Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK office closure (COVID-19)

[Edward Saperia]

I started a crowdsourcing project about coronavirus response if any of you
want to contribute: coronavirustechhandbook.com

>
>- Exploring video conferencing platforms, and considering taking out a
>paid subscription/account which we could share for community members
>organising online meetups or other virtual events
>
>
>- Organising training in delivering online training/webinars for
>interested volunteers, particularly our existing lead trainers
>
>
>- Exploring the potential for online editing events specifically
>focused on producing quality information about the pandemic and associated
>issues
>
>
>- Joining wider advocacy efforts across the movement encouraging
>bodies such as the WHO to release their content under open licences
>
>
>- Thinking about how we can support educators - including parents - in
>a move to online learning (at universities) and homeschooling (for the
>schools sector)
>
> Lucy, these sections in particular seem relevant to the above:

   - coronavirustechhandbook.com/remote
   - coronavirustechhandbook.com/education
   - coronavirustechhandbook.com/events

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[Wikimediauk-l] DCMS report on mapping digitised collections in England

[Edward Saperia]

Perhaps of interest to GLAM:

"DCMS has commissioned the present study to consider, from a technical
point of view, how
the Culture White Paper ambition to ‘access particular collections in depth
as well as search
across all collections’ might be realised.

'This project is a feasibility study, to develop and evaluate a practical
framework for
collecting relevant data in order to map cultural collections and consider
what
functionalities a tool based on this framework might possess given the
state of
existing technology. This project will provide the framework for carrying
out this
mapping exercise. It is not expected to produce the tool or mapping itself,
but help us
scope options for a technical solution.'"

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mapping-digitised-collections-in-england

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Saying hello

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Welcome back Richard!

I'm a fan of
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_every_politician,
spearheaded by MySociety, which is putting all political data in the world
onto Wikidata.

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On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 15:30, Richard Nevell 
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> As I'm back from my sabbatical, I thought I'd stick my head in and say
> hello. Today's my second day back, so as you can imagine there's a lot to
> catch up on, even with trying to keep my hand in over the last year. To
> help get me up to speed, does anyone have highlights they'd like to share
> from the last year?
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Saying hello

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Welcome back Richard!

I'm a fan of
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_every_politician,
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On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 15:30, Richard Nevell 
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> As I'm back from my sabbatical, I thought I'd stick my head in and say
> hello. Today's my second day back, so as you can imagine there's a lot to
> catch up on, even with trying to keep my hand in over the last year. To
> help get me up to speed, does anyone have highlights they'd like to share
> from the last year?
>
> Richard Nevell
> --
> Dr Richard Nevell
> Project Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
>
> *Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open
> knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from
> individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you
> considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk
> Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered
> No. 6741827
> Registered Charity No.1144513
> Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London
> SE1 0NZ
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[Wikimediauk-l] Election Debrief

[Edward Saperia]

If anyone would like to come along and talk about how Wikipedia was updated
around the election, Newspeak House is holding this event next Wednesday:

https://attending.io/events/election-tech-debrief

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge meetup 3 June

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Congratulations! Very happy that this project is happening.

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On 4 May 2017 at 11:24, Charles Matthews 
wrote:

> I have been, for a couple of weeks now, Wikimedian in Residence at
> ContentMine Ltd., based in Cambridge. The next Cambridge meetup will be a
> joint event with ContentMine:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/34
>
> The venue is an unusual community workshop, and some people may enjoy the
> chance to look around it.
>
> As for ContentMine, it is a non-profit startup, and I'm working on its
> WikiFactMine project, funded by a WMF grant. I have a desk in the Moore
> Library in west Cambridge, and am doing a blog for them:
>
> http://moore.libraries.cam.ac.uk/meet-your-wikimedian-residence
>
> In simple terms the project is to get text-mined scientific facts into
> Wikidata. I'd be glad to hear from anyone with an interest, and hope to see
> some of you at the meetup.
>
> Charles
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposed election night editathon

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> As 11 may is the deadline for the delivery of candidate nomination papers,
> it would make sense to have any event after this.
>

As it happens I have organised an event at Newspeak House to do this the
following day, if anyone's keen:

Crowdsourcing Election Candidates Party, 12th May 2017
<https://democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2017/04/07/four-weeks-and-3165-pdfs-go/>
Democracy Club <https://www.nwspk.com/democracyclub.org.uk>

On the 11th of May, each councils will release a document called a
Statements of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates for the
upcoming election. We need to manually enter this information into a
database so that more useful things can be done with it. Come and help!
https://www.nwspk.com/events?id=144#event-144

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>
>1.
>
> On 24 April 2017 at 11:42 John Lubbock 
> wrote:
>
> I think we should do one before. I suggested Sunday 7th May, and Ed has
> said we can use Newspeak House. So we need a trainer now. Anyone keen?
>
> John
>
> On 24 April 2017 at 08:33, Gordon Joly  wrote:
>
> On 21/04/17 18:15, John Lubbock wrote:
>
> What about if we simply did a politics themed editathon after the
> election when the results had come in and we had something to work with?
>
> With NPOV of course!
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election Edit-a-thon

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Works fine for us.

On 21 April 2017 at 18:13, John Lubbock 
wrote:

> How about Sunday May 7? My next available weekend will be Saturday and
> Sunday 27/28th May.
>
> On 21 April 2017 at 17:58, Edward Saperia  wrote:
>
>> Almost any day between now and the election
>>
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>> On 21 April 2017 at 16:53, John Lubbock 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, Ed, could you suggest possible dates that we might use Newspeak for
>>> this editathon.
>>>
>>> Next, we need a lead volunteer. Would anybody like to put themselves
>>> forward for that?
>>>
>>> On 21 April 2017 at 16:10, Edward Saperia  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Candidates are not eligible for their own pages, but, for example, they
>>>> could be put on pages like this: https://en.wikipedia.org
>>>> /wiki/Tower_Hamlets_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
>>>>
>>>> Wikidata, not sure, but tends to be much more lax about these kind of
>>>> things.
>>>>
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>>>> On 21 April 2017 at 16:07, John Lubbock 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure about that Ed. I've encountered this issue before and the
>>>>> notability criteria for politicians is quite clear that they have to be
>>>>> elected to merit a page, I believe. I would assume the same applies for
>>>>> Wikidata?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 21 April 2017 at 14:32, Edward Saperia  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> For their own pages, sure, but they can be put in other places
>>>>>> (constituencies?), and probably in Wikidata too.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> On 21 April 2017 at 14:08, Katie Chan  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 21/04/2017 11:27, Edward Saperia wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think it'd be good to have the GE candidates as they're announced
>>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>> well, maybe we can do something around that?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Notability would be issue with candidates.
>>>>>>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election Edit-a-thon

[Edward Saperia]

Almost any day between now and the election

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On 21 April 2017 at 16:53, John Lubbock 
wrote:

> Ok, Ed, could you suggest possible dates that we might use Newspeak for
> this editathon.
>
> Next, we need a lead volunteer. Would anybody like to put themselves
> forward for that?
>
> On 21 April 2017 at 16:10, Edward Saperia  wrote:
>
>> Candidates are not eligible for their own pages, but, for example, they
>> could be put on pages like this: https://en.wikipedia.org
>> /wiki/Tower_Hamlets_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
>>
>> Wikidata, not sure, but tends to be much more lax about these kind of
>> things.
>>
>> *Edward Saperia*
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>>
>> On 21 April 2017 at 16:07, John Lubbock 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure about that Ed. I've encountered this issue before and the
>>> notability criteria for politicians is quite clear that they have to be
>>> elected to merit a page, I believe. I would assume the same applies for
>>> Wikidata?
>>>
>>> On 21 April 2017 at 14:32, Edward Saperia  wrote:
>>>
>>>> For their own pages, sure, but they can be put in other places
>>>> (constituencies?), and probably in Wikidata too.
>>>>
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>>>> On 21 April 2017 at 14:08, Katie Chan  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 21/04/2017 11:27, Edward Saperia wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think it'd be good to have the GE candidates as they're announced as
>>>>>> well, maybe we can do something around that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Notability would be issue with candidates.
>>>>>
>>>>> Katie
>>>>>
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>>>>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election Edit-a-thon

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Candidates are not eligible for their own pages, but, for example, they
could be put on pages like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Hamlets_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Wikidata, not sure, but tends to be much more lax about these kind of
things.

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On 21 April 2017 at 16:07, John Lubbock 
wrote:

> I'm not sure about that Ed. I've encountered this issue before and the
> notability criteria for politicians is quite clear that they have to be
> elected to merit a page, I believe. I would assume the same applies for
> Wikidata?
>
> On 21 April 2017 at 14:32, Edward Saperia  wrote:
>
>> For their own pages, sure, but they can be put in other places
>> (constituencies?), and probably in Wikidata too.
>>
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>> On 21 April 2017 at 14:08, Katie Chan  wrote:
>>
>>> On 21/04/2017 11:27, Edward Saperia wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think it'd be good to have the GE candidates as they're announced as
>>>> well, maybe we can do something around that?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Notability would be issue with candidates.
>>>
>>> Katie
>>>
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>>> author is associated with or employed by.
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election Edit-a-thon

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For their own pages, sure, but they can be put in other places
(constituencies?), and probably in Wikidata too.

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On 21 April 2017 at 14:08, Katie Chan  wrote:

> On 21/04/2017 11:27, Edward Saperia wrote:
>
>> I think it'd be good to have the GE candidates as they're announced as
>> well, maybe we can do something around that?
>>
>
> Notability would be issue with candidates.
>
> Katie
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election Edit-a-thon

[Edward Saperia]

I think it'd be good to have the GE candidates as they're announced as
well, maybe we can do something around that?

Take a look at this, by the way - bit.ly/GE2017TechInitiatives - I am sure
wikipedians can improve this resource, or use it to improve wikipedia etc.

I won't be doing anything pro-active on the edit-a-thon front but I will
offer the space and support anyone organising - If anyone decides they want
to lead on this, please keep me updated. All you need to do is promote,
really.

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On 21 April 2017 at 10:58, Richard Nevell 
wrote:

> In 2015 we had an editathon on the night of the election
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXuN94_40fQ>, updating articles as
> results came in. Might be a model worth repeating, as might something along
> the line of the Full Fact editathon
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_-lByiEINw> from last year.
>
> On 21 April 2017 at 10:41, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> I think that sounds like a great idea/offer Ed - are you thinking along
>> similar lines to the Full Fact event? I wonder if there would be mileage in
>> partnering up with them again? Lucy
>>
>> On 21 April 2017 at 10:34, Katherine Bavage 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> If you ran it w/c 5th June I can be there! If not, happy to assist
>>> remotely and promote :)
>>>
>>> PS I've already stalked all the democracy club stuff happening - there's
>>> some good work going on.
>>>
>>> On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 at 10:29 Edward Saperia  wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm looking at the feasibility of setting up a temporary office at
>>>> Newspeak House in London for the next 6 weeks for people coming together to
>>>> work on tech & democracy projects.
>>>>
>>>> It might make sense to do a politics/elections edit-a-thon in the space
>>>> at some point(s) in this period. Any interest?
>>>>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Election Edit-a-thon

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I'm looking at the feasibility of setting up a temporary office at Newspeak
House in London for the next 6 weeks for people coming together to work on
tech & democracy projects.

It might make sense to do a politics/elections edit-a-thon in the space at
some point(s) in this period. Any interest?

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia developers discussion

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The closest equivalent is IRC, I guess. However, it's a barrier to entry.

See also http://xkcd.com/1782/

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On 16 January 2017 at 17:13, Richard Nevell  wrote:

> Is there an open source version of slack?
>
> On 16 January 2017 at 15:59, Gordon Joly  wrote:
>
>>
>> >>Why are we not on an Open Source platform?<<
>>
>> http://wikidevsuk.slack.com
>>
>> I did ask this question a while back on SLACK
>>
>> Is there a good answer?
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

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Surely https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM must have one, or have
enough material to make one trivial to pull together?

On 25 February 2016 at 21:47, Michael Maggs  wrote:

> I have one very small example. At a wiki meetup last month I met a the
> chair of a small local charity.  They have an archive of interesting local
> material that the chair would like to consider scanning and releasing as PD
> or under a free licence. I was asked "do you have a short, simple,
> non-technical document I can give to my fellow trustees to explain why we
> ought to be doing this?"  Although there is a lot of material out there
> that explains open knowledge and open licences in great detail it turns out
> that we don't actually have anything short and simple we can hand out or
> point members of the public to. And as a national charity that aspires to
> lead in this area we really ought to have something that concisely answers
> the question "why should I release my content?"
>
> Michael
>
> On 25 Feb 2016, at 18:31, Edward Saperia  wrote:
>
> >> WMUK would like to provide better materials aimed at the general public
>> which explain the benefits of open knowledge.
>> > What is the objective here?
>> Its now been 2 full working days. Am I to take it that there is no
>> objective?
>> geni
>>
>
> At the risk of sounding negative, I also don't think this seems like a
> very productive thing for the charity to spend time on. Lots of materials
> already exist that explain the benefits of open knowledge - and without a
> clear audience or channel in mind, creating more media seems a bit
> pointless.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

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>
> >> WMUK would like to provide better materials aimed at the general public
> which explain the benefits of open knowledge.
> > What is the objective here?
> Its now been 2 full working days. Am I to take it that there is no
> objective?
> geni
>

At the risk of sounding negative, I also don't think this seems like a very
productive thing for the charity to spend time on. Lots of materials
already exist that explain the benefits of open knowledge - and without a
clear audience or channel in mind, creating more media seems a bit
pointless.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

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Open Knowledge, Open Data Institute, Creative Commons have lots of this
kind of stuff, e.g. http://opendatahandbook.org/

This is good too: https://exposingtheinvisible.org/guides/decoding-data/

Who do you see as the audience for this guide you're proposing?

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On 23 February 2016 at 12:27, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> WMUK would like to provide better materials aimed at the general public
> which explain the benefits of open knowledge. I have already been
> signposted to some existing resources (provided by other organisations) but
> if you know of any really good materials on this, please let me know.
>
> Also, if anyone would like to take on the task of writing a short, simple
> guide to open knowledge from a Wikimedia perspective, please let me know!
> This will go on our website but will also be a document that we can email
> to people as necessary.
>
> Thanks
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[Wikimediauk-l] Open Data Day • 5th March 2016 • London

[Edward Saperia]

Perhaps of interest to people on this list:

*5th March 2016*
10:30 - 19:00 at Newspeak House <http://www.nwspk.com>: *Open Data Day 2016
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-data-day-london-2016-tickets-20967115206>*
*Theme: **Tax Justice*



   - *Open Data Day* <http://opendataday.org/>* is a gathering of citizens
   in cities around the world to write applications, liberate data, create
   visualisations and publish analyses using open public data to show support
   for and **encourage the adoption of open data policies** by the world's
   local, regional and national governments.*


   - *The event is open to all, curious citizens, journalists, tech-geeks,
   students, scientists, graphic designers. Come by on the day to **learn,
   hack, wrangle and just plain hangout**.*


   - *No specialist skills are needed - come along to learn and connect
   with other members of the community. You don't need to know anything about
   (open) data or technology in advance – enthusiasm and interest is all that
   is needed and you'll get support and advice from others!*


   - *Theme**:** tax justice and inequality. *


   - *There is no formal program as we will form the projects, team and
   overall program on the day. However, to give a sense of structure:*


   - *10:30: Doors open*


   - *11:00-11:30 Introductions and project pitches*


   - *13:30: Lunch*


   - *18:00: Demo Time*


   - *19:00 Adjourn to local pub*


   - *Register (for free)*: *Open Data Day 2016*
   
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-data-day-london-2016-tickets-20967115206>


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[Wikimediauk-l] Refugee Crisis Response / Civic Tech Editathon

[Edward Saperia]

Two things that might be of interest:

*Refugee Crisis Response "Techfugees"*
I'm part of a volunteer effort to coordinate the international tech
industry's response to the refugee crisis, dubbed "Techfugees". A large
part of this has been trying to record of all the activity, match up NGOs
with volunteers, and put together a library of useful research. I've been
desperately throwing things into a system of hackpads, and could really use
some help keeping it tidy - If you're looking for some real swashbuckling
information management to do, look no further: bit.ly/techfugeeshackpad

*Civic Tech Editathon*
I'm hosting a small editathon about civic technology in London tomorrow
evening. There's a handful of knowledgeable civic tech people coming, but
it would be nice to have a few more Wikimedians:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events/Civic_Tech_Editathon

If you want more info on either, feel free to email me directly.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gender Balance (MySociety)

[Edward Saperia]

I chatted with Mark when he was first appointed and told him to look at the
Wikidata game as a reference :)

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On 5 October 2015 at 12:58, Richard Symonds <
richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone else seen the email from MySociety about the Gender Balance
> game they've created? See
> https://www.mysociety.org/2015/07/30/introducing-gender-balance-the-game-that-sorts-the-women-from-the-boys/
> for more about it.
>
> It appears they also have a database which we may be free to upload to
> Wikidata...
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available

[Edward Saperia]

> On 22 September 2015 at 11:11, Richard Symonds <
> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Forwarding to this list, perhaps someone has some ideas for how we can
>> make use of the newly released LIDAR data!
>>
>

> Use it as leverage to finally get the WMF to set up support for 3d file
> formats on commons?
>

+1 I know of a few projects that haven't happened because there's no 3d
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata training

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On 4 August 2015 at 09:15, Stevie Benton 
wrote:

> Mike, if you're able to find a donated venue elsewhere - or, indeed, if
> anyone else can - there's no reason a second session can't be arranged if
> there's enough interest. The volunteer that raised this is based in London
> so it makes sense to offer the Wikimedia UK office as a space.
>

I am also happy to host, schedule permitting.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet survey

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>  My feeling is that London is such a big city that it could support a
> number of new initiatives like this at different points of the compass,
> while keeping the regular meetup as a pub lunch in Pederel's Oak. I will
> keep my eyes open to see if anyone else steps forward on this.
>

I'd be keen to host some stuff in my venue, if anyone wants to organise
anything. If you're coming to the AGM you'll get to see it.

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>  On 02 June 2015 at 18:32 "leu...@fabiant.eu"  wrote:
>
>  Whilst I take Fae's point, I don't think we need to call closing time on
> meeting in pubs, but rather innovate other places to meet. And yes, this
> has been discussed for ages, but all it needs is for someone to find a
> venue and start organising a meet up, rather than talk about it.
>
>  all the best
>
>  Fabian (User:Leutha)
>
>
> > On 15 May 2015 at 16:18 Fæ  wrote:
> >
> >
> > After having been discussed with many non-pub suggestions raised in
> > the past few years, I'd really like to see this change. I hope the
> > survey supports that viewpoint.
> >
> > People have many reasons for not wanting to meet in pubs, not just
> > religious. I've been teetotal for the last 15 years, and after sadly
> > supporting two relatives who eventually died from medical conditions
> > made much worse by never giving up drinking alcohol, I really don't
> > want to be part of encouraging others to have the same lifestyle. I
> > have never liked being near people affected by booze, they spook me a
> > little due to being unpredictable. I guess many who are not big butch
> > men like me, find the environment intimidating even on a quiet day or
> > in a quiet pub.
> >
> > Call closing time on this tradition, we know better.
> >
> > Fae
> >
> > On 15 May 2015 at 12:31, Gordon Joly  wrote:
> > >
> > >> Of course, it’s not mandatory to drink while in a pub. ;)
> > >>
> > >> Joe
> > >>
> > >> --
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> > >> http://jossu.co.uk
> > >
> > > Yes, but I had a birthday party in a pub and a Muslim friend refused
> to
> > > join us.
> > >
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[Wikimediauk-l] 3D Files

[Edward Saperia]

I remember someone once talking about a project to have a format for 3D
objects (I guess in commons), which could then be rendered on pages as
interactive widgets. Does anyone know what this was called or how I can
find it?

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[Wikimediauk-l] SOAS Endangered Languages Project

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SOAS just got a multimillion pound donation for a language preservation
project. Sounds like something that should have a Wikipedian in Residence.

I saw something about it in the Evening Standard last night, I think this
is it:
*http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/ <http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/>*

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Open Data Day in Cambridge

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And I'm hosting Open Data Day on Saturday in London:
attending.io/events/open-data-day-london-2015

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On 19 February 2015 at 17:50, Charles Matthews <
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> This Saturday 21 February there will be an Open Data Day event in a
> Cambridge pub, the Panton Arms.
>
> Map here:
>
>
> https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Panton+Arms,+43+Panton+St,+Cambridge,+Cambridgeshire+CB2+1HL/@52.1944784,0.128329,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x47d8709eb45128f5:0x1873cbd2071802ea
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> So closer to the station than the regular meetups.
>
> I have only just heard about this. Someone from ContentMine will be there,
> and I'll go along. The event runs from 11:30 to 5 pm.
>
> (ContentMine will also be represented that day in a Birmingham event: they
> are the people scraping facts from scientific journals. There are 60+
> events worldwide.)
>
> Charles
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers

[Edward Saperia]

On 23 November 2014 at 19:31, Dan Garry (Deskana)  wrote:

> On 23 November 2014 at 10:21, Andy Mabbett 
> wrote:
>
>> On 18 November 2014 at 19:13, geni  wrote:
>>
>> > In fairness copyright is a pretty blameless error for new editors
>>
>> And so is CoI/ autobiography - many good editors, including some on
>> this list (not least me) started out with such edits.
>
>
> Indeed. I started out as a vandal, for example.
>

And I made an entry for my garage band ^__^
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

[Edward Saperia]

Calendar items - anniversaries and so on - are possible to plan in advance,
and can be relevant to lots of different audiences. Our media pack wouldn't
have to change that much, because it's all pretty similar on the Wikipedia
end, just the subject changes. We might even be able to build something on
Wikidata that automatically suggests things that are coming up.

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On 6 November 2014 11:27, Stevie Benton 
wrote:

> That's a sensible point Andrew, thank you. How about we draw up a list of
> 50 articles we think are important and that need improving? We could use
> examples like Magna Carta as a hook to the story. We could even make this
> an annual "thing". The Wikimedia Hitlist for 201x?
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Stevie
>
> On 6 November 2014 08:40, Andrew Gray  wrote:
>
>> I'm not so sure. The article is 7000 words long, with densely-written and
>> relatively technical content, and needs a comprehensive overhaul - it's the
>> sort of thing that rewards work by one or two people with a good overview
>> and a few days reading, rather than fifty people with small contributions.
>> Inviting people to contribute to something with very little "entry-level"
>> potential seems likely to just end in frustration for all concerned.
>>
>> Trying a call to action seems a good idea, but probably better for
>> something else...
>>
>> A.
>>
>> On 5 November 2014 13:58, Stevie Benton 
>> wrote:
>> > Hello everyone,
>> >
>> > I really like Ed's point that this is a good PR opportunity. If anyone
>> is
>> > interested in putting together some details and a potential media pitch
>> that
>> > would be excellent!
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> >
>> > Stevie
>> >
>> > On 5 November 2014 12:11, Jonathan Cardy <
>> jonathan.ca...@wikimedia.org.uk>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Dear Rod,
>> >>
>> >> We did indeed have a resident at the British Library, and some ongoing
>> >> discussions and events with them, including an event last Friday. At
>> the
>> >> moment we are focussed on some large image releases and a major tagging
>> >> exercise to identify old maps which will then be loaded on Commons.
>> >>
>> >> But it would be worth thinking of further projects, though at least for
>> >> this month I'd like to focus what we are doing with BL on certain mass
>> >> uploads.
>> >>
>> >> Do people think that Magna Carta would be a good subject for a Wiki
>> >> wednesday session - bringing few editors together on a Wednesday
>> evening in
>> >> our office in London?
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Jonathan Cardy
>> >> GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) Organiser
>> >> Wikimedia UK
>> >> 020 7065 0921
>> >>
>> >> (I'm normally in the office Tuesday's, Wednesdays and Fridays - Emails
>> on
>> >> Mondays and Thursdays wont usually be seen till the next day)
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Press Enter to send your message.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 5 November 2014 11:04, Rod Ward  wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi all,
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> An article in this weeks observer (see
>> >>>
>> http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/01/magna-carta-800-celebrates-anniversary
>> >>> ) points out that it will be the 800th anniversary of the sign

[Wikimediauk-l] Culture & Heritage Open Data Challenge

[Edward Saperia]

I was at the Open Data Institute Summit today, was anyone else there?

Anyway, this should be of interest:
http://www.nesta.org.uk/heritage-culture-open-data-challenge

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[Wikimediauk-l] Logan Symposium

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It would be good if WMUK could put in a presence at this event:

http://logancij.com/marketplace/

"The 2014 Logan Symposium brings together key figures in the fight against
invasive surveillance and secrecy.

Organized by the Centre for Investigative Journalism and generously funded
by The Reva and David Logan Foundation, this year’s inaugural event
features leading journalists and hacktivists. They form a natural alliance
committed to a world free of authoritarian invasions of individual privacy
and free speech.

Seeking common ground, journalists offer hacktivists a social and political
context, as well as expertise in evidence-based storytelling. Hacktivists,
expert in accessing, exposing and protecting critical evidence-based
material, bring their own set of formidable skills.

Joined by artists, lawyers, and whistleblowers, these communities will
offer each other, and the general public, charged, highly informed debate.
Now that the Snowden disclosures have sunk in, it’s time for uncensored
talk about the chilling Big Brother world in which we live."

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 3D file formats.

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Very exciting! Is this discussion happening on wiki anywhere?

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On 17 July 2014 20:14, geni  wrote:

> I can't remember who asked about this at the London meetup but options are:
>
>
> .X3D seems to be trying to become the web standard. We would want to
> modify it a bit to support our preferred video and audio formats.
>
> .blend Native file format of blender 3D rendering software. Covered by
> various versions of GPL. They also make films. The latest, Tears of Steel,
> is not on commons because even the low res versions clock in at over 300MB.
> The 4K version is a bit over 6GB. In any case their films can be found on
> the usual video sites.
>
> .Blend would perhaps be best treated as a raw data format with the
> renderings exported to something else. On the other hand blender is
> probably the most powerful free and open source tool for 3d work.
>
> From the 3D printing world we have .STL and .AMF. If supporting printable
> objects is our prime interest they would be the way to go.
>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania Travelguide

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Hi all,

Wikivoyage has been producing a travel guide for Wikimania delegates. The
idea is to provide a comprehensive guide to the area within a short walking
distance from the conference venue and main hotels.

It's pretty good already but could always be better - contributors welcomed:
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikimania_2014_London_Guidebook

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Connecting knowledge to power: the future of digital democracy in the UK

[Edward Saperia]

But this isn't relevant just for wikimedians - it's relevant for everyone
affected by UK politics.

On 30 May 2014 13:28, Peter Coombe  wrote:

> I think a CentralNotice would be too broad for this, but it's certainly a
> good candidate for a geolocated watchlist notice.
>
> Peter
>
>
> On 29 May 2014 15:21, Edward Saperia  wrote:
>
>> Seems pretty damn relevant and important to the people logging on from
>> the UK, if you ask me!
>>
>> *Edward Saperia*
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>> On 29 May 2014 15:18, Stevie Benton 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Ed. I'm not sure if we could, but it might be worth a try. Does
>>> anyone know who the best contact for that would be?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 29 May 2014 15:15, Edward Saperia  wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is brilliant, I'll share it with all my might. Do you think we
>>>> could get it up as a UK geolocated Centralnotice?
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> On 29 May 2014 15:06, Stevie Benton 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> tl:dr -* Wikimedia UK
>>>>> <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Main_Page> and Demos
>>>>> <http://www.demos.co.uk/> are encouraging Wikimedians to participate in an
>>>>> attempt to crowdsource a submission to a call for evidence on digital
>>>>> democracy from the Speaker of the House of Commons. You can find the
>>>>> consultation page here
>>>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connecting_knowledge_to_power:_the_future_of_digital_democracy_in_the_UK>
>>>>>  and
>>>>> we look forward to hearing from you.*
>>>>>
>>>>> The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, has established a 
>>>>> Commission
>>>>> on Digital Democracy
>>>>> <http://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/the-speaker/speakers-commission-on-digital-democracy/>.
>>>>> It will report to Parliament in early 2015 with recommendations on how
>>>>> Parliament can use technology to better represent and engage with the
>>>>> electorate, make laws and hold the powerful to account. As part of their
>>>>> work, the Commission have issued a series of calls for evidence. These are
>>>>> open invitations for members of the public, either as individuals or
>>>>> groups, to submit responses to a series of questions. They have attracted
>>>>> responses from unions, academics, non-governmental institutions and 
>>>>> private
>>>>> individuals. The first theme was ‘making laws in a digital age’, and the
>>>>> second on ‘digital scrutiny’. The Commission plans to shortly publish the
>>>>> final three themes.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is a growing sense that the growth of the Internet has not paid
>>>>> the democratic dividends that it could. Turnout in formal political
>>>>> elections is steadily decreasing, and trust and support in the 
>>>>> institutions
>>>>> and offices of mainstream political life are low and falling. Despite many
>>>>> innovative attempts from both within and outside of Government, the daily
>>>>> reality of democratic engagement for most people in the UK would be
>>>>> familiar to generations of British citizens who predate Facebook or email.
>>>>> The rise of the Internet has, broadly, done little to challenge
>>>>> concentrations of power or structures of unequal representation
>>>>>
>>>>> Demos <http://www.demos.co.uk/> is one of Britain’s leading
>>>>> cross-party think tank and it has an overarching mission to bring politics
>>>>> closer to people. They contacted Wikimedia UK to propose an experiment: 
>>>>> can
>>>>> an online community be u

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Connecting knowledge to power: the future of digital democracy in the UK

[Edward Saperia]

Seems pretty damn relevant and important to the people logging on from the
UK, if you ask me!

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On 29 May 2014 15:18, Stevie Benton  wrote:

> Thanks Ed. I'm not sure if we could, but it might be worth a try. Does
> anyone know who the best contact for that would be?
>
>
> On 29 May 2014 15:15, Edward Saperia  wrote:
>
>> This is brilliant, I'll share it with all my might. Do you think we could
>> get it up as a UK geolocated Centralnotice?
>>
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>>
>>
>> On 29 May 2014 15:06, Stevie Benton wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> tl:dr -* Wikimedia UK
>>> <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Main_Page> and Demos
>>> <http://www.demos.co.uk/> are encouraging Wikimedians to participate in an
>>> attempt to crowdsource a submission to a call for evidence on digital
>>> democracy from the Speaker of the House of Commons. You can find the
>>> consultation page here
>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connecting_knowledge_to_power:_the_future_of_digital_democracy_in_the_UK>
>>>  and
>>> we look forward to hearing from you.*
>>>
>>> The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, has established a 
>>> Commission
>>> on Digital 
>>> Democracy<http://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/the-speaker/speakers-commission-on-digital-democracy/>.
>>> It will report to Parliament in early 2015 with recommendations on how
>>> Parliament can use technology to better represent and engage with the
>>> electorate, make laws and hold the powerful to account. As part of their
>>> work, the Commission have issued a series of calls for evidence. These are
>>> open invitations for members of the public, either as individuals or
>>> groups, to submit responses to a series of questions. They have attracted
>>> responses from unions, academics, non-governmental institutions and private
>>> individuals. The first theme was ‘making laws in a digital age’, and the
>>> second on ‘digital scrutiny’. The Commission plans to shortly publish the
>>> final three themes.
>>>
>>> There is a growing sense that the growth of the Internet has not paid
>>> the democratic dividends that it could. Turnout in formal political
>>> elections is steadily decreasing, and trust and support in the institutions
>>> and offices of mainstream political life are low and falling. Despite many
>>> innovative attempts from both within and outside of Government, the daily
>>> reality of democratic engagement for most people in the UK would be
>>> familiar to generations of British citizens who predate Facebook or email.
>>> The rise of the Internet has, broadly, done little to challenge
>>> concentrations of power or structures of unequal representation
>>>
>>> Demos <http://www.demos.co.uk/> is one of Britain’s leading cross-party
>>> think tank and it has an overarching mission to bring politics closer to
>>> people. They contacted Wikimedia UK to propose an experiment: can an online
>>> community be used to source a response to this call? Can the ethos,
>>> community and technology like that of Wikipedia be used to engage
>>> Wikipedians to come together and collaborate to create a reply? In
>>> particular, Carl Miller, Research Director of the Demos Centre for the
>>> Analysis of Social Media, wrote this piece for 
>>> Wired<http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-05/22/digital-democracy> in
>>> which he describes Wikipedia as a masterclass in digital democracy.
>>>
>>> This conversation has led to what is an experimental attempt to do just
>>> that. In theory there are many lessons that any attempt to increase
>>> engagement with digital democracy can learn from Wikimedia projects,
>>> especially Wikipedia. These include the participatory nature of content
>>> development and the nature of content (and policy) being arrived at by
>>> consensus. Wikipedians are from a wide array of backgrounds and represent a
>>

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Connecting knowledge to power: the future of digital democracy in the UK

[Edward Saperia]

This is brilliant, I'll share it with all my might. Do you think we could
get it up as a UK geolocated Centralnotice?

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On 29 May 2014 15:06, Stevie Benton  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> tl:dr -* Wikimedia UK <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Main_Page> and Demos
> <http://www.demos.co.uk/> are encouraging Wikimedians to participate in an
> attempt to crowdsource a submission to a call for evidence on digital
> democracy from the Speaker of the House of Commons. You can find the
> consultation page here
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connecting_knowledge_to_power:_the_future_of_digital_democracy_in_the_UK>
>  and
> we look forward to hearing from you.*
>
> The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, has established a Commission
> on Digital 
> Democracy<http://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/the-speaker/speakers-commission-on-digital-democracy/>.
> It will report to Parliament in early 2015 with recommendations on how
> Parliament can use technology to better represent and engage with the
> electorate, make laws and hold the powerful to account. As part of their
> work, the Commission have issued a series of calls for evidence. These are
> open invitations for members of the public, either as individuals or
> groups, to submit responses to a series of questions. They have attracted
> responses from unions, academics, non-governmental institutions and private
> individuals. The first theme was ‘making laws in a digital age’, and the
> second on ‘digital scrutiny’. The Commission plans to shortly publish the
> final three themes.
>
> There is a growing sense that the growth of the Internet has not paid the
> democratic dividends that it could. Turnout in formal political elections
> is steadily decreasing, and trust and support in the institutions and
> offices of mainstream political life are low and falling. Despite many
> innovative attempts from both within and outside of Government, the daily
> reality of democratic engagement for most people in the UK would be
> familiar to generations of British citizens who predate Facebook or email.
> The rise of the Internet has, broadly, done little to challenge
> concentrations of power or structures of unequal representation
>
> Demos <http://www.demos.co.uk/> is one of Britain’s leading cross-party
> think tank and it has an overarching mission to bring politics closer to
> people. They contacted Wikimedia UK to propose an experiment: can an online
> community be used to source a response to this call? Can the ethos,
> community and technology like that of Wikipedia be used to engage
> Wikipedians to come together and collaborate to create a reply? In
> particular, Carl Miller, Research Director of the Demos Centre for the
> Analysis of Social Media, wrote this piece for 
> Wired<http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-05/22/digital-democracy> in
> which he describes Wikipedia as a masterclass in digital democracy.
>
> This conversation has led to what is an experimental attempt to do just
> that. In theory there are many lessons that any attempt to increase
> engagement with digital democracy can learn from Wikimedia projects,
> especially Wikipedia. These include the participatory nature of content
> development and the nature of content (and policy) being arrived at by
> consensus. Wikipedians are from a wide array of backgrounds and represent a
> broad spectrum of views. This could lend itself to effective drafting of
> the kind of evidence that the Speaker is looking for. Wikimedia UK and
> Demos would like to establish whether this is indeed the case. In
> particular, we are seeking answers to the following questions:
>
>-
>
>How can technology help Parliament and other agencies to scrutinise
>the work of government?
>-
>
>How can technology help citizens scrutinise the Government and the
>work of Parliament?
>-
>
>What kinds of data should Parliament and Government release to the
>public to make itself more open to outside scrutiny?
>
> Everyone is encouraged to try to answer these questions collaboratively,
> in much the same way Wikipedia articles are approached - using the space
> below for content and talk page for discussion. Stevie Benton from
> Wikimedia UK <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stevie_Benton_(WMUK)> and
> Carl Miller from Demos will happily answer any questions on the talk page
> but are equally happy to let the process take its course.
>
> At this point there 

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Tools for identifying Wikimedians at press events, etc

[Edward Saperia]

> I suggest some thought is given to providing WMUK volunteers who are
> likely to attend press calls and related events with something to
> identify them in a crowd; this could include microphone windshields,
> tabards, baseball caps, or perhaps something else.
>


> I strongly suggest that the primary brand used should be Wikipedia,
> with Wikimedia and WMUK (or WikiNews or whatever) beings secondary, as
> it is the former which the lay public recognise most readily; and
> which elicits the positive response referred to above.


Strong agree!

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On 15 May 2014 12:34, Andy Mabbett  wrote:

> Reading about the making of videos at Eurovison:
>
>
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/10/no-interviews-except-wikipedia-documenting-eurovision-song-contest-commons/
>
> I was stuck by the positive response to the "Wikiepdia
> representative", not least engendered by his use of a branded
> microphone windshield (see third picture in the above post) [*].
>
> Similarly, my local branch of OpenStreetMap issues mappers with
> branded high-viz vests; these often reassure the public (or at least
> facilitate the opening of a discussion), when someone is walking down
> their road noting house numbers and other features.
>
>
> On a related note, are we ever going to get the promised business cards?
>
>
> [*] That windshied is far too big for use on the Zoom H1 which I use
> for the voice project, but something smaller would be useful.
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Rating Wikimedia content (was Our next, strategy plan-Paid editing)

[Edward Saperia]

Aha - not very discoverable though!

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On 17 April 2014 16:08, Charles Matthews wrote:

> On 17 April 2014 14:48, Edward Saperia  wrote:
>
>>
>> I always find it a bit of a shame that viewership figures are hidden away
>> in an unpublicised tool (https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiviewstats/). I
>> would have though seeing how many people view a page would be very
>> motivating to editors, and perhaps could be displayed prominently e.g. on
>> talk pages.
>>
>>
>> Actually can be found in the page history:
>
> e.g. on
>
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:William_Taylor_(man_of_letters)&action=history
>
> near the top
>
> External tools > Page view 
> statistics<http://stats.grok.se/en/latest/Talk:William_Taylor_(man_of_letters)>
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Rating Wikimedia content (was Our next, strategy plan-Paid editing)

[Edward Saperia]

On 17 April 2014 14:56, Rod Ward  wrote:

> Many projects have installed a “popular pages” tool highlighting which of
> the pages with the talk page banner are most popular. It is updated monthly
> (ish) see for example
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Somerset/Popular_pages
> so the toolserver tool at https://toolserver.org/~alexz/pop/ may also be
> useful.
>

Very interesting, I hadn't seen this!


> On a more general point can I just ask why an automated tool (using all
> the suggested parameters) is likely to be any more accurate that the human
> generated wikiproject rankings?
>

I think the idea is that, while it may be less accurate, it can be run
reliably on a much larger number of articles more frequently, so you do
things like, say, track the daily change in quality for the top 1000 viewed
articles.

Ed


>
>
> *From:* wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
> wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Edward Saperia
> *Sent:* 17 April 2014 14:48
> *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list
> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Rating Wikimedia content (was Our next,
> strategy plan-Paid editing)
>
>
>
> It's interesting to think that in most circumstances, good online content
> is considered to drive traffic, i.e. quality pages attract more views, but
> with Wikipedia articles, I've only ever seen people think high traffic
> articles => more editors => higher quality. This is intuitive, but it would
> be interesting to see how true it is. It would also be interesting to see
> what percentage of readers are editors by topic area; I suspect this would
> vary a lot.
>
>
>
> I always find it a bit of a shame that viewership figures are hidden away
> in an unpublicised tool (https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiviewstats/). I
> would have though seeing how many people view a page would be very
> motivating to editors, and perhaps could be displayed prominently e.g. on
> talk pages.
>
>
> *Edward Saperia*
>
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>
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>
> On 17 April 2014 14:34, Simon Knight  wrote:
>
> I think we’d want to distinguish between:
>
> · Quality – taken from diff-features (i.e. Writing, but possibly
> including Sources), and
>
> · Significance – taken from Traffic, Edit History, and Discussion
>
>
>
> The latter might be used to give a weighting to the high-significance
> ratings such that high quality edits on highly significant articles are
> rated higher, but that’s a secondary question.
>
>
>
> You’re right that then there’s an interesting issue re: what’s output, and
> how this is used. In this case our primary interest is in getting a feel
> for what level of *quality *the *quantity *of WMUK related edits are. One
> can easily imagine that being used by other chapters/orgs within the
> movement, but it could of course also be spread outside of article writing
> (e.g. any education assignment on a wiki) or/and be used by projects to
> explore article qualities. I would guess that outputting discrete scores
> for various things (e.g. ‘referencing’, ‘organisation’, etc.) and providing
> some means to amalgamate those scores for an overview would be more useful
> than just a raw ‘score’/rating. I’ll think about this a bit more over the
> weekend I hope.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> S
>
>
>
> *From:* wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
> wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *John Byrne
> *Sent:* 17 April 2014 13:46
> *To:* wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Rating Wikimedia content (was Our next,
> strategy plan-Paid editing)
>
>
>
> I must say I'm pretty dubious about this approach for articles.  I doubt
> it can detect most of the typical problems with them - for example
> all-online sources are
> very often a warning sign, but may not be, or may be inevitable in a
> topical subject.  Most of Charles' factors below relate better to views and
> controversialness than article quality, and
> article quality has a limited ability to increase views, as study of FAs
> before and after expansion will show.
>
> Personally I'd think the lack of 1 to say 4 dominant editors in the stats
> is a more reliable warning sign than "A single editor, or essentially only
> one editor with
> tweaking" in most subjects.  Nothing is more characteristic of a popular
> but poor article than a huge list of contributors, all with fewer than 10

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Rating Wikimedia content (was Our next, strategy plan-Paid editing)

[Edward Saperia]

It's interesting to think that in most circumstances, good online content
is considered to drive traffic, i.e. quality pages attract more views, but
with Wikipedia articles, I've only ever seen people think high traffic
articles => more editors => higher quality. This is intuitive, but it would
be interesting to see how true it is. It would also be interesting to see
what percentage of readers are editors by topic area; I suspect this would
vary a lot.

I always find it a bit of a shame that viewership figures are hidden away
in an unpublicised tool (https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiviewstats/). I would
have though seeing how many people view a page would be very motivating to
editors, and perhaps could be displayed prominently e.g. on talk pages.

*Edward Saperia*
Chief Coordinator Wikimania London <http://www.wikimanialondon.org>
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On 17 April 2014 14:34, Simon Knight  wrote:

> I think we’d want to distinguish between:
>
> · Quality – taken from diff-features (i.e. Writing, but possibly
> including Sources), and
>
> · Significance – taken from Traffic, Edit History, and Discussion
>
>
>
> The latter might be used to give a weighting to the high-significance
> ratings such that high quality edits on highly significant articles are
> rated higher, but that’s a secondary question.
>
>
>
> You’re right that then there’s an interesting issue re: what’s output, and
> how this is used. In this case our primary interest is in getting a feel
> for what level of *quality *the *quantity *of WMUK related edits are. One
> can easily imagine that being used by other chapters/orgs within the
> movement, but it could of course also be spread outside of article writing
> (e.g. any education assignment on a wiki) or/and be used by projects to
> explore article qualities. I would guess that outputting discrete scores
> for various things (e.g. ‘referencing’, ‘organisation’, etc.) and providing
> some means to amalgamate those scores for an overview would be more useful
> than just a raw ‘score’/rating. I’ll think about this a bit more over the
> weekend I hope.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> S
>
>
>
> *From:* wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
> wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *John Byrne
> *Sent:* 17 April 2014 13:46
> *To:* wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Rating Wikimedia content (was Our next,
> strategy plan-Paid editing)
>
>
>
> I must say I'm pretty dubious about this approach for articles.  I doubt
> it can detect most of the typical problems with them - for example
> all-online sources are
> very often a warning sign, but may not be, or may be inevitable in a
> topical subject.  Most of Charles' factors below relate better to views and
> controversialness than article quality, and
> article quality has a limited ability to increase views, as study of FAs
> before and after expansion will show.
>
> Personally I'd think the lack of 1 to say 4 dominant editors in the stats
> is a more reliable warning sign than "A single editor, or essentially only
> one editor with
> tweaking" in most subjects.  Nothing is more characteristic of a popular
> but poor article than a huge list of contributors, all with fewer than 10
> edits.  Sadly, the implied notion (at T for Traffic below) that fairly high
> views automatically lead to increased quality is very dubious - we have
> plenty of extremely bad  articles that have had by now millions of viewers
> who have between them done next to nothing to improve the now-ancient text.
>
> There is also the question of what use the results of the exercise will
> be.  Our current quality ratings certainly have problems, but are a lot
> better than nothing.  However the areas where systematic work seems to be
> going on improving the lowest rated articles, in combination with high
> importance ratings,  are relatively few.   An automated system is hard to
> argue with, & I'm concerned that such ratings will actually
> cause more problems than they reveal or solve, if people take them more
> seriously than they deserve, or are unable to over-ride or question them.
> One issue with the manual system is that it tends to give a greatly
> excessive
> weight to article length, as though there was a standard ideal size for
> all subjects, which of course there isn't.   It will be even harder for an
> automated system to avoid the same pitfall without relying on the very
> blunt instrument of our importance ratings, which don't pretend to operate
> to common standards, 

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Invite - Recognising Value and the Sharing Economy

[Edward Saperia]

> > I'd be very keen to see a dedicated technical community manager as a
> paid role, who would mostly spend their time going to London tech events
> and representing the movement.
>
> That would be really bad on multiple levels - two obvious ones being that
> staff should be 'supporting' not 'representing' the movement,


Surely recruitment of new volunteers is supporting the movement.

and such work really shouldn't be London-centric.
>

Well, we can pay for them to travel around as well, but there is a
concentration of talent and community activity in London, and our office is
located there.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Invite - Recognising Value and the Sharing Economy

[Edward Saperia]

>
> In essence we already have the fund, we just lack the process of
> measurement of outcomes to improve how it is spent.
>

I agree, this is very difficult. And it's not just the metrics themselves,
but learning as an organisation what are realistic outcomes for a given
investment, and how significant they are in the grand scheme of things.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Invite - Recognising Value and the Sharing Economy

[Edward Saperia]

Then if we are to approach this more realistically, the outcomes should be
measured on a longer scale. You do not develop a network from a single
networking event. And certainly I'd prioritise this for more established
community members. Certainly I'd see community integration as a significant
positive outcome for the chapter.

I'd be very keen to see a dedicated technical community manager as a paid
role, who would mostly spend their time going to London tech events and
representing the movement.

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On 18 March 2014 13:12, Fæ  wrote:

> On 18 March 2014 12:12, Edward Saperia  wrote:
> > Perhaps part of the reason that we struggle to recruit is that we don't
> > publicly take part in events in related topics. An event like this has a
> > communications budget far in excess of our own, we might as well take
> > advantage of it. We should have someone charismatic there to present on
> > behalf of the community.
>
> "Promotion" and "networking" is a rationale we have put forward many
> times before for paying for conference/event attendees. Often the
> money is put up based on commitments to write a blog post or an
> internal report. For a speculative, principality social networking
> event, the lost opportunity cost of volunteer and employee time and
> expenses should be justified with measurable reported outcomes, such
> as increased project participation, content creation or productive
> long term partnerships with other organizations.
>
> The charity is accountable and committed to transparency, so if money
> and time is spent in ways with no direct outcome that benefits
> Wikimedia projects or the open knowledge aims of the charity, we
> should expect questions to be raised. In my view, and that of several
> other members, an example of a poor decision was sending an
> inexperienced new volunteer for an all expenses paid weekend at a
> Berlin conference last year, there was a blog post afterwards with
> ideas, none has provided any measurable outcomes in the several months
> since; in fact the volunteer has been completely inactive in terms of
> creating educational content for Wikimedia projects.[1][2]
>
> If there were a couple of conference that we could see made a real
> difference to finding new active volunteers for Wikimedia projects or
> where highly productive long term partnerships with organizations were
> started, then I would prefer to see the charity provide scholarships
> for several active volunteers to take part or attend. The key here is
> measurement of outcomes, something that the new board have made a fuss
> about in the new strategy and should be a natural part of the way the
> charity works and makes decisions about where to spend its £700,000+;
> keeping its active volunteers at the centre of the decision making
> process.
>
> Links
> 1.
> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Water_cooler/2013#Diversity_Conference_-_how_many_UK_volunteers_are_going.3F
> 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kwaku_BBM
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Invite - Recognising Value and the Sharing Economy

[Edward Saperia]

Perhaps part of the reason that we struggle to recruit is that we don't
publicly take part in events in related topics. An event like this has a
communications budget far in excess of our own, we might as well take
advantage of it. We should have someone charismatic there to present on
behalf of the community.

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On 18 March 2014 12:05, Fæ  wrote:

> On 18/03/2014, Stevie Benton  wrote:
> > Hello folks.
> >
> > If anyone is interested in the sharing economy, and would like to attend
> > this event, please let me know. We can try and arrange something.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Stevie
>
> I am unsure as to why Wikimedia UK would want to promote a
> collaborative commerce conversation (as the LLDC and Echo describe the
> event), rather than ensuring our members and volunteers take part in
> open knowledge conferences and events. This appears to be a
> business/charity networking social of the 'big society' format. Lots
> of people are interested in the issues of the sharing economy (I am an
> active support of freecycling); but this seems a long way from
> Wikimedia projects, if the intention was to pay expenses for someone
> to attend and write a blog post about it.
>
> If anyone has spare time we have a lot of past GLAM (and University)
> contacts from editathons that could do with practical follow up, or
> support finishing creating articles and making use of media uploads.
> The issue for the backlog of properly completing past projects is
> attracting active and productive volunteers (globally), which seems a
> pressing issue compared to the benefits to the charity of creating a
> bigger list of potential commercial, political and NFP partner
> organizations.
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 100, Issue 4

[Edward Saperia]

If I went it might be a good opportunity to plug Wikimania...


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>   (Edward Hands)
>3. Re: Website of the Year awards evening,   21st November
>   (Stevie Benton)
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> November
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> Hello everyone,
>
> Wikipedia has been nominated in the Website of the Year Awards in the
> category of Education & Public Domain. It's also been nominated for best
> website overall.
>
> While these awards aren't particularly high profile, there is a nice
> reception and awards night, to which we've been offered two tickets. The
> event takes place on Monday 21 November at The Brewery, London.
>
> Last year, Andrew Gray and Tom Morris went along and had a jolly nice time
> by all accounts. I'd like to again offer the two tickets to volunteers so,
> if you're interested, please do let me know and we'll get it sorted.
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Stevie
>
> --
>
> Stevie Benton
> Communications Organiser
> Wikimedia UK
> +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
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>
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> global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the
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>
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal
> control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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>  21st
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>
> Stevie
>
> I would very much like to go to this.
>
> By the way, 21 November is a Thursday.
>
> I think that this is the venue website (52 Chiswell St EC1Y 4SD):
> http://www.thebrewery.co.uk/
>
> best wishes
> Edward Hands
> (Edwardx)
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Wikipedia has been nominated in the Website of the Year Awards in the
> > category of Education & Public Domain. It's also been nominated for
> > best website overall.
> >
> > While these awards aren't particularly high profile, there is a nice
> > reception and awards night, to which we've been offered two tickets.
> > The event takes place on Monday 21 November at The Brewery, London.
> >
> > Last year, Andrew Gray and Tom Morris went along and had a jolly nice
> > time by all accounts. I'd like to again offer the two tickets to
> > volunteers so, if you're interested, please do let me know and we'll
> > get it sorted.
> >
> > Thanks and regards,
> >
> > Stevie
> >
> > --
> > Stevie Benton
> > Communications Organiser
> > Wikimedia UK
> > +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
> > @StevieBenton
> >
> > 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 Wi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 97, Issue 15

[Edward Saperia]

Some good suggestions, feel free to open discussion here:
http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Brainstorming


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> We're looking a year ahead, so we should have plenty of time to sort
> things out. But, the UK has some particularly-talented Wikinewsies
> (I'm looking at Iain Macdonald, Tom Morris and Paul Williams in
> particular).
>
> It would be short-sighted, in the extreme, not to ask the UK-resident
> Wikinewsies to get involved. Given the direction I've seen Paul
> heading off in (to Wikinews' great loss) I suspect he would make a
> great 'Head of Broadcasting' for next year's Wikimania; and, with
> Wikimedia UK's support, could help make sure Wikimania 2014 is the
> 'most-online' annual conference to-date. [All sessions webcast live,
> all recordings thereof online faster than the BBC does with iPlayer.]
>
> The major snag for me, a Wikinewsie in Edinburgh, is it looks-like
> Wikimania 2014 clashes with the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe. (I
> already have interest from a local community Radio station, which
> might lead to free use of high-end gear, and a few other things
> in-the-works).
>
> But, anyone who is planning to travel to the UK for Wikimania should
> bear that in-mind!
>
> If you want to come up to The Athens of The North, post-conference,
> start looking at those accommodation bookings right now. Otherwise,
> you'll be camping somewhere in the vicinity of Arthur's Seat.
>
> Regardless, and no-matter how hard Wikimedia UK tries to promote their
> London Wikimania, I can promise you "us lot up in Scotland" will keep
> knocking you off the front page when it comes to headlines in the
> press. Does anyone else have some 'creative ideas' about Wikimania
> 2014 having a 'token presence' in Edinburgh? (The Fringe venue I want
> to 'hijack' is close-enough to the Edinburgh Uni CS facilities I was
> hacking - 25 years ago - that, we could run an armoured fibre straight
> into JANET).
>
> It's simply too-good an opportunity to miss. And, where I strongly
> agree with the broad-criticisms Jimmy made of mainstream media in his
> HK keynote, I know that "the news division of the WMF" (i.e. Wikinews)
> could wipe the floor with the Mainstream on the independence debate.
>
>
> Brian.
>
>
>
>
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> Brian -
>
> Is the fact that Wikimedia UK is currently supporting a Wikimedian in
> Residence at the National Library of Scotland of any relevance to
> developing your idea?
> See
>
> http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/08/a-month-as-wikimedian-in-residence-at-the-national-library-of-scotland/
>
> More than this, I'd be very interesting in supporting you and/or any other
> volunteers in Scotland (or anywhere in the UK for that matter) to explore
> ways to bring journalism students at all levels to Wikinews. I'd be more
> than happy to strike up a conversation about this on this mailing list, or
> any other way that's appropriate -- there's even room for a possible
> roundtable discussion about this at the upcoming EduWiki conference. Just
> let me know.
>
> Incidentally, this idea I'm proposing is greatly inspired by the wonderful
> work that Dr. Chad Tew, who is an associate professor of journalism at the
> University of Southern Indiana. See http://en-wp.com /wiki/User:Crtew --
> it
> would be really great if something like this was developed in Scotland
> and/or anywhere el

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 95, Issue 24

[Edward Saperia]

If anyone's thinking of doing something related to Hack The Barbican, let
me know and I can use it as leverage to get more discounts from The
Barbican for Wikimania 2014 :-)


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> FYI
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> Hello everyone,
>
> Just wanted to ask if you have suggestions on locations for Board meetings
> over the coming year!
>
> Since we're a national charity we should avoid having meetings in London
> all the time. The AGM was in Lincoln, but prior to that the last non-London
> Board meeting was last September in Coventry. We should aim to meet at
> least twice outside of London in the coming year. If you have any
> suggestions, drop me a line. The criteria are:
>
> * we'd like to go somewhere where there is a Wikimedia-related project
> going on that we can learn about / help with in some way (e.g. the Coventry
> meeting coincided with Wiki Takes Coventry and also with a project at the
> Herbert Museum)
> * it needs to be readily accessible by public transport,
> * we need a good meeting room available for 2 full days and a hotel for
> people to stay in
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> If you have any ideas let me know!
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> Thanks,
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 95, Issue 11

[Edward Saperia]

Gordo;

I entirely agree! It was not meant as an exhaustive list, just some
examples. Feel free to add more!


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> I will make sure you have the analysis of the forms and the financial info
> in time for the meeting.
>
> On 11 June 2013 17:34, Harry Mitchell <
> harry.mitch...@wikiconferences.org.uk
> > wrote:
>
> > Hello!
> >
> > The Conference Committee is planning to meet (remotely - online or by
> > phone) hopefully before the end of the month. Of particular interest to
> > many of you will be the review of WikiConference UK 2013 and the
> discussion
> > of the 2014 AGM (this is where those green forms I forced you to fill in
> on
> > the day will come in handy, so we're very much obliged to everyone who
> > filled one in). We'll also be discussing EduWiki and Wikimania, so it's
> an
> > exciting agenda (or at least as exciting as committee meeting get!).
> >
> > If you have thoughts on the 2013 AGM, please do add them at
> > https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/**WikiConference_UK_2013/Lessons<
> https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013/Lessons>or email
> them to me if you're not comfortable with wikis and/or want to
> > speak in confidence. If you spot something missing from the agenda, add
> it
> > to https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/**Conference_Committee/Planning_**
> > meeting_10#AOB<
> https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Conference_Committee/Planning_meeting_10#AOB
> >
> > .
> >
> > Everybody is welcome (I will email this list with details when they're
> > known); if you'd lie to take part in the Doodle poll to decide the date,
> > please email me. Likewise with any other questions or comments.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 95, Issue 9

[Edward Saperia]

gt; The British Library event will be a chance to use some of the newly
> digitised (and not yet online) Europeana WWI material to help build
> articles, or to work on any other projects that might be of interest:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/British_Library/WWI
>
> Please pass this on to anyone who might be interested!
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Andrew.
>
> --
> - Andrew Gray
>   andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:31:14 +0100 (BST)
> From: HJ Mitchell 
> To: UK Wikimedia mailing list 
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK elects four trustees to its
> Board
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> Congratulations to the new trustees. Here's hoping for a happy and
> productive year. And hopefully the unsuccessful candidates will keep in
> touch - it would be good to have them all on board, but there are only so
> many seats.
>
> I'll second Chris as well and say thank you to all the speakers, the
> attendees, our wonderful staff (especially Daria and Katie who were so
> helpful with the AGM), and my colleagues on the Conference Committee, all
> of whom helped make the conference a success.
>
> Harry Mitchell
>
> http://enwp.org/User:HJ
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>
> 
>  From: Stevie Benton 
> To: UK Wikimedia mailing list 
> Sent: Sunday, 9 June 2013, 20:28
> Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK elects four trustees to its Board
>
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> As you may know, Wikimedia UK held its AGM yesterday in Lincoln. This
> included elections for trustees to serve on the Board of the charity.
>
> You can find details of the elected candidates on our blog at
> http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/06/wikimedia-uk-announces-election-of-new-board-members/
>
> Many thanks to all candidates, both successful and unsuccessful, for
> taking part.
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Stevie
>
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> On 11/06/13 12:06, Edward Saperia wrote:
> >
> > 2/ We're looking for ideas for bold Wikimedian-in-Residence type
> > activities to try at The Barbican.
>
>
> That would be a good thing.
>
>
> 
>
> I looked at the page "Online Community Designers" and wondered what that
> meant?
>
> https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Online_Community_Designers
>
> Does the phrase mean "Online Community" Designers or "Online" Community
> Designers?
>
> Also, not sure how Github fits.. I prefer to use RCS or even SCCS.
> But then I am old school!
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code_Control_System
>
> YMMV,
>
> Gordo
>
>
>
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> W

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania London 2014

[Edward Saperia]

Hi all,

2014 is quite a long way off, but we've identified two ways we could really
use volunteers right now;

1/ We're looking for community liaisons to reach out to various wikimedian
and wikimedian-related communities about the conference.

2/ We're looking for ideas for bold Wikimedian-in-Residence type activities
to try at The Barbican.

Lots more detail about both here, take a look:
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteers

Ed Saperia
Lead Coordinator
Wikimania London 2014
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 91, Issue 9

[Edward Saperia]

Hi all,

Things are indeed looking pretty good for the London Wikimania bid. We've
been preparing some stuff that we'll put online come the board meeting this
weekend, so please hang onto your hats until then!

Ed


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> From: Thomas Dalton 
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> The deadline for people the create bids for Wikimania 2014 has now
> passed. London is the only official bid on the bidding page, although
> there is an unofficial bid from Tanzania that is active so will
> probably more up the page soon. So far, the Tanzanian bid doesn't look
> particularly credible (although that may change as they improve their
> bid page), so it seems London is in with an excellent chance. In that
> light, can we get an update from the bid team?
>
> In particular, the logistics page says a fundraising website would
> launch in January and there would be a event for sponsors in February.
> Can we get an update on those?
>
> Thanks!
>
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> Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:48:00 +
> From: John Byrne 
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] John Byrne stands down as Treasurer and
> Trustee of, Wikimedia UK
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> First, many thanks to all who have sent kind messages after my
> resignation, here, on the blog & elsewhere. They are much appreciated.
> On the board issues, I agree with Tango, especially as the Compass
> review will be out shortly, which (sneak preview) has things to say
> about the composition of the board, which will probably influence the
> next election.  Saad of course is "semi-elected" as he is the runner-up
> in the last election with the highest votes who still wants to be on the
> board.
>
> John/Johnbod
>
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> > Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 19:09:54 +
> > From: Thomas Dalton 
> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list ,HJ
> >   Mitchell 
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] John Byrne stands down as Treasurer and
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> > On Feb 4, 2013 5:14 PM, "HJ Mitchell"  wrote:
> >> Thinking constitutionally for a moment, this leaves us with a relatively
> > small board, no treasurer, and quite a high proportion of co-opted
> trustees
> > (a ratio which will increase if a replacement for John is co-opted).
> > Obviously the AGM is only four months away, which will soon be upon us,
> and
> > it might not be a situation that can be helped, but it doesn't seem to me
> > (as a lay member) to be desirable.
> >
> > If the two vacant seats are filled by co-option, that still leaves a
> > majority of the board elected, so I don't think the democratic legitimacy
> > of the board is too badly hurt. If we weren't so close to the agm, there
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 77, Issue 15

[Edward Saperia]

Ah, the downside of doing your work open and in public is that people see a
half finished doodle of a budget and get overexcited and you come back to
45 emails in your inbox...

Yes, it's likely that the Wikimania 2014 London Bid Committee is going to
be applying for a grant to help it put together a good bid, but we're still
figuring out which roles are required and waiting for other inputs, so the
numbers were really just placeholders for now.

The deeper question I see here is - what sort of event does the community
want Wikimania to be? It's a conference that is really beginning to come of
age, and with this comes growing pains. From a 200 person glorified pubmeet
it's become a five day long 1000+ person multi-track affair with all the
attendant expectations on AV, travel logistics, social events, catering,
multi-tiered accommodation... and unless it's not handled well, potentially
a very frustrating experience for a lot of wikimedians who have invested
their time and money travelling to take part.

With the correct facilitating software, a lot of people have been able to
collaborate together to build a killer encyclopaedia. Similarly, a well
designed conference can allow for positive interactions between a very
large number of people. As the size increases, the complexity increases,
the risk increases, and the cost increases - but so do the possible
benefits.

Let us be clear: running an event this size is not cheap. A Wikimania costs
hundreds of thousands of pounds, and probably significantly more in a place
like London. Tickets to your average 
tech 
eventof a similar size and scope
would easily cost £1000+ per delegate, and in
comparison a Wikimania is basically free. This means that we need to do a
lot more work fundraising, which takes a lot of time and planning, and a
chief concern of potential sponsors is whether the event will be delivered
to a professional standard. We are finding that a lot of the groundwork for
the event has to be laid well before the bid process even starts. Not to
sound patronising, but event organisation is different to wiki editing;
there are deadlines which must be met, and mistakes that cannot be reverted.

So let us ask ourselves, why should the community spend so much donor money
on Wikimania (bids)? What is Wikimania there to achieve?

WMF's policy on grants:

> Grant requests should support the achievement of Wikimedia's mission and
> strategic priorities. We favor high impact requests over low impact
> requests; try to break new ground, and to increase your group's capacity
> for new programs and partnerships.
>

Holding such a conference is high impact, breaks new ground, and fosters
links to local 
institutionsand
builds relationships with sponsors
and 
partners.
It's fantastic for encouraging
innovationand
with Jimmy
on 
handcourting
the press it should be great for increasing awareness
and 
participationtoo.
It seems as good a thing to invest in as any - after all, if it didn't
have community support, a thousand people probably wouldn't show up to it
every year!

Ed

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> up a financial plan for the event

[Wikimediauk-l] Potential Partners

[Edward Saperia]

I just wanted to highlight this page on the WMUK wiki:

http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Potential_partners

It's a place to keep a list of other groups and organisations who are
working on free content, open source and similar projects in the United
Kingdom. Contributions would be very welcome.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 83, Issue 11

[Edward Saperia]

Does getting shortlisted for Wikimania 2013 count, do you think?

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> @Andrew - some reasons why
>
> @Jon. Well you'll get quite a bit of push back from the French/German's et
> al on 3 if not phrased well. They were awake too during the blackout.
>
> Adding in *multi-lingual challenges* is a good idea if you want the popular
> vote. Anastasis Lvova from Russian wrote 200 articles. This idea was used
> in Russia, Spain, USA, Netherlands etc etc. We have a map of world showing
> where QRpedia is used and its pretty global.
>
> Getting *registered charity status* was the hard thing to do *the fund
> raiser* was brilliant because we had this. Our Wikimedian of the year, John
> Byrne, took leading role with Steve Virgin. We extended the law to do this!
> We ran an EGM.
>
> *Monmouth*. First agreement between a public body and WMF and WMUK. First
> wiki-town. ?1m benefit. Most of the articles were not in English. We did
> first WMUK work in Wales and befriended the Welsh wicipedia. We now can
> claim to support two Wikipedias. We have 6 PhD students studying what was
> done! Steve Virgin crowd sourced P.R, Show them the animation!.
>
> *WIR at the British Library*. A decent wage and externally funded. Thats a
> long way from the first ones where WIR's funded the work themselves in
> previous year.
>
> *GLAM in general* - Lots of events, Coventry, GLAMcamp, Amsterdam, QRpedia
> hit the news #2 WMUK media story, This Week in GLAM, the idea was used for
> Wiki loves Monuments photo exhibitions, ARKive
>
> *Staff and Office*. Andrew Turvey took leading role here driving it through
> to make sure we have 5 staff and a spare desk. I know this is covetted and
> was hard for us as volunteers to do, but not sure it will attract popular
> votes.
>
> *Green for reporting*. We were the only chapter!
>
> *Wikimeets* - We are not Wikimedia London (although they did well as well)
>
> On 7 June 2012 09:45, Jon Davies  wrote:
>
> > Have just received the HMRC registration forms so about to make first
> Gift
> > Aid claim.
> >
> > For my three..
> >
> > Monmouth - volunteers and innovation
> >
> > Opening an office with staff (this is BIG in wiki terms and other
> chapters
> > want to follow)
> >
> > Leading the movement during the Black-out for eight hours while San
> > Francisco was asleep.
> >
> > Jon
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 9:38 AM, WereSpielChequers <
> > werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Becoming a registered charity is pretty cool (we were already a
> charity).
> >> Have we had our first cheque back from the taxman of money reclaimed
> under
> >> the terms of Gift Aid? If so that would be good to mention.
> >>
> >> WSC
> >>
> >> On 6 June 2012 21:49, Andy Mabbett  wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 6 June 2012 16:12, Richard Symonds <
> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > Short version: What are our three coolest projects between Wikimania
> >>> 2011
> >>> > and Wikimania 2012?
> >>>
> >>> Monmouthpedia, of course but also, separately, the spread of QRpedia
> >>> around the world.
> >>>
> >>> Becoming a charity for #3?
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Andy Mabbett
> >>> @pigsonthewing
> >>> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
> >>>
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> >>
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> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*.  07976 935 986
> > tweet @jonatreesdavies
> >
> > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513
> > Registered Office 4th Floor, D

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 81, Issue 41

[Edward Saperia]

Thank you very much Thomas! And likewise, commiserations to the Bristol bid
team.

I've already emailed Daria to arrange a meeting :) If anyone wishes to get
involved with our final bid preparations or to start looking at ways they
can volunteer if London should be chosen, please get in touch:
edsape...@gmail.com

Ed

Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:54:11 +0100
> From: Thomas Dalton 
> To: wikimediauk-l 
> Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Announcement two finalists
>for Wikimania 2013
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> Congratulations to the London bid team for making the short list!
> Commiserations to the Bristol bid team - I'm sure your hard work won't
> be in vain, there will be other opportunities to make use of all the
> contacts and relationships you've built up.
>
> Now that were is only one UK bid in the running, can we expect to see
> more support from WMUK? I'm sure the London team would benefit from
> Daria's help with fine tuning anything that the jury might be
> concerned about.
>
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Lodewijk 
> Date: 22 April 2012 20:34
> Subject: [Wikimania-l] Announcement two finalists for Wikimania 2013
> To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)"
> 
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> it is my pleasure to announce that the jury has been able to come up
> with?an intermediate result - and I would like to share with you the
> fact that?two finalist bids have been selected. All bids have been
> examined and?discussed at three public IRC meetings and several
> private conversations,?and we?have come to the conclusion that we will
> now focus our attention on the two?bids with in our opinion the
> highest potential: Hong Kong and London (in?alphabetical order).
>
> We were blessed this year with a strong field of bids, and I would
> like to?extend our sincere thanks to the bidding teams of Bristol,
> Naples and?Surakarta for their extensive and well worked out bids -
> but also the?effort they put into answering our extensive enquiries. I
> think all three?bids had very good qualities and their strong points
> and with work could?make a wonderful and very competing bid in a
> future year.
>
> This decision has been made based on the primary evaluation of the bid
> quality, with a special focus to suitability of the Venue,
> Accommodation?and the reliability and viability of the local team (did
> we have the?feeling they were up for the task). We will not be sharing
> an extensive?reasoning at this point for each bid - but I think we can
> give feedback?after the final decision about the winning bid has been
> made, in private?communication.
>
> So what is next? The two candidates will be reviewed more extensively,
> we?will assess the risks and whether they will actually be able to
> live up to?the promises more thoroughly. We may be needing a few days
> extra compared?to the original timeline, but hopefully not too much.
>
> With kind regards, for the Wikimania 2013 jury,
>
> Lodewijk Gelauff
>
>
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[Wikimediauk-l] London Bid for Wikimania 2013

[Edward Saperia]

Howdy y'all,

Would anyone be interested in helping out with our bid to hold Wikimania in
London in 2013?

We've got a couple of weeks to refine the bid page, and there's lots of
little areas that need attention... a fuller description of the venue, more
accommodation options, more information on travel in London, a section on
GLAM in London, things like that, and I'd be very grateful for any time you
might be able to put towards it. We have all the main things in place for
the conference, just a question of writing it all up now!

Here's the bid as it stands:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_bids/London

Here's some suggestions for things to do here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania_2013_bids/London

Or another good way is to look at how things have been written up in the
competing bids, e.g.:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_bids/Hong_Kong

If you're interested, feel free to dive straight in or email
meif you'd like to discuss the bid. I should also
be in #wikimania2013
tonight and tomorrow.

Ed
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