[Wikimediauk-l] request for anyone visting the museum of london before it closes for 3 years

2022-11-22 Thread geni
Could someone get a photo of this bowl? It should be in the plague section: https://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/online/object/284099.html -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Feedback invited on Wikimedia UK's draft strategy for the next three years

2021-12-02 Thread geni
>. > > Is this meant to be throwing me at a really slow wiki at https://wmuk-wiki-dev.wikimedia.org.uk ? -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Issues with IT infrastructure

2021-11-27 Thread geni
On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 at 22:26, Lucy Crompton-Reid < lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Hi Geni (and all) > > We have moved to 1.35.4 (the latest LTS version) this evening. > > Cool. Looks good. -- geni ___ Wiki

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Issues with IT infrastructure

2021-11-18 Thread geni
t, Lucy > > 4 weeks; Still reads version 1.31.0. Which presumably means you also missed the 16 security and maintenance patches on this version. I understand that you might prefer a gentle nudge but this is very much the point where you fix it now or admit you can't maintain it

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: "Graves in 19,000 English churchyards to be mapped online"

2021-08-31 Thread geni
been granted. > > -- Usefulness will heavily depend on resolution. There are various listed monuments in churchyards but STL files require a decent resolution to be useful (Mad Jack Fuller pyramid is perhaps an exception). -- geni ___

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Help needed for website images

2021-05-24 Thread geni
Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, > London SE1 0NZ > <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ=gmail=g> > . > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikime

[Wikimediauk-l] British Stammering Association/stamma

2020-10-18 Thread geni
right" The edits were made by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stamma_BSA_1 and are fairly harmles. Might be an idea for wikimedia UK to reach out to try and help things stay harmless (and who knows we might actualy find something to work together on).

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Virtual meetups

2020-05-08 Thread geni
On Fri, 8 May 2020 at 19:38, geni wrote: > For those that want a more mainsteam solution discord appears to be > the most active: That should have included a link to : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Discord -- geni ___ Wikime

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Virtual meetups

2020-05-08 Thread geni
eople would insist I > did to talk to them - but I'd never be able to talk to new users on it - > they'd usually use email (or I'd phone them). Most professions have never > heard of IRC or slack. > For those that want a more mainsteam solution discord appears to b

[Wikimediauk-l] Does anyone have any way of visiting the royal society st some point?

2020-03-27 Thread geni
hanging from the roof of their Atrium. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

[Wikimediauk-l] V museum of childhood closing May 11 for 2 years

2020-02-29 Thread geni
don't appear to have any photos from it at all (although I have plans). -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

[Wikimediauk-l] Doncaster Musuem and Art Gallery closing on friday

2020-01-13 Thread geni
While most of the exhibits are apparently being moved elsewhere (waterdale) some are not and we have exactly one photo of the interior: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Doncaster_Museum_and_Art_Gallery So if anyone is in the area we could do with some more. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election night editathon

2019-12-11 Thread geni
er Wikipedia nor responsibility > for its contents.* > > > On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 at 19:11, geni wrote: > >> Event aparently sold out. >> >> On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 at 11:47, John Lubbock >> wrote: >> >>> We've got The Guardian now also wanting t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election night editathon

2019-12-11 Thread geni
tech groups on occasions like that, but I wanted to >>>>> let the mailing list know and ask people to tell me if they would be >>>>> theoretically interested in participating. >>>>> >>>>> All the best, >>>>> >>>&

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] November 27 tagging incident

2019-12-09 Thread geni
ally deleted > on grounds of lack of notability. > Not on this occasion no. The IP has no deleted edits and in any case they were throwing up notability tags not prods or AFDs. Previously some of Jess Wade's articles have been deleted. -- geni ___ Wi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Call for lightning talks for Wikimedia UK's 2019 AGM

2019-07-04 Thread geni
On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 16:18, Karla Marte wrote: > > If you have not signed up to the AGM yet you can do so here: > https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2019_AGM > > Best, > > Karla Marte Is it correct that registration has n

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Call for lightning talks for Wikimedia UK's 2019 AGM

2019-06-27 Thread geni
On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 16:18, Karla Marte wrote: > > Hi all, > > We would like to invite you to submit a lightning talk for our upcoming AGM. So are we looking at a length of 5 mins here or less? -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing lis

[Wikimediauk-l] north yorkshire county council appears to be filtering our trangender article

2019-06-12 Thread geni
Not the best of sources but perhaps something we should look into: https://www.reddit.com/r/traaanns/comments/bzpizg/my_school_doesnt_block_tp_hentai_but_blocks/ -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedian in Residence at Coventry University

2019-06-07 Thread geni
as interesting enough -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

[Wikimediauk-l] Anyone near Bolton with a video camera on Sunday or Monday or

2019-05-04 Thread geni
-centre_engine has its own article. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Events

2019-04-12 Thread geni
anybody wants to come with us to Conway Hall before > going to the meetup, please let me know. > > I'd be interested. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Strategy Meeting on Wednesday 30th January

2019-01-29 Thread geni
to anyone's attendance. > So is this actualy happening? Its not listed at: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Main_Page and my email to ka...@wikimedia.org.uk didn't get a responce -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lis

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Recent changes and watchlists on the UK wiki are still broken

2019-01-08 Thread geni
edians are quite happy editing on their own and have a fairly limited desire to get involved with other wikimedians through meatspace. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Any photographers near Southampton?

2019-01-04 Thread geni
I know the weather is > not good for photography but I'm not too worried about quality - I just need > a few shots from each angle to aid with writing a description. > > Thanks, > Images can be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Southampton_Cenota

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Encouraging GLAMs to use free Commons images

2019-01-04 Thread geni
s with the Wikimedia communities giving rise to > concerns of bad publicity and reputational risk if they get it ‘wrong’. > > More effort is needed from all of us to tackle those barriers. > > Michael > And in this case most of the images we do have are US

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Any photographers near Southampton?

2018-12-23 Thread geni
y filled some time. > > -- Lewis Cawte > I belive WMUK still has camera gear for loan. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Any photographers near Southampton?

2018-12-21 Thread geni
wikipedia articles in and around southampton mostly have pics. Exceptions are things like Southampton Power Station which suffer an unfortunate case of not existing since 1977. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wik

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Any photographers near Southampton?

2018-12-20 Thread geni
I know the weather is > not good for photography but I'm not too worried about quality - I just need > a few shots from each angle to aid with writing a description. > > Thanks, > > Harry Mitchell Probably can't do it until after christmas but

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Any editors in Chemistry?

2018-12-12 Thread geni
so I may be able to help but its not an area where I edit very much. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The Wiki Loves Monuments UK website is now live

2018-08-02 Thread geni
n you try to cover all of them. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Celtic Knot 2018. July 5 - 6th. BOOK NOW

2018-06-07 Thread geni
gt; > Jason > On a related note the Royal Pier, Aberystwyth could do with some better pics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Pier,_Aberystwyth And we don't have an article on the Aberystwyth mint. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau.

[Wikimediauk-l] Great Dorset Steam Fair Friday 24 august lifts from Southampton

2018-04-04 Thread geni
for some examples: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Great_Dorset_Steam_Fair_(2016) We are also still looking for a first class image of a Traction engine to lead the Traction engine article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traction_engine -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Equipment

2018-02-03 Thread geni
wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Equipment_Loan_Procedure#Multimedia needs updating. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Signing off for now

2018-01-26 Thread geni
eryone on the mailing list, and please make sure WMUK stays a > primarily tea-drinking office as I never got the taste for coffee. > > Regards, > Richard Nevell But we do things with castles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Engl

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ordnance Survey 1st series 1:10, 560 - a complete mid 19th century map of Britain

2017-12-18 Thread geni
tag. The images are not faithful photographic reproductions since someone (well The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) has been pretty brutal with the levels. Not original enough to qualify for copyright mind. Just wish I could get access to the raw scans. -- geni _

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge meetup 25 November

2017-11-18 Thread geni
Eh my interest is more in creating .STL files to create objects than be rotated in the browser than 3D printing. On 12 November 2017 at 20:05, Charles Matthews <charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > On 12 November 2017 at 19:48 geni <geni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge meetup 25 November

2017-11-12 Thread geni
now something about .STL files"? (although I'll be there either way since I want to go to duxford). -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyfraud by the British Museum

2017-07-28 Thread geni
er quite nicely. Remember as recently as 2013 tullie house didn't allow any photography at all. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Odd? Peter Tatchell aritcle.

2017-07-26 Thread geni
> and I get some odd behaviour? > > Can anybody confirm this? > > And fix it? > > Gordo > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/w

[Wikimediauk-l] Anyone in a position to photograph the towers that appear to have flammable cladding

2017-06-23 Thread geni
ow Council says it will remove the outer cladding from the building http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40380584 Some these do appear to be in slightly iffy areas mind. Somerstown for example doesn't have the best of reputations. -- geni ___ Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK univeristies and open content

2017-06-15 Thread geni
the WMF to do it or seeing if one of the people we pay at WMUK has time to do it for UK based projects (obviously this is slightly dependent on what the legal bods say). -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.o

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK at Byline Festival on 2nd June

2017-06-10 Thread geni
irst year so my expectations > were suitably low. Pics have been uploaded (mostly photos of people we needed images of): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Byline_Festival_(2017) -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@w

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Pride 2017

2017-06-08 Thread geni
e is interested in attending. You > should have a professional quality camera. If there are any other events you > would like to get press accreditation to go to, get in contact and let me > know and I can ask for you. > Do the cameras WMUK have for loan count as prof

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK at Byline Festival on 2nd June

2017-05-26 Thread geni
On 26 May 2017 at 10:10, John Lubbock <john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Well, I'm sure you don't have to be 100% sober. :) Do you want me to put you > down for a ticket Geni? Yes please. There appear to be people there we need better photos o

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK at Byline Festival on 2nd June

2017-05-25 Thread geni
from anywhere between Southampton and one of the emptier bits of East Sussex. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Designs for T shirts

2017-05-18 Thread geni
th Wikimedia UK to the side of the logo > rather than underneath) or if you have ideas for different designs. All > ideas appreciated. > Looks a bit generic corporate. Where's the humor? The slogans? The references to obscure 60s Sci-fi encyclopedias? -- geni _

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposed election night editathon

2017-04-29 Thread geni
ll hours before > there's much 'work' to do). > > The usual early night stuff is sort out the smaller parties that don't have articles and improve the ones that do. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lis

[Wikimediauk-l] Possible project--Animal locomotion

2017-04-25 Thread geni
bird hides and the like. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Camera donation

2017-03-16 Thread geni
On 16 March 2017 at 12:22, John Lubbock <john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Thanks very much Geni. If it's ok with you, I'll tweet/facebook your blog to > let the community know we have a new piece of equipment. > Yes f

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Camera donation

2017-03-15 Thread geni
On 1 February 2017 at 20:44, geni <geni...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tried i...@wikimedia.org.uk. I didn't get a reply. > > Would wikimedia UK be interested in me donating my old Canon EOS 5D Mark III > (~42K shutter actuations)? > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EOS_5D_

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What Volunteer Equipment should we buy?

2017-02-07 Thread geni
olders) MicroSD cards (and card holders) Camera shoulder rig -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London 115 - 12th Feb

2017-01-20 Thread geni
gt; If anyone has the time before the meetup we could do with a free replacement of this image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Hoo_helmet#Re-excavations_at_Sutton_Hoo.2C_1965.E2.80.9370 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sutton_Hoo_helmet_-_hinge_on_cheek_guard.png The helm

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Between the Worlds of the Living & The Dead - A Wikipedia editathon for Samhuinn: Gaelic Festival For the Dead

2016-10-29 Thread geni
ing existing articles on Wikipedia as part of a > day of celebration. > Hmm why biographical? There is an entire drowned glen under Loch Glascarnoch. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/

[Wikimediauk-l] Could Wikimedia UK keep an eye on which museums are going to close and give us the heads up?

2016-10-11 Thread geni
5 museums in Lancashire closed recently. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-37512136 Museums close fairly regularly (although not normally in that number) . Is it possible WMUK could keep track of this and give us a heads up as a sort of "last chance to see"?

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public art lists need some love

2016-08-13 Thread geni
gt; explore there. Since digging out citations for these things is often pretty tricky its worth remembering this citation template: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_sign -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What Volunteer Equipment should we buy?

2016-07-27 Thread geni
problem of providing a decent reach without lens duplication although I'd be surprised if it didn't distort a fair bit at the wider end. And while I'll accept the blame this conversation has been largely about lenses. Anyone got anything to say about microphones? -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What Volunteer Equipment should we buy?

2016-07-22 Thread geni
more reach a second hand canon EF 70–300mm f/4–5.6 IS USM (London camera exchange says £250) but thats about twice the weight: https://www.lcegroup.co.uk/Used/Canon-EF-70-300MM-IS-USM_151341.html -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What Volunteer Equipment should we buy?

2016-07-21 Thread geni
On 21 July 2016 at 16:06, Michael Maggs <mich...@maggs.name> wrote: > For WLM, the Canon attachment that writes GPS coordinates into the photo > metadata. > Canon doesn't make on that is compatible with the cameras that WMUK has thou

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What Volunteer Equipment should we buy?

2016-07-21 Thread geni
s-ncs-cs-lens-canon.html Amazon and ukdigital tend to be level on prices with regards to samyang but ukdigital have given my better customer support. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 3rd party Dictionary of Species taking a feed from Commons via Wikidata

2016-05-19 Thread geni
On 19 May 2016 at 15:11, Robin Owain <i...@cymruwales.com> wrote: > Hi all > > The Dictionary of Welsh species has now become an Illustrated Dictionary. > > Take a look: > > http://www.llennatur.com/Drupal7/llennatur/?q=node/6#Gl%C3%B6yn > Do you know if it p

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Consultation on new draft strategic framework for Wikimedia UK

2016-05-16 Thread geni
On 17 May 2016 at 00:15, geni <geni...@gmail.com> wrote: > Problem is that the document suffers from being to broad and too safe > of most people to form much of an opinion about. Indeed its hard to > have an opinion on "We promote the values inherent in the concept of >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Consultation on new draft strategic framework for Wikimedia UK

2016-05-16 Thread geni
alues inherent in the concept of open knowledge" beyond that statement being largely meaningless. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Free as in beer

2016-03-01 Thread geni
ohn Vandenberg The original freely licensed drink would be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCola_(drink) from 2001. This resulted in a 2 page article in the new scientist (Feb. 2, 2002) that was also freely licensed (although I've not seen a copy since 2002). -- geni ___

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

2016-02-25 Thread geni
On 25 February 2016 at 23:00, Edward Saperia <edsape...@gmail.com> wrote: > Surely https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM must have one, or have > enough material to make one trivial to pull together? > Might. Might not. They tend to focus on larger organisati

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

2016-02-25 Thread geni
On 24 February 2016 at 03:04, geni <geni...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23 February 2016 at 12:27, Lucy Crompton-Reid > <lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: >> >> Hi all >> >> WMUK would like to provide better materials aimed at the general pub

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

2016-02-23 Thread geni
ikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Space/Looking_out Want a project that could improve wikipedia's use of open access? Run Beall’s List against the database to see if there any references that need review: https://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ -- geni __

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Millions have seen these historic Welsh images a librarian has helped share on Wikipedia

2016-02-09 Thread geni
fessional looking camera (not that I'm overly concerned the most useful stuff from there requires a good video camera and a pair of ear defenders). -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.o

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Millions have seen these historic Welsh images a librarian has helped share on Wikipedia

2016-02-09 Thread geni
.org/wiki/File:Floods_at_Llanrwst,_after_a_dam_on_an_old_lead_mine_reservoir_burst_(5349337232).jpg Or this image that suggests the milk bars aren't just an Australian thing. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barmouth_milk_bar_(5369903099).jpg -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Millions have seen these historic Welsh images a librarian has helped share on Wikipedia

2016-02-09 Thread geni
photography but by the look of it they are getting so badly hammered by cuts it is probably more straightforward just to pay whatever they want for commercial photography. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/ma

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Party invitation

2016-01-14 Thread geni
lt his surname wrong! Thanks, > Ed Saperia, for the venue :) > > Best > Lucy > > Has anyone worked out a good museum to visit beforehand? I was looking at the Museum of London but that's only because I want a better pic of the Sunbury Hoard. -- geni

[Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day tomorrow

2015-12-31 Thread geni
Partial list of works that will hit the public domain at midnight tonight can be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_in_public_domain That said this will have a fairly limited impact on wikipedia due to issues with US copyright laws. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Waterloo 200

2015-10-27 Thread geni
take the lead on arranging the editathon and talking to > Waterloo 200 about what they have in mind. Email me if you're interested. > > Regards, > Richard Nevell > What kind of geographical area are you interested in? -- geni __

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gender Balance (MySociety)

2015-10-05 Thread geni
to pick up on the category Nonexistent people used in hoaxes thus it thinks Kasongo Ilunga is real: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1735013 -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinf

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Contributing to articles on Wikipedia using materials at National Fairground Archive

2015-09-29 Thread geni
Really depends on exactly what is planned. While their objectives closely enough align with ours that there shouldn't be a conflict linkspaming by GLAMS has been a problem in the past. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available

2015-09-22 Thread geni
3d file formats on commons? Specific uses would be a way of showing the shapes of hills and the like. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Forthcoming editathons

2015-05-08 Thread geni
enjoy a 'backstage tour and the opportunity to photograph objects, as well,of course, writing articles. I think the link should be to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Thinktank/Event_2 -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedian in Residence, Thinktank, Birmingham

2015-01-15 Thread geni
for filling in some of the gaps on wikipedia. But the light man the light. -- geni ___ 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, Thinktank, Birmingham

2015-01-15 Thread geni
in any case appears to have been replaced by Leporicypraea mappa? -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

2015-01-08 Thread geni
Lincoln castle has a copy. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WLM awards ceremony and community Xmas party 2014

2014-12-17 Thread geni
in photo circles (insert claims about amount of stuff done in darkrooms). Wikipedia deals with it by not caring. The issue is best dealt with by choosing judges that don't like over the top tone mapping. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers

2014-11-18 Thread geni
like a press release for Wessex Heartbeat which it probably was. Account name Dcfmyers. Could be a keen underling but its recreated 2 years later 1 May 2010 this time its pretty much a identical to his linkedin profile. [[user:Dcfmyers]] has no other edits. Unfortunate. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers

2014-11-18 Thread geni
On 18 November 2014 18:55, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: [[user:Dcfmyers]] has no other edits. whoops missed a couple of deleted ones 2 edits to [[George More O'Ferrall]]. A direct copy and paste of http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/527160/ In fairness copyright is a pretty

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Examples of First World War related projects?

2014-11-13 Thread geni
/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Operation_Majestic_Titan -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Photographers needed for photography at the Tank Museum in Dorset

2014-11-09 Thread geni
/File:Type_59_bovington.JPG -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedian in Residence at the Royal Society of Chemistry

2014-09-11 Thread geni
if they have anyone crazy enough to take a better photo of: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liquid_fluorine_tighter_crop.jpg -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Open Access Week

2014-09-11 Thread geni
/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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Technology Scoping Project

2014-07-24 Thread geni
technological stakeholders within the charity on these topics. Could you clarify what you mean by technology in this context? Otherwise the charity's management of Wankel rotary engines has been extremely poor. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 3D file formats.

2014-07-18 Thread geni
On 18 July 2014 09:43, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Geni, would you be OK with that being copied to a discussion page on commons or meta? Regards Jonathan Cardy That would be fine. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK

[Wikimediauk-l] 3D file formats.

2014-07-17 Thread geni
with the renderings exported to something else. On the other hand blender is probably the most powerful free and open source tool for 3d work. From the 3D printing world we have .STL and .AMF. If supporting printable objects is our prime interest they would be the way to go. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Birmingham City Council meeting videos now open licensed

2014-06-03 Thread geni
://www.birmingham.public-i.tv/core/portal/home Does that include historic meetings or ones from this point forwards? -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Tools for identifying Wikimedians at press events, etc

2014-05-15 Thread geni
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Photographers needed for photography at the Tank Museum in Dorset

2014-04-26 Thread geni
, and there is quite a lot that I reckon I'd be able to improve on with my D90 and a tripod. If only I had a spare day to go and take photos of tanks :) On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 5:48 PM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: Tog 1 they don't. The only Cavalier tank I'm aware of is one in rather poor condition

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Photographers needed for photography at the Tank Museum in Dorset

2014-04-23 Thread geni
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Photographers needed for photography at the Tank Museum in Dorset

2014-04-23 Thread geni
/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 -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Photographers needed for photography at the Tank Museum in Dorset

2014-04-23 Thread geni
of tanks means you would tend to need off camera lighting to get solid results. Do we have anyone who knows their way around that? My knowledge in that area is purely theoretical. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Allegation of thefts at London wikimeets

2014-03-14 Thread geni
not realising what expensive means in a DSLR context) . The DSLRs it does own were both present in December 2013 and can be seen on the left in this pic https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canon_EOS_DSLR_family_(selection).jpg -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Allegation of thefts at London wikimeets

2014-03-14 Thread geni
if that counts as a loan. For anything else a public list would throw up privacy concerns. I'd probably argue that anything loan longer than a single event should be noted. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK slide scanner

2014-02-15 Thread geni
).jpg -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] No Sanity Clause?

2014-02-10 Thread geni
for reform to Freedom of Panorama legislation... EU reform to Freedom of Panorama legislation strikes me as a remarkably bad idea from a UK perspective. If the french want to limit photos of their buildings that is their problem. -- geni ___ Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] No Sanity Clause?

2014-02-10 Thread geni
in the moral rights issues in France and I'd say the risk isn't worth taking. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

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