I'd like to remind the community that Wikimedia UK is happy to ask for press passes to other festivals if you would like to go and take pics for Commons as well. I think we already have someone going to Boomtown Festival.
John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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 5 June 2018 at 14:43, Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > A nudge for your calendar, Pride in London is going to be on Saturday > 7th July. Just a month away if you want to plan a big day out in > London! The parade itself is for registered groups, but is a lot of > fun to watch and makes a great photography subject. If you want to > officially take photographs for Wikimedia Commons and get privileged > access, media passes can be requested up until 22 June.[1] Remember > that we have an easy way to put freely released LGBT+ related > photographs on Wikimedia Commons, see the LGBT Free Media > collective.[2] > > Throughout June the international WikiLovesPride is running, so > regardless of where you are, it's a great time to take a look at > improving Wikipedia articles on LGBT+ history or biographies.[3] The > history of the London gay rights marches and Pride parades looks > skimpy and out of date, missing changes like the growing size of the > event, now the third largest LGBT+ parade in the world, being awarded > the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, and there being no mention of > UK Black Pride events which run in parallel and are notable enough for > a stand alone article. It's these primary Wikipedia articles and > related photographs that journalists rely on when they are reporting > on Pride events.[4] > > Pride in London training for stewards has started, and lots more > volunteers are needed (it takes hundreds of stewards for the Parade > alone). It's easy to book yourself in and the session lasts an hour. > If you cannot get to Southwark for training, there will be remote > digital training sessions too. I went on the first course last > weekend, and for the first time I'll be a senior steward on the day. > Drop me a note if you want to ask about it. If you are media savvy and > can help out with tweets and photographs to support the event, there > are calls for volunteers for those activities too.[5][6] > > Links > 1. https://prideinlondon.org/media-centre > 2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:LGBT_Free_Media_Collective > 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Pride/2018 > 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_London > 5. https://prideinlondon.org/volunteer > 6. https://twitter.com/PrideInLondon/status/1003924645106671616 > > Cheers, > Fae > -- > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT+ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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