[Wikimediauk-l] Turkish culture editing workshop this weekend

2020-01-09 Thread John Lubbock
a hand - essentially we need someone to just wander around and answer any questions people have. This will be more important after the initial training and lunch, so you don't need to come at 11, but from 1-1.30pm to 5pm would be very useful. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wik

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK gender gap film published

2019-12-30 Thread John Lubbock
ttps://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2019/12/wikimedia-uk-publishes-closing-the-gender-gap-video/ The YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9CzjIL-A1Q Thanks! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in Eng

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election night editathon

2019-12-11 Thread John Lubbock
Come anyway, we can fit you in. I just wanted to keep numbers low cos there might not be a lot of space if there's a lot of other people, but any experienced Wikimedians should feel free to just turn up. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election night editathon

2019-12-11 Thread John Lubbock
I've done a project page for the event already Ed, so if you want to put resources in there you can! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:2019_election_night_editathon John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election night editathon

2019-12-11 Thread John Lubbock
We've got The Guardian now also wanting to come and cover our election night event, so come and join us! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667 John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] November 27 tagging incident

2019-12-09 Thread John Lubbock
We will be releasing a short film before Christmas which looks at what the Wikimedia community in the UK has been doing in the past few years to address the Gender Gap, and I hope that this will go some way to communicating what we have achieved as a community and a local chapter. John Lubbock

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election night editathon

2019-12-04 Thread John Lubbock
would be interested, please sign up for a ticket at the link below. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667 John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election night editathon

2019-11-12 Thread John Lubbock
Hi all, can I please ask anybody who wants to come to our election night Wikipedia editathon to please sign up on the Eventbrite here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667>so we know how many people are coming. Thanks! John L

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election night editathon

2019-11-07 Thread John Lubbock
Just following up on this to say that Newspeak House is happy to host up to 15 of us for an election night editathon. Please sign up here if you'd like to come: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667 See you there! John Lubbock Communications

[Wikimediauk-l] Election night editathon

2019-10-31 Thread John Lubbock
interested in participating. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11

[Wikimediauk-l] London Meetup - WLM walkabout?

2019-09-06 Thread John Lubbock
Would anybody like to do this with me? See you on Sunday, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europo

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata meetup and SPARQL training in London tomorrow

2019-08-30 Thread John Lubbock
ata-with-sparql-tickets-65822170885> if you are interested in coming. Hope to see some of you tomorrow! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered C

[Wikimediauk-l] Who has Wikimedia UK's Canon 60D?

2019-06-25 Thread John Lubbock
Hi all, we are doing a survey of our equipment and can't find where the Canon 60D has gone to. Does anybody know who it was last lent out to? If you still have it, please get in contact and let me know who you are! Thanks everybody John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata meetup with OSM in London, June 29

2019-06-24 Thread John Lubbock
ail me with your lightning talk idea, ideally about something you're working on that's Wikidata related. Talks should be 5-10 mins long. Hope to see some of you there. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee regi

[Wikimediauk-l] Nominations for Wikimedian of the Year and Partnership of the Year

2019-06-21 Thread John Lubbock
think should win these awards for their work over the past year. We hope to see you at the AGM! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Photography pass for Glastonbury

2019-06-17 Thread John Lubbock
of. As you can see, even big events like Glastonbury are willing to offer us a free ticket. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered

[Wikimediauk-l] Photography pass for Glastonbury

2019-06-17 Thread John Lubbock
photos with. Preference will be given to people who have experience of submitting quality photos to Wikimedia Commons, so please let me know your level of experience as a photographer. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK

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

2019-06-12 Thread John Lubbock
Not good. Thanks for making us aware and we will see what we can do. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1

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

2019-06-05 Thread John Lubbock
iki/File:Jason_Evans_WiR_at_Llyfrgell_Genedlaethol_National_Library_of_Wales_03.JPG>. Do you think you might be able to arrange someone to take a decent quality photo of you like this which could be used in blogs about the residency? John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikime

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

2019-06-04 Thread John Lubbock
Hi Andy, would you like to write something for the WMUK blog about your new position? John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity

[Wikimediauk-l] West Norwood Cemetery project with Lambeth Council

2019-05-23 Thread John Lubbock
d it. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street,

[Wikimediauk-l] Conway Hall event this weekend

2019-05-15 Thread John Lubbock
See you there! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1

[Wikimediauk-l] SkillShare next week

2019-05-05 Thread John Lubbock
imedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London_Skillshare/2>. I hope this one will be more interactive, with a chance to get stuck into editing and have people on hand to show you how it's done. See you next week! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is

[Wikimediauk-l] Upcoming events

2019-04-24 Thread John Lubbock
in Red editathon <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-red-a-project-to-add-biographies-of-women-to-wikipedia-tickets-58988221358> in Edinburgh on May 31 The middle of the year is certainly getting busy, and we hope to see you at some of these events! All the best, John

[Wikimediauk-l] Skillshare #2 - AutoWikiBrowser

2019-04-17 Thread John Lubbock
gt; to see if there's anything that interests you. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Events

2019-04-13 Thread John Lubbock
Hi Geni, you're very welcome to meet us at 11 at Conway Hall then. See you tomorrow! All the best, On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, 06:03 geni, wrote: > > > On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 16:52, John Lubbock > wrote: > >> Hi all, two things to tell you about. Firstly, this weekend, a few o

[Wikimediauk-l] Events

2019-04-11 Thread John Lubbock
I think so please check it out for other events here <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events> I'm also just preparing the Spring newsletter, so if anybody would like to write about something Wikimedia related for it, please get in touch. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Next skillshare and Wikidata meetup

2019-04-02 Thread John Lubbock
Hi Sara, yes I think that would be a good idea and I can certainly arrange for it to happen. Thanks for asking. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Next skillshare and Wikidata meetup

2019-04-01 Thread John Lubbock
Just to be clear, both events will be in the evening, probably from 6.30-9. On Mon, 1 Apr 2019, 16:42 John Lubbock, wrote: > Hi all, I'm organising our next skillshare, which Rich Farmbrough has > agreed to do on AWB, and have a prospective date of April 24th. I'm also > organising a

[Wikimediauk-l] Next skillshare and Wikidata meetup

2019-04-01 Thread John Lubbock
that it would be better to have these two events in different weeks. Please feel free to give me feedback and let me know if these event dates would work for you or not, as obviously I would like to maximise attendance to make them as successful as possible. All the best, John Lubbock Communications

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Architecture & sandstone carvings

2019-03-13 Thread John Lubbock
Might they also be interested in submitting something to the WikiJournal of humanities? I published a blog about the WikiJournals on Saturday which other Wikimedians might be interested in if they've not seen it yet. https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2019/03/what-are-wikijournals/ John Lubbock

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Conway Hall + April London Meetup

2019-03-08 Thread John Lubbock
Hello all, who is coming to the meetup this Sunday, and would anybody be interested in going to Conway Hall first? John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827

[Wikimediauk-l] Coventry Wikimedian in Residence

2019-02-21 Thread John Lubbock
global/job-descriptions/req006767---jd---wikimedian-in-residence.pdf John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Eu

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] LSHTM workshop Tuesday - places available

2019-02-18 Thread John Lubbock
Hi Charles, is there any kind of event page which I can share on social media? John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK Wiki

2019-02-05 Thread John Lubbock
Hi all, QRpedia seems to be working for me. The only problem appears to be a problem recognising codes generated for articles with apostrophes in them. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Strategy Meeting on Wednesday 30th January

2019-01-29 Thread John Lubbock
Hi Geni, I've now listed it on the Events list. https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Main_Page John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK Wiki

2019-01-16 Thread John Lubbock
Thanks Adam, I will let you know what we need help with. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor

[Wikimediauk-l] #WikipediaDay

2019-01-14 Thread John Lubbock
rid of all the unreliable sources that did not “spark joy?” Wish upon a star. ✨) - Spread the good vibes. Wish a chapter or affiliate an early upcoming birthday instead. :) Please join us and help spread the news about Wikipedia turning 18! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator

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

2019-01-08 Thread John Lubbock
as a resource within the chapter. The programmes team can also help you. Please ask us. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Dumb question about foundation membership

2019-01-08 Thread John Lubbock
No worries, we're happy to have you as a member. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Dumb question about foundation membership

2019-01-05 Thread John Lubbock
a year to encourage more people to join. You can renew your Wikimedia UK membership on our site here: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Membership All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Encouraging GLAMs to use free Commons images

2019-01-04 Thread John Lubbock
of important news. Regards, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London

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

2018-11-30 Thread John Lubbock
I support Andy's proposal. Some consolidation of communications formats is a very good thing from my point of view. We have so many it's hard to keep track of them all. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee

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

2018-11-30 Thread John Lubbock
to the server files, it's all going very slowly. Trust me nobody is more frustrated about it all than me. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity

[Wikimediauk-l] Last reminder for tomorrow's first Skillshare at the London office

2018-11-20 Thread John Lubbock
are-writing-a-featured-article-tickets-51714046104> . See you tomorrow! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Of

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Skillshare on 21st November in London

2018-11-08 Thread John Lubbock
if you can make it, and consider sharing it with others on social media if you can't. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered C

[Wikimediauk-l] Middle East human rights editathon this weekend

2018-11-02 Thread John Lubbock
Just a reminder that we have an editathon this weekend on human rights in the Middle East in London. https://attending.io/events/wikimedia-editathon-middle-eastern-human-rights Please come if you can make it! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monthly skill share in London

2018-10-25 Thread John Lubbock
Hi Owen, maybe you want to talk to Alice White at the Wellcome Library about that? I'm happy to chat to you over coffee any time though. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monthly skill share in London

2018-10-25 Thread John Lubbock
What would be the skill to be shared around the community with that? There's lots of WikiProjects I'd like to do editathons about. I wonder if WikiProject AIDS would be something where we could get a partner organisation to help us improve pages in a separate editathon? John Lubbock

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Events coming up

2018-10-25 Thread John Lubbock
a suitable venue, help with informing people who might want to come). John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monthly skill share in London

2018-10-16 Thread John Lubbock
of the month, so should we skip December and do the one after in January? I would appreciate some more feedback from people about whether they would turn up, and what subjects they would like to see covered. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website help

2018-10-10 Thread John Lubbock
I agree Richard, it's hard to keep a foot in both camps, but my feeling is that we probably won't make any great headway on this stuff while we have no developers on staff. Until then, I think it would be good to improve how MediaWiki works as much as possible. John Lubbock Communications

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website help

2018-10-09 Thread John Lubbock
and Template Styles. I'm sure there are others that would be useful though. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website help

2018-10-09 Thread John Lubbock
We don't have any technologists on staff. We contract work to someone, but I believe they are pretty fully occupied with some back end issues at the moment. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website help

2018-10-09 Thread John Lubbock
upport you. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WLM image reviewing

2018-10-01 Thread John Lubbock
Sure thing Michael. Just let me know when I'm needed. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia website AWOL

2018-08-16 Thread John Lubbock
I have emailed the website manager about the issue and I will let you know when it is resolved. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK 2018 AGM

2018-07-11 Thread John Lubbock
Yes, I hope we will get the chance to take a bunch of photos there. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania attendees

2018-07-10 Thread John Lubbock
I've only had one response to this so far. Does anybody know who else is going to Wikimania? If you know people who are going, please encourage them to get in contact. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania attendees

2018-07-09 Thread John Lubbock
be very grateful! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Quarter 2 Newsletter - call for ideas

2018-07-09 Thread John Lubbock
Hi Delphine, that would be really useful. Not too late at all, my plan is to try to get it published by the end of the month. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered

[Wikimediauk-l] Mozfest session proposal

2018-06-29 Thread John Lubbock
Hello UK Wikimedians, Mozilla have issued a call for proposals for sessions at this year's Mozfest. I'd like Wikimedia UK to have a presence there, so if anybody has any ideas for sessions, why not let us know and we will see if we can support it? https://mozillafestival.org/proposals John

[Wikimediauk-l] EU Copyright law petition

2018-06-28 Thread John Lubbock
to MEPs to vote against this poorly considered law when it comes before the European Parliament. https://saveyourinternet.eu/ John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered

[Wikimediauk-l] Video for WLM 2018

2018-06-26 Thread John Lubbock
to the competition, to give an idea of why people participate and how easy it is. If anybody is doing any photography expeditions for WLM, or would like to organise one with me and RockDrum coming along to film, please let me know. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Running adverts on the WIkimedia UK wiki

2018-06-18 Thread John Lubbock
, and we would appreciate it if anybody sees things like this in future if they could let us know so we can deal with them. Thanks! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Sadiq Khan shows support for WMUK

2018-06-13 Thread John Lubbock
Any Wikimedians who are on Twitter, could you please go and like the Mayor's Twitter post about the editathon so we can improve the ratio of likes to comments? Thanks. https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/1006560526627942402 John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Pride in London

2018-06-13 Thread John Lubbock
Yeah, I wouldn't think there would be any problems getting a press pass for the Glasgow Pride event. I've never been refused one for the London one. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Pride in London

2018-06-13 Thread John Lubbock
Sure thing Delphine, I'll apply. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11

[Wikimediauk-l] Election Maps UK content upload - help needed

2018-06-11 Thread John Lubbock
d help with the uploading. Anyone who could help us upload them to Commons please get in touch. Thanks! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered C

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Pride in London

2018-06-05 Thread John Lubbock
I'd like to remind the community that Wikimedia UK is happy to ask for press passes to other festivals if you would like to go and take pics for Commons as well. I think we already have someone going to Boomtown Festival. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyright of the the Wikimedia UK blog!

2018-04-24 Thread John Lubbock
I'm afraid I can't figure out how to easily remove the copyright notice. I'll try to figure it out but it's not high up on my priority list. If anybody else who is familiar with Wordpress knows how to remove it, please let me know. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyright of the the Wikimedia UK blog!

2018-04-24 Thread John Lubbock
Hi Fabian. I've never noticed that copyright tag before. It seems to come as standard in Wordpress pages and I will see if there is a way to remove it. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] DNS Changes

2018-04-18 Thread John Lubbock
Thanks for letting us know. Looks fine to me. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers (John Byrne)

2018-04-10 Thread John Lubbock
We welcome constructive criticism, and I am happy to listen to any members' concerns and ideas for improving Chapter-Community cohesion and communication. :) John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers

2018-04-10 Thread John Lubbock
reach new people and encourage more membership. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Great Dorset Steam Fair Friday 24 august lifts from Southampton

2018-04-06 Thread John Lubbock
Sounds good Geni, do let me know if there are any other events this summer you'd like to take photos at. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827

[Wikimediauk-l] UK festivals 2018 - press passes for Wikimedians

2018-04-04 Thread John Lubbock
<https://www.stubhub.co.uk/magazine/uk-music-festivals-2018-line-up-schedules-dates> 20 Best festivals in the UK <https://www.festicket.com/magazine/discover/top-20-music-festivals-in-the-uk/> UK Festival calendar <https://www.thefestivalcalendar.co.uk/?row=32> Regards, John Lubbock Co

[Wikimediauk-l] Updates from January and February

2018-03-02 Thread John Lubbock
ts, and I would like to be able to apply for press passes for volunteers for events during the summer, so if you have ideas for events where we could apply for press passes for photographers to take images for Wikipedia, I would be happy to apply on behalf of Wikimedia UK if you let me know your i

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The #Vote100 Wikipedia editathon NEEDS YOU - We've moved!

2018-02-21 Thread John Lubbock
There is an event coming up in Derby soon. I've been updating the events list, so please check it, and if you are organising events, please tell me so I can add them to the list. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The #Vote100 Wikipedia editathon NEEDS YOU - We've moved!

2018-02-08 Thread John Lubbock
Have you updated it in the events list or shall I do that? John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor

[Wikimediauk-l] Events on Feb 3 - Wikidata hackathon just announced

2018-01-24 Thread John Lubbock
here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikidata-hackathon-in-london-all-levels-of-experience-welcome-tickets-42426460686> . Sign up for the 'Future of Wikipedia' talk with Katherine Maher here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future-of-wikipedia-tickets-42271530285> .

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

2018-01-17 Thread John Lubbock
p://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=webmail> <#m_2002940969239252742_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registe

[Wikimediauk-l] New video on women artists

2018-01-12 Thread John Lubbock
help people to become aware of our projects and get involved in them. Here it is <https://youtu.be/MuGER3tp6G4>. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Regi

[Wikimediauk-l] Happy New Year - Wikipedia Day and other upcoming events

2018-01-09 Thread John Lubbock
the UK. If you would be interested in organising an event for this, please also let us know. See you on Sunday! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Regis

[Wikimediauk-l] Creative Commons search and Structured Data on Commons

2017-12-09 Thread John Lubbock
Have a nice weekend! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street,

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

2017-11-25 Thread John Lubbock
Sold out now unfortunately. I would have been interested. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia open dinner at Newspeak House

2017-10-20 Thread John Lubbock
Anybody else? Kinda need more than a few people to make this work. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia open dinner at Newspeak House

2017-10-19 Thread John Lubbock
. https://doodle.com/poll/wmx9vsnuytrp9mbi John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia open dinner at Newspeak House

2017-10-19 Thread John Lubbock
Thanks Steve, I'll put your name down in a little list for people who have expressed an interest. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia open dinner at Newspeak House

2017-10-19 Thread John Lubbock
Great, thanks Adam. Who else might be able to attend? John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia open dinner at Newspeak House

2017-10-18 Thread John Lubbock
and discuss projects? If anybody would like to help with the cooking, that would be good too. At the moment if anybody who would be interested to attend would let me know, that would be great. I'm thinking of 1 November or 8 November. Let me know what you all think of the idea. John Lubbock

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

2017-10-10 Thread John Lubbock
I might do. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1

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

2017-09-18 Thread John Lubbock
Would anyone like to write a short post about this for our blog? I can help edit. I'm really keen to get our community more involved in our comms work, and it would be good to have help publicise things like this to the wider community. Thanks! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia

[Wikimediauk-l] Last call for submissions for the Newsletter

2017-08-25 Thread John Lubbock
at SLIC, Upcoming Events, and the Parliamentary Digital Service content release. It would be great to hear from anyone who has an interesting project ongoing that they would like to tell others about. The deadline for this is next Tuesday. John Lubbock

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 video

2017-08-25 Thread John Lubbock
o at the end of the video? Otherwise > people like me will zone out in the first second rather than watching the > video! > > You have nevertheless extracted one (1) like and share from me :-) > > On 23 Aug 2017 12:37, "John Lubbock" <john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk&

[Wikimediauk-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 video

2017-08-23 Thread John Lubbock
ference is between Wikipedia, the WMF and us as a chapter. Obviously as we don't have money for advertising, we rely on our (fantastic, intelligent, unaffected by flattery) community to get the word out, so I'd be incredibly grateful if those of you on social media can help share our content. Tha

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania, Wikidata event in London, August newsletter update

2017-08-14 Thread John Lubbock
tarting at the beginning of September, so we are hoping to do some significant coverage of the competition this year and produce some great photos which can compete for the global awards. Why not get in touch and tell us if you are taking part and what you're doing? John Lubbock Communications Co

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

2017-08-08 Thread John Lubbock
Hi Andy, I replied to your tweet from our account - it's @wikimediauk, not @WMUK! On 4 August 2017 at 17:17, Andy Mabbett wrote: > Sorry, I misread that. > > Valentine Low wrote in the Times; Januszczak supported on Twitter > > On 4 August 2017 at 22:15, Andy Mabbett

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

2017-08-01 Thread John Lubbock
Let me know what it's about so I can pencil it into our events list. On 31 July 2017 at 14:05, Andy Mabbett wrote: > Just a heads-up that I'm organising a daytme editathon in London on > Friiday, 13 October 2017. > > I hope those of you who aren't superstitious will

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

2017-07-17 Thread John Lubbock
I'm also happy to help with the writing too, as I think I mentioned to Harry on Saturday. I'm always happy to help any of our community who have an idea for a blogpost to edit and publish it. John On 17 July 2017 at 17:22, John Lubbock <john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > If you w

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