> I suggest some thought is given to providing WMUK volunteers who are > likely to attend press calls and related events with something to > identify them in a crowd; this could include microphone windshields, > tabards, baseball caps, or perhaps something else. >
> I strongly suggest that the primary brand used should be Wikipedia, > with Wikimedia and WMUK (or WikiNews or whatever) beings secondary, as > it is the former which the lay public recognise most readily; and > which elicits the positive response referred to above. Strong agree! *Edward Saperia* Chief Coordinator Wikimania London <http://www.wikimanialondon.org> email <[email protected]> • facebook<http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG On 15 May 2014 12:34, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote: > Reading about the making of videos at Eurovison: > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/10/no-interviews-except-wikipedia-documenting-eurovision-song-contest-commons/ > > I was stuck by the positive response to the "Wikiepdia > representative", not least engendered by his use of a branded > microphone windshield (see third picture in the above post) [*]. > > Similarly, my local branch of OpenStreetMap issues mappers with > branded high-viz vests; these often reassure the public (or at least > facilitate the opening of a discussion), when someone is walking down > their road noting house numbers and other features. > > > On a related note, are we ever going to get the promised business cards? > > > [*] That windshied is far too big for use on the Zoom H1 which I use > for the voice project, but something smaller would be useful. > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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