I'll have to reserch Hansard for that one... Brian McNeil -- Wikinews, Accredited Reporter. Personal: [email protected] "Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news."
> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Lum Hats in Paradise > From: Jon Davies <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, May 22, 2012 2:25 pm > To: [email protected] > Cc: Ashley van Haeften <[email protected]> > > > I remember Tam Dayell (I think it was him) had a little comic speech during > the Thatcher years asking people to imagine Libraries had not been > invented. > > He then pretended he was pitching to the Minister for culture. > > It went: > " I want to build some big new buildings > Really? > Yes , and allow anyone to visit them. > Really? What sort of people? > Everyone. > Why? > Well, I am going to fill them with books. > Ah - a sort of bookshop! > No - we will let people take the books without paying for them..." > > It went on and on but you get the idea. > > Well done the people of Edinburgh and I will cc this to Fae in case he has > not seen this string as he is so keen to get work in Scotland going. > > Jon > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 1:38 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Jon, > > > > The point is be nice, and respectful, to the library staff. I was having > > to stop laughing when Fiona was telling me that "they know a good > > Wikipedia article by the number of cited references". Without any input > > from us they've figured out how to judge article quality - they are > > people we want to recruit. > > > > I've done 'stubs' on Leith Library[1], Stockbridge Library[2], and > > McDonald Road Library[3]. > > > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leith_Library > > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockbridge_library > > [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald_Road_Library > > > > The 7th of July is the 125th anniversary of Andrew Carnegie laying the > > foundation stone for Edinburgh's Central Library. If there's anything we > > can do to get them main page mentions (DYK?) then we'll have an entire > > city's ibrary staff onside. > > > > Unlike most of the UK, Edinburgh City Council left libraries in the > > hands of the public. The response to surveys was that £300,000 was put > > _back_ into the library budget. I think the city deserves recognised for > > that, and it should be a priority to document their libraries. Once > > we've done so there is a basis to do outreach to the non-natives (Hindi, > > Arabic, etc speakers) and get translations. Considering how many kids do > > homework in libraries we can also 'stomp on' plagiarism and educate a > > really wide swathe of the public. > > > > > > Brian McNeil > > -- > > Wikinews, Accredited Reporter. Personal: [email protected] > > "Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news." > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Lum Hats in Paradise > > > From: Jon Davies <[email protected]> > > > Date: Tue, May 22, 2012 1:15 pm > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > I hope we will be jumping at your offer! Brilliant work, > > > > > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 1:03 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hola! From a non-Wikipedian Wikimedian - in Edinburgh - who is > > delighted > > > > with the response from some tentative outreach work. > > > > > > > > I spend around an hour this morning touring Edingburgh's Central > > Library > > > > with Fiona Myles, took around 150 photos of the interior of the > > > > building, and _hope_ I've laid the groundwork for us to work far more > > > > closely in future. > > > > > > > > I have, dependent on copyright, a verbal agreement to get high-res > > scans > > > > of the plans of the building (A Carnegie Library), a keen interest to > > > > have librarians briefed on Wikipedia - if not outright encouraged to > > > > contribute, and the possibility of running recruitment/induction > > > > sessions in Edinburgh. Which, for the unwashed masses, is a UNESCO City > > > > of Literature. > > > > > > > > Given the piss-poor representation up here in Scotland, I think that's > > a > > > > major win. My next job, as interim 'cowboy liasion' between Wikimedia > > UK > > > > and Museums Galleries Scotland is to get a few councillors calling for > > > > all publicly funded publications to be under a CC-BY license. > > > > > > > > Any, and all, encouragement welcome. Any Englandshire Wikimedians wh > > > > plan to visit Edingburgh in the next 6-12 months, please feel free to > > > > drop me a mail. If I can get you meetings with people, or privileged > > > > access for photography, I will. > > > > > > > > Fun and frivolity aside, with limited Internet access I've come to the > > > > conclusion that public libraries are the way to recruit. Brief the > > staff > > > > of what makes a good Wikipedia article - half of them know already - > > > > then a simple static display may encourage locals to try their hand. > > > > Here in Edinburgh I suspect I can, without too many problems, get > > > > articles put into about a half-dozen languages with keen help from > > > > library staff. > > > > > > > > And this message's title? Purloined from a book on the city's > > libraries. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brian McNeil > > > > -- > > > > Wikinews, Accredited Reporter. 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