[Wikimediauk-l] QR code feature added to Wikimedia projects, but not QRpedia

Community Wishlist Survey. With no mention of QRpedia. While we're on the topic, can we have an update about QRpedia, please? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia

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

sponse to FoI requests. Conversely, there is no hard evidence of any institution making a significant profit from such licensing, much less then investing it in digitisation. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailin

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

On Wed, 3 Jan 2024 at 09:39, Deryck Chan wrote: > > I'm slightly confused by the article. It refers to THJ vs Sheridan (2023) > but that ruling was about software-generated graphs and said nothing > about reproducing out-of-copyright content? It doesn't need to. It clarifies the conditions under

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

/2023/12/29/court-of-appeal-ruling-will-prevent-uk-museums-from-charging-reproduction-feesat-last -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Fwd: Bristol / Hanover Wiki Meetup, Saturday 19th September

Martin didn't say which year... -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On Tue, 15 Aug 2023, 00:15 Rod Ward, wrote: > Martin, > I am confused. Sat 19th Sept? My Calder says 19 Sept is a Tuesday. > Rod > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 12 Aug 2023, at

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: UK online safety bill - other unintended victims?

are thousands; examples might inucde ** https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/ ** https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/ ** https://community.hmrc.gov.uk/customerforums/ (!) -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: False copyright claims in Historic England's "Aerial Photograph EXplorer"

On Thu, 24 Mar 2022 at 12:44, Andy Mabbett wrote: > I have an ongoing FoI request, but they seem reluctant to provide the > requested information there, also. They have refused my FoI request, and refused to conduct an internal review, so I have now referred the matter to the ICO's

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: False copyright claims in Historic England's "Aerial Photograph EXplorer"

It seems that, without announcement, Historic England have now dropped the claim that copyright-expired pre-June 1957 RAF images are still in copyright, from their Aerial Photo Explorer. They still prevent users from downloading them. On Wed, 23 Mar 2022 at 11:30, Andy Mabbett wrote

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: False copyright claims in Historic England's "Aerial Photograph EXplorer"

On Thu, 24 Mar 2022 at 12:44, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > On Thu, 24 Mar 2022 at 12:19, Lucy Crompton-Reid > wrote: > > > I saw that you had asked them about this on Twitter Andy, but assume you > > didn't get a response? > > None. They have now replied, insisting

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: False copyright claims in Historic England's "Aerial Photograph EXplorer"

currently in contact with Historic England but will get in touch with >them > about this issue. Thank you. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/m

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: False copyright claims in Historic England's "Aerial Photograph EXplorer"

uiring about the issue, so they can rectify it. Thank you. I didn't know that, but now that I have tried it, it results in the download of a blank black image. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing https://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing lis

[Wikimediauk-l] False copyright claims in Historic England's "Aerial Photograph EXplorer"

m#Crown_copyright [3] Example: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/aerial-photos/record/raf_540_78_sffo_0003 -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.o

[Wikimediauk-l] A Culture of Copyright: A scoping study

-tanner.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-revolution-starts-here-open-access.html -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: English Wikipedia deletion of Howard Stableford article

the deleting admin to restore the article "so that it can be improved, or sent to AfD if anyone feels strongly enough". -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: IT Development Updates

On Tue, 2 Nov 2021 at 09:38, Mike Peel wrote: > (would be really nice if WMUK did a WMDE and hosted the technical > development of a Wikimedia project!). Isn't that QRpedia? Has anything (technical or otherwise) been done with that, lately? Is anything planned? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsont

[Wikimediauk-l] "Graves in 19,000 English churchyards to be mapped online"

ealogy research websites." It is to be hoped that NLHF's new requirement, that the results of what they fund be released under open licence, will apply, and that no exemption to that has been granted. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://

[Wikimediauk-l] UK Newspapers: 1 Million become free-to-view (registration required)

twitter.com/BL_newsroom/status/1424730642512809993 -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia editing events: "Coventrypedia"

:00pm * Sat 15 May – 2:00pm – 5:00pm * Thu 20 May – 2:00pm – 5:00pm both to edit, and perhaps to aid newbies. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https

[Wikimediauk-l] Picture request: Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London

s.com/2014/07/02/who-was-urban-nora/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Change in licence requirement for National Lottery Heritage Fund projects

marvelous news - thank you for the update. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Request for a volunteer to upload Councillor photos to Commons

direct touch with Jon. You don't seem to be getting many takers - perhaps it would be more effective for a volunteer to show (or remind) Jon how to do this himself? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] British Museum, copyright and public domain images

ime, at several events) had one in 2012. > there is definitely a willingness in the BL to collaborate more with Wikimedia That's good to hear. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimed

[Wikimediauk-l] Brian McNeil

Some sad news - it seems that Brian has passed away. I'm seeing tributes from a number of his friends on his Facebook page. Does anyone know more? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

[Wikimediauk-l] Unique Property Reference Numbers

P8399 is now available for Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs), and the data has been released: https://osdatahub.os.uk/downloads/open/OpenUPRN Is anyone working on an import, or a matching tool? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[Wikimediauk-l] OpenUK Awards 2020

Nominations are now (until 30 June) open(!) for the OpenUK Awards 2020: https://openuk.uk/nominations/ It would be good to see some Wikimedia projects & people recognised. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikim

[Wikimediauk-l] Sitting in Limbo

Parliament and Open Government Licences: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sitting_in_Limbo_-_closing_credits_-_open_licence_attribution.png -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

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

ht has expired is theirs to freely reuse, and that bogus copyright claims regarding such material impinge on such rights. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org

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

rks whose copyright - if the work didn't pre-date copyright completely - expired decades or centuries ago. The latter means, in effect that they are trying to appropriate rights that belong to us all. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://p

[Wikimediauk-l] The National Archives to make online resources free to use

ng to digitised collections that are available on our website (and usually chargeable) – at this stage, this doesn’t extend to our collections on other sites." https://www.facebook.com/TheNationalArchives/photos/a.479422854639/10158155824879640/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedians in Residence in Amman

connect them with experienced WiRs in the UK. I'd be happy to talk with and assist them. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/w

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Parliamentary constituencies

On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 at 14:23, Lewis Cawte wrote: >do you have a "good"/"okay" example? There is no complete example, but: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3136734 is as good as I can make it at present. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http

[Wikimediauk-l] Parliamentary constituencies

://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_British_Politicians/Constituencies with discussion on its talk page. If you can help with improving these items, please do! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election night editathon

On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 at 11:46, John Lubbock wrote: > We've got The Guardian now also wanting to come and cover our > election night event That's good. Why not talk to them about why they should - in the sprit of the event - open licence some of their pics of it? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsont

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia: Ongoing issues

put there since August. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia: Ongoing issues

It seems not :-( On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 at 11:17, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > It seems that there are still issues with QRpedia: > > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T210050 > > Can we have some input from WMUK, about the likelihood of a fix, please? > > -- > Andy Mabb

[Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia: Ongoing issues

It seems that there are still issues with QRpedia: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T210050 Can we have some input from WMUK, about the likelihood of a fix, please? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK

[Wikimediauk-l] Financial Times unpaywalled

For the next ~24 hours the Financial Times has dropped its paywall. A great opportunity for Wikimedians needing to check sources (or submit them to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine)! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Heritage Digitisation Grant

n-Coombs To unsubscribe from the AHFAP list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=AHFAP=1 -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewin

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] north yorkshire county council appears to be filtering our trangender article

On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 17:35, geni wrote: > Not the best of sources but perhaps something we should look into: In my experience (local gov web manager, 1994-2011), such filtering is, as Fae says, usually a "bought in" service, applied at a broad topic level. Local block/pass listing may be

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedian in Residence at Coventry University

e to take a decent quality > photo of you like this which could be used in blogs about the residency? Sure. Unlike me, the Lanchester Library, where I'm based, is quite photogenic. This also might take a week or two, though,as I'm not there every work day. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http:/

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedian in Residence at Coventry University

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.* > > > On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 at 14:00, Andy Mabbett > wr

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedian in Residence at Coventry University

may be interested i attending editing events. I have set up a project page, at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Coventry_University -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

[Wikimediauk-l] Order of Industrial Heroism recipients

also make a good subject for trade union/ industrial history related editathon. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l W

[Wikimediauk-l] Glasgow University photo request: Thomas Logan Stillie bust

Do we have someone at Glasgow University who could kindly take a (full face) picture of the bust of Thomas Logan Stillie (Q19407690), seen in this non-free image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/janihelle/5179994352/in/set-72157618446576514/ assuming it is still on display? -- Andy Mabbett

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK Wiki

questions about issues with QRpedia has just been raised on Facebook, in this thread in the "Wikipedia weekly" group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/2053710054676815/ Can someone from Wikimedia UK respond there, too, please? -- Andy Mabbett

[Wikimediauk-l] Today's flypast over Sheffield, & "Mi Amigo" memorial

a cafe, which was apparently mentioned in the pilot's posthumous medal citation * steppung-st9nes between the pavilion and monument -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org

[Wikimediauk-l] Abbott and Holder: Picture needed (near British Museum)

If anyone is visiting, or near, the British Museum please could they take some photos of the frontage, shop-sign and (if they allow it) interior of Abbott and Holder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbott_and_Holder which is just round the corner, on Museum Street? -- Andy Mabbett

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK Wiki

On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 at 12:23, Delphine Dallison wrote: > The bare "qrpedia.org" works fine too as it redirects to the https > version. Not here; for me it resolves as http://qrpedia.org/ and times out. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigs

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK Wiki

supposed to work, too. > I haven't seen the tweet, but maybe you can let the > relevant people know? The http:// version and the bare "qrpedia.org" are linked to by many external websites; and are no doubt also in print sources. This affects more than just the one person who t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK Wiki

On Sun, 3 Feb 2019 at 20:32, Andy Mabbett wrote: > I've just been told (in a tweet also addressed to Wikimedia UK) that > http://qrpedia.org/ is down (i.e. timing out) again. Still timing out. This is a (supposedly) live, public-facing service. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewin

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK Wiki

On Sun, 3 Feb 2019 at 21:30, Thomas Morton wrote: > Have you got a link to the tweet; it seems to be working fine? Still timing out for me, just now. Tweet is: https://twitter.com/MonsieurBraun/status/1092043317725020161 -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK Wiki

including > QRpedia (which still has some bugs) I've just been told (in a tweet also addressed to Wikimedia UK) that http://qrpedia.org/ is down (i.e. timing out) again. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing lis

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Recent changes and watchlists broken on the WMUK Wiki

On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 at 15:42, wrote: > Engine Room > water cooler I suggest re-merging those pages. The level of traffic is not high and the benefits of splitting them were never clear. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Recent changes and watchlists broken on the WMUK Wiki

On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 at 13:31, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > If WMUK no longer has a technology budget you might want to consider > > asking if another chapter would be willing to support QRpedia. > > Of WMF? That should read "Or WMF?"; sorry. -- Andy

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Recent changes and watchlists broken on the WMUK Wiki

On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 at 13:18, WereSpielChequers wrote: > If WMUK no longer has a technology budget you might want to consider > asking if another chapter would be willing to support QRpedia. Of WMF? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.

[Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia website AWOL

http://monmouthpedia.org is down. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Photogrammetry Training at The Postal Museum in September

as a charity in England and Wales. Registered Charity Number 1102360. Company Number 48960 -- End of forwarded message -- -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Historic Prisons database

On 18 July 2018 at 16:44, Magnus Manske wrote: >> A heads up that there is a new database of historic (c19th) >> English prisons: > I am importing the list here: > https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/catalog/1505 Is anyone writing a property proposal for this?

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Birmingham event this Sunday

gt; R >> >> Roger 01835 864317 >> >> On Fri, 25 May 2018, 7:59 p.m. Andy Mabbett, >> wrote: >>> >>> As part of my new Wikipedia Residency, I'm running an event at >>> Birmingham's Ikon Gallery: >>> >>>https://en.wikipedia

[Wikimediauk-l] Birmingham event this Sunday

unch will be provided, but please bring a laptop. Training will be available for new editors. Book at: https://www.ikon-gallery.org/event/wikipedia-editathon/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikime

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Postdoc position in London / QMUL / Semantic Audio

ons.org SAAM2018: http://saam.semanticaudio.ac.uk/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

[Wikimediauk-l] Editathon in Birmingham, Sunday 27 May 2018

I hope some of you can make this: https://www.ikon-gallery.org/event/wikipedia-editathon/ The focus will be on contemporary art and artists. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Signing off for now

dia.org/wiki/File:Chateau_de_sable.png ? Good luck, and don't be a stranger! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK railway station codes

ail stations are announced... -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

[Wikimediauk-l] UK railway station codes

Please help to add the last few. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Digitising Glass Plate Negatives Blog

Forwarding for your info *waves* from Zurich Airport! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk -- Forwarded message -- From: "Andrew Bruce" <andrew.br...@postalmuseum.org> Date: 22 Jan 2018 11:11 am Subject: Digitising Glass Plate Negati

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

On 20 January 2018 at 19:07, Doug Weller wrote: > Was there any response to the Mail's article blaming us for suicides? > It says they contact Wikipedia, presumably the WMF. I have a friend who is a press officer for a large UK Charity; one towards which the Daily Mail has

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New Wales-related properties in Wikidata

is to assume that their action was made in good faith, rather than being "very political". -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ordnance Survey 1st series 1:10, 560 - a complete mid 19th century map of Britain

volume of work you do, both of these are justified. I'd be happy to endorse such an application. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinf

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New Wales-related properties in Wikidata

itical". And the matter was easily rectified, as I see you yourself have done: https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Property:P4641=609674520=609660585 -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikim

[Wikimediauk-l] New Wales-related properties in Wikidata

/Property:P4658 (the latter is "for an historic site, monument or building in the National Monuments Record of Wales database") -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Free Parliamentary event - RecordDNA – developing an international research agenda for the future digital evidence base

e-base-tickets-38459298798 For further information RecordDNA website: https://recorddna.wordpress.com/ Dr Elizabeth Lomas e.lo...@ucl.ac.uk Professor Julie McLeod julie.mcl...@northumbria.ac.uk -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Museum fees for images

ched out to Bendor Grosvenor, and. or the other signatories? If not, I'd be wiling to contact the former, with whom I have previously corresponded. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@w

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Physiological Society editathon, London 13 October 2017

On 11 October 2017 at 22:38, Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> wrote: > On 10/10/17 16:33, Andy Mabbett wrote: >> Are any of you planning to attend? > Virtual attendance, maybe? That would be welcome; you can keep up with progress at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wik

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Physiological Society editathon, London 13 October 2017

Last reminder for this event, this Friday. Are any of you planning to attend? On 4 September 2017 at 19:10, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote: > If you can, please join me and the Physiological Society for an > editathon in London on 13 October 2017: > > htt

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ordnance Survey 1st series 1:10, 560 - a complete mid 19th century map of Britain

ividual tiles, for major settlements and significant features. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

[Wikimediauk-l] Physiological Society editathon, London 13 October 2017

an use the venue's WI-FI. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyfraud redux: Waldemar Januszczak criticises BM & Tate

Sorry, I misread that. Valentine Low wrote in the Times; Januszczak supported on Twitter On 4 August 2017 at 22:15, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote: > Waldemar Januszczak, writing in the Times (ironically, paywalled!) says: > > "Some of Britain’s leading art

[Wikimediauk-l] Copyfraud redux: Waldemar Januszczak criticises BM & Tate

056 While this may also apply to in-copyright works, this clearly relevant to our recent discussions about what is known as "copyfraud". I've replied, suggesting he contact WMUK with a view to collaborating. Maybe someone at WMUK can follow that up? -- Andy Mabbett @p

[Wikimediauk-l] Lewis Cubitt Square, Kings Cross

The same goes for the other parts of that development, such as Lewis Cubitt Park: https://www.kingscross.co.uk/lewis-cubitt-park -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https

[Wikimediauk-l] Editathon: London, 13 October 2017

the date free. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Native name" in Infobox?

means "associated with the place *or circumstances* of a person's birth"; but it could as well be removed, or moved to the 'other_names' parameter -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyfraud by the British Museum

that the labels might have been placed at the instigation of the THM, with no BM involvement. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinf

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyfraud by the British Museum

- WMUK's, I mean - alternative proposed action? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyfraud by the British Museum

ould imagine Julia Reda would be interested, given that EU money is involved. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Pride 2017

On 28 July 2017 at 11:55, Fæ wrote: > The photo of the Lord Mayor at the front of the march seems > pretty useful, as Commons as no other photographs of her. Added to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_City_Council I was surprised to see that a former Lord Mayor

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Open-licensed images of UK MPs are coming!

On 28 July 2017 at 08:12, Gordon Joly wrote: > The "Twitter storm" about this was reported on BBC Today (Radio 4) at > "eighteen minutes to eight". > > https://twitter.com/DigiBungalow I shouldn't be surprised if we see the mages used by the press without attribution; for

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Open-licensed images of UK MPs are coming!

hich it is only fair to our subjects (not to mention our readers) to replace with better images. I'm also finding a number of non-English articles with no images, or where the image has not been updated, when en.Wikipedia had a new one in the past. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigso

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Open-licensed images of UK MPs are coming!

> Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk That's proving incredibly helpful - thank you. -- Andy Mabbett @pigso

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Open-licensed images of UK MPs are coming!

On 21 July 2017 at 19:36, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote: > the Parliamentary Digital Service announce and preview their > forthcoming release of a set of portrait photographs of 620 of the 650 > UK MPs. Pictures of Peers and Parliamentary staff (and hopefully th

[Wikimediauk-l] Open-licensed images of UK MPs are coming!

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Official_United_Kingdom_Parliamentary_photographs_2017 and added them to Wikipedia (English and some others). I plan to upload the rest once they're available, but will then need help updating articles and Wikidata. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonth

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

If so, I can help by creating relevant items in Wikidata. - - Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ 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!

On 17 July 2017 at 16:49, Katherine Bavage <katherine.bav...@gmail.com> wrote: > I need to see what capacity OSM has to tag postboxes https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dpost_box Don't forget to specify which royal cypher! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthe

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK univeristies and open content

dia_Forum=16631455#Backlogging_in_OTRS and the section was archived with no further posts to those in the above version, despite the promise, made here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Matthewrbowker=778894407#OTRS of a reply; and apparently nothing done to remedy them.

[Wikimediauk-l] Official parliamentary photos of MPs to be open licensed

Breaking news: Official parliamentary photos of (new?) MPs, being taken today, will be under Creative Commons Unported Attribution 3.0 licence. Only five years after I wrote: http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/politician-open-licensed-pictures-please/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK univeristies and open content

On 9 June 2017 at 13:00, CAMPBELL Lorna <lorna.m.campb...@ed.ac.uk> wrote: > The University of Edinburgh releases a lot of media material under open > licence. Here’s a few sources Thank you. That's a very commendable action on behalf of the university, and a very helpful exampl

[Wikimediauk-l] UK univeristies and open content

I've been asked to provide examples of UK universities releasing media under open licence (as opposed to giving us their images of out-of-copyright works). Do any spring to mind? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Designs for T shirts

On 1 June 2017 at 10:55, John Lubbock <john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > I do wonder how much it would cost extra to make personalised ones. :) I'd wear one with P31 = Q15136093 -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Designs for T shirts

On 31 May 2017 at 16:54, Julie Workman <mlle.juli...@gmail.com> wrote: > the black one with instance of P31 That should surely be P31 = Q131151 ? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list w

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Digitisation Grant fund

Chief Executive ARA; Claire Adler - HLF Appointed Expert Advisor; and Paul Sugden - Senior Digitisation Consultant. More details and how to apply can be found below: https://www.townswebarchiving.com/twa-digitisation-grant/ Best wishes, Ryan Kyle TownsWeb Archiving -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewin

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