[Wikimediauk-l] Mass image uploads expert

2016-10-14 Thread rod
me and they are willing to release under a suitable licence? Rod ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mass image uploads expert

2016-10-15 Thread rod
Thanks to everyone for the advice and links. I guessed this sort of thing wouldn’t be as easy as one might hope. If they get back to me I now have some pointers to give them and excellent people to put them in touch with. Rod From: Wikimediauk-l [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 2019 AGM in Bristol on Saturday 13th July

2019-01-15 Thread rod
/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Bristol ) is not that active. Rod > On 15 January 2019 at 12:23 Lucy Crompton-Reid > wrote: > > Dear all > > I just wanted to give you all an early heads up that we are planning to > hold Wikimedia UK's AGM this year on Saturday 13

[Wikimediauk-l] ? template press release for local press

2016-02-18 Thread Rod Ward
Does anyone have a "template" press release they have used for the local press? Bristol will be TFA on 7 March and I wondered if it would be worth putting out a press release to local papers etc to encourage more people to edit. Rod ___ Wi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] ? template press release for local press

2016-02-20 Thread Rod Ward
for improvement, copyediting etc. I would be hoping to send this out to local media 7-10 days before the significant date. Rod From: Wikimediauk-l [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Katherine Bavage Sent: 18 February 2016 13:40 To: UK Wikimedia mailing list Subject

[Wikimediauk-l] The West Country Challenge

2016-07-18 Thread Rod Ward
promoting it so that we get as many participants as possible would be great - any of course those of you on this mailing list would be very welcome. Rod ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK communications strategy

2016-09-16 Thread Rod Ward
editing community and this could be seen as a weakness linked to the communication strategy. I hope the se comments are useful Rod From: Wikimediauk-l [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Lucy Crompton-Reid Sent: 16 September 2016 14:49 To: UK Wikimedia mail

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Media spokespeople

2017-02-16 Thread Rod Ward
t notice (& journalists always want someone at short notice & wherever they happen to be). Rod From: Wikimediauk-l [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Lucy Crompton-Reid Sent: 16 February 2017 17:09 To: UK Wikimedia mailing list; John Lubbock Subject

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposed election night editathon

2017-04-26 Thread Rod Ward
past midnight on the night of 3 May) and the edits needed to MPs articles at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom Rod From: Wikimediauk-l [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of leu...@fabiant.eu Sent: 26 April

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM

2017-07-16 Thread Rod Ward
staff and other members). Rod -Original Message- From: Wikimediauk-l [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Fæ Sent: 16 July 2017 19:45 To: UK Wikimedia mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Hi Rex, Hope you are having a relaxed Sunday. A few in-line resp

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Order of Industrial Heroism recipients

2019-05-19 Thread Rod Ward
Having the extra info (ideally dates of birth & death but any additional location etc ) would certainly help with trying to sort out the 80+ links to disambig pages it has created. Rod -Original Message- From: Wikimediauk-l [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Photography pass for Glastonbury

2019-06-17 Thread Rod Ward
which are needed let me know. Rod From: Wikimediauk-l [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of John Lubbock Sent: 17 June 2019 11:56 To: UK Wikimedia mailing list Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Photography pass for Glastonbury Hello Wikimedians, I applied for Glastonbury

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Enforcement of the Universal Code of Conduct

2021-03-24 Thread Rod Ward
Hi Lucy, I note in some of the discussions on this that a sentence is being added and then removed along the lines of “The code has been adopted by the foundation but not by the community”. Rod From: Wikimediauk-l [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Lucy

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Wikimedia UK website images - Volunteer Opportunity

2021-06-23 Thread Rod Ward
Hi Natasha, I could help with a some of these & have sent the “request edit permission notice” – without this none of the volunteers will be able to contribute. Rod From: Natasha Iles [mailto:natasha.i...@wikimedia.org.uk] Sent: 23 June 2021 09:39 To: UK Wikimedia mailing

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Issues with IT infrastructure

2021-10-05 Thread Rod Ward
Hi Sam, Natasha Iles has recently been leading some working looking at the Wikimedia UK wiki and may be able to provide some further information. Rod From: Sam [mailto:s...@theresnotime.co.uk] Sent: 05 October 2021 13:21 To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediauk-l

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Universal Code of Conduct - Ratification of Enforcement Guidelines

2021-11-26 Thread Rod Ward
will be sufficient for most people? I am not quite sure what the note “Having a level of training should not be construed as holding the level of community trust required to perform the actions covered under the training” means and how it will be interpreted. Rod From: Deryck Chan

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Photography for London Wikimania this weekend

2022-08-10 Thread Rod Ward
Hi Katie, I can do some if needed. Rod From: Katie Crampton [mailto:katie.cramp...@wikimedia.org.uk] Sent: 10 August 2022 09:53 To: UK Wikimedia mailing list Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Photography for London Wikimania this weekend Hi all It's Wikimania this weekend, and we&

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Image donation from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum

2023-01-18 Thread Rod Ward
Richard, Just had a look and quite a few of the buildings/sites illustrated do not have articles & the main Exeter articles already has loads of images. Added one or two to relevant categories on commons. Rod From: Richard Nevell [mailto:richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk] Sent

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Fwd: Bristol / Hanover Wiki Meetup, Saturday 19th September

2023-08-14 Thread Rod Ward
Martin,I am confused. Sat 19th Sept? My Calder says 19 Sept is a Tuesday.RodSent from my iPhoneOn 12 Aug 2023, at 09:52, Martin Poulter wrote:Hi all,It's been a long time since Bristol Wikimedians have held an in-person meetup. I have arranged one for Saturday 19th September in the city centre. I

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WikiConference 2013 Speakers

2013-01-16 Thread Rod Ward
34732.html )I found some issues with the EH Spatial Data page which uses the ESRI format. Unless someone has cracked that it could be difficult. Rod From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of HJ Mitchell Sent: 16 January 20

[Wikimediauk-l] Today on the Guardian Blog "Should university students use Wikipedia?"

2013-05-13 Thread Rod Ward
interesting viewpoints about wp are being raised. Rod ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wlm2013-l] Lists of UK listed buildings

2013-06-19 Thread Rod Ward
e list was available are you asking for an extra column to be added with the NHLE Unique ID number? Do we need to include columns for architect and date list? Rod From: wlm2013-l-boun...@wikimedia.org.uk [mailto:wlm2013-l-boun...@wikimedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of Katie Chan Sent: 19 June

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wlm2013-l] Lists of UK listed buildings

2013-06-19 Thread Rod Ward
Hi Katie, Thanks - I guess I will be going through the Somerset ones when I get some time. Does it matter that a county (ie Somerset) has too many entries to fit on one list? Rod From: Katie Chan [mailto:katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk] Sent: 19 June 2013 17:21 To: Rod Ward Cc: WLM

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Hearing Loops

2013-10-29 Thread Rod Ward
Richard, Is this a T loop or the newer infra red version which requires "line of sight"? Rod From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Richard SyT loopmonds Sent: 29 October 2013 16:22 To: Wikimedia UK ma

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] English Heritage list

2013-12-29 Thread Rod Ward
Good idea - can we have the registered parks and gardens as well - in fact everything on the National Heritage List! Rod From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of geni Sent: 29 December 2013 16:40 To: UK Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Rating Wikimedia content (was Our next, strategy plan-Paid editing)

2014-04-17 Thread Rod Ward
://toolserver.org/~alexz/pop/ may also be useful. On a more general point can I just ask why an automated tool (using all the suggested parameters) is likely to be any more accurate that the human generated wikiproject rankings? Rod From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk

[Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

2014-11-05 Thread Rod Ward
development of this important article? Rod ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

2014-11-07 Thread Rod Ward
effects or interpretation. Lots of the bulleted lists of “clauses in one charter but not another” also need to be tackled (and referenced). Any further help appreciated. Rod From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedian in Residence, Thinktank, Birmingham

2015-01-15 Thread Rod Ward
Andy, Sounds like another interesting role. Is there a relationship between Thinktank and At-Bristol (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-Bristol )? Would it be an opportunity to encourage them to consider to go down a similar road? Rod -Original Message- From: wikimediauk-l-boun

[Wikimediauk-l] Wiki From Above 2015

2015-03-15 Thread Rod Ward
I noticed an item in the latest signpost to Wiki From Above 2015 (http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/Wiki_From_Above_2015 ) and wondered if there were plans for anything similar in the UK? Rod ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http

[Wikimediauk-l] Advice re wp workshop - COI, BLP & ? Paid editing

2015-04-15 Thread Rod Ward
across to this target group, as beyond basic editing I think these will be the most useful areas for the participants to engage with. Rod ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Advice re wp workshop - COI, BLP & ? Paid editing

2015-05-15 Thread Rod Ward
also add the requested list of pages edited during the day. Rod From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Rod Ward Sent: 15 April 2015 20:48 To: list, UK Wikimedia mailing Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Advice re wp

[Wikimediauk-l] Exeter workshop this Weds 15th July

2015-07-12 Thread Rod Ward
participants and any articles edited during the day. If anyone had any time and could help to monitor, advise and guide the participants remotely that would be great. Rod ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Getting back in ...

2015-09-12 Thread Rod Ward
list, but, to the best of my knowledge, no one has ever worked out a way to do this. Rod -Original Message- From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Lester Caine Sent: 12 September 2015 21:20 To: UK Wikimedia mailing

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Getting back in ...

2015-09-13 Thread Rod Ward
Fae, If county level lists can be created from the list, I would offer to create articles (or more likely redirects) for all the tiny hamlets etc left as red links for the county of Somerset. I wonder of others (perhaps via county wikiprojects) would do those for other counties? Rod

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Getting back in ...

2015-09-14 Thread Rod Ward
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_UK_geography ) where there have been related discussions over the years. Rod -Original Message- From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Lester Caine Sent: 13 September 2015 10:02 To: UK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Village, Hamlet and populations ...

2015-09-14 Thread Rod Ward
on of 5,755 and Axbridge a town with a population of 2,057. Rod -Original Message- From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Lester Caine Sent: 14 September 2015 00:16 To: talk...@openstreetmap.org; UK Wikimedia maili

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-18 Thread Rod Ward
nchester) over 100,000 edits User:Bencherlite (London/Oxford) over 30,000 edits (but also has several alternate accounts ) User:Rodw (me - therefore bias) (Bristol & Somerset) over 50,000 edits But I'm sure there must be others...? Rod From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@li

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-18 Thread Rod Ward
ttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:User_academic&limit=500> &limit=500 Rod From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Deryck Chan Sent: 18 March 2011 17:04 To:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-29 Thread Rod Ward
Thanks Mike, I've just added my view to their growing comments on the article. Rod From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Michael Peel Sent: 29 March 2011 11:59 To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subjec

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Transcripts of interviews

2011-04-04 Thread Rod Ward
days. Presumably I could give away the copyright of my comments - but the questions asked etc probably belong to the interviewer/BBC. Rod From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Martin Poulter Sent: 04 April 2011 09:57 To: wikimed

[Wikimediauk-l] FW: News release: Confused by copyright? In the dark about IPR?

2011-04-07 Thread Rod Ward
Following the recent discussion about copyright & transcripts I wondered if the announcement below about a nne4w resource for learning about copyright & IPR might be of interest? It is aimed at HE institutions, but seems to be freely accessible to all & covers CC licences

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge meetup 21 May

2011-05-16 Thread Rod Ward
unton (not that we have done one there yet)? Rod From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Chris Keating Sent: 16 May 2011 19:53 To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge meetup 2

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Reminder: Wikimedia UK IRC meeting tonight (31 May) at 6pm

2011-05-31 Thread Rod Ward
for the Impact of Digitised Scholarly Resources (TIDSR) (see http://microsites.oii.ox.ac.uk/tidsr/ ) has just been released - not specifically about wp but may have some useful tools and ideas. Rod -Original Message- From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools projects - evening courses

2011-06-03 Thread Rod Ward
http://www.balh.co.uk/lhn/article.php?file=lhn-vol1iss81-4.xml for un formatted version) and they are often looking for speakers willing to attend their meetings. Rod -Original Message- From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behal

[Wikimediauk-l] Why is UK not part of Wiki loves monuments?

2011-07-07 Thread Rod Ward
ut what about the UK participating in future years? Rod ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Suggestions for Merchandise

2011-09-12 Thread Rod Ward
. If a speaker or organiser of the event has an article then that could be included. Probably much too much work - but blue skies Rod -Original Message- From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Bod Notbod Sent: 12 September 2

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting of Wikimedia UK on 16 October 2011 at Pendrel's Oak, Holborn

2011-09-24 Thread Rod Ward
Mike, I didn’t receive any notification apart from this. Rod From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Michael Peel Sent: 23 September 2011 19:32 To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Notice

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] World Wars project

2011-10-17 Thread Rod Ward
Andy, For the War Memorials project - is Roll of Honour at http://www.roll-of-honour.com/ what you are thinking of? Rod -Original Message- From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Andy Mabbett Sent: 17 October 2011

[Wikimediauk-l] World Wars project

2011-10-24 Thread Rod Ward
rantcall17 11.aspx for details. I know Wikimedia wouldn't be eligible but might be in a position to collaborate? Rod ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Govt consultation on copyright

2011-12-27 Thread Rod Ward
Commons (http://creativecommons.org/) more generally as useful organisations to consult with. Rod From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Chris Keating Sent: 27 December 2011 09:42 To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia

2011-12-31 Thread Rod Ward
probably not that significant for the town - would that be included? Rod The problem you hit rather quickly is that while it is fairly easy to write local history about your local area (your local library will have sources) writing local history about a more distant place is far more difficult

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia

2011-12-31 Thread Rod Ward
came across the article for the Great Castle House (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Castle_House) which hadn’t been tagged for Monmouthpedia so there may be other relevant articles still to be spotted. Rod From: Roger Bamkin [mailto:victuall...@gmail.com] Sent: 31 December 2011 11:33 To: r