[Wikimediauk-l] Voice Intro Project

2013-02-08 Thread Andy Mabbett
How can the UK chapter support the project I started: http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/open-licensed-format-recordings-voices-wikipedia-wikimedia-commons/ asking the subjects of Wikipedia articles to record a 10-second sample of their speaking voice, for use on those articles? An example script

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-08 Thread Lodewijk
I think this is already possible :) I actually paid for two years at once, because that was the amount of pounds I happened to have left over - not sure if people will get mad at me now if I make their lives more complicated, but asking nicely brings you a long way! :) Lodewijk 2013/2/7 Tom

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-08 Thread Doug Weller
How do we check our membership? Doug On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote: I think this is already possible :) I actually paid for two years at once, because that was the amount of pounds I happened to have left over - not sure if people will get mad at me

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-08 Thread Deryck Chan
I think the main point there is that WMUK office needs to remind people every time their membership is supposed to expire, with concise instructions about how to renew their membership. If they do exceed the grace period, then email them again, this time simply saying their membership has

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Voice Intro Project

2013-02-08 Thread Roger Bamkin
Clever idea Andy, lets hope it becomes popular Maybe people could leave a voice sample, a picture? and *the option of having any of their remaining intellectual property rights to be given to the world in the event of their death. - ie no 70 years of waiting for a useful but valueless orphan

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-08 Thread Katherine Bavage
Lol, at least you're honest about repeated reminders necessary (I'm the same myself) Thanks for the feedback - I'll do my best to balance time limitations I have for membership stuff and reminding people frequently - I need to make sure I'm making the most of automation and templates. Don;t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 91, Issue 24

2013-02-08 Thread John Byrne
I'd agree with the comments so far, and I'm really glad to see things are happening in this area. We really need to move as far as possible to direct debits, encourage new members to go straight onto them. That vastly reduces the hassle for all, of course means the terminally lazy or

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-08 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 8 February 2013 14:38, Katherine Bavage katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Yes, you can pay for x number of years in advance - we can record longer terms on the database, and append notes to the contact record explaining why. How far in advance can we pay? If we pay in advance and the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-08 Thread Doug Weller
Isn't a standard order better? You told me I can do that but I'm not clear how. Doug On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: On 8 February 2013 14:38, Katherine Bavage katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Yes, you can pay for x number of years in

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 91, Issue 24

2013-02-08 Thread David Gerard
On 8 February 2013 16:56, John Byrne j...@bodkinprints.co.uk wrote: I'd agree with the comments so far, and I'm really glad to see things are happening in this area. We really need to move as far as possible to direct debits, encourage new members to go straight onto them. That vastly

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Voice Intro Project

2013-02-08 Thread Andy Mabbett
That certainly hasn't been an issue so far, not least as most have been OTRS verified. On 8 February 2013 21:12, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: How do you verify that it really is them? On Feb 8, 2013 1:57 PM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: How can the UK chapter

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Voice Intro Project

2013-02-08 Thread Roger Bamkin
Surely its the same problem that you have with a photograph - and that doesnt appear to be a big problem of people putting up the wrong picture. AGF? On 8 February 2013 22:24, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: That certainly hasn't been an issue so far, not least as most have

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Voice Intro Project

2013-02-08 Thread Thomas Dalton
On Feb 8, 2013 11:31 PM, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: Surely its the same problem that you have with a photograph - and that doesnt appear to be a big problem of people putting up the wrong picture. AGF? AGF has never been a counterargument to verifiability before... With