We did a great job on this IWF thing. I did well on radio and TV (if I say so myself) and the WMF spoke softly and pointed out a fascinating assortment of big sticks in the background, and the IWF blinked.
*does victory dance on the skulls of the IWF* I'd like to say, though, I need more backup in the UK ... people who can go on telly at a few hours' notice, specifically. This is very little-needed - the last round of telly was Jan 2007 over the Microsoft OOXML thing - but when we need it, we *need* it. Missing Sky News was not good. Press, between Alison and I we coped OK. Radio, OKish. I missed doing BBC 5 Live. More reliable contacts there would be nice. But we need people in London who are confident they can represent Wikipedia/Wikimedia and talk in soundbites on telly at a few hours' notice. Anyone? (Mostly the press job is very quiet. The routine call is typically "Hello, I'm from the Hicksville-On-Sea local free sheet. An edit on your site that was up for 1 minute said our town was 'a tedious backwater full of chavs' and our mayor is very upset.") - d. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
