[Wikimediauk-l] A Wikimedian approach to developing digital democracy
Hello everyone, tl:dr - Wikimedia UK and Demos are looking to community-source a submission to the Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy and we need your help! Get involved here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connecting_knowledge_to_power:_the_future_of_digital_democracy_in_the_UK/ Recently the Speaker of the House of Commons established a commission http://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/the-speaker/speakers-commission-on-digital-democracy/ to investigate the opportunities digital technology can bring for parliamentary democracy in the UK. This consultation is a public exercise which attempts to explore various themes relating to digital democracy. Wikimedia UK https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Main_Page and Demos http://www.demos.co.uk/, working with Wikimedians, have been exploring whether the norms and values of the Wikimedia community can be applied to this kind of consultation, especially the consensus-based approach to writing and enacting Wikipedia policy. The experiment has been going well and led to a community-sourced submission to the first theme which was looking at how technology can facilitate better scrutiny of the work of Parliament. You can view this submission here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connecting_knowledge_to_power:_the_future_of_digital_democracy_in_the_UK_(Archive_1).. The talk page is also worth a look as the discussion offered some really useful insights into how the content was reached. However, we need your help. The second theme of the consultation has now been published and it is about digital representation. We would love for as many people to take part in this exercise as possible. The Commission was really appreciative of the efforts of the community first time around and it would be great to come up with another excellent community-driven submission. You can view the questions that are being asked, and participate in creating the submission, here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connecting_knowledge_to_power:_the_future_of_digital_democracy_in_the_UK/ . A third theme will follow in the next couple of months and a similar approach will be taken then. Finally, once the Commission closes for submissions, Demos and Wikimedia UK will write up a comprehensive report on the process and what we have learned which we will, of course, make available to the community. Thank you for any and all help, it is very much appreciated. Stevie -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimania-l] Bring your old broken laptops to Wikimania!
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 be repaired and passed on will they overwrite the hard drive with blanks to ensure nothing on it can be recovered? Regards Jonathan Cardy On 28 Jul 2014, at 20:08, Chris McKenna cmcke...@sucs.org wrote: From what I have read about these new rules, it seems that they apply only to hand luggage so a broken laptop in your luggage case would seem OK (why you'd want a broken laptop with you on a flight I'm not sure anway!). It will be worth checking with a more authorative source than me if you plan on doing this though. Chris On Mon, 28 Jul 2014, Ellie Young wrote: On Jul 28, 2014, at 11:49 AM, Patricio Lorente patricio.lore...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know the English word for aguafiestas, wet blanket but anyway: in the security checks at the airports, if you can't turn on your laptop, they may confiscate it and you are going to have a bad time. Be careful with that. Indeed.To be more specific, here are the new rules at the UK airports: New Security Rules for the UK: A new security crackdown announced recently by the UK Government means that all passengers flying INTO or OUT of the UK must ensure all electronic devices being carried in hand luggage are sufficiently charged to be turned on. US officials ordered some overseas airports with direct flights to the US, including Heathrow and Manchester, to step up screening of electronic devices, such as mobile phones, laptops, shavers and cameras. Any devices that can't be turned on might be confiscated. Patricio 2014-07-28 15:18 GMT-03:00 HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com: Hi all, One of our volunteers asked me to put out a call for broken laptops. If you have a broken laptop and you want somebody to help you fix it or you just want to see it recycled, please bring it along to Wikimania! I imagine lots of us will have broken laptops knocking around, and this could be a great opportunity to bring them back to life or to recycle them properly. So we have an idea of demand, please email me off-list if you're interested. Thanks, Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ Phone: +44 (0) 7507 536971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell ___ Wikimania-l mailing list wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Patricio Lorente Blog: http://www.patriciolorente.com.ar Identi.ca // Twitter: @patriciolorente ___ Wikimania-l mailing list wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l Chris McKenna cmcke...@sucs.org www.sucs.org/~cmckenna The essential things in life are seen not with the eyes, but with the heart Antoine de Saint Exupery ___ Wikimania-l mailing list wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Google consultation on right to be forgotten
Hi Simon et al, I shared a couple of thoughts on the talk page at https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Talk:Google_right_to_be_forgotten_consultation - keen to help here wherever I can. Thank you, Stevie On 26 July 2014 11:52, Simon Knight sjgkni...@gmail.com wrote: This may be of interest to some individuals, and/or Wikimedia UK might want to make representations. Deadline August 11th (ish). Simon Message: 1 Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 00:39:00 +0200 From: Ren? K?nig kont...@renekoenig.eu To: re-sea...@listcultures.org Subject: [re-search] Google asks for comments concerning the right to be forgotten Message-ID: 013501cfa859$3b33cd00$b19b6700$@renekoenig.eu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi, Google is gathering opinions and expertise on the ?right to be forgotten? in an online consultation. This is also a chance to become an expert speaker in one of their consultation meetings. I don?t know how serious Google will take these but I think it might be an interesting opportunity to actively interfere: https://services.google.com/fb/forms/advisorycouncilcomments/ Best, Ren? ? Ren? K?nig, Dipl.-Soz. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) P.O. Box 3640 76021 Karlsruhe Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 721 / 608-22209 Web/Skype: renekoenig.eu Twitter: r_koenig -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listcultures.org/pipermail/re-search_listcultures.org/attachments/20 140726/0741e409/attachment-0001.html -- Subject: Digest Footer ___ re-search mailing list re-sea...@listcultures.org http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/re-search_listcultures.org -- End of re-search Digest, Vol 22, Issue 1 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Project report: National Library of Scotland WiR
Hi all, In case it is of interest, I just wanted to point to a relatively in-depth twelve-month project report for the Wikimedian in Residence programme at the National Library of Scotland, available on Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NLS_Wikimedian_in_Residence_12_month_report.pdf) or as an editable doc in Google Drive (link in Commons talk page). The report covers outcomes, reflections, and recommendations as well as a couple of case studies. Comments/discussion welcome. Cheers, Ally Ally Crockford Wikimedian-In-Residence National Library of Scotland George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Scotland, UK e: a.crockf...@nls.ukmailto:a.crockf...@nls.uk t: (0) 131 623 3797 w: http://www.nls.ukhttp://www.nls.uk/ Follow us on Twitter and Facebook National Library of Scotland, Scottish Charity, No: SCO11086 This communication is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the addressee please inform the sender and delete the email from your system. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of National Library of Scotland. This message is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 and Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. No liability is accepted for any harm that may be caused to your systems or data by this message. www.nls.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] New article on Welsh conductor: translation opportunity?
If anyone's looking for a short article to translate into Welsh, I have just created: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rae_Jenkins about an orchetrsal conductor from Ammanford; later principal conductor of the BBC Welsh Orchestra . If notification of such articles, new, in English, but of Welsh interest, are welcome, but best made elsewhere, please let me know the venue. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
