Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Suggestions for Merchandise

How about t-shirts or something that encourage people to upload their images to Commons? I've long thought that more people *would* if they knew about it. Harry From: George Watson george.wat...@wikinewsie.org To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Suggestions for Merchandise

for Merchandise From: Harry Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com Date: Mon, September 12, 2011 9:28 pm To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org I don't know how much use postcards, even Wikimedia postcards, would get, but some of the Commons POTYs would be great for that kind

[Wikimediauk-l] WikiConference UK 2013 - talk submissions now being sought

in due course. Any questions, please contact me at this email address or by the details below or the Conference Committee (cc'd). Thanks, -- Harry Mitchell, Wikimedia UK Conference Committee Tel: +44 (0) 24 7698 0977 Mob: +44 (0) 7585 357 416 Skype: harry_j_mitchell Links: -- [1] http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Conference-committee-l] WikiConference UK 2013 - talk submissions now being sought

There will be activities on Sunday but not talks. The provisional plan is for a guided walk around the city in the morning and photography in the afternoon. The provisional schedule is here [1] and will be updated closer to the event. --- Harry Mitchell, Wikimedia UK Conference Committee

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedians: your Conference Committee needs YOU!

, -- Harry Mitchell, Wikimedia UK Conference Committee Tel: +44 (0) 24 7698 0977 Mob: +44 (0) 7585 357 416 Skype: harry_j_mitchell ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http

[Wikimediauk-l] Deadline for talk submissions for WikiConference UK 2013

on the proposals, please visit the submissions page [1]. If you have any questions, or you'd like to be part of the team organising the conference, please email me off-list. Thanks, -- Harry Mitchell, Wikimedia UK Conference Committee Tel: +44 (0) 24 7698 0977 Mob: +44 (0) 7585 357 416 Skype

[Wikimediauk-l] Final reminder: talk submissions for WikiConference UK 2013

and will be taken into account by the Conference Committee in deciding which talks are scheduled. The link is http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions [1] Thanks, -- Harry Mitchell, Wikimedia UK Conference Committee Tel: +44 (0) 24 7698 0977 Mob: +44 (0) 7585 357 416 Skype

[Wikimediauk-l] Conference Committee meeting (all welcome)

is welcome (I will email this list with details when they're known); if you'd lie to take part in the Doodle poll to decide the date, please email me. Likewise with any other questions or comments. Thanks, -- Harry Mitchell, Wikimedia UK Conference Committee Tel: +44 (0) 24 7698 0977 Mob: +44 (0) 7585

[Wikimediauk-l] Conference Committee meeting, Thursday 19:30 (all welcome)

://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013/Lessons [2]. Thank you, -- Harry Mitchell, Wikimedia UK Conference Committee Tel: +44 (0) 24 7698 0977 Mob: +44 (0) 7585 357 416 Skype: harry_j_mitchell Any views expressed in this email are those of the sender alone unless explicitly stated otherwise. Links

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Commons image request help

It's not so much a specific form of words, but we need to be sure that the donor understands what they're doing. There is a standard template that they can copy/paste and fill in the blanks and send off to OTRS. Feel free to ping me if you want me to did the email out of the queue. Harry Mitchell

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Current partnerships updates. Interested?

opening up again. Best, Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Stuart Prior <stuart.pr...@wikimedia.org.uk > wrote: > Hello all, > > I wanted to make people aware of some of the partnerships we a

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

) will always be a subset, and having a large and healthy community with interests broader than those of the chapter is a good thing. The charity and company limited by guarantee can be part of a broader ecosystem. Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell

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

tools. Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 6:20 PM, Rex X <freeze...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > The only thing I can say about microphones is that when I was recording > bands in > the 1970s, we mostly u

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] I'm moving on!

uch missed by your colleagues. Hopefully you won't be too far away in your volunteer capacity, and of course you know how to get hold of me if you want to. In the meantime ... be careful out there. Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell On Wed, Aug 3, 2016

[Wikimediauk-l] Does anyone live near Spalding?

Hello, I'm writing a Wikipedia article about Spalding War Memorial but struggling for useful photos and I live at the opposite end of the country. s there anyone on this list who lives within striking distance who might be willing to go and take some better pictures for me? Thanks, Harry

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia Commons question

about war memorials lately and sometimes you get really lucky and find a professional-quality photograph that someone has uploaded to Commons). Less obvious cases will depend on your knowledge of copyright. Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell On T

[Wikimediauk-l] Monnow Bridge (symbol of Monmouthpedia) is at FAC

/Monnow_Bridge/archive1 . Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Give a lightning talk at this Saturday's AGM and meet up!

There isn't even an *un*written version yet. It's been a long time since I stood up and spoke to a room full of Wikimedians. Also, I didn't think anyone else would be interested! Something to occupy me on the journey tomorrow! ;) Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Give a lightning talk at this Saturday's AGM and meet up!

lic we can put these things and/or sign up for the event in general? I know it's a crazy Wikipedian thing, but it might inspire someone else. Best, Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Lucy Crompton-Reid < lu

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election Edit-a-thon

biographies needing expansion. I can't make the 7th. Election night would be fun, but as others have pointed out there's a risk of losing momentum before there are any significant edits needed. Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell On Tue, Apr 25, 2017

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposed election night editathon

I could possibly do election night if that's what most of us want to go for (assuming Ed is willing to let us take over Newspeak House for the whole night, and bearing in mind it's likely to be the small hours before there's much 'work' to do). Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Imperial War Museum, meetings with Wikimedia UK

ome across, but if it honestly isn't, I implore you to go away and rethink your communication style. Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 9:56 PM, Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I don't see the connect

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Trevor Martin article.

and a much greater focus on avoiding harm. Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 10:54 PM, Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> wrote: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Martin > > Trevor Martin died

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Possible news story about Wikipedia tomorrow

are people who spend more time on politicians' biographies than I do. Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Lucy Crompton-Reid < lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Hi Fae > > No, I don'

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK railway station codes

Not to get too far off-topic, Andy, but Birmingham New Street is actually BHM. BNS is Barnes in south London. You might consider asking at Wikproject UK Railways on the English Wikipedia - I've found he folks there to be knowledgeable and helpful in the past. Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org

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

II and for Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Historic England have been working to list hundreds of war memorials over the centenary. I'm sure I could put together a few paragraphs for a blog post if it would help. Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype

[Wikimediauk-l] Does anyone have access to ARQ: Architectural Research Quarterly?

project. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l

[Wikimediauk-l] Any photographers near Southampton?

- I just need a few shots from each angle to aid with writing a description. Thanks, Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org

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

Thanks Geni. I don't necessarily need high quality, just a few shots of the whole thing from all sides - there are lots of close-ups and frontal shots online, but not much else. Best, Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 3

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

to remember that more often? Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 10:09 PM Fæ wrote: > Seems negative Harry. This is surely the outcome that everyone > expected when the WMUK board was professionalised by going from > volu

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

hiring decision. Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 10:09 PM Lucy Crompton-Reid < lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Thanks Chris, and apologies that these issues are still not resolved - I >

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

know to be dedicated and hard-working, some of whom I am fortunate to count as friends, and none of whom deserve to be singled out on a public mailing list - something I've been careful to avoid.) Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell On Mon, Jan 7

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Does anyone have access to ARQ: Architectural Research Quarterly?

Just wanted to say thanks to the two people who sent me the article, and let anyone who was interested know that the article I needed it for was promoted to featured article status today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Remembrance Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] British Museum makes 1.9m images available under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

I agree that it's only a matter of time before somebody does it but, as with the NPG a few years ago, the BM are likely to be quite upset if we can't get them to see it from our point of view. If anyone has any relevant contacts it might be worth reaching out. It could be that they don't fully

[Wikimediauk-l] Any law students on this list?

Hi all, Was hoping somebody on the list might have a copy of the fifth edition of Helen Fenwick on Civil Liberties and Human Rights ISBN 9781317561958. Law students might have it for a human rights or criminal law module. I have most of what I need from Google Books but it wouldn't hurt to see if

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Image donation from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum

That's an amazing contribution! Well done Richard and all involved. Two of my featured articles happen to be on Exeter subjects so this is great to see and I'm certain there are many other Exeter-related articles that could benefit from some of these digitised paintings. Hopefully the first step

[Wikimediauk-l] Brighton Wikipedia meetup, 3 February

Hello everyone! I hope you've all had chance to relax over the festive period. I'm happy to say that a few of us have decided to hold a Wikipedia meetup and (weather dependent!) walkabout in Brighton on Saturday 3 February. This will be the second attempt to establish a regular meetup in the

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: "Court of Appeal ruling will prevent UK museums from charging reproduction fees—at last"

I think one of the biggest misunderstandings is that museums etc think they *can't* sell merchandise if they don't own copyright. One of the things WMUK could help with when talking to institutions is explaining that they can still put the photo on a mug or a postcard in the gift shop. (And if

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Global Majority Wikimedia Tech Priorities

Speaking as someone who has made such blocks but only later found out the off-wiki context, sometimes they're absolutely necessary to prevent disruption. The people facilitating the event these events (I've done that too, back in the days when Wikimedia UK actually did stuff) need to be careful,

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Wikimedia UK/Wikimedia Foundation meetup

I hope to be there. Will confirm closer to the time. Harry On Thu, 23 May 2024, 21:27 Dreamy Jazz, wrote: > I plan to be there too > > On Thu, 23 May 2024, 19:52 Farah Jack Mustaklem, > wrote: > >> I will try to make it! >> >> On Thu, May 23, 2024, 12:56 Steve Bowbrick >> wrote: >> >>> Love