Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

2011-08-19 Thread WereSpielChequers
As Brighton is rather close to London can I suggest that we try and avoid having this clash with the London meetup? That still leaves you the 1st, 3rd and 4th weekends of the month. WSC On 19 August 2011 09:59, Lewis Cawte wrote: > ** > On 19/08/11 09:28, Lewis Cawte wrote: > > On 18/08/11 23:4

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Question: When and how often should WM-UK give grants for digitization projects?

2011-08-19 Thread Andrew Gray
On 19 August 2011 17:59, Charles Matthews wrote: > Hang on - much as I love the DNB, there is huge amount to know before > saying spending money on it would be a good use. There are literally > hundreds of Google Books keys for DNB volumes, some of which don't work > in the UK but do work in the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Question: When and how often should WM-UK give grants for digitization projects?

2011-08-19 Thread Charles Matthews
On 19/08/2011 08:43, Michael Peel wrote: > On 18 Aug 2011, at 23:39, Richard Farmbrough wrote: > >> What about the "missing pages" from the DNB project? Fairly small scale, >> the list is at least ready to go for a significant number of volumes, >> and an individual copy of the DNB is not a pricel

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Question: When and how often should WM-UK give grants for digitization projects?

2011-08-19 Thread Roger Bamkin
There is actually a copy of the DNB on ODNB. I would have thought the ODNB may give us it as it is clearly out of copyright? (and it would legally be PD anyway) It might be worth asking if the wiki project hasnt already made a request On 19 August 2011 08:55, Michael Peel wrote: > the Dictionary

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

2011-08-19 Thread Lewis Cawte
On 19/08/11 09:28, Lewis Cawte wrote: > On 18/08/11 23:40, Thomas Morton wrote: >> Youch... but of a trek :) >> >> But I should be able to make it to Brighton without too much pain. >> >> Are there any suggested dates? >> >> Tom >> >> On 18 August 2011 23:36, Richard Farmbrough >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

2011-08-19 Thread Lewis Cawte
On 18/08/11 23:40, Thomas Morton wrote: > Youch... but of a trek :) > > But I should be able to make it to Brighton without too much pain. > > Are there any suggested dates? > > Tom > > On 18 August 2011 23:36, Richard Farmbrough > wrote: > > Sounds good! Last

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Question: When and how often should WM-UK give grants for digitization projects?

2011-08-19 Thread Michael Peel
the Dictionary of National Biography; see: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_DNB Mike On 19 Aug 2011, at 08:50, Patel, Vinesh wrote: > What's DNB? > > > > On 19 Aug 2011, at 08:43, "Michael Peel" > wrote: > >> >> On 18 Aug 2011, at 23:39, Richard Farmbrough wrote: >>

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Question: When and how often should WM-UK give grants for digitization projects?

2011-08-19 Thread Patel, Vinesh
What's DNB? On 19 Aug 2011, at 08:43, "Michael Peel" wrote: > > On 18 Aug 2011, at 23:39, Richard Farmbrough wrote: > >> What about the "missing pages" from the DNB project? Fairly small scale, >> the list is at least ready to go for a significant number of volumes, >> and an individual c

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Question: When and how often should WM-UK give grants for digitization projects?

2011-08-19 Thread Michael Peel
On 18 Aug 2011, at 23:39, Richard Farmbrough wrote: > What about the "missing pages" from the DNB project? Fairly small scale, > the list is at least ready to go for a significant number of volumes, > and an individual copy of the DNB is not a priceless artifact. That sounds like an excellent