Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Sign up for our first World War I Editathon

[Lewis Cawte]

http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_I/World_War_I_Editathon#What_will_we_be_editing.3F

"Online participation will certainly be possible."

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On 11/04/2012 23:34, WereSpielChequers wrote:
Chris, I would anticipate major international interest in this, will 
there be opportunities for remote participation?


WSC

On 11 April 2012 19:33, Chris Keating > wrote:


I'm really pleased to announce that our first World War I - themed
Editathon will be held on June 16th.

We're running this event in partnership with JISC, the UK
Government's expert body on digital technologies for education and
research. It will be a great opportunity to work closely with
experts on military history from academia to improve Wikipedia
articles on this really important topic, and I hope it will be a
really successful start to Wikimedia UK's World War I Centenary
outreach work.

I'd encourage anyone with an interest in World War I and military
history in general to sign up, and please spread the word to
anyone you know who's interested in the subject!

Find out more, and sign up, here:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_I/World_War_I_Editathon

Many thanks,

Chris
(User:The Land)

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Sign up for our first World War I Editathon

[WereSpielChequers]

Chris, I would anticipate major international interest in this, will there
be opportunities for remote participation?

WSC

On 11 April 2012 19:33, Chris Keating  wrote:

> I'm really pleased to announce that our first World War I - themed
> Editathon will be held on June 16th.
>
> We're running this event in partnership with JISC, the UK Government's expert
> body on digital technologies for education and research. It will be a great
> opportunity to work closely with experts on military history from academia
> to improve Wikipedia articles on this really important topic, and I hope it
> will be a really successful start to Wikimedia UK's World War I Centenary
> outreach work.
>
> I'd encourage anyone with an interest in World War I and military history
> in general to sign up, and please spread the word to anyone you know who's
> interested in the subject!
>
> Find out more, and sign up, here:
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_I/World_War_I_Editathon
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Chris
> (User:The Land)
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[Wikimediauk-l] Sign up for our first World War I Editathon

[Chris Keating]

I'm really pleased to announce that our first World War I - themed
Editathon will be held on June 16th.

We're running this event in partnership with JISC, the UK Government's expert
body on digital technologies for education and research. It will be a great
opportunity to work closely with experts on military history from academia
to improve Wikipedia articles on this really important topic, and I hope it
will be a really successful start to Wikimedia UK's World War I Centenary
outreach work.

I'd encourage anyone with an interest in World War I and military history
in general to sign up, and please spread the word to anyone you know who's
interested in the subject!

Find out more, and sign up, here:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_I/World_War_I_Editathon

Many thanks,

Chris
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Interesting possibilty for WIkimedians?

[Stevie Benton]

Excellent stuff. I've just been in touch with their Business Development 
Manager who is going to pop over to the office next week. If anyone has 
any questions they'd like me to put to him please do let me know.


Thanks,

Stevie

On 11/04/2012 17:40, steve virgin wrote:

Stevie

And I am close to people at UWE at Pro-Vice Chancellor level, lecturer level
etc

So I'd be happy to help anyone embarking on this.

Steve V.

-Original Message-
From: Stevie Benton [mailto:stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk]
Sent: 11 April 2012 17:30
To: Jon Davies
Cc: office; wikimediauk-l
Subject: Re: Interesting possibilty for WIkimedians?

I note from the web page that one of the partners for this grants programme
is the UWE in Bristol. It's also in support of a BBC series that's in
development.

I think that there's definite potential for projects that some of our
volunteers are working on to get funding here, especially the partnership
that HJ Mitchell and Rock drum have developed with the Herbert Art Gallery&
Museum in Coventry.

I'm good friends with a couple of people at the HLF so I'll have a chat with
them and see if I can get a steer on the kind of things they are
particularly keen to fund.

Stevie

On 11/04/2012 17:16, Jon Davies wrote:

The Heritage Lottery Fund has launched a new £1m small grants
programme for local history projects. Grants from 3 to 10K. All our
stories
http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/programmes/Pages/Allourstories.aspx
Programme priorities

You can request funding for the following types of activity to explore
and learn about heritage:

Visits to places like historic buildings, landscapes, parks, burial
grounds, museums, archaeological sites or industrial heritage sites
like railways.
Using collections like archives, libraries and museums, including
collections held by people in the community.
Talking to people who know about heritage or holding workshops, talks
and sessions exploring people’s memories.
Recording things like people’s memories or local wildlife; scanning
old photographs and documents; archaeological digs or surveying
historic buildings.




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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Interesting possibilty for WIkimedians?

[steve virgin]

Stevie

And I am close to people at UWE at Pro-Vice Chancellor level, lecturer level
etc

So I'd be happy to help anyone embarking on this.

Steve V.

-Original Message-
From: Stevie Benton [mailto:stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk] 
Sent: 11 April 2012 17:30
To: Jon Davies
Cc: office; wikimediauk-l
Subject: Re: Interesting possibilty for WIkimedians?

I note from the web page that one of the partners for this grants programme
is the UWE in Bristol. It's also in support of a BBC series that's in
development.

I think that there's definite potential for projects that some of our
volunteers are working on to get funding here, especially the partnership
that HJ Mitchell and Rock drum have developed with the Herbert Art Gallery &
Museum in Coventry.

I'm good friends with a couple of people at the HLF so I'll have a chat with
them and see if I can get a steer on the kind of things they are
particularly keen to fund.

Stevie

On 11/04/2012 17:16, Jon Davies wrote:
> The Heritage Lottery Fund has launched a new £1m small grants 
> programme for local history projects. Grants from 3 to 10K. All our 
> stories 
> http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/programmes/Pages/Allourstories.aspx
> Programme priorities
>
> You can request funding for the following types of activity to explore 
> and learn about heritage:
>
> Visits to places like historic buildings, landscapes, parks, burial 
> grounds, museums, archaeological sites or industrial heritage sites 
> like railways.
> Using collections like archives, libraries and museums, including 
> collections held by people in the community.
> Talking to people who know about heritage or holding workshops, talks 
> and sessions exploring people’s memories.
> Recording things like people’s memories or local wildlife; scanning 
> old photographs and documents; archaeological digs or surveying 
> historic buildings.
>
>


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Interesting possibilty for WIkimedians?

[Stevie Benton]

I note from the web page that one of the partners for this grants 
programme is the UWE in Bristol. It's also in support of a BBC series 
that's in development.


I think that there's definite potential for projects that some of our 
volunteers are working on to get funding here, especially the 
partnership that HJ Mitchell and Rock drum have developed with the 
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry.


I'm good friends with a couple of people at the HLF so I'll have a chat 
with them and see if I can get a steer on the kind of things they are 
particularly keen to fund.


Stevie

On 11/04/2012 17:16, Jon Davies wrote:
The Heritage Lottery Fund has launched a new £1m small grants 
programme for local history projects. Grants from 3 to 10K. All our 
stories 
http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/programmes/Pages/Allourstories.aspx

Programme priorities

You can request funding for the following types of activity to explore 
and learn about heritage:


Visits to places like historic buildings, landscapes, parks, burial 
grounds, museums, archaeological sites or industrial heritage sites 
like railways.
Using collections like archives, libraries and museums, including 
collections held by people in the community.
Talking to people who know about heritage or holding workshops, talks 
and sessions exploring people’s memories.
Recording things like people’s memories or local wildlife; scanning 
old photographs and documents; archaeological digs or surveying 
historic buildings.






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Wikimedia UK
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[Wikimediauk-l] Interesting possibilty for WIkimedians?

[Jon Davies]

The Heritage Lottery Fund has launched a new £1m small grants  
programme for local history projects. Grants from 3 to 10K. All our  
stories  
http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/programmes/Pages/Allourstories.aspx

Programme priorities

You can request funding for the following types of activity to explore  
and learn about heritage:


Visits to places like historic buildings, landscapes, parks,  
burial grounds, museums, archaeological sites or industrial heritage  
sites like railways.
Using collections like archives, libraries and museums, including  
collections held by people in the community.
Talking to people who know about heritage or holding workshops,  
talks and sessions exploring people’s memories.
Recording things like people’s memories or local wildlife;  
scanning old photographs and documents; archaeological digs or  
surveying historic buildings.



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[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK AGm - last call for nominations

[Richard Symonds]

Dear All,

This email is from the Tellers of the 2012 Wikimedia UK AGM. We are writing to 
inform you that the deadline for candidate nominations and proposed resolutions 
is 5.00pm, 12 April 2012.

This means that if you wish to stand as a candidate for the 2012-13 WMUK board, 
you must send an email, by 5.00pm tomorrow, to tell...@wikimedia.org.uk stating:

  a statement that you would like to nominate yourself to serve as a director 
and trustee of Wikimedia UK and that you fulfill the legal criteria for 
appointment
  your full name
  any previous names
  date of birth
  business occupation
  the names of any other UK companies which you have been director of in the 
last five years

At a later date, we will be asking for a 300-word plain text nomination 
statement from each candidate, but this does not need to be in by tomorrow.

Please contact tell...@wikimedia.org.uk in confidence if you have any questions 
about standing for the Board. If your question is about Wikimedia UK in 
general, please contact richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk or 
i...@wikimedia.org.uk.

For Wikimedia UK,



James Farrar&  Richard Symonds
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[Wikimediauk-l] Access to Archives vs. Wikimedia Commons.

[Gordon Joly]

> Maybe an issue for your (our) next Wikimeet?
>
> Also - "Wikimedia Commons" vs "Archives for All" - where should you 
lodge copies of your data?

>
> Gordo
>
>



Not discussed in London last weekend!

I just wanted to note that although some of us are fanatical about 
Wikimedia, there are other soap brands that wash just as white, if not 
whiter. We had a discussion about this (a little) at the training event 
on Friday 30th at The Geological Society. I recall that I made the case 
for considering alternatives to Wikimedia Commons, as did at least one 
participant.


Access to Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/

ARCHON Directory http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/default.htm

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List archives

[Gordon Joly]

On 11/04/12 08:42, David Gerard wrote:

On 11 April 2012 08:37, Gordon Joly  wrote:


But there again, David, you are one the four list maintainers.


That appears to be a non sequitur with no bearing on whether anyone
else is archiving the list publicly already, which they are.


- d.


Very very true.

Gordo


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List archives

[David Gerard]

On 11 April 2012 08:37, Gordon Joly  wrote:

> But there again, David, you are one the four list maintainers.


That appears to be a non sequitur with no bearing on whether anyone
else is archiving the list publicly already, which they are.


- d.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List archives

[Gordon Joly]

On 11/04/12 08:22, David Gerard wrote:

On 11 April 2012 08:13, Fae  wrote:


I'm afraid that I will leave this list too if it gets officially
publicly archived again. The malicious attack putting the career of a
long term contributor at risk by data-mining the archives of this
email list back to 2008, was deeply upsetting for all involved. The
list is being openly used by stalkers and trolls, and being used to
taunt the trolls.


http://www.mail-archive.com/wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org/maillist.html

The horse bolted really rather some time ago. What on *earth* are you on about?


- d.




But there again, David, you are one the four list maintainers.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List archives

[Gordon Joly]

I don't understand. The posting is already public, surely?

http://osdir.com/ml/general/2012-04/msg17128.html


Gordo



On 10/04/12 21:34, Michael Peel wrote:

Well, I think that Edward has given an apt demonstration of the problems that 
we're facing here.

I'll say that I was the one that made the archives for this list restricted to 
subscribers only. I took this course of action because the list archives were 
being data mined with the aim of harassing and invading the privacy of its 
subscribers via the posts that they had made. Restricting the list to 
subscribers appeared to provide a good way of removing the list archives from 
search engines, and hence making it more difficult to data-mine the archives 
efficiently. It also provided a reasonable alternative to simply deleting the 
archives, which was being mooted at the time. I didn't particularly want to 
make the change (I'm always going to prefer things being as open and 
transparent as possible), but it seemed to be the only reasonable course of 
action possible given the situation at the time.

However, this approach of 'security by obscurity' has now been shown to be 
ineffective due to the list being publicly archived by other means, as well as 
this being pointed out on-list.. The approach of moderating who subscribes to 
this list is not a good one to take since that's effectively exclusion rather 
than obscuration.

Given the weight of opinion in favour of making the archives publicly visible 
again, and the lack of a rationale for not doing so, I'll make the archives 
publicly visible again. But before that happens, I think that there needs to be 
an option to redact past posts. So:

If you have posted something to this list that you would like to be redacted 
from the archives, for the sake of privacy or potential harassment, then please 
let me know within the next 3 days. I'll then confidentially send a request to 
the server administrators to get those posts removed from the archive. After 
they've been removed, then we'll open up the archives again. If you let me know 
outside of those three days, then I'll request their removal, but they may not 
be removed before the archive is made public.

Three notes. 1) I'll only request the removal of emails sent by those asking 
for them to be removed, unless there are *very* good reasons for their removal. 
2) This only means that they will be removed from the archive hosted at 
lists.wikimedia.org - I'm not aware of any available ability to request the 
removal of posts from archives hosted by those apart from the WMF. 3) As a 
result of (2), this option depends on the ethical behaviour of those reading 
the list archives, which obviously cannot be guaranteed.

Thanks,
Mike
P.S. for those that the difference matters to: please note that my actions were 
made as a community member, not as a trustee of WMUK. No decision was made by 
the WMUK board on this issue. (And why, exactly, does this difference matter? 
We're all Wikimedians here.)
P.P.S. sorry, I'm only human, I can't resist ending on a cheap shot. So, Edward: 
"Nor is your indifference to the way that individuals are insulted in public with 
libellous and false and outrageous claims very helpful either. Persuading someone to 
remove these vile and insulting messages would be much more helpful." Yes please, 
I'd really like those insults and claims to be removed from Wikipedia Review, please.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List archives

[David Gerard]

On 11 April 2012 08:13, Fae  wrote:

> I'm afraid that I will leave this list too if it gets officially
> publicly archived again. The malicious attack putting the career of a
> long term contributor at risk by data-mining the archives of this
> email list back to 2008, was deeply upsetting for all involved. The
> list is being openly used by stalkers and trolls, and being used to
> taunt the trolls.


http://www.mail-archive.com/wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org/maillist.html

The horse bolted really rather some time ago. What on *earth* are you on about?


- d.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List archives

[Fae]

I'm afraid that I will leave this list too if it gets officially
publicly archived again. The malicious attack putting the career of a
long term contributor at risk by data-mining the archives of this
email list back to 2008, was deeply upsetting for all involved. The
list is being openly used by stalkers and trolls, and being used to
taunt the trolls.

I am aware that this list is currently used by the Wikimedia UK
charity to communicate with members, but if it has significant risk
for members to contribute to, then with my duties as a trustee, I
cannot recommend it for members to join and it should carry an
unambiguous warning of the same risks posed for future members who may
want to join.

I will raise this for Jon Davies to track as a risk, and raise for a
decision at the next board meeting as to discuss which alternative
methods we should use for communications.

Thanks,
Fae
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On 11 April 2012 06:15, Doug Weller  wrote:
> If this is sort of thing is going to continue now that the list is
> public, I'll probably leave it. Life's too short and I haven't
> subscribed to the list to read this sort of thing.
> Doug
>
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Michael Peel
>  wrote:
>> Well, I think that Edward has given an apt demonstration of the problems 
>> that we're facing here.
>>
>> I'll say that I was the one that made the archives for this list restricted 
>> to subscribers only. I took this course of action because the list archives 
>> were being data mined with the aim of harassing and invading the privacy of 
>> its subscribers via the posts that they had made. Restricting the list to 
>> subscribers appeared to provide a good way of removing the list archives 
>> from search engines, and hence making it more difficult to data-mine the 
>> archives efficiently. It also provided a reasonable alternative to simply 
>> deleting the archives, which was being mooted at the time. I didn't 
>> particularly want to make the change (I'm always going to prefer things 
>> being as open and transparent as possible), but it seemed to be the only 
>> reasonable course of action possible given the situation at the time.
>>
>> However, this approach of 'security by obscurity' has now been shown to be 
>> ineffective due to the list being publicly archived by other means, as well 
>> as this being pointed out on-list.. The approach of moderating who 
>> subscribes to this list is not a good one to take since that's effectively 
>> exclusion rather than obscuration.
>>
>> Given the weight of opinion in favour of making the archives publicly 
>> visible again, and the lack of a rationale for not doing so, I'll make the 
>> archives publicly visible again. But before that happens, I think that there 
>> needs to be an option to redact past posts. So:
>>
>> If you have posted something to this list that you would like to be redacted 
>> from the archives, for the sake of privacy or potential harassment, then 
>> please let me know within the next 3 days. I'll then confidentially send a 
>> request to the server administrators to get those posts removed from the 
>> archive. After they've been removed, then we'll open up the archives again. 
>> If you let me know outside of those three days, then I'll request their 
>> removal, but they may not be removed before the archive is made public.
>>
>> Three notes. 1) I'll only request the removal of emails sent by those asking 
>> for them to be removed, unless there are *very* good reasons for their 
>> removal. 2) This only means that they will be removed from the archive 
>> hosted at lists.wikimedia.org - I'm not aware of any available ability to 
>> request the removal of posts from archives hosted by those apart from the 
>> WMF. 3) As a result of (2), this option depends on the ethical behaviour of 
>> those reading the list archives, which obviously cannot be guaranteed.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>> P.S. for those that the difference matters to: please note that my actions 
>> were made as a community member, not as a trustee of WMUK. No decision was 
>> made by the WMUK board on this issue. (And why, exactly, does this 
>> difference matter? We're all Wikimedians here.)
>> P.P.S. sorry, I'm only human, I can't resist ending on a cheap shot. So, 
>> Edward: "Nor is your indifference to the way that individuals are insulted 
>> in public with libellous and false and outrageous claims very helpful 
>> either. Persuading someone to remove these vile and insulting messages would 
>> be much more helpful." Yes please, I'd really like those insults and claims 
>> to be removed from Wikipedia Review, please.
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