Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK Wiki

Hi Andy (et al). Jo and I are looking at this and trying to sort it out. Its taking a bit of time to fully debug and resolve this - but we are hopeful to share progress soon. Sorry that this issue is persisting; its obviously not a good situation and we want to get it fixed. Tom On Fri, 8 Feb

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK Wiki

Have you got a link to the tweet; it seems to be working fine? Tom On Sun, 3 Feb 2019, 20:33 Andy Mabbett On Fri, 11 Jan 2019 at 16:19, Lucy Crompton-Reid > wrote: > > > I would encourage you, if you can, to attend the meeting > > on 30th January to help develop our next three year strategy > >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website help

(help also welcomed!) On Tue, 9 Oct 2018, 14:14 Thomas Morton, wrote: > There might be some plugins missing post update; a lot of the plugins dont > worl with the new version. > > If you get a list together I can look to get them reinstalled. > > > T > > On Tue, 9 O

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website help

There might be some plugins missing post update; a lot of the plugins dont worl with the new version. If you get a list together I can look to get them reinstalled. T On Tue, 9 Oct 2018, 12:05 John Lubbock, wrote: > We don't have any technologists on staff. We contract work to someone, but > I

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia website AWOL

Hi All, This is probably my fault from the DNS changes a while ago. The domain redirects to a wikipedia page about monmouthpedia. Ill look into fixing it asap. Tom On Thu, 16 Aug 2018, 14:29 Davina Johnson, wrote: > I have asked our maintenance contractor to look at this. > > > > *Davina Johns

[Wikimediauk-l] DNS Changes

Hi Everyone, This is a quick note to say Ive made some changes to WMUKs DNS tonight (moved providers). If anyone spots a problem can you please let me know either on this list or by direct email. Cheers, Tom ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Firefox doesn't like cert for https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk

Yep emails need some work; but because of the reason below its hard to fix. As to DKIM etc. the domain is currently registered with fasthost who have limited features in their DNS control panel. Will talk to Emmanuel about fixing it. T On 25 Jun 2017 19:20, "Gordon Joly" wrote: > On 25/06/17

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Firefox doesn't like cert for https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk

h this. I'll also subscribe my work address to this list. Cheers, Tom On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 at 10:35 Thomas Morton wrote: > taking a look this morning. Stay tuned. > > T > > On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 at 10:21 Charles Matthews < > charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com>

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Firefox doesn't like cert for https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk

taking a look this morning. Stay tuned. T On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 at 10:21 Charles Matthews < charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > On 25 June 2017 at 09:18 David Gerard wrote: > > > > https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=donate.wikimedia.org.uk&latest > is as broken as ever and cle

[Wikimediauk-l] WMUK SSL Issues

Hi All, Just a quick message to say, I've sorted out the SSL certificates problem we've been seeing with FireFox (which was to do with certificate ordering on the server, wierd behaviour). I've also hardened the server significantly, it's now rated A on SSLlabs :) https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Website certificate (again)

Cracked it! Man that was complicated; got stuff in the right order. Just running updates now. T On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 at 09:30 Thomas Morton wrote: Eek! That's not good. I've been testing different things but nothing is working with FireFox. This Chrome one is new :/ I'll take

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Website certificate (again)

Eek! That's not good. I've been testing different things but nothing is working with FireFox. This Chrome one is new :/ I'll take a look tonight with a priority. T On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 09:24 , wrote: > Hi all, > > I tried using Chrome as an alternative browser but experienced problems > with th

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Website certificate (again)

Hey all, So the error message doesn't fit with the facts; its complaining about missing a certificate but then shows it in the error detail. I'm working on this, trying different things to resolve. Bear with for a day or so more :) sorry! T On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 09:29 Gordon Joly, wrote: > > An

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Website certificate (again)

Odd; usually it is Google that is the strictest certificate chain... Everything is kosher as far as I tested it so I am not sure where the problem is; looking into it. T On Thu, 15 Sep 2016 at 17:08 Gordon Joly wrote: > On 15/09/16 13:10, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > > Hi Gordo (and all) > > >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Moving on

Shame to see you go Stevie, you were a star! Lots of fun the few times we hung out. Best wishes for the next career step! Tom On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 at 16:00 Richard Symonds < richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Stevie, > > Jonathan's right - it was wonderful working with you... and I hope t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website certificate

fixed! Well done Tom! > > Thanks, > Mike > > > On 16 Oct 2015, at 13:54, Thomas Morton > wrote: > > > > Thanks John. > > > > SO I think I might have nailed it... anyone care to independently test? > > > > Tom > > > > On Fri, 16 Oc

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website certificate

and it fails fairly reliably > on Python 2.7.5 unix. > > https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/246213/ > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 11:38 PM, Thomas Morton < > morton.tho...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Okay I am at a loss now. >> >> I have re-installed, re

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website certificate

__ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > w

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website certificate

e an account, but the confirmation email doesnt arrive... > > -- > John Vandenberg > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimed

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

ikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > > -- > > Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus, anti-spam and content > filtering. > http://www.mailguard.com

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Site security certificate expired

I will chase today to see what the status is. Tom On Mon, 7 Sep 2015 at 08:17 Charles Matthews < charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > On 2 September 2015 at 21:36, Thomas Morton > wrote: > >> Hey Chaps, >> >> Yes I noticed this earlier and made Richard S

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Site security certificate expired

Hey Chaps, Yes I noticed this earlier and made Richard S aware. I believe the source of the problem is a genuine mixup with our supplier giving us the old certificate (and advertising it as new) and me installing just before I was due to go on holiday (which I've only just returned from). Which me

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia broken?

The domain should be on auto-renew. I will check though. Tom On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 at 11:03 Gordon Joly wrote: > > > Might want to make sure the domain is extended soon, since these things > can also creep up on us all. > > whois qrpedia.org > Domain Name:QRPEDIA.ORG > Domain ID: D161757316-L

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Restructure and CEO appointment update

important asset. Losing Kat is a huge blow. Tom On 13 May 2015 23:54, "Thomas Morton" wrote: > FWIW I've had no communication about whether the charity wishes to retain > my services as a contractor. So your guess is as good as mine :) > > Tom > On 13 May 2015 22:5

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Restructure and CEO appointment update

FWIW I've had no communication about whether the charity wishes to retain my services as a contractor. So your guess is as good as mine :) Tom On 13 May 2015 22:58, "Michael Peel" wrote: > > > The staff page [2] will be updated to reflect the new staffing over the > next two weeks. > > [2] https

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK update, 24 March 2015

re-dates knowledge of the > Wikimania figures. It's not legally possible to move Wikimania 2014 > expenditure into the 2015 accounts. > > > Michael Maggs > Chair, Wikimedia UK > > [1] > https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Water_cooler&diff=

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK update, 24 March 2015

Sorry; I have been away without internet so only just able to turn my attention to this. I am probably talking to the wind anyway as, sadly, our community seems a little thin at the moment.. (as thin as our books ;)) but nevertheless. I can appreciate that the board is on difficult territory due

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK update, 24 March 2015

Of course it's Lo On 24 Mar 2015 17:57, "Michael Maggs" wrote: > Hi Peter > > I don't think it's possible to provide a full breakdown, I'm afraid, > without breaching the standard obligations of confidentiality we have > concerning HR matters. However, I can say that of the £57k total, around >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK update, 24 March 2015

It strikes me that the only non programme overspend is related to Jon leaving. Given the troublesome financial state, and the boards fiduciary duty, perhaps they need to explain in detail why this happened and why no effort was made to defer it to the next financial year when it could have been acc

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] DNS Issue affecting all services

to my growing /etc/hosts... -- Lewis On 17 November 2014 11:20, Thomas Morton wrote: Morning, Fasthost are currently experiencing a major network outage that means they cannot serve DNS queries. Unfortunately, they are our Domain/DNS provider! As a result, you will find that our websites are

[Wikimediauk-l] DNS Issue affecting all services

Morning, Fasthost are currently experiencing a major network outage that means they cannot serve DNS queries. Unfortunately, they are our Domain/DNS provider! As a result, you will find that our websites are not accessible this morning. It may also affect email addresses. Unfortunately there i

[Wikimediauk-l] Server Downtime

Due to a security vulnerability in Xen, Rackspace are updating all of their servers (not just Wikimedia UK’s) which has necessitated a restart of all their servers. This is currently affecting us; all of our websites and services. Service will be resumed as quickly as possible, and I am monitor

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Expired security certificate

I may have resolved the issue sooner and so don't want to have to unpick changes in a few hours time. Thank you On Monday, 1 September 2014, Thomas Morton wrote: > Great! > > I think Stevie has access to the WP admin interface? Other than Emmanuel. So > he could look to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Expired security certificate

Great! I think Stevie has access to the WP admin interface? Other than Emmanuel. So he could look to fix this? Tom On 1 Sep 2014 09:51, "Michael Peel" wrote: > > On 1 Sep 2014, at 08:39, Thomas Morton > wrote: > > > Not a bad idea. However, I think a decisio

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Expired security certificate

...@gmail.com) wrote: Would temporarily redirecting past the new homepage to wiki be a good idea? Sent from my huawei with fat thumbs On 1 Sep 2014 08:13, "Thomas Morton" wrote: I’ve disabled Forced SSL on the home-page. However, because it’s wordpress :( it is trying to load assets over https

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Expired security certificate

I’ve disabled Forced SSL on the home-page. However, because it’s wordpress :( it is trying to load assets over https still; and I am not going to fiddle with that…. The wiki functions properly, however: http://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Main_Page Tom On 31 August 2014 at 20:53:00, Andy Mabbett (a..

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Expired security certificate

Unfortunately she is the only one with the documents and experience etc as she did this last year. Its not something I or Emmanuel can do as it relates to documentation of the charity as a company etc. (Ie not a technical matter per se). Often a firm will issue a stop gap certificate but in this c

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Expired security certificate

Hi guys There was a problem with the payment for the certificate renewal. We are now waiting for the documents to be validated before a new certificate is issued. Kat is working on this. And as soon as a certificate is issued I will get it installed. Sorry for the inconvenience. Tom On 31 Aug 2

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Technology Scoping Project

rotary engine, make a case for it! Regards, Tom On 24 July 2014 at 09:37:28, Charles Matthews (charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com) wrote: On 24 July 2014 07:40, geni wrote: On 23 July 2014 20:57, Thomas Morton wrote: Hi Everyone, As you may or may not know, I've been asked to look int

[Wikimediauk-l] Technology Scoping Project

Hi Everyone, As you may or may not know, I've been asked to look into the past, present and future of the charities handling of technology. I've been looking to obtain ideas, thoughts, and input from various technological stakeholders within the charity on these topics. The end goal is to produce

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRPedia source

The current qrpedia code is hosted in WMF git iirc. Check out the meta Qrpedia page and I'm sure it links through :) Tom On 27 Mar 2014 13:35, "addshorewiki" wrote: > Does anyone have any comments in regards to moving the QRPedia source code > to Git and thus Github rather than google code here

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BLP

Well then I won't argue with you further, although I do disagree. :) have a good evening! Tom On 10 Feb 2014 21:56, "Andy Mabbett" wrote: > On 10 February 2014 20:57, Thomas Morton > wrote: > > [your quoting is broken] > > >> Creating lots of stubs with

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BLP

> Creating lots of stubs with minimal or no sourcing Who did that? Well there’s a list of some on AN/I - It’s not the end of the world sort of list, but still enough to warrant a reminder. Especially as there are quite of lot of MEP’s... > I understand what you're saying about the constructi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BLP

possible. It’s about setting an example :) Do those arguments hold any sway? Cheers,  Tom Sent with Airmail On 10 February 2014 at 19:22:55, Andy Mabbett (a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk) wrote: On 10 February 2014 18:27, Thomas Morton wrote: > This is a prime example of the sort of things caus

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] No Sanity Clause?

This is a prime example of the sort of things causing editor decline;  along with the sort of asshattery which saw Andy Mabbett threatened with  a block (on BLP grounds) for creating a one-line stub about an MEP. Given that politicians are a prime target for BLP trolls, it wasn’t unreasonable

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Changes to the Wikimedia UK homepage

There is going to be a short period of unavailability because of resizing the server :) Sorry this couldn't be done more "out of hours" but this is the latest I can work tonight due to other committments :) Tom On 24 January 2014 22:02, Stevie Benton wrote: > One of our volunteers has been work

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Changes to the Wikimedia UK homepage

Hi All, Just a quick note to say that various websites might be unavailable for short periods tonight as I finish working on the features needed to support tomorrows load. Tom On 24 January 2014 18:16, David Gerard wrote: > On 24 January 2014 17:57, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > > As you can see f

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia stats broken?

Github)? > > -- > Tom Morris > <http://tommorris.org/> > > > - Original message - > From: Thomas Morton > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia stats broken? > Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 21:11:33 + > > > Yes; that link was broken

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia stats broken?

Yes; that link was broken because of an issue that someone just raised with me :) now fixed!! When we took over QRpedia hosting the privacy issue was addressed and one of the pre-requisites for launching QRpedia on our servers was making it compliant with WMUK existing privacy policy. Emmanuel

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia stats broken?

th my volunteer hat on, I'm happy to give it a look over, possibly at > the weekend. > > -- > Tom Morris > <http://tommorris.org/> > > > - Original message - > From: Thomas Morton > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRp

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia stats broken?

I think we're moving the stats to a new service. But not sure. I'll look into this later. What's likely happened is that when we moved the site that got forgotten. I certainly didn't migrate any data :) Tom On 2 Jan 2014 18:34, "Erik Moeller" wrote: > http://qrpedia.org/stats.php seems broken r

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Amazon Tax avoidance

So the happy medium? Nominate a number of different providers and then let the recipient choose. Tom On 2 Dec 2013 19:24, "Charles Matthews" wrote: > On 2 December 2013 18:59, Michael Peel wrote: > > >> I think it’s useful to see the range of viewpoints here, and if there >> are people subscrib

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Amazon Tax avoidance

He's being an arse because he doesn't like me because I don't roll over to his bullying and harrassment. Yawn, small minds and stuff :) Please accept my apologies for the distraction he has caused on this thread. I think the key point is that different people hold different likes and dislikes. S

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Amazon Tax avoidance

To be honest giving the recipient the option is a good idea. I know everyone raves about john Lewis, for example. Bit I'd bin any of their vouchers instantly based on theor product acquisition practices and the way they treat contracted employees. Horrid company. Tom On 30 Nov 2013 13:05, "Katie

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Tony Benn, and Wiki-literature

Id say there is space for both. As well as being ligjtweight audio also has the advantage of being simpler to record and get sorted - but if someone is willing to do video then audio at the same time should be trivial to achieve. Video is, then, perhaps value added? Tom On 15 Aug 2013 12:03, "And

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Elections 2013

Given that there is at least one incumbent not standing, and possibly two (last time SJ said he probably would not seek a further term) this would be a good time to consider standing!! Tom On 2 May 2013 09:15, Andrew Gray wrote: > Should anyone be considering standing... > > > -- Forwa

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 5 year plan

Click "Discussion" at the top :) Tom On 1 May 2013 15:53, Mark Kelleher wrote: > jon, > > Sorry to be thick but when it says "So please add your contributions to > the talk page for what should be in the plan" here : > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Towards_a_five_year_plan_2013-18 > > - how do

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Another voting reminder

Unless I've missed something; the EGM is Saturday, Richard has noted the proxy deadline for tomorrow. Tom On 11 April 2013 18:50, Andrew Gray wrote: > On 11 April 2013 17:54, Thomas Dalton wrote: > > Presumably thats for people wanting to use you as a proxy. There's no > > deadline for proxie

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK Volunteers + WIkimania 2014

> My own view on Wikimania 2014 is that it should be set up as a separate > company, with WMUK as a corporate member on the board. Thought needs to go > into what is the best form for it: e.g. Community Interest Company might > be the most appropriate. This relates to how it is going to be funded.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] when qrpedia and qrwp domains will be transferred?

Geni; it *is* frustrating that the domains have not been transferred, let alone the hosting. However, it's not surprising that the charity is taking its time over some of these issues given recent events. I encourage you to join one of the Tech Committee meetings because you'd get a much better fe

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

In a charity, the role of trustees does not have to be identical, and indeed diversity is an excellent thing. A board doesn't have to have everyone intensely familiar, or in fact interested, in the culture. A good board has a mixture of people to combine expertise, external insight and internal cul

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] First meeting of the Technology Committee - Postponement

Fine by me :) I wouldn't have been able to attend as it is (found out today). Tom On 11 February 2013 20:30, Katherine Bavage < katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Dear All > > Very sorry, but I've been reminded this afternoon that I had a > pre-existing arrangement of some weeks for to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mail Server Migration: UPDATE

mailing lists please contact me ASAP. I will be in the WMUK office from ~10 am tomorrow so can be reached via phone from there, or I will be able to respond to email. Regards, Tom On 20 January 2013 14:17, Thomas Morton wrote: > All, > > In 30 minutes the main mail server migration will be

[Wikimediauk-l] Mail Server Migration: UPDATE

All, In 30 minutes the main mail server migration will begin; your email inboxes (if you have them :)) will be inaccessible for around an hour as I confirm the migration was successful & get the processes running. Mail sent to wikimedia and wikiconferences addresses during this time will be recie

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fw: WikiConference 2013 Speakers

Can someone give me a quick overview of how geograph works and how the images are taken? I ask this because a number of images from my home town are poor quality, and incomplete (I can locate less than 5 notable buildings photographed in the town, when the real number is circa 20-30). When I say

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Migration of Email and Mailing lists THIS WEEKEND

It's just been pointed out to me that THIS list is hosted by the Foundation. Which I hadn't noticed... So to be clear; *this mailing list will be unaffected by this change.* Feel free to use it on Sunday without fear! Sorry for any confusion :S Tom On 18 January 2013 15:37, Tho

[Wikimediauk-l] Migration of Email and Mailing lists THIS WEEKEND

Hi Everyone, As you may have noted, I am one of the two consultants WMUK took on to manage their technical infrastructure. Over the last few months myself and Emmanuel have been busy migrating to a new set of servers (see the progress & details ). This

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fw: WikiConference 2013 Speakers

On 17 January 2013 09:52, Roger Bamkin wrote: > Suggest someone talks to the owner of > http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/site/about (Who I dont know) > http://mark.goodge.co.uk/ ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://ma

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WikiConference 2013 Speakers WLM

In a general way we were talking about doing an indoor-shots photography competition in the "Wiki takes" theme in the run up to Lincoln AGM, so we could use that to motivate/drive WLM perhaps? Tom On 16 January 2013 17:28, John Byrne wrote: > WMUK were ready to support WLM last year (I was the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WikiConference 2013 Speakers

gt; pages on the relevant wikis and getting the word out? > > Harry Mitchell > http://enwp.org/User:HJ > Phone: 024 7698 0977 > Skype: harry_j_mitchell > > ------ > *From:* Thomas Morton > *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list > *Sent:* Wednesday,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WikiConference 2013 Speakers

2013/1/15 Jon Davies > >> AGM 8th of June with more activities on the 9th. >> >> On 15 January 2013 11:21, Joe Filceolaire wrote: >> >>> date? >>> On Jan 15, 2013 11:19 AM, "Thomas Morton" >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Mo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WikiConference 2013 Speakers

8 June (with a further day on 9 June for cultural outreach). http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013 Tom On 15 January 2013 11:21, Joe Filceolaire wrote: > date? > On Jan 15, 2013 11:19 AM, "Thomas Morton" > wrote: > >> Morning Everyone, >&

[Wikimediauk-l] WikiConference 2013 Speakers

Morning Everyone, As you might know, the 2013 conference will be in Lincoln, organised by the Conference Committee with support from the office. With the venue chosen, we now need to figure out an exciting programme. A lot of this is in the planning stage and we will be releasing more information

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Tech] Wikimedia UK Draft Security Standards

Great! :) this is excellent to see. Everyone; when I helped put together these policies it was a matter of urgency to be ready for the fundraiser. So as Katherine notes there is likely to be a lot we can change and improve on. We filled a gap as it was required, and now have more time to get them

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK October report - contributions wanted

A model such as the Wikipedia signpost might work... Which, for those that don't know, has a fairly regular format of things it covers (with a nice layout), plus it accepts articles/editorial from the community. I'm sure the current monthly reports could be formatted in a similar way; find someon

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Verifying membership applications - Suggestions and comments

Are you sure PayPal require that?? I have a verified PayPal account and it only involved confirming my bank account via a £1 payment... No Id needed :-) Tom Morton On 20 Nov 2012, at 10:37, Katherine Bavage < katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: Morning - All members are voting members...u

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] PR industry blames 'cumbersome' Wikipedia (Andreas Kolbe)

yone to provide that service. An an OTRS volunteer yourself, do you have any suggestions on how we can bring more people into the fold? It doesn't seem to be something we can reasonably incentivise, either. It's something of a quandary! Stevie On 15 November 2012 14:10, Thomas Morton wrote

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] PR industry blames 'cumbersome' Wikipedia (Andreas Kolbe)

nuine issues with their biographies, and we currently treat those people badly. Tom Morton On 15 Nov 2012, at 15:14, Charles Matthews wrote: > On 15 November 2012 14:10, Thomas Morton wrote: >> We have two customers, and one "employee" role, I think. And it should go >&g

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] PR industry blames 'cumbersome' Wikipedia (Andreas Kolbe)

We have two customers, and one "employee" role, I think. And it should go something like (in order of importance): Reader (Customer) Subject (Customer) Editor (Employee) Or in other words; because the PR company represents the subject of the article, and we rank so highly on Google etc., they sho

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] PR industry blames 'cumbersome' Wikipedia

I think it's an outcome of PR-types being dragged through the press for editing articles. So, yes, from that angle (a defensive mechanism) it's bad. The guideline always struck me as coming from the direction of "this is how to avoid making the news" rather than "this is how to engage with Wikiped

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] PR industry blames 'cumbersome' Wikipedia (Andreas Kolbe)

On 14 November 2012 17:52, Charles Matthews wrote: > On 14 November 2012 17:44, HJ Mitchell wrote: > > > We get all sorts of general enquires, feedback, and other things that > > probably should go elsehwhere. It adds up to thousands of tickets a week. > > Try finding the urgent BLP complaints a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] PR industry blames 'cumbersome' Wikipedia (Andreas Kolbe)

David; I think Charles and Andreas have gotten beyond the original issue and are talking about the real problems that exist. "cumbersome" doesn't strike me as a hugely unfair way of putting it... @Richard; I've always been disappointed in WMF support of OTRS, it being a key point of contact. I bu

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] DCMS consultation on e-lending in libraries

ps an alternative would be to look > closely at the themes we can achieve consensus on and then make it clear > that our response is only related to those themes. > > I'm interested to see how the submission and the discussion takes shape. > > Thanks, > > Stevie >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] DCMS consultation on e-lending in libraries

I've put a few queries on the talk page... I think the current response slightly misses the mark in terms of what the DCMS are looking at, and how it would/would not benefit Wikipedia. Also, recommending our model of content creation should be done with extreme caution. Tom On 5 November 2012

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] qrpedia.org and qrwp.org

In fact, sorry to be snippy! What I should have said is: the QRpedia code is available on Google Code ( http://code.google.com/p/qrwp/source/browse) and a quick browse should let you see it is written in PHP, the same language as Media Wiki etc. Tom On 2 November 2012 20:29, Thomas Morton

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] qrpedia.org and qrwp.org

That's an unfair, and unduly combative way to put it! The negotiation over these domains has taken an undue amount of time, and it is still unclear exactly why that is so. Criticism (positive) of that seems fair. But the list you suggest is hugely unfair on a number of levels. :) Tom On 2 Nove

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] HTML editor software

m higher. > > Perhaps suggestions about a how we can ensure that the appropriate mark up > issues are dealt with - any tips on good training manuals or courses we > could look into would be welcome :) Any suggestions about other HTML > editors too... :) > > Katherine > >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] HTML editor software

MailChimp lets you export/import templates, but I can't find anything about licensing. However, I doubt there is any issue with templates you build yourself! They have decent support though, so I am sure an email will clarify this. Tom On 30 October 2012 12:26, Richard Symonds wrote: > With MS

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] HTML editor software

Mailchimp.com Easy to use, tailored to email campaigns, loads of templates and it can handle all the relevant compliance and subscriptions if needs be (or you can just use it to create templates). I recommend avoiding wysiwyg HTML editors as they will not produce good, compliant HTML with alterna

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mobile uk.wikimedia.org still failing

Yes, thanks to those who chased it up :-) Tom Morton On 29 Oct 2012, at 21:57, Michael Peel wrote: > Thanks for checking - I'm glad that this has now definitely been solved. :-) > > Thanks, > Mike > > On 29 Oct 2012, at 14:53, Thomas Morton wrote: > >> And me

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mobile uk.wikimedia.org still failing

And me Tom Morton On 29 Oct 2012, at 21:52, Andy Mabbett wrote: > Working for me, now. > > On 29 October 2012 20:43, Michael Peel wrote: >> I think that this issue has now been resolved for uk.wikimedia.org, or at >> least it works on my phone now. Could someone confirm whether that is the >>

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WikiConference 2013: Where will you be travelling from?

On 18 October 2012 11:55, Thomas Morton wrote: > To help inform the decision over the location of the 2013 WikiConference > please could you take a moment to fill out the following survey! > > >> >> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewfor

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WikiConference 2013: Where will you be travelling from?

Oops sorry! I added a few additional options. Tom On 18 October 2012 14:50, Lodewijk wrote: > What to do if your region is not in the list? Could someone add an 'other' > option? :) > > Thanks! > > Lodewijk > > 2012/10/18 Thomas Morton > >> To he

[Wikimediauk-l] WikiConference 2013: Where will you be travelling from?

To help inform the decision over the location of the 2013 WikiConference please could you take a moment to fill out the following survey! > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dHVpU2E1VjJfVmtaTkZldFNxSTY5N1E6MQ Cheers, Tom __

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A message from the Wikimedia UK Board

I agree with everything Joseph has said here. :) I see where Thomas Dalton is coming from, but I think he is being a little too harsh on the board (damned if they do, damned if they don't). This is the first step toward addressing miss-steps, and it is welcome. Tom On 15 October 2012 12:59, jose

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

Sure. But such a situation is complicated; because the implication is that in a private vote trustees may vote differently than in a public one, perhaps so as not to upset their friendship (or for whatever reason). This, I suggest, is not addressed by making such votes secret. But, under good gove

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Support service (was:Social enterprise)

Interesting. I will discuss this more on the talk page, as you ask, but I still think it is infeasible to offer paid consultancy services of this sort. As an alternative I have written a proposal for "Wikipedia Surgery" sessions: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Surgery Comments and critici

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Support service (was:Social enterprise)

Indeed it would. I hope I was clear in defending OTRS as the best way to resolve issues that we currently have, although it needs work! Tom On 3 October 2012 13:32, Andrew Gray wrote: > On 3 October 2012 13:20, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > > This is the sort of discussion that should be had on-wiki,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Social enterprise

This is the overriding issue. It is what Roger is doing in Gibraltar - but the issue there more revolves around a) he being a board member and the resulting poor handling the COI (i.e. didn't resign once he had a commercial business in the same scope) and b) the way in which Gibraltapedia interact

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Support service (was:Social enterprise)

On 3 October 2012 12:51, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 3 October 2012 12:26, Thomas Morton > wrote: > > (starting a new topic as this is a little wider than the original thread, > > hope that is OK) > > > >> I think it is clear that just letting OTRS handle it do

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