Gordo; It means designers of online communities; people who design digital spaces for group interaction. This is a large and active area of study, and Wikipedia is an interesting example because not only is it active and well populated but the participants have created something of enormous value. Imagine if World of Warcraft did the same.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_participation Github is a digital space based around Git. Why don't you think it fits? On 11 June 2013 17:34, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Wikimedia Foundation elections (Katie Chan) > 2. Two events in London - Royal Opera House & British Library, > 22 and 29 June (Andrew Gray) > 3. Re: Wikimedia UK elects four trustees to its Board (HJ Mitchell) > 4. Re: Wikimania London 2014 (Gordon Joly) > 5. Review of the Train the Trainers programme (Richard Nevell) > 6. Conference Committee meeting (all welcome) (Harry Mitchell) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:48:00 +0100 > From: Katie Chan <[email protected]> > To: Wikimediauk-l <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia Foundation elections > Message-ID: > < > cafbgao3fknfvi4k3yh-ptaka7kuwq9f4mtq4wrwahpsqhvc...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Hi all, > > Now that the Wikimedia UK AGM is over, there’s a couple of other important > elections going on within the Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia Foundation > is electing three (3) community members to its Board of Trustees, the > ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation. In addition, the > community is also electing two (2) members to the Funds Dissemination > Committee (FDC) and also the FDC Ombudsperson. > > You can find more information on all of this, including the candidate > statements, ask the candidate questions, list of eligibility requirements > for voters and information on how to vote on < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013>. > > As the work of the Foundation Board of Trustees impacts the ways the > movement pursuit its goals, and the FDC are involved in the grants making > process which the chapter was involved in last year and expects to be again > this year, I would encourage as many of you as possible to take an interest > and vote in these elections. > > Katie > > -- > Katie Chan > Volunteer Support Organiser > Wikimedia UK > +44 (0) 20 7065 0990 > +44 (0) 7885 980 534 > > Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. > Registered Company 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. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/attachments/20130611/895a8a2e/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:56:29 +0100 > From: Andrew Gray <[email protected]> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Two events in London - Royal Opera House & > British Library, 22 and 29 June > Message-ID: > <CAE4f==cm-=rh9FOpLWgp3_iEHOzRbzBmjekZehpOb= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi all, > > A quick reminder/notification (as appropriate!) about two upcoming > events in London this month: > > * Royal Opera House editathon, 22 June > * WWI workshop, British Library, 29 June > > The Royal Opera House event will be focusing on the ballets of Sir > Frederick Ashton, one of the UK's most prominent choreographers: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ballet/Royal_Opera_House_editathon > > The British Library event will be a chance to use some of the newly > digitised (and not yet online) Europeana WWI material to help build > articles, or to work on any other projects that might be of interest: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/British_Library/WWI > > Please pass this on to anyone who might be interested! > > Thanks, > > - Andrew. > > -- > - Andrew Gray > [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:31:14 +0100 (BST) > From: HJ Mitchell <[email protected]> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK elects four trustees to its > Board > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Congratulations to the new trustees. Here's hoping for a happy and > productive year. And hopefully the unsuccessful candidates will keep in > touch - it would be good to have them all on board, but there are only so > many seats. > > I'll second Chris as well and say thank you to all the speakers, the > attendees, our wonderful staff (especially Daria and Katie who were so > helpful with the AGM), and my colleagues on the Conference Committee, all > of whom helped make the conference a success. > > Harry Mitchell > > http://enwp.org/User:HJ > > Phone: 024 7698 0977 > Skype: harry_j_mitchell > > > ________________________________ > From: Stevie Benton <[email protected]> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, 9 June 2013, 20:28 > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK elects four trustees to its Board > > > > Hello everyone, > > As you may know, Wikimedia UK held its AGM yesterday in Lincoln. This > included elections for trustees to serve on the Board of the charity. > > You can find details of the elected candidates on our blog at > http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/06/wikimedia-uk-announces-election-of-new-board-members/ > > Many thanks to all candidates, both successful and unsuccessful, for > taking part. > > Thanks and regards, > > Stevie > > -- > > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/attachments/20130611/b833ba2d/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:51:40 +0100 > From: Gordon Joly <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania London 2014 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 11/06/13 12:06, Edward Saperia wrote: > > > > 2/ We're looking for ideas for bold Wikimedian-in-Residence type > > activities to try at The Barbican. > > > That would be a good thing. > > > **** > > I looked at the page "Online Community Designers" and wondered what that > meant? > > https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Online_Community_Designers > > Does the phrase mean "Online Community" Designers or "Online" Community > Designers? > > Also, not sure how Github fits...... I prefer to use RCS or even SCCS. > But then I am old school! > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code_Control_System > > YMMV, > > Gordo > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:09:08 +0100 > From: Richard Nevell <[email protected]> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Review of the Train the Trainers programme > Message-ID: > < > cahp4nskk0ypbzffwtbwjwbb3ad8dw5vys5fxavy_azzh9gh...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi everyone, > > We are reviewing the Train the Trainers programme. The documentation can be > found here <https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Training/Consultation>. Feel > free > to join in and leave any comments on the talk > page<https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Training/Consultation> > . > > Richard > > -- > Richard Nevell > Wikimedia UK > +44 (0) 20 7065 0753 > > 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.* > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/attachments/20130611/bea158a4/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:34:54 +0100 > From: Harry Mitchell <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Conference Committee meeting (all welcome) > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Hello! > > The Conference Committee is planning to meet (remotely - online or by > phone) hopefully before the end of the month. Of particular interest to > many of you will be the review of WikiConference UK 2013 and the > discussion of the 2014 AGM (this is where those green forms I forced you > to fill in on the day will come in handy, so we're very much obliged to > everyone who filled one in). We'll also be discussing EduWiki and > Wikimania, so it's an exciting agenda (or at least as exciting as > committee meeting get!). > > If you have thoughts on the 2013 AGM, please do add them at > https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013/Lessons or email > them to me if you're not comfortable with wikis and/or want to speak in > confidence. If you spot something missing from the agenda, add it to > https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Conference_Committee/Planning_meeting_10#AOB > . > > Everybody is welcome (I will email this list with details when they're > known); if you'd lie to take part in the Doodle poll to decide the date, > please email me. Likewise with any other questions or comments. > > Thanks, > > -- > Harry Mitchell, Wikimedia UK Conference Committee > > Tel: +44 (0) 24 7698 0977 > Mob: +44 (0) 7585 357 416 > Skype: harry_j_mitchell > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediauk-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > > End of Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 95, Issue 9 > ******************************************** >
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