Thanks to Wikimedia UK and the board (old and new) for a fascinating
afternoon in Manchester yesterday - and for the opportunity to witter on
about the BBC and open media. FWIW, as an outsider, and a veteran of
many committees and groups, I saw enthusiasm and real professionalism
from members and b
As David Cameron's such a fan, should we sent him a membership form! :)
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From: "James Farrar"
To: "English Wikipedia"
Sent: Sunday, 26 April, 2009 19:45:50 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Politician praises Wikipedia
Well, in rela
Hi Steven,
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> "Our government spends nearly £400 million a year on advertising to
> reach sixty million people while Wikipedia, one of the largest
> websites in the world, spends about one per cent of that to reach 280
> million people."
>
> Not sure if his figures are accurate, but it's intriguing.
It is, of
In reply to Andrew's comment as to wheher charitable status was a "worthwhile
investment of their time and energy"
Of course we are all volunteers, and this may sound rich coming from someone
who chose a barbecue in London over the AGM. But there are several reasons why
we want charitable stat
2009/4/27 Dahsun :
>
> In reply to Andrew's comment as to wheher charitable status was a "worthwhile
> investment of their time and energy"
>
> Of course we are all volunteers, and this may sound rich coming from someone
> who chose a barbecue in London over the AGM. But there are several reasons
At 11:35 +0100 25/4/09, Sean Whitton wrote:
>On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 00:15, Michael Peel wrote:
>> Third, we're not all about Wikipedia. We're about the Wikimedia
>> Movement, or even more generally, the free culture movement. That
>> incorporates a much wider range of projects, including Wikiv
>
>
>Do many (any?) people from the media read this list? It is public
>knowledge now, but that doesn't mean it is likely to end up in the
>media unless we take action to make that happen.
I think the Register may have its talons in here...
Gordo
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Heh! :-)
2009/4/27 Andrew Turvey :
> As David Cameron's such a fan, should we sent him a membership form! :)
>
> - Forwarded Message -
> From: "James Farrar"
> To: "English Wikipedia"
> Sent: Sunday, 26 April, 2009 19:45:50 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
> Portugal
> Subject: [WikiEN-l
2009/4/27 Andrew Turvey :
> As David Cameron's such a fan, should we sent him a membership form! :)
And Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg, of course ;-)
Keeping resolutely nonpartisan is important, of course.
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2009/4/27 Gordon Joly :
>>
>>
>>Do many (any?) people from the media read this list? It is public
>>knowledge now, but that doesn't mean it is likely to end up in the
>>media unless we take action to make that happen.
>
>
> I think the Register may have its talons in here...
Maybe, but does anyone
2009/4/27 Thomas Dalton :
> Maybe, but does anyone read The Register other than for BOFH and case
> studies on bad journalism?
The hardware reviews are nice if a bit press-releasy ...
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I can't see anything (yet) at http://www.theregister.co.uk/
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From: "Gordon Joly"
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Monday, 27 April, 2009 14:11:32 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Charity application rejected
At 14:40 +0100 27/4/09, David Gerard wrote:
>2009/4/27 Andrew Turvey :
>
> > As David Cameron's such a fan, should we sent him a membership form! :)
>
>
>And Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg, of course ;-)
>
>Keeping resolutely nonpartisan is important, of course.
>
>
>- d.
>
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2009/4/27 Steve Bowbrick :
> I took some pictures, which are here:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/bowbrick/sets/72157617359600152/
Cool :-) Wanna make those CC-by-sa? Then a relevant selection can be
put on Commons.
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2009/4/27 Sky Cheng :
> Here I also want you to write a review on our software,EASEUS Partition
Kicked off list, ^...@easeus.com added to the rejection filters. We
apologise for this commercial break.
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2009/4/27 David Gerard :
> 2009/4/27 Andrew Turvey :
>
>> As David Cameron's such a fan, should we sent him a membership form! :)
>
>
> And Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg, of course ;-)
>
> Keeping resolutely nonpartisan is important, of course.
When they praise Wikipedia in a speech :-)
If we ha
2009/4/27 James Farrar :
> By the way, David, I noticed yesterday that your name was not on the list ;-)
*cough* I must get around to actually joining WMUKv2 ;-p
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At 14:50 +0100 27/4/09, David Gerard wrote:
>2009/4/27 Thomas Dalton :
>
>> Maybe, but does anyone read The Register other than for BOFH and case
>> studies on bad journalism?
>
>
>The hardware reviews are nice if a bit press-releasy ...
>
>- d.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/27/wikipedia
And it's in. Good old Andrew Orlowski.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/27/wikipedia_charity_not/
Pete / the wub
2009/4/27 Andrew Turvey :
> I can't see anything (yet) at http://www.theregister.co.uk/
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Gordon Joly"
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.
2009/4/27 Gordon Joly :
> At 14:50 +0100 27/4/09, David Gerard wrote:
>>2009/4/27 Thomas Dalton :
>>
>>> Maybe, but does anyone read The Register other than for BOFH and case
>>> studies on bad journalism?
>>
>>
>>The hardware reviews are nice if a bit press-releasy ...
>>
>>- d.
>
>
> http://www
With the most basic error!
2009/4/27 Peter Coombe :
> And it's in. Good old Andrew Orlowski.
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/27/wikipedia_charity_not/
>
> Pete / the wub
>
> 2009/4/27 Andrew Turvey :
>> I can't see anything (yet) at http://www.theregister.co.uk/
>>
>> - Original Message
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/27/wikipedia_charity_not/
Was only a matter of time. So nice of him to attempt to contact the Board
for a comment, but since he got the name of the company wrong twice in the
article he probably was unable to work out who to contact.
James
2009/4/27 Andrew Tur
2009/4/27 James Hardy :
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/27/wikipedia_charity_not/
> Was only a matter of time. So nice of him to attempt to contact the Board
> for a comment, but since he got the name of the company wrong twice in the
> article he probably was unable to work out who to conta
Jimmy already knows, although I don't know what (if any) action he
will take.
Just to confirm, I haven't been contacted by phone about this at all,
and am not aware that The Register has made any attempts at
communicating with WMUK. If they have, then perhaps they would have
avoided making
The Register - specifically Orlowski - doesn't make elementary mistakes.
They publish fiction related to Wikipedia.
Brian McNeil
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[mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Michael Peel
Sent: 27 April
2009/4/27 David Gerard :
> 2009/4/27 James Farrar :
>
>> By the way, David, I noticed yesterday that your name was not on the list ;-)
>
>
> *cough* I must get around to actually joining WMUKv2 ;-p
We had a few people finally get around to it about an hour before we
started voting on things yester
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
>One person joined about 30 seconds
> before!
Out of interest: Did this person then pay the fee in cash before being
approved as a member?
michael
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Yes i believe so :)
> From: mbimm...@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:24:09 -0700
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Politician praises Wikipedia
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Thomas Dalton
> wrote:
> >One person joined about 30 s
On 27 Apr 2009, at 22:24, Michael Bimmler wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Thomas Dalton
> wrote:
>> One person joined about 30 seconds
>> before!
>
> Out of interest: Did this person then pay the fee in cash before being
> approved as a member?
Yes.
Mike
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The board has a policy that it will only accept members once payment has
cleared. This means if they pay by cheque, they are approved subject to
clearing and only get a vote from when it clears.
All the four members who signed up at the AGM paid in cash, so they were
approved immediately.
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2009/4/27 Michael Peel :
>
> On 27 Apr 2009, at 22:24, Michael Bimmler wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Thomas Dalton
>> wrote:
>>> One person joined about 30 seconds
>>> before!
>>
>> Out of interest: Did this person then pay the fee in cash before being
>> approved as a member?
>
> Y
Of course!
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2009-04-26a
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From: "Thomas Dalton"
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Monday, 27 April, 2009 23:37:24 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Politician prai
2009/4/27 Andrew Turvey :
> Of course!
>
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2009-04-26a
Those minutes are rather misleading... firstly, did you actually
adjourn until 4pm or was the 4pm meeting impromptu (if the former,
then I must salute your prescience)? Secondly, minutes are usually
done i
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