Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Annual accounts

Hi Andrew, An unsigned version of the accounts are on the wiki: https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2011-12_Annual_Accounts.pdf and our auditors have the version signed by me and John for them to add their signature to it. I'm waiting for some information from Saad before I can file the form

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal of trustees collective responsibility

On 7 Oct 2012, at 22:37, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 October 2012 22:34, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: Classically the board tried to get a consensus on all matters. That's the problem right there. A fear of disagreement. Far better to make a half-decent

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: Drinks with Sue Gardener, Garfield, Asaf WMUK

On 9 Oct 2012, at 16:27, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 09/10/12 14:31, David Gerard wrote: Media storms were fun when I was the only person on hand to do telly ... Like I said, move the offices to Salford. That doesn't really make much difference when it comes to media. It's

[Wikimediauk-l] Having an advisory board (was: Latest WMUK blog post - message from our Board)

On 13 Oct 2012, at 20:52, Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Tom Holden tom.hol...@economics.ox.ac.uk wrote: Is there a role for an advisory board? It was discussed a while back. Perhaps some of the long serving former board members could be

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Having an advisory board (was: Latest WMUK blog post - message from our Board)

On 21 Oct 2012, at 19:30, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 October 2012 19:20, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: I'd personally agree that an advisory board could be very beneficial for WMUK. I've set out a first draft of what such a board could look like

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mobile uk.wikimedia.org still failing

I've raised this on bugzilla at: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41334 Please add any clarifying comments there that you think would be useful. Thanks, Mike On 23 Oct 2012, at 19:46, Damokos Bence damokos.be...@wikimedia.hu wrote: I think this issue affects all *.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mobile uk.wikimedia.org still failing

October 2012 20:43, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: I think that this issue has now been resolved for uk.wikimedia.org, or at least it works on my phone now. Could someone confirm whether that is the case or not please? Thanks, Mike On 24 Oct 2012, at 15:02, Richard

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mobile uk.wikimedia.org still failing

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone On 29 Oct 2012, at 21:53, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote: And me Tom Morton On 29 Oct 2012, at 21:52, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: Working for me, now. On 29 October 2012 20:43, Michael Peel

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] In response to today’s news articles in The Times and The Daily Telegraph about PR editing of Wikipedia

According to the Times, the reverted edits referred to were made by 212.161.34.130. Looking through the history of the article, the relevant diffs seem to be: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alisher_Usmanovdiff=379790641oldid=377970394 and

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] In response to today’s news articles in The Times and The Daily Telegraph about PR editing of Wikipedia

On 13 Nov 2012, at 21:16, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: (It's such a pity the Times really doesn't want its stuff widely read on the net, i.e. by the people who would be most interested in this.) I completely agree. It's very scary that the Daily Mail is more accessible than the

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

On 16 Nov 2012, at 15:30, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 16 November 2012 15:26, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: It doesn't seem to be working! We do ask that if you've taken part in any WMUK activity that you add it to the report if

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

This is, of course, the way that we originally started the newsletters/reports way back in 2008, when we took the Signpost model and adapted it. ;-) E.g. see: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Newsletter/July2009 http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Newsletter/Subscribers

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK Finance Action Plan 2012/13 and Finance Policy revision 2012

Try the links in the on-wiki version of John's message at the water cooler: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Water_cooler#Finance_documents or here are the individual links: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Finance_Action_Plan_2012/13

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

On 30 Jan 2013, at 22:46, Neil Harris n...@tonal.clara.co.uk wrote: On 30/01/13 19:00, Roger Bamkin wrote: Oh don't undersell the welsh Wicipedia - its the most popular web site in Welsh and we get access to Education ministers and top cultural bodies. But Peter, thanks for finding that

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF withdraws support from WCA

I put discussing the WCA on this weekend's board meeting agenda a while back. However, the context has obviously changed a lot now. I've just added an agenda item about the current situation, which will hopefully be accepted by the rest of the board. Fæ's already agreed to provide an update at

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

On 11 Feb 2013, at 20:02, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On Feb 11, 2013 7:59 PM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: For example the next issue is how WMUK plans to pay for the upkeep of QRpedia given that it wasn't in the budget. There shouldn't be an issue there. The costs

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

On 9 Feb 2013, at 18:52, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 9 February 2013 18:39, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: Now this has been transferred to Wikimedia UK, would it be possible to remove the access logging on QRpedia to ensure it complies with both the letter and spirit of

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Photograph cropping day!

Install Gimp (http://www.gimp.org/) on the visitor laptops and take them along? Thanks, Mike On 12 Feb 2013, at 13:52, Richard Nevell richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: My laptop doesn't have image editing software, otherwise I'd bring it, but if there will be laptops available I'd be

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Introducing ORGCon North!

Unfortunately it's on the same day as GLAM-WIKI and the EGM… Thanks, Mike On 28 Feb 2013, at 14:39, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Not at all - we're hopefully going to be sending someone along. Any volunteers to contact the office please! Richard Symonds

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia Research newsletter on UK university lecturers

Hi all, There's a section of this month's Wikimedia research newsletter that might be of particular interest: UK university lecturers still skeptical and uninformed about Wikipedia:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] when qrpedia and qrwp domains will be transferred?

On 10 Mar 2013, at 22:00, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 March 2013 14:40, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: Weeks? the registration on qrpedia.org expires in 5 days. Just let it expire and let WMUK pick up the domain. 3 days now (weekend? you are working to a deadline now). And usually I

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Audio stream of 23 March event

Hi Richard, Many thanks for setting up the livestreaming for today's event. I don't know how Awdio works - does it keep a copy of the broadcast, or does it just live-broadcast the audio without keeping a record? If the former, would it be possible to upload a copy of the record to Commons? It

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK April 2013 report - call for content

Hi all, If you've done anything connected with WMUK recently, then please do take a few minutes to add a couple of summary sentences about it to the monthly reports. Stevie put the link to this month's below; there's also the March report that's being collaboratively drafted at:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK EGM Saturday 18th April.

On 3 Apr 2013, at 23:38, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote: FWIW, I got a renewal reminder on 15/3, renewed the same day, but didn't get an email about the EGM on the 20th. Andrew, could you check your spam folder please? I've just checked, and the email was definitely sent to you

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] EGM resolution regarding the change in board structure - alternatives

A reminder's now been sent to all members. If you haven't received a copy and think that you should have, then please email members...@wikimedia.org.uk to let us know. Thanks, Mike On 10 Apr 2013, at 12:44, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: There'll be a reminder going

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Privacy Policy - please comment and edit

Indeed, at the 9th Feb board meeting. See the minutes (under 'tech committee') at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes_9Feb13#Education_committee Thanks, Mike On 12 Apr 2013, at 10:52, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: My recollection from a board meeting is that we

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedian in Residence

Congratulations, Andy. Just to avoid any potential misunderstandings here, can I point out that this isn't a WMUK-supported WiR position, i.e. WMUK hasn't been involved in establishing or running this WiR position, and there's no contract between WMUK and the institution (as there is e.g. with

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] (no subject)

The notice is also available on-wiki at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013/Notice_of_Annual_General_Meeting Thanks, Mike On 14 May 2013, at 14:26, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: All, It appears that some of the AGM-related emails haven't been

[Wikimediauk-l] EGM minutes

Hi all, The draft EGM minutes are now available at: https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/EGM_2013/Minutes Sorry that these took so long to prepare. If anyone that was present at the EGM wants to correct this record, then please let me know, or feel free to edit the minutes directly before the end of

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Amazon Tax avoidance

In general, Tom Morris’s email is spot on here. Choice is always a good approach to take, so saying £X of book vouchers of your choice would be good, although it would be best to set out a list of what their choice is (a wiki page that can easily be linked to?) so they don’t ask for one that

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Amazon Tax avoidance

On 1 Dec 2013, at 03:01, Michael Maggs mich...@maggs.name wrote: On 30 Nov 2013, at 22:01, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: Actually, I despair of the entire thread. There is all of £20 at stake here. There is every reason to economise on staff time, on this

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: What next with QRpedia?

Begin forwarded message: From: Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net Date: 13 December 2013 18:12:49 GMT To: UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What next with QRpedia? +1 on the leaflet idea. Sending a leaflet to every museum

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Open Gov + CC = a marriage of convenience?

On 26 Dec 2013, at 18:11, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: You may have got the wrong end of the stick on this one. Releasing on the OGL is optional, though does appear to be a modern default for many government agents. Material released as Crown Copyright cannot be uploaded until expired (50

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Open Coalition Project Co-ordinator opportunity

(Re-sending from my work address as emails from my personal address still don’t get through to this list. :-( ) On 17 Jan 2014, at 17:18, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Hi Stevie, That’s the first I’ve heard about it - has anything been posted about this before on the wiki

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Changes to the Wikimedia UK homepage

:40, Michael Peel michael.p...@manchester.ac.uk wrote: ... Care to explain? +1. If there's a good reason for the secrecy/lack of transparency, it would be nice for members to have a clue as to why it is needed. Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] No Sanity Clause?

On 10 Feb 2014, at 16:18, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: As the nomination says, there’s no FOP in France, so pictures of modern buildings in France can’t go on Commons without clear permission… I’m not sure whether that should be an embarrassment for Commons or for the MEPs

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] No Sanity Clause?

On 10 Feb 2014, at 16:27, brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: I have here, still pinned to my jacket, a bright-yellow press accreditation card from the EU Parliament. That, quite clearly, and within the guidelines issued to us, covers permission to film, take photos, etc, etc both inside

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK slide scanner

On 15 Feb 2014, at 20:43, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 February 2014 20:24, Michael Peel michael.p...@manchester.ac.uk wrote: Perhaps it would be worth WMUK thinking about purchasing such equipment, either to be made available in the office (which would then require travel

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] File detion and UK Freedom of panaorama

Hi Andy, That rationale makes sense, unless the image was of something more permanent, or of something that's still there with no expectations of being removed? Is there an enwp article here? Thanks, Mike On 17 Feb 2014, at 20:42, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: Photographers

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Community consultation on WMUK's Wikimedia in Residence programme

On 6 Mar 2014, at 16:30, Richard Nevell richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: As a chapter we have run the Wikimedian in Residence (WIR) programme since May 2012, when Andrew Gray started his residency at the British Library. You've missed out a couple of years of history there - British

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Community consultation on WMUK's Wikimedia in Residence programme

On 6 Mar 2014, at 16:37, Michael Peel michael.p...@manchester.ac.uk wrote: On 6 Mar 2014, at 16:30, Richard Nevell richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: As a chapter we have run the Wikimedian in Residence (WIR) programme since May 2012, when Andrew Gray started his residency

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Letter to MEPs on copyright

Hi Stevie, Thanks from me also for sharing this. Some points: # The images you are using all appear to be copyright violations - not the best move! Why not attribute the images, or link to where they're available on Commons or elsewhere? For the image not covered by FoP, why not do something

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Invite - Recognising Value and the Sharing Economy

On 18 Mar 2014, at 13:33, Edward Saperia e...@wikimanialondon.org wrote: I'd be very keen to see a dedicated technical community manager as a paid role, who would mostly spend their time going to London tech events and representing the movement. That would be really bad on multiple levels

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Interested in a potential hook-up with a sci-fi film festival?

On 19 Mar 2014, at 16:01, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Perhaps something to be taken offlist with those interested, so we don't break any confidences? Or keep things on-list/on-wiki for transparency? I'd be potentially interested in helping do something here.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Zürich Hackathon scholarships

Erm, no, it is standard (good) practice! Mike On 31 Mar 2014, at 12:28, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: It is not standard practice for a list of attendees to Wikimedia conferences to be published. It is up to the individuals in question whether they want it be known

[Wikimediauk-l] Summer student

Hi all, I'm testing the idea of having a summer student here at my university who would contribute to Wikipedia articles on physics/astronomy as a way of learning how to write scientific publications (since there's such a good analogy between the two). A possible issue is that they would get

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BritishBlackMusic.com

This strikes me as an excuse rather than a reason. Fæ's questions/points here don't seem to have been answered. :-( Thanks, Mike On 31 Mar 2014, at 08:10, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Apologies for delay in replying but I have been away. As previously stated our

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedian-in-Residence summit

Hi Jon, I'm confused - how can it be a 'small internal meeting' that also includes people that aren't 'internal' to the WMUK office? And why, if it's an internal meeting, did it take place on a weekend necessitating staff to give up their Saturday? Thanks, Mike On 7 Apr 2014, at 09:40, Jon

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedian-in-Residence summit

On 7 Apr 2014, at 15:12, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 7 April 2014 13:11, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: Bar liam. Liam was the first WiiR, but not, I understand, in conjunction with WMUK. That depends on what you mean by 'conjunction with'. He was

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedian-in-Residence summit

On 7 Apr 2014, at 16:21, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 7 April 2014 16:08, Michael Peel michael.p...@manchester.ac.uk wrote: On 7 Apr 2014, at 15:12, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 7 April 2014 13:11, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Armenian wiki video

On 13 Apr 2014, at 19:32, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 13/04/14 16:16, Fæ wrote: With regard to cooling it, I suppose it is hard to stop my experience and long term frustration in being unable to follow through or have a frank discussion on essential changes the charity needed

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Rating Wikimedia content (was Our next strategy plan-Paid editing)

Forwarding per Fæ's request... Begin forwarded message: From: Fæ fae...@gmail.com Subject: Fwd: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimedia-l] Rating Wikimedia content (was Our next strategy plan-Paid editing) Date: 17 April 2014 10:09:14 BST To: Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net Hi Mike, could you repost

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fw: Fwd: Joseph's interview on Radio 4

I think I might have been the person that switched this list from per-email to digest moderator emails - the list was certainly getting quite a bit of spam back when I was a list admin, and I doubt the situation has improved since then. I would support Fæ being taken off moderation here, but it

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Our own dear Johnbod

Jon, I think you're a week behind with reading the signpost, and meant to link to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-04-23/WikiProject_report ... Thanks, Mike On 1 May 2014, at 16:38, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: To the altar—Catholicism

[Wikimediauk-l] Test

This is a test message to see if my email from this address gets through to the list or not. If it does, then yay my problem with posting to this list is fixed, and please accept my apologies for the spam. If it doesn't, then how did you get hold of this message?! Thanks, Mike

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Test

Oh, cool, this came straight through. :-) I no longer need to use my work address to send emails to this list - yay. :-) Apologies again for the spam! Thanks, Mike On 8 May 2014, at 21:12, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: This is a test message to see if my email from this address gets

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A charter for our volunteer committees?

Hi all, It's good to see the role of the WMUK committees being focused on - thank you Michael for starting this. However, I think it's a real shame that the committees are becoming much more advisory than they were supposed to be when they were originally envisaged and created just a few

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

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] Non-renewal of Wikimedia UK fundraiser agreement

I believe she leaves at the end of this month. Thanks, Mike On 21 May 2014, at 16:13, Michael Maggs mich...@maggs.name wrote: Yes, I think that was probably her very last decision. Michael On 21 May 2014, at 15:11, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 May 2014 14:39, rexx

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK soon move to an employee controlled website

On 10 Jun 2014, at 17:12, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: We have smartened it up already through the support of UK Wikipedians but it has its limits. This is the bit I don't understand. What does the current proposal do that *can't* be done on the wiki? Why do we *have* to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK soon move to an employee controlled website

On 10 Jun 2014, at 20:16, Dan Garry (Deskana) djgw...@gmail.com wrote: Obviously for the more regular, hardcore WMUK volunteers, the wiki will remain the primary resource, and if someone wants to become a hardcore volunteer then they'll need to deal with that. But for other casual

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Wikimedian in Residence 2014 review - update

I think this would be more factually accurate: https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Wikimedian_in_Residence_2014_reviewdiff=58518oldid=58516 As a general comment: please consider including an executive summary along with a review that is this long. It's very difficult to find the key

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Wikimedian in Residence 2014 review - update

Please don't make personal attacks. :-( Mike On 1 Jul 2014, at 21:55, James Farrar james.far...@gmail.com wrote: Andy, please don't be a tit. On 1 Jul 2014 20:39, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 1 July 2014 20:12, Joe Filceolaire filceola...@gmail.com wrote: All of you

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Wikimedian in Residence 2014 review - update

On 1 Jul 2014, at 22:11, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 1 July 2014 21:57, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: I think this would be more factually accurate: https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Wikimedian_in_Residence_2014_reviewdiff=58518oldid=58516

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK are looking for a Fundraising Assistant

Hi Richard/WMUK staff, I'm rather puzzled by this. Given that: 1) WMUK cannot raise funds through the Wikimedia annual fundraising campaign any more, which means that the number of donors through that method will not be increasing, and that the apparent alignment of this position with the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK are looking for a Fundraising Assistant

volunteer support! Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ Phone: +44 (0) 7507 536971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell From: Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net To: UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sunday, 20 July 2014, 0:07 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK are looking for a Fundraising Assistant

July 2014 00:07, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Hi Richard/WMUK staff, I'm rather puzzled by this. Given that: 1) WMUK cannot raise funds through the Wikimedia annual fundraising campaign any more, which means that the number of donors through that method will not be increasing

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

Note that these rules only apply to hand luggage, not to luggage that is checked in and stored in the hold. (as far as I can see, and bearing in mind that IANAL...) Thanks, Mike On 28 Jul 2014, at 19:59, Ellie Young eyo...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Jul 28, 2014, at 11:49 AM, Patricio

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Shaping our programme 2014-19

Hi Jon, I've left some comments on the talk page. [1] I found your comment that Wikimedia UK has been inhibited by An Animal Farm culture of ‘Volunteers good, staff bad outrageous. That's never been the case, as is clearly demonstrated by the fact that we have staff rather than being an

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Shaping our programme 2014-19

On 6 Aug 2014, at 21:15, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 6 August 2014 20:42, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Hi Jon, I've left some comments on the talk page. [1] I found your comment that Wikimedia UK has been inhibited by An Animal Farm culture

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM

Most of what was sent out by post isn't on the wiki... Thanks, Mike On 7 Aug 2014, at 08:27, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: And of course everything is on the wiki https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2014_Annual_General_Meeting On 7 August 2014 08:24, Chris McKenna

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM

But the old system we were using on civi worked fine for sending out reminders when membership went into grace? Thanks, Mike On 7 Aug 2014, at 12:51, Chris McKenna chris.mcke...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: A notice about your membership status has been automatically included at the bottom of

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New overlaying website is live

Hi Stevie, Unsurprisingly, I really don't like it. :-( But more seriously: it breaches WMUK's privacy policy by giving information about visitors to the site directly to Google and Youtube (and also the WMF, but that's less of an issue). It also doesn't link to the privacy policy, though, so

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Expired security certificate

On 1 Sep 2014, at 08:39, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote: Not a bad idea. However, I think a decision on that needs to come from staff. And, also, Emmanuel might need to look at how to do it because it’s his config that manages the current site layout and I don’t want to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeets in the papers - worth publicising?

This is definitely a great idea, well done. :-) I think the last time that local ads were tried for events was back in 2010 with Britain Loves Wikipedia at the Postal Museum and Archive, which worked really well. Another option is for WMUK to invite local donors to come along to them - I think

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Quirky Wikipedia articles

Hi Stevie, If you haven’t yet seen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articles then that would be a good place for participants to start from. Thanks, Mike On 9 Oct 2014, at 15:05, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone. As a part of a project

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Statistics for usage of QRpedia codes

I’m not the best person to talk to about this - I’m cc’ing wikimediauk-l so that the people that are will see this. Thanks, Mike On 24 Oct 2014, at 12:11, vassia atanassova vassia.atanass...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you, Fae Hope that Doug and Mike will be able and willing to lend us a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Launch of Open Government Licence 3.0

This is somewhat sad news; it’s a shame they couldn’t simply adopt a Creative Commons license for their works, even though they say that their new license is compatible with CC-BY-4.0. :-( Thanks, Mike On 6 Nov 2014, at 21:26, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: Just in:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Reducing the copyright term for (some) unpublished works

Thanks Andrew - that’s a good start. :-) I’ve added some of my suggested answers to some of the questions. I’ve cc’d commons-l who I’m sure will be able to suggest better answers that I can… Thanks, Mike On 23 Nov 2014, at 23:14, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote: Hi all, Some

[Wikimediauk-l] Cornelia Parker to create huge Wikipedia-inspired replication of Magna Carta at British Library

This is very cool: http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/craft/art508130-cornelia-parker-to-create-huge-wikipedia-inspired-replication-of-magna-carta-at-british-library

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [[Category:Media missing infobox template]]

Richard's right. See: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/07/cleaning-up-file-metadata-for-humans-and-robots/ https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/07/cleaning-up-file-metadata-for-humans-and-robots/ and links therein for more info. Thanks, Mike On 7 Dec 2014, at 13:42, Richard Symonds

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Apethorpe Hall

English Heritage is apparently running guided tours this summer: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/apethorpe-palace/ http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/apethorpe-palace/ It's a bit too far for me to get to as a solo day-trip (it's a ~250-mile round-trip

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

The new structure looks good, but it's missing details. Compare it with the current structure at: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Template:Staff_hierarchy https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Template:Staff_hierarchy In particular, what does 'Project Coordinator' mean in terms of the established types

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

The staff page [2] will be updated to reflect the new staffing over the next two weeks. [2] https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Staff The page seems to be in the process of being updated, see: https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Staffdiff=65842oldid=63946 It sounds like Katherine Bavage,

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet survey

Hi all, tl;dr summary: I'm planning to run a survey about wikimeets in the near future. Do you have any comments/suggestions on the draft? See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel/Wikimeet_survey At a recent meetup, a Wikipedian who was new to wikimeets pointed out that the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Volunteer Strategy Day, 25th July.

Hi Stuart all, The AGM has always previously been open to non-members: it's proven to be a good way to get new members from amongst the attendees of the surrounding event, and there's always been a (running) board meeting prior to the elections so that new members could be approved [1]. How

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Deadline for Members' Resolutions

On 19 Jun 2015, at 16:12, rexx r...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: The deadline for members' resolutions for this year's AGM is just a week away on 26 June. See https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2015_Annual_General_Meeting/planning

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Deadline for Members' Resolutions

On 19 Jun 2015, at 21:48, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: I don't need to travel to London to have somebody read Report by XYZ to me. YMMV. There is of course the volunteer strategy day prior to the AGM. It's scheduled to take place on the same day as the AGM? And

[Wikimediauk-l] Moderation of Fae

(Forwarding from wikimedia-l: Fæ intended to send it to this list. His resent email is in the moderation queue...) Begin forwarded message: From: Fæ fae...@gmail.com Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Moderation of Fae Date: 24 May 2015 13:59:34 BST To: Wikimedia Mailing List

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Photo contests (was visual Editor is now worth using in outreach editathons)

With WLM: I was hoping that this would take place again this year, particularly since it's been so successful in the past. Perhaps it could focus on quality photos rather than quantity if we have reasonably comprehensive coverage of listed structures now? Or perhaps we could think of a new

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet survey

Hi all, Thanks for your comments! And sorry for the delay in moving this forward. I think it's now pretty much finalised, so if anyone has any last comments please let me know. The latest version is at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel/Wikimeet_survey#Survey In response to a couple

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata training

On 3 Aug 2015, at 16:31, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: We can host this at Wikimedia UK to keep costs down. That's not the only way to keep costs down - please also think about looking for donated venues outside of London! A more central location might mean that more

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

Hi Fabian/Leutha, It would need some sort of working group arrangement, whether that's a wikiproject or otherwise. The crucial factors are identifying who is interested in helping with this type of project, and making sure that the relevant stakeholders from the other charities/groups are also

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website certificate

I no longer get the warning message when I try to access wikimedia.org.uk - so it looks like it's fixed! Well done Tom! Thanks, Mike > On 16 Oct 2015, at 13:54, Thomas Morton wrote: > > Thanks John. > > SO I think I might have nailed it... anyone care to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New Chief Executive starts today

> On 9 Oct 2015, at 15:57, Gordon Joly wrote: > > On 09/10/15 15:56, Gordon Joly wrote: >> That's probably a job for User:A.N.Other ... (editing Apples and Pears >> article)... > > OOPS. Don't trust me to edit anything! > > "Apples and Snakes" To avoid potential future

[Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

Hi all, I've just discovered that this week is 'Get Online Week', see: http://getonlineweek.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Online_Week It's too late for this week, but for next year perhaps we should think about offering some sort of 'intro to Wikipedia' courses? Probably more 'how to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

Hi all, It's worth remembering that editathons weren't originally intended to recruit new editors - they were aimed at bringing together experienced editors with knowledgable people (e.g. museum creators) to improve Wikipedia articles using the knowledge of both groups. The change to focus on

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Smoking is less addictive ;)

Hi Lester, I've made a few formatting tweaks, and removed the warning banner, you can see the changes at: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weston-Sub-Edge=revision=681033688=681031791 The bullet point list / references that you've added to the name section should be formatted using

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet survey

Hi all, I'll be closing the survey shortly, so if you want to fill it in but haven't yet, then please do so today! Thanks, Mike > On 20 Sep 2015, at 18:32, Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.net> wrote: > > Hi all, > > The survey is now live at: > https://www.surveymonkey

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet survey

Hi all, The survey is now live at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JJMNVVD Please fill it in! Thanks, Mike___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org

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