I have been going through the not particularly useful category Wikipedia requested photographs in the United Kingdom <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_in_the_United_Kingdom> removing some that are done, doing a few either via commons or by importing them from the Geograph, and most importantly moving a lot of them down to the much more useful level of nation or in England to County.
So if you fancy taking a few photos and putting them on Wikipedia we probably have some current requests near you! Anyone fancy adopting a county? First couple to call for help I will go through the requests for that county next week and pick off any I can import from the Geograph, which should make it a bit more practical to do the rest (offer excludes London, Scotland and Wales due to them being too big). Regards Jonathan On 12 August 2015 at 10:45, Stevie Benton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Edward, everyone, > > If there's a volunteer willing to take the lead on Monuments then we can > offer a little logistical support. However, the volunteers that delivered > it last year said it was an enormous amount of work and don't have the > time. If you would like to lead on it then we can help, although time is > very short at this point. > > Thanks and regards, > > Stevie > > On 12 August 2015 at 10:35, Ed Hand <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Are we taking part in Wiki Loves Monuments this year? >> No mention of the UK here: >> >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2015/Participating_countries >> >> best wsihes >> Edward >> >> On 10 August 2015 at 16:43, WereSpielChequers < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have now used the visual editor for more than a hundred edits since >>> the speed up. I agree that the classic editor is generally faster and I >>> suspect that will be especially true for anyone editing large articles as >>> V/E's still lacks section editing. >>> >>> I like the way V/E supports infobox editing, one of the things I >>> sometimes do is add images to articles and with the classic editor you >>> usually have the pain of having to check the template documentation to find >>> out what the parameters are for image and caption (sadly and for no obvious >>> reason these parameters are unlikely to be "image" and "caption"). V/E is >>> actually quite intuitive here in allowing you to run through the unused >>> parameters of the infobox. >>> >>> Table editing is more nuanced, on the one hand there are handy looking >>> options that come up inviting you to delete or add columns or rows and I'm >>> sure at some point I will find an opportunity to use them. But editing the >>> contents of a cell in a table is challenging, not a task I would suggest to >>> a newbie and far less intuitive than using the classic editor. >>> >>> Adding images from commons is really quite impressive in V/E, I haven't >>> yet been in the situation of having to work out which Newcastle V/E is >>> prompting me with and it would be good to know whether V/E is using wiki >>> data links, keywords, geocodes or some combination. But however it does it >>> the images it has prompted me with so far have been pretty good. >>> >>> Not sure between Joe and Andy's positions re showing diffs. I have had >>> very little to do with the education program, but I appreciate for >>> educators knowing how to look at the contributions of a student is >>> important. I think that V/E would be a better entry point for technophobes >>> whilst clearly the classic editor is better for the technoscenti. How you >>> recruit one or other group for an editathon without stereotyping is an >>> interesting conundrum. If you have access to a large mailing list of people >>> who might be interested then you could do two sorts of sessions, one >>> emphasising that this was Wikipedia editing for anyone, especially people >>> who tried it in the past and found it technically arcane. Another promising >>> a session led by a "power user" showing how to be an effective editor on >>> Wikipedia perhaps billed as "this session is suitable for anyone with any >>> programming experience, however rusty or archaic". >>> >>> Alternatively if you have a good ratio of experienced editors to newbies >>> you can guard people and show them the editor most suitable for them. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Jonathan >>> >>> >>> > On 9 Aug 2015, at 01:03, Richard Farmbrough <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > I guess when it is sufficiently fast that I don't have time to hit >>> "edit source" instead before it loads, I will start using it on other >>> projects. Until then, a good character editor beats a good WIMPS editor - >>> pity it's not a good character editor. >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > > > > -- > > Stevie Benton > Head of External Relations > 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. 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