Re: "It is certainly strange to me that some cultural organisations pursue
image licensing as a loss making venture that also borders on copyfraud..."
I'm hoping that museums will still want to spend money on digitising their
content. But we need to be realistic, if they can't subsidise that by
Hi Charrles, I've had a look at the Geograph site
https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=181239399 and we don't seem to
have anything more there. But always worth checking when you are looking
for UK photos as we have a lot of images there that have not yet been
uploaded onto Commons.
Jonathan
HI, last Sunday was my first London meetup for a while, and it was good to
see so many people, including several I'd not had a chance to speak to
since before lockdown. Next month the second Sunday is on the 14th, and
unless there is a dramatic resurgence of COVID, we'll be at the Oak again.
Hi Andy,
I have searched the geograph and uploaded some "recent" ones of Wardour
street from there that weren't migrated from commons a decade ago.
The best I can do for you is
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Las_Vegas_American_Pool,_Wardour_Street_(geograph_2094904).jpg
but for someone
Wow, that's a real game changer. Well done to all concerned.
Jonathan
On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 at 20:37, Andy Mabbett
wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 at 13:40, Lucy Crompton-Reid
> wrote:
>
> > The National Lottery Heritage Fund has today announced a significant
> policy change,
> > with a new
Andy makes some important points.
We know that even if editors in the UK respect what the British Museum is
doing and don't upload those images to Commons or Wikipedia; where they are
public domain images under US law, it is just a matter of time before
someone in the movement, anywhere in the
Dear John,
If WMUK no longer has a technology budget you might want to consider asking
if another chapter would be willing to support QRpedia. It is only because
it started in the UK that it was hosted by the UK chapter, it is actually a
global resource.
Jonathan
On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 at 13:04,
Dear John,
I'd be happy to see the chapter bring back these sort of events. Thinking
of a few lessons from when we last did them, coffee, soft drinks and some
sort of snacks are important - remember that many attendees will be coming
straight from work. We also used to designate a pub for the end
I was one of the helpers at Alice's women in red event at Imperial last
week. I'll drop her a note. I'm sure she and I suspect the lady from
Imperial would be happy to talk to Womanthology.
Regards
WereSpielChequers
On 11 Mar 2018, at 14:49, Richard Nevell <richard.a.j.nev...@gmail.com>
OK sold. I've just booked and will be there at least for Harry's talk.
On 13 July 2017 at 09:31, Harry Mitchell wrote:
> There isn't even an *un*written version yet. It's been a long time since I
> stood up and spoke to a room full of Wikimedians. Also, I didn't think
>
Much is down to the operator, but better cameras can take better pictures,
especially in Low light conditions.
If you take David Gerard's advice and introduce yourself as from Wikipedia
, any political party with an ounce of commonsense will usher you to the
front and give you a position where
Dear All,
I'm delighted to be able to announce that we are back at the Cinema Museum
in Lambeth, London for an editathon on the 18th June.
For the moment this is just a holding notice, we are first going to promote
this to their mailing list, but trainers and film buffs will definitely be
Re "why blacklist the Daily Mail not even worse
sources?
The Daily Mail is a very long way from being the first source deprecated by
the Wikipedia community, it isn't even in the most deprecated category of
sources, that would be ones that go into the spamfilter and are
automatically rejected.
a different location for both:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/116 March the 12th
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/117 and April 9th
As usual all wikimedians welcome, new, ancient or resurfacing.
Regards
Jonathan/WereSpielChequers
On 13 February 2017 at 19:09, Andy
For those who want some background, this is the RFC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Daily_Mail_RfC
and this is also relevant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Daily_Mail_RfC
bccing someone who might not be on this list
Dear All,
Our 115th meetup in London is coming up on the 12th Feb. More details at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/115
As usual we will try to be opposite the main doors with at least one laptop
with a Wiki logo.
I'm guessing the conversation will range from the recent run of
Hi John,
It has been a while since we did a WikiTakes event in the UK, Wiki takes
Chester may be the most recent, be good to have another one
Magnus has now produced a nifty tool that shows heat maps of articles
without images, so the chapter could do a Wiki takes event targeted at a a
place
Since the BBC is encouraging people to create unsourced articles on living
people there is a high possibility they will turn up at either
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:BLP_articles_proposed_for_deletion
or even
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion
I've
/London/112 as usual all are welcome.
Jonathan
On 25 October 2016 at 13:50, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequ...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I wasn't expecting to be available, but have now signed up. If it is
> anything like the normal London meetups there will be more attendees than
I wasn't expecting to be available, but have now signed up. If it is
anything like the normal London meetups there will be more attendees than
signed up.
Jonathan
On 25 October 2016 at 12:24, Dhaval S. Vyas wrote:
> I will be trying to pop in as well, its only a matter of
Thanks Fae,
If this does come off and you have a residue of awkward to categorise ones
I might be available to sort them out if you can get them in a separate
temporary category. I helped WMIE with Wiki Loves monuments last year and
have nearly finshed the English residue of this years Wiki Loves
Dear all,
As a result of discussions at last Sunday's London meetup, and to take
advantage of a list created by Rich Farmbrough, I have started drafting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_Kingdom/photography_contest_2016
It hath a talkpage.
Hopefully we can finalise in
And its welcome back to volunteerdom from me too.
I was a pleasure to work with you, your new employers have gained more than
they might realise.
Jonathan
On 3 August 2016 at 15:57, Katie Chan wrote:
> It was a pleasure working with you Richard. Thank you for all your hard
>
Dear all,
Yesterday's London meetup had at least fourteen people with three or four
new or newish faces.
We had four people who'd recently returned from Wikimania at Esino Lario in
Italy and they all gave some very positive feedback about the venue, the
event and much that happened there. For
f most read Wikipedia articles. Oh and
Rich gave me an impromptu lesson on AWB.
Next month's meeting is, as always, on the second Sunday of the month - Sunday
July the tenth <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/108>.
Hope to see some of you there.
Jonathan/WereS
Hi Andy,
Are the other parameters the same?
Regards
Jonathan
> On 16 Mar 2016, at 14:50, Andy Mabbett wrote:
>
> If anyone fancies a job, there are 513 transclusions of:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_UK_feature
>
> listed at:
>
>
>
I agree with the logic of rotating between London and elsewhere. However,
if you hold the AGM on the same weekend as the London meetup it would be
sensible to hold it in the same city.
On 18 March 2016 at 16:28, James Farrar wrote:
> Until last year the venue had always
Geocodes, ah yes, probably guilty there.
I read through the thing twice and clicked various links before deciding I
was going to have to ask what the connection was between Kinlochleven.jpg
and genocide. And yes I agree that the whole thing is a bit too Geocodey
and dry - if anyone fancies
Coming from the opposite end of the scale,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WereSpielChequers/image_adding is an
exercise I've been building up and testing on newbies. It is based on some
lists from Rich Farmbrough and some sessions that Fabian and I ran.
WSC
On 9 March 2016 at 16:03,
Well they definitely aren't adding either NC or ND, but they might be implying
SA with all that sharing is caring stuff.
You could ask before migrating to wiki source, my guess is they are choosing
CC-BY-SA
Regards
Jonathan / WereSpielChequers
> On 29 Feb 2016, at 15:19, Richard Symo
Thanks Gordo, Andrew, Fabian and Lucy
I've now been told of another tool https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikishootme/ which
can show you articles near places you are planning to visit.
So Fabian, wherever your dog decides to take you there are likely opportunities
there as well!
WereSpielChequers
I've just been introduced to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Nearby
which lists articles near your current location and from the thumbnail it
is fairly obvious whether it has an image or not.
Has anyone tried using this in outreach to photographers?
WereSpielchequers
WereSpielChequers
On 13 February 2016 at 15:35, MCANDREW Ewan <ewan.mcand...@ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> Apologies for cross posting!
>
>
>
> Just a short email to say hello as the new Wikimedian in Residence at the
> University of Edinburgh (January 2016 to J
A Lutyens I would guess.
Regards
Jonathan Cardy
> On 2 Jan 2016, at 17:42, - - wrote:
>
> I'd imagine the many different editions of that book have different
> paginations. You'd better check between you what building you are after.
>
>
>
> Johnbod
>
>> On 02
Dear Mike,
I think the target group is significant here. My suspicion is that editing
Wikipedia is not an entry level computer task. I have twice trained non
computer users at editathons I was helping at, on one occasion I spent an
inordinate amount of time teaching someone how to use a mouse. My
I've sent what I remember being the password offlist, can I suggest any
other serious guesses go off list until Chris indicates on list that he has
it working.
On 8 September 2015 at 20:02, Chris McKenna wrote:
> Hello all
>
> I'm currently borrowing the white mifi mobile
We have quite a few UK public sculptures on commons, especially as a result of
the geograph import. Would it be possible to use a program to start such lists
on Wikipedia based on categories on commons?
You could exclude anything in subcategories under museum or church if you want
to narrow
Hi, we are holding an outreach type editathon at the Royal Opera House on
the 5/6th September and have some places for experienced Wikipedians.
Would you like to join us?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetups/UK/Royal_Opera_House_September_2015
Regards
Jonathan
my best to photograph the requested
locations if they don't already have available photographs.
Thanks,
Mike
On 12 Aug 2015, at 16:32, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com
wrote:
I have been going through the not particularly useful category Wikipedia
requested photographs
/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2015/Participating_countries
best wsihes
Edward
On 10 August 2015 at 16:43, WereSpielChequers
werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote:
I have now used the visual editor for more than a hundred edits since
the speed up. I agree that the classic editor is generally
I have now used the visual editor for more than a hundred edits since the speed
up. I agree that the classic editor is generally faster and I suspect that will
be especially true for anyone editing large articles as V/E's still lacks
section editing.
I like the way V/E supports infobox
a friend's old PC and V/E
does now work, though it is still a little slower than the classic editor.
Regards
Jonathan / WereSpielChequers
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Hi Rod,
Sorry I am not around on Wednesday, but happy to give some remote support
before then.
One limitation you will probably hit is the number of Accounts that can be
created on one IP address in one day. You can reduce that risk by having
multiple IPs, by asking attendees to create an
Whilst I agree and gave exactly that advice yesterday to someone who then wrote
a review of an article on a talkpage explaining where her publication
contradicted it, another editor promptly responded with the suggestion that of
course she didn't have a COI and she should amend the article
There has certainly been a shift to Facebook in that time and possibly to
Twitter and maybe the specialist sublists like tech and I think education. I'm
not sure I approve of all of that both for open source reasons and because it
excludes the pseudonymous amongst us. But it has certainly
Hi Andy,
I don't know the total, and we may not have finalised things yet as we are
still recruiting from people who got involved at Wikimania and are now working
out how to stay involved. The two I have personally signed up were both
immediately after Wikimania. I assume you are interested in
Dear all,
You are invited to an Editathon at the Zoological Society of London on Tuesday
afternoon next week.
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/ZSL_London_Zoo_Library_editathon_12_August_2014
regards
Jonathan Cardy
Wikimedia UK
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Hi Harry,
I have an old netbook (the one I took to Wikimania Buenos Aires) which has
stopped picking up WiFi and a fairly new Samsung Chromebook with a dodgy
mousepad. Does your computer repairer have some guidelines as to how old kit
can be before it ceases to be worth fixing? and if it is to
Thanks Geni, would you be OK with that being copied to a discussion page on
commons or meta?
Regards
Jonathan Cardy
On 17 Jul 2014, at 20:14, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote:
I can't remember who asked about this at the London meetup but options are:
.X3D seems to be trying to become
Editing from a bobsleigh could be an interesting test of our mobile Wifi
On 18 June 2014 16:21, Chris McKenna cmcke...@sucs.org wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2014, Charles Matthews wrote:
I think you have just invented the sledgathon, aka wreckshop ...
A sledgeathon just gives me the mental
Great news Andy, how limited are the numbers?
On 10 February 2014 15:21, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk
wrote:
It's in Spark Hill, which is well-known for, ah, police related incidents.
Andy: I for one would love to attend - I will see if I'm free.
Richard Symonds
Hi Dan,
No not hiding from you, you are top of the list of volunteers we were
hoping would help us by moving sacks of Yorkshire tea, beanbags and our
fine collection of pot plants from one side of the building to the other.
On 30 October 2013 16:49, Deskana djgw...@gmail.com wrote:
You're
OK Michael,
I've started http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizing_a_Wiki_takes_event -
this links to the commons one, but has some specific stuff for the UK such
as our ability to supply mobile WiFi for events.
On 27 August 2013 16:59, Michael Maggs mich...@maggs.name wrote:
Jonathon
That
Nice work, but as the WLM images will be going onto Coommons you also need
a column for the relevant commons category, otherwise how are you going to
correctly categorise the uploaded images?
Jonathan
On 19 June 2013 19:41, Katie Chan katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
No, splitting it into
Making the English Wikipedia more accessible to non-English speakers is a
worthy objective and something which we could easily make a big difference
to. Currently the main route for non-English speakers to access EN wiki is
via Google translate and similar online translation services. If Google
And there was I thinking that the 50s and 60s were the nearly contemporary
area where Wikipedia was at its weakest. Not old enough to be taught in the
schools or new enough to be known to the technoscenti. Clearly those gaps
are getting filled in.
WSC
On 25 March 2013 10:28, Michael Peel
the basement might be crowded!
Andrew.
On 15 March 2013 15:13, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com
wrote:
May 11th would be the day before the May London meetup, that might be
convenient for some people.
WSC
On 15 March 2013 12:42, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote
May 11th would be the day before the May London meetup, that might be
convenient for some people.
WSC
On 15 March 2013 12:42, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Hey why not?
I think there is interest in this so we should think how and where we
should advertise it. Obviously on
Hi Jess,
First of Jan is an awkward time of year - people are most likely to get
into debt over Xmas so I'd be cautious about trying to harmonise all our
renewals at that time of year. If you have a bunch of regular AGM attenders
who pay their memberships in cash then it is obviously easiest to
My understanding was that QRpedia was used to generate the codes, but the
codes on the plaques use qrwp.org. which has been publicly offered to the
movement.
I agree that we should not be promoting the use of QR codes unless we are
reasonably confident that the site they link to is maintained by
I can see a case for Wikimedia or Wikimedia Poland doing something about
that. But I would advise against a UK based organisation trying to involve
itself in the Republic, especially on such a contentious issue as the
second language of Ireland.
WSC
On 30 January 2013 15:54, Deryck Chan
less generous than some might like.
WSC
On 20 January 2013 21:58, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
On 20 January 2013 20:07, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com
wrote:
Would I be correct in understanding that you are intending to retain the
QRpedia website and presumably
it.
WSC
On 16 January 2013 16:55, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote:
Huge dents have been made in the Geograph backlog since last year, thanks
mainly to changes in HotCat and Cat-a-lot on Commons and the dedication of
WereSpielChequers and others. Geograph is fantastic, but it has
Thanks Roger,
Both Geograph and Wiki Loves Monuments have established that people like
photography contests, and they are willing to take images and release them
under open licenses. I'd also add that enough of the images are good that
it is worth sifting through the many that aren't.
Geograph
Hi Roger, thanks for that update. Would I be correct in understanding that
you are intending to retain the QRpedia website and presumably brand? If so
presumably we will need a new brand for our QR codes and should stop using
the term QRpedia except when referring to the site currently used to
The Postcard idea is good, but remember that a postcard isn't in an
envelope, so please don't print anything more on it than the minimum needed
for us to know which postcards have come back - i.e. a membership number.
I would suggest that you also want something in the process to raise an
alert
Dear Andreas, We need to remember that this is a volunteer driven process,
and the commodity in short supply is volunteer time not PR professionals
time. Encouraging PR people to forum shop by raising the same thing in
multiple venues is disrespectful of the community, it also risks damaging
I would be tempted to say We hope this is an isolated problem and that
most UK PR agencies employ someone who doe not find it cumbersome to send
an Email.
WSC
On 14 November 2012 11:46, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote:
I think the journalist was more interested in trying to
We do have a systematic bias that leads us to under-represent Africa, and
anywhere else where secondary sources are sparse. But otherwise I believe
the blogger is misinformed. Our page views aren't flat, they are growing
faster than the average for the Internet. And while the number of new
, an indicator of how important we are.
On Sep 29, 2012 7:44 PM, WereSpielChequers
werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote:
We have a mailing list of people who donated to WMUK last year. I'm
assuming that we are still going to email them and ask for another
donation? If so we can hopefully switch some
Re Andrew's request for a clear statement setting out the reasons for the
change.
The difference between STV and a majoritarian system is that if you have a
community where factions have emerged then STV ensures that all significant
factions can see someone elected who they approve of. By
September 2012 16:22, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com
wrote:
I've taken part in some of the IRC office hours. The format works OK if
everyone is being positive and just wants to question one person.
It isn't so good if either the subject is so complex as to spark debate
in various
I don't have a problem with the UK chapter giving a few how to edit
leaflets out to someone who is encouraging people how to edit.
But I would appreciate a little clarification re QRpedia. Can someone tell
me who owns the http://qrpedia.org domain name? If I'm correct in my
understanding of QR
Fox are part of News International aren't they?
So a sister company to Page3.com is getting on a high horse re porn and
directing people to a homophobic website.
Not as bad as
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_International_phone_hacking_scandal#Milly_Dowler.27s_voicemail
Or the coundown clock
There is bound to be a Postcode for that Freepost address, and if you write
to Wikimedia UK at that Postcode then I would be surprised if it was not
delivered.
WSC
On 26 July 2012 14:36, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote:
Considering that most organisations simply have a Freepost address
It is a deeply unfortunate situation. A few months ago if anyone had said
to me that Arbcom were capable of some of their recent behaviour then I
would have been inclined to defend Arbcom. But I now find myself almost
agreeing with David Gerard's assessment of them.
To my mind the worst thing
On 26 July 2012 23:00, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote:
On 26 July 2012 20:01, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.comwrote:
It is a deeply unfortunate situation. A few months ago if anyone had said
to me that Arbcom were capable of some of their recent behaviour then I
would
Sorry, something has come up and I won't be able to join you this time.
But I would like to talk about some training I delivered - if Leutha joins
you he can tell you how the first session went. Any chance you can join us
at the next London meetup?
WSC
On 20 July 2012 17:32, Charles Matthews
Excellent, and glad to see you might join us as well. :)
WSC
On 20 July 2012 18:51, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.comwrote:
On 20 July 2012 18:36, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com
wrote:
Sorry, something has come up and I won't be able to join you this time
I'm also potentially available then, though 10 AM in Cambridge is a
stretch. Will there be a Skype chat?
WSC
On 18 July 2012 16:05, fab...@unpopular.org.uk wrote:
I welcome this initiative and would be prepared to come up from London on
the basis of my travel expenses being paid by Wikimedia
It is being discussed on the Wikimedia list, but what relevance is it to
Wikimedia UK?
WSC
On 10 July 2012 07:11, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
FYI
I like the idea of a ROV or an underwater camera. Presumably the advantage
of an ROV is that it could go deeper? I've no idea about the relative costs
and capabilities of such devices, but I was wondering if it had such
technology available, would the charity be willing to lend it to underwater
On 28 June 2012 22:15, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
Anybody can edit Wikipedia that's the mantra!
Gordo
We have nearly 4 million articles on everything from Aardvaarks to
Zoroastrianism. PR people are welcome to edit almost any of them, just not
the ones that relate to
Waithamai is a German editor who has been to a few of our events, Gustavf
is active on DE wiki. So I'd assume that this was a DE Wikipedia German
language meeting in London.
WSC
On 21 June 2012 10:21, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Saw reference to this in the WMDE annual
Becoming a registered charity is pretty cool (we were already a charity).
Have we had our first cheque back from the taxman of money reclaimed under
the terms of Gift Aid? If so that would be good to mention.
WSC
On 6 June 2012 21:49, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
On 6 June
Fae,
Wouldn't it be more useful to categorise the categories rather than the
images? Most of the individual images will be far newer than Domesday,
especially those of trees and buildings. Plus the categories are rather
fewer in number.
WSC
On 16 May 2012 16:46, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote:
And for the grownups we have [[Real ale|proper beer]] as well.
WSC
On 10 May 2012 13:41, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote:
We have Fosters in pubs here too John ;-)
/obligatory winding up the Australians
Richard Symonds
On 10 May 2012 13:39, John Vandenberg
I'm with Thomas Dalton on this. If we allow role accounts then sooner or
later we will get edit wars by two different people logged into the same
account, disputes about U1 an G7 deletions where one person used an account
to create something and another user of the same account then gets upset.
Not quite carte blanche. Surely such charitable purposes does limit them
to spending the money on things that would be deemed charitable in UK law.
WSC
On 29 April 2012 11:20, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
In the course of editing an article today, I came across these Objects.
We shouldn't confuse two overlapping issues here, role accounts and
promotional usernames. Neither are allowed in Wikipedia, but the objections
are different.
As for the comparison between IP accounts and registered accounts, yes
there is an anomaly which would matter if the reason for not
. That is more accountability and transparency
than we have for any pseudonymous account.
Andreas
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 2:34 PM, WereSpielChequers
werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote:
We shouldn't confuse two overlapping issues here, role accounts and
promotional usernames. Neither are allowed
15:31, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
On 29 April 2012 15:23, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com
wrote:
If PR agency Acme PR were to start to employ a bunch of spin doctors with
usernames such as Millie C from Acme PR then it would be obviously
promotional
can be updated as editors shift employment and their COIs change.
WSC
On 29 April 2012 18:43, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 3:23 PM, WereSpielChequers
werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote:
I wouldn't dispute that it is transparent, whether that is a positive
For what its worth, I would prefer that WMUK matters are included to this
list rather than have a separate mailing list. In my view the amount of UK
specific Wikimedia Email has not yet got to the point where we need to
subdivide the list. I'm sure the tellers will only allow members of the
what the diversity
is by editing subject area, but I think that diversity there is important
for a WMUK board. Some gender diversity would also be nice, it must be
difficult for an all male board to give practical help in reducing our
gender imbalance.
WereSpielChequers
On 16 April 2012 12:28, Fae
Re Johnbod's comment about Catalot and uncategorised templates, there have
been big improvements to both Hotcat and Catalot this year and the
situation is somewhat improved. The problem now are the images that have
been bot categorised. But Catalot now removes the uncategorised template if
you use
Hi Richard,
I'm aware of the categorisation issue and have done a few thousand myself.
Yes there were problems with the earlier Geograph loads, the bot based
categorisation is inadequate and the process has been on hold for a year or
two. I'm not sure that the proportion with incorrect Geocodes
Chris, I would anticipate major international interest in this, will there
be opportunities for remote participation?
WSC
On 11 April 2012 19:33, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm really pleased to announce that our first World War I - themed
Editathon will be held on June
, but if so it might be
a useful use of a UK grant.
WereSpielChequers
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