Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Staff] Planned downtime for Civi CRM database development: Monday 24th November at 17:00 UTC

2014-11-24 Thread Richard Symonds 
Not until tonight!

Richard Symonds
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On 24 November 2014 at 13:38, Jon Davies 
wrote:

> Did it work?
>
> On 20 November 2014 at 16:03, Katherine Bavage <
> katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> We are working with a contractor to make improvement to Civi CRM, the
>> database the charity uses to manage its contact records.
>>
>> We need to allow our developers to take the database offline on Monday
>> evening of next week to work on some configuration and set up tasks.
>>
>> This means from 17:00 on 24th to 08:00 25th November the parts of our
>> sites supported by Civi CRM will be inaccessible, including membership sign
>> ups, events sign ups, equipment booking and donations forms.
>>
>> Obviously this is an inconvenience which is why we have scheduled it for
>> out of office hours, but we hope it will lead to improvements in lots of
>> the services we offer.
>>
>> If you have any questions, or notice issues after the downtime is over
>> you can reply to this email, or email the Technology Committee mailing list
>> at t...@wikimedia.org.uk
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> *Katherine Bavage *
>> *Fundraising Manager *
>> *Wikimedia UK*
>> +44 20 7065 0752
>>
>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
>> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
>> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
>> movement. 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.*
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Staff] Planned downtime for Civi CRM database development: Monday 24th November at 17:00 UTC

2014-11-24 Thread Jon Davies 
Did it work?

On 20 November 2014 at 16:03, Katherine Bavage <
katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> We are working with a contractor to make improvement to Civi CRM, the
> database the charity uses to manage its contact records.
>
> We need to allow our developers to take the database offline on Monday
> evening of next week to work on some configuration and set up tasks.
>
> This means from 17:00 on 24th to 08:00 25th November the parts of our
> sites supported by Civi CRM will be inaccessible, including membership sign
> ups, events sign ups, equipment booking and donations forms.
>
> Obviously this is an inconvenience which is why we have scheduled it for
> out of office hours, but we hope it will lead to improvements in lots of
> the services we offer.
>
> If you have any questions, or notice issues after the downtime is over you
> can reply to this email, or email the Technology Committee mailing list at
> t...@wikimedia.org.uk
>
> Many thanks,
>
> *Katherine Bavage *
> *Fundraising Manager *
> *Wikimedia UK*
> +44 20 7065 0752
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> movement. 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.*
>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Need help about Wikipedia in science

2014-11-24 Thread Stevie Benton 
Cross posting from Wikimedia-l as I know some UK folks will have some very
useful insights here. Please reply all as I have copied Erlend on this
email.

Thank you,

Stevie


-- Forwarded message --
From: Erlend Bjørtvedt 
Date: 24 November 2014 at 08:57
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Need help about Wikipedia in science
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear colleagues,

I need your help.

In a weeks time, I am invited by the Norwegian Science Council to meet them
and lecture and discuss about how they can nurture and contribute to the
Wikipedia.

The Science Council (Forskningsrådet) organizes all the universities,
colleges, and institutes sector as regards research, through funding and
program evalution.

The task is that they will first produce a "do-it-your-self-kit" to
scientists and researchers on how they can fulfill they obligation of
educating the public. Thereafter, they will work more targetedly with
pinpointing and contributing directly to the Wikipedia, probably Commons
too.

Our good partners in the Arts Council Norway have already worked with us
for a long time on their public outreach obligation, and will take part in
the meeting and speak about how they have nurtured the outreach of cultural
heritage through Wikipedia and Commons.

QUESTION:

Where can I find good overviews of:

- Examples of universities or institutions who have "used" Wikipedia to
educate the public

- Examples of professions or individual researchers who have done the same

- Examples of formal co-operations between science and Wikimedia movement,
as reference

- Examples from your chapter of co-operation with science / universities



Thank you all,

Erlend



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