[Wikimediauk-l] Would anyone like to talk to Rory Cellan-Jones about the falling number of editors?

2009-11-25 Thread Steve Bowbrick
Guys, Rory (copied) sent out a request for Wikipedians on Twitter. Thought I'd forward it to you. Rory, Wikimediauk-l is the discussion list for Wikimedia UK, the UK chapter of the Wikipedia mothership. Steve -- Blogs at BBC AMi http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Would anyone like to talk to Rory Cellan-Jones about the falling number of editors?

2009-11-25 Thread Charles Matthews
Whoever does: care required in talking to the media on this point. The New York Times article on this general area was really quite misleading, and has simply been copied in hundreds of places. The BBC is likely to be taken as a similarly reliable source. Anyone trying to compress the story to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Would anyone like to talk to Rory Cellan-Jones about the falling number of editors?

2009-11-25 Thread Michael Peel
I've just spoken to Rory by phone, and managed to touch on a number of different topics with him - including the Usability Initiative, the bookshelf project, Britain Loves Wikipedia and other local events, etc. There were lots of issues that I didn't cover (different language versions,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Would anyone like to talk to Rory Cellan-Jones about the falling number of editors?

2009-11-25 Thread Kwan Ting Chan
Gordon Joly wrote: Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages By JULIA ANGWIN and GEOFFREY A. FOWLER Work by Felipe Ortega http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125893981183759969.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Gordo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Would anyone like to talk to Rory Cellan-Jones about the falling number of editors?

2009-11-25 Thread Brian McNeil
On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 13:08 +, Gordon Joly wrote: Michael Peel wrote: I've just spoken to Rory by phone, and managed to touch on a number of different topics with him - including the Usability Initiative, the bookshelf project, Britain Loves Wikipedia and other local events,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Would anyone like to talk to Rory Cellan-Jones about the falling number of editors?

2009-11-25 Thread David Gerard
I chatted briefly to Rory Cellan-Jones as well. * we're not actually doomed * Felipe is a Wikipedian, his numbers are interesting * it's the subject of lots of interested and animated discussion around the project * it's hard to find new things to write about these days - you need to work at it *

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Would anyone like to talk to Rory Cellan-Jones about the falling number of editors?

2009-11-25 Thread Paul Williams
2009/11/25 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com Also - someone is needed for BBC News tonight between five and six. I can't, but I've forwarded the email to WMUK and the WMF comcom. Basically someone who can be at a BBC TV studio anywhere in the country around then! I may have this covered - was

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Would anyone like to talk to Rory Cellan-Jones about the falling number of editors?

2009-11-25 Thread Michael Peel
On 25 Nov 2009, at 13:18, Brian McNeil wrote: On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 13:08 +, Gordon Joly wrote: Michael Peel wrote: I've just spoken to Rory by phone, and managed to touch on a number of different topics with him - including the Usability Initiative, the bookshelf project, Britain Loves

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Would anyone like to talk to Rory Cellan-Jones about the falling number of editors?

2009-11-25 Thread Charles Matthews
I've been invited onto the BBC News Channel for an interview, 7.50 pm this evening. Charles ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Would anyone like to talk to Rory Cellan-Jones about the falling number of editors?

2009-11-25 Thread Michael Peel
On 25 Nov 2009, at 12:53, Michael Peel wrote: I've had no other calls/emails from any other media organizations about this story. I perhaps shouldn't have said that. ;-) I've since spoken to the press association: Wikipedia UK 'definitely not dying'

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Would anyone like to talk to Rory Cellan-Jones about the falling number of editors?

2009-11-25 Thread Gordon Joly
Michael Peel wrote: On 25 Nov 2009, at 12:53, Michael Peel wrote: I've had no other calls/emails from any other media organizations about this story. I perhaps shouldn't have said that. ;-) I've since spoken to the press association: Wikipedia UK 'definitely not dying'

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Would anyone like to talk to Rory Cellan-Jones about the falling number of editors?

2009-11-25 Thread Michael Peel
From Rory at the BBC: @ruskin147: @mike_peel it's a recorded piece at around 1825 on the R4 Six O Clock news - have you seen the blog post? http://tinyurl.com/ yljcrko Mike On 25 Nov 2009, at 17:01, Gordon Joly wrote: Michael Peel wrote: On 25 Nov 2009, at 12:53, Michael Peel wrote:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] URGENT: Conference this Thursday in West Midlands

2009-11-25 Thread JD
Gah, I only got the mail now due to internet issues. I happen to be in Birmingham tomorrow for unrelated matters, and I would have loved to go along. Oh well. Thomas___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Would anyone like to talk to Rory Cellan-Jones about the falling number of editors?

2009-11-25 Thread Michael Peel
Next up I think is Andrew, who's talking on BBC Radio 5 Live sometime around 11pm tonight (Richard Bacon show). Hopefully that's the end of the media deluge then. ;-) Mike On 25 Nov 2009, at 19:58, Thomas Dalton wrote: 2009/11/25 Douglas Gardner microchi...@btinternet.com: That was a good