Thanks, Stevie. Andreas
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Stevie Benton < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Just a couple of things here to tidy up from my side. Apologies for my > lack of communication over the weekend but as it was my anniversary and > working may have led to it being my last, I hope you'll forgive me. > > > - Use of logos - the use of logos is covered by fair use. Publications > using a logo to illustrate a story about an organisation is totally > sensible and reasonable. > - Dispute over QRpedia - the description isn't ideal, of course. > However, to outsiders it's probably reasonable to think there is a dispute > given the length of time it took to reach an agreement. > - Sister charity - I have no problems with the description of WMF and > WMUK as sister organisations really. It makes sense to the audience they > are writing for. > - Who got in touch with the publications? - I confirm that I contacted > both Third Sector and Civil Society directly. It was nothing to do with > Andreas, or anyone else for that matter. I liaised very closely with the > team in San Francisco until very late on Wednesday to get this sorted. They > suggested that we give a heads-up on the story to a publication or two that > we've dealt with in the past. I didn't provide them any copy, simply > advised that the announcement was due. The journalists had covered the > story before. This is fairly standard practice. Sometimes, unfortunately, > the press use over-dramatic language and we have to live with that. As our > relationships with the press improve, and they have more positive stories > to cover, the default narrative will become repositioned. This will take > time. > > I hope this answers the questions from earlier in the thread. Please do > let me know if there's anything I've missed and I'll do my best to provide > any answers or clarity. > > Thanks and regards, > > Stevie > > On 9 February 2013 21:56, Charles Matthews < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On 9 February 2013 21:01, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On 9 February 2013 20:56, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> On 9 February 2013 13:08, Thehelpfulone <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >>> >> http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/14428/wikimedia_uk_trustees_have_been_too_involved_to_govern_the_charity >> > >> >> This also refers to an "an intellectual property dispute over >> >> QRPedia", which is, of course, bunkum. >> > >> > >> > Oh, look who else quotes this claim: >> > >> > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-02-11/In_the_media >> > >> > I wonder where they got it from. >> >> To clarify: User:Jayen466 is Andreas Kolbe, who is a Wikipedian in >> good standing. That article is a draft that may or may not be in the >> Signpost in Monday. Andreas is also an associate of Wikipediocracy, a >> website that hosts contributions by people I wouldn't willingly be >> seen dead with. On the other hand Andreas comes to some Cambridge >> meetups, and is welcome to do so, and I have been in the pub with him >> afterwards. DG seems to do the "guilt for association" thing to >> excess, whatever irritation events in 2012 have caused WMUK and its >> trustees. Steve Virgin and other Board members from 2010 do bear some >> collective responsibility for the subsequent governance, as far as I'm >> concerned. I'd rather see some humility from them. >> >> Charles >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> > > > > -- > > Stevie Benton > Communications Organiser > Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 > @StevieBenton > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over > Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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