Re: [Wikimediauk-l] First-ever Newcastle meetup

2013-07-27 Thread John Vandenberg
Dunno. Andy, let's make a deal. You go to under-Lyme and I'll go to upon Tyne. Ugh; we've already had a few meetups in the seventh largest city in Oz. http://enwp.org/wp:meetup/Newcastle :) -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Greyham Dawes co-opted to the Board of Wikimedia UK

2013-02-20 Thread John Vandenberg
so there will just be > the final decision in the public minutes and we've already been told > about that. The minutes will, or should, note if there were any conflicts of interest. e.g. *if* Greyham applied due to the direct personal approaches, that should be noted. -- John Vandenbe

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Greyham Dawes co-opted to the Board of Wikimedia UK

2013-02-16 Thread John Vandenberg
Thanks Chris for the context, some of which appears to have been omitted from the governance review. I am a bit surprised by that. I'm guessing that Greyham didn't respond to the call to the community ;-) How many responses did you receive from the advert in the Third Sector?

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Greyham Dawes co-opted to the Board of Wikimedia UK

2013-02-15 Thread John Vandenberg
Im not seeing full details, like the process used to identify Dawes. John Vandenberg. sent from Galaxy Note On Feb 16, 2013 2:58 AM, "Stevie Benton" wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm happy to let you know that Greyham Dawes has been co-opted to the > Wikimedia UK Boa

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Where are we with QRpedia?

2013-01-31 Thread John Vandenberg
Thanks Stevie. On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Stevie Benton wrote: > Thanks Andreas and John. I'll get corrections made ASAP. > > Stevie > > On Jan 31, 2013 7:59 AM, "John Vandenberg" wrote: >> >> Freopedia is spelt wrong. >> >> John Vand

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Where are we with QRpedia?

2013-01-30 Thread John Vandenberg
Freopedia is spelt wrong. John Vandenberg. sent from Galaxy Note On Jan 31, 2013 6:34 PM, "Andreas Kolbe" wrote: > There is an article on Wales Online today, "Wikipedia: How a project > launched in Monmouth has gone global", that requires some corrections. > &g

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AdBlock Plus wants to protect you from a malicious website, namely Wikimedia UK

2012-11-26 Thread John Vandenberg
ties? > > Is there no facility to report false positives on their website? > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mai

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal of trustees collective responsibility

2012-10-08 Thread John Vandenberg
Was this resignation offer and decision minuted publicly? John Vandenberg. sent from Galaxy Note On Oct 8, 2012 6:22 PM, "James Farrar" wrote: > For their reasons, of course. A claim of protection implies a wilful act. > On Oct 8, 2012 12:15 PM, "Thomas Dalton" wrote:

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: RE: ::HOPAU:: Updating London Paralympics Wikipedia sites

2012-08-31 Thread John Vandenberg
Congrats to the UK wikimedians keeping wikipedia up to date. If you notice anything that needs updating for Australians, email the HOPAU mailing list ( ho...@googlegroups.com ) to handball it to our team. Is anyone focusing on keeping China's results up to date? In Chinese Wikipedia too?

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of this list and its archives

2012-08-15 Thread John Vandenberg
Thank you James, and the other list admins. -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK

2012-08-01 Thread John Vandenberg
The wmf mission is really broad http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission_statement On Aug 1, 2012 11:03 PM, "Gordon Joly" wrote: > > >> Does the Foundation have a view? They should, since the Chapter is a part >> of >> the Foundation. >> > > We're a chapter of the Foundation, we're not part

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK

2012-07-31 Thread John Vandenberg
. It doesnt look very notable, with 156 hits across all Wikipedias https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=%22Actualitte.com%22+site%3Awikipedia.org -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK

2012-07-26 Thread John Vandenberg
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 27 July 2012 01:21, John Vandenberg wrote: >> It isn't public. The software considers it private. Emails to the >> list can be claimed to have been sent under the assumption that it >> isn't going to b

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK

2012-07-26 Thread John Vandenberg
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 27 July 2012 00:26, John Vandenberg wrote: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l says its a >> private list > > It says: "This is a private list, which means that the list of members

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK

2012-07-26 Thread John Vandenberg
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l says its a private list On Jul 27, 2012 6:16 AM, "Thomas Dalton" wrote: > On 27 July 2012 00:10, John Vandenberg wrote: > > Is this going to be published somewhere other than on this list, which > > recently

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK

2012-07-26 Thread John Vandenberg
Is this going to be published somewhere other than on this list, which recently became a non-public list? On Jul 27, 2012 5:03 AM, "Michael Peel" wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm sending this statement on behalf of the WMUK Board: > > -- > > As some members of Wikimedia UK will know, our Chair, Ashley Va

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What is in a name?

2012-06-13 Thread John Vandenberg
ind the projects. And we have been building more projects, and they are going to be just as good and popular as Wikipedia. -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What is in a name?

2012-06-13 Thread John Vandenberg
kimedia > > 3) Mediawiki > > > Gordo > > > _______ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A V Denham

2012-05-28 Thread John Vandenberg
iting takes responsibility for the edits they make. There have been many instances of banned editors writing Wikipedia articles on another website, and these articles being imported to Wikipedia by editors in good standing. -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] OpenDomesday links

2012-05-18 Thread John Vandenberg
for the survey, with scans https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Portal:Domesday_survey#Victoria_County_History e.g. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:VCH_Bedfordshire_1.djvu/245 -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Post AGM pub

2012-05-10 Thread John Vandenberg
haha. Even Fosters is better than the stuff you lot drink. :P On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Richard Symonds wrote: > We have Fosters in pubs here too John ;-) > > > > > Richard Symonds > > > > On 10 May 2012 13:39, John Vandenberg wrote: >> >> On

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Post AGM pub

2012-05-10 Thread John Vandenberg
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 1:00 AM, HJ Mitchell wrote: > Well as long as there's decent beer involved, I'm in. You'd have to come down under for that .. ;-) -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Olympic mascots on Commons

2012-05-02 Thread John Vandenberg
__ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Role accounts

2012-04-29 Thread John Vandenberg
ondering if anyone knew the > reasoning behind it - and why said reasoning isn't included in the policy > pages? > > All the best, > > Chase > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Soldiers' letters

2012-03-18 Thread John Vandenberg
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Roger Bamkin wrote: > On a more mundane point we have been asked to supply Wikisource via QRpedia mundane!?! .. very cool! ;-) -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org h

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] SOPA/PROTECT Blackout

2012-01-17 Thread John Vandenberg
o interfere. It would be a shock to the Internet infrastructure if we needed to select a new manager, but it would hardly be noticed by the average end-user. -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Soldiers' letters

2011-10-26 Thread John Vandenberg
collect all related authors and works together. -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] World Wars project

2011-10-23 Thread John Vandenberg
then be placed in Wikimedia UKs >>         hands >>         afterwards that would be preferable. >> >> >> >> We can already handle support investment in books, via the Microgrant >> scheme: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] National Maritime Museum Collaboration

2011-07-31 Thread John Vandenberg
ons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/StateLibQld_British -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] National Maritime Museum Collaboration

2011-07-30 Thread John Vandenberg
hive_25#5000_images_uploaded and https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ships#Mass_NARA_image_upload -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/m