[Wikimediauk-l] Turkish culture editing workshop this weekend
Hello Wikimedians, This weekend I am running an event <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/turkish-culture-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-81968946325> to train Turkish speakers to edit Wikipedia at Newspeak House in East London from 11-5. I'm not sure of the total number of attendees, because people usually drop out, but we have had around 30 signups, so I wanted to ask if anybody might be interested to come and help out with training on the day. If you have travel reasonable expenses for the day, Wikimedia UK will cover them. Please email me back if you are interested in coming to lend a hand - essentially we need someone to just wander around and answer any questions people have. This will be more important after the initial training and lunch, so you don't need to come at 11, but from 1-1.30pm to 5pm would be very useful. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK gender gap film published
Hello Wikimedians, I've been working on this video about the gender gap issue for some time and finally published it this morning. I hope that you will find it interesting and help to share it on social media so it reaches a wide audience. I think it shows how much work our community has put into addressing the gender gap over the last 4 years. Here's the tweet: https://twitter.com/wikimediauk/status/1211616545417416706 Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK/posts/2921728411172632?__xts__[0]=68.ARBIchp_8yCpb6GCieC9yqAPG9z7Hk-bmM0QQpWIhxGBRLCcZcW9BmF3JnnKymVpy9xW4GGWchxvjQkCBrgdXzWL-1-SV1ZpuS4sRsfbL6Kacrv0gWNIKSi1iLFCnUcNwNef2DI19zmJ35h-_5x1QZEnE8S9mg65t9ZD4vazclogIXVEhOoj2i7-KANbfz4mSvSwaiR3Tu-hoJ4R1FjtXIGxgAK5PG86hx-psa2rUtJD-Y5jN-6SGc8fbi9jq1RagUV4vmzKpmNR8ebcTrPPXcpey2mN1Hob_JQY4-lswexH6LM2VMDnaKxiJEOm8edD4sY5DYzjdkiKNP1ElCWi325HJg&__tn__=-R The blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2019/12/wikimedia-uk-publishes-closing-the-gender-gap-video/ The YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9CzjIL-A1Q Thanks! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election night editathon
Come anyway, we can fit you in. I just wanted to keep numbers low cos there might not be a lot of space if there's a lot of other people, but any experienced Wikimedians should feel free to just turn up. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 at 19:11, geni wrote: > Event aparently sold out. > > On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 at 11:47, John Lubbock > wrote: > >> We've got The Guardian now also wanting to come and cover our election >> night event, so come and join us! >> >> >> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667 >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >> >> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open >> knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our >> work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting >> Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. >> >> 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.* >> >> >> On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 16:07, John Lubbock >> wrote: >> >>> I'm doing another push on our election night editathon next week. We've >>> had a couple of journalists ask to come along to it, so I'd really like to >>> get a few more experienced Wikipedia editors to come to it to help out with >>> the work we need to do to update MPs pages. If you or anyone else you know >>> would be interested, please sign up for a ticket at the link below. >>> >>> >>> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667 >>> >>> John Lubbock >>> >>> Communications Coordinator >>> >>> Wikimedia UK >>> >>> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >>> >>> >>> >>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >>> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >>> >>> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open >>> knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our >>> work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting >>> Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. >>> >>> 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.* >>> >>> >>> On Tue, 12 Nov 2019 at 12:08, John Lubbock < >>> john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, can I please ask anybody who wants to come to our election >>>> night Wikipedia editathon to please sign up on the Eventbrite here >>>> <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667>so >>>> we know how many people are coming. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> John Lubbock >>>> >>>> Communications Coordinator >>>> >>>> Wikimedia UK >>>> >>>> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election night editathon
I've done a project page for the event already Ed, so if you want to put resources in there you can! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:2019_election_night_editathon John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 at 13:13, Ed Hand wrote: > John > Great news about The Guardian. > Have just started a Wikipedia page, the shortcut is WP:GE2019 > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetups/UK/General_election,_December_2019 > > Will start fleshing it out later, probably starting with safe seat > candidates: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MPs_standing_down_at_the_2019_United_Kingdom_general_election > > Edward Hands > User: Edwardx > > On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 at 11:47, John Lubbock > wrote: > >> We've got The Guardian now also wanting to come and cover our election >> night event, so come and join us! >> >> >> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667 >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >> >> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open >> knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our >> work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting >> Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. >> >> 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.* >> >> >> On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 16:07, John Lubbock >> wrote: >> >>> I'm doing another push on our election night editathon next week. We've >>> had a couple of journalists ask to come along to it, so I'd really like to >>> get a few more experienced Wikipedia editors to come to it to help out with >>> the work we need to do to update MPs pages. If you or anyone else you know >>> would be interested, please sign up for a ticket at the link below. >>> >>> >>> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667 >>> >>> John Lubbock >>> >>> Communications Coordinator >>> >>> Wikimedia UK >>> >>> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >>> >>> >>> >>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >>> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >>> >>> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open >>> knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our >>> work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting >>> Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. >>> >>> 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.* >>> >>> >>> On Tue, 12 Nov 2019 at 12:08, John Lubbock < >>> john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, can I please ask anybody who wants to come to our election >>>> night Wikipedia editathon to please sign up on the Eventbrite here >>>> <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-ticke
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election night editathon
We've got The Guardian now also wanting to come and cover our election night event, so come and join us! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667 John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 16:07, John Lubbock wrote: > I'm doing another push on our election night editathon next week. We've > had a couple of journalists ask to come along to it, so I'd really like to > get a few more experienced Wikipedia editors to come to it to help out with > the work we need to do to update MPs pages. If you or anyone else you know > would be interested, please sign up for a ticket at the link below. > > > https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667 > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our > work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting > Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. > > 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.* > > > On Tue, 12 Nov 2019 at 12:08, John Lubbock > wrote: > >> Hi all, can I please ask anybody who wants to come to our election night >> Wikipedia editathon to please sign up on the Eventbrite here >> <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667>so >> we know how many people are coming. >> >> Thanks! >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >> >> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open >> knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our >> work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting >> Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. >> >> 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.* >> >> >> On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 at 15:38, John Lubbock >> wrote: >> >>> Just following up on this to say that Newspeak House is happy to host up >>> to 15 of us for an election night editathon. Please sign up here if you'd >>> like to come: >>> >>> >>> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667 >>> >>> See you there! >>> >>> John Lubbock >>> >>> Communications Coordinator >>> >>> Wikimedia UK >>> >>> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >>> >>> >>> >>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >>> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >>> >>> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open >>> knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] November 27 tagging incident
We will be releasing a short film before Christmas which looks at what the Wikimedia community in the UK has been doing in the past few years to address the Gender Gap, and I hope that this will go some way to communicating what we have achieved as a community and a local chapter. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Mon, 9 Dec 2019 at 11:48, Fæ wrote: > Thanks for the sources Charles. > > Having previously chatted with Jess during an LGBT+ event about the > Wikipedia "experience", it is entirely fair and factual to say that > the environment is hostile. When running and planning newbie events, > we have to be honest about how deeply unpleasant things are promoted > on Wikipedia under the guise of "free speech" and how the effective > protection of trolls drives away minority viewpoints. Though one can > play the system and work around many of these issues, you are still > treated as a biased lobbyist or extremist if you are seen as > undermining the dominant view which keeps male and heteronormative as > the central tone and default "normal" of Wikipedia. > > The situation is worse in most non-English Wikipedias. > > That the press has picked up on this story, could be seen as an > opportunity to embrace the criticism and to do more to make the > environment less hostile for committed contributors like Jess. > Regardless of the trivial of this incident, the underpinning issues > are real and measurable and are the real reason for this long-running > perception of Wikipedia culture. > > Fae > > On Mon, 9 Dec 2019 at 10:32, Charles Matthews > wrote: > > > > A notability tagging incident on English Wikipedia some ten days ago is > receiving ongoing media attention. It would be a good idea to get the facts > straight. > > > > The rather curt onwiki discussion is at > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1024#IP_mass_tagging_notable_mostly_women_scientists_for_notability > > > > The articles targeted were some of those authored by User:jesswade88, > who is known for her work on STEM and the gender gap. > > > > That ANI report makes it clear enough that this was a spree resolved by > blocking an IP address. Nothing is said there about any actual deletions. > It would be helpful if it could be confirmed that nothing was actually > deleted on grounds of lack of notability. > > > > Jess Wade was on Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4 speaking about this > incident. She began with comments about WP demographics that made me wince > a bit. She made clear her positive feelings about WP, editing and > Wikimedia, but that of course is less sensational than the narrative of a > "hostile environment". There was quite a lot of Twitter comment, with some > people swearing off editing WP: which is pretty much what the spree was > designed to achieve, surely. Others indicated they were inspired to edit. > > > > There have been articles in the Daily Telegraph: > > > > > https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/12/07/physicist-embroiled-sexism-row-wikipedia-female-scientists-wrote/ > > > > And in the Daily Mail: > > > > > https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7769415/Physicist-accuses-white-men-North-America-Wikipedia-editors-sexism.html > > > > These are pretty bad journalism, in terms of respect for the facts. It > appears to me that the enWP admin response was perfectly adequate, rather > than there being a systemic problem there. > > > > The Woman's Hour interview was reasonable, the press reports unreliable. > I think the point here is that good intentions aren't enough to curb the > latter: the Mail's article of 2 January about Jess's project > > > > > https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6544657/London-scientist-creates-Wikipedia-page-underrepresented-group-DAY.html > > > > is of course very upbeat, but that hardly entitles the Mail to a
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election night editathon
I'm doing another push on our election night editathon next week. We've had a couple of journalists ask to come along to it, so I'd really like to get a few more experienced Wikipedia editors to come to it to help out with the work we need to do to update MPs pages. If you or anyone else you know would be interested, please sign up for a ticket at the link below. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667 John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Tue, 12 Nov 2019 at 12:08, John Lubbock wrote: > Hi all, can I please ask anybody who wants to come to our election night > Wikipedia editathon to please sign up on the Eventbrite here > <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667>so > we know how many people are coming. > > Thanks! > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our > work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting > Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. > > 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.* > > > On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 at 15:38, John Lubbock > wrote: > >> Just following up on this to say that Newspeak House is happy to host up >> to 15 of us for an election night editathon. Please sign up here if you'd >> like to come: >> >> >> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667 >> >> See you there! >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >> >> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open >> knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our >> work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting >> Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. >> >> 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.* >> >> >> On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 at 12:26, John Lubbock >> wrote: >> >>> Hello Wikimedians, I'm thinking about holding an election night >>> editathon at Newspeak House in London on Thursday 12 December. We did one >>> there last election and it was quite good fun to make draft articles on >>> people who were likely to become MPs in anticipation of the results (which >>> don't usually start coming in until after midnight). I imagine there will >>> be a larger gathering of people at Newspeak, because it's a centre for lots >>> of other political and tech groups on occasions like that, but I wanted to >>> let the mailing list know and ask people to tell me if they would be >>> theoretically interested in participating. >>> >>> All the best, >>> >>> John Lubbock >>> >>> Communications Coordinator >>> >>&g
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election night editathon
Hi all, can I please ask anybody who wants to come to our election night Wikipedia editathon to please sign up on the Eventbrite here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667>so we know how many people are coming. Thanks! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 at 15:38, John Lubbock wrote: > Just following up on this to say that Newspeak House is happy to host up > to 15 of us for an election night editathon. Please sign up here if you'd > like to come: > > > https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667 > > See you there! > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our > work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting > Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. > > 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.* > > > On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 at 12:26, John Lubbock > wrote: > >> Hello Wikimedians, I'm thinking about holding an election night editathon >> at Newspeak House in London on Thursday 12 December. We did one there last >> election and it was quite good fun to make draft articles on people who >> were likely to become MPs in anticipation of the results (which don't >> usually start coming in until after midnight). I imagine there will be a >> larger gathering of people at Newspeak, because it's a centre for lots of >> other political and tech groups on occasions like that, but I wanted to let >> the mailing list know and ask people to tell me if they would be >> theoretically interested in participating. >> >> All the best, >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >> >> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open >> knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our >> work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting >> Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. >> >> 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.* >> > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election night editathon
Just following up on this to say that Newspeak House is happy to host up to 15 of us for an election night editathon. Please sign up here if you'd like to come: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667 See you there! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 at 12:26, John Lubbock wrote: > Hello Wikimedians, I'm thinking about holding an election night editathon > at Newspeak House in London on Thursday 12 December. We did one there last > election and it was quite good fun to make draft articles on people who > were likely to become MPs in anticipation of the results (which don't > usually start coming in until after midnight). I imagine there will be a > larger gathering of people at Newspeak, because it's a centre for lots of > other political and tech groups on occasions like that, but I wanted to let > the mailing list know and ask people to tell me if they would be > theoretically interested in participating. > > All the best, > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our > work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting > Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. > > 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.* > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Election night editathon
Hello Wikimedians, I'm thinking about holding an election night editathon at Newspeak House in London on Thursday 12 December. We did one there last election and it was quite good fun to make draft articles on people who were likely to become MPs in anticipation of the results (which don't usually start coming in until after midnight). I imagine there will be a larger gathering of people at Newspeak, because it's a centre for lots of other political and tech groups on occasions like that, but I wanted to let the mailing list know and ask people to tell me if they would be theoretically interested in participating. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] London Meetup - WLM walkabout?
Hi all, I'd like to propose using the first hour of the London meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/146> as a Wiki Loves Monuments walkabout. We could meet at Penderel's Oak as usual at 13.00, then go and take some photos around Holborn, and then come back to the pub. Would anybody like to do this with me? See you on Sunday, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata meetup and SPARQL training in London tomorrow
Hello Wikimedians, This is just a reminder that if you are interested in learning more about Wikidata and how to query it, we have a meetup and training session tomorrow in East London. You can sign up here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikidata-london-meetup-4-learn-how-to-query-wikidata-with-sparql-tickets-65822170885> if you are interested in coming. Hope to see some of you tomorrow! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Who has Wikimedia UK's Canon 60D?
Hi all, we are doing a survey of our equipment and can't find where the Canon 60D has gone to. Does anybody know who it was last lent out to? If you still have it, please get in contact and let me know who you are! Thanks everybody John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata meetup with OSM in London, June 29
Hi all, This is just a reminder that we have our Wikidata meetup in London this Saturday (15.00-22.00), and you should sign up here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-wikidata-meetup-3-wikidata-osmuk-tickets-61869712977> if you want to come. If you want to speak at the event, please email me with your lightning talk idea, ideally about something you're working on that's Wikidata related. Talks should be 5-10 mins long. Hope to see some of you there. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Nominations for Wikimedian of the Year and Partnership of the Year
Hi all, at our AGM every year we give out prizes for the Wikimedian and Partnership of the Year. We would love to hear your nominations for who should win these awards this year. Last year <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/UK_Wikimedian_of_the_Year_2018>, the University of Edinburgh won the partnership award, while Gwenno Elin Griffith & Eiri Angharad of Wici Caerdydd won the joint Wikimedian of the Year award. Please see the nomination form here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LankUUulXe6bsdLCD0FE07vkwp18uoIfV7e9F59VBo0/viewform?edit_requested=true> and tell us who you think should win these awards for their work over the past year. We hope to see you at the AGM! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Photography pass for Glastonbury
Thanks for the replies. If you're going to Glastonbury anyway, and can get any photos of artists especially who have Wikipedia pages without photos, then those would be the most useful. Ed has been the first person to reply asking for the ticket, so as I have to tell Glastonbury ASAP, I'm going to put Ed's name down for it. Thanks everybody, and please remember that if you're a WMUK member and would like a photography pass to attend an event and have a decent camera, WMUK is happy to ask for press accreditation for any events where there might be people or other content to take photos of. As you can see, even big events like Glastonbury are willing to offer us a free ticket. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 14:05, Ed Hand wrote: > John > > Yes please. Have not been to Glastonbury for over two decades! I have a > Lumix G6, including a 14-140 lens for close-ups. Have taken 1000s of > photos for Commons, and have won a 1st place award in the annual > competition. > > best wishes > Edwardx > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#m_6132039549552765944_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 13:38, John Lubbock > wrote: > >> Hello Wikimedians, I applied for Glastonbury tickets for Wikimedia >> photographers, and our request was initially declined, but Glastonbury got >> back to me yesterday and offered us a ticket to send a photographer. The >> original person who asked me to ask for a ticket for them can no longer >> attend the dates (Wednesday 26 - Sunday 30 June), so I would like to offer >> Wikimedia members who are able to take good quality photos the ticket. We >> need to tell Glastonbury who is going ASAP, so if you would like the spare >> ticket, please email me today if you are a member and have a decent camera >> to take photos with. Preference will be given to people who have experience >> of submitting quality photos to Wikimedia Commons, so please let me know >> your level of experience as a photographer. >> >> All the best, >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >> >> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open >> knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our >> work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting >> Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. >> >> 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.* >> ___ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Photography pass for Glastonbury
Hello Wikimedians, I applied for Glastonbury tickets for Wikimedia photographers, and our request was initially declined, but Glastonbury got back to me yesterday and offered us a ticket to send a photographer. The original person who asked me to ask for a ticket for them can no longer attend the dates (Wednesday 26 - Sunday 30 June), so I would like to offer Wikimedia members who are able to take good quality photos the ticket. We need to tell Glastonbury who is going ASAP, so if you would like the spare ticket, please email me today if you are a member and have a decent camera to take photos with. Preference will be given to people who have experience of submitting quality photos to Wikimedia Commons, so please let me know your level of experience as a photographer. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] north yorkshire county council appears to be filtering our trangender article
Not good. Thanks for making us aware and we will see what we can do. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 17:36, geni wrote: > Not the best of sources but perhaps something we should look into: > > > https://www.reddit.com/r/traaanns/comments/bzpizg/my_school_doesnt_block_tp_hentai_but_blocks/ > > > > -- > geni > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedian in Residence at Coventry University
Sure thing Andy, no rush. One small request - for comms purposes, what is really useful is to have an image of the Wikimedian in Residence in front of the institution which they are working at, like this image of Jason at the NLW <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jason_Evans_WiR_at_Llyfrgell_Genedlaethol_National_Library_of_Wales_03.JPG>. Do you think you might be able to arrange someone to take a decent quality photo of you like this which could be used in blogs about the residency? John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 at 21:03, Andy Mabbett wrote: > Sue; in a couple of weeks or so, once there's more to report. > > On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 at 17:14, John Lubbock > wrote: > >> Hi Andy, would you like to write something for the WMUK blog about your >> new position? >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >> >> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open >> knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our >> work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting >> Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. >> >> 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.* >> >> >> On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 at 14:00, Andy Mabbett >> wrote: >> >>> I'm pleased to announce that, as of yesterday, I am working part-time >>> as Wikimedian in Residence at Coventry University. >>> >>> It's early days, but I shall be pleased to hear from any Coventry >>> Wikimedians, or anyone local to the University's campuses in >>> Scarborough, Dagenham, and the City of London who may be interested i >>> attending editing events. >>> >>> I have set up a project page, at: >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Coventry_University >>> >>> -- >>> Andy Mabbett >>> @pigsonthewing >>> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk >>> >>> ___ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> >> ___ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedian in Residence at Coventry University
Hi Andy, would you like to write something for the WMUK blog about your new position? John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 at 14:00, Andy Mabbett wrote: > I'm pleased to announce that, as of yesterday, I am working part-time > as Wikimedian in Residence at Coventry University. > > It's early days, but I shall be pleased to hear from any Coventry > Wikimedians, or anyone local to the University's campuses in > Scarborough, Dagenham, and the City of London who may be interested i > attending editing events. > > I have set up a project page, at: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Coventry_University > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] West Norwood Cemetery project with Lambeth Council
Hello Wikimedians, I want to let you know about a prospective project we are trying to organise with Lambeth Council. Former Wikimedia UK Chief Exec Jon Davies is now a Lambeth councillor, and we have been talking to him about projects that we could potentially do in collaboration with them. They are about to start renovating West Norwood Cemetery and want to run some events around this to improve the representation of the cemetery on Wikipedia and the people who are buried there. Jon says: "West Norwood Cemetery is one of the great Victorian Cemeteries of Britain. It has sadly suffered neglect over the last century but an ambitious plan by Lambeth Council funded by the Lottery Heritage Fund means that at last it will be restored to something of its former glory. Lambeth Council is keen to see this transformation and the cemetery's history celebrated and wants to work with WMUK to do this through improving pages, wiring new ones, releasing archive documents and photos and anything else we can think of." In order to help manage this potential project, Wikimedia UK would like to find a lead volunteer to help us with the events and organisation of training. We can pay expenses to help with costs you might incur while working on this. We would be very grateful if any Wikimedians who might have an interest in London history, and who may live near West Norwood would let us know if they would be interested in getting involved in this project and helping us to steward it. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Conway Hall event this weekend
Hi all, just to remind you that we have an event this weekend at Conway Hall in Central London, starting at 11am, but you're welcome to come after lunch when the main editing session will begin. The subject is on 19th century pamphleteers, as many pamphlets have been digitised and placed on CC licensed by Conway Hall. The sign up page on Eventbrite is here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victorian-blogging-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-59887399825> if you would like to come. The timings of the event are: 11am-11:10am Brief intro to Conway Hall and our digitised pamphlet collection and why it’s important to add info about freethought pamphleteers to Wikipedia 11:10- 1pm Wikipedia trainers provide intro to editing Wikipedia 1pm-1:30pm Quick break for people to grab lunch 1:30pm-4pm More editing See you there! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] SkillShare next week
Hi all, Just a last reminder that we are holding a SkillShare workshop next week on how to use AutoWikiBrowser <https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2019/04/autowikibrowser-find-out-how-to-automate-mass-edits-on-wikipedia/>. The workshop will be at the Wikimedia UK office on Tuesday from 6-9 PM, 5-11 Lavington Street, near Southwark/Blackfriars/London Bridge stations. If you'd like to come please sign up on the Eventbrite page <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-skillshare-using-autowikibrowser-tickets-60477470743> or list your attendance on the Meta page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London_Skillshare/2>. I hope this one will be more interactive, with a chance to get stuck into editing and have people on hand to show you how it's done. See you next week! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Upcoming events
Hi all, there's lots of events organised for May. Firstly: - Our next SkillShare event is on May 7, with Rich Farmbrough doing a workshop on how to use AutoWikiBrowser: This is for more experienced editors so please tell those people if you know them! Sign up on Eventbrite here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-skillshare-using-autowikibrowser-tickets-60477470743>. The Meta page is here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London_Skillshare/2>. This is the second SkillShare we are doing, and I really would like to engage people who are already experienced Wikipedia editors but haven't used AWB before to automate edits. If you want to know more about AWB I've written a blogpost here <https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2019/04/autowikibrowser-find-out-how-to-automate-mass-edits-on-wikipedia/> . - Our next Wikidata meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London_Wikidata/02> is on May 2 in East London. When I created the page initially I put it as the 15th, so please be aware if you're coming that it's on May 2. Other Wikimedia editathons, meetups and related events this month are: - The Womein in Red meetup <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-red-a-project-to-add-biographies-of-women-to-wikipedia-tickets-58988220355> in Edinburgh on May 3 - Women in Scottish Archaeology editathon <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-scottish-archaeology-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-60123362596> in Edinburgh on May 9 - The Cambridge Meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/41> on May 12 - Victorian blogging editathon <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victorian-blogging-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-59887399825> at Conway Hall in London on May 18 - Extraordinary women in Engineering editathon <http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/events/general/extraordinary-women-in-engineering-a-wes-wikithon> with WES in London on May 18 - A one day conference in Dunfirmline, Remembering Scotland's Accused Witches <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/remembering-scotlands-accused-witches-tickets-58574751659> on May 19 - Asking and answering questions with Open Data <http://www.bristol.ac.uk/golding/events/2019/asking-and-answering-questions-with-open-data.html> in Bristol on May 20 - A Women in Red editathon <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-red-a-project-to-add-biographies-of-women-to-wikipedia-tickets-58988221358> in Edinburgh on May 31 The middle of the year is certainly getting busy, and we hope to see you at some of these events! All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Skillshare #2 - AutoWikiBrowser
Hi all, We will be holding our second Skillshare event at the WMUK office on Tusesday May 7th from 18:00 to 21:00 or thereabouts. You can find event pages on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK/Events/AutoWikiBrowser_skillshare> and on Eventbrite <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-skillshare-using-autowikibrowser-tickets-60477470743>(please sign up on Eventbrite to let us know if you're coming). I've also published a short blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2019/04/autowikibrowser-find-out-how-to-automate-mass-edits-on-wikipedia/> to give background on AWB for those of you who aren't sure what it is. Prolific UK Wikimedian Rich Farmbrough, who's an AWB afficionado, will be running the session. One thing I'm slightly concerned about with doing this Skillshare on AWB is that users who want to use it have to apply for permission to do so on the Permissions page for AWB <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/AutoWikiBrowser>. I've applied for permission 2 days ago but nobody has responded yet to my request. If we are going to get people to come to the Skillshare who want to learn about AWB, they obviously need to have permission to use it granted first. I hope that we can fast track any requests for permission for people who want to come to this event so that we don't have a situation where people want to attend but can't use AWB because they don't have permission. Could I request for someone to keep an eye on permissions for this so that those people who want to come to our event can get their requests granted before the event? Thanks! There are lots of other events taking place in the next couple of months, so please take a look at our Events list <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events> to see if there's anything that interests you. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Events
Hi Geni, you're very welcome to meet us at 11 at Conway Hall then. See you tomorrow! All the best, On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, 06:03 geni, wrote: > > > On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 16:52, John Lubbock > wrote: > >> Hi all, two things to tell you about. Firstly, this weekend, a few of us >> will be going to Conway Hall at 11am before the London meetup to look at >> their collection of 19th century pamphlets. They will be doing an editathon >> on May 18 >> <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victorian-blogging-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-59887399825> >> to add content based on these newly digitised pamphlets so we are going to >> assess the collection and see what can be improved on Wikipedia/Wikidata by >> using these sources. If anybody wants to come with us to Conway Hall before >> going to the meetup, please let me know. >> >> > I'd be interested. > > -- > geni > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Events
Hi all, two things to tell you about. Firstly, this weekend, a few of us will be going to Conway Hall at 11am before the London meetup to look at their collection of 19th century pamphlets. They will be doing an editathon on May 18 <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victorian-blogging-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-59887399825> to add content based on these newly digitised pamphlets so we are going to assess the collection and see what can be improved on Wikipedia/Wikidata by using these sources. If anybody wants to come with us to Conway Hall before going to the meetup, please let me know. Secondly, we have the second Wikidata meetup in London on May 2. The Eventbrite signup is here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-wikidata-meetup-2-tickets-59955106337> and the Meta page is here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London_Wikidata/02>. Events list is up to date I think so please check it out for other events here <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events> I'm also just preparing the Spring newsletter, so if anybody would like to write about something Wikimedia related for it, please get in touch. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Next skillshare and Wikidata meetup
Hi Sara, yes I think that would be a good idea and I can certainly arrange for it to happen. Thanks for asking. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Tue, 2 Apr 2019 at 11:54, Sara Thomas wrote: > Hey John, > > Is there any livestream / remote access for this event? > > Thanks, > Sara > > On Mon, 1 Apr 2019 at 16:43, John Lubbock > wrote: > >> Hi all, I'm organising our next skillshare, which Rich Farmbrough has >> agreed to do on AWB, and have a prospective date of April 24th. I'm also >> organising a Wikidata meetup which I'm pencilling in for April 25, but I am >> happy to move this to the week after (say May 2nd) if the community feels >> that it would be better to have these two events in different weeks. >> >> Please feel free to give me feedback and let me know if these event dates >> would work for you or not, as obviously I would like to maximise attendance >> to make them as successful as possible. >> >> All the best, >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >> >> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open >> knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our >> work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting >> Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. >> >> 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.* >> ___ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > -- > Dr Sara Thomas > Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK > https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland > > *Normal office hours are Monday, Tuesday afternoons, and Wednesday-Friday > until the end of March 2019.* > > *Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. 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 > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. (England & > Wales), SC048644 (Scotland). Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 > - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ > <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g> > . > > 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.* > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Next skillshare and Wikidata meetup
Just to be clear, both events will be in the evening, probably from 6.30-9. On Mon, 1 Apr 2019, 16:42 John Lubbock, wrote: > Hi all, I'm organising our next skillshare, which Rich Farmbrough has > agreed to do on AWB, and have a prospective date of April 24th. I'm also > organising a Wikidata meetup which I'm pencilling in for April 25, but I am > happy to move this to the week after (say May 2nd) if the community feels > that it would be better to have these two events in different weeks. > > Please feel free to give me feedback and let me know if these event dates > would work for you or not, as obviously I would like to maximise attendance > to make them as successful as possible. > > All the best, > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our > work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting > Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. > > 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.* > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Next skillshare and Wikidata meetup
Hi all, I'm organising our next skillshare, which Rich Farmbrough has agreed to do on AWB, and have a prospective date of April 24th. I'm also organising a Wikidata meetup which I'm pencilling in for April 25, but I am happy to move this to the week after (say May 2nd) if the community feels that it would be better to have these two events in different weeks. Please feel free to give me feedback and let me know if these event dates would work for you or not, as obviously I would like to maximise attendance to make them as successful as possible. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Architecture & sandstone carvings
Might they also be interested in submitting something to the WikiJournal of humanities? I published a blog about the WikiJournals on Saturday which other Wikimedians might be interested in if they've not seen it yet. https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2019/03/what-are-wikijournals/ John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Wed, 13 Mar 2019 at 13:56, Sara Thomas wrote: > Hello all, > > Hope you're having a good Wednesday. I'm currently working with the > Dumfries Historic Buildings Trust on the Dumfries Stonecarving Project, > (there was a wee blog about this last year: > https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2018/11/green-men-gargoyles-the-dumfries-stonecarving-project/) > and we're now moving toward the next phase. This will include volunteer > groups carrying out research, writing articles about notable local > subjects, and integrating some of the pictures that have been taken into > the encyclopedia. > > As well as articles which pertain to local history and places, my feeling > is that there may well be a range of other articles relating to > architecture, etc, which might be usefully incorporated into a worklist for > one of the editathons which will form a part of this next phase. > > I wondered if there were any wikimedians on this list with an interest in > architecture/ stonecarving who might be interested in helping me to explore > this? I'd love to have a chat some time. (Please do email me direct rather > than on-list, just for the sake of everyone's inboxes) > > All the best > Sara > > Dr Sara Thomas > Scotland Programme Coordinator > > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Conway Hall + April London Meetup
Hello all, who is coming to the meetup this Sunday, and would anybody be interested in going to Conway Hall first? John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 at 14:08, Stuart Prior wrote: > Hello all, > > We recently had a conversation with the library at Conway Hall > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway_Hall_Ethical_Society>, who are > currently digitising some of their vast collection of pamphlets, and we are > steering them towards open licenses and how best to work with Wikimedia. > > Given its location in Holborn, and the location of the regular London > meetup, it could be that these two things work together. > > We suggested to them that they could open up on that Sunday and anyone who > usually attends the meetup would be welcome to head over, be show the > collection and building, and possibly help get them on the way to freeing > up their collection. Not confirmed as yet, but it would be good to get some > feedback from our side. > > They have a great library, and as a building it's interesting in itself, > with the great and the good being present over the years. Muddy Waters, Ben > Gurion, a who's who of British politics, and a little known band called "Ugly > Rumours <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugly_Rumours_(band)>". > > I'll be adding something to the meetup page about this too, as and when > things are set. > > Best > > Stuart > > > > -- > *Stuart Prior* > *Project Coordinator* > *Wikimedia UK* > +44 20 372 0769 > +44 7879 015 385 (text me otherwise I might screen the call) > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. 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 > > Wikimedia UK is a 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 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g> > . > > 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.* > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Coventry Wikimedian in Residence
Coventry University's Disruptive Media Learning Lab are hiring a Wikimedian in Residence. "To provide advice and technical knowledge to facilitate and develop a sustainable relationship between Coventry University Group and Wikipedia through a range of activities with staff, students and the public. To establish a network of Wikimedians (students and staff) on campus and to embed digital fluency and open knowledge activities, such as thematic editathons and subject based projects, in learning and teaching across the University. To help the University to understand how its collections, knowledge creation and public engagement activities can enhance, broaden and improve the quality of Wikipedia articles and content on the other Wikimedia projects such as Wikidata and WikiCommons." You can see the job description here: https://www.coventry.ac.uk/globalassets/media/global/job-descriptions/req006767---jd---wikimedian-in-residence.pdf John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] LSHTM workshop Tuesday - places available
Hi Charles, is there any kind of event page which I can share on social media? John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 at 15:03, Charles Matthews < charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > I'm giving a workshop on the state of my WiR work on Tuesday at the London > School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 10 to 1 pm. This is an internal > event there, but I have learned just now that there are places available. > > The title is "Wikidata and ScienceSource: open critical bibliography for > medicine on the Semantic Web". It assumes no prior knowledge of Wikidata, > but as you'd expect from the venue will have a slant towards tropical > diseases, more particularly neglected tropical diseases. New software will > be shown. I think it would be a reasonable introduction to both Wikidata > and WikiCite, and what sort of traction they are getting. It is hosted by a > librarian at the LSHTM. > > If you'd like to attend, please let me know offlist, by Monday morning. > Happy to answer questions about the programme. > > Charles > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK Wiki
Hi all, QRpedia seems to be working for me. The only problem appears to be a problem recognising codes generated for articles with apostrophes in them. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 at 12:41, Lester Caine wrote: > On 03/02/2019 20:32, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > I've just been told (in a tweet also addressed to Wikimedia UK) that > > http://qrpedia.org/ is down (i.e. timing out) again. > > I'm seeing two A records for qrpedia.org ... not even sure if that > works? but they are both pointing to amazon ... > > -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL > - > Contact - https://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - https://lsces.co.uk > EnquirySolve - https://enquirysolve.com/ > Model Engineers Digital Workshop - https://medw.co.uk > Rainbow Digital Media - https://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Strategy Meeting on Wednesday 30th January
Hi Geni, I've now listed it on the Events list. https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Main_Page John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 at 13:22, geni wrote: > On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 at 12:50, Lucy Crompton-Reid > wrote: > > > > Dear all > > > > This is just a reminder about the meeting on Wednesday 30th January from > 4pm - 7pm to discuss and develop Wikimedia UK's new strategic plan, for the > period February 2019 - January 2022. This is a key opportunity for > volunteers and other stakeholders to input into the development of the > charity's future direction, and so we'd love to see as many of you there as > possible. We can cover travel costs, subject to prior approval, as we don't > want cost to be a barrier to anyone's attendance. > > > > So is this actualy happening? Its not listed at: > > https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Main_Page > > and my email to ka...@wikimedia.org.uk didn't get a responce > > -- > geni > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK Wiki
Thanks Adam, I will let you know what we need help with. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 12:32, Addshore wrote: > I am also out of the loop when it comes to the chapter but am a Wikimedia > / Mediawiki / Wikidata developer & deployer. > I'm sure I can be of help, although I will be away for a considerable > amount of 2019. > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 10:18, Katie Crampton < > katie.cramp...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > >> Hi Lewis >> >> Thank you for volunteering your tech skills, I'm sure they'll be very >> helpful. I'm not really involved in the tech side of things, but just >> checked your membership and can say yes it has expired. Feel free to >> contact me or members...@wikimedia.org.uk (which gets directed to me) >> for any member related questions. Thought I'd let you, and anyone else on >> this list who thinks their membership has expired, that you can sign up >> again on this page <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Membership>. >> >> Many thanks >> >> Katie >> >> On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 19:00, Lewis Cawte >> wrote: >> >>> I'll guess I'll start this off then - >>> >>> I'm Lewis (and I go by Lcawte in most online spaces), I own >>> ShoutWiki.com, which is a wiki farm powered by MediaWiki. I've been >>> involved in the MediaWiki sphere on and off for a while, I have a few lines >>> of really not very important code running in MediaWiki core, and some other >>> bits in our closed source codebase. Seasoned members of the chapter/list >>> may remember me from that slightly over budget "hackathon" I ran when I was >>> a teenager in... 2011? >>> >>> I am (and where necessary, the small team I work with at ShoutWiki) >>> happy to lend a hand with any MediaWiki related issues in whatever >>> capacity. I can probably lend an ear to other chapter related tech things. >>> >>> I'm a bit out of the loop on chapter business - not even sure I've got a >>> current membership - but feel free to drop me an email offlist if there's >>> anything I can do to help! >>> >>> -- Lewis Cawte >>> >>> On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 at 16:46 Rex X wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Lucy, for your positive response to the issues raised recently. >>>> >>>> On the technology front, I'm sure I'm not speaking out of turn when I >>>> say that I'd like to see something like the old Technology Committee >>>> revived to give volunteers a defined channel for communication with the >>>> Board and Staff, and also to encourage volunteers to give their time and >>>> expertise to help address technical issues and to expand our technical >>>> capacity in the future. >>>> >>>> To that end, I'd like to survey informally what skills participants on >>>> this list would be willing to bring to help WMUK's technology programme. It >>>> would be also very helpful if those who would be keen to help re-establish >>>> some sort of Tech Committee could express their interest. >>>> >>>> It doesn't matter whether you're just interested in tech or a seasoned >>>> developer - all offers are welcome. Any takers? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Doug >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11 January 2019 at 16:19 Lucy Crompton-Reid < >>>> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all >>>> >>>> Thanks for your contributions and discussions on here this week. It's >>>> clear that as an organisation we need to reflect on how we're engaging with >>>> the volunteer community, and there has already been quite a lot of
[Wikimediauk-l] #WikipediaDay
Hi all, tomorrow is Wikipedia Day, and this year we're celebrating Wikipedia's 18th birthday since it was founded in 2001. We'd love to hear from the community online about why they value Wikipedia, and share the best responses to encourage others to think about editing Wikipedia and getting involved in the community. If you want to, you can respond to the questions below by posting a text or video message on social media (we are on Twitter, Facebook and Instagam as @wikimediauk) and tagging Wikimedia UK. For Wikipedia's 18th birthday we are asking everyone to tell us why they value Wikipedia. Tweet us your answers to these questions with the hashtag #WikipediaDay - What does Wikipedia mean to you? - Why do you think people should value Wikipedia? - What would you say to someone to encourage them to become a Wikipedia editor?' We will also be releasing some CC licensed interview footage with Jimmy Wales throughout the day which people can reuse however they like, and maybe a podcast too (if I have time). The WIkimedia Foundation are doing something similar, with the theme of Wikipedia becoming a 'young adult', and are asking the community to engage by doing any of the following, using the same hashtag, #WikipediaDay: - Send Wikipedia your favorite birthday selfie! (If you’re concerned about privacy, you’re free to get creative: birthday selfie of you cat? Birthday selfie made of legos?!) - Share a fact about Wikipedia (or even your favorite fact on Wikipedia) and we’ll reply back in the most snarky 18-year-old way we possibly can. - Recommend a place for Wikipedia to visit. What can we do now that we couldn’t before adulthood?! - Tag a celebrity in a Wikipedia-themed birthday wish! (What if Marie Kondo got rid of all the unreliable sources that did not “spark joy?” Wish upon a star. ✨) - Spread the good vibes. Wish a chapter or affiliate an early upcoming birthday instead. :) Please join us and help spread the news about Wikipedia turning 18! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Recent changes and watchlists on the UK wiki are still broken
But also: why not just do those small projects with the chapter? There's nothing stopping anybody from organising an editathon and asking for help and expenses for it by way of a small grant. I'd love to help people do field trips for WLM, for example. I'm here to help, so please use me as a resource within the chapter. The programmes team can also help you. Please ask us. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 at 09:23, geni wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jan 2019 at 23:41, Harry Mitchell wrote: > > > > By the way, since I know you and I are not the only ones who feel, to be > charitable to both sides, that WMUK's focus on large projects and > residencies has squeezed out the smaller projects, why don't we set > something else up? > > Because its another structure that needs supporting. > > >Not a chapter but a society of Wikimedians focusing on small projects > that have a smaller but more immediate impact on editors and projects (for > example editathons, field trips, events with small local history groups > etc, experience-sharing events for experienced editors). There's no reason > such a society couldn't dovetail with WMUK; it could even perhaps apply for > some modest funding (low four figures at the very most) from WMUK or the > WMF. > > I think you ultimately run into the issue that most wikipedians are > quite happy editing on their own and have a fairly limited desire to > get involved with other wikimedians through meatspace. > > -- > geni > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Recent changes and watchlists on the UK wiki are still broken
Guys, if you want to do small projects, you can always apply for a small grant from the chapter to do so, and ask for help from us. You can also write for our blog, which I am always flagging up as an opportunity. We are here to support your work, and I am always coming to meetups to talk to you and find out about your work, to see if there's ways I can encourage you to get involved. I've started a skillshare event at the office, so if anybody wants to present a talk on an aspect of your work which you think it would be beneficial to share with staff and other volunteers, why not do that? If you have ideas for a skill you'd like to share or present, please email me. It could help others to be better able to manage the WMUK wiki. I would also like to organise a day at the WMUK office where we invite volunteers to come and work with staff on improving the WMUK wiki and discuss what the community would like to see there, but for that we have to wait for some of the technical updates that are still in process. If we want to continue this discussion on here productively, I'd suggest that we all be a bit more generous with staff and other volunteers, as we all do our best for the Wikimedia community. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Mon, 7 Jan 2019 at 23:41, Harry Mitchell wrote: > By the way, since I know you and I are not the only ones who feel, to be > charitable to both sides, that WMUK's focus on large projects and > residencies has squeezed out the smaller projects, why don't we set > something else up? Not a chapter but a society of Wikimedians focusing on > small projects that have a smaller but more immediate impact on editors and > projects (for example editathons, field trips, events with small local > history groups etc, experience-sharing events for experienced editors). > There's no reason such a society couldn't dovetail with WMUK; it could even > perhaps apply for some modest funding (low four figures at the very most) > from WMUK or the WMF. > > Wikimedians are very good at disagreeing with each other over the best way > to provide and enhance open knowledge, but at the end of the day we all > share that same goal. Perhaps we should make a new year's resolution to > remember that more often? > > Harry Mitchell > http://enwp.org/User:HJ > +44 (0) 7507 536 971 > Skype: harry_j_mitchell > > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 10:09 PM Fæ wrote: > >> Seems negative Harry. This is surely the outcome that everyone >> expected when the WMUK board was professionalised by going from >> volunteer led, to appointing trustees without even minimal Wikimedia >> project experience. Add to this a significant reduction in >> transparency and reducing elections, while claiming improved >> governance, means that volunteers are disengaged and uninformed. We >> all saw this happening a long time ago. >> >> As evidence that something is amiss, the last AGM failed to be >> quorate, but this was spun as a great success. Underpinning this was >> the weirdness over membership numbers, which I guess is not important >> as members no longer have access to any regular reports of membership, >> so we cannot really make any comment about it. >> >> WMUK is a very different organisation from the one we established, and >> its function appears to be mostly as a funding partner for GLAMs to >> set up residential programmes, with a few editathons, rather than >> fostering a creative community of open knowledge volunteers doing new >> and different stuff. If us unpaid volunteers think we need >> coordination rather than just acting individually, then it makes sense >> that we go back to the way things used to work before 2010 and >> coordinate ourselves as a free society, rather than waiting for a >> charity which no longer has those skills, and certainly will not >> allocate the employee time, to do it to us. >> >> P.S. before someone sends me a haranguing email telling me what a >> terrible
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Dumb question about foundation membership
No worries, we're happy to have you as a member. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Mon, 7 Jan 2019 at 23:57, Steve Bowbrick wrote: > You’re right, of course, John. I don’t mean foundation membership at all. > I mean chapter membership. Thanks for the link! I’ll sign up again, > > S :-) > > -- > http://bowblog.com > http://twitter.com/bowbrick > > On 5 Jan 2019, at 13:21, John Lubbock > wrote: > > Hi Steve, I'm not actually sure about Foundation membership, and having > looked on the WMF site, I can't see anything about it, so I'm wondering if > perhaps you mean Wikimedia UK membership. As your local Wikimedia chapter, > we would of course love to have you as a member, which we try to keep at £5 > a year to encourage more people to join. You can renew your Wikimedia UK > membership on our site here: > > https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Membership > > All the best, > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our > work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting > Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. > > 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.* > > > On Sat, 5 Jan 2019 at 12:26, Steve Bowbrick > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm pretty sure that my foundation membership payments stopped some time >> ago (my fault, credit card expired I suspect) but now I can't find where to >> log in and renew. Can you help? Thanks, >> >> s >> >> >> -- >> Social media for the BBC's speech and classical brands - including Radio >> 3, Radio 4 and the Proms >> 07718 120 073 >> http://twitter.com/bowbrick >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk >> This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain >> personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically >> stated. >> If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. >> Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in >> reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. >> Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. >> Further communication will signify your consent to this. >> >> - >> ___ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk > This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal > views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. > If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. > Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in > reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. > Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. > Further communication will signify your consent to this. > > - > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Dumb question about foundation membership
Hi Steve, I'm not actually sure about Foundation membership, and having looked on the WMF site, I can't see anything about it, so I'm wondering if perhaps you mean Wikimedia UK membership. As your local Wikimedia chapter, we would of course love to have you as a member, which we try to keep at £5 a year to encourage more people to join. You can renew your Wikimedia UK membership on our site here: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Membership All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Sat, 5 Jan 2019 at 12:26, Steve Bowbrick wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm pretty sure that my foundation membership payments stopped some time > ago (my fault, credit card expired I suspect) but now I can't find where to > log in and renew. Can you help? Thanks, > > s > > > -- > Social media for the BBC's speech and classical brands - including Radio > 3, Radio 4 and the Proms > 07718 120 073 > http://twitter.com/bowbrick > > > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk > This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal > views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. > If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. > Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in > reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. > Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. > Further communication will signify your consent to this. > > - > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Encouraging GLAMs to use free Commons images
'Does the UK chapter have any plans to do more to promote GLAM reuse of our free archives, or to bang the drum a bit more in GLAM journals where this happens successfully?' Hi Fae, from my point of view, I would certainly like to promote GLAM reuse of CC licensed material more, but this is probably something that might be more effective coming from Wikimedians in Residence. I wish we had one at the British Museum, and I have tried contacting people there who curate various parts of the museum about events we have run in the past, with no luck. I may have another go at tryng to find a contact in their communications department. In terms of GLAM journals, also I think that this is something that might be more effective from Wikimedians in Residence, and I can tell you that having tried for the past month to pitch articles to various news and magazine outlets about Wikipedia's 18th birthday, that it is pretty hard and time consuming to do press outreach. GLAM journals may be a different kettle of fish, however, and I would be happy to listen to suggestions about journals which anyone thinks we should be contacting. I think that we will have an opportunity later this year when the Structured Data on Commons project concludes, and Commons becomes (hopefully) much easier to find content on. I hope to hear from the WMF if they have any plans to do comms around that event, and am always willing to listen to suggestions about how people feel we might promote this kind of important news. Regards, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Fri, 4 Jan 2019 at 14:08, geni wrote: > On Fri, 4 Jan 2019 at 13:21, Michael Maggs wrote: > > > > Would certainly love them to use more images from Commons. The main > barriers seem to be: > > > > 1. A perceived lack of legal certainty when using Commons images > > > > 2. Lack of in house legal expertise leading to an almost paranoid fear > of 1. > > > > 3. Hugely greater time and expertise needed to find, research and > download Commons images, including the requirement to read, understand and > accept a vast variety of complicated tags, templates and scary warnings. > > > > 4. (Sometimes) past experiences with the Wikimedia communities giving > rise to concerns of bad publicity and reputational risk if they get it > ‘wrong’. > > > > More effort is needed from all of us to tackle those barriers. > > > > Michael > > > > > And in this case most of the images we do have are US millitary which > is not without its own issues. > > > -- > geni > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Recent changes and watchlists broken on the WMUK Wiki
I support Andy's proposal. Some consolidation of communications formats is a very good thing from my point of view. We have so many it's hard to keep track of them all. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 at 16:39, Andy Mabbett wrote: > On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 at 15:42, wrote: > > > Engine Room > > > water cooler > > I suggest re-merging those pages. The level of traffic is not high and > the benefits of splitting them were never clear. > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Recent changes and watchlists broken on the WMUK Wiki
Hi Chris, I know, I know, it's a huge problem we've been having. All the extensions are also down, and some domains like the QRPedia one and the stats.wikimedia.org.uk one are also not working, and have not been doing so for a while. I'm told that Tom Morton is trying to fix things but I think he's part time, and I keep on asking for updates about when things might be fixed, but I've not heard anyhting about when they might be fixed. Things are going as fast as he can manage, I suppose, but without a full time person to do this on staff, and with Tom the only person who has access to the server files, it's all going very slowly. Trust me nobody is more frustrated about it all than me. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 at 12:54, Chris McKenna wrote: > Currently, both recent changes and watchlists on the WMUK Wiki are showing > 0 changes, despite there being changes that should be shown - there have > been four posts to the Engine Room (where this problem was flagged up) in > the past 2 days for example. > > Chris > > > Chris McKenna > > cmcke...@sucs.org > www.sucs.org/~cmckenna > > > The essential things in life are seen not with the eyes, > but with the heart > > Antoine de Saint Exupery > > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Last reminder for tomorrow's first Skillshare at the London office
Hi all, just a last reminder for our first Skillshare which is taking place after work in London tomorrow evening. I hope as many people who can make it will come, as I'd like to be able to start running these workshops regularly. The first is on how to write a Featured Article by user:Johnbod, and I hope that even if you're a skilled editor you will be able to get a better understanding of how to turn good articles into FAs. Please feel free to come and tell me ideas for other skillshares we should be running! Here is the signup page <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-skillshare-writing-a-featured-article-tickets-51714046104> . See you tomorrow! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Skillshare on 21st November in London
Hello all, thanks to people who came to our Wikidata event last night, it was really good to get people talking together about what they are doing with Wikidata. Our next event is on 21st November, also at the Wikimedia UK office, and will be a skillshare with User:Johnbod teaching best practice in writing a Featured Article <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-skillshare-writing-a-featured-article-tickets-51714046104>. It's aimed at both established community members who can share their expertise and newer community members who want to learn from them, so please come along if you can make it, and consider sharing it with others on social media if you can't. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Middle East human rights editathon this weekend
Just a reminder that we have an editathon this weekend on human rights in the Middle East in London. https://attending.io/events/wikimedia-editathon-middle-eastern-human-rights Please come if you can make it! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monthly skill share in London
Hi Owen, maybe you want to talk to Alice White at the Wellcome Library about that? I'm happy to chat to you over coffee any time though. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 13:03, Owen Blacker wrote: > Ok, y'all have formal permission to bully and guilt me into actually > making sure I (help) arrange it for WAD 2019 😊 > > I'll chat with Lane and see if we can make it multinational too 😉 > > (I only wish my Welsh were up to doing it bilingually. I am absolutely not > yet that fluent.) > > On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 12:58 Robin Owain wrote: > >> That would be really good. >> >> On 25 October 2018 at 12:57 Owen Blacker wrote: >> >> Yeah, I think you're right. >> >> And this is the second year that I've not got round to asking the >> Wellcome people if they fancy a World AIDS Day editathon (it's 1 December >> each year). >> >> How about we chat about setting *that* up over coffee sometime :) >> >> On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 12:49 John Lubbock < john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> >> wrote: >> >> What would be the skill to be shared around the community with that? >> There's lots of WikiProjects I'd like to do editathons about. I wonder if >> WikiProject AIDS would be something where we could get a partner >> organisation to help us improve pages in a separate editathon? >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g> >> . >> >> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open >> knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our >> work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting >> Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. >> >> 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.* >> >> >> On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 10:57, Owen Blacker < o...@blacker.me.uk> wrote: >> >> Hey John (and everyone else), >> >> I'd love to see WikiProject AIDS get a bit more love. >> >> I've been putting together a to-do list with source suggestions. Fancy a >> chat over coffee sometime to see what and when might be good? >> >> Or is that a bit too much editathon shaped for what you're looking for? >> >> Owen >> >> On Tue, 16 Oct 2018, 09:37 John Lubbock, < john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> >> wrote: >> >> Thanks Jonathan. >> >> Should we then say that we will do the first workshop on FA writing in >> November? November has 5 weeks, so perhaps we should do it in the fourth >> week of the month? What about Tuesday 20th? Or Wednesday 21st? >> >> We couldn't do one in December if we are doing it in the last week of the >> month, so should we skip December and do the one after in January? >> >> I would appreciate some more feedback from people about whether they >> would turn up, and what subjects they would like to see covered. >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Eur
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monthly skill share in London
What would be the skill to be shared around the community with that? There's lots of WikiProjects I'd like to do editathons about. I wonder if WikiProject AIDS would be something where we could get a partner organisation to help us improve pages in a separate editathon? John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 10:57, Owen Blacker wrote: > Hey John (and everyone else), > > I'd love to see WikiProject AIDS get a bit more love. > > I've been putting together a to-do list with source suggestions. Fancy a > chat over coffee sometime to see what and when might be good? > > Or is that a bit too much editathon shaped for what you're looking for? > > Owen > > On Tue, 16 Oct 2018, 09:37 John Lubbock, > wrote: > >> Thanks Jonathan. >> >> Should we then say that we will do the first workshop on FA writing in >> November? November has 5 weeks, so perhaps we should do it in the fourth >> week of the month? What about Tuesday 20th? Or Wednesday 21st? >> >> We couldn't do one in December if we are doing it in the last week of the >> month, so should we skip December and do the one after in January? >> >> I would appreciate some more feedback from people about whether they >> would turn up, and what subjects they would like to see covered. >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >> >> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open >> knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our >> work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting >> Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. >> >> 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.* >> >> >> On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 14:20, WereSpielChequers < >> werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Dear John, >>> >>> I'd be happy to see the chapter bring back these sort of events. >>> Thinking of a few lessons from when we last did them, coffee, soft drinks >>> and some sort of snacks are important - remember that many attendees will >>> be coming straight from work. We also used to designate a pub for the end >>> of the evening. >>> >>> You need to allow for a variable start time, some people will be working >>> nearby, others may finish later and be an hour away - starting off with >>> something informal such as a wiki surgery would give time for more people >>> to get there. You don't want to give some people an hour to kill after work >>> or exclude others because they can't slope off work early. >>> >>> Don't try to get 12 topics fixed before you start, topics will emerge as >>> you talk to the attendees and potential attendees. But the ones we >>> discussed at the London Meetup, FA writing, AWB workshop etc would give a >>> good diverse start. Geni's talk on "photography in museums" is one I would >>> happily hear again. >>> >>> Last Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday would give some distance from the >>> existing London meetup on the second Sunday, and in the months with 5 weeks >>> give you an advantage when you are competing against events that use the >>> 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th week of the month. >>> >>> >>> Jonathan >>> >>> >>
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Events coming up
Of course, those were just new events I added to the Events list. There are things in Edinburgh too on the list. https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events There's also been a suggestion of holding a meetup in Nottingham, which I'd like to help organise, but may need some community help to do so (find a suitable venue, help with informing people who might want to come). John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 00:03, Rex X wrote: > Is anything happening outside of London? > > -- > > A. Provincial > > > On 23 October 2018 at 18:56 John Lubbock > wrote: > > Hi all, I've been quite busy organising some upcoming events. We have a > presentation and a short editathon this weekend at Mozfest, an editathon at > Newspeak House, and two meetups (Wikidata and a skillshare) at the office > in London. I hope we will be doing a skillshare at the office each month > from now on, so if you have ideas for important Wikimedia skills that > should be disseminated more widely in the community, and if you'd like to > lead a workshop to teach others about it, please let me know. > > For the Sunday of Mozfest, Mozilla have allowed us to offer our community > 50% discounted 1 day tickets if you would like to attend that day of the > conference. The discount code can be found here > <https://ti.to/Mozilla/mozilla-festival-2018/discount/18Wikimedia>. > > > October 27 - Mozfest - Under the hood: How understanding Wikipedia’s > internal structure and community can teach media literacy > <https://guidebook.com/guide/147793/event/21682580/> - 11.15-12.45 > > October 28 - Mozfest - LGBT+ Middle East and North Africa (and more!) > editathon <https://guidebook.com/guide/147793/event/21920091/> - 2-5.30pm > > > November 4 - Middle Eastern Human Rights editathon at Newspeak House > <https://attending.io/events/wikimedia-editathon-middle-east?fbclid=IwAR3LC0PuoQ8LrP32qUyZP-lNyA3pHaHTWNZIxmgpYmY82UXvDTt-U6DE9-M>, > London - 12-4pm > > November 7 - Wikidata meetup > <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikidata-meetup-tickets-51708402223?ref=estw>, > Wikimedia UK office in London - 6-9pm > > November 21 - Wikimedia UK skillshare > <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-skillshare-writing-a-featured-article-tickets-51714046104> > - > Writing a Featured Article at the Wikimedia UK office, London > > All the best, > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our > work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting > Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. > > 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.* > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Events coming up
Hi all, I've been quite busy organising some upcoming events. We have a presentation and a short editathon this weekend at Mozfest, an editathon at Newspeak House, and two meetups (Wikidata and a skillshare) at the office in London. I hope we will be doing a skillshare at the office each month from now on, so if you have ideas for important Wikimedia skills that should be disseminated more widely in the community, and if you'd like to lead a workshop to teach others about it, please let me know. For the Sunday of Mozfest, Mozilla have allowed us to offer our community 50% discounted 1 day tickets if you would like to attend that day of the conference. The discount code can be found here <https://ti.to/Mozilla/mozilla-festival-2018/discount/18Wikimedia>. October 27 - Mozfest - Under the hood: How understanding Wikipedia’s internal structure and community can teach media literacy <https://guidebook.com/guide/147793/event/21682580/> - 11.15-12.45 October 28 - Mozfest - LGBT+ Middle East and North Africa (and more!) editathon <https://guidebook.com/guide/147793/event/21920091/> - 2-5.30pm November 4 - Middle Eastern Human Rights editathon at Newspeak House <https://attending.io/events/wikimedia-editathon-middle-east?fbclid=IwAR3LC0PuoQ8LrP32qUyZP-lNyA3pHaHTWNZIxmgpYmY82UXvDTt-U6DE9-M>, London - 12-4pm November 7 - Wikidata meetup <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikidata-meetup-tickets-51708402223?ref=estw>, Wikimedia UK office in London - 6-9pm November 21 - Wikimedia UK skillshare <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-skillshare-writing-a-featured-article-tickets-51714046104> - Writing a Featured Article at the Wikimedia UK office, London All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monthly skill share in London
Thanks Jonathan. Should we then say that we will do the first workshop on FA writing in November? November has 5 weeks, so perhaps we should do it in the fourth week of the month? What about Tuesday 20th? Or Wednesday 21st? We couldn't do one in December if we are doing it in the last week of the month, so should we skip December and do the one after in January? I would appreciate some more feedback from people about whether they would turn up, and what subjects they would like to see covered. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 14:20, WereSpielChequers wrote: > > Dear John, > > I'd be happy to see the chapter bring back these sort of events. Thinking > of a few lessons from when we last did them, coffee, soft drinks and some > sort of snacks are important - remember that many attendees will be coming > straight from work. We also used to designate a pub for the end of the > evening. > > You need to allow for a variable start time, some people will be working > nearby, others may finish later and be an hour away - starting off with > something informal such as a wiki surgery would give time for more people > to get there. You don't want to give some people an hour to kill after work > or exclude others because they can't slope off work early. > > Don't try to get 12 topics fixed before you start, topics will emerge as > you talk to the attendees and potential attendees. But the ones we > discussed at the London Meetup, FA writing, AWB workshop etc would give a > good diverse start. Geni's talk on "photography in museums" is one I would > happily hear again. > > Last Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday would give some distance from the > existing London meetup on the second Sunday, and in the months with 5 weeks > give you an advantage when you are competing against events that use the > 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th week of the month. > > > Jonathan > > > > > > > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:14:25 +0100 >> From: John Lubbock >> To: Wikimedia Mailing List >> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea >> Message-ID: >> > cyvs_s8ccfpqw8djrq+lnqyztde1mnas1-ipm...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, >> I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at >> the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme >> with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article >> status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography >> perhaps. >> >> Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to >> have >> a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to >> the community and chapter members. >> >> I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the >> month. How does that sound to everyone? >> >> >> -- >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:52:15 +0530 >> From: Tito Dutta >> To: Wikimedia Mailing List >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea >> Message-ID: >> < >> caedaq_hn39ia6mvs3tn3wiwjybamcn0feqdozkwezma5pu+...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> Excellent idea. There was an idea to start something similar "what have >> you >> learnt recently/Share your exciting new learning (of course >> Wiki-related)". >> >> Thanks >> Tito Dutta >> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind >> me over email or phone call. >> >> >> On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 16:45, John Lubbock > > >> wrote: >> >> > Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup >> yesterday, &g
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website help
I agree Richard, it's hard to keep a foot in both camps, but my feeling is that we probably won't make any great headway on this stuff while we have no developers on staff. Until then, I think it would be good to improve how MediaWiki works as much as possible. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 at 19:46, Richard Nevell wrote: > I wouldn't rule out moving away from MediaWiki. There are alternatives out > there which are easier to maintain, have compatibility with other services, > and should require less developer support. It also depends on which > audience we're trying to serve. MediaWiki is familiar to Wikimedians and > easy for them to navigate, making it easier for them to get involved. For > external partners, new volunteers, or inexperienced editors an alternative > would be preferable. That's why we have a WordPress landing page for the > website. Trying to accommodate those audiences who have different > expectations is rather difficult. > > On Tue, 9 Oct 2018, 11:35 John Lubbock, > wrote: > >> Hi all, this is an email to ask for help and advice on improving the >> Wikimedia UK websiite. Speaking to RexX recently at an event, I was >> discussing some of the issues we are having with the UK website recently as >> a result of it not being updated much. Some other chapters have recently >> gone down the path of moving away from MediaWiki to make their sites more >> user friendly, but I don't think we want to do that and I feel sure that >> with a bit of effort we could make our MediaWiki site look a lot nicer. >> >> If you look at the Special:Version >> <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Special:Version> page on the WMUK site, >> you can see all the extensions that are installed currently. It appears we >> are lacking many that would be useful, and not being a huge MediaWiki >> person I wonder if anybody could lend a hand with helping to install some. >> In particular, we cannot display video on the site, because there is no >> Timed Media Handler extension. We probably also need Template Styles for >> reactive tables, and there's probably more that would be useful. I would >> really appreciate if anybody could offer help in installing these and/or >> advising what other extensions we should install. >> >> The website really needs quite a lot of work, but one thing I would >> really like to be able to do is to automate scraping the image and lead >> paragraph off blog posts and having it go onto the WMUK main Wiki page. At >> the moment this needs to be done manually and this is quite annoying. The >> same goes for the events list on the main Wiki page, which constantly has >> to be updated and duplicated from the Events page. Again, if anybody knows >> how this could be achieved, we would be very grateful. >> >> One idea I'd like to suggest for doing this is to have a WMUK one day >> workshop with anybody who is interested to meet up and work with us on >> improving the site. I would be happy to organise this and arrange it if >> people would like to attend help us improve the site. If you would be >> willing to willing to come to London for this kind of event, please let me >> know so I can get an idea of how many people might come and help out. >> >> I hope that Wikimedia UK can also be here to support your Wikimedia work >> and projects, so please bear in mind that there are always small grants >> available for expenses to cover members' projects, so please let us know >> what interesting things you have been doing and if there is any way we can >> support you. >> >> All the best, >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Chari
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website help
So I'm not quite sure what TMH is Lewis, but I think that we will get Tom Morton to do the installs of the extensions, because he's already been working on the website. Perhaps other Wikimedians could suggest what extensions Tom should install? The two i mentioned were the Timed Media Handler and Template Styles. I'm sure there are others that would be useful though. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 at 14:21, Lewis Cawte wrote: > I'd get the contractors to install TMH - while the install itself is > relatively simple, configuring it so the Transcode jobs don't kill all the > other services is probably something best left to the people with an > understanding of all the chapters infrastructure. > > Looking at the server list, I'd be hesitant to dive straight in it - which > is coming from someone who's been running a commercial wiki farm for a > number of years. > > Things like Template Styles are a lot easier... > > -- Lewis Cawte > > On Tue, 9 Oct 2018, 14:14 Thomas Morton, > wrote: > >> There might be some plugins missing post update; a lot of the plugins >> dont worl with the new version. >> >> If you get a list together I can look to get them reinstalled. >> >> >> T >> >> On Tue, 9 Oct 2018, 12:05 John Lubbock, >> wrote: >> >>> We don't have any technologists on staff. We contract work to someone, >>> but I believe they are pretty fully occupied with some back end issues at >>> the moment. >>> >>> John Lubbock >>> >>> Communications Coordinator >>> >>> Wikimedia UK >>> >>> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >>> >>> >>> >>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >>> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >>> >>> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open >>> knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our >>> work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting >>> Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. >>> >>> 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.* >>> >>> >>> On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 at 11:56, Lewis Cawte >>> wrote: >>> >>>> In place of a more useful researched answer (as I'm in a lecture) but >>>> does the chapter not employ/contract people to manage the websites and IT? >>>> >>>> I'm a bit out of touch with chapter things these days, but I'm sure >>>> this was a thing that the contractors used to handle for staff? >>>> >>>> -- Lewis Cawte >>>> >>>> On Tue, 9 Oct 2018, 11:35 John Lubbock, >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, this is an email to ask for help and advice on improving the >>>>> Wikimedia UK websiite. Speaking to RexX recently at an event, I was >>>>> discussing some of the issues we are having with the UK website recently >>>>> as >>>>> a result of it not being updated much. Some other chapters have recently >>>>> gone down the path of moving away from MediaWiki to make their sites more >>>>> user friendly, but I don't think we want to do that and I feel sure that >>>>> with a bit of effort we could make our MediaWiki site look a lot nicer. >>>>> >>>>> If you look at the Special:Version >>>>> <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Special:Version> page on th
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website help
We don't have any technologists on staff. We contract work to someone, but I believe they are pretty fully occupied with some back end issues at the moment. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 at 11:56, Lewis Cawte wrote: > In place of a more useful researched answer (as I'm in a lecture) but does > the chapter not employ/contract people to manage the websites and IT? > > I'm a bit out of touch with chapter things these days, but I'm sure this > was a thing that the contractors used to handle for staff? > > -- Lewis Cawte > > On Tue, 9 Oct 2018, 11:35 John Lubbock, > wrote: > >> Hi all, this is an email to ask for help and advice on improving the >> Wikimedia UK websiite. Speaking to RexX recently at an event, I was >> discussing some of the issues we are having with the UK website recently as >> a result of it not being updated much. Some other chapters have recently >> gone down the path of moving away from MediaWiki to make their sites more >> user friendly, but I don't think we want to do that and I feel sure that >> with a bit of effort we could make our MediaWiki site look a lot nicer. >> >> If you look at the Special:Version >> <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Special:Version> page on the WMUK site, >> you can see all the extensions that are installed currently. It appears we >> are lacking many that would be useful, and not being a huge MediaWiki >> person I wonder if anybody could lend a hand with helping to install some. >> In particular, we cannot display video on the site, because there is no >> Timed Media Handler extension. We probably also need Template Styles for >> reactive tables, and there's probably more that would be useful. I would >> really appreciate if anybody could offer help in installing these and/or >> advising what other extensions we should install. >> >> The website really needs quite a lot of work, but one thing I would >> really like to be able to do is to automate scraping the image and lead >> paragraph off blog posts and having it go onto the WMUK main Wiki page. At >> the moment this needs to be done manually and this is quite annoying. The >> same goes for the events list on the main Wiki page, which constantly has >> to be updated and duplicated from the Events page. Again, if anybody knows >> how this could be achieved, we would be very grateful. >> >> One idea I'd like to suggest for doing this is to have a WMUK one day >> workshop with anybody who is interested to meet up and work with us on >> improving the site. I would be happy to organise this and arrange it if >> people would like to attend help us improve the site. If you would be >> willing to willing to come to London for this kind of event, please let me >> know so I can get an idea of how many people might come and help out. >> >> I hope that Wikimedia UK can also be here to support your Wikimedia work >> and projects, so please bear in mind that there are always small grants >> available for expenses to cover members' projects, so please let us know >> what interesting things you have been doing and if there is any way we can >> support you. >> >> All the best, >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >> >> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open >> knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our >> work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting >> Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. >
[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website help
Hi all, this is an email to ask for help and advice on improving the Wikimedia UK websiite. Speaking to RexX recently at an event, I was discussing some of the issues we are having with the UK website recently as a result of it not being updated much. Some other chapters have recently gone down the path of moving away from MediaWiki to make their sites more user friendly, but I don't think we want to do that and I feel sure that with a bit of effort we could make our MediaWiki site look a lot nicer. If you look at the Special:Version <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Special:Version> page on the WMUK site, you can see all the extensions that are installed currently. It appears we are lacking many that would be useful, and not being a huge MediaWiki person I wonder if anybody could lend a hand with helping to install some. In particular, we cannot display video on the site, because there is no Timed Media Handler extension. We probably also need Template Styles for reactive tables, and there's probably more that would be useful. I would really appreciate if anybody could offer help in installing these and/or advising what other extensions we should install. The website really needs quite a lot of work, but one thing I would really like to be able to do is to automate scraping the image and lead paragraph off blog posts and having it go onto the WMUK main Wiki page. At the moment this needs to be done manually and this is quite annoying. The same goes for the events list on the main Wiki page, which constantly has to be updated and duplicated from the Events page. Again, if anybody knows how this could be achieved, we would be very grateful. One idea I'd like to suggest for doing this is to have a WMUK one day workshop with anybody who is interested to meet up and work with us on improving the site. I would be happy to organise this and arrange it if people would like to attend help us improve the site. If you would be willing to willing to come to London for this kind of event, please let me know so I can get an idea of how many people might come and help out. I hope that Wikimedia UK can also be here to support your Wikimedia work and projects, so please bear in mind that there are always small grants available for expenses to cover members' projects, so please let us know what interesting things you have been doing and if there is any way we can support you. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WLM image reviewing
Sure thing Michael. Just let me know when I'm needed. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 17:55, Michael Maggs wrote: > Hi John > > Thanks for offering to help out with this year's Wiki Loves Monuments > image reviewing. If it's OK with you, I'll bring you in at the end of the > week, or early next. As you've submitted a lot of entries yourself, it will > make things much easier if you're a round 2 rather than a round 1 > reviewer. As yet the software can't prevent reviewers being presented with > their own images so clashes need be be handled manually - and that would be > a lot of work in round 1. Round 2 will be easier to manage. > > All the best > > Michael > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia website AWOL
I have emailed the website manager about the issue and I will let you know when it is resolved. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 16 August 2018 at 12:24, Andy Mabbett wrote: > http://monmouthpedia.org is down. > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK 2018 AGM
Yes, I hope we will get the chance to take a bunch of photos there. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 10 July 2018 at 02:19, geni wrote: > On 31 May 2018 at 11:30, Katie Crampton > wrote: > > Good morning all > > > > I'm pleased to confirm that this year's Wikimedia UK AGM will be taking > > place on Saturday 14th July at the Flett Lecture Theatre, the Natural > > History Museum, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2HF. > > > > > If anyone gets a chance we could do with a better picture of the skull > of Cheddar Man. He's currently in the human evolution gallery. > > > > -- > geni > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania attendees
I've only had one response to this so far. Does anybody know who else is going to Wikimania? If you know people who are going, please encourage them to get in contact. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 9 July 2018 at 15:45, John Lubbock wrote: > Hello UK Wikimedians. I am wondering if any of you who are going to > Wikimania, especially if you are doing talks or got grant funding, might > email me to let me know what you will be doing there so that I might cover > UK Wikimedians' activities on social media and the blog. There won't be > many staff attending so it would be great to know who is going from the > community so that we can promote your work if you would like us to. > > If you have got grant funding, I think you are required to write about > your trip for the WMF. If anybody would also like to write about Wikimania > for our blog, we would be very grateful! > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our > work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting > Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. > > 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.* > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania attendees
Hello UK Wikimedians. I am wondering if any of you who are going to Wikimania, especially if you are doing talks or got grant funding, might email me to let me know what you will be doing there so that I might cover UK Wikimedians' activities on social media and the blog. There won't be many staff attending so it would be great to know who is going from the community so that we can promote your work if you would like us to. If you have got grant funding, I think you are required to write about your trip for the WMF. If anybody would also like to write about Wikimania for our blog, we would be very grateful! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mozfest session proposal
I think this is a really good idea. Would you like to give me a call some time Delphine so we can discuss it further? John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 9 July 2018 at 11:17, Delphine Dallison wrote: > I would like to propose a session on digital/information literacy using > the Wikimedia projects for the Web Literacy zone. I’m putting together some > resources on this topic for libraries in Scotland and this would be a great > testing ground. We could also tie it in with a practical session on the > theme of adding pages about local newspapers on Wikipedia like the American > project currently under way: https://www.poynter.org/news/ > digital-literacy-project-sets-ambitious-goal-wikipedia- > pages-1000-local-newspapers. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Delphine Dallison > > Wikimedian in Residence > > Scottish Library and Information Council > > Turnberry House > > Suite 5:5, Fifth Floor > 175 West George Street > > Glasgow G2 2LB > > Tel: 0141 202 2999 > > *www.scottishlibraries.org* <http://www.scottishlibraries.org/> > > > > Enriching lives through libraries > > <https://www.facebook.com/ScottishLibraries/> > <https://www.instagram.com/scottishlibraries/?hl=en> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/4034291/> > <https://twitter.com/SLIC1991> > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp8HBZbfRPl7L_xNdlQK2AQ> > > > > *From:* Wikimediauk-l *On > Behalf Of *Samuel Tarling > *Sent:* 30 June 2018 17:28 > *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mozfest session proposal > > > > Love the ideas Rexx! > > > > I think the "Openness > <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmozillafestival.org%2Fspaces%23Openness&data=02%7C01%7Cd.dallison%40scottishlibraries.org%7C898839b0923943c009da08d5dea68d03%7C6414ad35a3824075ab2600ed2b7adb76%7C1%7C1%7C636659729267337825&sdata=gnIftIv7xgwR7qn%2Fbp97CsXshZUxnnGjCJwJpll63u0%3D&reserved=0>" > space would be rather well suited as well, for rather obvious reasons :) > > > > Piggybacking off of this, Freenode.Live > <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffreenode.live%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cd.dallison%40scottishlibraries.org%7C898839b0923943c009da08d5dea68d03%7C6414ad35a3824075ab2600ed2b7adb76%7C1%7C1%7C636659729267337825&sdata=hn7Hcii5sJyEmUfdhIEa%2BWKPjRyGdR%2FUwabIeO7YMbU%3D&reserved=0> > is back this year (November, Bristol) and is also calling for proposals > <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffreenode.live%2Fcfp.html&data=02%7C01%7Cd.dallison%40scottishlibraries.org%7C898839b0923943c009da08d5dea68d03%7C6414ad35a3824075ab2600ed2b7adb76%7C1%7C1%7C636659729267347830&sdata=XT9aOZEFm7YpEYYIes11sqaCXgc8x5SIxtE%2FVif28G0%3D&reserved=0>. > The Wikimedia community heavily uses Freenode IRC > <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FIRC&data=02%7C01%7Cd.dallison%40scottishlibraries.org%7C898839b0923943c009da08d5dea68d03%7C6414ad35a3824075ab2600ed2b7adb76%7C1%7C1%7C636659729267347830&sdata=%2FGrOMIzj0MNN%2BTHIqhDtVzaqhcMWrwYqIOtikn%2FU9p0%3D&reserved=0> > so we'd be well placed to have a presence there too! > > > > I'm aiming to be at Mozfest (tickets permitting!) and Freenode.Live. > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 5:01 PM Rex X wrote: > > A couple of obvious topics could be: > > (1) Web Literacy - the ability to contribute to Wikimedia projects is a > high-level transferable skill worth promoting. Remember that the skills > required to contribute to Wikipedia, for example, include researching and > collating sources, summarising, writing, and collaboration. > > (2) Digital Inclusion - we have many people in the UK for whom English is > not their first language. With so much of the internet delivered in > English, there is a cultural bias toward English. Wik
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Quarter 2 Newsletter - call for ideas
Hi Delphine, that would be really useful. Not too late at all, my plan is to try to get it published by the end of the month. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 9 July 2018 at 09:45, Delphine Dallison wrote: > Hi John, > > > > I hope this isn’t coming too late, not sure what your deadline is… But I’d > be happy to write up a project update on my residency? > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Delphine Dallison > > Wikimedian in Residence > > Scottish Library and Information Council > > Turnberry House > > Suite 5:5, Fifth Floor > 175 West George Street > > Glasgow G2 2LB > > Tel: 0141 202 2999 > > *www.scottishlibraries.org* <http://www.scottishlibraries.org/> > > > > Enriching lives through libraries > > <https://www.facebook.com/ScottishLibraries/> > <https://www.instagram.com/scottishlibraries/?hl=en> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/4034291/> > <https://twitter.com/SLIC1991> > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp8HBZbfRPl7L_xNdlQK2AQ> > > > > *From:* Wikimediauk-l *On > Behalf Of *John Lubbock > *Sent:* 04 July 2018 15:28 > *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list > *Subject:* [Wikimediauk-l] Quarter 2 Newsletter - call for ideas > > > > Hello Wikimedians, as usual, I am starting to collate ideas for our > Quarter 2 newsletter, and I would really appreciate hearing from anyone who > is working on an interesting project and would like to write a short > summary of it for the newsletter. It's not easy to create all the content > we need for various publications without help from other people, and I > always encourage people to get in touch if they have something they would > like to write about for the blog or newsletter. > > > > Looking forward to hearing from people! > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our > work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting > Wikimedia UK? Donate here > <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdonate.wikimedia.org.uk&data=02%7C01%7Cd.dallison%40scottishlibraries.org%7C2230b4603bc34e13a57308d5e1ba6014%7C6414ad35a3824075ab2600ed2b7adb76%7C1%7C1%7C636663112957100816&sdata=UUu0%2BMPgSe53h1SdQp6xWePzdWj0OwavKNuS0Je9Bl8%3D&reserved=0> > . > > 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.* > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Quarter 2 Newsletter - call for ideas
Hello Wikimedians, as usual, I am starting to collate ideas for our Quarter 2 newsletter, and I would really appreciate hearing from anyone who is working on an interesting project and would like to write a short summary of it for the newsletter. It's not easy to create all the content we need for various publications without help from other people, and I always encourage people to get in touch if they have something they would like to write about for the blog or newsletter. Looking forward to hearing from people! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Mozfest session proposal
Hello UK Wikimedians, Mozilla have issued a call for proposals for sessions at this year's Mozfest. I'd like Wikimedia UK to have a presence there, so if anybody has any ideas for sessions, why not let us know and we will see if we can support it? https://mozillafestival.org/proposals John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] EU Copyright law petition
As you probably know, the EU is considering changes to copyright law which could have serious negative effects on Wikipedia, as well as on the ability to share article abstracts and memes. We encourage our community to take a look at the following petition and consider adding your voice to calls to MEPs to vote against this poorly considered law when it comes before the European Parliament. https://saveyourinternet.eu/ John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Video for WLM 2018
Hello all, I am thinking about making a video to promote WLM 2018. What I would like to do is to find a photographer who may be going somewhere interesting to take photos of a particular monument, and to go along with them to film their expedition and do a short video about why they contribute to the competition, to give an idea of why people participate and how easy it is. If anybody is doing any photography expeditions for WLM, or would like to organise one with me and RockDrum coming along to film, please let me know. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Running adverts on the WIkimedia UK wiki
Hi Fabian, so I have deleted the page and blocked the user. I'm told that R Nevell used to deal with this kind of thing a lot, and now I know that it's happening I will keep an eye on it in future. Thank you for alerting us. A lot of things to do with the website suffer from capacity issues, and we would appreciate it if anybody sees things like this in future if they could let us know so we can deal with them. Thanks! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 18 June 2018 at 16:43, wrote: > Hi all, > > I was wondering what oversight is given to the Wikimedia Uk wiki following > coming across this advert. > <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%92%D1%8B%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0> > Whilst > this comes across as irrelevant spam, it does leave me wondering to what > Wikimedia UK does to ensure that content which might be more troublesome is > detected and removed. > > No doubt other Wikimedians will be heartened by the hundred of people who > have opened user accounts already this year > <https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/newusers&offset=&limit=500&type=newusers&user=>. > However before celebrating, perhaps it might be worth looking into how many > of these accounts are genuine and whether the CAPTCHA Security check is > effective. > > all the best > > Fabian > > aka Leutha > > On 24 April 2018 at 15:58 John Lubbock > wrote: > > I'm afraid I can't figure out how to easily remove the copyright notice. > I'll try to figure it out but it's not high up on my priority list. If > anybody else who is familiar with Wordpress knows how to remove it, please > let me know. > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ > <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g> > . > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge > movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make > knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate > here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. > > 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.* > > On 24 April 2018 at 13:46, John Lubbock > wrote: > > Hi Fabian. I've never noticed that copyright tag before. It seems to come > as standard in Wordpress pages and I will see if there is a way to remove > it. > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ > <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g> > . > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our > work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting > Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. > > 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.* > > On 24 April 2018 at 13:31, wrote: > > Hi all, > > Thank
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Sadiq Khan shows support for WMUK
Any Wikimedians who are on Twitter, could you please go and like the Mayor's Twitter post about the editathon so we can improve the ratio of likes to comments? Thanks. https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/1006560526627942402 John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 13 June 2018 at 15:07, Owen Blacker wrote: > He's both a prominent person of colour and in favour of staying in the EU. > > The abuse he gets online is simultaneously shocking and wholly > unsurprising. 😞 > > > On Wed, 13 Jun 2018, 14:29 Stevie Benton, > wrote: > >> That's great he is so supportive but the way he gets treated online is >> appalling. >> >> On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 1:50 PM, Michael Maggs >> wrote: >> >>> Sadiq Khan has tweeted in our support three times in the last 24 hours. >>> It’s a shock to read the tweets he’s had in reply, though. It seems he has >>> a huge number of very unpleasant followers who are there solely to attack >>> him personally. >>> >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> On 13 Jun 2018, at 13:27, Stevie Benton >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> Just seen this Tweet - https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/ >>> 1006560526627942402 - from Sadiq Khan showing his support for the WMUK >>> / Bloomberg editathon yesterday. >>> >>> Well done to everyone involved! >>> >>> Stevie >>> >>> ___ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >>> >> >> ___ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Pride in London
Yeah, I wouldn't think there would be any problems getting a press pass for the Glasgow Pride event. I've never been refused one for the London one. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 13 June 2018 at 12:31, Delphine Dallison < d.dalli...@scottishlibraries.org> wrote: > Thanks! Hopefully they’ll go for it. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Delphine Dallison > > Wikimedian in Residence > > Scottish Library and Information Council > > Turnberry House > > Suite 5:5, Fifth Floor > 175 West George Street > > Glasgow G2 2LB > > Tel: 0141 202 2999 > > *www.scottishlibraries.org* <http://www.scottishlibraries.org/> > > > > Enriching lives through libraries > > <https://www.facebook.com/ScottishLibraries/> > <https://www.instagram.com/scottishlibraries/?hl=en> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/4034291/> > <https://twitter.com/SLIC1991> > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp8HBZbfRPl7L_xNdlQK2AQ> > > > > *From:* Wikimediauk-l *On > Behalf Of *John Lubbock > *Sent:* 13 June 2018 12:30 > > *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Pride in London > > > > Sure thing Delphine, I'll apply. > > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our > work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting > Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. > > 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.* > > > > On 12 June 2018 at 14:49, Delphine Dallison org> wrote: > > Hi John, > > > > I was taking a look over the Glasgow Pride page on Wikipedia and it could > do with a proper edit. If you can get me a press pass, I’ll take the > opportunity to do some work on the pages and add some photos of this years > pride in the process. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Delphine Dallison > > Wikimedian in Residence > > Scottish Library and Information Council > > Turnberry House > > Suite 5:5, Fifth Floor > 175 West George Street > > Glasgow G2 2LB > > Tel: 0141 202 2999 > > *www.scottishlibraries.org* <http://www.scottishlibraries.org/> > > > > Enriching lives through libraries > > <https://www.facebook.com/ScottishLibraries/> > <https://www.instagram.com/scottishlibraries/?hl=en> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/4034291/> > <https://twitter.com/SLIC1991> > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp8HBZbfRPl7L_xNdlQK2AQ> > > > > *From:* Wikimediauk-l *On > Behalf Of *John Lubbock > *Sent:* 05 June 2018 17:46 > *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Pride in London > > > > I'd like to remind the community that Wikimedia UK is happy to ask for > press passes to other festivals if you would like to go and take pics for > Commons as well. I think we already have someone going to Boomtown Festival. > > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia op
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Pride in London
Sure thing Delphine, I'll apply. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 12 June 2018 at 14:49, Delphine Dallison < d.dalli...@scottishlibraries.org> wrote: > Hi John, > > > > I was taking a look over the Glasgow Pride page on Wikipedia and it could > do with a proper edit. If you can get me a press pass, I’ll take the > opportunity to do some work on the pages and add some photos of this years > pride in the process. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Delphine Dallison > > Wikimedian in Residence > > Scottish Library and Information Council > > Turnberry House > > Suite 5:5, Fifth Floor > 175 West George Street > > Glasgow G2 2LB > > Tel: 0141 202 2999 > > *www.scottishlibraries.org* <http://www.scottishlibraries.org/> > > > > Enriching lives through libraries > > <https://www.facebook.com/ScottishLibraries/> > <https://www.instagram.com/scottishlibraries/?hl=en> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/4034291/> > <https://twitter.com/SLIC1991> > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp8HBZbfRPl7L_xNdlQK2AQ> > > > > *From:* Wikimediauk-l *On > Behalf Of *John Lubbock > *Sent:* 05 June 2018 17:46 > *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Pride in London > > > > I'd like to remind the community that Wikimedia UK is happy to ask for > press passes to other festivals if you would like to go and take pics for > Commons as well. I think we already have someone going to Boomtown Festival. > > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our > work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting > Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. > > 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.* > > > > On 5 June 2018 at 14:43, Fæ wrote: > > A nudge for your calendar, Pride in London is going to be on Saturday > 7th July. Just a month away if you want to plan a big day out in > London! The parade itself is for registered groups, but is a lot of > fun to watch and makes a great photography subject. If you want to > officially take photographs for Wikimedia Commons and get privileged > access, media passes can be requested up until 22 June.[1] Remember > that we have an easy way to put freely released LGBT+ related > photographs on Wikimedia Commons, see the LGBT Free Media > collective.[2] > > Throughout June the international WikiLovesPride is running, so > regardless of where you are, it's a great time to take a look at > improving Wikipedia articles on LGBT+ history or biographies.[3] The > history of the London gay rights marches and Pride parades looks > skimpy and out of date, missing changes like the growing size of the > event, now the third largest LGBT+ parade in the world, being awarded > the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, and there being no mention of > UK Black Pride events which run in parallel and are notable enough for > a stand alone article. It's these primary Wikipedia articles and > related photographs that journalists rely on when they are reporting > on Pride events.[4] > > Pride in London training for stewards has started, and lots more > volunteers are needed (it takes hundreds of stewards for the Parade > alone). It's easy to book yourself in and the session lasts an hour. > If you c
[Wikimediauk-l] Election Maps UK content upload - help needed
Hello, I'm looking for someone to help upload some maps created by the Twitter account Election Maps UK. As you can see from this tweet <https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1005779832490168320>, the account says they're all CC licensed anyway, but they're quite busy, and would need help with the uploading. Anyone who could help us upload them to Commons please get in touch. Thanks! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Pride in London
I'd like to remind the community that Wikimedia UK is happy to ask for press passes to other festivals if you would like to go and take pics for Commons as well. I think we already have someone going to Boomtown Festival. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 5 June 2018 at 14:43, Fæ wrote: > A nudge for your calendar, Pride in London is going to be on Saturday > 7th July. Just a month away if you want to plan a big day out in > London! The parade itself is for registered groups, but is a lot of > fun to watch and makes a great photography subject. If you want to > officially take photographs for Wikimedia Commons and get privileged > access, media passes can be requested up until 22 June.[1] Remember > that we have an easy way to put freely released LGBT+ related > photographs on Wikimedia Commons, see the LGBT Free Media > collective.[2] > > Throughout June the international WikiLovesPride is running, so > regardless of where you are, it's a great time to take a look at > improving Wikipedia articles on LGBT+ history or biographies.[3] The > history of the London gay rights marches and Pride parades looks > skimpy and out of date, missing changes like the growing size of the > event, now the third largest LGBT+ parade in the world, being awarded > the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, and there being no mention of > UK Black Pride events which run in parallel and are notable enough for > a stand alone article. It's these primary Wikipedia articles and > related photographs that journalists rely on when they are reporting > on Pride events.[4] > > Pride in London training for stewards has started, and lots more > volunteers are needed (it takes hundreds of stewards for the Parade > alone). It's easy to book yourself in and the session lasts an hour. > If you cannot get to Southwark for training, there will be remote > digital training sessions too. I went on the first course last > weekend, and for the first time I'll be a senior steward on the day. > Drop me a note if you want to ask about it. If you are media savvy and > can help out with tweets and photographs to support the event, there > are calls for volunteers for those activities too.[5][6] > > Links > 1. https://prideinlondon.org/media-centre > 2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:LGBT_Free_Media_Collective > 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Pride/2018 > 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_London > 5. https://prideinlondon.org/volunteer > 6. https://twitter.com/PrideInLondon/status/1003924645106671616 > > Cheers, > Fae > -- > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT+ > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyright of the the Wikimedia UK blog!
I'm afraid I can't figure out how to easily remove the copyright notice. I'll try to figure it out but it's not high up on my priority list. If anybody else who is familiar with Wordpress knows how to remove it, please let me know. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 24 April 2018 at 13:46, John Lubbock wrote: > Hi Fabian. I've never noticed that copyright tag before. It seems to come > as standard in Wordpress pages and I will see if there is a way to remove > it. > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our > work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting > Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. > > 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.* > > On 24 April 2018 at 13:31, wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Thanks for the Wikimedia UK Spring newsletter. >> >> Sorry if I missed any previous discussion about the assertion of >> copyright on the Wikimedia UK blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/>, but >> I am afraid I have become a bit of a copyright geek over past fifteen years >> - a bye-product of being a Wikimedian I suppose. >> >> I have just posted a comment with the query: >> >> "Does the copyright tag at the bottom of this page mean that I am >> assigning copyright of this comment to Wikimedia UK?" >> >> Please note if the answer is yes, I am reproducing my comment here under >> a fair-use <https://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p09_fair_use> >> rationale. >> >> all the best, >> >> Leutha >> >> ___ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyright of the the Wikimedia UK blog!
Hi Fabian. I've never noticed that copyright tag before. It seems to come as standard in Wordpress pages and I will see if there is a way to remove it. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 24 April 2018 at 13:31, wrote: > Hi all, > > Thanks for the Wikimedia UK Spring newsletter. > > Sorry if I missed any previous discussion about the assertion of copyright > on the Wikimedia UK blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/>, but I am > afraid I have become a bit of a copyright geek over past fifteen years - a > bye-product of being a Wikimedian I suppose. > > I have just posted a comment with the query: > > "Does the copyright tag at the bottom of this page mean that I am > assigning copyright of this comment to Wikimedia UK?" > > Please note if the answer is yes, I am reproducing my comment here under a > fair-use <https://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p09_fair_use> > rationale. > > all the best, > > Leutha > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] DNS Changes
Thanks for letting us know. Looks fine to me. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 18 April 2018 at 21:48, Thomas Morton wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > This is a quick note to say Ive made some changes to WMUKs DNS tonight > (moved providers). > > If anyone spots a problem can you please let me know either on this list > or by direct email. > > Cheers, > Tom > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers (John Byrne)
We welcome constructive criticism, and I am happy to listen to any members' concerns and ideas for improving Chapter-Community cohesion and communication. :) John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 10 April 2018 at 18:49, John Byrne wrote: > As very often in recent years, I got a notification of my post sent an > hour or so ago, with completely blank text. Yet Katie has clearly seen it, > as she quotes me. Have others also got blanks? Can the rather cryptic > instructions for replies be clarified, or is there some bug? I get the > digest version. It doesn't exactly encourage people to contribute, and may > be a factor in the much lower activity on this list in recent years. It > never used to happen. > > No Katie, I don't think this has much to do with it, though you are right > to imply that the chapter is over-sensitive to criticism... > > John/Johnbod > > > On 10 April 2018 at 18:37 wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org wrote: > > > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > 1. Re: UK chapter membership numbers (Charles Matthews) 2. UK chapter > membership numbers (John Byrne) 3. Re: UK chapter membership numbers (Katie > Chan) 4. Re: UK chapter membership numbers (Richard Nevell) > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:25:51 +0100 (BST) > From: Charles Matthews > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers > Message-ID: <1623281894.198396.1523366751...@mail2.virginmedia.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On 10 April 2018 at 11:41 Fæ wrote: > > It appears that the jump in numbers was a one-off event, there has > been no continued growth since whatever happened. > > > I don't know what happened. I did correspond with the office about a > prompt to renew. One could simulate such a "one-off event" by simply asking > people whose membership had lapsed to renew. I was doing this sort of thing > for WMUK some seven years ago, so as an explanation it is not far-fetched. > > Charles > > > -- > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:31:33 +0100 (BST) > From: John Byrne > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers > Message-ID: <522111329.168305.1523377893...@email.1and1.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > -- > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:31:14 +0100 > From: Katie Chan > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers > Message-ID: <7mbf1d6v6k6decqn08p662nx.1523381474...@email.android.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Oh I don't know, maybe this "yawning gap" wouldn't be so wide if the > chapter don't get criticised for both not increasing its membership numbers > and having increased its membership numbers. > Just a wide guess > KTC > > Sent from my Samsung device > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > -- > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:37:12 + > From: Richard Nevell > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers > Message-ID: > > Content
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers
Thanks Stevie. We are trying to work on an integrated communications and membership strategy to grow the membership further. As always there are capacity issues as to what we can do with the number of staff and funding we have, but I am always willing to listen to people's ideas for how we could reach new people and encourage more membership. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 10 April 2018 at 18:42, Stevie Benton wrote: > Exactly what Katie says. The chapter can't win here. It gets criticised if > membership doesn't grow because some see it as a kind of failure. Then, > when the chapter grows its membership it is seen as some kind of entryist > threat. I find it particularly notable that these criticisms come from the > same quarters. > > I say well done WMUK for growing the membership and encouraging more > people to get involved in the free and open movement. Good work. > > Stevie > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 6:31 PM, Katie Chan wrote: > >> Oh I don't know, maybe this "yawning gap" wouldn't be so wide if the >> chapter don't get criticised for both not increasing its membership numbers >> and having increased its membership numbers. >> >> Just a wide guess >> >> KTC >> >> >> Sent from my Samsung device >> >> ___ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Great Dorset Steam Fair Friday 24 august lifts from Southampton
Sounds good Geni, do let me know if there are any other events this summer you'd like to take photos at. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 4 April 2018 at 18:10, geni wrote: > I'm visiting Great Dorset Steam Fair on that day and can offer lifts > from Southampton or the immediate area. > > > Its worth visiting since they have a lot of stuff we need photos of > and since most of the vehicles are driven its possible to get shots of > them from good angles. See this category for some examples: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Great_Dorset_Steam_Fair_(2016) > > We are also still looking for a first class image of a Traction engine > to lead the Traction engine article: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traction_engine > > > > > > -- > geni > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] UK festivals 2018 - press passes for Wikimedians
Hello UK Wikimedians. This year I would like to try again to get press passes to festivals on behalf of our community members so that you can get a free ticket and take some photos for Commons. I am happy to officially request passes for Wikimedia UK members, so I would like to hear from you which festivals or other cultural events you would like to attend over the next year where you think there would be good opportunities to fill missing gaps in coverage. I think we would be particularly interested in sending people to events where there would be a lot of cultural diversity of performers and attendees, to fit into our goal of increasing the diversity of content on Wikimedia projects. So photographers especially, please tell me if you have ideas for places you'd like to get a press pass for so you can go and take photos. Remember there are also small project grants, so we may be able to pay travel expenses for project ideas that we especially like! Get in touch and let me know your ideas. I am also thinking about whether we can do another session at the Byline journalism festival this year, which is at the end of August <https://www.bylinefestival.com/>. Last year we did a panel discussion on how Wikipedia works. They also gave us free passes for community members. If you would be interested in coming to this and have ideas about how we could include the community in a session, please also let me know. Here are some resources: UK Music festivals 2018 <https://www.stubhub.co.uk/magazine/uk-music-festivals-2018-line-up-schedules-dates> 20 Best festivals in the UK <https://www.festicket.com/magazine/discover/top-20-music-festivals-in-the-uk/> UK Festival calendar <https://www.thefestivalcalendar.co.uk/?row=32> Regards, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Updates from January and February
I know it might not feel like we're moving towards Spring, but I thought I would provide an update of some things that happened in the past couple of months so you can see what we've been doing. * - On Feb 2 we held a Wikimedia day at Newspeak House featuring a Wikidata hackathon and talk by Katherine Maher:- Wikidata hackathon video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHE-to8Xqyo>- - Katherine Maher talk video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABgEWzuiD6w> - The Independent published a positive article <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/wikipedia-explained-what-is-it-trustworthy-how-work-wikimedia-2030-a8213446.html> about how Wikipedia works - 21,000 retweets for our Twitter poll about K-Pop <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk/status/963436913817505793>- Medical articles in Welsh blogpost <https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2018/02/3000-new-articles-added-to-the-welsh-wicipedia/>- How should journalists use Wikipedia blogpost <https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2018/02/should-journalists-use-wikipedia/>- 1Lib1Ref blogpost <https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2018/02/1lib1ref-in-scotland/>- Celtic Knot blogpost <https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2018/02/celtic-knot-2018/>- Wikipedia and journalism case study blogpost <https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2018/02/wikipedia-and-journalism-researching-a-fake-news-site-with-wikipedia-as-a-starting-point/>- Structured data on Commons blogpost <https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2018/02/structured-data-on-commons-is-the-most-important-development-in-wikimedias-usability/>- Invited to speak at Digital Content Summit <https://digitalcontentsummit.co.uk/> 2018 in May- Bradford Science and Media Museum published videos <https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/what-was-on/fake-news#live-debate-fake-news-on-trial> of the Fake News talk with a presentation on how Wikipedia verifies information.- Wikimedia at 17 video <https://youtu.be/CwAUA0foRTY>.- We have advertised for an interim CEO and Programmes Coordinator, as well as the new post of Scotland Manager, and will be announcing these roles soon.- Preparing a significant report about the long term impact of our Wikimedian in Residence programme.- 1200 sound files of Welsh place names have been uploaded.- We ran a Wikipedia editing session for the Kurdish community in Dalston- Wikipedia Day celebration as part of the January London Meetup- Wikifying the Welsh Assembly editathon <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikifying-the-welsh-assembly-wicieiddior-cynulliad-cenedlaethol-registration-40186780743#> in December* As we move into Spring and Summer, we have a lot of events coming up around International Women's Day as well as an exciting project with Amnesty International which will have events scheduled for May. One piece of work that someone in the community may be able to help with is that now Commons is accepting 3D files, there are lots of CC licensed 3D files available online that could be uploaded, like these <https://sketchfab.com/search?features=downloadable&q=stl&sort_by=-likeCount&type=models>. If anybody would like to help do that, and write a blog about it, please get in touch. As always, we are offering project grants for expenses if you have interesting ideas for Wikimedia projects, and I would like to be able to apply for press passes for volunteers for events during the summer, so if you have ideas for events where we could apply for press passes for photographers to take images for Wikipedia, I would be happy to apply on behalf of Wikimedia UK if you let me know your ideas for events that we could attend. Have a great weekend! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 <+44%2020%203372%200767> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The #Vote100 Wikipedia editathon NEEDS YOU - We've moved!
There is an event coming up in Derby soon. I've been updating the events list, so please check it, and if you are organising events, please tell me so I can add them to the list. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 10 February 2018 at 17:18, Rex X wrote: > Same here, Roger. Edinburgh is a long way to go. > > What we need is some events being promoted in our own region, as the > Midlands > seem to be falling behind these days. I would have thought that all we > need is a > venue and a bunch of folks interested and we could do our own Women in Red > event. > > There must be dozens of local Women's History groups and similar within > striking > distance of us, and there ought to be institutions willing to host an > event. Do > you have any contacts? > > Cheers > -- > Rexx > > > > On 09 February 2018 at 00:30 Roger Bamkin wrote: > > > > > > Looks interesting. Not sure I can afford to come but Women in Red could > > support on line > > > > Roger > > > > On 8 February 2018 at 16:30, John Lubbock > > > wrote: > > > > > Have you updated it in the events list or shall I do that? > > > > > > John Lubbock > > > > > > Communications Coordinator > > > > > > Wikimedia UK > > > > > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 <020%203372%200767> > > > > > > > > > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England > and > > > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > > > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > > > > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open > > > knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support > our > > > work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting > > > Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. > > > > > > 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.* > > > > > > On 8 February 2018 at 15:59, MCANDREW Ewan > wrote: > > > > > >> Dear colleagues, > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> *Please disseminate to interested colleagues as appropriate – this > event > > >> is open to all.* > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> We’ve moved our #Vote100 Wikipedia editing event > > >> <http://tinyurl.com/Votes100> to the University of Edinburgh’s > central > > >> campus and the Teaching Studio LG.07 at David Hume Tower Building. The > > >> event is part of the Festival of Creative Learning and 2018’s > celebration > > >> of one hundred years since the Representation of the People Act (1918) > > >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1918> > > >> came into force and women were finally given the right to vote, almost > > >> fifty years after the Edinburgh Seven fought for and won the right to > train > > >> and practice as doctors.* #Vote100 #FCL18* > > >> Festival of Creative Learning events – Free and open to all! > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>1. *#Vote100 Wikipedia editing event (22 February 2018). > > >> > > >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_ > Edinburgh/Events_and_Workshops/Vote100_and_Women_ > in_Medicine_editathon#Booking>* > > >>2. *Wikidata Hackathon > > >> > > >> <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikidata-hackathon-festival- > of-creative-learning-tickets-42286041689>* > &
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The #Vote100 Wikipedia editathon NEEDS YOU - We've moved!
Have you updated it in the events list or shall I do that? John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. 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.* On 8 February 2018 at 15:59, MCANDREW Ewan wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > > > *Please disseminate to interested colleagues as appropriate – this event > is open to all.* > > > > We’ve moved our #Vote100 Wikipedia editing event > <http://tinyurl.com/Votes100> to the University of Edinburgh’s central > campus and the Teaching Studio LG.07 at David Hume Tower Building. The > event is part of the Festival of Creative Learning and 2018’s celebration > of one hundred years since the Representation of the People Act (1918) > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1918> > came into force and women were finally given the right to vote, almost > fifty years after the Edinburgh Seven fought for and won the right to train > and practice as doctors.* #Vote100 #FCL18* > Festival of Creative Learning events – Free and open to all! > > > >1. *#Vote100 Wikipedia editing event (22 February 2018). > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh/Events_and_Workshops/Vote100_and_Women_in_Medicine_editathon#Booking>* >2. *Wikidata Hackathon > > <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikidata-hackathon-festival-of-creative-learning-tickets-42286041689>* >– Learn how to edit Wikipedia’s most exciting sister project (21 Feb). >3. *Histropedia workshops > > <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/histropedia-knowledge-from-wikipedia-visualised-as-dynamic-timelines-tickets-42286933356?aff=ehomecard>* >– create bespoke visually dynamic timelines > > <http://histropedia.com/showcase/wikidata-viewer.html?q=%23Timeline%20of%20University%20of%20Edinburgh%20Alumni%20%0A%0ASELECT%20?Person%20?personLabel%20?dob%20?Gender%20?Country%20?article?precision%20?image%20?Occupation%20?rank%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%0A%0A%20%20%20%20?person%20wdt:P31%20wd:Q5%20.%20%23%20human%0A%20%20%20%20?person%20wdt:P69%20wd:Q160302%20.%20%23PlaceOfEducation%0A%20%20%20%20?person%20wdt:P19%20?birthPlace%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20?person%20wdt:P18%20?image%20.%7D%20%23image%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20?person%20wdt:P106%20?occupation%20.%7D%20%23occupation%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20?person%20wdt:P21%20?gender%20.%7D%20%23gender%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20?birthPlace%20wdt:P17%20?country%20%7D%20%23place%20of%20birth%0A%20%20%20%20?person%20p:P569/psv:P569%20?dobNode%20.%20%23date%20of%20birth%0A%20%20%20%20?dobNode%20wikibase:timeValue%20?dob%20.%0A%20%20%20%20?dobNode%20wikibase:timePrecision%20?precision%20.%0A%20%20%20%20?article%20schema:about%20?person%20.%0A%20%20%20%20?article%20schema:isPartOf%20%3Chttps://en.wikipedia.org/%3E.%0A%0A%20%20%20?person%20wikibase:sitelinks%20?rank%20.%0A%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase:label%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20bd:serviceParam%20wikibase:language%20%22en%22.%0A?gender%20rdfs:label%20?Gender%20.%0A?person%20rdfs:label%20?Person%20.%0A?country%20rdfs:label%20?Country%20.%0A?occupation%20rdfs:label%20?Occupation.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0A%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%20(?rank)&md=true&g=article&l=article&t=Person&s=dob&sp=precision&i=image&c=Country,Occupation,%20Gender&f=Country,Occupation,%20Gender&v=t> >in minutes (20 Feb). > > > > This email is to invite you take part in the event where you can learn how > to edit, meet supportive colleagues, have refreshments and help address > Wikipedia’s systemic bias by publishing a new article of your choice about > a suffragette, a notable women in medicine or *any* of the incredible > women missing from Wikipedia e.g. Bessie Watson, the Scottish child > suffragette and piper > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(Bessie)_Watson>. More > suggestions for pages to edit are very welcome. > > > > *Bring a friend, bring two! We have a very large room, food and drink and > lots of pages to create. No editing experience necessary, full training > will be provided and it’s super easy (& fun) to do.* > > >
[Wikimediauk-l] Events on Feb 3 - Wikidata hackathon just announced
Hi all, We have 2 events on Feb 3 which you should all come to! We are hosting our first Wikidata hackathon at Newspeak House in East London, teaching people how to use Wikidata. It's been quite short notice to organise, but we are hoping it will be a launchpad for future hackathons. We'd like to create more Wikidata users in the UK, and see how we can use Wikidata within our partnerships, as well as encouraging people to upload new data sets. We'd love to see you all at the hackathon, as well as the event with Katherine Maher from the WMF later on the same day. Sign up for the hackathon here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikidata-hackathon-in-london-all-levels-of-experience-welcome-tickets-42426460686> . Sign up for the 'Future of Wikipedia' talk with Katherine Maher here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future-of-wikipedia-tickets-42271530285> . John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. 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.* <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Possible news story about Wikipedia tomorrow
I am always looking for people to write blogposts. Perhaps a few people could crowdsource a blogpost about how Wikipedia does quality control, listing various ways like human peer review, edit filters, bots, etc... I'm sure some of you will know how this is done better than I do. Here - I've started an open Googledoc <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E5EfSV-qoiiA20lWuK_QKhn8qijiUBe5ZNmQCZyKqbk/edit?usp=sharing>. Anyone is free to contribute. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#m_2002940969239252742_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. 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.* On 17 January 2018 at 13:45, Charles Matthews < charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > On 17 January 2018 at 13:24 Harry Mitchell wrote: > > Would it be worth Wikimedia UK's while to put out a blog post talking > about quality control processes (ad-hoc as they are) on Wikipedia? Not so > much as a direct reply - both because these articles look like they're > just filling empty column inches, and because we obviously can't prove a > negative (that "Russian trolls" *aren't* running amok on political > articles). Rather as a timely reminder of what Wikipedia is about and how > the 'wisdom of the crowd' makes it quite difficult to grossly distort its > content. I could say something about what admins do, though there I'm sure > there are people who spend more time on politicians' biographies than I do. > > As you say, proving the negative is out of reach. > > I would say, take the lesson of https://en.wikipedia.org/ > wiki/Poisoning_the_well to heart. Along with straightforward lying, > selective quotation, guilt by association, and the reporting of rumour as > truth, there is a lot of it about these days. > > I'm glad to see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie has had some recent > attention, while we're on the topic of propaganda techniques everybody > should know about. > > Charles > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] New video on women artists
Hello Wikimedians, I'm currently testing out a new type of video which I hope will be more shareable online. I watch a lot of short history explainers, and a lot of these get a good number of views on YouTube. Neither our YouTube channel or the WMF one seem to get many hits for their videos, and I think that this is probably because people just don't search for keywords like Wikipedia, Wikimedia or other terms directly related to our projects. So what I tried to do is make a short history of how women artists have been viewed and treated throughout history that tries to cover as much ground as possible within a short time, with a short note at the end that explains what Wikimedia groups are doing to make Wikipedia better represent women online. Please share the video on social media if you feel like, and let me know if you have any feedback or if you have ideas for videos that could help people to become aware of our projects and get involved in them. Here it is <https://youtu.be/MuGER3tp6G4>. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Happy New Year - Wikipedia Day and other upcoming events
Hello Wikimedia UK community and Happy New Year. Firstly, we would like to encourage people to attend the London Meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/126> this weekend on Sunday 14th at Penderel's Oak pub in Holborn, which (almost) coincides with Wikipedia Day (the 17th anniversary of Wikipedia's 'birth' on 15th January). Wikimedia UK would like to celebrate this with our community and will be putting some money behind the bar for drinks. We would like to support the community as much as possible over the coming year, so please do let us know if there are Wikimedia activities you are working on that might benefit from the charity's involvement - or apply for a small project grant here <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Project_grants>. If anybody would like to write about their projects for the Wikimedia UK blog, please get in touch with me and I can help edit and publish your ideas. Applications for Wikimania - taking place in Cape Town in July are open here <https://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply> until 22nd January; and the Wikimedia Hackathon, to be held in May in Barcelona, is accepting applications for scholarships <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2018/Register_and_Attend> until 30th January. There is also Wiki Indaba <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2018> coming up for the African and diaspora community in Tunisia in March which is still open for submissions. The 1Lib1Ref <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref> initiative to encourage librarians to contribute to Wikipedia begins on January 15 and runs until February 3. If you you know of anybody who would like to run a library editathon, we can help support their efforts so do get in touch. Please also watch and share our #1Lib1Ref video <https://youtu.be/AWosehU71ZY> explaining what the initiative is about. Lastly the annual Art + Feminism <http://www.artandfeminism.org/> event is taking place at the start of March, and we hope to support events taking place here in the UK. If you would be interested in organising an event for this, please also let us know. See you on Sunday! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Creative Commons search and Structured Data on Commons
Hello UK Wikimedians, I just wanted to alert you to a blog we published today <https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2017/12/talking-to-creative-commons-ryan-merkley-about-cc-search-and-structured-data-on-commons/> about Creative Commons' efforts to improve indexing and search for CC licensed works. Have a nice weekend! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Free Parliamentary event - RecordDNA – developing an international research agenda for the future digital evidence base
Sold out now unfortunately. I would have been interested. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. 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.* On 24 November 2017 at 11:45, Andy Mabbett wrote: > Can anyone get to this? > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Elizabeth Lomas > Date: 24 November 2017 at 09:34 > Subject: Free Parliamentary event - RecordDNA – developing an > international research agenda for the future digital evidence base > To: freedom-of-informat...@jiscmail.ac.uk > > > There are just a few additional spaces left on this event due to last > minute cancellations. This free event aims to share the findings of > the RecordDNA international research network. These include the ideas > gathered from multiple disciplinary stakeholders – both practitioners > and academics – about the components of a digital record and their > vision of the ‘ideal’ useable digital evidence base. The key aim is to > gather further input about the research and practice needed to deliver > the vision in order to finalise a research agenda. This work will > inform policy makers and build future research partnerships. > > The task is significant and challenging. The RecordDNA project team > has therefore engaged people around the world in workshops and > crowdsourcing activities. This is the final event at which you can > hear about the work and add your ideas to the question ‘what research > and development is needed?’ > > The event will be held next to Westminster Hall, UK Parliament 11-1pm > on 30 November 2017. To secure one of the limited number of places > register at > https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recorddna-developing-an- > international-research-agenda-for-the-future-digital- > evidence-base-tickets-38459298798 > > For further information RecordDNA website: https://recorddna.wordpress. > com/ > > Dr Elizabeth Lomas > e.lo...@ucl.ac.uk > > Professor Julie McLeod > julie.mcl...@northumbria.ac.uk > > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Videos on You Tube --> CC
There were actually a lot of discussions at Wikimania about how to get to a point where commonly used file types are allowed to be used. Perhaps I’ll write a blog post about it which might help inform this discussion. On Wed, 25 Oct 2017 at 09:50, Rex X wrote: > Commons does not allow "normal video file types" because many of them > contain > proprietary coding. > > Part of our mission is to encourage the growth of open resources and that > includes open software and open standards. Commons takes that seriously > and it's > important that we do as well. Even if it seems inconvenient at times. > > -- > Rexx > > > > On 24 October 2017 at 13:51 John Lubbock > > wrote: > > > > > > Is the plan to transfer them from YouTube via Video2Commons? In the past, > > I've found that this tool often fails. It really is a shame that no > > progress has been made on allowing normal video file types. > > > > John Lubbock > > > > Communications Coordinator > > > > Wikimedia UK > > > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > > > > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > > > 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.* > > > > On 24 October 2017 at 10:50, Michael Maggs wrote: > > > > > Change at You Tube would be best actually, but I'd understood from your > > > message that for whatever reason S4C have not managed to change the > > > publicly visible You Tube licences. > > > > > > Shall we discuss in more detail off list? > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > On 24 Oct 2017, at 10:39, Robin Owain wrote: > > > > > > Thanks Michael! > > > > > > You recommend OTRS rather than change at You Tube? OK, I'll take your > lead > > > on this and email you asap. > > > > > > Many thanks > > > > > > Robin > > > > > > On 24 October 2017 at 10:29 Michael Maggs wrote: > > > > > > Yes I can help. > > > > > > To ensure the videos aren't challenged on Commons we'll need formal > > > confirmation from an authorised person at S4C to be sent to OTRS. If > you > > > could privately let me know details of the person who could provide the > > > necessary confirmation I can draft a suitable email for them to send to > > > OTRS. The uploaded files can then be tagged appropriately so that > users > > > don't start deleting them based on what they can see on YouTube. > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > On 24 Oct 2017, at 10:10, Robin Owain wrote: > > > > > > S4C have agreed to change their 'Usual You Tube licence' of videos on > > > their 2017 Royal Welsh Show account (and previous years) to CCBYSA. > This > > > means we can upload around 2,000 videos to Commons. It also means that > S4C, > > > for the first time, have discussed and understood legality and > benefits of > > > open licencing, and could produce footage of other subjects. > > > > > > Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrGrdJcnGuiCXMc3tCUvnA/videos > > > > > > I gave them two options: > > > > > > 1. RTS (the simple option) > > > > > > 2. Change licence on You Tube to CC (recommended as it's visible on You > > > Tube). > > > > > > They say that they have changed the licence (using batch - manual > > > historical), but that it's not visible on any of the videos on You > Tube, > > > and the videos don't appear in a Google CC search. > > > > > > Any help please? > > > > > > PS In due course we will need to transfer them over to Commons with a > > > pilot patch of 10. Each video will need a 5 second subtitle saying > "S4C - > > > Sianel Pedwar Cymru". A project will then take place in order to > subtitle > > > the main points in English eg names of species, breeds, farm location. > > > Clips from each video could also be taken, and placed in th
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Videos on You Tube --> CC
Is the plan to transfer them from YouTube via Video2Commons? In the past, I've found that this tool often fails. It really is a shame that no progress has been made on allowing normal video file types. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. 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.* On 24 October 2017 at 10:50, Michael Maggs wrote: > Change at You Tube would be best actually, but I'd understood from your > message that for whatever reason S4C have not managed to change the > publicly visible You Tube licences. > > Shall we discuss in more detail off list? > > Michael > > On 24 Oct 2017, at 10:39, Robin Owain wrote: > > Thanks Michael! > > You recommend OTRS rather than change at You Tube? OK, I'll take your lead > on this and email you asap. > > Many thanks > > Robin > > On 24 October 2017 at 10:29 Michael Maggs wrote: > > Yes I can help. > > To ensure the videos aren't challenged on Commons we'll need formal > confirmation from an authorised person at S4C to be sent to OTRS. If you > could privately let me know details of the person who could provide the > necessary confirmation I can draft a suitable email for them to send to > OTRS. The uploaded files can then be tagged appropriately so that users > don't start deleting them based on what they can see on YouTube. > > Michael > > On 24 Oct 2017, at 10:10, Robin Owain wrote: > > S4C have agreed to change their 'Usual You Tube licence' of videos on > their 2017 Royal Welsh Show account (and previous years) to CCBYSA. This > means we can upload around 2,000 videos to Commons. It also means that S4C, > for the first time, have discussed and understood legality and benefits of > open licencing, and could produce footage of other subjects. > > Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrGrdJcnGuiCXMc3tCUvnA/videos > > I gave them two options: > > 1. RTS (the simple option) > > 2. Change licence on You Tube to CC (recommended as it's visible on You > Tube). > > They say that they have changed the licence (using batch - manual > historical), but that it's not visible on any of the videos on You Tube, > and the videos don't appear in a Google CC search. > > Any help please? > > PS In due course we will need to transfer them over to Commons with a > pilot patch of 10. Each video will need a 5 second subtitle saying "S4C - > Sianel Pedwar Cymru". A project will then take place in order to subtitle > the main points in English eg names of species, breeds, farm location. > Clips from each video could also be taken, and placed in that breed's > Category on Commons, Wikidata etc. > > But first - the licence! > > > Robin Owain > > Wikimedia UK > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia open dinner at Newspeak House
I'm gonna let this poll of possible dates run for another week. Please vote on days you can make if you are interested in coming. https://doodle.com/poll/wmx9vsnuytrp9mbi#table John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. 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.* On 20 October 2017 at 14:41, John Lubbock wrote: > Anybody else? Kinda need more than a few people to make this work. > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 <+44%2020%203372%200767> > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > 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.* > > On 19 October 2017 at 14:47, John Lubbock > wrote: > >> Ok, so since Ed says we don't have to do it on a Wednesday, I just picked >> that because there's usually an open dinner event on a Wednesday anyway, >> I've made a Doodle poll with a bunch of potential days. Perhaps everyone >> can put their name and two possible selections for which days you would >> prefer. >> >> https://doodle.com/poll/wmx9vsnuytrp9mbi >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 <+44%2020%203372%200767> >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >> >> 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.* >> >> On 19 October 2017 at 13:50, John Lubbock >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Steve, I'll put your name down in a little list for people who >>> have expressed an interest. >>> >>> John Lubbock >>> >>> Communications Coordinator >>> >>> Wikimedia UK >>> >>> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 <+44%2020%203372%200767> >>> >>> >>> >>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >>> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >>> >>> 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.* >>> >>> On 19 October 2017 at 13:47, Steve Bowbrick >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Sounds like a splendid idea. Would love to come – on either date. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> s >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Social media for the BBC’s speech and classical brands >>>> >>>> 07718 120 073 >>>> >>>> http://twitter.com/bowbrick >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* Wikimediauk-l [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] >>>> *On Behalf Of *John Lubbock >>>> *Sent:* 19 October 2017 13:17 >>>> *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list >>>> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia open dinner at Newspeak House >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Great, thanks Adam. Who else might be able to atten
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia open dinner at Newspeak House
Anybody else? Kinda need more than a few people to make this work. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. 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.* On 19 October 2017 at 14:47, John Lubbock wrote: > Ok, so since Ed says we don't have to do it on a Wednesday, I just picked > that because there's usually an open dinner event on a Wednesday anyway, > I've made a Doodle poll with a bunch of potential days. Perhaps everyone > can put their name and two possible selections for which days you would > prefer. > > https://doodle.com/poll/wmx9vsnuytrp9mbi > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 <+44%2020%203372%200767> > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > 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.* > > On 19 October 2017 at 13:50, John Lubbock > wrote: > >> Thanks Steve, I'll put your name down in a little list for people who >> have expressed an interest. >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 <+44%2020%203372%200767> >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >> >> 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.* >> >> On 19 October 2017 at 13:47, Steve Bowbrick >> wrote: >> >>> Sounds like a splendid idea. Would love to come – on either date. >>> >>> >>> >>> s >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Social media for the BBC’s speech and classical brands >>> >>> 07718 120 073 >>> >>> http://twitter.com/bowbrick >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Wikimediauk-l [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] >>> *On Behalf Of *John Lubbock >>> *Sent:* 19 October 2017 13:17 >>> *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list >>> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia open dinner at Newspeak House >>> >>> >>> >>> Great, thanks Adam. Who else might be able to attend? >>> >>> >>> John Lubbock >>> >>> Communications Coordinator >>> >>> Wikimedia UK >>> >>> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 <+44%2020%203372%200767> >>> >>> >>> >>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >>> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >>> >>> 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.* >>> >>> >>> >>> On 19 October 2017 at 13:04, Addshore wrote: >>> >>> I would be keen to try and make it. >>> >>> Both dates currently work for me! >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 at 19:24 John Lubbock >>> wrote: >>> >>> I've been thinking of running a Wikimedia organised
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia open dinner at Newspeak House
Ok, so since Ed says we don't have to do it on a Wednesday, I just picked that because there's usually an open dinner event on a Wednesday anyway, I've made a Doodle poll with a bunch of potential days. Perhaps everyone can put their name and two possible selections for which days you would prefer. https://doodle.com/poll/wmx9vsnuytrp9mbi John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. 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.* On 19 October 2017 at 13:50, John Lubbock wrote: > Thanks Steve, I'll put your name down in a little list for people who have > expressed an interest. > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 <+44%2020%203372%200767> > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > 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.* > > On 19 October 2017 at 13:47, Steve Bowbrick > wrote: > >> Sounds like a splendid idea. Would love to come – on either date. >> >> >> >> s >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Social media for the BBC’s speech and classical brands >> >> 07718 120 073 >> >> http://twitter.com/bowbrick >> >> >> >> *From:* Wikimediauk-l [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On >> Behalf Of *John Lubbock >> *Sent:* 19 October 2017 13:17 >> *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list >> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia open dinner at Newspeak House >> >> >> >> Great, thanks Adam. Who else might be able to attend? >> >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 <+44%2020%203372%200767> >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >> >> 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.* >> >> >> >> On 19 October 2017 at 13:04, Addshore wrote: >> >> I would be keen to try and make it. >> >> Both dates currently work for me! >> >> >> >> On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 at 19:24 John Lubbock >> wrote: >> >> I've been thinking of running a Wikimedia organised dinner event at >> Newspeak House one Wednesday evening during their normal Ration Club dinner >> they have. If I organise the cooking, would anybody in the community like >> to come for a free meal, some networking and a nice place to have a drink >> and discuss projects? If anybody would like to help with the cooking, that >> would be good too. At the moment if anybody who would be interested to >> attend would let me know, that would be great. I'm thinking of 1 November >> or 8 November. Let me know what you all think of the idea. >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 <+44%2020%203372%200767> >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >> >> 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)
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia open dinner at Newspeak House
Thanks Steve, I'll put your name down in a little list for people who have expressed an interest. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. 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.* On 19 October 2017 at 13:47, Steve Bowbrick wrote: > Sounds like a splendid idea. Would love to come – on either date. > > > > s > > > > -- > > Social media for the BBC’s speech and classical brands > > 07718 120 073 > > http://twitter.com/bowbrick > > > > *From:* Wikimediauk-l [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On > Behalf Of *John Lubbock > *Sent:* 19 October 2017 13:17 > *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia open dinner at Newspeak House > > > > Great, thanks Adam. Who else might be able to attend? > > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 <+44%2020%203372%200767> > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > 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.* > > > > On 19 October 2017 at 13:04, Addshore wrote: > > I would be keen to try and make it. > > Both dates currently work for me! > > > > On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 at 19:24 John Lubbock > wrote: > > I've been thinking of running a Wikimedia organised dinner event at > Newspeak House one Wednesday evening during their normal Ration Club dinner > they have. If I organise the cooking, would anybody in the community like > to come for a free meal, some networking and a nice place to have a drink > and discuss projects? If anybody would like to help with the cooking, that > would be good too. At the moment if anybody who would be interested to > attend would let me know, that would be great. I'm thinking of 1 November > or 8 November. Let me know what you all think of the idea. > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 <+44%2020%203372%200767> > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > 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.* > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk > This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal > views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. > If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. > Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in > reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. > Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. > Further communication will signify your consent to this. > > - > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia open dinner at Newspeak House
Great, thanks Adam. Who else might be able to attend? John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. 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.* On 19 October 2017 at 13:04, Addshore wrote: > I would be keen to try and make it. > Both dates currently work for me! > > On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 at 19:24 John Lubbock > wrote: > >> I've been thinking of running a Wikimedia organised dinner event at >> Newspeak House one Wednesday evening during their normal Ration Club dinner >> they have. If I organise the cooking, would anybody in the community like >> to come for a free meal, some networking and a nice place to have a drink >> and discuss projects? If anybody would like to help with the cooking, that >> would be good too. At the moment if anybody who would be interested to >> attend would let me know, that would be great. I'm thinking of 1 November >> or 8 November. Let me know what you all think of the idea. >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 <+44%2020%203372%200767> >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >> >> 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.* >> ___ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia open dinner at Newspeak House
I've been thinking of running a Wikimedia organised dinner event at Newspeak House one Wednesday evening during their normal Ration Club dinner they have. If I organise the cooking, would anybody in the community like to come for a free meal, some networking and a nice place to have a drink and discuss projects? If anybody would like to help with the cooking, that would be good too. At the moment if anybody who would be interested to attend would let me know, that would be great. I'm thinking of 1 November or 8 November. Let me know what you all think of the idea. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Physiological Society editathon, London 13 October 2017
I might do. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. 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.* On 10 October 2017 at 16:33, Andy Mabbett wrote: > Last reminder for this event, this Friday. > > Are any of you planning to attend? > > On 4 September 2017 at 19:10, Andy Mabbett > wrote: > > If you can, please join me and the Physiological Society for an > > editathon in London on 13 October 2017: > > > > http://www.physoc.org/physiologyonwikipedia/physiology-wikipedia > > > > Lunch will be provided, and there will be talks of interest to > > Wikipedians and newcomers alike. Please bring a laptop, which an use > > the venue's WI-FI. > > > > -- > > Andy Mabbett > > @pigsonthewing > > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ordnance Survey 1st series 1:10, 560 - a complete mid 19th century map of Britain
Would anyone like to write a short post about this for our blog? I can help edit. I'm really keen to get our community more involved in our comms work, and it would be good to have help publicise things like this to the wider community. Thanks! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. 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.* On 14 September 2017 at 00:35, Owen Blacker wrote: > Omfg, this is *awesome*. Great work, Fæ! > > On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 at 17:11 Robin Owain wrote: > >> That's fantastic, Fae! well done! >> >> On 13 September 2017 at 14:09 Fæ wrote: >> >> Category link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ >> wiki/Category:Ordnance_Survey_1st_series_1:10560 >> >> A full set of high resolution OS map scans is being gradually uploaded >> to Wikimedia Commons and indexed by historic county. These are very >> large files, 10,000 pixels wide, so are both in TIFF and jpeg format >> to make reuse easier. >> >> These are of 'specialized' interest, but I would think could be of use >> to both Wiki Loves Monuments projects and readers of this email list >> interested in early maps and geo-related experiments. The maps show >> plenty of fine detail, including inns/pubs, churches, bridges etc. >> Those that still exist will be likely to be listed and protected, and >> those that are not, may still be great photography subjects. Note that >> to view the maps, Commons' in-built ZoomViewer is useful but it >> appears to be broken today, so you may have to settle for examining >> the full size jpeg in-browser. >> >> As I write this, the uploads are working through "B", so the projects >> is going to take several weeks to complete. If there are ideas for how >> better to categorize or template these maps, feel free to drop a note >> on my Commons talk page. It is always possible to do some post-upload >> housekeeping or adjusting the way the uploads are currently getting >> formatted. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Fae >> -- >> fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae >> >> ___ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> >> ___ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
