[Wikimediauk-l] OTRS

Hi everyone, Is there anyone on this list who works with en.wp OTRS? A college-mate of mine, who is a part-time professional actress and has an article, [[Lulu Popplewell]], talked to me today about big factual inaccuracies in her article. I told her to send all the amendments to me by e-mail

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] OTRS

Yes, indeed I think the main problem is that such first-hand information from the subject of the article are unlikely to be backed by third-party reliable sources, which is why I think OTRS is the best way to do it - using BLP rules to circumvent the usual verifiability guidelines. On 7 February

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] OTRS

nonsense...its so odd! x [/quote] On 8 February 2011 11:29, Doug Weller dougwel...@gmail.com wrote: It's up for AfD again. On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: Wow so the article got deleted, then recreated? She seems to have a huge fan base. I don't

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] OTRS

The article has been substantially trimmed down and sourced, thanks to the efforts of Fæ. I suspect now is time to withdraw the AfD nomination? (If the AfD nomination indeed gets withdrawn I'll go and take a picture of Lulu as soon as possible :D) Deryck On 8 February 2011 16:58, Deryck Chan

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] National Maritime Museum collaboration

From the project page I get the impression that NMM is publishing the data online, at the same time as making it available under CC, so there isn't much problem with historian having to cite Wikimedia projects? Correct me if I'm wrong. On Feb 26, 2011 9:00 PM, Thomas Morton

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

Suggestion: Dr. Markus Kuhn, a computer science lecturer at Cambridge University. [[User:Markus Kuhn]] / mg...@cam.ac.uk Deryck On 18 March 2011 10:02, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: On 18 Mar 2011, at 09:31, Gordon Joly wrote: On 18/03/2011 07:28, Michael Peel wrote: The

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011 16:43, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Probably in terms of edit count / contributions to Wikipedia. Thanks, Mike On 18 Mar 2011, at 16:42, Deryck Chan wrote: Do you mean generally top in the academia, or the top UK academic in terms of Wikipedia edit count? On 18 March 2011

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Transcripts of interviews

Rod, Bear in mind that most traditional media publisher around the world operate under the assumed agreement that any contributor, guest or host, releases all copyright to the publisher, unless otherwise specified in advance. Thus I'm unsure you'd be allowed to give away copyright of your

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

May I suggest that candidates are allowed to answer Q3 on this mailing list, rather than on the WMUK wiki, should they so desire? I understand that candidates should disclose their usernames if they want to refer to their on-wiki experience. However, I don't think it's necessary to do so on a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Hello from the new Board!

Congratulations! On 19 April 2011 22:43, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: As you might know, a new Board was elected last Saturday at the WikiConference in Bristol. The new Board is: Roger Bamkin (Victuallers) - Chair Andrew Turvey (AndrewRT) - Treasurer Michael Peel (Mike

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] World Heritage Site bid

Longer shot than that - it's more like getting Counter-Strike onto Olympics. All current heritage site listings are currently tied to a geographical location; trying to get Wikipedia on will mean creating an entirely new category listing. Add to that Wikipedia's orders of magnitude younger than

[Wikimediauk-l] {{reflist}} vs {{subst:ab}}

Magnus, While closing deletion discussions, I came across this example when someone, using {{reflist}} in the middle of a page, broke the {{subst:at}} and {{subst:ab}} archiving header and footer. As the inventor of cite.php, do you have any idea why? (see this diff:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] two-letter UK domains: any use?

I can see their use as a URL shortener. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{FULLPAGENAMEE}} gets a bit unweildy at times, compared to, for example, http://wp.org.uk/{{REVISIONID}} or something. We already have enwp.org . I think wm.org.uk or wm.co.uk will be very useful as URL shorteners for

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeets - best place to organise them online?

Wherever we host it, the most important thing seems to be geo-targeted notices. Where we host it doesn't actually matter, as long as we publicise the link well. On Jul 3, 2011 4:01 PM, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: I'd say that meta is the right place for meetup pages, but

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Some statistics about Wikimania 2011

What passport do you use? (UK passport holders shouldn't need to apply for a visa in advance to go to Israel. If we do need them I'm in deep trouble) On Jul 24, 2011 4:40 AM, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote: Accidentally forgot my clean passport when travelling in the middle

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Some statistics about Wikimania 2011

Read the Oxford 2010 bid ;) On Jul 26, 2011 3:07 PM, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 25/07/2011 14:31, Chris Keating wrote: Also, since Chris raised the idea of us hosting Wikimania - personally I'm not sure what the benefits to WMUK of hosting would be - can someone spell them

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wikimania Interviews

Victor Grigas has already found me on Skype! So, I'm in :) On 28 July 2011 04:05, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: Apologies for cross-posting, but I think there are probably a fair few people here not subscribed to foundation-l. I'm keen to get as many UK editor stories into

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fantastic article in the Guardian today about the British Museum collaboration

Probably because Liam said at the Wikimania that his own criterion for success is I resign from everything and no one notices. On Aug 8, 2011 11:32 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

You can have a geonotice on selected projects if you so wish. This has been the standard way to publicize an event in the past 2 years or so. On Aug 26, 2011 3:09 PM, Lewis Cawte lewisca...@googlemail.com wrote: On 26/08/11 02:12, Thomas Morton wrote: Lewis, I am still definitely interested.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcoming Richard Symonds as our Office Administrator

Will this new official capacity as WMUK paid staff present any conflict of interest with Richard's current role as en.wp arbitrator? On Sep 1, 2011 7:47 PM, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: As I understand it, I'm on a temporary contract until January 15. Details of the role are

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] September London wikimeet and candidate WMUK chief execs

Wikipedia has been doing things the non-standard way since 2001 :) I think the London meetup is fine as part of the selection process, because everyone sees everyone, and the final decision is still with the board. On Sep 5, 2011 4:13 PM, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] August report coming out tomorrow - has anything been missed?

I took the liberty to add myself onto the list of WMUK presenters at Wikimania. I think James Forrester and Tom Morris belong to the list too, having been on Ironholds' panel! On Sep 14, 2011 10:32 PM, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hi all, The draft Wikimedia UK report for

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] August report coming out tomorrow - has anything been missed?

Wright Challenge finished this month, and therefore belongs to the September report. On Sep 15, 2011 4:52 AM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: Also, shouldn't there be something about the results of the Wright challenge? On 14 September 2011 21:38, Andy Mabbett

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge meetup 8 October

Thanks Charles for setting this up. With the meet-up coinciding with the end of Cambridge University's fresher's week, I hope to turn the meet-up into a launch party for the upcoming Cambridge University Wikipedia Society, a project currently comprising 1 member (me) under WMUK's Campus

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Volunteer translators: how to coordinate?

And of course, not many translators actually watch the translation request page on meta. So if it's a WMUK event, do post the translation request to this mailing list as well, and someone among us will jump in to help. Deryck On Sep 16, 2011 9:52 PM, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A little wiki hacking

Edinburgh probably isn't very representative of the lot. Bring on the Glaswegians and Aberdeen Dorics! My classmate from Aberdeen claims clearly that he's *bilingual* in Doric [Scots] and English, as do most natives of Aberdeen. I think there are lots of native Scots speakers who realise Scots is

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF veto on geonotices?

. Deryck On 7 October 2011 09:13, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Philipe (WMF head of reader relations) recently reverted a :en geonotice added by Deryck Chan. This appears to run counter to the previous position held by the WMF that they leave the decisions to the Wikipedia community

[Wikimediauk-l] Fundraising testing

Just saw the UK banner testing. https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/L11_1114_WMUK_Susan/GB/cy The Welsh version totally doesn't work! Deryck ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia

Unfortunately the media industry does have a habit of making noun generalizations, whether we like it or not. To them, Wikipedia refers to the entire movement. At least they stopped calling us wiki. That said, I agree more work can be done to promote Wikimedia UK as a local organisation, and to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge meetup 4 February (confirmation)

To be fair, Charles's message was quite well-worded. It essentially says: If you're a regular, stop reading now and just turn up on the day as usual. If you definitely can't make it, also stop reading now. If you are new and unsure whether you'd come, then please click the link to find out! Good

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK userbox

Awesome. May we have a Meta version as well? On 1 February 2012 23:12, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote: {{WMUK}} is a little too in your face for my humble userpage, and I don't know of any userbox equivalent, so I created http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:HJ_Mitchell/WMUK. Feel free

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK userbox

-- *From:* Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com *To:* HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com; wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Sent:* Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 23:28 *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK userbox Awesome. May we have a Meta version as well? On 1 February 2012 23:12, HJ

[Wikimediauk-l] Copyright of pictures from 1870

: Unidentified locations To: Deryck Chan deryckc...@wikimedia.hk Dear Deryck, Thanks again, for the additional identification and for inviting assistance through twitter. As to the copyright, I truly appreciate your help with this. Here is what I can tell you, so that you can better assess

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyright of pictures from 1870

Any update to this? Deryck 2012/2/9 Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk On 9 February 2012 17:49, Deryck Chan deryckc...@wikimedia.hk wrote: I am recently engaged in a conversation with [[User:Kimberlyblaker]], who uploaded a fair amount of old, 19th century pictures onto Commons

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Indie story on HoC editing

chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. On 09/03/2012 15:52, Deryck Chan wrote: On Mar 9, 2012 2:35 PM, Michael Peel michael.p

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Intellectual Property Office consultation

Sounds good, go ahead? On 19 March 2012 12:50, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: Today, I briefly flicked through the Intellectual Property Office consultation. http://www.ipo.gov.uk/consult-2011-copyright I didn't know it was running until today. I'm thinking of sending in a few

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] % year plan

I was wishfully suspecting that the % was a printf format string which means [insert your preferred number of years] year plan! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printf_format_string Deryck On 29 March 2012 19:06, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Whoops a 5 year plan not a %!!!

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] test

It works! On 13 April 2012 19:18, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: testing new email configuration. apologies! ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l

[Wikimediauk-l] Geonotices

Hello, There's currently a a discussion on the English Wikipedia concerning the technicalities of geonotice accuracy, and the creation of additional guidelines on geonotices. Please join the discussion at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Geonotice#Draft_guideline . Deryck

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Objects of a charity.

On 29 April 2012 13:30, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: 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. Well, quite! The main purpose of Trustees is to make sure the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Two technical questions

On 2 May 2012 13:59, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Gordon came up with a good list of what is available - one it does not include is the Google tool - does anyone have user knowledge of it? Not me, but I thought you wanted an open-source tool? On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:52

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Post AGM pub

That sounds more appropriate for Saturday 8am than 8pm. But maybe that's because I grew up in Hong Kong. Deryck On 10 May 2012 14:49, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote: Could we pick a place that serves a decent cup of loose Jasmine and grinds their own fresh coffee beans, or am I in La La Land?

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Post AGM pub

: I'm glad you said that, Deryck - I was wondering if it was just me who fancied a pint on a Saturday evening! ;) (Sorry Fae!) Harry -- *From:* Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com deryckc...@gmail.com *To:* wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Sent:* Thursday, 10

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia press release: Technological landmark for award-winning Birmingham Moor Street station

I invoke rule 34 on QR codes. On May 30, 2012 10:18 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 30 May 2012 10:12, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: QRPr0n codes? Real-world porn spam. Spammers are already putting QR codes in email spam ... - d.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Main page seen by library users - where is Wikipedia?

On 8 June 2012 12:38, Andrew West andrewcw...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 June 2012 20:08, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: I wonder how many of those were accessing the site from public computers in libraries, and what the librarians thought about Wikipedia when library users

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] May be of interest

We should certainly make sure they all know we have an English-language regular wikimeet in London. However, we should also encourage them to keep their German-language meetup as a separate regular event, rather than absorbing them completely. Deryck On Jun 21, 2012 5:45 PM, Richard Symonds

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Training semi-meetups in Cambridge?

I'll also be in Cambridge for a large part of this summer. Keep me in the loop if coffee mornings are happening. Deryck On 26 June 2012 12:54, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.comwrote: I'm thinking of coffee mornings (Saturdays or Sundays) in Cambridge so people interested in new

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welsh Education Minister

Do you mean WPCY rather than WMCY? On Jul 9, 2012 11:06 AM, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: Robin Owain and I met Leighton Andrews (today) who is the Education Minister for Wales. The meeting arose out of the work that we are doing in Wales. This means Monmouthpedia and the Welsh

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welsh Education Minister

We *are* WMCY and WM Scotland. Now let's giddy up and get on with the nice stuff! On Jul 9, 2012 5:10 PM, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: I guess so although WMCY is a possibility for the future On 9 July 2012 21:29, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: Do you mean WPCY

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The situation with the chair

It is in the spirit of the Wikimedia movement that different projects and communities within the movement make decisions independently, and decisions on one project need not affect another. Therefore, I'm with David and many others in the opinion that the en.wp arbcom ban need not imply that Fæ

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Freepost Wikipedia

*cue discussion on trademark we should identify ourselves to the public with* On 26 July 2012 12:26, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: That sounds very cool. Wikipedia with a p? Is that likely to reduce or increase confusion compared with having Wikimedia? Is having both too

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Freepost Wikipedia

, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: *cue discussion on trademark we should identify ourselves to the public with* On 26 July 2012 12:26, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: That sounds very cool. Wikipedia with a p? Is that likely to reduce or increase confusion compared

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The situation with the chair

an own goal as far as future relations with other Chapters are concerned. Deryck Chan, who was at the relevant meeting (I believe), expressed a rather different view earlier in this thread. In brief, enWP is not the centre of the WMF universe. Charles Indeed. I think no-one among the few en.wp

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The situation with the chair

On 26 July 2012 17:51, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: On 26 July 2012 17:30, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.comwrote: On 26 July 2012 17:21, Peter Cohen pet...@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote: By allowing Fae to go ahead in having himself put forward as chair

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] (no subject)

May I propose a toast... On 26 July 2012 20:08, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: The problem seems to be spreading. I'll get my coat... On 26 July 2012 14:12, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: I'll look into this tomorrow. After I've dealt with

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The situation with the chair

: On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: Deryck Chan, who was at the relevant meeting (I believe), expressed a rather different view earlier in this thread. In brief, enWP is not the centre of the WMF universe. To those outside the movement

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The situation with the chair

On 26 July 2012 23:17, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.comwrote: 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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK

I think Jon Davies has done so already. On 27/07/2012, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: Thanks Mike. Could I suggest that an email is also sent to all members on the Wikimedia UK membership database? Gordo On 26/07/12 23:02, Michael Peel wrote: Hi all, I'm sending this

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK merchandise

On 27 July 2012 13:59, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 July 2012 13:57, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote: Without wishing to prompt an influx of comments about visual identity etc, I think we should be wary of promoting the chapter (not just with merchandise) over the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK

Just tried that for the first time while using my computer at work. Big mistake. On 1 August 2012 18:11, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: Racist sexist, and homophobic is the least of it on Encyclopedia Dramatica. There's some very, very dodgy stuff on there. Very odd of

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Request from Open Rights Group

On Aug 3, 2012 5:07 PM, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 03/08/12 15:46, Michael Peel wrote: 'We' the editing community (all 1000 that !voted online) felt SOPA/PIPA was relevant, and blacked out the site. 'We' the charity communicated the decision and views of the community to the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Falklands

I think one possible course of action from here is to pre-emptively notify Wikimedia Argentina of the issue of Falklands being on the list. WP:BEANS may be a concern but I hope they'll be reasonable. On 21 August 2012 12:45, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: The list of

[Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge University fresher's fair, 2-3 October

Hello Wikimedians, I've bid a stall on behalf of the newly founded Cambridge University Wikipedia Society [1][2] at the Cambridge University fresher's fair, 2-3 October. If you are around the area, it would be great if you can come and help by staffing the stall for a few hours, especially if

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

I don't see any problem with Roger's position. In the one case you cited below, Roger has trespassed a DYK rule, was shouted at for violating the rule rather than his own conflict of interest, and retracted his own review. Paid editing and editing with a conflict of interest is not forbidden by

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

James, Should some Directors appointed under these Rules be required, under Article 16.2, to retire at the next Annual General Meeting, those Directors shall be those who received the fewest first preferences. In the event of a tie, a teller shall draw lots prior to announcing the result. The

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Board news

Thanks Roger for more than a year of service. It's disappointing to see him finally go - his encouraging words in Bristol and Haifa last year (along the lines of you need balls to be cool and do outreach) was what kept me going in my Wikimedia outreach despite all kinds of disappointment.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] CityCamp Coventry

Old users may still call their system BACS. (Cambridge University still does; I know they're not representative though.) On Sep 27, 2012 8:00 AM, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 25/09/12 16:57, HJ Mitchell wrote: If the policy is inadequate, it should be modified, but until it

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] CityCamp Coventry

Or simply bank transfer. Not sure if we worry about tele-banking or banks being replaced first. On Sep 27, 2012 11:22 AM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 27 September 2012 08:00, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: BACS was replaced by Faster Payments in January 2012.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Joint statement with the Foundation

There is, an will always be, the option to donate to WMUK rather than WMF even if WMUK isn't the default payment processor anymore. What I can certainly see is a fragmented 2012 fundraiser, with certain donors staying with WMUK and others switching to WMF because that's where the default landing

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Joint statement with the Foundation

On 28 September 2012 23:20, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On Sep 28, 2012 11:11 PM, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: There is, an will always be, the option to donate to WMUK rather than WMF even if WMUK isn't the default payment processor anymore. What I can

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Joint statement with the Foundation

, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: Doesn't Gift Aid depend on the recipient, not the payment processor? If so, I would have thought that donating to WMUK, even with WMF acting as the payment processor, would presumably be entitled to Gift Aid. Don't be fooled by the WMF's

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] An opportunity

Suggestion: use the list of past donors at the same time as the beginning of the WMF fundraiser to create the biggest impact. The amounts of money we can raise separately from the banner landing page is, in a sense, an indicator of how important we are. On Sep 29, 2012 7:44 PM, WereSpielChequers

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Joint statement with the Foundation

...@gmail.com wrote: Indeed, and for now I remain a member. This is subject to finding out precisely why the charity is voluntarily throwing away money. On Sep 28, 2012 11:11 PM, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: There is, an will always be, the option to donate to WMUK rather than

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digest of board decisions regarding Monmouth, Gibraltar and QR codes

Jon, You need permission to access this item. You are signed in as *deryckc...@gmail.com*, but you don't have permission to access this item. You can request access from the owner or choose a different account. *This* I call evil and should burn in wikihell ;) Deryck On 25 October 2012 13:07,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK November report - contributions wanted

There was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cambridge_University_Wikipedia_Society/November_2012_gatheringin November too :) Deryck On 8 December 2012 03:43, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 4 December 2012 13:56, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Work

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK vacancies

One piece of information seems to be missing - when are these jobs expected to start? On 9 January 2013 21:02, Richard Nevell richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: Wikimedia UK are now accepting applications for three posts: Volunteer Support

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Forgive the immodesty...

Well done! On Jan 10, 2013 8:46 AM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: ...if you can find it ;-) I've accepted a nomination, by their Regional Programme Manager, to become a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. The nomination was

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Polish becomes England's second language

Related note: There are more native Polish speakers in Ireland than native Irish speakers. We may be able to inspire something to happen there too. On 30 January 2013 15:04, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/30/polish-becomes-englands-second-language

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

I think the main point there is that WMUK office needs to remind people every time their membership is supposed to expire, with concise instructions about how to renew their membership. If they do exceed the grace period, then email them again, this time simply saying their membership has

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoints its Volunteer Support Organiser

Hello KTC! Nice to have our first ex-board member turned member of staff. Deryck On 1 March 2013 14:41, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone, I'm really pleased to let you know that Wikimedia UK has appointed Katie Chan its Volunteer Support Organiser. Katie

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Earth hour in English Wikipedia

If you care about the environment and are looking for something to edit... -- Forwarded message -- From: Ivan Martínez gala...@gmail.com Date: 5 March 2013 18:59 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Earth hour in English Wikipedia To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org In

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2014 in London.

Alternatively, we need to get used to the idea that if all the lead organisers are members and volunteers of WMUK, and WMUK as an organisation also claims to support the event, it will be considered as run by WMUK whatever we say otherwise. On Mar 18, 2013 11:02 PM, Thomas Dalton

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Issues with EGM resolutions

On 11 April 2013 18:48, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 11 April 2013 18:33, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Tom, Yes, you're right that due to a drafting problem one particular combination of votes at the EGM would result in an unanticipated result -

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Issues with EGM resolutions

On 12 April 2013 12:07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 April 2013 10:56, James Farrar james.far...@gmail.com wrote: Look, if you want to argue that election rules apply to non-elected directors, that's your privilege. If you want to start re-interpreting rules to mean

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Nice piece from another country.

Jon, As James F. once helpfully pointed out, you're also meant to run Wikimedia Scotland! Deryck On 24 April 2013 12:29, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22264118 -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] This is NOT a caption contest

This is NOT a caption contest - [[WP:BEAN]]bags. Deryck On 24 May 2013 15:07, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: Also note that we now have large beanbags - paid for by Ethical Property, our landlords. It's the beginning of the new volunteer chillout area for those who

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] wikimediauk-l messages ending up in Gmail spam?

Not with my Gmail. in:spam wikimedia doesn't return anything related to WMUK (all of those are spam ads to the Wikimania team). On 3 June 2013 17:16, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: I've been seeing a lot of WMUK messages ending up in GMail spam of late. Anyone else seeing this?

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election Results: Wikimedia UK AGM, 2013

Congratulations to the new trustees Michael and Alastair, and re-elected trustees Saad and Greyham! Deryck On 8 June 2013 17:24, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: All, I'm happy to announce the results of the 2013 Trustee Elections. A more formal email, attaching the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ashley Van Haeften (Fae) resigns from Wikimedia UK Board

I've got two questions: - Will Fæ continue to serve as WMUK's Chapters Association delegate? - If he wouldn't mind, would Fæ please share why he chose to resign at this time? The AGM was only a month ago and if he resigned back then his replacement could be elected. Deryck On 15 July 2013

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Co-options - your help needed!

In the spirit of both approval voting and STV, I think the correct point to start is to invite the highest-ranking losing candidates of the 2012 and 2013 elections to fill the two seats vacated by recent resignations. On 17 Sep 2013 21:06, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: Dear

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata tartan!

Actually, it's the Scotland 2000 tartan. The middle strip of the tartan pattern looks remarkably similar to the Wikidata logo. https://twitter.com/deryckchan/status/395685266167308288/photo/1 Highland dress made from this tartan should be the official uniform of Wikimedia Scotland (or even

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Idea: Let's have a 3D printer at Wikimania

Just make a RepRap ourselves. Materials typically cost ~£300-400 these days. http://www.reprap.org/wiki/RepRap The 3D printer itself is libre hardware and is capable of manufacturing most parts of itself! On 14 June 2014 23:50, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: This has been bounced around before,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Unsuccessful candidates in UK elections

Relax, mediawiki categories are meant to be lax :) On 30 Jul 2014 18:23, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: Oops! We already have: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_political_candidates I've redirected my new creation. Still needs populating... On 30 July 2014

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimania-l] Bring your old broken laptops to Wikimania!

Rechargeable batteries are banned from hold luggage and mail altogether. So, while this is an admirable idea, I'm afraid bringing a completely inoperable (e.g. due to dead battery) machine wouldn't work. But I guess old laptops are still appreciated! On 29 Jul 2014 03:09, Chris McKenna

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimania-l] Bring your old broken laptops to Wikimania!

Then you'll have a hard time explaining why you have a battery on its own... On 1 Aug 2014 00:00, Chris McKenna chris.mcke...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Genuine question, could you carry the battery in hand luggage and the rest of the laptop in hold luggage? On 31 July 2014 16:43, Deryck Chan

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

Random but relevant questions: How much is D'Arcy getting paid as interim CEO? And how much is Jon getting paid as outgoing CEO? Is D'Arcy also a candidate for the next CEO? Deryck On 18 Nov 2014 16:28, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: A big welcome to D'Arcy who has started as

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Restructure and CEO appointment update

On 13 May 2015 at 12:34, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 13/05/15 13:16, Peter Cohen wrote: I know a few people too as former drinking companions at Sunday Wikimeets. I hope that the compensation they receive is comparable to that given to the last executive director. You

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Restructure and CEO appointment update

A major part of this leadership will be the development of new income streams. Yet we've just axed our entire fundraising department. How does that work? Deryck On 12 May 2015 at 13:31, Michael Maggs mich...@maggs.name wrote: *Statement by D'Arcy Myers, interim chief executive:* Following

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK positions on the proposed harmonization of Freedom of Panorama in Europe

Hi team WMUK, I'm planning to write a letter to my MEP(s) about this. Has anyone written one already and can share it? Deryck On 23 June 2015 at 23:38, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: For those interested in this proposed EU copyright change, and with access to the BBC IPlayer (it may only work in

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

I consider a 5% editor retention rate from editathons as a consistent huge success. Deryck On 13 October 2015 at 15:12, leu...@fabiant.eu wrote: > Hi all, > > I think there is what we do and what we imagine we do. Although the > propaganda is that editathons are there to

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