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From: Richard Symonds <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, 30 December 2011, 23:16
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia
I've just found the six ships named HMS Monmouth. It'd be nice to get a plaque
inside the wardroom (officer's mess) of the most recent one!
On 30 December 2011 23:00, WereSpielChequers <[email protected]>
wrote:
Richard,
>
>They've got a VC and two museums including
>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Monmouth_Regimental_Museum which
>even has an Armoured car outside.
>
>WSC
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>On 30 December 2011 18:50, Richard Symonds <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>I'm going to spend tonight looking for some MilHist related articles...
>>
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>>On 30 December 2011 17:14, Roger Bamkin <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>Hi Tom,
>>>
>>>I'm feeling good as I just had a press release from Monmouth County Council
>>>and I made the point that it was "Wikimedia UK" they were partnering with -
>>>and we should be mentioned. I agree that John Cummings comment is spot on.
>>>He isnt a Wikipedia old lag but quite a new Wikipedian. He is the only
>>>wikipedian as far as I know in Monmouth. We are going to try and pull off an
>>>amazing stunt of taking one Wikipedian and creating 1,000 QR codes in a town
>>>that has no other known editors. John cannot do this .... Monmouth and
>>>Wikimedia UK can.
>>>
>>>Lots of coverage to day from The Next Web et al, BBC Wales Radio and TV and
>>>we're on Radio 4 next week. We also have "promises" of longer features. My
>>>own target is that we get a TV programme out of this. The story "broke"
>>>because John got a bit published in the Monmouth Beacon and the press ran
>>>with it. I'm not surprised, this a "meme" of an idea.
>>>
>>>The project has not been hidden but I guess it has not occupied much board
>>>time as the idea is so simple and everyone I've spoklen to just says "got it
>>>.... lets do it". The only investment so far has been persuading "the town"
>>>that they want to do it..... and we have had no one say No, nearly everyone
>>>has said "yes ... how can we help". We have had a few who wanted to think
>>>about it, but we made it clear that this wasn't an option. We already have a
>>>university, several societies, 2/3 museums, councillors and civic societies
>>>etc committed. Initial funding is agreed.
>>>
>>>This is a great chance for Wikimedia UK to show what it can do. It would be
>>>great if some of our members searched out some Monmouth articles or looked
>>>at the Monmouthpedia project pages and started helping.I would request
>>>however that people resist giving "a quick lesson in what you are doing
>>>wrong" to a newbie until we have helped them four of five times.
>>>
>>>Anybody got some time to assist? It would be great to demonstrate how we
>>>collaborate to create something better then any of us can do alone.
>>>
>>>I'm (desperately) hoping someone surprises me
>>>Roger
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On 30 December 2011 16:10, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-16359364
>>>>I've just seen this article. I'd somehow missed this is the planning stages
>>>>(I was vaguely aware of some discussion about qr codes, but hadn't realised
>>>>anything had progressed this far) - it looks like a great idea.
>>>>It's a good article too, I particularly like the quote from John about
>>>>being told he should implement his idea himself - that's exactly the
>>>>attitude wmuk should have and we should make everyone aware of that.
>>>>The only thing I don't like about the article is that it makes it sound
>>>>like a Wikipedia project, rather than a Wikimedia UK project. It's not a
>>>>big deal, but we should try and get the chapter's role more emphasis.
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