Re: [Wikimedia-l] Superprotect user right, Comming to a wiki near you

MF-Warburg, that came across as a bit rude... On 11 Aug 2014 00:29, "MF-Warburg" wrote: > Your mail is embarrassing. > If you think the foundation is like the parent of the community, you don't > understand anything about the foundation nor the community. > Am 11.08.2014 00:05 schrieb "John Lewis

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Superprotect user right, Comming to a wiki near you

As long as we all stay friends! On 11 Aug 2014 00:57, "MF-Warburg" wrote: > Oh sorry, that was totally not the intention. It must be the strange beer > here at the Thistle Barbecue hotel. > Am 11.08.2014 00:54 schrieb "Richard Symonds" < > richard.symo...@

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Options for the German Wikipedia

n throwing around words like "war" and "firing shots" and "thermonuclear"? Once again: This isn't a war, it's an argument on the internet, and it can be solved if we all act pleasantly. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Li

[Wikimedia-l] Flags!

cking last night. I'm sure there was no ill intent, but if anyone knows where one of them is, please drop me an email - or put it in the post to FREEPOST WIKIPEDIA and we'll pay the postage. No questions asked! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limit

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Accounting software for thematic orgs

WMF directly for their advice. They know their stuff and it'd be good if your accounts were run on a similar system to theirs - cheaper in the long run, and you've got someone to turn to if it all breaks. I hope this helps! Feel free to drop me an email if you have any more spe

[Wikimedia-l] New movement org?

this a new chapter, or something similar? To whom should we address information? 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 Ho

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New movement org?

Thanks all! I have passed this over to WMF legal to deal with as it's a trademark issue. 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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New movement org?

are > investigating > > > and will be reaching out to the group soon. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > -greg aka varnent > > > Wikimedia Affiliations Committee Vice Chair > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 1:13 PM, R

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New movement org?

It isn't. .. sorry for bringing it up! I consider it closed. :-) On 26 Aug 2014 22:12, "Ziko van Dijk" wrote: > Hello, I'm not sure whether this is a case for the whole movement (and > this list...) > Kind regards > Ziko > > 2014-08-26 22:03 GMT+

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resignation announcement, and a parting remark to everyone

I think, perhaps, that the reform of the Wikimania bidding process could use a new thread! 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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thoughts on Admin Rights on WMF Wiki (and other things)

dable) in time. 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 Ki

Re: [Wikimedia-l] OSM Funding Drive success, extension

Their bitcoin address is listed at the bottom of the donate page: it's 1J3pt9koWJZTo2jarg98RL89iJqff9Kobp 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. Regis

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] 2013-14 Annual Plan of the Wikimedia Foundation

Presumably the official plan (the master) would remain as the PDF version as approved by the board? 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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Staff Images

with very exacting standards, and even small changes can lead to forty emails on a mailing list quite easily... which is a bit disruptive, regardless of whether the changes are good or bad! (I also realise that I have written three paragraphs about this issue, which is about the same length as th

Re: [Wikimedia-l] About the concentration of resources in SF (it was: "Communication plans for community engagement"

eople who do the same job in different countries? I'm not offering an opinion on this either way, but these are important things to consider if there is going to be a change. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] State of the Map 2013 - OSM conference in Birmingham, England.

Andy, I *may* be coming - I haven't decided yet... although I know I have to make up my mind quite soon! 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. Regis

Re: [Wikimedia-l] State of the Map 2013 - OSM conference in Birmingham, England.

I will get some in the post to you today Andy. 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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia blog moving to WordPress.com

This is being discussed on-wiki too, at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Privacy_policy#Blog_not_hosted_by_WordPress.3F . 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

[Wikimedia-l] Hearing Loop at Wikimedia UK

lised", and doesn't just sit around gathering dust. Every time that it could be used, we want it to be used. We'd be happy to lend it to other chapters for short periods too (although it's a UK/240v charging system). All the best, Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikim

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thanks for EduWiki conference

Thanks Laura! You had the bad luck to be at a conference which happened at the same time as a major storm hit Wales ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-24785318). Mind you, what is a trip to the UK without a bit of rain? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Copyright infringement - The real elephant in the room

Not quite: I would argue that anti-vandalism work is a "gateway drug" to the rest of the project. Just a hunch, though. On Nov 20, 2013 5:21 PM, "Marc A. Pelletier" wrote: > On 11/20/2013 11:59 AM, Michael Snow wrote: > > An essential part of collaboration is, after all, reviewing each other's >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] No internet censorship in Hong Kong

world! Thank you to WMHK for clarifying things. Richard Symonds On May 10, 2012 11:47 PM, "James Alexander" wrote: > It does, at least at some level, seem to be an argument (usually from > different people) every Wikimania. There just isn't a way to have it in a > plac

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

I'm still working my way through the brownies James left at our office only a few short days ago... James, you're always welcome in Dev House. There'll always be a seat available, and there'll always be a coffee. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclai

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

No, tea is for staff and board members only. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 17 May 2012 21:02, James Alexander wrote: > Coffee? ... but not

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

(I am joking.) Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 17 May 2012 21:34, Richard Symonds wrote: > No, tea is for staff and board members only. > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Study: Nobody cares about your copyright

FWIW, I'd like to see things being released more freely internationally, irrespective of copyright. At present, I can either pirate the Colbert Report, or watch it through a proxy using a US netflix account which I pay for using a US bank account. It isn't shown anywhere in the UK

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing 2 Community Fellow

otice are they given, and what support they are entitled to from the WMF, would be very helpful. I'd appreciate a more technical explanation so I can understand how the WMF deals with people on these short term contracts. :-) Richard Symonds On May 21, 2012 6:35 PM, "Siko Bouterse

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing 2 Community Fellow

I'm asking from a purely good faith perspective, by the way: I tend to deal with HR here at WMUK, and I'll be dealing with it more and more in future. The more I know about how other Wikimedia orgs do things, Tyre better :-) Richard Symonds On May 21, 2012 7:09 PM, "Richard Symond

Re: [Wikimedia-l] TomTom does a Britannica

Ha, makes for a good read. Thanks for sharing, David! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 29 May 2012 12:28, David Gerard wrote: > TomTom press rele

Re: [Wikimedia-l] TomTom does a Britannica

Tom: Is there a way to find out where OSM isn't very accurate/complete? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 29 May 2012 13:29, Yaroslav M. Blanter

Re: [Wikimedia-l] TomTom does a Britannica

p;ved=0CBUQ8gEwAA Of course, OSM is more accurate than any others - compare the link above, with this link, showing a more accurate - but incomplete - map: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=38.396220356226&lon=-91.0328784584999&zoom=18 Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 0

Re: [Wikimedia-l] speedydeletion.wika.com lauched

non-admins. Hoaxes are also important to keep publicy viewable - so that we can stop similar ones happening again, surely? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 10

Re: [Wikimedia-l] speedydeletion.wika.com lauched

http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Main_Page also worked up until a few months ago. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 11 June 2012 14

[Wikimedia-l] .wiki TLD

com/index.php/.llc>, .group<http://icannwiki.com/index.php/.group>, and .photography <http://icannwiki.com/index.php/.photography>. Little bit confused as to who this chap is... any ideas? More info at http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-1

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Who invoked "principle of least surprise" for the image filter?

Not sure, but I think it's the principle of least /astonishment/ - which may be an important difference... Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 13

Re: [Wikimedia-l] OFFICE actions and WMF image tagging

I should say that I was involved in some discussion as an admin/functionary, in the block of this user on en-wp, before the office action happened. I've seen some of the evidence independently of the office, and based on evidence I've seen as a volunteer, I support the global lock. Beta M was not a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why is not free?

What purpose would it serve to release the WMF's logos? Surely it would damage the project rather than help it... copyright isn't always a bad thing! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer

Re: [Wikimedia-l] OFFICE actions and WMF image tagging

ould rapidly turn into a lynch-mob or a "slander factory". Richard Symonds On 3 July 2012 20:23, Theo10011 wrote: > On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 12:35 AM, Philippe Beaudette > wrote: > > > To the best of my knowledge, no. > > > > And that's precisely why we wo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing the Fellowship News

Thanks Siko! Could you explain what exactly this covers? Teahouse, translations, small Wikis and dispute resolution is a very wide net - and presumably it will change according to which fellows are 'employed' at the time it's written. Is there an overarching theme? Richard Symond

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Apparently, Wikipedia is ugly

Maybe if we ran a competition for designers to redesign the wikipedia mainpage? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 14 July 2012 19:24, Andreas Kolbe

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Apparently, Wikipedia is ugly

I have had it beaten into me by the UK Board that volunteers should be at the heart of everything ;-) Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 14 July 2012 19

Re: [Wikimedia-l] photography restrictions at the Olympics

graphs. The IOC are not here to give things away for free, it seems: something which is painfully apparent to those who've seen the ticket prices! Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK On Jul 24, 2012 10:59 AM, "Amir E. Aharoni" wrote: > 2012/7/24 Andrew Gray : > > On 24 July

Re: [Wikimedia-l] photography restrictions at the Olympics

I'm about to video the flypast, outside on the road in my dressing gown. Does that count as freedom of panorama? ;-) Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK On Jul 27, 2012 3:48 PM, wrote: > wikim...@inbox.org wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 3:35 AM, Ray Saintonge > wrote: >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] photography restrictions at the Olympics

Even for the east end of London, I got some odd looks. Video was a but rubbish, but I tried! Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK On Jul 27, 2012 8:12 PM, "Stevie Benton" wrote: > Sounds like you're prepared for some flash photography. Ahem. > On Jul 27, 2012 8:08

Re: [Wikimedia-l] This afternoon's system outage

No, this is all wikis - I believe it was everything with *wikimedia or *wikipedia. NL was acting up, as well as various WMF-hosted chapter wikis. The search function will take a while to start working properly, too, for the same reasons as Delirium states. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Outage: what I'm telling the press

ng term, free education for all is the best way to solve world poverty, world hunger and conflict. You might disagree - I daresay many people would - but I feel that if only we were all as wise as a wise old owl, the world would be a much, much better place. Richard Symonds (Wikimedia UK staff, b

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Outage: what I'm telling the press

one man stood up at the back of a museum and said, "why not do that with a whole town?". And we did, and we generated worldwide media coverage, spread the idea of Monmouth around the world, and won 'Best Chapter Project' at Wikimania 2012. *Add your ideas, folks!* Please :-)

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Should we lock StrategyWiki?

I'd also support this sort of thing going to meta. Perhaps not marking everything as historical, but certainly a slow move to a central location that's easy for newbies to find. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

Makes interesting reading. Is there anywhere that we can read the IB vs "the volunteers" documents? Or are they not publicly viewable? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

of the phrase "Wiki Travel Guide"... 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, L

Re: [Wikimedia-l] CNET News: "Corruption in Wikiland? Paid PR scandal erupts at Wikipedia"

I believe part of the problem is that Roger may not be in the UK - he may well be in a hotel in Gibraltar with limited and expensive internet access. It's not yet been 48 hours since this all broke - give him some time to reply. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK

[Wikimedia-l] Slate article on Gibraltar

User:Panyd, who spotted the start of this whole incident on DYK, gave an interview with Slate magazine, which she's been very misquoted in and is a little upset about. She just emailed the UK list explaining her thoughts on all this, so I'm sharing them here: * * *"I gave Slate an interview in the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] (semi-OT) Open access "catastrophic" for Elsevier

To be fair, organising academics is probably quite like herding cats. I can see it being expensive (but not quite as expensive as currently!) I wonder: would it be possible to make it so that in order to publish a paper, a person has to review two, three, four others as part of their payment? Or i

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Page Curation launch on English Wikipedia

I'm impressed. And it takes rather a lot for that to happen. Great work, guys! 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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please can someone put 50p in the meter

My 3G in East London has also gone down. Connected? Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK On Oct 12, 2012 4:45 PM, "WereSpielChequers" wrote: > Does anyone know why Wikipedia and Commons have both gone down? > > WSC > > Writing from a slightly modified e

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation and Saudi Telecom (STC) partner to provide access to Wikipedia free of mobile data charges in the Middle East

I'm curious: the list of censored topics in KSA (on Wikipedia) seems to be entirely sexual content. Certainly, the KSA censor that, but do they censor any articles that are political or similar topics? Forgive if I've misread the list! Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK On Oct 16, 20

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming: WMF metrics/activities meeting - November 1

Fantastic! Live youtube streams are an incredible idea. Great to see the movement taking advantage of the rest of the tools the internet has to offer. Thanks to all involved! Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK On Oct 19, 2012 12:29 AM, "Erik Moeller" wrote: > Hi folks, > > I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Info action

useful to be able to see how many editors, authors etc there were in the past 24 hours - again, I'm not sure if this is doable, but I thought I'd throw it out there! Richard Symonds/Chase me ladies On 22 October 2012 22:41, MZMcBride wrote: > Hi. > > This is just a heads-

[Wikimedia-l] Jamaican editathon

by post. He's simply too far away! Are there any individuals or chapters (or the WMF) based nearby who could help? All the best, Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Chari

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia offices

Updated for the UK, Ziko - good idea! Thanks, 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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser causing confusion

Your best bet is to move any complex ones to the donation queue (which is what was done in previous years, I think). 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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia/mapping event in Europe early next year?

I think WMUK might be able to host something, (possibly) - especially if Tom Morris is around to help! Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK On Nov 28, 2012 2:50 AM, "Erik Moeller" wrote: > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Erik Moeller > Date: Tue, Nov 27, 2012 a

[Wikimedia-l] "putting profit before knowledge"

publishers. Students - and some authors - have accused the publishers of putting profit before knowledge. But the publishers say they had no alternative. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No

Re: [Wikimedia-l] compromise?

That would be complex, and could be a disaster... I'd appreciate some input from folks like Tango. On Dec 28, 2012 9:46 PM, "James Salsman" wrote: > How about for the April fundraiser, instead of setting a dollar value > goal, we agree to use multivariate analysis instead of A/B testing to > opti

Re: [Wikimedia-l] compromise?

I'm on a train so this will be brief... But let's say we do what you suggest, and it only raises 90% of what is needed. What then? I've had to pare back WMUKs budget in the past few weeks to what the FDC granted. It's difficult enough to do on a smaller budget, I dread to think how the WMF would d

Re: [Wikimedia-l] compromise?

"Does anyone object to the idea of surveying donors to find their opinions on whether the Foundation should pay market rate for labor?" I would object to the precedent being set that donors from around the world, however old or young, are able to directly decide the salaries of staff at the WMF. S

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Editor retention (was Re: "Big data" benefits and limitations (relevance: WMF editor engagement, fundraising, and HR practices))

Hi Andreas/Nemo Which column are you looking at to give you the growth numbers on those projects? 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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 15% off merchandise today at the Wikimedia Shop

James, Do be careful about using FedEx for stuff that has to be there by a particular day. When the WMF has posted things to me in the past, FedEx have refused to deliver on weekends, leaving me with a trip to the airport in the snow to pick up the packages! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikivoyage launch: why no blog post or press release?

There's GMT. That's not FAR off UTC. Maybe we can compromise there ;-) On Jan 15, 2013 9:16 PM, "David Gerard" wrote: > On 15 January 2013 21:07, Lodewijk wrote: > > > maybe it would be good to consider at some point in the near future the > > timing of press releases, embargoes etc - keeping o

[Wikimedia-l] Licencing question

e we OK just using a hyperlink? Your thoughts much appreciated! 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 L

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Licencing question

My initial question was aimed to find out what sort of attribution we'd need to do on Wikimedia UK sites - eg, uk.wikimedia.org and blog.wikimedia.org. I'm not really *keen* on changing policy on Wikipedia. That's not my job! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] WMIT bulletin no. 44: January 23, 2013

So, now that Wikimedia Italiano is over 1,000,000 articles, who's going to update the page at http://www.wikipedia.org/ to match? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Ch

[Wikimedia-l] "Legalised Piracy"

hat would be able to ignore US copyright and trademark claims." I'm not sure what this means for the movement - I'm sure there will be a long and lively discussion - but it's a very interesting turn of events in IP law. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] COI versus OUTING

My advice would definitely be to email functionarie...@lists.wikimedia.org. Keeping them in the loop is very, very helpful. 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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Planet Wikipedia

I think a big thanks is due to Wikimedia Ukraine - the story says *"The name was proposed by the Board member of organization "Wikimedia Ukraine" Andriy Makukha".* I think that can go down on the nomination list for 'coolest project by a chapter' this year... Ric

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Luis Villa joins WMF as Deputy General Counsel

Welcome, Luis, from all of us in the UK! 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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] White House orders open access to federally sponsored research

Looks like a US version of the UK's plan described at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17921442, which Jimmy was rather involved in! Excellent news for the US if it goes ahead. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in En

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Adopt a page"

Replying off my phone here, so no signature or lengthy response... For Wikipedians in Residence, it varies I believe. I've seen some WiRs edit articles directly, whereas others, including WMUK's WiRs, don't edit articles about their institution at all, instead focussing on training, digitisation,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Question: How much does administration in Chapters cost the Wikimedia movement?

osts/Fundraising costs'. *All of that being said, this is a good idea* - but I'm wondering if our FDC reports might help with coming up with categories for this? A very useful discussion! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee regist

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Internal-l] Best practices in training adult newbies

rainers_Tender. The trustee in charge of our education budget, Martin Poulter, has really pushed this from a vague plan to an actual programme, and hopefully once it's up and running we'll be able to expand that page rather a lot! Richard Symonds Office& Development Manager

[Wikimedia-l] BBC Open Content

Looks like the BBC are now starting to use goodly amounts of open content. One that's caught my eye is a piece on the seige of Sarajevo, part of which is CC-BY-SA licenced, at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17617775. Richard Symonds Office& Development Manager Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] BBC Open Content

Well, that's the next step! The good thing is that they're starting to /use/ it. The closest they've come, AFAIK, is a 'Creative Archive Licence', which was similar to CC-BY-SA-ND-NC. It died a death in 2006 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/creativearchive/licence/index.shtml

Re: [Wikimedia-l] BBC Open Content

Correct: Derivatives are allowed Richard Symonds Office& Development Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0992 -- Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, a Charitable Company Registered in England and Wales, No: 6741827. Charity No:1144513 Office: 4th Floor, Development H

Re: [Wikimedia-l] BBC Open Content

There's also a "no promotion" clause - you can't use the work to promote your organisation. This is above and beyond the normal 'no derogatory use' clause... Richard Symonds Office& Development Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0992 -- Wikimedia UK is the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] World Bank adopts CC licensing

CC-BY is my favourite licence by far. Is there any plan to bring some of this content across into Wikisource etc? Richard Symonds Office& Development Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0992 -- Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, a Charitable Company Registered in Eng

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Editor retention implies social features

I believe the Geograph images (the UK landscape pictures of which you speak) may be slightly more than 80,000 images... On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote: > Consider, for example, that Zynga and Facebook have successfully managed to >> get millions of people to log in at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Chapter software tools work welcome at Berlin hackathon in June

Oddly enough, I have a CiviCRM developer coming around today to talk about WMUK funding a Gift Aid or Direct Debit module. He's based only a few minutes from our office. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 3:27 AM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: > Several Wikimedia chapters have mentioned that they are interes

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Banner?

I believe there's periodic fundraising tests scheduled throughout the year. Which country were you viewing WP from, and which language version were you viewing? Richard Symonds Office & Development Manager Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 07885 764 613 Wikimedia UK is the operating name o

[Wikimedia-l] Board Meeting Live from Monmouth

All, We'll be webcasting the interesting bits of today's Monmouth WMUK Board Meeting. You can watch by going to http://monmouthpedia.wordpress.com/webcast/. All the best, Richard Symonds Office & Development Manager Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 07885 764 613 Wikimedia UK is the ope

Re: [Wikimedia-l] ombudsmen commission

I suspect it's because they're doing a good job in the WMFs opinion, at least, that's how I read it in Philippe's email... Richard On Apr 22, 2012 4:11 AM, "Béria Lima" wrote: > Can you explain why you request another year from them instead of running > a new process, Philippe? > _ > *Béria

[Wikimedia-l] Doctors use, but don’t rely totally on, Wikipedia

David Mathieson of the University of Nottingham for help with this summary. Big thanks also go to Martin Poulter, who facilitated things at our end. All the best, Richard Symonds Office & Development Manager Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 07885 764 613 Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki U

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Harvard University: Drop paywalled journals, publish open access

I wouldn't even say it's tangential: I would say that it is, in fact, exactly what we want and exactly what we should be supporting. +10 internets to Harvard. They may not be as good as Cambridge, but they're proving to be a good second all the same ;-) Richard Symonds Offic

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Updated Terms of Use

using > the services in a manner that is inconsistent with applicable law." This means, to my eyes, that you're potentially liable (to someone) if you break the law in your own country - which makes perfect sense to me. But then, I am not a lawyer, nor do I work for the WMF. Richard

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why the Wikimedia Foundation should openly articulate its political POV by establishing a new neutral wiki for world political knowledge (modeled on Wikipedia)

ric. Not all arguments are yes/no - well, technically all votes are, but there are also abstentions, and there are those who vote because it's the party line. There's also a few parts of the world where democracy is not considered a good system - this project wouldn't really help them.

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