Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 188, Issue 3
Brilliant - well done. Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jon-davies-4aa3a621> *www.frenchcinema.info <http://www.frenchcinema.info>* On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 at 14:53, wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Wikimedia UK awarded funding by The National Lottery Heritage > Fund (Natasha Iles) >2. Re: Wikimedia UK awarded funding by The National Lottery > Heritage Fund (Lewis Cawte) >3. Re: Wikimedia UK awarded funding by The National Lottery > Heritage Fund (Lucy Crompton-Reid) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:32:44 + > From: Natasha Iles > To: undisclosed-recipients:; > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK awarded funding by The National > Lottery Heritage Fund > Message-ID: > s9pd6ro3kf9hvyezzt0gwgbsl...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi all > > Please join us in celebrating the announcement today that Wikimedia UK is > one of twelve projects being supported through The National Lottery > Heritage Fund and the DCMS Culture Recovery Fund. > > Please read our Press Release <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Main_Page> or > follow on social Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK/>, twitter > <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk>, instagram > <https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/>. > Coverage is also on The National Lottery Heritage Fund website > < > https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/digital-skills-projects-will-support-resilience-and-creativity-heritage-sector > > > . > > Many thanks and best wishes > Natasha > > -- > Natasha Iles MCIOF (Dip) > > Head of Development & Communications > Wikimedia UK > <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/> > *Wikimedia UK <https://beta.wikimedia.org.uk/>* is the national chapter > for > the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. > Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513.Company Limited by > Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. > Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London > SE1 0NZ > < > https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ=gmail=g > > > . > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/attachments/20210318/3c7690cd/attachment-0001.htm > > > > -- > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:04:16 + > From: Lewis Cawte > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK awarded funding by The > National Lottery Heritage Fund > Message-ID: > < > cacqu0gmdmazowgjd5ceuzqdctw1w1b8vqopz6fmwndukejq...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Any funding is great news for the chapter and well done to everyone > involved in getting the award. > > Having read both the National Lottery and WMUK, it seems to fall short on > anything particularly specific on what the funds will be spent on? > Presumably, the chapter had some provisional/speculative ideas of > organisations and programmes it would assign funds to when it put itself > forward for this pot of cash? Are there existing projects that the chapter > expects this money to help extend/expand, what is considered > "underrepresented cultural heritage". > > Apologies if this stuff is available elsewhere, I'm a bit out of the loop > with chapter happenings, and I've only gotten (back) into the content side > of things really since October-ish. > > -- Lewis Cawte > > > > On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 at 12:33, Natasha Iles > wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > Please join us in celebrating the announcement today that Wikimedia UK is > > one of twelve projects being supported through The National Lottery > > Heritage Fund and the DCMS Culture Recovery Fund. > > > > Please read our Press Release <htt
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 182, Issue 7
Let me know when it has happened and I can report back and encourage more donations. Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jon-davies-4aa3a621> *www.frenchcinema.info <http://www.frenchcinema.info>* On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 at 13:03, wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Re: Request for a volunteer to upload Councillor photos to > Commons (Deryck Chan) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:02:03 +0100 > From: Deryck Chan > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Request for a volunteer to upload > Councillor photos to Commons > Message-ID: > fr8haj-dqbkk...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Fair point about not needing batch, I thought the linked page was just a > sample (current councillors) and we're talking about hundreds rather than > dozens of images in total. > > And thanks Mike for stepping in! > > On Mon, 14 Sep 2020, 13:39 Sara Thomas, > wrote: > > > 45 could be easily done on the standard upload; it could also be done > > using Pattypan, if there's a good deal of metadata to input. > > > > Sara > > > > On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 at 05:16, Richard Symonds > > wrote: > > > >> Would we even need batch upload? It's only 45 files I think! Could it be > >> done by a regular uploader? > >> > >> On Thu, 10 Sep 2020, 15:55 Deryck Chan, wrote: > >> > >>> Hello Lucy and all, > >>> > >>> Ideally we want a Commons volunteer with both OTRS and batch upload > >>> privileges (which I'm neither). But if none of those boffins are > available, > >>> I'm happy to volunteer to do the uploading and liaise with OTRS on the > >>> councillors' behalf. > >>> > >>> --Deryck > >>> > >>> On Wed, 9 Sep 2020, 14:15 Lucy Crompton-Reid, < > >>> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Dear all > >>>> > >>>> Many of you will know Jon Davies from his time as the CEO of Wikimedia > >>>> UK. Well he still carries the open knowledge torch wherever he goes, > and > >>>> has managed to persuade Lambeth Council to release high resolution > photos > >>>> of its Councillors (including Jon himself!) under a Creative Commons > >>>> license. They are currently online here > >>>> <https://love.lambeth.gov.uk/lambeth-councillor-images/> - and Jon > >>>> also has access to a folder with all the high res files - but he is > hoping > >>>> that a volunteer will be able to upload these to Wikimedia Commons. > Would > >>>> anyone be able to help with this? Please let me know if so and I can > put > >>>> you in direct touch with Jon. > >>>> > >>>> Very best wishes > >>>> Lucy > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Lucy Crompton-Reid > >>>> Chief Executive > >>>> Wikimedia UK > >>>> +44 (0) 203 372 0762 > >>>> > >>>> *Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open > >>>> knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations > from > >>>> individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have > you > >>>> considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk > >>>> Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, > >>>> Registered No. 6741827 > >>>> Registered Charity No.1144513 > >>>> Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, > >>>> London SE1 0NZ > >>>> > >>>> The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate > >>>> Wikipedi
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 182, Issue 2
Thanks Richard and Deryck, If someone can do it and tell me I can let Lambeth know. I got soo close with them releasing a first tranche of archive but in the end we could not supply any volunteers to get the project going. I would like to show we can do this so I can go back to the archives and try again. They have one of the best in London and I get on well with them chief archivist for whom I have a lot of respect plus being a councillor I can encourage the opinion formers. Could someone/anyone let me know when it is done so I can report back? Best to all of you. Thanks Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jon-davies-4aa3a621> *www.frenchcinema.info <http://www.frenchcinema.info>* On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 at 13:01, wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Re: Request for a volunteer to upload Councillor photos to > Commons (Deryck Chan) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 15:50:31 +0100 > From: Deryck Chan > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Request for a volunteer to upload > Councillor photos to Commons > Message-ID: > vs...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello Lucy and all, > > Ideally we want a Commons volunteer with both OTRS and batch upload > privileges (which I'm neither). But if none of those boffins are available, > I'm happy to volunteer to do the uploading and liaise with OTRS on the > councillors' behalf. > > --Deryck > > On Wed, 9 Sep 2020, 14:15 Lucy Crompton-Reid, < > lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > > > Dear all > > > > Many of you will know Jon Davies from his time as the CEO of Wikimedia > UK. > > Well he still carries the open knowledge torch wherever he goes, and has > > managed to persuade Lambeth Council to release high resolution photos of > > its Councillors (including Jon himself!) under a Creative Commons > license. > > They are currently online here > > <https://love.lambeth.gov.uk/lambeth-councillor-images/> - and Jon also > > has access to a folder with all the high res files - but he is hoping > that > > a volunteer will be able to upload these to Wikimedia Commons. Would > anyone > > be able to help with this? Please let me know if so and I can put you in > > direct touch with Jon. > > > > Very best wishes > > Lucy > > > > > > -- > > Lucy Crompton-Reid > > Chief Executive > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0762 > > > > *Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open > > knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from > > individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you > > considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk > > Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered > > No. 6741827 > > Registered Charity No.1144513 > > Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, > London > > SE1 0NZ > > > > The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate > > Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent > > non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor > responsibility > > for its contents. > > ___ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/attachments/20200910/65ccfcd3/attachment-0001.htm > > > > -- > > Subject: Digest Footer > > ___ > Wikimediauk-l mailing list > Wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > > -- > > End of Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 182, Issue 2 > * > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 153, Issue 14
I *so* do not miss these problems! Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jon-davies-4aa3a621> *www.frenchcinema.info <http://www.frenchcinema.info>* On 19 April 2018 at 13:00, <wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. DNS Changes (Thomas Morton) >2. Re: DNS Changes (Michael Maggs) >3. Re: DNS Changes (John Lubbock) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:48:01 + > From: Thomas Morton <morton.tho...@googlemail.com> > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] DNS Changes > Message-ID: >
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 152, Issue 8
Hi Sandy. Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jon-davies-4aa3a621> *www.frenchcinema.info <http://www.frenchcinema.info>* On 28 March 2018 at 13:00, <wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Re: Introducing Sandy Balfour,Interim Chief Executive > (Richard Symonds) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 05:31:15 + > From: Richard Symonds <chasemew...@gmail.com> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Introducing Sandy Balfour, Interim Chief > Executive > Message-ID: > bo5...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Welcome Sandy! > > On Thu, 22 Mar 2018, 10:43 Lucy Crompton-Reid, < > lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > > > Dear all > > > > I'm delighted to introduce *Sandy Balfour* as Wikimedia UK's Interim > > Chief Executive while I'm on maternity leave. Sandy has spent a couple of > > days with the team this week and is learning about the organisation and > the > > wider Wikimedia movement whilst getting to know the staff team. > > > > I will be starting my leave on Monday and am planning to return in > > October. Sandy will be covering my post part time, with some of my > > responsibilities being covered by Daria Cybulska, Head of Programmes and > > Evaluation. > > > > *Sandy has a varied and extensive background - including both executive > > and non executive roles in the charity sector - and brings skills in > > leadership, financial management, education, media and communications. He > > is also a published writer and journalist. I'm sure many of you will get > > the opportunity to meet Sandy over the next seven months, in particular > at > > the AGM in July.* > > > > *With best wishes* > > *Lucy * > > > > > > -- > > Lucy Crompton-Reid > > Chief Executive > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0762 > > > > *Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open > > knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from > > individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you > > considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk > > Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered > > No. 6741827 > > Registered Charity No.1144513 > > Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, > London > > SE1 0NZ > > > > The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate > > Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent > > non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor > responsibility > > for its contents. > > ___ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/ > attachments/20180328/a8852b85/attachment-0001.html> > > -- > > Subject: Digest Footer > > ___ > Wikimediauk-l mailing list > Wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > > -- > > End of Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 152, Issue 8 > * > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 150, Issue 5
No still in people's republic of Lambeth but used to work in the studios - now that kept me fit! Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jon-davies-4aa3a621> *www.frenchcinema.info <http://www.frenchcinema.info>* On 7 January 2018 at 12:00, <wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Re: Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 150, Issue 4 (Jon Davies) >2. Re: Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 150, Issue 4 (Chris Keating) > > > ---------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 13:00:06 + > From: Jon Davies <arnottdav...@gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia UK lists <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 150, Issue 4 > Message-ID: >
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 150, Issue 4
Is that the studios or the suburb? Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jon-davies-4aa3a621> *www.frenchcinema.info <http://www.frenchcinema.info>* On 6 January 2018 at 12:00, <wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Anyone in Ealing? (Chris Keating) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 16:56:30 + > From: Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Anyone in Ealing? > Message-ID: > <CAFche1pYyYq9bxTe1fKiRLLypFFJ3QY1KbxnkqtaSwL2siZRmQ@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Well, you probably don't need to actually be in Ealing, but I've been > passed a query from someone working at a GLAM who in their spare time > is trying to improve Ealing-related articles and who is confused > category structure for articles related to Ealing. Shout if you can > lend a sympathetic hand via email :) > > Chris > > > > -- > > Subject: Digest Footer > > ___ > Wikimediauk-l mailing list > Wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > > -- > > End of Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 150, Issue 4 > * > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 147, Issue 2
Bottles of champagne surely? Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jon-davies-4aa3a621> *www.frenchcinema.info <http://www.frenchcinema.info>* On 4 October 2017 at 13:00, <wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Wikimedia UK's Wikipedia page (Lucy Crompton-Reid) >2. Drinks this Thursday (Lucy Crompton-Reid) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 14:36:40 +0100 > From: Lucy Crompton-Reid <lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK's Wikipedia page > Message-ID: >
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 146, Issue 4
Address? Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jon-davies-4aa3a621> *www.frenchcinema.info <http://www.frenchcinema.info>* On 12 September 2017 at 13:00, <wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Drinks in new Wikimedia UK office - Thursday 5th October > (Lucy Crompton-Reid) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:38:26 +0100 > From: Lucy Crompton-Reid <lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Drinks in new Wikimedia UK office - Thursday > 5th October > Message-ID: > <CALAB3_AX-0C4OPt6oRn+qxKmut8YRtL5fJB=v7Y792jtMv=eRg > @mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear all > > To mark the move to our new offices in Southwark, Wikimedia UK will be > holding a small (and very informal!) drinks party on *Thursday 5th October > from 5 to 7pm*. Volunteers, members, partners and other stakeholders all > welcome although please do RSVP to nicola.furn...@wikimedia.org.uk by > Friday 29th September to let us know you'll be coming. We'll confirm the > address and entry details nearer the time. > > All best > Lucy > > -- > > Lucy Crompton-Reid > > Chief Executive > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0762 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The > Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate > Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/ > attachments/20170912/63658989/attachment-0001.html> > > -- > > Subject: Digest Footer > > ___ > Wikimediauk-l mailing list > Wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > > -- > > End of Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 146, Issue 4 > * > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 143, Issue 15
Fantastic Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jon-davies-4aa3a621> *www.frenchcinema.info <http://www.frenchcinema.info>* On 14 June 2017 at 13:00, <wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Official parliamentary photos of MPs to be open licensed > (Andy Mabbett) >2. Re: Official parliamentary photos of MPs to be open licensed > (David Gerard) >3. Re: Official parliamentary photos of MPs to be open licensed > (Richard Nevell) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:12:09 +0100 > From: Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> > To: "wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org" > <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Official parliamentary photos of MPs to be > openlicensed > Message-ID: > v...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Breaking news: Official parliamentary photos of (new?) MPs, being > taken today, will be under Creative Commons Unported Attribution 3.0 > licence. > > Only five years after I wrote: > > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/politician-open-licensed-pictures-please/ > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > > > -- > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:59:49 +0100 > From: David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Official parliamentary photos of MPs to > be open licensed > Message-ID: >
[Wikimediauk-l] Film Editathon
Werespielchequers and I are having another editathon Next Sunday morning at the lovely Cinema Museum <http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/> in Elephant and Castle. The election got in the way for both of us so not much organisation beyond WMUK agreeing to pay for refreshements and the Museum willing to open up yet again to us. Please let us know you can come. 11am for a few hours editing and then the chance to stay for a film screening of the wonderfully dark Coup de Torchon <http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2017/french-sundaes-coup-de-torchon-1981/> Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jon-davies-4aa3a621> *www.frenchcinema.info <http://www.frenchcinema.info>* On 11 June 2017 at 13:00, <wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Re: Wikimedia UK at Byline Festival on 2nd June (geni) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2017 17:29:44 +0100 > From: geni <geni...@gmail.com> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK at Byline Festival on 2nd > June > Message-ID: >
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 141, Issue 2
Class war! Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jon-davies-4aa3a621> *www.frenchcinema.info <http://www.frenchcinema.info>* On 21 April 2017 at 13:00, <wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Re: Election Edit-a-thon (Gordon Joly) >2. Re: Election Edit-a-thon (Edward Saperia) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 11:24:54 +0100 > From: Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election Edit-a-thon > Message-ID: <5a89eb46-0ff6-1ec8-acf3-50ae0b95b...@pobox.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > http://bit.ly/GE2017WarRoomAtNewspeakHouse > > Are we at War? > > Gordo > > > > > > -- > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 11:27:06 +0100 > From: Edward Saperia <edsape...@gmail.com> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election Edit-a-thon > Message-ID: > <CAMntjUJymQeUDGHB1cW5-g_hGNvKocwjhh_MGXNcCPh1mG6kFg@ > mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I think it'd be good to have the GE candidates as they're announced as > well, maybe we can do something around that? > > Take a look at this, by the way - bit.ly/GE2017TechInitiatives - I am sure > wikipedians can improve this resource, or use it to improve wikipedia etc. > > I won't be doing anything pro-active on the edit-a-thon front but I will > offer the space and support anyone organising - If anyone decides they want > to lead on this, please keep me updated. All you need to do is promote, > really. > > *Edward Saperia* > Founder Newspeak House <http://www.nwspk.com> > email <edsape...@gmail.com> • facebook <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> > • > twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 > 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG > > On 21 April 2017 at 10:58, Richard Nevell <richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk > > > wrote: > > > In 2015 we had an editathon on the night of the election > > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXuN94_40fQ>, updating articles as > > results came in. Might be a model worth repeating, as might something > along > > the line of the Full Fact editathon > > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_-lByiEINw> from last year. > > > > On 21 April 2017 at 10:41, Lucy Crompton-Reid < > > lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > > > >> I think that sounds like a great idea/offer Ed - are you thinking along > >> similar lines to the Full Fact event? I wonder if there would be > mileage in > >> partnering up with them again? Lucy > >> > >> On 21 April 2017 at 10:34, Katherine Bavage <katherine.bav...@gmail.com > > > >> wrote: > >> > >>> If you ran it w/c 5th June I can be there! If not, happy to assist > >>> remotely and promote :) > >>> > >>> PS I've already stalked all the democracy club stuff happening - > there's > >>> some good work going on. > >>> > >>> On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 at 10:29 Edward Saperia <e...@nwspk.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I'm looking at the feasibility of setting up a temporary office at > >>>> Newspeak House in London for the next 6 weeks for people coming > together to > >>>> work on tech & democracy projects. > >>>> > >>>> It might make sense to do a politics/elections edit-a-thon in the > space > >>>> at some point(s) in this period. Any interest? > >>>> > >>>> http://bit.ly/GE2017WarRoomAtNewspeakHouse > >>>> > >>>> *Edward Saperia* > >>>> Founder Newspeak House <http://www.nwspk.com/> > >&
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 139, Issue 17
Someone should do a text comparison of Daily Mail articles to identify all the bits they thev almost certainly lifted from Wikipedia! Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jon-davies-4aa3a621> *www.frenchcinema.info <http://www.frenchcinema.info>* On 10 February 2017 at 10:06, <wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Re: BBC Newsnight want to do Daily Mail vs WP:RS tonight - > editor on hand? (Deryck Chan) >2. Re: BBC Newsnight want to do Daily Mail vs WP:RS tonight - > editor on hand? (Gordon Joly) >3. Re: BBC Newsnight want to do Daily Mail vs WP:RS tonight - > editor on hand? (Lucy Crompton-Reid) >4. Re: Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records > (John Lubbock) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 17:15:06 + > From: Deryck Chan <deryckc...@gmail.com> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC Newsnight want to do Daily Mail vs > WP:RS tonight - editor on hand? > Message-ID: > <CA+F5PQ9XuQ2bdw4v0KXVssux3TPu3JY9WUjKZPUo-AS3et4LBQ@mail.gmail. > com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Interesting question from Chris. > > On 9 February 2017 at 15:57, Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Which leaves the question of "why blacklist the Daily Mail not even worse > > sources?" If anyone can suggest an answer to that which would keep a > journo > > happy I'd be interested to hear it ;) > > > > I think the answer is NPOV and systemic bias. > > For several years I've been resisting the urge of other editors to prohibit > the use of "tabloid" newspapers in the context of establishing notability > of subjects in cultures whose primary language isn't English. I see it as a > necessary trade-off to address systemic bias. > > Case in point: Some AfD editors don't like Apple Daily as a reference. But > they are the only major news outlet in Hong Kong that is openly critical of > the political establishment and supportive of the (perpetual) opposition. > > I guess I'm just adding to David's comparison: > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 3:47 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > compare - > > * not right-wing-ness - e.g. the Times and Telegraph are both serious > > papers that lean right > > * in fact - The Sun is not OK and the Times is, even though same politics > > and same publisher, because one's a tabloid and one's a serious paper > > > > So: > - If blacklisting a tabloid source which sometimes produces questionable > journalism would mean a significant POV gets purged, we allow the lesser > evil of citing sources by lower-quality publishers. > - If the same publisher produces different publications that vary in > journalistic integrity, we treat each item differently. > > Deryck > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/ > attachments/20170209/d1472ef3/attachment-0001.html> > > -- > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 09:53:08 + > From: Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC Newsnight want to do Daily Mail vs > WP:RS tonight - editor on hand? > Message-ID: <6720c7f3-9b30-51c6-67f6-ed9b8b736...@pobox.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > > ** > A spokesman for Mail Newspapers said: “It is hard to know whether to > laugh or cry at this move by Wikipedia. For the record the Daily Mail > banned all its journalists from using Wikipedia as a sole source in 2014 > because of its unreliability. > > ** > > Source: Guardian Online. > > https
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 134, Issue 13
Still getting error message on Firefox. Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/preview?locale=en_US=prof-0-sb-preview-primary-button> On 22 September 2016 at 16:47, <wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Re: Website certificate (again) (Lester Caine) >2. Re: Website certificate (again) (Gordon Joly) >3. Re: Website certificate (again) (Lester Caine) >4. Re: Mozfest volunteers (leu...@fabiant.eu) >5. Re: Mozfest volunteers (Lucy Crompton-Reid) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:10:06 +0100 > From: Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Website certificate (again) > Message-ID: <d26ea5a8-e00b-6036-7a10-5dcccd6cc...@lsces.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On 22/09/16 10:37, Gordon Joly wrote: > >> Thanks Tom! It confused me as well... > > Can I perhaps shed some light? Firefox is now complaining about some > > other sites, so perhaps the fault is with Firefox? > > > > I run Firefox 48.0 on Linux Mint 17.3 > > Site is looking fine from here - on Firefox. I AM having a problem with > Firefox on a couple of sites where we now have letsencrypt certificates > on the main sites, but some sub domains are still http:// ... Firefox > now complains that the certificate is wrong while the setup works fine > on other browsers. When the certificate needs renewing , letsencrypt is > worth a look as it's free and can be configured to automatically refresh > it's certificates. > > -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL > - > Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk > EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ > Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk > Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk > > > > -- > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:11:23 +0100 > From: Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Website certificate (again) > Message-ID: <49424bcf-d897-21be-bf4b-a9074d674...@pobox.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On 22/09/16 14:10, Lester Caine wrote: > > When the certificate needs renewing , letsencrypt is > > worth a look as it's free and can be configured to automatically refresh > > it's certificates. > > > Interesting. > > https://letsencrypt.org/ > > I have used STARTTLS... > > But this seems also to have a problem? > > https://www.starttls.info/ > > This site uses "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" > > Gordo > > > > > -- > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:50:58 +0100 > From: Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Website certificate (again) > Message-ID: <939ff6ce-d8c8-6484-154b-e33bba37b...@lsces.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On 22/09/16 15:11, Gordon Joly wrote: > > On 22/09/16 14:10, Lester Caine wrote: > >> > When the certificate needs renewing , letsencrypt is > >> > worth a look as it's free and can be configured to automatically > refresh > >> > it's certificates. > > > > Interesting. > > > > https://letsencrypt.org/ > > > > I have used STARTTLS... > > > > But this seems also to have a problem? > > > > https://www.starttls.info/ > > > > This site uses "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" > > Bit off base for here, but https://starttls.info/ > The warning on Firefox explained that only starttls.info is supported. > > I dropped the www. on all the sites I support, and just forward www.* to > the main domain, looks like that is missing for starttls.info. >
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 129, Issue 3
Good luck Tom and sorry to hear about your dad. He was a great man. Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=75614530=hp-identity-name> On 5 April 2016 at 13:00, <wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Hello from John, new staff member at WMUK (John Lubbock) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 10:47:34 +0100 > From: John Lubbock <john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Hello from John, new staff member at WMUK > Message-ID: >
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 127, Issue 9
Neat - have added one pic from commons straightaway and will work on the others. Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=75614530=hp-identity-name> On 16 February 2016 at 12:00, <wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Finding articles without photographs near yourcurrent > location. (WereSpielChequers) >2. Re: Finding articles without photographs near your current > location. (Gordon Joly) >3. Re: Finding articles without photographs near your current > location. (Andrew West) >4. Re: Finding articles without photographs near your current > location. (Lucy Crompton-Reid) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:26:01 + > From: WereSpielChequers <werespielchequ...@gmail.com> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, > common...@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Finding articles without photographs near > yourcurrent location. > Message-ID: >
[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet
Alas have lots of people coming round that day - hope it goes well - remember the 57th with some clarity - don't ask Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=75614530=hp-identity-name> ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 124, Issue 14
Stevie you were fab Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=75614530=hp-identity-name> On 25 November 2015 at 15:52, <wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Re: Fwd: [Wikimedia IE] Bylaws Consultation-2 weeks left > (Wikimedia Ireland) >2. Moving on (Stevie Benton) >3. Phone issues (Richard Symonds) >4. Re: Moving on (WereSpielChequers) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:53:02 + > From: Wikimedia Ireland <wikimediairel...@gmail.com> > To: rupert THURNER <rupert.thur...@gmail.com> > Cc: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia IE] Bylaws Consultation-2 > weeks left > Message-ID: >
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 122, Issue 17
Well done Greyham - your energy and patience is justly rewarded. Jon Davies. Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=75614530=hp-identity-name> On 18 September 2015 at 13:01, <wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Wikimedia UK Trustee Treasurer excellence recognised > (Michael Maggs) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 11:12:38 +0100 > From: Michael Maggs <mich...@maggs.name> > To: "wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org" > <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org>,Wikimedia Mailing List > <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Trustee Treasurer excellence > recognised > Message-ID: <0a0da8be-f273-44b6-a5a5-c1a568369...@maggs.name> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Treasurer highly Commended at Financial Leadership Awards > > Press release issued by Wikimedia UK, 18 September 2015: > > Greyham Dawes was awarded Highly Commended by the judges at the Financial > Leadership Awards last night. > > The judges recognized that Greyham Dawes, who has been Wikimedia UK’s > treasurer since February 2013, had completely changed both the charity's > financial reporting and its planning. His pragmatic approach has helped the > charity focus on the future, and his overwhelming positivity moves > difficult conversations towards solutions. > > Carol Cambell, Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee said “Wikimedia UK is > a high profile charity within the open knowledge movement and Greyham has > been an important and influential part in enabling the organisational > transparency that is an essential part of our work." > > Wikimedia UK is a young charitable organisation that is at the forefront > of the open knowledge movement. They are the UK chapter of the global > Wikimedia movement, and work with volunteers and a range of national > organisations to help create and preserve open knowledge and to provide > easy access for all. > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/attachments/20150918/8df0cec9/attachment-0001.html > > > > -- > > ___ > Wikimediauk-l mailing list > Wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > > End of Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 122, Issue 17 > ** > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 114, Issue 12
Give its the 14th how about locking ourselves in our bedroom all day and refusing to come out? On 14 January 2015 at 12:01, wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org wrote: Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest... Today's Topics: 1. Wikipedia's 14th birthday - ideas please (Stevie Benton) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:21:34 + From: Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk To: UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia's 14th birthday - ideas please Message-ID: CACti2rKsBT= qh+z9b4ruohoususuiyv+tqv1p68zlijqsvs...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hello everyone, I know it is a bit short notice but I've just realised that it is Wikipedia's 14th birthday on Thursday. I'm looking for ideas of how we might commemorate this. If you have any suggestions, please do let me know! Thank you, Stevie -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/attachments/20150113/a0c9fd86/attachment-0001.html -- ___ Wikimediauk-l mailing list Wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l End of Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 114, Issue 12 ** -- Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK and the Science Museum Late
So sorry I couldn't be there, Promise to volunteer for the next one - there MUST be a next one! On 27 November 2014 at 17:23, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: I couldn't attend, but I have to say that the work that went into it was very impressive. This really was an event which couldn't - wouldn't - have happened without the volunteers who showed up and helped. I want to emphasise the thanks. It really was inspiring! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 27 November 2014 at 17:16, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone, Wikimedia UK was well represented last night at the Science Museum Late event. There were five Wikimedia-related sessions on offer and each was very well received. The event was attended by an incredible 3,728 people! Enormous thanks to all of the volunteers and staff who made the event such a good experience for everyone who came along, it's very much appreciated. A special thanks to Mary Langsdale and Roberta Wedge who worked extremely hard to make the event such a success. Thanks and regards, Stevie -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Consultant to Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Staff] Planned downtime for Civi CRM database development: Monday 24th November at 17:00 UTC
Did it work? On 20 November 2014 at 16:03, Katherine Bavage katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Dear All, We are working with a contractor to make improvement to Civi CRM, the database the charity uses to manage its contact records. We need to allow our developers to take the database offline on Monday evening of next week to work on some configuration and set up tasks. This means from 17:00 on 24th to 08:00 25th November the parts of our sites supported by Civi CRM will be inaccessible, including membership sign ups, events sign ups, equipment booking and donations forms. Obviously this is an inconvenience which is why we have scheduled it for out of office hours, but we hope it will lead to improvements in lots of the services we offer. If you have any questions, or notice issues after the downtime is over you can reply to this email, or email the Technology Committee mailing list at t...@wikimedia.org.uk Many thanks, *Katherine Bavage * *Fundraising Manager * *Wikimedia UK* +44 20 7065 0752 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ___ Staff mailing list st...@wikimedia.org.uk http://lists.wikimedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staff -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers
A big welcome to D'Arcy who has started as an Interim CEO at WMUK. I am finishing up jobs that make more sense for me up until the New Year while D'Arcy is quickly getting his feet under the table. He is an experiecned CEO with specialist experience in being an interim CEO. To quote his Linkedin biography: I was educated at Douai Abbey ( a community of monks of the English Benedictine Congregation ), the Berkshire College of Agriculture and Cranfield University. I spent about eight years working in marketing and business development. In 1993 I went out to the independent Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific with VSO. This experience led me to work in 32 countries around the world from Africa, the Far East, Europe, the former Soviet Union, and the USA. I am passionate about professionalism within the voluntary sector and believe that the leadership within the sector is key to this change. I am active within the sector and amongst other things I am the founder of the Corporate Social Partnership and a trustee for the Small Charities Coalition. I am a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, a member of various third sector institutes, the IoD, and a school governor. I am sure he will be keen to met members of the community. You can email him on darcy.my...@wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Au Revoir
:'-) On 12 November 2014 15:04, Martin Poulter infob...@gmail.com wrote: Jon, this is very sad news for me and, I think, for the charity. I don't think many in the community realise just how often, and in how many ways, you've gone above and beyond the call of duty for Wikimedia UK. We can all, however, see the results of what you've brought about: building an excellent team and helping them stay motivated through some difficult times; a richly experienced and diverse board; expanding the scope of WMUK's activity (compare a typical month now with a typical month three years ago); professional policies and processes in place (/wipes spit off screen). Above all, you've brought in a lot of skills on which we Wikipedians are typically not strong. You've always emphasised WMUK as a welcoming environment for staff, volunteers and newcomers- something that we in the wider Wikimedia movement urgently need to learn from. I really hope you'll stay in touch with us and, while I realise there's only one Jon Davies, I hope we can get a Chief Executive cut from similar cloth. On 11 November 2014 08:48, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: With some sadness I have to tell you that I will be leaving Wikimedia UK, as an employee, if not as a volunteer, at the end of the year. I have achieved what I set out to do and leave WMUK in a good state. I now need to look for new challenges. I was the first chief executive and it has been an amazing three years watching the chapter grow and develop. It has not always been smooth sailing but we have come through it together in good shape. Wikimania proved how professional we had become and the positive feedback from the participants makes all the work we put in worthwhile. My heartfelt thanks to everyone in the community, particularly the volunteers who are at the heart of all we do, my great colleagues at the Foundation and the loyal and hardworking staff at WMUK who have supported me so ably and with such good humour over the years. My best wishes go to my successor in all they seek to achieve. Cyhoeddiad gan Jon Gyda pheth tristwch rwy'n eich hysbysu y byddaf yn gadael Wikimedia UK, fel cyflogai, os nad fel gwirfoddolwr, ar ddiwedd y flwyddyn. Dw i wedi cyflawni'r hyn roeddwn wedi'i obeithio a dw i'n gadael WMUK ar delerau da. Edrychaf ymlaen rwan am sialensau newydd. Fi oedd y Prif Weithredwr cyntaf ac mae'r dair blynedd diwethaf wedi bod yn hollol anhygoel, wrth i mi weld y siaptr yn tyfu a datblygu. Doedd y daith bob amser ddim yn llyfn, ond daethom drwyddi'n y diwedd yn ddianaf! Profodd Wikimania inni aeddfedu mewn modd proffesiynol a chafwyd adborth adeiladol gan y cyfranwyr oedd yn gwneud yr holl waith yn bleser. Carwn ddiolch o waelod fy ngalon i bawb o fewn ein cymuned, yn enwedig y gwirfoddolwyr sy'n sylfaen i'n gwaith, fy nghydweithwyr bendigedig yn Sylfaen Wikimedia a'r staff sydd wedi bod mor driw i mi, wedi fy nghefnogi mor effeithiol ac wedi gweithio mor arbennig o galed dros y blynyddoedd a hynny gyda hiwmor iach. Dymunaf pob llwyddiant i f'olynydd ym mhopeth y ceisiant ei gyflawni. -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Dr Martin L Poulter Wikipedia contributor http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter Volunteer, Wikimedia UK http://wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter http://uk.wikimedia.org/ Musician http://soundcloud.com/martin-poulter http://myspace.com/comapilot Person http://infobomb.org/ ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Au Revoir
Now that could be misconstrued! On 12 November 2014 17:21, Pat Hadley p...@pathadley.net wrote: Three cheers! (I'm not as eloquent as Martin) P On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: :'-) On 12 November 2014 15:04, Martin Poulter infob...@gmail.com wrote: Jon, this is very sad news for me and, I think, for the charity. I don't think many in the community realise just how often, and in how many ways, you've gone above and beyond the call of duty for Wikimedia UK. We can all, however, see the results of what you've brought about: building an excellent team and helping them stay motivated through some difficult times; a richly experienced and diverse board; expanding the scope of WMUK's activity (compare a typical month now with a typical month three years ago); professional policies and processes in place (/wipes spit off screen). Above all, you've brought in a lot of skills on which we Wikipedians are typically not strong. You've always emphasised WMUK as a welcoming environment for staff, volunteers and newcomers- something that we in the wider Wikimedia movement urgently need to learn from. I really hope you'll stay in touch with us and, while I realise there's only one Jon Davies, I hope we can get a Chief Executive cut from similar cloth. On 11 November 2014 08:48, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: With some sadness I have to tell you that I will be leaving Wikimedia UK, as an employee, if not as a volunteer, at the end of the year. I have achieved what I set out to do and leave WMUK in a good state. I now need to look for new challenges. I was the first chief executive and it has been an amazing three years watching the chapter grow and develop. It has not always been smooth sailing but we have come through it together in good shape. Wikimania proved how professional we had become and the positive feedback from the participants makes all the work we put in worthwhile. My heartfelt thanks to everyone in the community, particularly the volunteers who are at the heart of all we do, my great colleagues at the Foundation and the loyal and hardworking staff at WMUK who have supported me so ably and with such good humour over the years. My best wishes go to my successor in all they seek to achieve. Cyhoeddiad gan Jon Gyda pheth tristwch rwy'n eich hysbysu y byddaf yn gadael Wikimedia UK, fel cyflogai, os nad fel gwirfoddolwr, ar ddiwedd y flwyddyn. Dw i wedi cyflawni'r hyn roeddwn wedi'i obeithio a dw i'n gadael WMUK ar delerau da. Edrychaf ymlaen rwan am sialensau newydd. Fi oedd y Prif Weithredwr cyntaf ac mae'r dair blynedd diwethaf wedi bod yn hollol anhygoel, wrth i mi weld y siaptr yn tyfu a datblygu. Doedd y daith bob amser ddim yn llyfn, ond daethom drwyddi'n y diwedd yn ddianaf! Profodd Wikimania inni aeddfedu mewn modd proffesiynol a chafwyd adborth adeiladol gan y cyfranwyr oedd yn gwneud yr holl waith yn bleser. Carwn ddiolch o waelod fy ngalon i bawb o fewn ein cymuned, yn enwedig y gwirfoddolwyr sy'n sylfaen i'n gwaith, fy nghydweithwyr bendigedig yn Sylfaen Wikimedia a'r staff sydd wedi bod mor driw i mi, wedi fy nghefnogi mor effeithiol ac wedi gweithio mor arbennig o galed dros y blynyddoedd a hynny gyda hiwmor iach. Dymunaf pob llwyddiant i f'olynydd ym mhopeth y ceisiant ei gyflawni. -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Dr Martin L Poulter Wikipedia contributor http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter Volunteer, Wikimedia UK http://wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter http://uk.wikimedia.org/ Musician http://soundcloud.com/martin-poulter http://myspace.com/comapilot Person http://infobomb.org/ ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827
[Wikimediauk-l] Au Revoir
With some sadness I have to tell you that I will be leaving Wikimedia UK, as an employee, if not as a volunteer, at the end of the year. I have achieved what I set out to do and leave WMUK in a good state. I now need to look for new challenges. I was the first chief executive and it has been an amazing three years watching the chapter grow and develop. It has not always been smooth sailing but we have come through it together in good shape. Wikimania proved how professional we had become and the positive feedback from the participants makes all the work we put in worthwhile. My heartfelt thanks to everyone in the community, particularly the volunteers who are at the heart of all we do, my great colleagues at the Foundation and the loyal and hardworking staff at WMUK who have supported me so ably and with such good humour over the years. My best wishes go to my successor in all they seek to achieve. Cyhoeddiad gan Jon Gyda pheth tristwch rwy'n eich hysbysu y byddaf yn gadael Wikimedia UK, fel cyflogai, os nad fel gwirfoddolwr, ar ddiwedd y flwyddyn. Dw i wedi cyflawni'r hyn roeddwn wedi'i obeithio a dw i'n gadael WMUK ar delerau da. Edrychaf ymlaen rwan am sialensau newydd. Fi oedd y Prif Weithredwr cyntaf ac mae'r dair blynedd diwethaf wedi bod yn hollol anhygoel, wrth i mi weld y siaptr yn tyfu a datblygu. Doedd y daith bob amser ddim yn llyfn, ond daethom drwyddi'n y diwedd yn ddianaf! Profodd Wikimania inni aeddfedu mewn modd proffesiynol a chafwyd adborth adeiladol gan y cyfranwyr oedd yn gwneud yr holl waith yn bleser. Carwn ddiolch o waelod fy ngalon i bawb o fewn ein cymuned, yn enwedig y gwirfoddolwyr sy'n sylfaen i'n gwaith, fy nghydweithwyr bendigedig yn Sylfaen Wikimedia a'r staff sydd wedi bod mor driw i mi, wedi fy nghefnogi mor effeithiol ac wedi gweithio mor arbennig o galed dros y blynyddoedd a hynny gyda hiwmor iach. Dymunaf pob llwyddiant i f'olynydd ym mhopeth y ceisiant ei gyflawni. -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania talks
For those who want to catch up on the talks at Wikimania they are now splendidly on-line. https://www.youtube.com/user/WikimaniaLondon/videos They will eventually make it to comons. Well done the WIkimania team and Declan in particular Jon. -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Back Stage Pass at the Cinema Museum - this Saturday
We still have some spare places for this Back Stage Pass at the Cinema Museum form 11 to 4 next Saturday. This is an amazing collection and not generally open to the public. It has a huge collection of cinema going material and paraphernalia which will greatly enhance some of our articles and commons. Join me and Jonathan Cardy. Lunch will be provided. Jon Davies Sign up here: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Cinema_Museum_Back_Stage_Pass -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Meetup Venues
How about Sure Start Centres - often empty at the weekend. I used to run them and if a trusted outside organisation offered to do some training for the parents it mught be a good contra deal. Depends on making a relationship with the local manager. Or a local secondary school where again the students could be invited along. On 30 September 2014 11:37, Fabian Tompsett fabian.tomps...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: I think we need to look at the sort of things we want out of a venue: - Not too noisy - Decent food/drink, but not too expensive - Spacious rather than cramped (particularly important for people with children) - Ideally, a children's play area attached - Near railway station for people out of town and with parking not to far away for those who still drive cars. Perhaps there are some other points that could be added.I am not sure about public Wifi asI am getting increasingly nervous about security issues as regards this. However, perhaps we can organise Wikimifis for the occasion. all the best all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support Organiser, Wikimedia UK, Address: 56-64 Leonard St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4LT Phone:020 7065 0990 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] WMUK supporting technical innovation.
At the Board meeting on October 4th the trustees will be considering a report from an IT consultant on how the Chapter could develop its support of technical innovation. There are several options in the document https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Technology_scoping_report,_September_2014_%28draft%29.pdf. The board would be very keen to hear community opinions on the discussion page. Jon https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Technology_scoping_report,_September_2014_%28draft%29.pdf -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeets in the papers - worth publicising?
Still worth doing - getting people to know we exist is a good start. How was it - was there a good turn-out? On 22 September 2014 12:34, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 22 September 2014 12:27, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Not sure how it would work on a donor level - maybe Katherine or Stuart may have some thoughts - but I can certainly send something to an appropriate Manchester outlet. Is the Manchester Evening News still the go to outlet up there? Not to be a wet blanket without reason - but no one actually came to the meetup because of the coverage. A couple of people were there by personal invitation. Worth thinking over. Charles ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeets in the papers - worth publicising?
Great stuff - well done all. Hope it doesn't rain. On 18 September 2014 10:58, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 18 September 2014 10:54, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: I noticed this: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge-host-Wikipedia-website-8216-Wikimeet/story-22945215-detail/story.html Just a short local press story noting there's a wikimeet happening. It strikes me that wikimeets in general might be worth sending press releases about. Get interested members of the general public (i.e. our readers) along. Thoughts? That was via a Stevie Benton press release from the WMUK office. The meetup is standard, but I tacked on the walk before it in honour of Wiki Loves Monuments. So it's not a major story, but perhaps something a local paper with go with once. Charles ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Open Access Week
Thanks Martin. On 16 September 2014 12:27, Martin Poulter infob...@gmail.com wrote: I'm very open to doing a guest blog post on the theme on open access. It would be nice if in time for that week we could get a few different posts together from academic Wikipedians. I'll see what I can do. Can we nudge CRUK/ Royal Society/ RSC ? Failing that, we could consider reposting or transcribing the OA-related sessions from Wikimania to remind people just how good they were. On 11 September 2014 14:41, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 11 September 2014 10:48, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: All ideas welcome. Tricky. The traditional approach is featured articles but it is unlikely one could be created in time. Might be able to get something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dendrogramma_enigmatica_sp._nov .,_holotype.png or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Multiple_Dendrogramma.png Through featured pictures mind. A talk on what open access journals are out there that wikipedians could cite might be of interest (PLOS one is great but it isn't my field). -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Dr Martin L Poulter Wikipedia contributor http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter Volunteer, Wikimedia UK http://wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter http://uk.wikimedia.org/ Musician http://soundcloud.com/martin-poulter http://myspace.com/comapilot Person http://infobomb.org/ ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet in Edinburgh, 28 September
You have to be prepared! On 15 September 2014 16:12, Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: On 15.09.2014 12:00, Crockford, Ally wrote: There will be a Wiki meetup taking place in Edinburgh on Sunday, 28 September from 1pm at The Brew Lab, 6-8 South College St. This will be our 7th meetup in Edinburgh, and we very much hope that we will see many faces both new and old! The Brew Lab is located on South College Street, just behind the University of Edinburgh's Old College, and provides food, coffee, and free WiFi. More details on the event, including directions and a map, are available here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Edinburgh_7 [1] Please share widely with any Wikimedians in Scotland or near Edinburgh who might be interested in joining us! [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Edinburgh_7 Have you pencilled in, Begin planning for Wikimedia Scotland on the agenda? ;-) -- Brian McNeil -- Wikinewsie.org | http://wikinewsie.org | https://en.wikinews.org Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news. GPG Fingerprint: 7C3D FFD5 5ED5 B80F 1D18 A52B E84C 8928 6ABC A7AD ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals
Just in case anyone missed this. -- Forwarded message -- From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org Date: 2 September 2014 18:26 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org Greetings! The Wikimedia Foundation Individual Engagement Grants program is accepting proposals for funding new experiments from September 1st to 30th. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG Your idea can improve Wikimedia projects by building a new tool or gadget, organizing a better process on your wiki, conducting research on an important issue, or providing other support for community-building. Whether you need $200 or $30,000 USD, Individual Engagement Grants can cover your own project development time in addition to funding for a team to help you. The program has a flexible schedule and reporting structure, and Grantmaking staff are there to support you through all stages of the process. Do you have have a good idea, but you are worried that it isn’t developed enough for a grant? Put it into the IdeaLab, where volunteers and staff can give you advice and guidance on how to bring it to life. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab Also, IEG will be hosting three Hangout Sessions for real-time discussions to help you make your proposal better - the first will happen on September 16th. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events For inspiration, you can read more about past projects https://blog.wikimedia.org/tag/individual-engagement-grants/ that received funding or review open proposals https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-reviewing. We are excited to see some of the new ways your grant ideas can support our community and make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects. Submit your proposal in September! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-apply Warm regards, Siko -- Siko Bouterse Head of Individual Grants Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sboute...@wikimedia.org *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. * *Donate https://donate.wikimedia.org or click the edit button today, and help us make it a reality!* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Office] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 109, Issue 13
will be sent as soon as the technology allows. [please note this message is sent in a person capacity, but my personal email account is down currently] On 7 August 2014 12:26, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: I must say that it is odd that if there is realization that a whole bunch of memberships is about to lapse, nobody sends (even manually) a bunch of reminders out... 2014-08-07 12:10 GMT+01:00 Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk: The old system of an alert at the bottom of the monthly newsletter was *not fit for purpose.* We will now have a much better system with our new database that w will send proper direct email reminders. Jon. On 7 August 2014 12:07, Andrew West andrewcw...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 August 2014 11:57, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Confusion solved, it seems WMUK lapsed my membership without notification. So I didn't receive notices as I'm apparently no longer a member. That's exactly what happened to me. I would have renewed my WMUK membership if I had been reminded, but I wasn't and so I am not eligible to vote this time. Andrew ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Chris McKenna Wikimania 2014 Support Wikimedia UK chris.mcke...@wikimedia.org.uk tel: +44 (0) 20 7065 0990 Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/attachments/20140807/1e3644ab/attachment-0001.html -- Message: 3 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 14:05:34 +0100 From: Andy Mabbett pigsotw...@gmail.com To: UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Message-ID: cabixoenreyupgxzb1y0ybpicohwoxv-0ty1zfm7xtzgrh28...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 ...In a filing cabinet on a disused toilet in the basement, behind a sign saying beware of the leopard On Aug 7, 2014 12:51 PM, Chris McKenna chris.mcke...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: A notice about your membership status has been automatically included at the bottom of every newsletter sent out by WMUK in the past 12 months at least. For example the last one I have saved said: Date of end of membership term: 2015-10-02 | Your Membership Status: Current (I will check that as I think it should say 2014) Jon has already indicated that moving forwards specific emails about membership expiry will be sent as soon as the technology allows. [please note this message is sent in a person capacity, but my personal email account is down currently] On 7 August 2014 12:26, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: I must say that it is odd that if there is realization that a whole bunch of memberships is about to lapse, nobody sends (even manually) a bunch of reminders out... 2014-08-07 12:10 GMT+01:00 Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk: The old system of an alert at the bottom
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 109, Issue 13
manually) a bunch of reminders out... 2014-08-07 12:10 GMT+01:00 Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk: The old system of an alert at the bottom of the monthly newsletter was *not fit for purpose.* We will now have a much better system with our new database that w will send proper direct email reminders. Jon. On 7 August 2014 12:07, Andrew West andrewcw...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 August 2014 11:57, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Confusion solved, it seems WMUK lapsed my membership without notification. So I didn't receive notices as I'm apparently no longer a member. That's exactly what happened to me. I would have renewed my WMUK membership if I had been reminded, but I wasn't and so I am not eligible to vote this time. Andrew ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Chris McKenna Wikimania 2014 Support Wikimedia UK chris.mcke...@wikimedia.org.uk tel: +44 (0) 20 7065 0990 Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/attachments/20140807/1e3644ab/attachment-0001.html -- Message: 3 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 14:05:34 +0100 From: Andy Mabbett pigsotw...@gmail.com To: UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Message-ID: cabixoenreyupgxzb1y0ybpicohwoxv-0ty1zfm7xtzgrh28...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 ...In a filing cabinet on a disused toilet in the basement, behind a sign saying beware of the leopard On Aug 7, 2014 12:51 PM, Chris McKenna chris.mcke...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: A notice about your membership status has been automatically included at the bottom of every newsletter sent out by WMUK in the past 12 months at least. For example the last one I have saved said: Date of end of membership term: 2015-10-02 | Your Membership Status: Current (I will check that as I think it should say 2014) Jon has already indicated that moving forwards specific emails about membership expiry will be sent as soon as the technology allows. [please note this message is sent in a person capacity, but my personal email account is down currently] On 7 August 2014 12:26, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: I must say that it is odd that if there is realization that a whole bunch of memberships is about to lapse, nobody sends (even manually) a bunch of reminders out... 2014-08-07 12:10 GMT+01:00 Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk: The old system of an alert at the bottom of the monthly newsletter was *not fit for purpose.* We will now have a much better system with our new database that w will send proper direct email reminders. Jon. On 7 August 2014 12:07, Andrew West andrewcw...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 August 2014 11:57, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Confusion solved, it seems WMUK lapsed
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New overlaying website is live
Well done Stevie, Emmanue and all show sailed on her. On 8 August 2014 09:20, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone, I'm very happy to report that Wikimedia UK's new overlay website is live. Just to reiterate that this is intended for people new to our work and encountering us for the first time. Experienced Wikimedians and our community are not the primary audience for this. But I'd like to know what you think, so please do take a look. https://wikimedia.org.uk/ I expect there are refinements needed and I have spotted a couple myself but on the whole I am happy with it. I hope you like it. Huge thanks to everyone who helped on this, especially Emmanul Engelhart and Tom Morton for their enormous patience and great skill. Stevie -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Shaping our programme 2014-19
Thanks both - I will think on this and respond on the discussion page. See you both at Wikimania, perhaps over a drink? Jon On 6 August 2014 21:56, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 6 August 2014 21:31, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: I'm not interested in a flame war. I'm after clear evidence or an apology, nothing more. Of course the CE of WMUK doesn't have to apologise to you for his opinion, one he is paid to have and to express; or for outraging you. If he'd like to clarify why he holds it, that's another matter. It is not the way I would have put the point he is trying to make, but then we all have somewhat different perspectives. Indeed, we all have different, partially obstructed views, as they say when trying to sell dodgy theatre tickets. Charles ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM
And of course everything is on the wiki https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2014_Annual_General_Meeting On 7 August 2014 08:24, Chris McKenna chris.mcke...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Have you checked your spam folders? Its not a bad idea for everyone to add @wikimedia.org.uk to your whitelist to make sure these emails go to your inbox. On 7 Aug 2014 08:13, Dhaval S. Vyas dsv...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Lodewijk, I think you're not the only one, I haven't received any of the four either. Dhaval On 7 Aug 2014 00:11, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Might it be that for some reason I did not receive those? I do remember seeing email a while ago (checked: 27 June), when things were preliminary etc, but don't recall anything recent with the final agenda etc? And definitely not four. And don't recall a post package either (but living outside the UK that might be an exception). If you could send me the dates/topics/sender I could check my archives and spam though. Anyway, if it was just me then too bad of course. Apologies if for some reason I overlooked. Best, Lodewijk 2014-08-07 0:02 GMT+01:00 Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk: Hi Lodewijk, I've sent four emails and a pack in the post... On 7 Aug 2014 00:00, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Hi, I was doubting if it would be worth to miss other sessions (one of which facilitated by me) to join the WMUK agm this weekend, but I couldn't find an email announcing the final agenda with prepared motions etc. I was curious, is such an announcement towards the membership forthcoming, or did I miss something? I know it is probably somewhere on the wiki, but this kind of information would by me be very much appreciated in a push format rather than pull :) Best, Lodewijk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM
Was referring to the final agenda and prepared motions Lodewijk asked about. As Richard S says - email him and he can send again. On 7 August 2014 09:44, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Most of what was sent out by post isn't on the wiki... Thanks, Mike On 7 Aug 2014, at 08:27, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: And of course everything is on the wiki https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2014_Annual_General_Meeting On 7 August 2014 08:24, Chris McKenna chris.mcke...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Have you checked your spam folders? Its not a bad idea for everyone to add @wikimedia.org.uk to your whitelist to make sure these emails go to your inbox. On 7 Aug 2014 08:13, Dhaval S. Vyas dsv...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Lodewijk, I think you're not the only one, I haven't received any of the four either. Dhaval On 7 Aug 2014 00:11, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Might it be that for some reason I did not receive those? I do remember seeing email a while ago (checked: 27 June), when things were preliminary etc, but don't recall anything recent with the final agenda etc? And definitely not four. And don't recall a post package either (but living outside the UK that might be an exception). If you could send me the dates/topics/sender I could check my archives and spam though. Anyway, if it was just me then too bad of course. Apologies if for some reason I overlooked. Best, Lodewijk 2014-08-07 0:02 GMT+01:00 Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk: Hi Lodewijk, I've sent four emails and a pack in the post... On 7 Aug 2014 00:00, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Hi, I was doubting if it would be worth to miss other sessions (one of which facilitated by me) to join the WMUK agm this weekend, but I couldn't find an email announcing the final agenda with prepared motions etc. I was curious, is such an announcement towards the membership forthcoming, or did I miss something? I know it is probably somewhere on the wiki, but this kind of information would by me be very much appreciated in a push format rather than pull :) Best, Lodewijk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM
The old system of an alert at the bottom of the monthly newsletter was *not fit for purpose.* We will now have a much better system with our new database that w will send proper direct email reminders. Jon. On 7 August 2014 12:07, Andrew West andrewcw...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 August 2014 11:57, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Confusion solved, it seems WMUK lapsed my membership without notification. So I didn't receive notices as I'm apparently no longer a member. That's exactly what happened to me. I would have renewed my WMUK membership if I had been reminded, but I wasn't and so I am not eligible to vote this time. Andrew ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Shaping our programme 2014-19
Dear community, We are now preparing for plans for next year. This is a complicated task with many viewpoints and factors to consider. Your views are an important part of this and I am publishing today a discussion paper with suggestions for how the chapter can develop over the next year and beyond. You can access it here https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Shaping_our_programme_2014.pdf Please comment on the discussion page. Thanks and hope to see many of you at Wikimania. Jon -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] She must be Wiki editathon - nice write up
Is there a list of them? On 1 August 2014 16:59, Ed Hand edwar...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Stevie Plus The Land, but he's only mentioned on the Wikipedia page, where you can also see all the articles created and expanded, plus some photos of the day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SHE_MUST_BE_WIKI:_Feminist_Film_Wiki-a-thon And the July GLAM newsletter: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/July_2014/Contents/UK_report We've successfully fought off all deletion attempts so far, but some of the articles could do with expanding, copyediting and more references. Please feel free to chip in... best wishes Edward Hands (Edwardx) On 1 August 2014 09:19, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone, I've just come across a good blog post about last week's She must be Wiki https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/SHE_MUST_BE_WIKI:_Feminist_Film_Wiki-a-thon editathon about feminist film. Sounds like everyone enjoyed the event, but that some of the content they created fell a little foul of notability guidelines. The blog post is here - http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2014/08/ICA_feminist_Wiki-a-thon Thank you to the trainers who helped out on the day (the event page says EdwardX and LoopZilla) - it sounds like they are enthused enough to have another event, so well done everyone involved. Stevie PS if any editors feel like helping them with their notability issues, then I am sure it would be very welcome! -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] I need help from people with access to a library in London
Westminster Reference Library. https://www.westminster.gov.uk/how-do-I-join-a-library You can be a guest member. The Barbican also has a library. http://www.barbican.org.uk/visitor-information/barbican-library On 28 July 2014 14:39, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: Forwarding in case anyone here can help! -- Forwarded message -- From: Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il Date: 27 Jul 2014 15:27 Subject: [Wikimania-l] I need help from people with access to a library in London To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Hello, If you are attending Wikimania, live in London area and have access to a good library - it's possible that you'll be able to help me make my Wikimania talk better. Please contact me off-list at amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il (I don't want to spoil the surprises too much :) ). Thank you! -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore ___ Wikimania-l mailing list wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK are looking for a Fundraising Assistant
programme, in particular working with our donors and undertaking the essential administrative tasks involved with donor stewardship. If you are interested in applying, more details can be found here. The deadline for applications is 5pm BST on Friday 1st August 2014. Regards, Richard Nevell -- Richard Nevell Assistant Office Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0753 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Volunteer and trustee expenses.
Over the last few months we have changed our banking arrangements to ensure speedier payments of your expenses. We believe we can now turn round claims quickly but would like to know if it appears that way from your point of view. If you have any problems to report please let us know. Jon Davies. -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Submission to Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy
This was amazingly quick and to the point - well done all involved. Jon On 14 July 2014 15:17, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone, You might be interested to note that the work Wikimedia UK has been doing with Demos to try and crowdsource a submission to the Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy has completed its first phase, resulting in a submission on the theme of digital scrutiny. It can be seen on the Parliament website here (PDF link) http://www.parliament.uk/documents/speaker/digital-democracy/A_Wiki-sourced_submission_on_digital_scrutiny_to_the_Speakers_Commission_on_Digital_Democracy%20.pdf We are currently developing work towards the second theme, which is participation. More information will follow on this when the page is online. Thanks and regards, Stevie -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK Givernance Review Phase III
Ouch - fading eyesight. Governance! Thanks Gordon On 20 June 2014 14:43, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 20/06/14 14:41, Jon Davies wrote: Dear All, And a spelling review??!??! Givernance? Gordo. -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Kings Cross event
Really interesting Andy - well spotted. Would be great if some of the community were there to help. On 16 June 2014 18:29, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: This event: http://kingscrossenvironment.com/2014/06/16/authoring-kings-cross/ sounds, er interesting: Who will author the future of King’s Cross? You are invited to join us for an in-person and on-location collaborative update to Wikipedia’s entry for King’s Cross Central. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Did the organizers of Wikimania 2014 are not active any more?
Sorry about that Nasir - contact Stuart Prior who is the central organiser here for Wkimania conference issues in the first instance (cc'd) Jon On 16 June 2014 07:07, Nasir Khan nasir8...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Anyone can help me to find the person who is coordinating or communicating with the participants who got the scholarship for the Wikimania 2014 ? I am trying to communicate with the scholarship team and sent email (to wikimania14scholarsh...@wikimedia.org) about 5days ago. But none of the team members feel that they should reply at least with an acknowledgement. Even i tried to contact with 'Edward Saperia' (via e...@wikimanialondon.org) about 2days ago. But same scenario. So i am thinking that i might be knocking the wrong door and there might be some other person who is responsible for this. Please help me to find the right person. [Sorry for cross posting] -- *Nasir Khan Saikat* www.nasirkhn.com Executive Member, Wikimedia Bangladesh ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK soon move to an employee controlled website
Like other chapters, including the Netherlands, Swiss, French, Swedish and German chapters, we need a professional looking website that will attract new volunteers and contributors, not just people who have an existing knowledge of wikis. The wiki will not change: indeed it will still be linked to through this website 'overlay'. We have smartened it up already through the support of UK Wikipedians but it has its limits. Stevie has explained it in greater detail at https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Engine_room#Digital_design_work_required On 8 June 2014 17:58, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: Do any fellow unpaid volunteers have a view on the changeover of the charity from using the volunteer controlled wiki as a front end, to using a fixed employee controlled website? I feel this will be the end of the UK wiki in terms of being a public landing site with immediate engagement with fellow volunteers. Instead, we will have a public relations website subject to control by the Chief Executive, presumably full of good news, and hidden behind it will be the UK wiki, now acting only as a forum rather than a space where volunteers could create pages that support fund-raisers, openly discuss real issues, problems and so forth. As a community of volunteers, we seem to have let the charity gradually drift away from being volunteer driven and volunteer centric and become overly sensitive to public relations. I am not sure why we let that happen. Link https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Engine_room#Digital_design_work_required Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Chapters] Fwd: Reminder: Tools only on Tool Labs from July 1
/Benutzer_Diskussion:Birgit_Müller_(WMDE) -- Birgit Müller Team Communitys Community Liaison Volunteer Support Department E-Mail: birgit.muel...@wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. -- Nicole Ebber Leiterin Internationales Head of International Affairs Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49 30 219158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. ___ Chapters mailing list chapt...@wikimedia.ch https://intern.wikimedia.ch/lists/listinfo/chapters -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Two special workshops before Wikimania.
Hello fellow Wikimedians, *Two special events just before Wikimania aimed at spreading good practice.* *Governance workshop 7th of August.* Based on the successful board training workshop held in March this year, we are organising another such workshop, this time coinciding with Wikimania here in London. This workshop will be based on the successful March training workshop, with largely the same material covered. It's intended for people who are (or will shortly be) board members of Chapters or Thematic Organisations. This session is planned for 7 August 2014, i.e. as a pre-meeting to Wikimania. For more details, including a provisional agenda and registration link, please go to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Boards_training_workshop_August_2014. Places are strictly limited, on a first come first served basis. *Train the Trainers - two day course. 4th and 5th of August* We are also hosting an international version of our successful 'Train the trainers' workshop which we've advertised to you previously. The application deadline for a place there is Sunday 15 June. More information and registration is at https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=68reset=1. Don't miss out on a place, especially if you have previously indicated an interest in attending but have not yet registered. Hope to see many of you in London in August, Katie -- Katie Chan Volunteer Support Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0990 +44 (0) 7885 980 534 PGP Key-ID: 0x483767A3 Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Our own dear Johnbod
Thanks! On 1 May 2014 18:20, Michael Peel michael.p...@manchester.ac.uk wrote: Jon, I think you're a week behind with reading the signpost, and meant to link to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-04-23/WikiProject_report ... Thanks, Mike On 1 May 2014, at 16:38, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: To the altar—Catholicism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Our own dear Johnbod
To the altar—Catholicism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Hillsborough page
Vandalism, surely! Stevie will be on to this but yes he handled this, as did others David, Seddon etc, sensibly. There was a time when this would be used to knock Wikipedia. Fingers crossed this will calm down now but you never know. On 30 April 2014 01:22, Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com wrote: There’s a typo of the Wikimedia Foundation - “Wikipedia Foundation” - can someone contact them to fix it? -- Thehelpfulone https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone On 30 Apr 2014, at 01:04, Harry Burt harryab...@gmail.com wrote: Some more today on the BBC (and probably others): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27203371 It's currently on the BBC homepage with the description The charity that represents Wikipedia in the UK has condemned edits made from government computers after more insults and vandalism emerged. Looks like a good write up (factually accurate) with some choice quotes from Stevie. Harry -- Harry Burt (User:Jarry1250) On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Just for some context, it's been reported in the Liverpool Echo - http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/hillsborough-wikipedia-insults-added-government-7029881and the Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/10786380/Insulting-revisions-to-Wikipedia-entry-on-Hillsborough-made-from-Government-computers.html- so please be aware it's a live story for now. If you happen to receive any enquiries, please do feel free to send them my way. Thanks and regards, Stevie On 24 April 2014 21:14, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Just to alert anyone a journalist has been in touch regarding some reported vandalism to the article about the Hillsborough Disaster = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster We have explained how it is the community of editors who look after the content and that we have faith in the sound judgement of the community -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Hillsborough page
I heard a brief mention between 6 and 7. On 30 April 2014 09:21, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: I'm pretty sure we will hear more over the coming days. There's bound to be all sorts of journalists having a play around with the various history tabs and user IDs, especially after David Gerard spoke about them so eloquently on FiveLive on Friday! I dropped a note to Dave Lee and he's going to make the amend noted above. He also mentioned the piece was featured on the Today programme, too. Will see if I can find it. On 30 April 2014 09:17, Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: On 30 Apr 2014, at 01:04, Harry Burt wrote: Some more today on the BBC (and probably others): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27203371 [14] Its currently on the BBC homepage with the description The charity that represents Wikipedia in the UK has condemned edits made from government computers after more insults and vandalism emerged. This is what they've got from two IP addresses? Or, can we take it that: Government machines were also used to vandalise, or troll, on several pages, including: [...] means the press are chasing other GSI addresses? Looks like a good write up (factually accurate) with some choice quotes from Stevie. On 30.04.2014 03:23, Jon Davies wrote: Vandalism, surely! Yes, and yes. There was a time when this would be used to knock Wikipedia. Fingers crossed this will calm down now but you never know. The UK's tech press, including the BBC, are now capable of having as much fun as we did with the US government[1]. I wonder how good they are at finding out more IPs, and linking them up to government departments, or offices. [1] http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews_investigates_ Wikipedia_usage_by_U.S._Senate_staff_members -- Brian McNeil -- Wikinewsie.org | http://wikinewsie.org | https://en.wikinews.org Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news. GPG Fingerprint: 7C3D FFD5 5ED5 B80F 1D18 A52B E84C 8928 6ABC A7AD ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Hillsborough page
I have quoted you on the Hillsborough talk page! On 25 April 2014 00:43, rexx r...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: If you spend a short while looking through the history of the article, you can see that: 1. there has been all sorts of vandalism over the years; 2. Cluebot caught a lot of the vandalism within a minute of it being made; 3. It's well-watched and editors reverted the rest of the vandalism quite quickly; 4, There's no incident of vandalism (that I could see) that remained more than a couple of hours. In other words, our system works. But that's not news. -- Rexx On 24 April 2014 21:27, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: Just for some context, it's been reported in the Liverpool Echo - http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/hillsborough-wikipedia-insults-added-government-7029881and the Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/10786380/Insulting-revisions-to-Wikipedia-entry-on-Hillsborough-made-from-Government-computers.html- so please be aware it's a live story for now. If you happen to receive any enquiries, please do feel free to send them my way. Thanks and regards, Stevie On 24 April 2014 21:14, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Just to alert anyone a journalist has been in touch regarding some reported vandalism to the article about the Hillsborough Disaster = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster We have explained how it is the community of editors who look after the content and that we have faith in the sound judgement of the community -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Hillsborough page
Just to alert anyone a journalist has been in touch regarding some reported vandalism to the article about the Hillsborough Disaster = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster We have explained how it is the community of editors who look after the content and that we have faith in the sound judgement of the community -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Berlin reports
Lots to read - now up on the wiki https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/WIKICON_BERLIN_2014_report -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Armenian wiki video
Just wondering if there are any more comments on the Armenian Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSbrivrpzmw On 14 April 2014 22:34, Deskana djgw...@gmail.com wrote: Indeed. It doesn't make sense to limit suggestions or offers of help to only being from members. Anyone is welcome if they have something constructive to say, member or not. Dan On 14 April 2014 14:13, Michael Peel michael.p...@manchester.ac.ukwrote: On 13 Apr 2014, at 19:32, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 13/04/14 16:16, Fæ wrote: With regard to cooling it, I suppose it is hard to stop my experience and long term frustration in being unable to follow through or have a frank discussion on essential changes the charity needed and still needs from leaking out in my emails. This list has members of the charity and non members. Hence, it cannot be used to discuss the registered charity (Wikimedia UK), since that could only be done by members only to have any validity. I'm sorry, but that's rubbish. Of course it can be used by non-members to discuss the charity. What sort of validity are you referring to? Thanks, Mike ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Armenian wiki video
From Lilet in Armenia - can anyone help her? lilit.tarkhan...@wikimedia.am Hi Jon I'm very happy that so many people liked our video. The video is free. We wanted to upload it to commons but as the video size is 533Mb commons didn't allow to upload such a large video. Thanks Best regards On 15 April 2014 09:31, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: It would be super if the video were released on a free license, presumably WMAM intended this to be their default but Youtube does not make this easy. Someone may want to contact the Armenian chapter and help them to transcode it and upload it to Commons. Users Vacio or Beko may wish to assist. Photographs related to the making of the video have been released at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Armenia_in_Ayb_High_School Fae On 15 April 2014 09:14, Toni Sant toni.s...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: It's a lovely video indeed, Jon. It's great to see High School students be part of a Wikipedia Education Programme. Lilit is doing a great job in Armenia. I would have liked to see more than just the students in the video though, by which I mean the teacher/tutor so we can hear how they prepared for this project and how other teachers could do it -- that sort of thing would make it even more useful. Convincing students is much easier than convincing teachers of the benefits of using Wikipedia in the classroom in this way. On a more minor point, I think showing a student holding an iPad is also a little misleading because it's not as easy for a newbie to edit Wikipedia on an iPad from my experience, but perhaps that's just a very personal perspective. It may also have to do with personal levels of digital literacy. Anyway, thanks for sharing this video. Cheers, Toni On Tuesday, 15 April 2014, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Just wondering if there are any more comments on the Armenian Video Wikipedia in Ayb High School On 14 April 2014 22:34, Deskana djgw...@gmail.com wrote: Indeed. It doesn't make sense to limit suggestions or offers of help to only being from members. Anyone is welcome if they have something constructive to say, member or not. Dan On 14 April 2014 14:13, Michael Peel michael.p...@manchester.ac.uk wrote: On 13 Apr 2014, at 19:32, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 13/04/14 16:16, Fæ wrote: With regard to cooling it, I suppose it is hard to stop my experience and long term frustration in being unable to follow through or have a frank discussion on -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and -- --- Dr Toni Sant - Education Organiser, Wikimedia UK toni.s...@wikimedia.org.uk +44 (0)7885 980 536 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae Personal and confidential, please do not circulate or re-quote. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Armenian wiki video
Lovely. On 15 April 2014 13:27, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: Hurray! Fantastic news. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 15 April 2014 13:20, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: The video is now uploaded to Commons at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_in_Ayb_High_School.ogv Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK leading volunteer numbers (G2a.1)
*Answers in-line* On 10 April 2014 13:22, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the prompt reply. Could you provide a link to where the trend in these measurements is now reported, or provide a specific date as to when you will be reporting them to the members and the board? The metrics will be reported in the quarterly FDC reports on Meta. BTW by agreement with FDC they will be two weeks later than other chapters to account for our strange year start of February. The next report will be published on the FDC portal on 15th May. This report will form the core of the board report. ANALYSIS This appears to mean that the Strategy monitoring plan[1] is incorrect, as numbers of leading volunteers are not going to be reported. Consequently the target agreed with the board for this year of 140 is not meaningful and should be withdrawn. Presumably the commitment in the FDC bid of reaching 150 active volunteers has to be officially withdrawn as it has not been reported on in 2014 and it there will be no future reports of this number by the charity. We now have several different ways of measuring volunteer activity rather than the old blunt system which did at least reassure us that we were growing. We have revised down the active LEADING volunteer number forecast from 150 t0 140 in line with what we felt was happening. This differs from the old 'active' volunteers as it reflects people leading activities not simply attending. Andy - we did consider measuring by hours and we are designing our database, CIVICRM, to allow for this if we wanted to by recording how long an event was. That way we could query it to see how many volunteer hours were spent at an event and add the total of hours over the quarter. I note that the figure of 107 leading volunteers was the baseline for 2013. If this is the same figure being reported in April 2014, then the charity is not growing according to the original performance indicator. I am concerned that the UK Board of Trustees has accepted that 'the clock has been reset' on this Key Performance Indicator for the charity. Unfortunately members and trustees will be unable to compare performance on growth in volunteer numbers from 2013 to 2014 due to a reworking of what the word volunteer means. As a pure mathematician and an MBA graduate, I am having difficulty in getting any feel for volunteer activity units as opposed to just providing a plain English count of leading volunteers, or an equivalent credible estimate of this number. I am happy that the trustees are able monitor the performance of the charity using these more hypothetical concepts, I look forward to reading the reports, reviewing the trend charts and seeing a practical definition of what was counted to create the reports. Hopefully the definition will be fixed and remain unchanged for several years from this point in time, so we can compared performance in one year to the next. It is a pity that no reports have been published in 2014 so far. Yes, the whole thing has changed and we will be having much SMARTER metrics. We all hope that we can show some stability in the way we measure what we do and this year will act as something of a baseline. There are however lots of indicators and proxies that we are developing as a chapter as can be seen clearly in our 2013-14 impact report to the FDC and will be demonstrated over the coming year. There have been reports in 2014, see the monthly reports, but the most reliable ones will but the quarterly reports to the FDC. I recall the workshop in 2012 when it around about 20 minutes for trustees and employees to name all 87 active volunteers. It is a pity that this simple to understand and highly credible measurement is being dropped altogether rather than being reported once per quarter or even once a year to support the FDC bid. Having talked to other chapters over the weekend we are doing well. We will do better and there are encouraging signs, such as new people who came to the London meet-up this weekend after the latest donor newsletter, and are now firmly in the clutches of Jonathan Cardy. Links 1. https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Strategy_monitoring_planoldid=55387 Fae On 10 April 2014 12:57, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: We have kept a log of active volunteers in the office for the last two years at least. This has allowed us to report a gradual increase to a point that we now can identify 107 people who participate in WMUK activiites. We have never claimed that it is more than a rough guide but it has done its job (and other chapters have complimented us on it) and been able to allay the anxieties that the chapter's volunteer base was shrinking . But it has real weaknesses. It is not accurate enough. We miss people who are active and forget to take off people who have, for instance, left the country. Apart from the issue of keeping it up to date
[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Armenian wiki video
Lovely video from Armenia From: Lilit Tarkhanyan lilit.tarkhan...@wikimedia.am Best regards Lilit Tarkhanyan Wikimedia Armenia Board Member Wikipedia Education Program Leader -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Armenian wiki video
Damn! Not enough coffee yet Here it is Here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSbrivrpzmw of the video made with high-school students. On 13 April 2014 07:59, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: If you are going to repost emails to this list, please ensure you include the relevant content. Thanks, Fae On 13 April 2014 07:17, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Lovely video from Armenia From: Lilit Tarkhanyan lilit.tarkhan...@wikimedia.am Best regards Lilit Tarkhanyan Wikimedia Armenia Board Member Wikipedia Education Program Leader -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Armenian wiki video
Make a proposal! These are great reminders about what the difference we are making. On 13 April 2014 09:58, Harry Burt harryab...@gmail.com wrote: What a fabulous video Jon! Can haz one for the UK? Harry -- Harry Burt (User:Jarry1250) On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Damokos Bence damokos.be...@wikimedia.hu wrote: Thanks for sharing this, Jon. Best regards, Bence On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Damn! Not enough coffee yet Here it is Here is the link of the video made with high-school students. On 13 April 2014 07:59, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: If you are going to repost emails to this list, please ensure you include the relevant content. Thanks, Fae On 13 April 2014 07:17, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Lovely video from Armenia From: Lilit Tarkhanyan lilit.tarkhan...@wikimedia.am Best regards Lilit Tarkhanyan Wikimedia Armenia Board Member Wikipedia Education Program Leader -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Damokos Bence Wikimédia Magyarország http://wikimedia.hu ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK leading volunteer numbers (G2a.1)
We have kept a log of active volunteers in the office for the last two years at least. This has allowed us to report a gradual increase to a point that we now can identify 107 people who participate in WMUK activiites. We have never claimed that it is more than a rough guide but it has done its job (and other chapters have complimented us on it) and been able to allay the anxieties that the chapter's volunteer base was shrinking . But it has real weaknesses. It is not accurate enough. We miss people who are active and forget to take off people who have, for instance, left the country. Apart from the issue of keeping it up to date and accurate it has two major weaknesses as a measuring tool. a. The definition of an 'active' volunteer is quite broad and ranges from someone who does one thing a year to someone who does very many. b. The 'thing' that they do is not recorded anywhere and again is very broad e.g. Trained Trainer, office admin support, press spokesperson, delivering a lecture, event organiser etc etc. Hence in our new planning we have changed to measuring the actual units of activity and the type of unit. This way, through our CiviCRM database we have been able to identify realistic targets as to what we want to achieve. In 2014-15 this will be based on a best guess from the previous year but we hope that we will create a good baseline upon which future targets can be more SMARTLy based. On 9 April 2014 15:09, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a place where I can find the monthly trend for the number of leading (or active) volunteers? As a KPI agreed with the board of trustees, this is required to be reported at least quarterly, however for this measurement, it would make sense to report the trend in the monthly report so that trustees and members of the charity can judge if we are approaching the target agreed with the board and celebrate the progress being made.[3] Could someone explain why the operational target for 2014 appeared to be adjusted from 150 in the FDC bid to a more modest 140 in the recently published plan? I do not recall this being discussed with the community, I may have missed it. BACKGROUND Reporting the number of active volunteers was a positive commitment the chapter made in the last FDC bid[2] where it was stated that WMUK was going to increase active volunteers from a reported 101 to 150 (in 2014). The specific phrasing was Increase the number of active volunteers to 150. In the Strategy Monitoring Plan for this year[3], it was reported to the board that in 2013 the number of leading volunteers was estimated at 107 and a new target for 2014 has been set at 140. Requests for reports on this number have been made for more than six months. An upgrade to the CRM database was a reason for delays in reporting this number in 2013.[1][4] From the monthly reports available (including the drafts for February, March and April 2014, this figure does not appear to be being publicly reported.[5] Based on recent responses to questions by some trustees, I would like to clarify that this is not a demand for employees of Wikimedia UK to work for me, neither is it intended to be an order, sarcasm, trolling, personal attack or personal criticism; it is an open question. Other volunteers and members are interested in seeing this key performance indicator for the charity as an outcome of the significant investment of donor's funds in growth and improvement of our valued volunteer-centric programmes and staffing, and will have an idea of where to find this number if it has been reported on-wiki, so indeed this may need no employee time to answer. Links 1. Feb 2014 - https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Engine_room/2014#Community_consultation_-_Financial_and_Expenses_procedures 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1/WMUK/Proposal_form#Programme_1 3. https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Strategy_monitoring_planoldid=55387 4. https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Volunteers/numbersoldid=55418 5. https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Trademark Agreement between Wikimedia UK and Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
A completely separate question that we are working on with the Founation and will report as soon as we have something. Jon On 8 April 2014 17:40, Andy Mabbett pigsotw...@gmail.com wrote: What implications does this have for QRpedia? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On Apr 8, 2014 4:35 PM, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone, I'm very happy to report that there is now a Trademark Agreement in place between Wikimedia UK and Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Thank you to the Trademarks team at the WMF for their work in making this happen. Thanks also to Jon Davies and Michael Maggs for their input, and to Mike Peel for highlighting the need. You can see the agreement at https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:WMUK_and_WMF_trademark_agreement.pdf If you have any questions about this please do let me know. Thanks and regards, Stevie -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Trademark Agreement between Wikimedia UK and Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
As to scan not at the moment - will have a look into this. All in all great work by Stevie and thanks go to Mike P for spotting this a while ago. On 8 April 2014 17:42, Harry Burt harryab...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a digital version available? The scan quality is... not ideal. Harry On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Andy Mabbett pigsotw...@gmail.com wrote: What implications does this have for QRpedia? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On Apr 8, 2014 4:35 PM, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone, I'm very happy to report that there is now a Trademark Agreement in place between Wikimedia UK and Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Thank you to the Trademarks team at the WMF for their work in making this happen. Thanks also to Jon Davies and Michael Maggs for their input, and to Mike Peel for highlighting the need. You can see the agreement at https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:WMUK_and_WMF_trademark_agreement.pdf If you have any questions about this please do let me know. Thanks and regards, Stevie -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedian-in-Residence summit
Good morning everybody, Daria and I are puzzled as to why a small internal meeting gained the status of a 'summit'!It was part of the analysis we are doing particularly with regard to the UK sponsored WiR posts and one of a series of processes. It involved people who had been paid by WMUK or closely involved in that proocess looking at the particular issues that brings up. We fully expect Andy and everyone to be involved through the consultation and in particular we are planning a day event (it was provisionally May 24 but we are not sure of the date yet, it is likely to slip into June). This will be up on the wiki as soon as we know and everyone will be welcome. Andy's experience will be very relevant. Jon PS Can I thank Jonathan and Daria and everyone else who gave up their Saturday. On 7 April 2014 03:02, Chris McKenna cmcke...@sucs.org wrote: What information have you found about this event? I have been unable to verify its existence based on searches of google, WMF wikis and mailing lists to which I am subscribed. The closest I can come is Daria posting on the 17th March on the WMF Outreach Wiki about WMUK's survey about WIR positions in the UK [1], or her posting on the Water Cooler on Thursday (3 April) about the volunteer opportunity related to analysing the data from this survey [2]. This makes me wonder whether some wires have got crossed somewhere along the line? Chris [1] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikipedian_in_ Residence#Wikimedia_UK_is_running_a_survey_of_its_WIR_programme [2] https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Water_cooler#Looking_for_a_ Research_Volunteer_to_help_us_with_the_Wikimedian_in_Residence_survey_-_ interesting_opportunity.21 On Sun, 6 Apr 2014, Andy Mabbett wrote: As a four-time[1] Wikipedian-in-Residence (indeed, as WMUK's first Wikipedian-in-Residence), I would be interested to know more about the Wikipedian-in-Residence summit, which was apparently held by WMUK yesterday. I don't seem to be able to find anything on the wiki, not even an event listing. [1] More , if you count short stints under other titles. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk Chris McKenna cmcke...@sucs.org www.sucs.org/~cmckenna The essential things in life are seen not with the eyes, but with the heart Antoine de Saint Exupery ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedian-in-Residence summit
Internal is the sense that it was staff and people who had been/are employed as WiR plus one other person who had been heavily involved in the employment and a trustee. When we reviewed Train the Trainers we followed a similar model of small groups, individual interviews etc. This was part of the process. The weekend as this was the only day that worked for the group as a whole. I hope that explains it and that we will encourage Andy and everyone to continue to participate in this review. Jon On 7 April 2014 10:50, Michael Peel michael.p...@manchester.ac.uk wrote: Hi Jon, I'm confused - how can it be a 'small internal meeting' that also includes people that aren't 'internal' to the WMUK office? And why, if it's an internal meeting, did it take place on a weekend necessitating staff to give up their Saturday? Thanks, Mike On 7 Apr 2014, at 09:40, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Good morning everybody, Daria and I are puzzled as to why a small internal meeting gained the status of a 'summit'!It was part of the analysis we are doing particularly with regard to the UK sponsored WiR posts and one of a series of processes. It involved people who had been paid by WMUK or closely involved in that proocess looking at the particular issues that brings up. We fully expect Andy and everyone to be involved through the consultation and in particular we are planning a day event (it was provisionally May 24 but we are not sure of the date yet, it is likely to slip into June). This will be up on the wiki as soon as we know and everyone will be welcome. Andy's experience will be very relevant. Jon PS Can I thank Jonathan and Daria and everyone else who gave up their Saturday. On 7 April 2014 03:02, Chris McKenna cmcke...@sucs.org wrote: What information have you found about this event? I have been unable to verify its existence based on searches of google, WMF wikis and mailing lists to which I am subscribed. The closest I can come is Daria posting on the 17th March on the WMF Outreach Wiki about WMUK's survey about WIR positions in the UK [1], or her posting on the Water Cooler on Thursday (3 April) about the volunteer opportunity related to analysing the data from this survey [2]. This makes me wonder whether some wires have got crossed somewhere along the line? Chris [1] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikipedian_in_Residence#Wikimedia_UK_is_running_a_survey_of_its_WIR_programme [2] https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Water_cooler#Looking_for_a_Research_Volunteer_to_help_us_with_the_Wikimedian_in_Residence_survey_-_interesting_opportunity.21 On Sun, 6 Apr 2014, Andy Mabbett wrote: As a four-time[1] Wikipedian-in-Residence (indeed, as WMUK's first Wikipedian-in-Residence), I would be interested to know more about the Wikipedian-in-Residence summit, which was apparently held by WMUK yesterday. I don't seem to be able to find anything on the wiki, not even an event listing. [1] More , if you count short stints under other titles. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk Chris McKenna cmcke...@sucs.org www.sucs.org/~cmckenna The essential things in life are seen not with the eyes, but with the heart Antoine de Saint Exupery ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedian-in-Residence summit
Your input would be welcome in any form Andy. On 7 April 2014 13:39, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 7 April 2014 11:00, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: people who had been/are employed as WiR plus one other person who had been heavily involved in the employment and a trustee. Jon, In recent weeks, we've had a consultation which was launched by staff member claiming that as a chapter we have run the Wikimedian in Residence (WIR) programme since May 2012. When it was pointed out that this was incorrect, since the chapter's first WiR was in 2011, it was explained by another staff member that: there were residencies that are not taken into considerations here. We wanted to consider the residencies that had institutions in significant cooperation with the chapter This despite the fact that the 2011 ARKive residency did indeed involve an institution in significant cooperation with the chapter. Then I found that the ARKive residency had been omitted from the list of past residencies on the WMUK wiki: https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Cultural_partnershipsdiff=prevoldid=54268 Now we have the event this weekend, where the ARKive residency and my feedback on that project (not to mention my other residencies) were apparently deemed irrelevant. On their own, any one of these might be considered an unfortunate oversight, but viewing the three together, especially after the first had been highlighted, one might wonder whether they reflect more than coincidence. I hope that explains it and that we will encourage Andy and everyone to continue to participate in this review. I gave up on the questionnaire for reasons that Mike P. and Harry have already highlighted. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Foundation's Annual Plan in plain English
A really useful document Ongoing work areas at the Foundation.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimedia_Foundation/Proposal_form/Ongoing_work_areas https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimedia_Foundation/Proposal_form/Ongoing_work_areas -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-GH] Report on Talking Wikipedia in Ghana
Thanks Rupert and I have already contacted Felix to talk about future cooperation. On 4 April 2014 13:59, rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.com wrote: Fyi -- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -- Von: Felix Nartey flix...@gmail.com Datum: 04.04.2014 14:02 Betreff: [Wikimedia-GH] Report on Talking Wikipedia in Ghana An: Planning Wikimedia Ghana Chapter wikimedia...@lists.wikimedia.org Greetings all Last Saturday, Enock Nyamador, Raphael Berkye, Michael Mettle, Timothy Quarshie and I attended the Talk Wikipedia in Ghana event held by Kwaku, a Ghanaian but UK based Wikimedian. The event was one that I would say, was necessary and beneficial to all that were present. Basic thoughts about Wikipedia and how we can contribute locally were also touched on. Our presence was immediately known because of appearance in the T-shirts. Reverence was given to the PWMGH community. He intermittently sought our views on questions been asked and gave us the opportunity to pitch what the community here in Ghana does. We were also given the platform to have A hands on edit, where we took the entire audience through basic editing. Although I personally think it was successful, I generally reason that an event like this should be directed through the local Wikimedia community. This helps create our identity and reliefs doubts about what we do here. We must be the noticed as the frontiers for Wikimedia; this will enable people to learn that we are their link to Wikimedia here in Ghana and no need to look else where. We were able to recruit as usual, given the opportunity to meet with the folks at the open source community in Ghana and a few goodies grabBED for the community's use, which means more goodies for you!! Best -- *Felix Nartey | DSE CAL Bank Ltd. | Co-manager GBG TEMA https://plus.google.com/u/0/106882654487622047846/posts **| Wikimedian | About me http://about.me/felix.nartey | +233 263 564043 %2B233%20263%20564043 **| **Check out!! http://goo.gl/4oHJeQ* ___ Wikimedia-GH mailing list wikimedia...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BritishBlackMusic.com
Apologies for delay in replying but I have been away. As previously stated our relationship as a chapter in this isntance is with Kwaku as a volunteer. We organised an editathon last year with BTWSC/BBM as you know. Not funding was involved. And for those who may be interested my 'private' email was at the request of Kwaku asking Fae to contact him directly to have any questions answered and including his contact details. On 27 March 2014 14:12, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: After a week of silence on basic questions, in response to a different volunteer, the UK chapter has confirmed that it is supporting the BritishBlackMusic.com event in Ghana with money and official merchandising. The precise amount has not been specified.[1] It was not clear to me that the event was in Ghana rather than the UK, until another volunteer found an Eventbrite page with details. This was apparently unknown to the UK Chapter as no mention was made of it when promoting the event.[3] In the light of the fact that Kwaku is making public presentations officially supported by Wikimedia UK, I have raised Kwaku's COI issues on the English Wikipedia noticeboard so that he can be advised by project volunteers as to policy and best practice.[2] Since creating his account on the English Wikipedia ten months ago, Kwaku has made a total of 10 edits with several others being deleted, apparently due to them promoting his organization, some remaining edits promote his writing for Billboard.[4] Kwaku was funded by Wikimedia UK last year with a full scholarship for a weekend in Berlin to take part in a Wikimedia Conference, the amount of the charity's money this cost has not been made public. With regard to Jon Davies' email to this thread that BBM are supported by Lottery Funding, this appears an exaggeration of the facts. I have had a response from the Brent Archives, a named 2006 project partner, who confirmed the project happened but were unable to produce a report; they took no responsibility for the funds. After an interim reply, am waiting on a full response from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). A HLF project was funded 8 years ago in 2006 with BTWSC named as running the project, intended to produce a guide. There is no evidence of any lottery funding for BTWSC since that date, the BBM appears to have never been the recipient of lottery funding. No evidence has been found that BTWSC or BBM are registered organizations, consequently it is unlikely that financial accounts have ever been published or put on record. Note, I was privately emailed by Jon Davies a few days ago but no additional information was provided at that time. Link 1. https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Water_coolerdiff=54770oldid=54768 2. http://www.lottery.culture.gov.uk/GrantDetails.aspx?ID=YH-05-01416DBID=HM 3. http://web.archive.org/web/20140327135842/http://www.eventbrite.com/e/talking-wikipedia-in-ghana-tickets-10971368659?aff=es2 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboardcurid=8634849diff=601495199oldid=601426585 On 20 March 2014 13:18, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 March 2014 11:49, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 March 2014 11:31, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: We felt that they were a suitable partner for an editathon. ... I have checked with Companies House. There are no registered companies that relate to: * British Black Music (run by Kwaku) * BtWsc or MusicWrite Plus (run by K Kaywrite) I have confirmed with the Department for Culture Media Sport, that eight years ago (2006) a lottery grant of £35,000 was paid for the Brent Black Music History Project. This project was in partnership with Brent Archives. It is not yet clear which legal organization received the funds, was responsible for reporting on the project outcomes or publishing financial accounts for the monies. As an unpaid volunteer for Wikimedia UK with no authority, I have written to Brent Archives and the Heritage Lottery Fund for confirmation and any available reports. Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae Personal and confidential, please do not circulate or re-quote. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Zürich Hackathon scholarships
It is not standard practice for a list of attendees to Wikimedia conferences to be published. It is up to the individuals in question whether they want it be known publicly that they are attending or have attended a particular Wikimedia conference. That any particular individual attendance are funded by Wikimedia UK or for that matter the Wikimedia Foundation rather than privately does not affect that. Like other Wikimedia conferences, there is an unofficial listhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich_Hackathon_2014/Attendees on the conference pages where participates are able to publicly indicate their planned attendance. In addition, all scholarship recipients agrees to produce a public report afterwards summarising the key things they have taken from the event. On 27 March 2014 14:58, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 March 2014 14:50, Katie Chan katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: There were two valid applications, which we are both funding. Where is the list going to be published? Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BritishBlackMusic.com
They are an independent organisation with whom we have worked and hope to continue to work. We are not currently funding them in any way. We do have an active member of the chapter associated with them, (who has declared any potential conflicts of interest) who is working with us to promote Wikimedia projects in line with our programme. As to their status on their website they state: BritishBlackMusic.com (BBM) is an online resource providing information about music, music business, and music business education with a bias towards British and black music. Its off-line activities include cultural industries research, consultancy, music business courses, and it organises seminars, conferences, and the Black Music Congress (BMC) debates. If you want to know more I suggest you contact them. Jon. On 19 March 2014 22:36, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: Could someone explain if there is a partnership agreement on record with BBM or BTWSC and whether these are registered commercial or non-profit organizations? Links: 1. http://britishblackmusic.com/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=29Itemid=37 2. https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Main_Pagediff=54372oldid=54325rcid=curid=315 3. http://britishblackmusic.com/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=34Itemid=41 4. http://www.btwsc.com/ 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_African_diaspora/Black_British_Music_Editathon Thanks, Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BritishBlackMusic.com
We checked their bona fides before we first worked with them and found no risk. They are funded by the National Lottery Heritage Lottery Fund and promoted by Brent Council and have some prominent supporters such as Paul Boateng. This would indicate that, as we believe, they are a legitimate orgnasisation and a proper one for us to work with. Jon On 20 March 2014 11:04, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 March 2014 10:39, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: They are an independent organisation with whom we have worked and hope to continue to work. We are not currently funding them in any way. We do have an active member of the chapter associated with them, (who has declared any potential conflicts of interest) who is working with us to promote Wikimedia projects in line with our programme. ... This would appear a significant reputational risk to the charity and a failure in governance if no attempt has been made to do basic checks before promoting joint events with commercial organizations. I believe neither organization is registered currently with Companies House, and and may be for-profit unregistered organizations enjoying direct benefit from commercial advertising. As well as BBM working to promote Wikimedia projects, the reverse is true as Wikimedia UK, as a national registered charity, is directly promoting the website, http://www.britishblackmusic.com, making it a more valuable internet property. As a past Chairman of the charity, I find it disappointing that Wikimedia UK and its current board of trustees has chosen to perfer uncertainty with regard to its public partnerships and has left it to unpaid volunteers to ask the most basic questions. As you suggest, sometime this week I shall take the responsibility of writing to Mr. Kwaku (Black Music Congress) the owner of BBM,[1] and K Kaywrite (MusicWrite Plus) the owner of BTWSC[2] and confirm their status. I believe they already follow this email list, however as an early head's up, I have copied WMF Legal into this email. Links: 1. http://whois.domaintools.com/britishblackmusic.com 2. http://whois.domaintools.com/btwsc.com Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae Personal and confidential, please do not circulate or re-quote. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BritishBlackMusic.com
We felt that they were a suitable partner for an editathon. They were. If they ever applied for something like a Wikimedian in Residence we would institute checks at an appropriate level. It is up to you what you wish to spend your time on. On 20 March 2014 11:21, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 March 2014 11:13, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: We checked their bona fides before we first worked with them and found no risk. They are funded by the National Lottery Heritage Lottery Fund and promoted by Brent Council and have some prominent supporters such as Paul Boateng. This would indicate that, as we believe, they are a legitimate orgnasisation and a proper one for us to work with. Jon Sorry, your statement is confusing. Your last email appeared to indicate that no checks had been made and that I should do it myself if I had any questions. Apart from looking at the BBM and BTWSC websites (which appear unmaintained for several years), precisely what checks did Wikimedia UK ensure before holding a joint event in 2013 and promoting another in 2014. For example did you or one of your employees check whether they are registered at Companies House or ask whether the two organizations comply with UK regulations for not for profits? I would like to know before duplicating your work. Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Interested in a potential hook-up with a sci-fi film festival?
Can we add mention of this into the Wikimania calendar https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/document/d/1Rie5Zd4D-fF5zT9MYlX0mbCGO6-f0jnft0Kx4_vGSxk/editwe are creating please? Jon On 19 March 2014 14:29, Jonathan Cardy jonathan.ca...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: We have a page for this onhttps://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_Worldcon_in_London._August_14_to_18,_2014the Wikimania website, I suggest people who are interested go there and flesh that page out. The 14th to 18th August is very much part of the fringe of Wikimania and there will be some Wikimanians still in London, especially if there are SF fans coming. The final planning of this would be an interesting topic for a 30 minute slot https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissionsat Wikimania, both for interested parties to meet each other, finalise plans for the con and perhaps for other editors to add to the wishlist of recordings images or just sit in on the planning of such an event. Jonathan Cardy GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives Museums) Organiser/Trefnydd GLAM (Galeriau, Llyfrgelloedd, Archifdai a llawer Mwy!) Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0990 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Press Enter to send your message. On 19 March 2014 12:57, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: I've expressed my interest too off-list - this is really close to my house so it'd be lovely to attend. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 19 March 2014 12:37, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 19 March 2014 11:02, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: If anyone is interested in meeting with the convention / festival organiser do let me know and we'll see if we can set something up. Yes; interested in this generally, and from a voice-intro persepctive. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Interested in a potential hook-up with a sci-fi film festival?
Damn! But we can link o possible synergy I think. On 19 March 2014 14:40, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: I'm not sure that it's the same conference...? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 19 March 2014 14:29, Jonathan Cardy jonathan.ca...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: We have a page for this onhttps://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_Worldcon_in_London._August_14_to_18,_2014the Wikimania website, I suggest people who are interested go there and flesh that page out. The 14th to 18th August is very much part of the fringe of Wikimania and there will be some Wikimanians still in London, especially if there are SF fans coming. The final planning of this would be an interesting topic for a 30 minute slot https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissionsat Wikimania, both for interested parties to meet each other, finalise plans for the con and perhaps for other editors to add to the wishlist of recordings images or just sit in on the planning of such an event. Jonathan Cardy GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives Museums) Organiser/Trefnydd GLAM (Galeriau, Llyfrgelloedd, Archifdai a llawer Mwy!) Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0990 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Press Enter to send your message. On 19 March 2014 12:57, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: I've expressed my interest too off-list - this is really close to my house so it'd be lovely to attend. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 19 March 2014 12:37, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 19 March 2014 11:02, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: If anyone is interested in meeting with the convention / festival organiser do let me know and we'll see if we can set something up. Yes; interested in this generally, and from a voice-intro persepctive. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Open-education] Scottish Open Education Declaration
Well done everyone. On 18 March 2014 14:15, Martin Poulter infob...@gmail.com wrote: Following on last year's announcement of a national Open Education declaration for Welsh Higher Education, some good news from Scotland. The Open Scotland group acknowledge that changing practice is the real goal and the declaration is just a starting point, but it's a significant step. Wikimedia UK are mentioned by name. Acronyms: Cetis = Centre for Educational Technology, Interoperability and Standards Jisc RSC = Jisc Regional Support Centre SQA = Scottish Qualifications Authority ALT = Association for Learning Technology -- Forwarded message -- From: Lorna M Campbell lorna.m.campb...@icloud.com Date: 17 March 2014 12:57 Subject: [Open-education] Scottish Open Education Declaration To: Open Educational Resources oer-disc...@jiscmail.ac.uk, open-educat...@lists.okfn.org, Open Education Special Interest Group opened...@jiscmail.ac.uk, alt-scotl...@jiscmail.ac.uk Dear all, (Apologies for cross posting.) In order to coincide with Open Education Week last week the Open Scotland initiative released a public draft of the Scottish Open Education Declaration http://declaration.openscot.net/ Open Scotland is a a voluntary cross sector initiative led by Cetis, SQA, Jisc RSC Scotland and the ALT Scotland SIG, which aims to raise awareness of open education, encourage the sharing of OER, and promote the development of open policy and practice. One of the primary deliverables we agreed to produce following the Open Scotland Summit ( http://openscot.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/open-scotland-report-and-actions/) held in Edinburgh last year, was a declaration supporting open education in Scotland based on the UNESCO Paris OER Declaration. There was general agreement that the Paris Declaration was a good thing however many participants felt it was too focused on OER and that a Scottish declaration should encompass open education more widely. The result is the Scottish Open Education Declaration, a draft statement adapted from the Paris OER Declaration. The first draft of the Scottish Open Education Declaration has been shared online using the CommentPress application to enable all members of the community to add comments and feedback. We invite all those with an interest in open education to comment on and contribute to this draft and to encourage their colleagues to join the debate http://declaration.openscot.net/ Many thanks. Lorna -- Lorna M Campbell -- Assistant Director, Cetis Web: www.cetis.ac.uk Blog: lornamcampbell.wordpress.com Mail: lorna.m.campb...@icloud.com Twitter: LornaMCampbell Skype: lorna120768 ___ open-education mailing list open-educat...@lists.okfn.org https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-education -- Dr Martin L Poulter Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador, July 2013 - April 2014 Wikipedia contributor http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter Volunteer, Wikimedia UK http://wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulterhttp://uk.wikimedia.org/ Musician http://soundcloud.com/martin-poulter http://myspace.com/comapilot Person http://infobomb.org/ ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Free tickets and tour at York Museums prior to Edit-a-thon
Pat - This went into my SPAM filter - be warned if you have not had a good response. Jon On 4 March 2014 16:21, Pat Hadley p...@pathadley.net wrote: Hi folks, On Sunday 16 March we have the York Luminaries Edit-a-thonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/YMT/Luminaries-editathon . On the Saturday there are 30 free entries available to the Yorkshire Museum http://www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/Page/Index.aspx and York Castle Museum http://www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/Page/Index.aspx (worth £10) available to edit-a-thon participants. In addition the curator of Numismatics is leading a behind-the-scenes tour at 3:00pm. If people would like to sign up for these they need to email me by this Friday (7th). Hope to see you there! Cheers, Pat -- Pat Hadley cultural sector brain-for-hire pathadley.net @pathadley http://twitter.com/pathadley ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] I'm Not in Love...
Are you a groupie now Mr Mabbett? On 22 February 2014 18:15, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: ...but I did meet 10CC's Graham Gouldman today, and recorded his voice for Wikipedia, along with those of Wishbone Ash founder Martin Turner and Pink Floyd album-sleeve designer po Powell All three recordings are now on the respective articles. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Help please
We have been approached by a wikimedian who has suffered a medical problem and can't edit easily any more. He wants to finish a couple of pages that are important to him (adding links I think) and I wonder if there is a kind person out there I could put him in contact with. An interest in military history would be an advantage. Jon -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK slide scanner
Of course. On 15 February 2014 15:23, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 February 2014 15:09, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: Change of plan: Thank you, but I've been offered the use of one of these: http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/scanner/scoolscan_4000/ by a friend who lives locally. Oh you lucky bugger. That's the level of archival-quality piece of kit we could do with for WMUK. Though it would have to live in the office. They're over ten years old, but still do the job admirably. Several hundred quid on eBay. So if the Ion's spare and I could borrow it for a few weeks ... - d. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Office] Weather
That's because Castles are an outdated concept. Demolish them all and build bowling alleys. On 12 February 2014 13:46, Richard Nevell richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: At first I thought well, that's February for you. Then Cadw announced that Beaumaris and Montgomery castles have been closed. Repent, the end is nigh. On 12/02/2014, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: All, I feel obliged to inform you - as if you didn't already know - that weather conditions in the UK are deteriorating rapidly. If you are in North Wales or North West England, there is a red warning for strong winds from the met office, in this case winds of 70-80 mph - there may well be debris coming through the air! Be careful if you're out doing activities, and check http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ for the latest advice. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* -- Richard Nevell Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0753 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ___ Office mailing list off...@wikimedia.org.uk http://lists.wikimedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/office -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] West Midlands Police Museum editathon
Hello, hello, hello! On 10 February 2014 14:29, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: I have organised an editathon, in conjunction with the West Midlands Police, at the West Midlands Police Museum in Birmingham, on 15 March. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/WM_Police_Museum It's a small venue, not usually open to the public, with a very interesting collection of objects and archives. There will be good opportunities for photographers. Places are limited, due to the museum's small size. I hope to see you there. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Anyone able to get to the British Library?
Did this get sorted out Harry? Jon On 29 January 2014 20:27, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote: Is anyone on this list able to nip to the British Library on my behalf and take notes and/or scan about three pages of a book I'm using for research for a Wikipedia article? If so, please ping me off-list. There's a pint in it for you! Thanks, Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ Phone: 024 7698 0977 Skype: harry_j_mitchell ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimedia-l] Visually impaired
Thanks Andy. Step One I took earlier this week. Expecting a response any minute now which I will share. I am very encouraged by what I hear and know we have a few really capable people who can identify the issues, work with others and come up with a sensible plan. Jon On 15 January 2014 12:39, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 15 January 2014 11:44, rexx r...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: I'm quite happy to continue giving advice on the issues covered at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility and I'd like to see it adopted as default on the WMUK Wiki, but I question the value of volunteers re-inventing the wheel by chasing gaps that I'm not at all sure actually exist. I echo Doug's comments, and have three points and a suggestion to add: The first step should be to ask WMF what work is already in hand. Accessibility professionals always recommend testing sites (or planned changes to them with a variety of real users, who have a range of disabilities, and who use a variety of assistive tools. The biggest barrier in my experience is community resistance to accessibility improvements (witness the alt text issue referred to on the parallel discussion on the WMUK wiki, where alt text descriptions of images were deemed too subjective and unverifiable). I suggest we ask Bruce Lawson, accessibility and web standards advocate (disclosure; and a personal friend) with Opera (the browser vendor) to review Wikipedia and one to two sister sites, and give a talk at Wikimania (or, if he's not available, to recommend someone who can). -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Accessibility
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Accessibility_of_the_Wikimedia_UK_website This paper has been written by Carol Campbell a trustee of Wikimedia UK. She is very interested in 'getting the ball rolling' on issues around accessibility on Wikipedia and all other wikis. She is fairly certain that this is not the first time these issues have been raised but would like to commit to bringing together people interested in finding answers to some of the challenges she is raising. Please add your names below and offer any background or insights you may have. Thanks. -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Office] Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU statement of intent
A very positive start to the New Year. Thanks Jon On 1 January 2014 11:32, Michael Maggs mich...@maggs.name wrote: I am pleased to announce that the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU's statement of intent is fully supported and has today been signed by the board of WMUK. https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Free_Knowledge_Advocacy_Group_EU_statement_of_intent Michael _ Michael Maggs Chair, WMUK ___ Office mailing list off...@wikimedia.org.uk http://lists.wikimedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/office -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What next with QRpedia?
Thanks Geni and especially for taking the time to put the case so clearly. I wonder if anyone would be willing to take this further? Jon On 29 December 2013 07:53, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: well we could go back to the start: 2.5 years ago (will need to check that things haven't changed in that time) in the Portsmouth natural history museum (or as the natives call it Cumberland House). When I was there I saw this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/58992329@N03/5406060116/ If you look at the text in the right column (may need to view image at full size) you will find that it is not only dated (it's treating 1982 as recent) but is treating the [[Almas (cryptozoology)]] thing seriously. The museum doesn't really have any money so this isn't something that is likely to be fixed by them any time soon. I think offering to replace it with wikipedia based text along the lines of say [[User:Geni/museum_sign]] would fall within 7-8 of: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Business_Plan#Mission_and_Objectives I don't know how much doing such a replacement would cost but I would be surprised if it passed the limit of our micro grant program. Wikimedia-UK would need to be involved to cover use of the logo and the like. ==Advantages== *Museum gets a better sign *New way to spread wikipedia content *Gives us the chance to produce a real world example of the type of signs we would like to see (QR code and the like) *Helps draw attention to gaps in Wikipedia (in this case it failed to mention how much Neanderthals weigh) *It may get us some good will with the Portsmouth museum service which since they hold one of the larger collections of ship paintings could be kinda handy *May get us some new editors who are interested in working on such signs. *It's a concrete real world activity that we can point to as an example of what we are doing. ==Disadvantages== *Might be more expensive than expected *Images are an issue in this case (need to check copyright status of http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Homo_neanderthalensis_models ) *Scale we can do this on is limited both financially and finding people to write such signs ==Neutral== *They might say no On 13 December 2013 15:31, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: We are now dotting the 'i's and crossing the 't's on QRpedia. The next question is how do we make sure the community benefits from it? Do we need training, events etc? We have already started a FAQ page to help those who want to use it but is there more we can do? Can we get some ideas going? -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Invitation to Chapters and Photographers for the European Parliament Project 2014
Is there anyone volunteering to take this forward? We can offer financial support and the loan of equipment. Jon On 23 December 2013 01:42, Harry Burt harryab...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all. If you haven't seen it already, UK Wikimedians, and the chapter, will probably be interested in [1], a proposal to film, photograph, and talk to MEPs. Having only had a brief glance over the email, it seems like a very credible opportunity that Wikimedia UK will want to support in spirit, if not in more concrete terms. I post an extract below. I apologise if someone has already posted this, but I can't recall anything. Best, Harry Harry Burt (User:Jarry1250) [1] http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/418449 After contacting the European Parliament I was able to get their approval, the support by the parties and a date [to meet, photograph and film with MEPs in February]. ... [The 2014 European] elections are a great opportunity to raise awareness on our material we have in Wikipedia and on Commons. It is also an excellent opportunity to bring together volunteers in doing our core work together, maybe we can transfer the idea of Parliament Projects to other countries. Volunteers get the opportunity to learn from each other - the EP is a very challenging project, having more than 700 MEPs to be handled within a few days. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Some interesting ideas from the Foundation
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_reviews/Multimedia/December_2013 . This is likely to be a long term project but it has come a long way since the summer in Hong Kong when I first saw the presentation. It has massive potential. I am sure Tilman will be interested in your thoughts. Jon PS It takes a while to download the presentation but it is worth it. -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Amazon Tax avoidance
Co-op bank? :( On 21 November 2013 09:07, Simon Knight sjgkni...@gmail.com wrote: Yes that thought had crossed my mind too, I had a quick look for alternatives, the difficulty is finding somewhere with the same broad (product) appeal. Waterstones, WHSmith? Simon -Original Message- From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of fab...@unpopular.org.uk Sent: 21 November 2013 09:05 To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Amazon Tax avoidance Hi all, Can I go ahead and announce that WMUK will provide a Kobo and two Amazon vouchers? (About £70 worth of prizes in total.) Has the Amazon Tax avoidance been sorted Out? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20560359 I am not sure that WMUK would want to be seen endorsing Amazon if this is not the case? all the best Fabian User:Leutha ___ 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 -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] What's on Norwegian TV tonight?
http://www.svtplay.se/video/1585789/del-9 Jimmy Wales (as last guest) in really fun interview. Also, for those whose Norwegian is up to it Sven Goran-Erikson. -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata tartan!
My old knees would get way too cold Deryck! On 30 October 2013 23:00, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: Actually, it's the Scotland 2000 tartan. The middle strip of the tartan pattern looks remarkably similar to the Wikidata logo. https://twitter.com/deryckchan/status/395685266167308288/photo/1 Highland dress made from this tartan should be the official uniform of Wikimedia Scotland (or even Wikimedia UK!) Deryck ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
