Hi Harry,
If you are still thinking about it, it would be neat to cover any
experiences you have had in use of the projects for mapping,
successful or not. I play around with OSM, and have remained impressed
at how nicely the editing tools work there. At the 'meta' level we
have a big gap between the idea of navigating or discovering by place
and what Commons/Wikidata/Wikipedia can provide using integrated
methods.
Three to four years ago the UK chapter was encouraging projects around
geomapping, but the only place I have noticed innovation recently was
last year by Commons enthusiasts on better tools for individual maps;
though there's been a lot of discussion (and investment) within
Wikidata I have not followed.
Thanks,
Fae
On 13 July 2017 at 09:31, Harry Mitchell wrote:
> There isn't even an *un*written version yet. It's been a long time since I
> stood up and spoke to a room full of Wikimedians. Also, I didn't think
> anyone else would be interested! Something to occupy me on the journey
> tomorrow! ;)
>
> Harry Mitchell
> http://enwp.org/User:HJ
> +44 (0) 7507 536 971
> Skype: harry_j_mitchell
>
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 9:25 AM, Katherine Bavage
> wrote:
>>
>> Harry - that sounds really good! If you've got a written version anywhere
>> and it isn't on the WMUK blog can you make that a thing for those of us
>> (like me) who sadly won't make it.
>>
>> I have voted by proxy though :)
>>
>> On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 at 09:23 Harry Mitchell wrote:
>>>
>>> I assumed all the slots would be taken, but I'd be happy to give a talk
>>> if there's space. Let's go with "War Memorials, Wikipedia, and Why You
>>> Should Care", just because I appreciate alliteration. (Hi Nicola! If you
>>> need more detail, please do email me offlist.)
>>>
>>> Is there somewhere public we can put these things and/or sign up for the
>>> event in general? I know it's a crazy Wikipedian thing, but it might inspire
>>> someone else.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Harry Mitchell
>>> http://enwp.org/User:HJ
>>> +44 (0) 7507 536 971
>>> Skype: harry_j_mitchell
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Lucy Crompton-Reid
>>> wrote:
Dear all
There are quite a few places left at Saturday's AGM so please sign up
here if you'd like to come. As well as the AGM, this is a key opportunity
to
feed into the final cycle of the global Wikimedia movement strategy
process,
as there will be a workshop/facilitated discussion on the emerging strategy
in the morning. We will be joined, virtually, at this session by
Ravishankar
Ayyakkannu from the Wikimedia Foundation's Global Reach and Partnerships
team, who will give a short summary of the New Voices strategy track and
will be available to answer questions during the discussions.
One of the highlights of last year's event for me was the 'lightning
talks' session, but so far this year we only have one person signed up.
Please consider giving a lightning talk and sharing some of your wiki
wisdom! Talks should generally be about five minutes long, although of
course if we don't have many people signed up the timings will be a bit
more
relaxed. You can sign up by emailing nicola.furn...@wikimedia.org.uk with
your name and a title for your talk.
I'm looking forward to seeing many of you at Senate House Library on
Saturday.
Best wishes
Lucy
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Wikimedia UK
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