[Wikimediauk-l] Sophox (query data from both OpenStreetMap and Wikidata simultaneously)

2017-12-22 Thread Gordon Joly
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Sophox_query_service Just discovered this new toy, just in time for Christmas... :-) Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMU

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge meetup 25 November

2017-11-29 Thread Gordon Joly
On 12/11/17 19:48, geni wrote: > Does maker space mean "someone who might know something about .STL > files"? (although I'll be there either way since I want to go to > duxford). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STL_(file_format) Just in case like me you did not know what STL was! :-) Gordo _

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

2017-11-29 Thread Gordon Joly
On 25/11/17 12:46, John Lubbock wrote: > Sold out now unfortunately. I would have been interested. Not currently? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge meetup 25 November

2017-11-12 Thread Gordon Joly
On 10/11/17 14:17, Rex X wrote: > I know my old dinosaur brain gets confused easily these days, but I seem to > remember that when we were typing our theses back in the '60s, there wasn't > any > such thing as an open document. Maybe that's why? > > -- T-Rexx Did Hawking put a (2017?) standard c

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge meetup 25 November

2017-11-10 Thread Gordon Joly
On 02/11/17 21:12, Charles Matthews wrote: > The meetup has a conventional wiki page > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/36 > Can you ask Prof. Hawking why he did not publish his thesis as an open document? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] GLAM/MILHIST volunteer role

2017-10-20 Thread Gordon Joly
On 20/10/17 10:29, Chris Keating wrote: > Hmmm - sadly I don't think writing Wikipedia articles is what they > have in mind Yup. Some of these boards will want to attract people who are members of a community (of the charity in question) but that will be explicit in the person specification.

[Wikimediauk-l] Trevor Martin article.

2017-10-15 Thread Gordon Joly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Martin Trevor Martin died earlier this month. A serious "allegation" was on his talk page from June 2009 until a few days after his death. It was signed by SineBot. Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...

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

2017-10-11 Thread Gordon Joly
On 10/10/17 16:33, Andy Mabbett wrote: > Are any of you planning to attend? Virtual attendance, maybe? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.

[Wikimediauk-l] Blippar

2017-10-08 Thread Gordon Joly
The English Heritage Members' Magazine has pages you can "blipp". https://blippar.com/en/ http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/members-area/members-magazine/ The app recognises a page (or a building) and links to content (in the case of magazine example, some videos). A flexible replacement (or

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

2017-09-13 Thread Gordon Joly
Were not the original maps "Crown Copyright"? And if so, how does that affect the statement below? *** This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 146, Issue 4

2017-09-12 Thread Gordon Joly
On 12/09/17 16:34, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > > I'm trying to avoid people just turning up without having responded ;) Is this a rave? :-) ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] #4947276 Invoice secondary Notice

2017-08-23 Thread Gordon Joly
Received: from 189.223.76.180.dsl.dyn.telnor.net ([189.223.76.180]:54466 helo=10.0.0.4) by hv8svg015.neubox.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1djdDT-001QTr-KO for wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2017 22:17:27 -0500

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] #4947276 Invoice secondary Notice

2017-08-22 Thread Gordon Joly
On 22/08/17 11:54, Rex X wrote: > It's just as likely that his email address has been "harvested" by automated > programs scanning publicly available email archives, and Ewan also displays > his > email address in clear text on his Wikipedia user page, which I would > recommend > against as well.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] #4947276 Invoice secondary Notice

2017-08-22 Thread Gordon Joly
On 22/08/17 01:00, Katie Chan wrote: > > Perhaps the dozens of messages that Ewan has posted to this email list > FROM that email address on the many archive publicly available of > wikimediauk-l? Or the inner workings of his own mail client? Gordo _

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] #4947276 Invoice secondary Notice

2017-08-21 Thread Gordon Joly
On 21/08/17 17:16, Rex X wrote: > For those that are interested, the spammer's IP seems to be 189.223.76.180, > which geolocates to Rosarito, Estado de Baja California, Mexico and their ISP > is > Telefonos del Noroeste, S.A. de C.V. if anyone wants to complain. They are > simply using Ewan's name

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] #4947276 Invoice secondary Notice

2017-08-21 Thread Gordon Joly
On 21/08/17 11:09, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > Sorry just saw that this actually came to the whole mailing list, not > directly to Owen...but my point still stands! > Any one of the four admins care to comment? Gordon ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list w

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

2017-07-31 Thread Gordon Joly
The term "native name" the Infobox at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konnie_Huq Konnie Huq was born in Hammersmith, as was her sister. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupa_Huq Native name: is there something better to describe her name in Bengali? Gordo ___

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

2017-07-28 Thread Gordon Joly
On 28/07/17 08:12, Gordon Joly wrote: > Let us hope that everybody respects the CC licence. > > Gordo This licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.

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

2017-07-28 Thread Gordon Joly
The "Twitter storm" about this was reported on BBC Today (Radio 4) at "eighteen minutes to eight". https://twitter.com/DigiBungalow https://beta.parliament.uk/houses/KL2k1BGP/members/current/a-z/a Let us hope that everybody respects the CC licence. Gordo _

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Odd? Peter Tatchell aritcle.

2017-07-27 Thread Gordon Joly
On 27/07/17 10:55, Richard Nevell wrote: > Good work with the person infobox. I am only just now realising the scale of the "problem", or do I mean "solution"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Templates_using_data_from_Wikidata Gordo ___ Wikimed

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Odd? Peter Tatchell aritcle.

2017-07-26 Thread Gordon Joly
On 26/07/17 16:09, Michael Peel wrote: > But for my canonical example of a Wikidata infobox: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pole_Telescope > Have a look at how the data is stored at: > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1513315 > Hopefully you'll agree it's clearer than wikicode, and the way to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Odd? Peter Tatchell aritcle.

2017-07-26 Thread Gordon Joly
On 26/07/17 09:07, geni wrote: > Template vandalism on. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Official_URL > > If you are still getting issues purge the page. Thanks. Now fixed. * This template is for use in infoboxes. It links to property P856 (official website) at Wikidata to retrie

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Odd? Peter Tatchell aritcle.

2017-07-26 Thread Gordon Joly
On 26/07/17 09:12, Magnus Manske wrote: > Confirmed. JS XSS thing? Could be. But I have Firefox set to warn me? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wi

[Wikimediauk-l] Odd? Peter Tatchell aritcle.

2017-07-26 Thread Gordon Joly
I click on links at... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tatchell and I get some odd behaviour? Can anybody confirm this? And fix it? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wik

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM

2017-07-16 Thread Gordon Joly
On 16/07/17 19:44, Fæ wrote: > Along with a review to ensure the charity's Articles are > made fit for the 21st century, I wonder if the transition to CIO could (should?) also happen? Gordo Wikimedia UK is a charity registered in England and Wales, number 1144513 and a company limited by

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM

2017-07-16 Thread Gordon Joly
The numbers of email addresses on this list are as follows: 207 Non-digested Members of Wikimediauk-l: 66 Digested Members of Wikimediauk-l: So this list could have about half of the total membership of the Charity? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK m

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM

2017-07-16 Thread Gordon Joly
On 16/07/17 10:34, Katie Chan wrote: > On 16/07/2017 10:07, Gordon Joly wrote: >> On 15/07/17 22:39, Katie Chan wrote: >>> The staff already worked most of a Saturday. People may want to give >>> them a chance at a (rest of the) weekend? >>> >>>

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM

2017-07-16 Thread Gordon Joly
On 15/07/17 22:39, Katie Chan wrote: > The staff already worked most of a Saturday. People may want to give > them a chance at a (rest of the) weekend? > > Katie Of course. But why send to the mailing list *FIRST*? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing lis

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM

2017-07-15 Thread Gordon Joly
On 15/07/17 16:24, Richard Farmbrough wrote: > All candidates were voted in, and all resolutions passed, nearly > unanimously. > I hope the membership are emailed as well, since members might not be on this discussion list? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK ma

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Annual Report and Accounts

2017-07-15 Thread Gordon Joly
On 15/07/17 14:53, Michael Peel wrote: > That's an excellent turn-around to see. :-) > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMUK_membership_over_time.jpg > > Thanks, > Mike Very troubling. The trends are unreal. Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Annual Report and Accounts

2017-07-15 Thread Gordon Joly
.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMUK_membership_over_time.jpg > > Thanks, > Mike > > On 15 Jul 2017, at 09:44, Lucy Crompton-Reid > wrote: > > Yes, and today :) > > On 15 July 2017 at 12:39, Gordon Joly wrote: >> >> On 15/07/17 10:21, Richard Nevell wrote: >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Annual Report and Accounts

2017-07-15 Thread Gordon Joly
On 15/07/17 10:21, Richard Nevell wrote: > Membership is 498. Wow! That is the number of individuals (to which date)? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: htt

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Firefox doesn't like cert for https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk

2017-06-25 Thread Gordon Joly
On 25/06/17 09:31, Lewis Cawte wrote: > I'd question whether anyone would see the Bugzilla bug without actually > looking, as most people probably won't be seeing any of the emails from it. > > Sort of amusingly, that particular issue has its own bug report >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Firefox doesn't like cert for https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk

2017-06-25 Thread Gordon Joly
On 25/06/17 09:31, Lewis Cawte wrote: > > > Sort of amusingly, that particular issue has its own bug report > which doesn't > appear to have been worked on yet. > > -- Lewis Cawte I have done the SPF/DKIM/DMARC faffage for my own server, w

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Firefox doesn't like cert for https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk

2017-06-25 Thread Gordon Joly
What a star! Gordo On 25/06/17 11:05, Thomas Morton wrote: > Morning all. > > I've taken a look and I think have resolved all the existing issues. > We're now getting an A on SSLLabs :) Charles can you check if the issue > is resolved. > > Just to be clear on an important change; I've disa

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK member confirmation sent to spam by GMail

2017-06-17 Thread Gordon Joly
On 17/06/17 18:47, David Gerard wrote: > tl;dr they want you using SPF, DMARC and DKIM. (The message headers > say spf=neutral, which I expect means nobody's set it up.) > > These are very faffy (we just set this up at work) but worth it. But > also very faffy. Yes, MailChimp also wants you to f

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Website certificate (again)

2017-06-16 Thread Gordon Joly
> __ > > > > Hi all, > > I tried using Chrome as an alternative browser but > experienced problems with that as well. > > all the best > > Fabian > > a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Firefox doesn't like cert for https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk

2017-06-16 Thread Gordon Joly
On 15/06/17 12:04, Emmanuel Engelhart wrote: > Hi > > Please open a ticket for that and explain exactly what goes wrong. I'll > have a look this WE. > > Emmanuel Some ancient history... Gordo On 02/10/16 22:38, Neil Harris wrote: > On 02/10/16 17:50, Gordon

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Firefox doesn't like cert for https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk

2017-06-16 Thread Gordon Joly
Ubuntu? Michael appears to be running Sierra, which is also known as "SLOWER"... when it comes to updates :-) Firefox 53.0.3 on Linux Mint 18.1 (an Ubuntu fork) here at LoopZilla HQ. On 15/06/17 11:52, David Gerard wrote: > Update to Firefox 54 (just hit the Ubuntu repos today) and see what it

[Wikimediauk-l] Yet Another Open Data project.

2017-06-14 Thread Gordon Joly
FYI Hong Kong joins the Global Mosquito Alert fight using Open Data https://blog.okfn.org/2017/06/14/hong-kong-joins-the-global-mosquito-alert-fight-using-open-data/ Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wik

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Opportunity to become a Wikimedia UK trainer - Edinburgh 4-5th July

2017-06-08 Thread Gordon Joly
On 07/06/17 15:36, Daria Cybulska wrote: > The event is open to anyone who can make a credible commitment to > support Wikimedia UK training in future. I can make incredible commitment! :-) Gordon ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposed election night editathon

2017-06-02 Thread Gordon Joly
On 01/06/17 18:11, John Lubbock wrote: > Hey all, here's the event page on Facebook. Please let me know if you're > coming by listing your attendance. > > https://www.facebook.com/events/1419398211460956 > > John Including virtual attendance? Gordo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Designs for T shirts

2017-06-01 Thread Gordon Joly
On 01/06/17 10:55, John Lubbock wrote: > I do wonder how much it would cost extra to make personalised ones. :) > That would be a revenue stream. Does WMUK have a commercial subsidiary? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK at Byline Festival on 2nd June

2017-05-27 Thread Gordon Joly
On 26/05/17 19:45, geni wrote: > > Yes please. There appear to be people there we need better photos of. Where will we pitch our tent, geni? :-) Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/lis

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK at Byline Festival on 2nd June

2017-05-26 Thread Gordon Joly
On 26/05/17 01:03, geni wrote: > Need a couple of days to decide if "Woodstock for the Facebook > Generation" is something I want to attend sober. If I do I will be > able to provide lifts from anywhere between Southampton and one of the > emptier bits of East Sussex. > > -- "Turn on, tune in,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK at Byline Festival on 2nd June

2017-05-25 Thread Gordon Joly
On 24/05/17 14:52, John Lubbock wrote: > The festival is held at Pippingford Park in Sussex > , 1 hour from central London > by train. Plus a taxi ride! Please sign me up. Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Designs for T shirts

2017-05-22 Thread Gordon Joly
On 20/05/17 01:42, John Lubbock wrote: > . Wikimedia Nederland does one with a the Wikimedia logo as a > stroopwafel, a Dutch caramel biscuit. Perhaps I should explain a little more about this sweet Dutch snack. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monkey_selfie_with_a_stroopwafel.jpg "Monke

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Designs for T shirts

2017-05-22 Thread Gordon Joly
On 20/05/17 01:42, John Lubbock wrote: > as a stroopwafel, a Dutch caramel biscuit. Who knew! :-) ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Designs for T shirts

2017-05-18 Thread Gordon Joly
On 18/05/17 14:37, geni wrote: Looks a bit generic corporate. Where's the humor? The slogans? The references to obscure 60s Sci-fi encyclopedias? Is there a matching chocolate bar? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org h

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Re: CC licenses for PhD theses

2017-05-05 Thread Gordon Joly
Are there not some MailMan rules about the number of addresses in the CC: and TO: fields? Also consider SPF and DKIM and DMARC w.r.t the sender? * >From: domain publishes a DMARC p=reject or p=quarantine policy, see the dmarc_moderatio

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposed election night editathon

2017-05-05 Thread Gordon Joly
On 05/05/17 11:56, John Lubbock wrote: > Oh yeah, if anyone else is going to the hackathons in Prague or Vienna, > let me know. It would be good to connect with UK based developers. That'll be the WMUK Prague Faction and the WMUK Vienna Branch? :-) Gordo __

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Problems with list

2017-05-04 Thread Gordon Joly
theses Michael Peel [Wikimediauk-l] CC licenses for PhD theses John Lubbock [Wikimediauk-l] CC licenses for PhD theses John Munch [Wikimediauk-l] CC licenses for PhD theses Gordon Joly [Wikimediauk-l] CC licenses for PhD theses

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Problems with list

2017-05-03 Thread Gordon Joly
On 03/05/17 17:27, leu...@fabiant.eu wrote: > > I think there maybe a glitch somewhere > > Upgrade? :-) ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] CC licenses for PhD theses

2017-05-02 Thread Gordon Joly
On 02/05/17 14:05, John Lubbock wrote: > Hi Fabian. Do you not think that this time consuming process of asking > authors individually could be substantially reduced by getting > universities to understand the benefits of Open Licenses and having them > give their students the option of publishing

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l list run by ????

2017-04-26 Thread Gordon Joly
On 26/04/17 16:47, David Gerard wrote: > Run by WMF, so up to them. > > Have a conversation about migrating from GNU Mailman 2.1 to GNU Mailman 3.0 > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T52864 > > Official support for upgrade from existing Mailman 2.1 lists to Mailman 3 > https://phabricator.wikime

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l list run by ????

2017-04-26 Thread Gordon Joly
Mailman is part of our protection. > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk "Delivered by Mailman version 2.1.18" but Mailman 2.1.23 is available. Time for an upgrade? Gordo *

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

2017-04-24 Thread Gordon Joly
On 23/04/17 04:41, geni wrote: > Poorly. MPs should be out and about a bit more in the next few weeks > but I always feel a but iffy bringing serious camera gear to Q&A > sessions and the like. Why? Surely they are all open to being photographed? And why "serious gear"? Just an iPhone would do?

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposed election night editathon

2017-04-24 Thread Gordon Joly
On 21/04/17 18:15, John Lubbock wrote: > What about if we simply did a politics themed editathon after the > election when the results had come in and we had something to work with? With NPOV of course! Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau.

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

2017-04-21 Thread Gordon Joly
> http://bit.ly/GE2017WarRoomAtNewspeakHouse Are we at War? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia Commons question

2017-03-27 Thread Gordon Joly
On 23/03/17 15:08, Steve Bowbrick wrote: > So, in the interests of updating my knowledge (and possibly our policy), >is there any up-to-date advice for organisations like the BBC about the safe usage of content from the Wikimedia Commons Safe in what sense? Pr0n? Gordo ___

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia developers discussion

2017-03-10 Thread Gordon Joly
On 17/01/17 20:11, Gordon Joly wrote: > > > Funny how my question about open source alternatives was not answered in > Slack, but has prompted several responses in this email list > > Gordo > > This from 2016 https://ux.useronboard.com/slack-i-m-breaking-

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK policy updates - consultation

2017-03-02 Thread Gordon Joly
On 02/03/17 00:11, Michael Peel wrote: > > I see that the new volunteers policy removes a key phrase that was often > used in WMUK's past: "staff should only do things that volunteers either > cannot do or do not want to do". That's OK - perhaps that phrase has now > outlived its usefulness - but

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Guardian obituaries feed

2017-02-22 Thread Gordon Joly
Any source? Some bad language therein http://alt.obituaries.narkive.com/ Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Media spokespeople

2017-02-17 Thread Gordon Joly
On 16/02/17 17:08, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > In several cases this was because the editor concerned didn't agree > with the decision, and so could potentially defend the process but not > the outcome. A rather complex decision (to ban the Daily Mail) with a lot of history, and some un-answered q

[Wikimediauk-l] London meetup.

2017-02-13 Thread Gordon Joly
FYI, A new venue for March (and April). :-) Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

[Wikimediauk-l] The Chaterhouse.

2017-02-10 Thread Gordon Joly
FYI, http://www.thecharterhouse.org/ A new museum in London. In partnership with the Museum of London. Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.o

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC Newsnight want to do Daily Mail vs WP:RS tonight - editor on hand?

2017-02-10 Thread Gordon Joly
** A spokesman for Mail Newspapers said: “It is hard to know whether to laugh or cry at this move by Wikipedia. For the record the Daily Mail banned all its journalists from using Wikipedia as a sole source in 2014 because of its unreliability. **

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

2017-02-09 Thread Gordon Joly
On 09/02/17 11:16, Charles Matthews wrote: >> > I imagine, rather less than the administrative cost of running a > membership organisation of a couple of hundred members. Remember the > discussion about this, in early 2010? Didn't think so. > > Charles > I am not sure I remember. Should I look

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

2017-02-09 Thread Gordon Joly
On 09/02/17 09:34, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > Thanks Katie :) > > On 9 February 2017 at 00:00, Katie Chan > wrote: > > It's been called Friends' Newsletter since April 2014 when it > started going to company members, those who signed up independently > (eith

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

2017-02-09 Thread Gordon Joly
On 08/02/17 17:01, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > The newsletter goes to paying members but also a much wider group of > subscribers. So what are we paying for? :-) Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedi

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

2017-02-08 Thread Gordon Joly
ects that > we could be covering for future editions. > > John > > On 8 February 2017 at 09:17, Gordon Joly <mailto:gordon.j...@pobox.com>> wrote: > > On 08/02/17 00:51, geni wrote: > > For those that didn't read the Friends' Newsletter __

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

2017-02-08 Thread Gordon Joly
On 08/02/17 00:51, geni wrote: > For those that didn't read the Friends' Newsletter I don't normally read the Friends' Newsletter. Is this a new serial publication? Makes interesting reading though. "Copyright law in its current form works for large rightsholders organisations, but doesn’t wo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

2017-02-08 Thread Gordon Joly
On 06/02/17 13:36, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > > Some of you may be aware that 2017 is the UK - India Year of Culture. I > guess this resource may relate to that, or it could be a coincidence. > Either way, it would be great to see what the potential is in terms of > the Wikimedia projects :) >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia developers discussion

2017-01-17 Thread Gordon Joly
Funny how my question about open source alternatives was not answered in Slack, but has prompted several responses in this email list Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wik

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia developers discussion

2017-01-17 Thread Gordon Joly
On 17/01/17 00:38, John Lubbock wrote: > It costs a lot of money, as far as I can see (it says Try for Free and > then takes you to a page where it asks you to pay $100 a month). We wrote Discourse, and we can host it for you, too. Yes, that is a hosting option. You can download and ins

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia developers discussion

2017-01-17 Thread Gordon Joly
On 17/01/17 00:38, John Lubbock wrote: > It costs a lot of money, as far as I can see (it says Try for Free and > then takes you to a page where it asks you to pay $100 a month). > Personally I don't think we need to stretch over backwards to always use > an open source option for just communicatio

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia developers discussion

2017-01-16 Thread Gordon Joly
; <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 > 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG > > On 16 January 2017 at 17:13, Richard Nevell > <mailto:richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk>> wrote: > > Is there an open source version of slack? > > On 16 January

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia developers discussion

2017-01-16 Thread Gordon Joly
>>Why are we not on an Open Source platform?<< http://wikidevsuk.slack.com I did ask this question a while back on SLACK Is there a good answer? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia developers discussion

2017-01-12 Thread Gordon Joly
On 14/11/16 13:42, John Lubbock wrote: > If you would like to be added to the channel to discuss with other > Wikimedia developers how to take the idea forward and share what you > might already be working on, please reply with your interest and let me > know your email address so I can send you an

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

2016-12-10 Thread Gordon Joly
A comment from User:Czar https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_UK/Events/BBC_100_Women Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: London Meetup on 11th December

2016-12-10 Thread Gordon Joly
On 09/12/16 17:21, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > where a space has been reserved from 1pm. Upstairs we hope! :-) Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

2016-12-09 Thread Gordon Joly
On 09/12/16 11:10, Andrew West wrote: > the lists are notable > and of public interest because they have been featured in TV > programmes, And radio too! :-) Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.o

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

2016-12-08 Thread Gordon Joly
On 08/12/16 17:32, Michael Peel wrote: > An interesting question that could do with a speedy response (and maybe > a copyright release email from the BBC to OTRS) has been posted at: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:100_Women_(BBC)#Is_it_not_a_copyright_violation_to_publish_this_list.3F >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

2016-12-08 Thread Gordon Joly
On 08/12/16 13:37, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > > At the training events we are of course reinforcing the need for > appropriate secondary sources, and lots of preparation work has been > done by Roger and other Women in Red editors, Stuart Prior at Wikimedia > UK and BBC staff to create lists of w

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

2016-12-08 Thread Gordon Joly
On 08/12/16 12:56, WereSpielChequers wrote: > > I'm wondering whether it might be worth doing an article rescue > editathon as part of the next feminism event - Or any other themed event? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.or

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

2016-12-08 Thread Gordon Joly
On 08/12/16 12:01, Sara Thomas wrote: > > As is my custom, I'll be placing the {{new user article}} template on > the talk pages of any articles created by new users today. Which then expands to ** This is an article recently created by a new user. Mor

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

2016-12-08 Thread Gordon Joly
On 08/12/16 10:24, Michael Peel wrote: > It's possible to follow the edits through the hashtag, at: > http://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags/search/100Womenwiki > Maybe help interact with the new users there? Thanks Mike. I have just now interacted! Gordo __

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

2016-12-08 Thread Gordon Joly
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38219838 The video is very flashy! Articles in red, need your help! All you need to know in 100 seconds Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/l

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

2016-12-08 Thread Gordon Joly
On 05/12/16 14:41, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > > As I know some of you will already be aware, Wikimedia UK, Women in Red > and Wikimedia editors and communities around the world are partnering > with BBC 100 Women to raise awareness of the gender gap on Wikipedia, > improve coverage of women and e

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

2016-12-08 Thread Gordon Joly
And very nice to hear Lucy on the Today programme! Around 8:50 am. Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] House of Commons editathon

2016-11-17 Thread Gordon Joly
On 17/11/16 13:03, Chris Keating wrote: > I think the last time we were small enough to be able to schedule all > our events with no clashes was back in the first half of 2011! > > Chris Excellent! Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@w

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] House of Commons editathon

2016-11-16 Thread Gordon Joly
On 15/11/16 11:41, Stuart Prior wrote: > > Just a reminder that we have this event coming up this weekend. A clash with an event at Wellcome Institute? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Wellcome/Events_and_Workshops/Beyond_the_Asylum_2 Gordo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia developers discussion

2016-11-14 Thread Gordon Joly
On 14/11/16 18:51, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 14/11/16 13:42, John Lubbock wrote: >> please reply with your interest and let me know your email address so I >> can send you an invite to the channel, wikidevsuk.slack.com >> <http://wikidevsuk.slack.com> . >>

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] East London Meetup?

2016-10-26 Thread Gordon Joly
Glad it happened! The last Tuesday of the month clashes with another meeting I attend (but sometimes I arrive late at the Wikimeet if the other meeting finishes early). Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wik

[Wikimediauk-l] East London Meetup?

2016-10-24 Thread Gordon Joly
Seems like this will be a null event? https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/East_London/8 Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Freelance work.

2016-10-24 Thread Gordon Joly
Came from People Per Hour. A constant source of offers to perform paid editing on Wikipedia. https://www.peopleperhour.com/ Gordo On 21/10/16 17:12, Richard Symonds wrote: > Possibly misdirected? > > > On 6 Oct 2016 13:21, "Gordon Joly" <mailto:gordon.j...@pobox

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposals for APG funding from the Wikimedia Foundation are open for community review

2016-10-15 Thread Gordon Joly
On 14/10/16 12:58, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > > The Wikimedia UK proposal for funding from February 2017 to January 2018 > can be found here - please take a look!: With a falling pound, revenues requested become cheaper for the WMF. Gordo ___ Wikim

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mass image uploads expert

2016-10-14 Thread Gordon Joly
"status proposed" :-) On 14/10/16 09:39, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > YES! Excellent :) > > On 14 October 2016 at 09:38, Magnus Manske > wrote: > > This, perhaps? > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/GLAMpipe >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mass image uploads expert

2016-10-14 Thread Gordon Joly
On 14/10/16 08:18, r...@rodspace.co.uk wrote: > Hi all, > > > > I have just spotted an announcement of a historic photograph > digitisation project by the friends of the Somerset Life Museum > Research Group (see > https://somersetrurallifemuseum.org.uk/2016/10/13/digiti

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New post at Wikimedia UK

2016-10-13 Thread Gordon Joly
On 13/10/16 15:00, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > Well for the moment we're in London - the office is not likely to be > moving until December 2017/January 2018. Personally I'd love a move > North - over the border in fact - but not sure how viable that is! > Towards an independent Scotland, insid

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