Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

2008-12-01 Thread geni
and Industry in Manchester I don't know much about it. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Sky News - Alison definitely can't do it

2008-12-08 Thread geni
2008/12/8 David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2008/12/8 David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Still need someone. Alison definitely can't, unfortunately. We have an actual clueful reporter at Sky! - d. James F if his employer won't object is the obvious candidate. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK press coverage - backup needed

2008-12-10 Thread geni
/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_London and the like. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK press coverage - backup needed

2008-12-11 Thread geni
Guide to the Galaxy (although Asimov's Encyclopedia Galactica would be closer) somewhat appropriate. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Minutes of the Wiki UK Ltd board meeting, 16/12/08

2008-12-17 Thread geni
in the morning only. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] IWF at it again on Wikipedia?

2009-01-07 Thread geni
obvious so far. Going to be tricky. Pure luck we got it within 3 guesses last time. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] FOI request to Met over IWF / Wikipedia controversy rejected

2009-01-08 Thread geni
trained staff. They were audited in 2006/7? by an external group (university academics) but the details of that are somewhat hazy. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Approval as chapter by the Board - Congratulations

2009-01-12 Thread geni
2009/1/12 Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net: Michael, Great. :-) Now we can start on the interesting stuff... Thanks for letting us know. Mike Peel So time for me to put together that list of all the national collections that may be of interest to us. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC and Wikipedia - a thought

2009-03-20 Thread geni
trying to manage their relationship with wikipedia is the kind of thing that gets wikipedians paranoid. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Phorm

2009-03-27 Thread geni
2009/3/27 Andrew Turvey ratur...@yahoo.co.uk: Is there any way we can opt-out of this for uk.wikimedia.org? You would need server side access and even then you would run into issues with wikimedia foundation policy of allowing access as widely as possible. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Using Wiki software in higher Education: Interview request

2009-06-01 Thread geni
. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Promoting Wikimedia UK

2009-06-29 Thread geni
*, have your say in how it's run Ideas on a postcard please? * substitute Wikinews, etc as appropriate (but please not Wikimedia!) Andrew Well I'm still useing a kitten: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Geni/whatever Working together to wikify the UK? -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Foundation-l] About that sue and be damned to the National Portrait Gallery ...

2009-07-10 Thread geni
. Sure for things like slashdot just mentioning the DRM angle will probably do it but getting the wider public/media involved would be problematical. The WMF could probably do it but without dirrect action on their part this could be tricky. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] FW: National Portrait Gallery threat of legal action

2009-07-13 Thread geni
2009/7/13 Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org: Statement from the National Portrait Gallery. Hmm total cost to them works out at £16 per image. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: UK Deletionists - a request

2009-08-10 Thread geni
reasons than classic deletionism. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Story with a good mention on us

2009-10-09 Thread geni
in passing. We should be fairly safe. We build from many sources but I don't like our position on the list. Do they think to target us directly? -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] An alternative type of meetup?

2009-10-13 Thread geni
on the objects, and experts on Wikipedia (who also have an interest in the objects), together and doing something very constructive. FA quality in a day is generally accepted to be impossible. How well this would work would depend on degree of access to reference materials within the museum. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cbinet Forum

2009-10-19 Thread geni
as an excuse to further lengthen copyright terms. Of the fridge events the BBC future tech is probably a must. The rest would appear to be less significant. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cbinet Forum

2009-10-20 Thread geni
them the *opportunity* to make a profit. Outside wikimedia's remit. Wikimedia is interested in maintaining the right not to make money of your work and any further erosion of the public domain. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cbinet Forum

2009-10-20 Thread geni
it's fine if your dad happens to have written The Da Vinci Code. At this point dropping below life+70 isn't going to happen. There isn't much of a campaign to extend it beyond that though. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What should we spend our money on?

2009-10-20 Thread geni
of this stuff is restricted under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 but there are groups who get permission to dive the things and it would be nice to make contact. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What should we spend our money on?

2009-10-21 Thread geni
2009/10/21 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com: 2009/10/21 geni geni...@gmail.com: At the moment the biggest area we haven't managed to get into at all is crown copyright expired UK gov video. The postwar collection appears to be held by the national archives: Excellent progress is being

[Wikimediauk-l] 3D scanning

2009-10-21 Thread geni
Anyone know anything about this? http://southdownsliving.blogspot.com/2009/10/3d-wikipedia-of-art.html If not I'll do some more digging and put together an email that can be sent off to them. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Notes from the Cbinet Forum

2009-10-27 Thread geni
the life of commons admins less hard though. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Notes from the Cbinet Forum

2009-10-27 Thread geni
of assuming they have a right to be paid over and over and over again for exactly the same piece of work. No their marketing tends to move on. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] libel law reform on the way finally

2009-11-21 Thread geni
privilege. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] URGENT: Conference this Thursday in West Midlands

2009-11-22 Thread geni
could do it. Cheers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pyrotec ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Oosoom ? Both live in that area. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Help us on Britain loves Wikipedia!

2009-11-29 Thread geni
2009/11/29 zeyi zeyi...@googlemail.com: 2, designing T-shit: T-shit will be given to volunteers on that day, which need to be remarkable, and represent our logo. What kind of size and colour range are you looking for? -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor

2009-12-02 Thread geni
to prevent the WMF's name from being released but the court didn't grant that I can understand why that might have been attempted. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor

2009-12-02 Thread geni
2009/12/2 Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net: On 2 Dec 2009, at 20:23, geni wrote: I see no problem with the court's or WMF's actions. Slightly worried about the attempt by the plaintiff to prevent the WMF's name from being released but the court didn't grant that I can understand why

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Anyone visiting VA with a camera soon?

2009-12-04 Thread geni
have a working camera. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Point on Wikipedia

2009-12-04 Thread geni
no. Wikimedia only deploys open source software and this is not a principle I would wish to see it compromise on. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Anyone visiting VA with a camera soon?

2009-12-05 Thread geni
, so it better not to too long a list... Anything I don't get to will have to wait for Britain Loves Wikipedia. Gathering a list, with the article waiting for the picture in question, would be a damn useful thing anyway. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_pictures -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Anyone visiting VA with a camera soon?

2009-12-05 Thread geni
2009/12/5 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: 2009/12/5 geni geni...@gmail.com: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_pictures Is there a version of it sorted per location, e.g. so all items in the VA we need a photo of could be tracked down easily enough? (If we had a good Missing

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia guide for teachers

2009-12-06 Thread geni
eleven they can look things up on a website with pictures of an adult performing autofellatio? Since most people will recommend a search engine of some type at some point it is a fairly common activity. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Start the Week - Radio 4

2009-12-15 Thread geni
really be involved with augmented reality below the level that GPS reaches. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

[Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-20 Thread geni
of this year is Howard Carter who created a lot of paintings and drawings of Egyptian archaeological artifacts. I'm trying to put together more names but I was wounder if it was something a press release could be built around? -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread geni
2009/12/21 Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org: On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 13:29 +, geni wrote: 2009/12/21 Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk: 2009/12/21 geni geni...@gmail.com: January 1st is Public Domain Day. That is the day that all the works of everyone who died in 1939 enter

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-22 Thread geni
waiting on a response from the US Copyright Office as to precisely which of Yeats' works will be PD on January 1. Basically anything here pre 1923: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_William_Butler_Yeats#1920s -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Press release (Public Domain Day)

2010-01-01 Thread geni
only UK is significant since nothing not already in the public domain in the US is going to enter the public domain in the US until 2018 (when stuff published in 1923 will hit the public domain). -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoid Wikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-06 Thread geni
story see no reason not to then publish a negative one. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-09 Thread geni
and less likely to be read.) Charles Well so far everything you have described would risk getting you blocked from wikipedia. Probably the most important thing to do is to contact http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects first. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia - Telegraph

2010-01-10 Thread geni
2010/1/10 Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com: geni wrote: Well so far everything you have described would risk getting you blocked from wikipedia. Probably the most important thing to do is to contact http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects first

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ordnance Survey consultation - should it be made free with no restrictions?

2010-01-30 Thread geni
is drifting into the public domain render the issues mostly one of convenience. In terms of challenges tracking down copies that the owners will let you scan of OS maps already in the public domain is going to be more of a long term challenge. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wmfcc-l] The Public Domain Manifesto

2010-01-31 Thread geni
because it was so hard to define. So yes it's a nice idea but don't expect any change if it is implemented. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK government open consultations

2010-02-25 Thread geni
anyway. Other than that it is 94 pages of waffle resulting in some changes of use to libraries, a slight expansion of what is allowed under the private study exception and very little else. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia, Critical Point of View conference in Amsterdam

2010-03-14 Thread geni
. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cuts to museums planned

2010-09-24 Thread geni
messy. In practice when dealing with 3D collections we can generally produce pretty good results ourselves. Admittedly this takes time but the quality at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_the_World_in_100_Objects is improving. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cuts to museums planned

2010-09-24 Thread geni
a copy to to remove it when they collect it. For digital copies just print a few bytes worth of data onto a brick and then reuse it. Requirement to attach a 50 carat diamond would present more of a problem. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Person of the year

2010-10-31 Thread geni
On 28 October 2010 20:59, Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@gmail.com wrote: Are there any open source people we can promote as a person of the year? Open data might have a better shot. Some of the people behind OS OpenData for example. -- geni

[Wikimediauk-l] Proposal to Strike off

2010-11-29 Thread geni
emails) According to companies house the accounts were due 05/08/2010 and the company's status was listed as Active - Proposal to Strike off. Whats going on? -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Wikipedia in the UK mapped

2010-11-30 Thread geni
at a density largely independent of population. While cities will have more man made objects it appears in many cases that is not enough to make up the difference (this is why on a global scale Antarctica appears over represented. All the mountains see). -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2011 - Europe?

2010-12-16 Thread geni
running it rather than just one person. So: is anyone interested in leading/helping with this project? I assume the UK equiv would be listed buildings. Perhaps we could interest geograph and piggy back on that? -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2011 - Europe?

2010-12-17 Thread geni
square, which is a sensible enough system. English Heritage would probably point out that from their POV it has already been done: http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/ Which will be the problem you face with dealing with any traditional organization. Thus geograph. -- geni

[Wikimediauk-l] Helping with museum signs

2011-01-31 Thread geni
this on is limited both financially and finding people to write such signs ==Neutral== *They might say no -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Helping with museum signs

2011-02-02 Thread geni
a developer then maybe we could see if we could add a Print GLAM sticker to the list of options on a Wiki page? I'm not sure we want to be encouraging what is in principle low level vandalism. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Helping with museum signs

2011-02-02 Thread geni
compared to the likes of the powerhouse museum. I'll dig out contact details and a suggested draft email this weekend. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Helping with museum signs

2011-02-03 Thread geni
put it up on Toolserver so Wikimedia projects can use it. Well ideally it would be built into http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite/Special:Cite.php -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Helping with museum signs

2011-02-03 Thread geni
On 3 February 2011 17:59, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 23:39, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: I think offering to replace it with wikipedia based text along the lines of say [[User:Geni/museum_sign]]  would fall within 7-8 of: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki

[Wikimediauk-l] Maps of museums.

2011-02-25 Thread geni
namespace and use a subpage of the talk page for the time being. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Info: Press interest in Wikipedia articles for 'super-injunction celebrities'

2011-05-21 Thread geni
on that occasion -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools projects

2011-06-07 Thread geni
you are 18, I think this could be useful, good for the kids and a great entry route to the community. WSC You would need to explain what we can do better than: http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/ Higher res yes but beyond that? -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] two-letter UK domains: any use?

2011-06-09 Thread geni
police forces and that widening participation program. Said URLs are not even that short. wp.org.uk and wp.net.uk are pretty chunky. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk

[Wikimediauk-l] We need to talk to the public catalogue foundation

2011-06-23 Thread geni
the Americans take care of matters but it might be smarter to stage an intervention before we get NPG mark 2. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimediaindia-l] Translation Help for WikiConference India

2011-07-24 Thread geni
of an object if you are unfamiliar with it. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] National Maritime Museum Collaboration

2011-07-30 Thread geni
. Any chance of them letting us take some pics of their ship models? -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Question: When and how often should WM-UK give grants for digitization projects?

2011-08-17 Thread geni
in turn have passed it on further for various reasons. 2)May be a fair bit of overlap with Bundesarchiv stuff 3)Cataloging may not be first class -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] September London wikimeet and candidate WMUK chief execs

2011-09-05 Thread geni
be the traditional smoke filled rooms. However given WMUKs current fairly small size that may be no bad thing. Obviously thing will change if/when it gets larger. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Question: UK versus regional branding

2011-09-13 Thread geni
the numbers slits work far better if they cover areas that everyone in that area can access. A group that covered everything from Gretna to Thurso makes little sense. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Question: Dates for GLAMWIKI 2012 ?

2011-09-22 Thread geni
the only photo that I took that has been uploaded is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AHOTWgold_lama.JPG but wikipedians do like taking photos of things and taking photos of things is a big part of our dealings with GLAMs. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK World War I universities GLAM

2011-10-28 Thread geni
resolution WW1 battleship pics or are we going to have to go back to the C4 method? -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

[Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day 2012

2011-10-31 Thread geni
year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Geni/1941_deaths -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day 2012

2011-10-31 Thread geni
reach the right audiences to say that... Any ideas? Thanks, Mike A list of pre-1923 works by authored who died in 1941 can be provided. My main worry is avoiding those who died as a result of enemy action during WW2. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day 2012

2011-10-31 Thread geni
with paying for them!? If it's the latter, then we can probably word things sufficiently delicately. Legal reasons are limited to France. Its mostly a PR thing. Don't want the risk of someone starting a campaign to extend copyright because someone got bombed during WW2. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day 2012

2011-10-31 Thread geni
avoid it but I might avoid drawing attention to the fact I'm doing it. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia

2011-12-31 Thread geni
a fairly limited set of publications which is a pity since local Archaeological Societies are usually a fairly good of material for articles. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia

2012-01-01 Thread geni
. We pulled out 100 items at Derby Museum and none were challenged on notability. Roger. OK. Sure. So why is Monmouth so different from London (UK)? As a project? Gordo Turn on the Wikipedia articles option on Google maps while looking at London. Its already well covered. -- geni

[Wikimediauk-l] Making Wikipedia loves monuments work in the UK.

2012-01-17 Thread geni
there exist they are not all online. If people are prepared to move away from monuments options include every single species native to the UK and underwater wrecks (which have a higher challenge aspect). The species approach has the advantage that we could also include videos. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The new British standard for copyright infringement...

2012-01-25 Thread geni
it would be extremely hard to prove and people don't care enough to try. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb

2012-02-07 Thread geni
note that I am not organising this event, though I shall attend and have been asked to speak at it; any queres should be addressed to the named contact, at the museum. Given the short lead-time, what's the best method of publicising this, on-wiki? Watch-list notice? -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Fwd: [80c] Fw: disposal of classical vinyl records

2012-02-26 Thread geni
On 26 February 2012 20:28, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: Any interest for Wikimedians? Gordo Probably not. Vinyl means to recent to be public domain. Wax cylinders would be of more interest. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Fwd: [80c] Fw: disposal of classical vinyl records

2012-02-26 Thread geni
to us and that we would actually be able to digitalise are shellac-based 78s. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] National Maritime Museum archive

2012-04-10 Thread geni
coverage of a lot of british victorian warships. Beyond that there is the primary source issues and I can't find much on flat-iron/Rendel gunboats. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New World Tapestry

2012-04-15 Thread geni
to work on. Big object, no illustrations. Charles Since a fair number of people involved in making it aren't even dead yet copyright would in all likelihood make that impossible. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New World Tapestry

2012-04-15 Thread geni
fact that they are moving the thing creates issues with the permanently situated in a public place or in premises open to the public part of the test. Moving between two places that are both open to the public is an interesting question and one I'm not sure has been addressed. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Adobe Creative Suite software license

2012-04-17 Thread geni
but the reviews I've seen of that would be rather mixed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinelerra -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Adobe Creative Suite software license

2012-04-17 Thread geni
On 17 April 2012 13:56, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 17 April 2012 13:54, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm desktop publishing:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribus Last I used it, it was mostly useful for crashes. Are you mentioning it as someone who's actually used

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Adobe Creative Suite software license

2012-04-17 Thread geni
would hope we would be using libreoffice. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] So who knows about their local wifi?

2012-05-01 Thread geni
where - but you might guess Does anyone... Know what the legal position is and any important guidelines that may apply? Computer Misuse Act 1990 and the ISP's terms of service are the most obvious. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 'twas the night before the AGM...

2012-05-12 Thread geni
/File:Steam_engine_in_Science_Museum_Power_gallery.ogv -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Toolserver questions

2012-05-21 Thread geni
/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk Depending on how technical it is you may be better off paying to bring someone in from germany. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyright Consultation Government Policy Statement

2012-07-02 Thread geni
Collective Licensing is a problem since it could result in the interested position of having to pay to use freely licensed works since the author failed to opt out. Orphan works stuff remains the little guy shouldn't have copyright but is of no actual interest to us. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyright Consultation Government Policy Statement

2012-07-02 Thread geni
On 2 July 2012 14:09, Andrew West andrewcw...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 July 2012 13:52, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: Orphan works stuff remains the little guy shouldn't have copyright but is of no actual interest to us. The government’s intention To reduce anomalously long copyright

[Wikimediauk-l] Can I get wikimedia-uk to buy a ROV?

2012-07-04 Thread geni
cylinders. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Can I get wikimedia-uk to buy a ROV?

2012-07-05 Thread geni
On 5 July 2012 21:56, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: I think there is some second guessing going on here so I'll have my guess at what Geni wants to do. It is possible to not want to dive or to take pictures but to get involved in this as an open source project

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Can I get wikimedia-uk to buy a ROV?

2012-07-05 Thread geni
Mounds would be out of range by a factor of about 10. On the other hand it should be possible to get a video of a vendace from Loch Skene. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Can I get wikimedia-uk to buy a ROV?

2012-07-06 Thread geni
buildings and take photos at otherwise impossible vantage points? If so we should consider talking to English Heritage, the National Trust or the C of E. Quadcopter/camera combinations are available for a few thousand. Less than the cost of a high end DSLR. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Edinburgh photography workshop

2012-07-11 Thread geni
issues. Once the workshop is over, I'll provide a brief report on how it's gone so anyone interested in running a similar event can do so. Brian. Whats the justification for using google documents? -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Edinburgh photography workshop

2012-07-11 Thread geni
://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFpWVGkxU2xGdDlEYmdrdlZWNE1kRFE6MA is on a WMUK-controlled server? -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Edinburgh photography workshop

2012-07-11 Thread geni
area there is no real reason to. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

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