[Wikimediauk-l] Charity Commission correspondence

2012-01-26 Thread Richard Symonds
All, The Charity Commission correspondence has been released, and is on the UK wiki at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Charity_status/Correspondence. Kind regards, -- Richard Symonds Office Development Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0)207 065 0991 ___

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Charity Commission correspondence

2012-01-26 Thread Thomas Dalton
That's great, but it seems to be missing the CC's final response saying yes - can we see the fruits of the labour too? On Jan 26, 2012 12:49 PM, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: All, The Charity Commission correspondence has been released, and is on the UK wiki at

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Charity Commission correspondence

2012-01-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 26 January 2012 12:49, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: The Charity Commission correspondence has been released, and is on the UK wiki at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Charity_status/Correspondence. These are great, thank you, but is there any chance we could have

[Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia in the Guardian

2012-01-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
There's a great article about MonmoutpediA in the Guardian today; congratulations to all involved, it's a great advert for our work, despite some (baseless) naysaying. However (there's always a catch!), the article says: By April the aim is to dot 1,000 QR codes – a barcode that smartphones

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia in the Guardian

2012-01-26 Thread Tom Morris
On 26 January 2012 17:30, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: There's a great article about MonmoutpediA in the Guardian today; congratulations to all involved, it's a great advert for our work, despite some (baseless) naysaying. However (there's always a catch!), the article says:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia in the Guardian

2012-01-26 Thread Richard Symonds
Aye, I just saw it too! Matthew Roth (from WMF) is impressed about the coverage, and overall it's not a bad piece... Richard Symonds Office Development Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0)207 065 0991 On 26/01/2012 17:30, Andy Mabbett wrote: There's a great article about MonmoutpediA in the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia in the Guardian

2012-01-26 Thread Roger Bamkin
We had a bit of a mix up with the journalist as I told him we had been shortlisted for the SmartUK award and then I realised it was not public knowledge. I think the piece is very well written and includes more that just what we told him. Hes done some research! I thought we were on the cutting

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia in the Guardian

2012-01-26 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 26 January 2012 17:43, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: We had a bit of a mix up with the journalist as I told him we had been shortlisted for the SmartUK award and then I realised it was not public knowledge. If it's not public knowledge, why did you just mention it on a public

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia in the Guardian

2012-01-26 Thread Richard Symonds
It wasn't public at the time they interviewed us - weeks ago. I believe it is now. Richard Symonds On 26 Jan 2012, at 19:00, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 26 January 2012 17:43, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: We had a bit of a mix up with the journalist as I told

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia in the Guardian

2012-01-26 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 26 January 2012 19:16, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: It wasn't public at the time they interviewed us - weeks ago. I believe it is now. I haven't found any announcements... shouldn't there be a blog entry or something?

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia in the Guardian

2012-01-26 Thread HJ Mitchell
You mean like dedicating a section of the chapter wiki's main page to it? ;) Harry  From: Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, 26 January 2012, 19:19 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia in the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia in the Guardian

2012-01-26 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 26 January 2012 19:24, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote: You mean like dedicating a section of the chapter wiki's main page to it? ;) Why would I go to the main page? Isn't the Latest News section supposed to summarise the most recent blog post? (It links to the blog at the end of it.)

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] For those WP:SHIPS fans among you...

2012-01-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 26 January 2012 20:47, Richard Symonds chasemew...@gmail.com wrote: HMS Liverpool Right. Who's going to display - with permission - a QRpedia code on the ship? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia in the Guardian

2012-01-26 Thread Roger Bamkin
Sorry Tom, the blog entry may not have been mounted correctly. Please feel free to fix. We've been making the press too on the SmartUK shortlist - which sounds like a magazine but is actually a competition to represent the UK mobile industry on a government stand at the World Mobile Conference.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] For those WP:SHIPS fans among you...

2012-01-26 Thread Richard Symonds
No point - it's being decommissioned. Maybe something we can pull off at HMS Monmouth though, inside the wardroom? Richard Symonds Office Development Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0)207 065 0991 On 26/01/2012 21:00, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 26 January 2012 20:47, Richard

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] For those WP:SHIPS fans among you...

2012-01-26 Thread WereSpielChequers
Are they going to allow photography on board? WSC On 26 January 2012 22:17, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: No point - it's being decommissioned. Maybe something we can pull off at HMS Monmouth though, inside the wardroom? Richard Symonds Office Development Manager

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] For those WP:SHIPS fans among you...

2012-01-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
Worth putting something up - even a sheet of paper Blu-tak - if there will be lots of visitors during the open day(s). On 26 January 2012 22:17, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: No point - it's being decommissioned. Maybe something we can pull off at HMS Monmouth

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] For those WP:SHIPS fans among you...

2012-01-26 Thread Richard Symonds
Photography is allowed on board, everywhere except places that are 'in use', ie the comms room, the engine room. You'll be able to get photos of the weapons systems and navigation systems, as well as the general interior of the ship. Bear in mind that lighting will be low, spaces will be