Jonathan, I was going to take the day off to show up to this because it really interests me - but I have meetings all day and can't get the day off.
Happy to help in my lunch hour remotely though! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 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.* On 9 March 2015 at 17:20, Jonathan Cardy <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Wikimedia UK and the National Maritime Museum would like to invite you to > an editathon in Greenwich on the 15th April re the Board of Longitude. Our > partners at the NMM are supplying lunch and several experts on the subject > who want to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the search for longitude. > > Experienced Wikipedia editors would be very welcome. > > The registration page is at > https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=185&reset=1 the > project page which includes articles we hope to work on is here > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetups/UK/National_Maritime_Museum_April_2015>, > There is also a talkpage > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Meetups/UK/National_Maritime_Museum_April_2015> > which gives opportunities to ask questions to some experts from the museum. > > Lunch will be provided by our partners the National Maritime Museum. > > The National Maritime Museum is the world's largest maritime museum, > "filled with inspirational stories of exploration and endeavour at sea and > packed to the gunwales with intriguing objects and fascinating galleries". > > The Board of Longitude were the administrators of a prize for the > development of accurate ways to determine longitude, and thereby the > sponsors of some major scientific and exploratory discoveries that had an > important impact on world history. > > > Regards > > > > Jonathan Cardy > GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) Organiser > Wikimedia UK > 020 7065 0921 > > (I'm normally in the office Tuesday's, Wednesdays and Fridays - Emails on > Mondays and Thursdays wont usually be seen till the next day) > > 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: https://wikimedia.org.uk >
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