Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...
On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 00:40 +, Michael Peel wrote: > On 3 Jan 2010, at 00:35, Brian McNeil wrote: > Durova's already done what she can with the image in the release at > the moment. If you can figure out how to best add a mention of > digital restorations, please do... I'd like to work that in, the closest to an appropriate place I see is the "about Commons" section, and I'm stumped for a wording. I had a few edit conflicts making some changes; mostly taken from the English Wikinews' style guide. The repeat one was "spell out all numbers of twenty or less". I also figured the standard date format should be 'daynumber monthname year' - a UK-style/standard. There were a couple of American spellings in there too, mostly on "soft" words that a spell checker will accept either of. I don't think WMUK needs a style guide as long as Wikinews' but, it might be an idea to note points as we go along that should be consistent. -- Brian McNeil Wikinewsie.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...
On 3 Jan 2010, at 00:35, Brian McNeil wrote: > On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 23:24 +, Michael Peel wrote: > >> The next press release, due to go out tomorrow evening, will be about >> a donation of images from the Mary Rose Trust: >> >> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_releases/Mary_Rose_Trust_donation >> >> Please help! If this goes down well in the media, then it will be a >> great precedent for getting more organizations to make their content >> available by Wikimedia websites. > > You mention the Tropenmuseum; there's more than just the image > donation > there. They're providing high-resolution images and Wikimedia > volunteers > are carrying out the costly, time-intensive process of digitally > restoring them. > > The Mary Rose pics won't need restored, but Commons offers some > interesting "services" to museums. Durova's already done what she can with the image in the release at the moment. If you can figure out how to best add a mention of digital restorations, please do... Mike ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...
On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 23:24 +, Michael Peel wrote: > The next press release, due to go out tomorrow evening, will be about > a donation of images from the Mary Rose Trust: > > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_releases/Mary_Rose_Trust_donation > > Please help! If this goes down well in the media, then it will be a > great precedent for getting more organizations to make their content > available by Wikimedia websites. You mention the Tropenmuseum; there's more than just the image donation there. They're providing high-resolution images and Wikimedia volunteers are carrying out the costly, time-intensive process of digitally restoring them. The Mary Rose pics won't need restored, but Commons offers some interesting "services" to museums. -- Brian McNeil Wikinewsie.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
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On 2 Jan 2010, at 20:27, Charles Matthews wrote: > In the end, a story appeared today: > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/6916596/WB-Yeats- > and-Sigmund-Freud-works-posted-on-Wikipedia-as-copyright-expires.html > > > Well done indeed to Mike and Andrew in particular for pushing on past > all the obstacles. Well done Charles and Brian for writing the article, and also pushing past your share of obstacles. :-) I think I've found another addiction thanks to this - I spent most of today and yesterday making a book of Yeats available on Wikisource... If you haven't already tried proofreading a book on Wikisource, then I would thoroughly recommend it. The next press release, due to go out tomorrow evening, will be about a donation of images from the Mary Rose Trust: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_releases/Mary_Rose_Trust_donation Please help! If this goes down well in the media, then it will be a great precedent for getting more organizations to make their content available by Wikimedia websites. Thanks, Mike ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
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2010/1/2 Ian A. Holton : > I don't think that contacting him via Twitter would be the most effective > way - you can imagine how many DM and @ he gets per minute at over 1 million > followers ;) How was the agent contacted, E-Mail? I often find the the > traditional telephone call can often work wonders. He frequently replies to people that talk to him on twitter. When I contacted his agent it was by email, a telephone call might work but there is no guarantee you'll get to talk to anyone other than his agent's secretary. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
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I don't think that contacting him via Twitter would be the most effective way - you can imagine how many DM and @ he gets per minute at over 1 million followers ;) How was the agent contacted, E-Mail? I often find the the traditional telephone call can often work wonders. Ian [[User:Poeloq]] On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2010/1/2 Brian McNeil : > > I contacted Stephen Fry's agent but got no response. It may have been > > bad timing given the holidays, perhaps someone else could try and see if > > that can be arranged after the fact. > > I contacted his agent once to see if he would be interested in getting > involved with our bid for Wikimania 2010 and also got no response. If > he hadn't just announced that he's going incommunicado until April to > work on his autobiography, I would have suggested contacting him via > Twitter. He won't do any recordings until he's finished the book, > though. > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > -- Ian A Holton "What the liberal must ask, first of all, is not how fast or how far we should move, but where we should move." -F.A von Hayek ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...
2010/1/2 Brian McNeil : > I contacted Stephen Fry's agent but got no response. It may have been > bad timing given the holidays, perhaps someone else could try and see if > that can be arranged after the fact. I contacted his agent once to see if he would be interested in getting involved with our bid for Wikimania 2010 and also got no response. If he hadn't just announced that he's going incommunicado until April to work on his autobiography, I would have suggested contacting him via Twitter. He won't do any recordings until he's finished the book, though. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
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On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 20:32 +, Charles Matthews wrote: > joseph seddon wrote: > > "To illustrate the potential, Wikimedia has organised for a range of > > its celebrity backers to record their favourite Yeats poems, which > > will be posted online over the next few days. " > > > > Since when? > Important not to believe everything in the papers, isn't it? > > Charles I contacted Stephen Fry's agent but got no response. It may have been bad timing given the holidays, perhaps someone else could try and see if that can be arranged after the fact. -- Brian McNeil Wikinewsie.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
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2010/1/2 Charles Matthews : > In the end, a story appeared today: > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/6916596/WB-Yeats-and-Sigmund-Freud-works-posted-on-Wikipedia-as-copyright-expires.html > > Well done indeed to Mike and Andrew in particular for pushing on past > all the obstacles. I like the addition at the end of last year / next year. Something to include for next year's one, I think - having an "In the past few years..." line gives the opportunity to cram in some extra names the journalist may recognise. -- - Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
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joseph seddon wrote: > "To illustrate the potential, Wikimedia has organised for a range of > its celebrity backers to record their favourite Yeats poems, which > will be posted online over the next few days. " > > Since when? Important not to believe everything in the papers, isn't it? Charles ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
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2010/1/2 joseph seddon : > "To illustrate the potential, Wikimedia has organised for a range of its > celebrity backers to record their favourite Yeats poems, which will be > posted online over the next few days. " > > Since when? I remember seeing it proposed, but it being organised is news to me... ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
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"To illustrate the potential, Wikimedia has organised for a range of its celebrity backers to record their favourite Yeats poems, which will be posted online over the next few days. " Since when? Seddon > Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 20:27:30 + > From: charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ... > > In the end, a story appeared today: > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/6916596/WB-Yeats-and-Sigmund-Freud-works-posted-on-Wikipedia-as-copyright-expires.html > > > > Well done indeed to Mike and Andrew in particular for pushing on past > all the obstacles. > > Charles > > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _ Got more than one Hotmail account? Save time by linking them together http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/186394591/direct/01/___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...
In the end, a story appeared today: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/6916596/WB-Yeats-and-Sigmund-Freud-works-posted-on-Wikipedia-as-copyright-expires.html Well done indeed to Mike and Andrew in particular for pushing on past all the obstacles. Charles ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
