Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools projects
Surely you needn't even force them to register for Commons at all? Just make your own child-friendly submissions page, temporarily hosting them then transferring them en masse to Commons on the children's behalf. -- Harry (User:Jarry1250) On 6 June 2011 12:47, WereSpielChequers wrote: > I was recently involved in a children's photography competition > through another organisation I'm involved in. I think that commons and > "Wiki loves monuments" has a huge opportunity there, as most UK kids > now seem to have access to digital cameras and the Internet. It would > be great to launch a "Wiki loves monuments" competition to schools, or > as a badge for scouts to earn. > > Providing the rules were clear about not including your friends in the > photographs, or using your full name as your commons ID at least until > you are 18, I think this could be useful, good for the kids and a > great entry route to the community. > > WSC > > On 5 June 2011 19:19, Martin Poulter wrote: >> Chris, what I understand by schools outreach is getting the educational >> benefits of WM projects into schools - via teachers. Hence still an adult >> audience. >> >> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Chris Keating >> wrote: >>> Pitching this stuff is hard; kids at different ages see things differently, and kids in different areas age at different speeds. >>> >>> I think you've hit one of the main challenge of schools outreach on the >>> head. >>> We are starting to have a "recipe" for introducing adult organisations to >>> Wikipedia which will basically work for charities, universities, museums >>> and the like - we would need several, for schools. >>> Plus our adult outreach model is based on people coming to events of their >>> own free will, not because they've been told to! I imagine that a room full >>> of schoolkids is a much more difficult audience than what we're used to. >>> I think this is part of the reason why we're focusing more on universities >>> and GLAMs at the moment. But clearly schools need to be part of the >>> long-term plan... >>> Chris >>> ___ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >>> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr Martin L Poulter ICT Manager, The Economics Network >> Based at the ILRT, University of Bristol: http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ >> >> The full experience: http://infobomb.org/ >> Wikipedia contributor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter >> Board member of Wikimedia UK: http://uk.wikimedia.org/ >> "Creating a world in which every single human being can freely share >> in the sum of all knowledge" >> ___ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> >> > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Membership renewal
Hey all. I originally coughed up my £6 (the then reduced-rate fee) last August, and was approved in the board meeting on 1 September 2010. Why have I not got bailiffs turning up at my door demanding I pay the grand sum of £5 immediately? Or has my membership merely lapsed? I'd prefer to pay by PayPal rather than the cheque I sent previously, if possible. What would be the instructions for doing so? Obviously I want to ensure a continuity of membership. (I can provide my real name if necessary, just not on this list.) Apologies if this has been explained repeatedly elsewhere. Thanks, Jarry1250 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership Fee Cut
I know I would certainly have appreciated some form of written communication through the post on becoming a member, just, y'know, to reassure me you guys knew I existed. Even a welcome letter with a nice letterhead and a little card wouldn't go amiss. While you're there, you could preach to your enthusiastic new member about the sorts of project they could be involving themselves in on behalf of WMUK. This might add a few more man-hours to the project. Incidentally, I should add that I have no particular view on dropping the membership price. All I can tell you is that I paid the discounted rate of £6 and thought nothing of it. Jarry1250 On 25 February 2010 12:51, Bod Notbod wrote: > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 3:52 PM, James Hardy wrote: > > > I can not > > really imagine any tangible benefits that WMUK can provide. After all, > our > > purpose is to make knowledge free, it would seem counter-intuitive to > close > > anything off to be members-only. > > One that occurs to me is that perhaps WMUK could negotiate with GLAMs > that WMUK members get a preferential rate to enter exhibitions and the > like. > > However, I think that would have to be some way off in the future, I > don't get the impression that WMUK is big enough or has the spare man > hours to try and get that off the ground at the moment. But maybe one > day... > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Recording previous attempts to contact institutions
Hey all. Though I have little aptitude for engaging cultural institutions in productive discussion myself, it has occurred to me that it would be useful to keep a register of "previous contact" with collections, museums, etc. I can only guess at the amount of personal correspondance contributors entertain, and it must be a good thing to keep track of these things, surely? As I see it, the only drawback is time (maybe five minutes every now and again?). In return, the rewards are many: a collaborative feeling; time saved in knowing whom to contact within each organisation, and which are not worth talking to; the ability to cite the examples of other similar businesses when engaging with one more easily; the ability to extrapolate from a small donation (testing the water, as it were), the ability to note the problems experienced so they can be worked on in the future... the list goes on. However, I admit that this is not an area of my own personal expertise, so am more than willing to see what everyone thinks and (if necessary) reconsider the whole idea. In the meantime I have created a placeholder page at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Outreach . See what you think, Jarry1250 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
