Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ashley Van Haeften (Fae) resigns from Wikimedia UK Board
On 16 July 2013 05:39, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: I've got two questions: - Will Fæ continue to serve as WMUK's Chapters Association delegate? Apparently not. Chris Keating informed me by email the day after my resignation that I would be replaced on the WCA, though there is no requirement for representatives to be a trustee (perhaps other members might be interested in helping the Chapter by taking on this interesting inter-chapter role, I would be happy to talk it through as a past Chair of the WCA and past Chair of the UK Chapter?). Similiarly, I appear to no longer be needed on the recently formed Audit and Risk Committee, though I have yet to be contacted as a courtesy, and when we established that committee the intention was to have non-trustees taking part as observers; it is currently formed of 3 trustees. I have noticed today that I appear to no longer be wanted on the GLAM toolset Steering Group, which seems a bit odd considering my role in establishing it, negotiating the original funding strategy and the membership of the Steering Group should be agreed by the Steering Group members. I have left a note for Jonathan Cardy, so hopefully I may be contacted as a courtesy before I am replaced. - If he wouldn't mind, would Fæ please share why he chose to resign at this time? The AGM was only a month ago and if he resigned back then his replacement could be elected. I did not know I was going to resign before the AGM. As it happens Mike, Chris and myself had a serious discussion in Milan about the importance of us three remaining long-term trustees staying in place to help the formation of the new board. I am on holiday right now, but when I return I'll consider an open letter to the charity which may help the remaining trustees, and my fellow members and non-members on this list, better understand my point of view. For anyone interested in the meantime, I suggest you take a look at the board meeting minutes over the past 18 months along with the discussions I have raised openly on the Water cooler. The serious issues I have raised with regard to our sadly reducing openness, a lack of credible performance measures, and more particular problems relating to the performance of our Chief Executive, are no secret. I plan to continue to support Wikimedia as a highly active volunteer, and will continue my interest in transparent, open and effective governance of the organizations that are formed to deliver our shared vision. Hopefully this may continue to include projects within the Wikimedia UK umbrella. PS Special thanks to those that have emailed and messaged me with notes of concern. Links: * https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_meetings * https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Water_cooler/2013 Cheers, Fae -- Fae fae...@gmail.com http://j.mp/faewm Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/mfae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of this list and its archives
Thanks James. In light of this I'll unsubscribe from this list until such a time as the risks for new subscribers are made completely clear on joining. I will recommend the chapter considers it's stance on whether the list can be recommended as a service for members. Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Info: Proposed date for GLAMwiki conference // 12-14 April 2013
Hi, I have confirmed the British Library conference center for Friday 12th April to Sunday 14th April 2013. They have kindly offered to host us for our proposed international GLAMwiki conference for free and the venue is suitable for up to 255 attendees. If you would like to support and prepare for the GLAMwiki conference and are interested in sharing GLAM best practice with like-minded Wikimedians, please register now for GLAMcamp on Saturday 15th September to Sunday 16th September, details and registration at https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMcamp_London/September_2012. We are expecting to host around 40 GLAMmers. Cheers, Fae -- Wikimedia UK Trustee http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/mfae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 1814-1839 prison execution journal
Personally, I love the idea of the chapter buying the book, it's a radical first for us. Scanning and promoting the use of the images and text for the public benefit. Then selling the book at either little loss or a likely profit for the charity once we have a lot of public attention on it. All this needs is a volunteer to put in a proposal, explain the time-lines (so we don't take too long to make a decision), and a recommendation for appropriate independent assessment of value and provenance. Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 1814-1839 prison execution journal
On 1 August 2012 13:29, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote: Scanning and promoting the use of the images and text for the public benefit. Then selling the book at either little loss or a likely profit for the charity once we have a lot of public attention on it. Slight amendment after thinking over a cup of tea - I would prefer to see it donated to the British Library (or some another worthy public archive) for the permanent public benefit, rather than resell. This fits better with the Wikimedia UK mission and the receiving institution might even help with archive quality digitization. Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Alert: GLAMcamp 15-16 September 2012, London
Hi, I would like to confirm that we are holding a GLAMcamp networking event on the weekend of 15-16 September 2012 in the British Library conference centre. Please see http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMcamp_London_2012 for details and registration. The GLAMwiki conference has been deferred until April or May 2013, a date should be confirmed within the next 10 days by our contacts in the British Library. With two months to go before the original date, we realize that the response was insufficient to guarantee an event attractive to leading GLAM professionals, or an event to be called a global conference to truly represent GLAM related open knowledge programmes and innovation. The two key outcomes from the September GLAMcamp will be to plan a world class conference that is attractive to cultural sector professionals and leading open knowledge specialists, and assemble an international team to ensure logistics, planning and communications run effectively. If you want to be part of ensuring this critical event can meet our high expectations for the future of the Wikimedia GLAM movement, please register now. Cheers, Fae -- Ashley Van Haeften (Fae) f...@wikimedia.org.uk Wikimedia UK Chairman http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Society of Biology Wikipedia workshop 29 August 2012, London
If you don't have my notes about the meeting I had with them last year, it's probably worth me digging these out at some point. Their request is probably the follow-up to that meeting. Cheers, Fae On 25 July 2012 11:28, Daria Cybulska daria.cybul...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Dear all, Society of Biology (12 Roger Street, London WC1N 2JU) has contacted Wikimedia UK with a request to have a introductory Wikipedia training run for them on Wednesday 29 August, 10am-4pm. The event is a result of a long lasting discussion, which shows there are a couple of people from within the Society really interested in making this happen. If the initial training goes well, we will have another session where we train up a handful of key contact within the Society. They will then be able to look after the editing of Biology content, hopefully providing help for anyone else from within the Society who would also be interested in editing. I have created a simple page with the details: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Biology_Wikipedia_workshop If you would like to run/help run this session, please do sign up on the page or let me know. You can also get in touch if you have any questions. Many thanks Daria -- Daria Cybulska - Events Organiser, Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0994 +44 7803 505 170 -- Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. 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 mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:Fae http://enwp.org/user:Fae/events Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] GLAM WIKI 2012 planning meeting is on Thursday 19 July
This was in my diary for Friday 20th, for some reason I missed the email sent on 2nd. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:Fae http://enwp.org/user:Fae/events Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Can I get wikimedia-uk to buy a ROV?
On 5 July 2012 13:18, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 5 July 2012 06:40, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote: I still think it is logical to start with establishing a photography interest group It might be worth talking to Peter Weis in Haburg; he's involed in a similar project for WikimediaDE. Peter and I have long been in contact. He regularly lobbies me in this area. :-D Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Potential partners list
On 4 July 2012 19:10, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: It's become apparent that it would be useful to have a place on-wiki to list all the potential partners that Wikimedia UK could end up working with, whether it's on outreach, or inviting to participate in conferences or funding or developing as part of its mission. I've put up a page on the chapter wiki: https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Potential_partners Thanks Tom. Could we think of a better name? These are organizations of interest and that we would seek to work with in some form or other, however Partner will be read by some parties as having special meaning and this page might be seen as a strategic intention. Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Request: GLAM speaker at LGBTI ALMS // The Future of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Histories
The international gay and lesbian archives, museum, and library conference (LGBTI ALMS 2012) will be taking place 1-3 August in Amsterdam. The organizer has been looking to invite a speaker for the conference from our community. She's interested in Wikipedia, but also issues of crowdsourcing and open content more generally. The official deadline is passed, but if anyone feels they could provide an good quality talk relating to our GLAM programme, of interest to this audience, and potentially represent Wikimedia UK at the same time, sent me an email and I can pass on your contact details. * Link: http://www.ihlia.nl/english/english/english_home/LGBT%20ALMS%202012%20Conference/ALMS%20Proposals Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] GLAM WIKI conference organisation meeting 22 June 2-5pm London
On 18 June 2012 17:16, Daria Cybulska daria.cybul...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Wikimedia UK is having the GLAM WIKI 2012 organisation meeting on Friday 22 June from 2-5pm. Please do let me know if you can attend in person ... Note that I hope to cover the creation of a GLAM sub-committee with *delegated budget authority* so that I can recommend an organization where I am not at the centre of GLAM funding decisions. :-) The next board meeting is at the end of this month, so this decision could be made quite quickly. If you were looking for greater community control of how we use our funds, this would be a good chance for you to get involved and have your say. Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Call for contributions to a open knowledge manifesto for Wales
I have started http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Knowledge_manifesto_for_Wales and would appreciate some thought and expansion. With our current contacts in Wales, we are in a position to lobby the Welsh Assembly Government to adopt firm open knowledge policies for future heritage funding criteria. Having a Wales-specific document in our back pocket supported by our community would be incredibly helpful and may avoid future Welsh heritage projects being unnecessarily locked down with license restrictions. * Blog post about Monmouthpedia day - http://faenwp.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/monmouthpedia-case-study-of-open.html * Interview on BBC World Update on iPlayer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00rzzmw @8'40'' (for the next 7 days) Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:Fae http://enwp.org/user:Fae/events Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia - press coverage so far
On 18 May 2012 08:59, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 17/05/12 15:12, Stevie Benton wrote: BTW, I live here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansbury_Estate hence, a place with great significance? Seems like a nice article with some interesting facts. I learned my lesson on this one by debating the notability of teeny hamlets in France with just a couple of houses. Yes, they are all notable regardless of actual notability, or decent sources for that matter. PS I can't see where you declared your conflict of interest. ;-) Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Vote: How much do we charge for GLAMwiki 2012?
Hi, Daria will be setting up the 2 day GLAMwiki conference structure next week and we will soon be setting up ticketing. Ticket prices are an area where there is often debate, and it is hard to please everyone. To give a feel community opinion, I have kicked off a poll at http://www.doodle.com/ud2q42vuxqvfnuru where you can tick any prices you think are about right. Please also chip in on this thread if there is any issue you would like to see covered by ticketing and the discount we offer. For other comments, such as conference content or timing, please raise your questions at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:GLAM-WIKI_2012. PS if you think in Euros or Dollars, just think of a 1:1 exchange rate, by September who knows what might happen with currencies! Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:Fae http://enwp.org/user:Fae/events Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election and resolution results
I'd like to personally thank the tellers for a professional job. I saw some of the negotiation of tricky candidate questions and was aware of some of the choices the tellers has to make on interpreting the process, done without reference back to the board for obvious reasons. Not an easy job for volunteers, and behind the scenes it was done quietly, effectively and impartially. Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Post AGM pub
Could we pick a place that serves a decent cup of loose Jasmine and grinds their own fresh coffee beans, or am I in La La Land? Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What are our staff doing :)
As a trustee with a duty to monitor rather than direct, I'm interested in necessary, accurate and easy to consume reporting. The Board needs to know that our investment in staff and office is well spent. Jon and I have talked about the option of one-page dashboard style reports that might be maintained publicly on-wiki so everyone can get an idea what is going on. At the moment we have an office wiki where staff and board can see loads of (mostly rather dull) stuff including the weekly one-page operations report which Jon calls the Chief Exec report. It contains some detail we ought to keep confidential such as exactly who has been part of what meetings (for example, it says that Edward Buckner came in for a friendly chat last week with generally positive results, but I hope you realize that I would not tell you all that on a public list unless Edward had written about the experience himself in another public place) and how many bids we have had for the Train the Trainers requirement. However, I see no reason to avoid being open about the non-confidential stuff and our most eager critics may be just the right people to find new angles on hard problems. It is important that any reporting does not become a massive burden compared to its value, but simple reporting of key metrics, necessary tracking of risks and issues and progress to plan might be the sort of things to make public so our widest possible community can review and contribute early to opportunities for improvement based on the best live data on the weekly and monthly level. Stevie had some ideas about what a one-screen full Operations page on our wiki might contain (including our live IRC channel as part of a mash-up to keep it interesting?). This coming week we are all going to be committed to having a great WikiConference UK, but this would be a useful topic to kick about and think of pragmatic ways of doing it, and for Jon to pick up on in a couple more weeks. Please, however, try to be kind to the lovely staff we have with their fragile egos, and keep your expectations realistic for the small but smart organization we believe we all are part of. I can assure you they are not sitting around drinking tea from Wiki mugs editing articles about celebritards. Apart from lunch times. ;-) Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2013 - winner announced
It would be great to re-use as much as possible for the 2014 bid. Hopefully we will see an improved selection process too. I would be happy to be part of a positive review at the next London Wikimeet if folks feel up to it. It would be neat if the new UK board were to be prepared to make a much earlier and credible commitment to 2014 so that the selection panel could see that partnerships, delivery team, risk management and funding were all beautifully planned, in place and geared to go and had undergone local independent assessment. Cheers, Fae -- -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:Fae http://enwp.org/user:Fae/events Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Role accounts
I can't imagine a good rationale for a role account. Many of us have legitimate socks as open wifi accounts or demonstration accounts (such as my vanilla user:Faelig to show what a normal account logged in looks like) and accounts like user:Jon Davies (WMUK) seem suitable and sensible without needing the possibility of shared accounts. For marginal examples, one need only look closely as the campus ambassador programme where there are many University students with names like user:Nnu-12-22100538 which are created (apparently) as part of standard class-room names. In essence this is a role account, just not shared. I hope it is obvious that an account that apparently represents an organization rather than an individual will always be problematic. However unless there is spamming or similar extreme issues, I would always politely advise a rename and be open to hearing the user's rationale rather than playing whack-a-sock with the block hammer. Compliance to the naming standard is not always obvious, especially if we think that user:Nnu is probably not appropriate as they may be seen as representing Nanjing Normal University, but would allow user:Nnu1. Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Info: Feedback for CEO performance review
Hi, I received 4 emails with feedback from folks on this list (not staff or board members) for our review last Saturday in Wales. All feedback was from people who had personal experience of working with or discussing issues with Jon, and was a valuable part of our review process. Genuinely, the feedback was useful having good independent observations; it has now been anonymized and passed on for Jon's review otherwise unedited. Jon and I will be agreeing a plan for issues raised. The review was well balanced, recognising his hard work over the last six months as well as putting a focus on areas for attention. Our experience of trying an open review process has encouraged us to consider how even more open feedback might work for an annual performance review of the Wikimedia UK charity as a whole. Again, as for this review, it would be open for all people affected or interested in our charity, not just members. We would like our strongest critics, as well as supporters, to know that we listen to them carefully, and take positive action where improvement is needed regardless of the source of feedback. I would like to take the opportunity to give a personal thank you to Jon for his commitment and the massive levels of hard work he has been putting in over the last 6 months to speedily establish the UK office, ensure our governance and processes are kicked into order and his own rapid progress in understanding our needs and culture. We do notice, and we all know how complex our community is to understand, how uncompromisingly demanding our brightest community leaders are, and how contradictory and passionate our views can be too. ;-) PS for those of you who did not see the weekend board meeting live, Richard is in the process of re-encoding the several hours of video and will be uploading it all to Commons later this week. Cheers, Fae -- f...@wikimedia.org.uk Wikimedia UK Chairman - 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] Comments about our Chief Exec
On 20/04/2012, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: ... Following up on Fae's earlier email, if you have comments about our Chief Execs performance in the last six months, please email them to Fae by the end of today. Hi, I have 3 replies so far, which to my eyes appear highly valuable and balanced feedback for our CEO six month performance review process. The text of the feedback will be passed on for the trustees and CEO to review later this afternoon, though I will not pass on the correspondents' identities. I think it reasonable for me to say that the feedback is from well established members of our UK community. If anyone wants to drop me some further feedback on our CEO's performance, based on your experiences, I will still try and incorporate them at the last minute before the workshop (Saturday around mid-afternoon). This offer of taking feedback is open to *all* readers of this email though you should confirm your identity to me in strict confidence. As part of our value of openness, Wikimedia UK is the only chapter to currently broadcast a live feed from our board meetings, though as you might expect, the CEO performance review by trustees will be held in-camera and is expected to take around 40 minutes. Watch out on this list for a link to the live stream from Monmouth in Wales, if you fancy observing the rest of the meeting and chipping in with suggestions during the day. Cheers, Fae Wikimedia UK Chairman -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:Fae http://enwp.org/user:Fae/events ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Adobe Creative Suite software license
On 17 April 2012 13:05, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: Is there not a free/open source alternative for creative publishing? Stevie needs standard tools to do his job and if someone has a spare license they might donate in-kind, all the better. The output would be available in various open formats in line with our existing policies. Open source tools exist, but let's be pragmatic about the inherent cost of attempting to use them if they are not widely accepted in the sector. Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Adobe Creative Suite software license
On 17 April 2012 13:18, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: I believe our existing policy is to use open source tools whenever they exist and are fit-for-purpose. Just because they aren't the industry standard shouldn't be a reason not to use them. Cool, name something that is fit-for-purpose. In the meantime, Stevie's request seems entirely sensible rather than expecting Wikimedia UK to fork out several hundred quid in licenses without seeing if we can get one as a donation. Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Adobe Creative Suite software license
Checking my miscellanea, I have a still sealed copy of Adobe Acrobat 7 Standard for Windows which must have been part of an old system bundle of stuff. I guess this might be used as is, or used to get the upgrade price to Acrobat X on a Mac? Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Adobe Creative Suite software license
On 17 April 2012 16:08, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: If it's unused, it should be helpful. I'm running Windows 7 so as long as Acrobat 7 is compatible (and it should be) that would be very helpful indeed and provide one part of the mix! Ah, I was looking at the Korean CD, the one with English on it has been opened so I might have installed it once on a long ago scrapped machine. Under the license terms I think re-using the software in the office ought to be fine as it would not be in current use anywhere else. I'll bring it into the office and you can test out the install process. Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Adobe Creative Suite software license
On 17 April 2012 18:15, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: This thread seems to have become about open source vs. closed source, and what exactly counts as industry standard or best of breed. The fact is, that Stevie just asked if someone had some spare licenses for software so the charity would not have to splash out unnecessary cash. We have some :wmuk policies relating to the open source question that lots of people chipped in on, the discussion could carry on there, or people can join Tom in a cabal-with-no-name to quietly offer advice. Tom is hanging out on irc://freenode/wikimedia-uk if you want to join in. In the meantime if anyone, apart from me, can *practically* help Stevie with his request for Adobe CS, please speak up. Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK CEO performance review - your feedback requested
Hi, I am running a performance review session for our CEO (Jon Davies) with Wikimedia UK board members during our meeting in Monmouth on the 21st April (Saturday). In line with our values of accountability and to engage our community in improvement, if, as a reader of this list or a Wikimedia UK member, *you* have some feedback about Jon's achievements over the last six months that you would like to put into that process, please email me at f...@wikimedia.org.uk using the subject line CEO Feedback (so I don't miss it). It would be helpful if you were to consider both positive and negative feedback. Please take care not to accidentally post your feedback to this entire list. :-) I will pass on all feedback, unedited, for the trustees and Jon to review on Saturday. Unless you request otherwise, I will keep email contact details confidential, but please identify in any email to me who you are, so we avoid any potential issues of manipulation. If you would like Jon to contact you and talk through your feedback, please make that clear in your email, or copy him in on it up front by emailing jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk. This is a formal staff review, so I would prefer not to start a thread on this email list of speculative criticism of Jon. Please keep that sensitivity in mind if you want to ask questions or suggestions about the process or have more general points you would like to raise here. The deadline for feedback will be *Friday 20th April*. Thanks in advance for your interest! Cheers, Fae -- f...@wikimedia.org.uk Wikimedia UK trustee - 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] Candidates for 2012 AGM
On 16 April 2012 12:23, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: ... It would have been difficult for it to deteriorate! Not entirely fair. The board does have a non-white and non-heterosexual trustee. :-) Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List archives
I'm afraid that I will leave this list too if it gets officially publicly archived again. The malicious attack putting the career of a long term contributor at risk by data-mining the archives of this email list back to 2008, was deeply upsetting for all involved. The list is being openly used by stalkers and trolls, and being used to taunt the trolls. I am aware that this list is currently used by the Wikimedia UK charity to communicate with members, but if it has significant risk for members to contribute to, then with my duties as a trustee, I cannot recommend it for members to join and it should carry an unambiguous warning of the same risks posed for future members who may want to join. I will raise this for Jon Davies to track as a risk, and raise for a decision at the next board meeting as to discuss which alternative methods we should use for communications. Thanks, Fae -- Ashley Van Haeften (Fae) f...@wikimedia.org.uk Wikimedia UK trustee - http://uk.wikimedia.org discuss: http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae On 11 April 2012 06:15, Doug Weller dougwel...@gmail.com wrote: If this is sort of thing is going to continue now that the list is public, I'll probably leave it. Life's too short and I haven't subscribed to the list to read this sort of thing. Doug On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Well, I think that Edward has given an apt demonstration of the problems that we're facing here. I'll say that I was the one that made the archives for this list restricted to subscribers only. I took this course of action because the list archives were being data mined with the aim of harassing and invading the privacy of its subscribers via the posts that they had made. Restricting the list to subscribers appeared to provide a good way of removing the list archives from search engines, and hence making it more difficult to data-mine the archives efficiently. It also provided a reasonable alternative to simply deleting the archives, which was being mooted at the time. I didn't particularly want to make the change (I'm always going to prefer things being as open and transparent as possible), but it seemed to be the only reasonable course of action possible given the situation at the time. However, this approach of 'security by obscurity' has now been shown to be ineffective due to the list being publicly archived by other means, as well as this being pointed out on-list.. The approach of moderating who subscribes to this list is not a good one to take since that's effectively exclusion rather than obscuration. Given the weight of opinion in favour of making the archives publicly visible again, and the lack of a rationale for not doing so, I'll make the archives publicly visible again. But before that happens, I think that there needs to be an option to redact past posts. So: If you have posted something to this list that you would like to be redacted from the archives, for the sake of privacy or potential harassment, then please let me know within the next 3 days. I'll then confidentially send a request to the server administrators to get those posts removed from the archive. After they've been removed, then we'll open up the archives again. If you let me know outside of those three days, then I'll request their removal, but they may not be removed before the archive is made public. Three notes. 1) I'll only request the removal of emails sent by those asking for them to be removed, unless there are *very* good reasons for their removal. 2) This only means that they will be removed from the archive hosted at lists.wikimedia.org - I'm not aware of any available ability to request the removal of posts from archives hosted by those apart from the WMF. 3) As a result of (2), this option depends on the ethical behaviour of those reading the list archives, which obviously cannot be guaranteed. Thanks, Mike P.S. for those that the difference matters to: please note that my actions were made as a community member, not as a trustee of WMUK. No decision was made by the WMUK board on this issue. (And why, exactly, does this difference matter? We're all Wikimedians here.) P.P.S. sorry, I'm only human, I can't resist ending on a cheap shot. So, Edward: Nor is your indifference to the way that individuals are insulted in public with libellous and false and outrageous claims very helpful either. Persuading someone to remove these vile and insulting messages would be much more helpful. Yes please, I'd really like those insults and claims to be removed from Wikipedia Review, please. ___ 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
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List archives
On 6 April 2012 07:14, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
Generally speaking, people acting with malicious intent are more
willing to jump through hoops than people acting in good faith.
{{citation needed}}
I think that those acting with malicious intent are unlikely to do
great research. It is more likely that they will just repeat gossip,
cherry pick sources, or even just make it up for the lolz.
Fae
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List archives
I have raised an action to the WM-UK board to provide a formal explanation. This relates to some issues that we should handle with sensitivity. From mid January 2012, this list was changed so that you have to be a list subscriber to read the archives, you just have to log in to access it. Some interesting points have been raised about who is responsible for this list and its scope. I would like to see a definition that could be added to https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l. Perhaps someone would like to kick off a statement of purpose and scope on :wmuk ? Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] CREWE session in May
Steve Virgin has been doing a lot of work in this area and should be involved. Though my file for the chapter is mainly GLAM, I do (apparently) cover governance and I am personally very interested in ensuring that the outreach initiative that Jimbo started has a positive practical outcome. If we can establish good working practices with the PR sector, this will make other commercial sectors seem a doddle. ;-) May is full of AGM - so give those dates a wide berth! As for venue, I'm sure our PR friends will be able to fund or provide a venue; I suggest we are open to venues outside of London and this could be a chance to show off our progress in Wales (or alternatively Bristol) and discuss that as a good news partnership case study. Steve has been working on some plans with that in mind, which I am sure he will be happy to share with you on request, though they may not be available for open publication yet. PS costs of travel or venue are not an issue for this one; doing it well, sustainably and being seen to do the right thing are a challenge. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Poll: Should Wikimedia UK accept in-kind donations of kit?
Thank you to everyone who took part in our quick poll or made comments about it on this list. The feedback did help the board to come to a decision to accept a donation of equipment to support the MonmouthpediA outreach project. We will aim to ensure a range of equipment brands (and software) support our events, just to make it clear that we are not in any exclusive deal with anyone, and to demonstrate to the public / press that Wikimedia projects are accessible in a variety of ways on almost every platform. All significant in-kind donations will be recognized on the UK wiki and declared in our accounts as part of our commitment to transparency and as advised by Charity Commission guidelines. This seems like an area worth a bit more detail on :wmuk. Almost everyone seems happy with the idea of taking in-kind donations, and giving appropriate recognition to the donors, so long as they don't come with strings attached or might appear to exclusively align our charity with any brand or (off-mission) cause. I'm not offering to do this myself, but we might follow up on http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Water_cooler ... if someone would like to suggest improving our current policies. PS the poll is at http://www.doodle.com/i2snavpc55dc95iv if someone can work out how to capture it nicely (my pdf export looks rubbish) it might be worth uploading to :wmuk as a record. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Poll: Should Wikimedia UK accept in-kind donations of kit?
Here's a quick 24 hour poll on the issues surrounding WMUK accepting kit from donors. http://www.doodle.com/i2snavpc55dc95iv (the table looks better if you click Show all 7 options) Comments on this thread welcome. The board will be discussing a particular donation this evening, but we are more interested in the general principle of how to accept donations in-kind without any compromise on our values and how to ensure we run no future risk of being compromised in the media by appearing to support any particular brand. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Poll: Should Wikimedia UK accept in-kind donations of kit?
Hi, Based on the suggestions here, I have split the last question There should be an advance discussion with members for every in-kind donation into large and small (under £1,000). Apologies if folks need to re-visit the table. I actually had in mind in-kind donations of less than £1,000 or so in value (like a couple of nice laptops). If an in-kind donation of kit or software licenses were awfully large (more than£20,000) I would personally look for serious engagement with members, not just trustees or staff off in some dark back-room making a deal. For example we might be offered free licenses for an on-line CRM system, there would be significant implications and getting it free is not the most significant issue for us choosing such a tool. Link to poll: http://www.doodle.com/i2snavpc55dc95iv Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Request: Volunteers e-Volunteers for donations from The National Archives (UK)
Hi, Our friend Jo in the The National Archives has uploaded a test photograph at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lt-General_Sir_Bernard_Montgomery.jpg. Comments or offers to help with later mass uploads and categorization would be gratefully received. This image is one of an initial test set of 300 original scans of never before published World War II artworks in their collections for which we hope to encourage Wikipedia biography articles to be created about these war time artists (as commissioned by the Ministry of Information). Consequently help on Wikipedia fostering that side of the collaboration is also needed. Over the summer the idea is to publish to Wikimedia Commons something in the order of (a multiple of) 10,000 images from the digital collections, for the first time uploaded to the internet for the public benefit. Experimenting with the initial test set will establish our best practice for metadata requirements and layout. Wikipedia Collaboration page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/TNA/Participants Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fundraising debate (again)
Hi, I'm surprised that reaction to Sue's question about a seat on the WMUK board is still going on. To clarify, *the WMF have made no such request*. As far as I can work out this is only Sue's fishing expedition and I suggest we don't over-react to it. Be assured that the trustees have had robust discussions about the nature of Sue's letter and appreciate the context of quite different positive messages from the WMF board members. The WMF board or any of their representatives are welcome to sit on *every* WMUK board meeting, ask as many questions as they want and add agenda items for our discussion. As far as I am concerned if 70 members of WMF staff want to watch the trustees live on camera and critique every word remotely, they are more than welcome to do that too. I would encourage it, as I would love this to embarrass the WMF board into being more open about their own affairs and internal discussions. There are no plans to make a proposal to change our constitution to allow the WMF to have a voting seat on the board, so I think it is safe to say this would be unrealistically late to consider introducing it at our forthcoming AGM, even if the WMF did make such a bizarre request. I agree with the earlier point about being fed up with talking about constitutional changes. There is plenty that we can cater for by simple policy and procedure. Necessary changes, such as two year terms for trustees, are already being discussed at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Annual_Conference_2012/AGM_Resolutions and if you are interested in this sort of thing, please do read through and make suggestions for improvement. Now; if you would like to help with a timely issue of governance, you might want to join in the http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_Council discussion or start a new thread on this list. Roger Bamkin, Jon Davis and I will be joining the Chapters Conference at the end of this month, so feedback from our members would help our discussions to ensure that the new Chapters Council firmly addresses the real issues that the WMF are so worried about when it comes to financial controls and accountability for chapter fundraising and grant management. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fundraising debate (again)
With regard to the WMF having a seat on the board, they are already welcome to sit on every board meeting and say whatever they want to the board members. Yes WMF, please continue to come and join our meetings and add some great perspective and value. Sue Gardner and Ting Chen have sat in and contributed to board meetings over the last year and we all felt this was useful for building honest and productive relationships. Personally I would *firmly be opposed* to giving a Foundation representative any voting rights, regardless of wrinkles in UK Charity Commission guidance or possible fudges. If someone could provide a rationale that our members would find convincing as to why the Foundation would need special powers, this would be interesting to read. WMUK is currently considering how Fellows and Associates would work in practice and I am hopeful that such groups could provide a strong alternative voice for our community if a current board were in some way losing perspective; certainly such groups form from our local community should be given at least as strong a voice as the Foundation. WMUK has truly open board meetings, remember that *you* are personally welcome to sit in or give a presentation on any matter you feel needs more attention from the board, just give us some notice that you want to come along and a couple of week's notice if you would like to introduce an item on the agenda. This offer is not limited to members. For locations and times, see http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_meetings Thanks, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: British Library Wikipedian in Residence position - applications needed this week
Hi, Re: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/02/19/british-library-seeks-wikimedian-in-residence/ Feedback from the British Library is that number of completed applications received so far is modest. If you know anyone who might be interested please give them a reminder to apply in time. The application close date is this Thursday (23rd February) and the application form can be found at: https://gs10.globalsuccessor.com/fe/tpl_britishlibrary01.asp?jobid=86752,4512982148 As far as I know this is the best paid Wikimedian in Residence full time position we have seen to date, and is specifically aimed at attracting experienced Wikimedians. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] The British Library is looking for a Wikimedian In Residence (6 months)
Hi, I am delighted to announce a new WIR position at the world class British Library in London. It is a post for 6 months, with a professional level of remuneration, and would suit any of our international colleagues with a GLAM experience as well as Wikimedians with a GLAM background already near London. Applications close in *2 weeks* so let any friends and folks on your personal networks who might be interested know about this opportunity as soon as possible. You can tweet using the shortcut: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/?p=778 Cheers, Fae -- Forwarded message -- From: fae f...@wikimedia.org.uk Date: 9 February 2012 11:00 Subject: [Wikimedia UK Blog] British Library is looking for a Wikimedian In Residence (6 months) To: f...@wikimedia.org.uk Wikimedia UK Blog has posted a new item, 'British Library is looking for a Wikimedian In Residence (6 months)http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/02/british-library-is-looking-for-a-wikimedian-in-residence-6-months/' The British Library is recruiting an experienced Wikipedia editor with a good understanding of Wikimedia and GLAM projects. The post has funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the programme of activities will be run as part of the on-going partnership with Wikimedia UK. As the official Wikimedian in Residence, the post offers the opportunity to make a considerable contribution to the public’s knowledge of the British Library’s unique collections and AHRC-funded projects by engaging with the widest possible international community of Wikipedians/Wikimedians and GLAM “e-volunteers”. The position has been specified in consultation with Wikimedia UK and is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Wikimedian with strong communication and organisational skills. The key outcomes will be to promote and establish collaboration between staff and Wikimedia volunteers, in addition to arranging Wikipedia (and sister project) training sessions and events at the Library. For further details, and to apply, please visit www.bl.uk/careershttps://gs10.globalsuccessor.com/fe/tpl_britishlibrary01.asp?s=hNwYvBGdQoFRwTtFoljobid=86752,4512982148key=58640656c=989895549814pagestamp=dbqwutohkylvmogpwq If you would like to discuss the UK GLAM programme and our cultural partnerships, please contact Fæhttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:F%C3%A6 uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Faehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:F%C3%A6 *Closing date: 23 February 2012* You may view the latest post at http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/02/british-library-is-looking-for-a-wikimedian-in-residence-6-months/You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. Best regards, fae f...@wikimedia.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] Laptop recommendations?
Windoze 7 is a dog, however it should be possible to setup a neat dual boot with a linux of choice considering that 500gb hard disk. Ubuntu pretty much does all the work for you from the install disk and you can then set the default as linux. For events I don't think we need Windows, but there may be odd applications around the office where the dual boot is handy. Annoyingly there are a number of Wikipedia tools such as AWB which still need a windoze install to run. Remember there's always my lovely puppy linux from a CD if we want to run a pre-configured reusable environment with handy open source tools that attendees could even take home with them afterwards. ;-) I'd support buying well known laptops sold in high volume (and thus very low price for the kit you get), Asus is a good choice but I'd also look at Acer machines. I'm surprised nobody gave us some older laptops. A couple of old slow models with a small linux install would be terribly handy at the office right now. PS I love my small Sony screen and 3/4 keyboard, but I know many would prefer the 15 inch and the Sony's are too pricey. Oh if you are throwing away Windows 7 licenses, I'll take one thanks. Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership secretary
Dear Gordon Joly and Charles Matthews, I apologise unreservedly. Having just had two staff members and seven trustees in a three hour telecon using our evening going through detailed processes and plans for WMUK, I can assure you that we certainly do pay attention, as you might pick up from the trustees taking the time to promptly respond here in addition to this meeting. If I need to repeat this point in all correspondence on wikimediauk-l and avoid any impression of flippancy, I am prepared to take that approach rather than a light handed one that may be subject to any possible misinterpretation. Thank you, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags On 3 January 2012 18:22, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 03/01/2012 16:34, Fae wrote: It's a wiki; anyone can fix it, hint.;-) Fae One of the most important aspects of a membership organization is the membership. In this case, we are members of a registered charity. The organization (and here, I mean the Trustees) should pay attention to membership, renewals, and maintaining communications etc. I find any flippancy disturbing 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 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Info: Free tickets to VA
Hi, I have a couple of unclaimed complementary tickets to the VA Postmodernism exhibition which are valid up until 13 January; excluding weekends. If anyone would like to go along (preferably with a view to updating related Wikipedia articles!), drop me an email and I post them to you. First come, first served. * http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/postmodernism/ Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article
If one makes a fuss over the article it needs a bit of improvement. The best part of it is the accident in 1980 when several people were seriously injured, the rebuilding plans sound odd, surely they would need to have got underway by now if they finish in 2014 and the section In the area looks like a WP:NOT failure to me. The station has little to inspire photographs being just platforms, a walkway and a waiting room but with no facilities. However a photograph of someone holding a cardboard sign on the platform saying 1,000,000th Wikipedia article! might be so sad that it would be a start of a campaign to recognize it. I'm not sure that needs a budget. As this was approximately the 1,000,000th article, was there nothing better nearby in front or behind the creation of this one? * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanhill_railway_station Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Research banner
I have raised my concerns for this appearing to be an advert on IRC with RCOM the DEV team and then on-wiki with Philippe. RCOM have pointed me to the WMF and the WMF said it's not their problem and pointed me back to RCOM. There is a claim that the central notice was agreed with the community but this does not appear to yet be supported with evidence. I have raised my personal opinion at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ANI#Harvard.2FScience_Po_Adverts where any of my fellow Wikipedians are free to add their own. Note, during the IRC chat it was pointed out to me that Google or a telecoms company could easily be next, there is no restriction for central notices of this type on what logos or other forms of advertising they might carry under a claim that this would make the sponsorship arrangement clear. Considering Jimbo's statements that Wikipedia will never carry advertising, I think this puts us all in an uncomfortable position. Thanks, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wmfcc-l] BBC 4: I'm on now! :-)
I heard the interview live (by accident) and I thought the points came over rather well in such a short segment. The hairstyles example article was used in her talk on Sunday at Imperial and the interview flowed naturally and nicely with this as a easy topic. It is a slight pity that WM-UK have no idea what other interviews Sue has scheduled whilst in the country, so we are not in a position to help promote them or offer any advice. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Charity plane/train fares
Yes we will be eligible for these discounts. There is a bit of admin hassle in setting these up and our staff are pretty busy setting up the new office for the next couple of weeks. We can defer for a month, or if there is a keen volunteer prepared to look into setting this up, they would only need a letter from our CEO or Andrew as confirmation to get an ID we can use (at least, that seems to be how you do it for train fares, according to http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/promotions/prd47a6bc35ce741019b6b75f6258ae9/details.html). Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Info: 2012 programme of events with the Victoria and Albert Museum
Hi, I spent this afternoon with representatives in the VA (from Comms, Digitization and Documentation/Copyright) and supported by another Wikimedian (Jeanne who is interested in helping with fashion related topics on Wikipedia). We have a track record of events with the VA (the most recent being the collaboration on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu's_Tiger) but they would like to start long term planning events for next year for a sustained programme of activities and supported by a persistent community of interested Wikimedians rather than thinking of one-off events. Within the organization they are discussing the benefit of releasing a selection of high quality images/media of their collections, particularly where these would have significant impact on Wikipedia article quality, such as their key artefacts (sometimes referred to as treasures). We are also going to have a follow-up discussion on copyright as they are currently reviewing how to apply creative commons licenses on their publicly accessible database (http://collections.vam.ac.uk, at the moment commercial re-use would require a negotiation with the VA each time) to make it much simpler for members of the public to understand how to re-use images, potentially some then usable on Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons. If you would like to help with future programmes or would like early involvement in the planning and consultation for events with staff and curators please drop me a note and I'll keep you copied in on future meetings as they happen. I am planning on being at the next London wikimeet (13th Nov) so you can buy me a coffee and bounce some ideas off me for 2012 if you prefer doing this in person. ;-) Cheers, Fae (WM-UK trustee and GLAM budget holder) -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Info: 2012 programme of events with the Victoria and Albert Museum
Hi David, Yes, needed images was a topic specifically raised, by the VA staff. They would love to know where the gaps on Wikipedia or Commons are so they can target the programme, or look at releasing (or creating images/video). I'm wondering if this needs to be part of a request page, similar to the image request list we started at the BM* (anyone want to set it up)? I can't promise a quick response but a good wish-list from our community would probably help the internal discussions enormously. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/Photos_requested Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Info: 2012 programme of events with the Victoria and Albert Museum
On 9 November 2011 22:14, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote: One quick thought: when I ask people to release images and they're a bit iffy about it, I sometimes ask them if they'd be more comfortable releasing a lower resolution version (we wouldn't normally display an image in an article at above 300px). Yes, we discussed (good) web-quality sizes this was the approach taken for the release of Tipu's Tiger images to Commons. Oh, and I'm interested in being kept in the loop on anything like this. Is there a GLAM mailing list somewhere? Harry Not yet. Perhaps a registration page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/VANDA (if it gets created) would be a good way of doing this? Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Poll: Wikimedia UK OTRS workshop dates
If you are interested in the OTRS workshop, please add your name to http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS_workshop. It is currently envisaged that the workshop would run over a weekend. A poll on preferred dates is running at http://www.doodle.com/4nf6siv8dibhbr7p, please tick any weekends that you may be able to attend. The location is currently expected to be at the new office which has access to suitable meeting rooms: Development house 56-64 Leonard Street London EC2A 4LT Tel:0207 065 0990 Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Poll: Wikimedia UK OTRS workshop dates
Excellent point, I have taken Sunday 11 December and Sunday 15 January off the table and added in the remaining weekends in January. I have left the related Saturdays in, as we have yet to work out if the general preference is for a whole weekend (which may suit some attendees planning to stay overnight) or for successive Saturdays. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags On 1 November 2011 11:07, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote: I notice two of the dates coincide with the London meetups. It would be nice, if possible, to avoid clashing with them. Harry ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day 2012
On 31 October 2011 16:27, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: I won't deliberately avoid using works whose copyright will expire next year due to the author dying in the war in 1941. That's a moral right, not copyright. Wikimedia shouldn't take sides on moral right issues. The language may be confusing here, moral rights are specific legal copyright law rights which one may defend in court in order to gain compensation. Examples include the right of attribution even though the work is free to reuse. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_rights_(copyright_law). In this case Wikimedia does take a stance on moral rights as we see they are maintained in the license terms. Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Soldiers' letters
With regard to notability, all war monuments are landmarks potentially worthy of a Wikipedia article. Due to how difficult it is to source the material, I would encourage any group or individual to consider extending (or more likely creating) the article for the local town or village that created the monument, though some monuments are found at cross-roads or at scenic positions (I'm thinking of the large memorial I stopped to photograph in North Uist which only has sheep as neighbours but is still the location for a well attended annual memorial ceremony and is the opportunity to remember those more recently killed in war action). The cross-links to information about regiments, battles and individual acts of bravery that were recognized with notable medals all add value to Wikipedia and though the information may start with a photo on Wikimedia Commons or a single document on Wikisource, I would strongly encourage volunteers to help expand the quality of Wikipedia's coverage of these areas of local interest. It strikes me as the sort of improvement that local schools might be excellent at helping with. Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Soldiers' letters
It would be really interesting to see a GLAM initiative which used Wikisource as a transcription interface. ... Chris The best GLAM example of using Wikisource so far is Dominic's work with NARA in the USA - see http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_NARA/Completed. I used the example of http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Objections_to_Woman_Suffrage_Answered at the all staff presentation at the British Library as an example where a formal archive's catalogue links directly back to Wikisource as an 'official' transcription. I am hoping that NAS can use a similar approach. Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] World Wars project
I assume Fae has mentioned to you that the National Archives of Scotland might be interested in doing something around soldiers' wills? Chris and I briefly discussed it. As a project this is unlikely to kick off until next year (well after the fund raiser). However, NAS could be a very interesting early project and of significant public interest. The question is more about finding 3 or 4 volunteers in Scotland interested in helping, possibly with the support of a wider international e-volunteer community (such as me). Soldiers' wills was not the only idea from the NAS and much as the British Museum and British Library has been working out, such a popular starting project would attract longer term NAS enthusiasts as a core team to self-organize. The challenge here is not funding from Wikimedia or enthusiasm from the NAS, but attracting Wikimedians in Scotland to have a crack at real life collaboration. Cheers, Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Announcing GLAMcamp Amsterdam for UK glammers // 2-4 December
Link: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMcamp_Amsterdam Hi, If you have been involved in the UK GLAM programme and are committed to helping in the future, the GLAMcamp Amsterdam workshop should be of interest if you would like to learn from the experience of Wikimedians from other countries delivering their own GLAM initiatives and have the opportunity to share your own UK experience. In the UK we have our own in-residence projects, negotiated new partnerships, held workshops and edit-a-thons, run multilingual challenges and experimented with QR codes. Don't think our work has been unnoticed by our fellow Chapters, and this event is a chance to use our bragging rights. At the moment myself, Leutha and Rock Drum have added our names as wishing to attend, please add yours so that Liam and WM-NL can start adding you to their plans. Accommodation costs will be covered by WM-NL and for suitable attendees travelling from the UK, reasonable economy travel costs (such as the train) and some subsistence costs will be reimbursed by WM-UK. In terms of suitability, the event is targeted at those currently involved in our GLAM programme with a story to share. We may limit numbers depending on the level of response and may have to reject applications from those without suitable experience. Drop me a note if you have any questions. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] WMF veto on geonotices?
Hi, Philipe (WMF head of reader relations) recently reverted a :en geonotice added by Deryck Chan. This appears to run counter to the previous position held by the WMF that they leave the decisions to the Wikipedia community and would not interfere (presumably unless there was a legal issue). Raising on this email list in consideration of previous debate on this topic when the chapter wanted to use a geonotice to encourage applications from our Wikimedia UK community for the WMUK CEO position and as most people will not follow WP:GN. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Geonotice#WMF_veto_of_geonotices Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF veto on geonotices?
I think the original point is being diluted by repeated 'meh' opinions. The issue here is that the WMF claimed no responsibility for the lobbying notice raised on it.wiki and when I asked for clarification were clear that they left these notices for the community. This contradicts the actions of Philippe using his staff account to make changes as he sees fit rather than taking the option of advising the community. If WMF staff are taking responsibility for making corrections or housekeeping for notices based on a WMF undeclared policy (such as not having similar CN and GN running in parallel) then they can no longer claim to have no responsibility when notices create adverse publicity or are used for community approved lobbying for the open movement. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Request: UK knowledge and e-volunteers for Festival Cervantino (30th October)
Hi, Please find a request from Itzel Polin (GLAM Mexico) who would like to find UK e-volunteers to help with better articles in different languages for the British and European artists involved. Anyone who might help out, please contact Itzel as below. PS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_Internacional_Cervantino may be useful background. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags Forwarded message itzel polin iplit...@yahoo.com.mx Created:09/20/2011 01:04:36 Subject: Cooperation for the Festival Cervantino in Mexico with British and European artists México, September 19, 2011 Hi! My name is Itzel Polin, I am part of the project GLAM Mexico and I am also a student at the University ITESM CCM, I write you because in Mexico on October there will be a festival with the name Festival Cervantino it's a festival where a lot of artists from different countries will present their shows and works of art such as UK, we will do some articles for the artists, we are very interested to do some of the British and European artists, but we need information of the artists in English to translate it and write the articles, so that's why we thought Wikimedia UK could help us, in return we can advertise Wikimedia UK in the radio program where I work and also mention the help of Wikimedia UK in the different articles of GLAM Mexico we will do, ¿what do you think? Thanks for all, Itzel Polin Radio Red AM programa Zona Verde Sección Educación Ambiental iplit...@yahoo.com.mx ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting of Wikimedia UK on 16 October 2011 at Pendrel's Oak, Holborn
There are no plans to cover travel costs apart from those officially part of necessary EGM business, such as the tellers, staff and trustees who will be there to answer questions and present during the meeting. For the EGM, proxy voting is available and we will be encouraging advance questions on-wiki from everyone regardless of whether they plan on physically coming to the meeting in order to make good use of QA time. Please add to the discussion at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:EGM_2011 As with any event, funding would be considered to cater for access for members with disabilities or with access difficulties that we have not foreseen. Please email one of the board members in confidence if you would like to discuss your personal situation further. http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board Discussion at the EGM will be limited to the charity application and the associated, relatively technical, issues. For this reason co-locating at the Wikimeet is intended to help ensure the meeting attracts sufficient members to be quorate (i.e. more than 20). The wikimeet itself will be interesting for members and the EGM will only be a small part of the afternoon. This will be the first time our CEO will be joining a wikimeet after taking up their appointment (get your tricky questions ready) and we will be celebrating our 50th, so expect to pose for a photograph with a slice of cake. :-D Cheers, Fae -- f...@wikimedia.org.uk http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Info: WM-UK Scholarships to attend WikiConference India in November
Hi, a quick heads-up. As the deadline for these scholarships to go to India is just a week away, please give any Wikimedians you think may be interested in going a quick nudge. If you are interested in applying yourself, don't leave it on the back burner! Details: Wikimedia UK welcomes proposals from Wikimedians in the UK community intending to travel to join the WikiConference India. Priority will be given to those with Wikimedia experience to share, links with the Wikimedia movement in India or with credible inter-chapter proposals to discuss and implement with support of the wider community. How to apply can be found at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_Scholarships. The deadline for submitting a workshop or presentation proposal to the India conference programme team has been extended to Sep 27 19:30 BST. WikiConference India runs from November 18 to 20 at the University of Mumbai. The conference registration page is available at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011. * WM-UK blog post at http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/wikiconference-india-travel-grants Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Question: Dates for GLAMWIKI 2012 ?
Hi, As we have to book a venue far in advance are there views on what Autumn 2012 dates (August through to November) would be best for our second GLAMWIKI conference (hopefully the main global conference for 2012)? We have an very kind offer, from one of our top partners, the British Library to host for free during the Autumn period, though this would have to span Friday through to Monday (presumably we would go for a Friday and Saturday again). We have yet to get feedback from other Chapters if another country were very keen to play host but I think the UK is in a good position with our pretty active GLAM programme and we are pushing for more inter-chapter initiatives. Once we have some nominal dates I can then try to stake our claim for another GLAMWIKI with the wider community. Thanks, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Call for help: WM-UK Charity application, evidence of public benefit
Hi, Though I'm happy to see the issues discussed (you can imagine that many of these issues have been discussed in the preparation of our application), please remember to fish out those examples of public benefit to add to the wiki page: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Charity_status_application/help_wanted PS no responses there yet. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Question: Coordinating and logging discussions and events with WMUK partners
/* This is something of a back-burner topic but an important area for our growing GLAM network and WMUK office */ Hi, I have been intermittently reporting our pipeline of GLAM events to the WMUK board by using a Google Document. This just lists our main partners (British Museum, Derby Museum etc.) and says what has been happening recently and what we are discussing as a forthcoming event. Now we have a WMUK office, a CEO about to join and we will have a coordinator in Scotland in a couple of months, it might be useful to take this up a notch to ensure coordination is a bit more reliable and we don't loose too many new opportunities by accident. There are some options based on our experience so far and I would welcome suggestions for how to do this better. * Google Docs * This is my favourite option, it's free, good for collaboration and tracking and we could run, say, a spreadsheet summary with one tab per cultural partner to log the progress of actions, phone calls and meetings. Though documents can be fully public, they don't all have to be so there are fewer issues with including contact details for our partners. It might be worth running a central office account that then manages who the key documents are shared with. With some support from WMUK office staff, GDocs could be run as a reasonable customer relationship management solution. * Wiki * We have some experience of trying this with the outreach wiki but it is hard to maintain (boring having to cut paste templates and fiddle about) and security becomes more of an issue if we would like to keep contact details on it. * Off the shelf * Anything decent would not be free, but it might be worth paying for a few tens of licenses for a (cloud based) customer relationship management tool that can have a official shared contact book, a calendar (maybe sync with GCal) and track events, report action status, risks, log key emails and phonecalls with partners and WMUK suppliers. I think that we have automatically resisted forcing a tracking tool on our GLAM e-volunteers but I keep hearing of things going on that I (and sometimes the board) were either not aware of or might have forgotten about the chat in a pub that a volunteer interpreted as the nod to do something. The GLAM programme is now too large for one person to know about everything so a centralized system is becoming quite urgently needed. Thoughts? Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Call for help: WM-UK Charity application, evidence of public benefit
Hi, ** Do you know of examples of WM-UK's charitable public benefit? ** Please go to the collaboration page at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Charity_status_application/help_wanted to raise further good examples for our charity application team to incorporate in our final proposal to the Charity Commission. Text from the call for help on :wmuk copied below for information. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags Text from uk.wikimedia.org [18 September 2011] Call for help! For the application to become a Registered Charity, we think we still need more evidence as follows. Ideally please send a link plus a quote or brief summary/abstract of the material (example at bottom), the sooner the better, but by Wednesday September 21st at latest. PUBLIC BENEFIT evidence of public benefit in some areas. The best sort of evidence are: academic studies, reports in top-quality press, quotes from top figures in their fields. The emphasis is on evidence of specific and actual public benefit that does not amount just to the increase of knowledge. More evidence that lots of people use Wikimedia is not needed; we need specific beneficial results of that usage, other than increasing knowledge . I think we have higher education covered, but primary secondary education, public health, and other areas could use more. Also academic studies from 2010/11 - I think we have the earlier ones covered. WMF: the record of the Wikimedia Foundation intervening in or controlling policy and content areas. WE ALREADY HAVE covered the following sources, among others: 2005 Nature WP/Encyc Brit study; PC Pro stories; Hansard quotes, WMF fundraiser testimonials, the big stories from the NYT, Economist, New Yorker, Guardian; Casper Grathwohl of Oxford University Press, How today’s college students use Wikipedia for course–related research”, by Alison J. Head and Michael B. Eisenberg. First Monday, Volume 15, Number 3 - 1 March 2010., Are chemicals killing us? By S. Robert Lichter, Ph.D, May 21, 2009 - Society of Toxicologists; “Early response to false claims in Wikipedia”, by P.D. Magnus, First Monday, Volume 13 Number 9 - 1 September 2008, http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/2115/2027; “How quickly are errors corrected?” by Stuart Andrews, PC Pro, 12 Jul 2007 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/119641/how-quickly-are-errors-corrected ; The paradox of expertise: is the Wikipedia Reference Desk as good as your library? IDEALLY post in this sort of format: Through user-generated efforts, Wikipedia is comprehensive, current, and far and away the most trustworthy Web resource of its kind. It is not the bottom layer of authority, nor the top, but in fact the highest layer without formal vetting. In this unique role, it therefore serves as an ideal bridge between the validated and unvalidated Web. Casper Grathwohl, vice president of Oxford University Press http://chronicle.com/article/Wikipedia-Comes-of-Age/125899/ End ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Call for help: WM-UK Charity application, evidence of public benefit
Yes, I agree it is confusing; however as WM-UK contributes a significant sum of money from the UK fundraiser (more than half) to WMF and organizes events that promote the use and improvement of Wikimedia projects, that these outcomes have public benefit in the context of our UK charity's mission is as important to demonstrate as our direct activities. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Info: Edinburgh wikimeet on Saturday 1st October
Hi, heads-up, As we will be finalizing our agreement with Museums Galleries Scotland on 30/9 for the recruitment of a Scotland coordinator, Brian McNeil and I will be arranging the next Edinburgh wikimeet for the next day, Saturday 1st October. As the budget holder for the coordinator and the point of contact for MGS, I am open to being quizzed at the Wikimeet about the new role based in Edinburgh, the plans we have with MGS and what our joint expected outcomes will be. MGS have been working on a jobspec for the role and would hope to be able to share and discuss the details of that at the Wikimeet too. The job will be for 6-months (terms negotiable, though the initial preference was for a full time position) and based at the MGS offices in Edinburgh. As the title implies this is to help coordinate the logistics of the GLAM programme in Scotland using MGS's 350+ member organizations (see link) as well as vitalizing Scotland's Wikimedian culture in general such as Wiki-meets and other outreach activities. Links * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Edinburgh_3 * http://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/who-we-are/ Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Question: UK versus regional branding
Wikimedia Alba would at least have the advantage of being a somewhat authentic identity. Yes I'm aware that traditionally any civilised lowlander would rather eat their own kidney than have any dealings with those highland bandits but from what I understand that is no longer the case (bloody meddling English). -- geni Cripes' Ginger; remind this Kentishman to wear two extra strong pairs of pants at the Edinburgh Wikimeet. Maybe we should take along some permanent markers so that highland folks can write in their varied preferred descriptions of their regional identity on their free teeshirt sponsored by WM-UK. ;-) Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Request:
Hi, WM-UK has had the following request from the Irish Independent. If anyone has particular experience with handling trolls on Irish-related topics and is interested in discussing it, please let me know and I can forward your contact details. Cheers, Fae (f...@wikimedia.org.uk) Hi, I am a journalist based in Ireland, researching an article on Internet trolls, and would love to speak with someone, preferably someone who moderates the Irish end of Wiki to see how prevalent trolling is and how challenging a job it is to keep on top of it. -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Request: Help needed from Indian language speakers in London
Hi, Any Wikipedians fancy helping out with an event sometime during 15-17 July for what is probably a wiki-lounge type affair with potential for a Wikimedia presentation aimed at curators and a possible behind-the-scenes with a curator? This would be co-editing and a bit of coaching with museum professionals and ensuring that a few Indian cultural articles are produced in, for example, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu and Marathi. I'm only starting to discuss the details, so now would be a good time to help shape the day. Depending on how well this goes, this might provide a case study for a much larger Indian languages and culture related public event later in the year. PS I have raised a note on the WikiProject India talk page. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Reminder: Wikimedia UK IRC meeting tonight (31 May) at 6pm
irc://irc.freenode.net/#wikimedia-uk Open house on IRC for an hour, a chance to raise your ideas for WM-UK and board members. Suggested topic: Wikimeets in Edinburgh and York Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] British Library English and Drama event for Wikip/medians // Saturday 4 June 2011
Hi, Registration for this collaboration event at the British Library has opened today and has yet to be promoted to the general public. Sign up early if you would like to take advantage of full access to the English and Drama unique collections (some of the archives suggested have yet to be officially catalogued) with supporting advice from the UK's leading curators and researchers who are eager to help improve Wikipedia's (and sister projects) depth of coverage. Details at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editathon,_British_Library The event runs from 10am-5pm on Saturday 4th June and registration will be limited to a maximum of 30. The event has been organized in partnership with Wikimedia UK as part of our UK GLAM initiative. Your comments for improvements or suggestions for alternative British Library events are welcome on the registration talk page. A long term Wikipedia collaboration page can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BL Cheers, Fae -- email: f...@wikimedia.org.uk discuss: http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Info: Press interest in Wikipedia articles for 'super-injunction celebrities'
This story has run in several newspapers today (Thursday) and shows that Wikipedia has processes that can protect articles (which most of the public would be unaware of) and that prompt action is taken when verifiability or legal issues are outstanding. * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/8479272/Wikipedia-users-name-celebrities-with-gagging-orders.html * http://www.metro.co.uk/news/862006-wikipedia-names-super-injunction-celebrities * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1381487/Wikipedia-names-4-UK-celebrities-sex-scandal-super-injunctions.html * http://www.techdigest.tv/2011/04/superinjunction.html I would be interested to know if any other members have opinions on how well the press interest was handled by WM-UK and whether we would have been better off saying more, less or putting our case more fully on the WM-UK blog http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk ? Thanks, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Food Standards Agency expressing interest in academy?
http://blogs.food.gov.uk/science/entry/if_you_can_t_beat The Chief Scientist at the Food Standards Agency is interested in getting them to edit Wikipedia. Anyone at WMUK want to contact them or is there stuff going on behind the scenes I don't know about? ;-) I have posted a comment to the blog mentioning the support of WMUK and offering support including a link the contact page. Hopefully they'll get around to approving it shortly (or sending us an email instead). Cheers, Fæ ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] From Hoxne Hoard to Hackney Hoard...
FYI - This is cross-posted for attention to the collaboration talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:GLAM/BL#New_article_request_for_Hackney_Double_Eagles -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] GLAM contacts: anyone in touch with Vestry House Museum?
Hi, There is a log of who's handling who at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI/Events where I suggest you add them as a prospect needing contact or your name against it as our contact point. The list is a bit out of date but we have to take care about confidentiality with contact details and not announcing anything not officially announced by the GLAM on an open wiki. It looks likely that May or June this year will see the first formally organized UK GLAM Workshop and networking session for GLAM Ambassadors (and Ambassador prospectives). After that we would hope they could be organized for every 2 months. If you would like to get things going at the Vestry House Museum, then please go ahead and make first contact as an e-volunteer offering to help with their presence on Wikipedia. I would be happy to chat about it with you virtually (drop a note on my talk page or direct email) or meet up at the next London wiki-meet ( http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London - date not set yet) to talk it through. PS I'm on the GLAM Steering Committee which itself is in start-up mode... Cheers, Fæ -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Helping with museum signs
I'm thoroughly impressed that we went from my vague mention of QR codes to a live public exhibition within 3 days. Victuallers, you deserve a great big Making things happen barn star. Cheers, Fæ -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Helping with museum signs
I have updated the template {{QR code}} which should make it easy to
include a QR link on any Wikipedia talk page and avoid installing
scripts.
* http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:QR_code
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Helping with museum signs
Sorry to be a smart-pants but I just cobbled a userscript to add the
QR code generation as a Wikipedia toolbox function. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fæ/QRcode.js
In the usual way add:
importScript('User:Fæ/QRcode.js'); //QRcode on toolbar
to your vector.js or other preferred skin file.
Cheers,
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Helping with museum signs
WRT QR codes: I brought this up when chatting with the British Library. If it were part of a temporary exhibition (the BL has a funky new-media room in the foyer area, for example) then a demo using QR codes and a free smart phone app(*) would be an easy thing to show off and less controversial than sticking new labels all over a museum. As the QR codes can point to an official website (or database record for the item) this would not need to be a Wikipedia specific initiative. If someone is into this technology, perhaps we can make such a demo part of an upcoming workshop/edit-a-thon event with a relevant GLAM (like Derby or the BL)? (*) The BL recently made a great hoo-ha about their new smart phone app, see http://www.bl.uk/app/ Fæ -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ideas for local engagement
There is a general table at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI/Events which was the result of collecting contacts after the London GLAM-WIKI and I would see no harm in extending it or using it as a model. This is a bit passive as a way of managing follow-ups but the default approach (rather than a strategy) has been to offer and then see if the organizations follow-up with us rather than the reverse. Of course, as soon as a contact is made and things get going then it is worth forming an active collaboration page ( such as the latest, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/DER ). Note, on the uk.wiki we have taken care not to publish contact details directly (only the Wikimedian point of contact) in order to avoid any problems with random strangers data-mining the information and the idea was to stick to direct email if we need to share contact info. On 20 January 2011 16:03, Martin Poulter m.l.poul...@bristol.ac.uk wrote: Hi all, we had a small meetup in Bristol after Jimmy's talk, where we discussed potential partners such as museums, libraries and societies and how we can make use of meetings with them. I've written up some ideas here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Bristol/Local_outreach Clearly some fantastic work is already going on with the GLAM sector nationally, and locally Steve Virgin has been up to an enormous amount of local networking that this would build on. It would be great to get together a list of contacts and where we are with them. The above page could be used to list partners we're engaging with, and perhaps there should be a private page somewhere for sharing contact names, phone numbers and finding dates when we and the contacts are available. It may seem odd to put it in Wikiproject Bristol, and it's not ideal, but frankly I'm a bit confused by all the different places where WP/WM outreach material is supposed to go, and most importantly there are local Wikipedians who are crucial to the success of this effort, who can't be assumed to be watching the other sites (until we get interwiki watchlists). Any input welcome, -- Dr Martin L Poulter ICT Manager, The Economics Network Based at the ILRT, University of Bristol: http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ The full experience: http://infobomb.org/ Wikipedia contributor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter Bias research: http://biasandbelief.wordpress.com/ Comedy music: http://www.myspace.com/glandscape Community blog: http://doodznchyx.wordpress.com/ ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
