Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 5:23 AM, Richard Symonds wrote: > We're waiting on a reply from the WMF, as it's their list, not the > chapters. We asked them to delete a couple of posts before everything goes > fully open. No response from them yet, but once the WMF deletes those posts, > we can move forward :-) Who did you contact? Daniel Zahn is the one who should be able to help you with that, so if you'd like to speed things up, drop him an e-mail: dzahn [at] wikimedia [dot] org. -- Casey Brown (Cbrown1023) caseybrown.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] donate.wikimedia.org.uk has an SSL error
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 4:25 AM, Michael Peel wrote: > Thanks for the reminder of this. I've implemented a work-around for now > (moving direct debit processing over to donate.wikimedia.org.uk and > switching to only having SSL on that subdomain) - we'll get a better > solution in place before the next fundraiser. Please could you check that > it's working properly for you now? > > (BTW, the issue about being able to donate insecurely was a new one, since > our .htaccess should have been insisting on using https. This should also be > fixed - please let me know if this is still happening.) I can confirm that it's working properly, at least on my end. My browser doesn't report a certificate error and http automatically redirects to https. Thanks, Michael! -- Casey Brown (Cbrown1023) caseybrown.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Celtic languages Internet project"
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Michael Peel wrote: > "I propose that a Celtic Wikipedia Project be undertaken to > significantly increase the number of articles available in the Celtic > languages" > > Looking around, > there seems to be a fair number of varieties of Celtic languages > [1] , including Gaelic and Welsh. Can anyone clarify this - perhaps > they were meaning Manx? > They said "Celtic language*s*", so I think they were meant all the projects you mentioned. > Would it be worth WMUK trying to get in contact with these groups, > and trying to assist them? Seems like a good idea to me. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Y! Alert: Wikimedia UK Blog
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Andrew Turvey wrote: > Now that we've got this new blog, it would be useful if we could get the > various media integrated so that the message is getting through all the > different channels. For posting to social networks (like twitter, which you guys have now), Ping.fm <http://ping.fm/> is very useful. It posts the same message to a ton of networks. :-) > Does anyone know of any other system that is better? > You could try feedburner out, maybe. <http://feedburner.google.com/> -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Minutes
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Andrew Turvey wrote: > - The chapter has decided to set up a blog as a way of communicating with > potential supporters and advertising our activities Great idea; make sure you add it to the aggregators :-) * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Planet_Wikimedia#Requests_for_inclusion * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nickj/open-wikiblogplanet-config.ini Twitter/identi.ca too to announce new blog posts and things like that? :-) I know... one step at a time. ;-) A few chapters have them: @WikimediaDE @WMHK @wmnl @Wikimedia_Fr; http://ping.fm also makes it easy for you guys to manage multiple networks if that's the route you want to go down. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Geonotice
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Andrew Turvey wrote: > Is it worth putting in a request like this? > Just make sure that you *request it* so that enwp doesn't get into one of its moods and is like "omg, a chapter thinks they have a say on wiki, heads will roll". Having a paper trail that you followed protocol/filed a request is a good thing. :-) That being said, seems like a good idea to me. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Loves Wikipedia
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Joe Anderson wrote: > Has anyone contacted the NPG? ;) > That might not be a bad idea, actually. I suggest you poke Erik with a link to this and ask him to include it in the good faith discussions, if possible. Who knows what would happen. :-) -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania - no, the other one
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Peter Coombe wrote: > Is anyone planning on attending Wikimania 2009 in Buenos Aires? Quite a few people, <http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees>. Make sure you guys add yourself to that page! :-) > So I was planning to submit an "open space discussion" [2] about the chapter Please do! Presentations are always great and chapters are always fun to hear about. :-) -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Suggestion for a good contact
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 1:43 PM, joseph seddon wrote: > Its a wikimedia address. > No, I think he meant the conference subject itself seemed like using Wikipedia for "spam" purposes. I don't think he was suggesting Lennart was a spammer. ;-) On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2009/2/15 lennart guldbrandsson : >> This weekend I was invited to speak at a conference about marketing through >> social media, such as Wikipedia. > > Perhaps something has been lost in translation, but that sounds like > wiki-spam to me... Could you explain what the conference was about in > more detail? I'm curious... > -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Chapters Meeting
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Andrew Gray wrote: > 2009/2/10 David Gerard : >> 2009/2/10 AndrewRT : >> >>> Just out of interest, which other number would you have prefered? Keep >>> the current 5 or expand to 9? >> >> Five to seven at a *maximum*. Parkinson wrote a good essay on this. > > ...which was, for those interested, rediscussed in 'New Scientist' a > week or three ago. (Eight is apparently a terrible number) > online anywhere? :-) -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
