here - http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/07/a-response-to-the-daily-telegraph-article/ Why? Daily Telegraph has a daily readership of over 600K. WMUK blog doesn't. But then given how think your attempted defense is I doubt it would make much difference. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK
Tom It is beginning on Twitter as well http://www.zuula.com/#eng=twitter-blog http://www.zuula.com/#eng=twitter-blogst=Ashley_van_Haeftenloc=idx=0mod e=resultsimgschlnk=pglnk=thmblnk=thmwd=thmht=imgwd=imght st=Ashley_van_Haeftenloc=idx=0mode=resultsimgschlnk=pglnk=thmblnk=th mwd=thmht=imgwd=imght= ...it is not a story that is going to go away alas. It needs dealing with in a constructive way. -Original Message- From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Dalton Sent: 01 August 2012 02:06 To: UK Wikimedia mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK On 1 August 2012 01:52, Andrew West mailto:andrewcw...@gmail.com andrewcw...@gmail.com wrote: On 31 July 2012 13:17, Thomas Dalton mailto:thomas.dal...@gmail.com thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: Predictably, the story is starting to spread: http://news.google.co.uk/news/story?gl=ukpz=1cf=allned=ukhl=enq http://news.google.co.uk/news/story?gl=ukpz=1cf=allned=ukhl=enq= wikimedia+ukncl=drcm1dj39Jz4CfMo-tJUD6HkAFEPMcf=allscoring=d And equally predictably: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_van_Haeften http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_van_Haeften There are some notability concerns there... I haven't tagged the article, but I've left a note on the talk page. I've also noticed the issue is now getting international coverage: http://www.actualitte.com/acteurs-numeriques/le-president-de-wikimedia-uk-b anni-pour-violation-des-regles-de-wikipedia-35722.htm http://www.actualitte.com/acteurs-numeriques/le-president-de-wikimedia-uk-ba nni-pour-violation-des-regles-de-wikipedia-35722.htm I have no idea what that site is, and don't speak French, but it shows up on Google News. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list mailto:wikimediau...@wikimedia.org wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org 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] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 August 2012 01:52, Andrew West andrewcw...@gmail.com wrote: On 31 July 2012 13:17, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: Predictably, the story is starting to spread: http://news.google.co.uk/news/story?gl=ukpz=1cf=allned=ukhl=enq=wikimedia+ukncl=drcm1dj39Jz4CfMo-tJUD6HkAFEPMcf=allscoring=d And equally predictably: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_van_Haeften There are some notability concerns there... I haven't tagged the article, but I've left a note on the talk page. I've also noticed the issue is now getting international coverage: http://www.actualitte.com/acteurs-numeriques/le-president-de-wikimedia-uk-banni-pour-violation-des-regles-de-wikipedia-35722.htm Ugh, I think it has several aspects wrong, like asserting that Jimbo also banned/agreed with the ban of Ashley from en.wp, rather than banning Ashley from his talk page before the ArbCom decision. I have no idea what that site is, and don't speak French, but it shows up on Google News. It doesnt look very notable, with 156 hits across all Wikipedias https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=%22Actualitte.com%22+site%3Awikipedia.org -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
