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

2014-05-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
Reading about the making of videos at Eurovison: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/10/no-interviews-except-wikipedia-documenting-eurovision-song-contest-commons/ I was stuck by the positive response to the Wikiepdia representative, not least engendered by his use of a branded microphone

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

2014-05-15 Thread Edward Saperia
I suggest some thought is given to providing WMUK volunteers who are likely to attend press calls and related events with something to identify them in a crowd; this could include microphone windshields, tabards, baseball caps, or perhaps something else. I strongly suggest that the primary

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

2014-05-15 Thread Michael Maggs
This would definitely be worth looking into as it could potentially help some members formalise their status and perhaps increase their charitable impact quite considerably. Andy, you mentioned that business cards were promised. So far as I can recall, nothing along these lines has been

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

2014-05-15 Thread David Gerard
On 15 May 2014 11:34, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: Reading about the making of videos at Eurovison: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/10/no-interviews-except-wikipedia-documenting-eurovision-song-contest-commons/ I was stuck by the positive response to the Wikiepdia

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

2014-05-15 Thread geni
It's been tried from time to time. The problem you hit is that most people don't have time to attend events that tend to take place when people are at work and even those that are around at the relevant times to run into travel issues. On 15 May 2014 12:33, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:

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

2014-05-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 15 May 2014 13:59, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: It's been tried from time to time. What has? Accrediattion? If so, it's worked. The problem you hit is that most people don't have time to attend events that tend to take place when people are at work But some of us do. -- Andy Mabbett

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

2014-05-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 15 May 2014 12:29, Michael Maggs mich...@maggs.name wrote: Andy, you mentioned that business cards were promised. So far as I can recall, nothing along these lines has been brought to the board for at least a year. Although I’m aware there were some discussions before then, which I

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

2014-05-15 Thread Michael Peel
On 15 May 2014, at 20:50, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 15 May 2014 12:29, Michael Maggs mich...@maggs.name wrote: Andy, you mentioned that business cards were promised. So far as I can recall, nothing along these lines has been brought to the board for at least a year.

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

2014-05-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 15 May 2014 21:23, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: It's also worth reading through the emails in the board and office list archives about this issue for additional context. How? In particular, there was an issue with volunteers unexpectedly being given cards that gave them

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

2014-05-15 Thread David Gerard
On 15 May 2014 22:00, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 15 May 2014 21:23, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: My understanding is that this issue can be surmounted by careful wording on the cards, but this topic should be carefully considered (probably by the board given

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

2014-05-15 Thread Michael Maggs
May I suggest that for the purposes of this discussion we concentrate on what members want and what might be possible to agree now, rather than going over what was apparently a rather difficult debate/situation several years ago? The chapter has a different strategic outlook now, and I hope we