Done... Mike
On 30 Dec 2011, at 23:31, [email protected] wrote: > REMOVE ME FROM THE LIST PLEASE. > Thank you > > 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 > > > On 30 December 2011 18:50, Richard Symonds <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm going to spend tonight looking for some MilHist related articles... > > > On 30 December 2011 17:14, Roger Bamkin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > > -- > Roger Bamkin > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
