Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK censorship: I'm on BBC Radio 4 Today show tomorrow 8:20am

[jonathan cardy]

I agree that David did well, but I wonder whether we are fighting the right 
battle. I wouldn't want to defend that image as being nude but not erotic. 

Amazon don't seem to have the image up - I've just searched for scorpion 
killers and got half a dozen hits, a couple with a photo of the band and the 
rest with "no image available".

See:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_m_h_?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=scorpions+killers&x=15&y=16

Would be better off replacing the photo of a naked 10 year old girl with the 
image of the band?


Regards

Jonathan Cardy

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> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK censorship: I'm on BBC Radio 4 Today show 
> tomorrow 8:20am
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Date: Monday, 8 December, 2008, 5:53 PM
> Can I just say something, having just listened to the
> recording, i think David did
> a damn good job of holding his ground in the interview, and
> I was plesently suprised
> how sympathetic to our cause the interviewee seemed. Good
> on ya dave :)> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 17:48:49 +>
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> [Wikimediauk-l] UK censorship: I'm on BBC Radio 4 Today
> show tomorrow 8:20am> > > You are, of course,
> right.> > That doesn't change, however, that this
> image is not illegal to view, it's> > merely in a
> greyer legal area of "might be illegal". Which
> does nothing to> > change the IWF's shameful
> overreach in blocking the article as well as the> >
> image — and in doing such a cack-handed job of either.
> :o)> > If hasn't been proven in a court of law not
> to be illegal to view.> However, it is not illegal to
> view simply because the image is not> sexual as is plain
> to any reasonable person. So, as you say, the IWF> has
> gone overboard in blocking it.>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM - large number of online participants

[jonathan cardy]

Meetings with a large number of online or teleconferencing participants are 
practical, provided those in the aether are receiving but not sending (except 
maybe one at a time - for example Email the chair in advance if you want to 
pose a question and have the chair dial you in when your slot comes up). 

Regards

Jonathan Cardy (WereSpielChequers)

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--- On Sun, 14/12/08, Thomas Dalton  wrote:

> From: Thomas Dalton 
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Date: Sunday, 14 December, 2008, 2:10 PM
> 2008/12/1 Michael Shilliday
> :
> > I have never commented here before, but why the need
> for a physical AGM?
> >  Incorporated companies have been having online AGMs
> for years now.  It may
> > be necessary for a small group of people to be sitting
> in a room together,
> > but the voting members don't necessarily need to
> be.
> > There may be a hugely compelling reason why this is
> necessary, but that's
> > just my thoughts,
> > MJS
> 
> Online meetings of large groups of people aren't
> practical. If we
> wanted members to just vote and that's it, then it
> would be fine, but
> we would like to actually get people involved in discussion
> and
> debate. It's pretty much impossible to maintain order
> in an IRC
> channel with dozens of people talking at once.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Introducing Wikimedia UK's new GLAM organiser

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear Wikimedia UK,

This week I have started work as your GLAM organiser, and for those of you
who haven't followed our WMUK blog
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/03/jonathan-cardy-joins-wikimedia-uk-as-glam-organiser/I
would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself.

Hopefully I will get the opportunity to talk to a lot of you in a week's
time at the GLAM Wiki event. But if you aren't coming to that and you want
to know more about our outreach work involving Galleries, Libraries,
Archives and Museums then please get in touch.


Jonathan Cardy
GLAM Organiser
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[Wikimediauk-l] GLAM wiki 2013

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear All,

Much thanks to all of you who helped at or attended last weekend's
conference,  http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2013

We have some sessions recorded and available at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:GLAM-WIKI:_UK_2013_presentations

We also have some pictures at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:GLAM-WIKI:_UK_2013

Though hopefully more are on the way!

Also if anyone is willing and available to come into the office next
Tuesday or Wednesday to help process feedback forms, please drop me an
email.


Jonathan Cardy
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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [cultural-partners] Program Evaluation and Design Workshop - Apply to attend! - June 22-23, Budapest

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear Wikimedia UK members,

Apologies for short notice, but Wikimedia UK would like to fund a volunteer
to go to this event.

If you are available for 22–23 June 2013 and would like a grant from the UK
chapter to attend this then please email me with up to 50 words explaining
why you and the chapter would benefit from this, and where you would be
travelling from.

Regards

Jonathan Cardy
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From: Sarah Stierch 
Date: 8 May 2013 19:29
Subject: [cultural-partners] Program Evaluation and Design Workshop - Apply
to attend! - June 22-23, Budapest
To: cultural-partn...@wikimedia.ch


[please pardon this crossposting]

Hello everyone!

I am pleased to announce the first Program Evaluation and Design Workshop!

   - *When*: 22–23 June 2013
   - *Where*: Budapest, Hungary

The application process is now open. We have only 20 slots available for
this workshop and the application deadline ends on May 17th. This two-day
event will be followed by a pre-conference workshop at Wikimania 2013.
Ideally, applicants would commit to attending both events.

*Why are we offering this workshop?* Over the next couple of years, the
Wikimedia Foundation will be building capacity among program leaders around
evaluation and program design. A better understanding of how to increase
impact through better planning, execution and evaluation of programs &
activities will help us to move a step closer to achieving our mission of
offering a free, high quality encyclopedia to our readers around the world.

*What will take place at this and the following workshops?* Our long-term
goals are:

   1. Participants gain a basic shared understanding of program evaluation
   2. Participants will work collaboratively to map and prioritize
   measurable outcomes, beginning with a focus on the most common program &
   activities
   3. Participants will gain increased fluency in common language of
   evaluation (i.e. goals versus objectives, inputs & outputs versus outcomes
   & impact)
   4. Participants will learn and practice how to extract and report data
   using the UserMetrics API
   5. Participants will commit to working as a community of evaluation
   leaders who will implement evaluation strategies in their programmatic
   activities and report back at the pre-conference workshop at Wikimania 2013
   6. …and participants will have a lot of fun and enjoy networking with
   other program leaders!

We will publish a detailed agenda for the event in Budapest soon on meta.

*Which programs & activities are we going to focus on?* During the workshop
in Budapest, we will only have a limited amount of time. Therefore, we will
be focusing on the some of the more common programs & activities:

   - *Wikipedia editing workshops* where participants learn how to or
   actively edit (i.e. edit-a-thon, wikiparty, hands-on Wikipedia workshop)
   - *Content donations* through partnerships with GLAMs & related
   organizations
   - *Wiki Takes/Expeditions* where volunteers participate in day/weekend
   events to photograph site specific content
   - *Wiki Loves Monuments* which takes place in September
   - *Education program/classroom editing* where volunteers support
   educators who have students editing Wikipedia in the classroom
   - *Writing competitions* which generally take place online in the form
   of contests, WikiCup, and challenges – often engaging experienced editors
   to improve content.

 *Who should apply?* Community members who play an *active role* in
planning and executing programs & activities as described above in the
Wikimedia community. Your experience and knowledge will make this workshop
a success!

*What about the costs for travel and accommodation?* Hotels, flights and
other transportation costs will be on your chapter; the Wikimedia
Foundation will provide the venue, handouts, breakfasts and light lunches,
and a dinner for all participants on Saturday. If you're not affiliated
with a chapter and cannot afford to attend the event, please send me a
private email – we have a small amount of money set aside for those cases.

Applications are open until May 17. You can apply via this Google
Form<https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/forms/d/

[Wikimediauk-l] Do you have some spare time on the 2nd and or 3rd July?

[Jonathan Cardy]

The collections trust have very kindly offered us a free stand at their
exhibition on the 2nd/3rd of July 2013. This is a great opportunity for us
to talk to attendees at OpenCulture2013 <http://www.openculture2013.org.uk>,
hopefully these will be people who are committed to the idea of free
culture, but they may need someone who can tell them what Wikipedia can do
with mass releases of images. Or indeed just show them how to edit an
article or add an image to an article.

We still have a couple of places for volunteers to man the stand,
preference given to people who can talk about Wikimedia commons or wikidata
as well as Wikipedia.

Sign up here <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenCulture2013>, or by emailing
me.

Jonathan Cardy
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Where should the Wikimedia UK Board meet over the coming year?

[Jonathan Cardy]

York would be good. We have an editathon there on the 19th
October.

We also have Autumn events in Glasgow and Manchester. More details on

the events page.  For 2014 if you can
pencil in dates I can try and get edtathons on those dates.

Regards


Jonathan
On 15 Jul 2013 09:08, "Toni Sant"  wrote:

> There's also an established Wikipedia Students' Society at Cambridge that 
> we're
> supporting, and which will hopefully be getting new leadership for the next
> academic year.  I'm sure they'd appreciate meeting board members on their
> home turf.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Toni
>
> On Sunday, July 14, 2013, Roger Bamkin wrote:
>
>> Where there are regular wikimeets or major project deliveries during the
>> year.
>> On 14 Jul 2013 20:52, "Michael Maggs"  wrote:
>>
>>> Cambridge?
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>> On 23 Jun 2013, at 10:53, Chris Keating wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hello everyone,
>>> >
>>> > Just wanted to ask if you have suggestions on locations for Board
>>> meetings over the coming year!
>>> >
>>> > Since we're a national charity we should avoid having meetings in
>>> London all the time. The AGM was in Lincoln, but prior to that the last
>>> non-London Board meeting was last September in Coventry. We should aim to
>>> meet at least twice outside of London in the coming year. If you have any
>>> suggestions, drop me a line. The criteria are:
>>> >
>>> > * we'd like to go somewhere where there is a Wikimedia-related project
>>> going on that we can learn about / help with in some way (e.g. the Coventry
>>> meeting coincided with Wiki Takes Coventry and also with a project at the
>>> Herbert Museum)
>>> > * it needs to be readily accessible by public transport,
>>> > * we need a good meeting room available for 2 full days and a hotel
>>> for people to stay in
>>> >
>>> > If you have any ideas let me know!
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> >
>>> > Chris
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[Wikimediauk-l] GLAM Committee

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear all,

I'd like to revive the UK GLAM committee, much like the Education committee
the GLAM committee will be an opportunity for for volunteers to get more
involved in our GLAM program. I'm hoping that committee members will
include those willing to take part in interviewing potential Wikipedians in
Residence, taking part in editathons and maybe even writing them up as
blogs.

If any of that sounds interesting then please drop me an email.


Regards


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2014: On journalism

[Jonathan Cardy]

Brian,

The obvious opportunity would be to take the fringe to the fringe. Every
Wikimania needs some events for the day after Wikimania, why not make one
option be to spend a few days at the fringe? I started the category
fringe <http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fringe>on
the wikimania 2014 and am planning to do a free London  museum trip for the
day after Wikimania. But we will need several options for Wikimanaians for
the 11th Aug onwards and it would be lovely if one could be the Edinburgh
fringe.

Regards

Jonathan Cardy
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On 20 August 2013 07:22,  wrote:

> We're looking a year ahead, so we should have plenty of time to sort
> things out. But, the UK has some particularly-talented Wikinewsies (I'm
> looking at Iain Macdonald, Tom Morris and Paul Williams in particular).
>
> It would be short-sighted, in the extreme, not to ask the UK-resident
> Wikinewsies to get involved. Given the direction I've seen Paul heading off
> in (to Wikinews' great loss) I suspect he would make a great 'Head of
> Broadcasting' for next year's Wikimania; and, with Wikimedia UK's support,
> could help make sure Wikimania 2014 is the 'most-online' annual conference
> to-date. [All sessions webcast live, all recordings thereof online faster
> than the BBC does with iPlayer.]
>
> The major snag for me, a Wikinewsie in Edinburgh, is it looks-like
> Wikimania 2014 clashes with the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe. (I already
> have interest from a local community Radio station, which might lead to
> free use of high-end gear, and a few other things in-the-works).
>
> But, anyone who is planning to travel to the UK for Wikimania should bear
> that in-mind!
>
> If you want to come up to The Athens of The North, post-conference, start
> looking at those accommodation bookings right now. Otherwise, you'll be
> camping somewhere in the vicinity of Arthur's Seat.
>
> Regardless, and no-matter how hard Wikimedia UK tries to promote their
> London Wikimania, I can promise you "us lot up in Scotland" will keep
> knocking you off the front page when it comes to headlines in the press.
> Does anyone else have some 'creative ideas' about Wikimania 2014 having a
> 'token presence' in Edinburgh? (The Fringe venue I want to 'hijack' is
> close-enough to the Edinburgh Uni CS facilities I was hacking - 25 years
> ago - that, we could run an armoured fibre straight into JANET).
>
> It's simply too-good an opportunity to miss. And, where I strongly agree
> with the broad-criticisms Jimmy made of mainstream media in his HK keynote,
> I know that "the news division of the WMF" (i.e. Wikinews) could wipe the
> floor with the Mainstream on the independence debate.
>
>
> Brian.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Office] More "Wiki Takes …" events in September for WLM ?

[Jonathan Cardy]

Hi Harry,

Do you think you could write a checklist/guide for organising such events?
That might make it more attractive for others to do this, and maybe prompt
some volunteers.

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On 23 August 2013 12:58, HJ Mitchell  wrote:

> I'm happy to help with logistics if anybody is interested but put off by
> lack of time or experience.
>
> Also, registration for Chester is still open, please see
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Takes_Chester.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Harry Mitchell
> http://enwp.org/User:HJ
> Phone: 024 7698 0977
> Skype: harry_j_mitchell
>
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> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Office] More "Wiki Takes …" events
> in September for WLM ?
>
> It would certainly be nice to have another one to bookend the competition.
> I approached User:Hassocks... to see if he was interested in organising one
> in Sussex, but he's away for most of September.
>
> Somewhere outside London might be nice, ideally urban and historic so that
> there are enough listed buildings clustered in one place. And of course a
> volunteer.
>
> We could perhaps ask Rod Ward, but his neck of the woods is pretty well
> covered and he's put in a lot of hard work getting the lists into shape.
> Clem Rutter is based in Rochester, but I don't know if he has experience of
> organising events. Mark MacDonald is based at Lancaster University. Perhaps
> we could ask if he could get students involved in a Wiki Takes... event?
>
>
> On 23 August 2013 12:42, Michael Maggs  wrote:
>
> Harry Mitchell is running a Wiki Takes Chester event on 7th September. (
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Takes_Chester)
>
> Is anyone able to run another local event in September that could pull
> people in to the Wiki Loves Monuments competition?
>
> Michael
>
> See:  http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Office] More "Wiki Takes …" events in September for WLM ?

[Jonathan Cardy]

Thanks Lodewijk,

Yes that's what I was looking for.

Jonathan

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On 27 August 2013 12:38, Lodewijk  wrote:

> Hi Jonathan,
>
> to avoid duplication, could you take a look at
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments/Organizing_a_Wiki_takes
>  and
> see if that is what you're looking for? If you're missing something,
> perhaps that could be improved, and other countries could use that as well.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lodewijk
>
>
> 2013/8/27 Jonathan Cardy 
>
>> Hi Harry,
>>
>> Do you think you could write a checklist/guide for organising such
>> events? That might make it more attractive for others to do this, and maybe
>> prompt some volunteers.
>>
>> Jonathan Cardy
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>> (Galeriau,
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>>
>> On 23 August 2013 12:58, HJ Mitchell  wrote:
>>
>>> I'm happy to help with logistics if anybody is interested but put off by
>>> lack of time or experience.
>>>
>>> Also, registration for Chester is still open, please see
>>> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Takes_Chester.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Harry Mitchell
>>> http://enwp.org/User:HJ
>>> Phone: 024 7698 0977
>>> Skype: harry_j_mitchell
>>>
>>>   --
>>>  *From:* Richard Nevell 
>>> *To:* WMUK Office mailing list 
>>> *Cc:* UK Wikimedia mailing list 
>>> *Sent:* Friday, 23 August 2013, 12:50
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Office] More "Wiki Takes …" events
>>> in September for WLM ?
>>>
>>> It would certainly be nice to have another one to bookend the
>>> competition. I approached User:Hassocks... to see if he was interested in
>>> organising one in Sussex, but he's away for most of September.
>>>
>>> Somewhere outside London might be nice, ideally urban and historic so
>>> that there are enough listed buildings clustered in one place. And of
>>> course a volunteer.
>>>
>>> We could perhaps ask Rod Ward, but his neck of the woods is pretty well
>>> covered and he's put in a lot of hard work getting the lists into shape.
>>> Clem Rutter is based in Rochester, but I don't know if he has experience of
>>> organising events. Mark MacDonald is based at Lancaster University. Perhaps
>>> we could ask if he could get students involved in a Wiki Takes... event?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23 August 2013 12:42, Michael Maggs  wrote:
>>>
>>> Harry Mitchell is running a Wiki Takes Chester event on 7th September. (
>>> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Takes_Chester)
>>>
>>> Is anyone able to run another local event in September that could pull
>>> people in to the Wiki Loves Monuments competition?
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>> See:  http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Can we nudge the Church of England for free images?

[Jonathan Cardy]

Having done a little bit of work on the image lists for WLM and quite a bit
of categorisation on commons I would add that in some counties they have
the majority of the grade I listed buildings.

So we should talk to the people who manage their physical estate, perhaps
after Wiki Loves Monuments.

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On 29 August 2013 08:26, Tom Morris  wrote:

> I'm just getting ready to write an article for Wikinews about the
> Archbishop of Canterbury, and I realised we do not have a free image of him.
>
> Does the chapter or any volunteers have any contacts at the Church of
> England? I expect they have a sizeable collection of interesting images
> that could help illustrate both historical articles, biographies (of
> bishops and archbishops etc.), articles about places, and things like
> Wikinews articles covering current-day issues in the church (like women
> bishops, the church's attitude to lesbian and gay people etc.)
>
> I've just sent an email to Lambeth Palace asking if they would be willing
> to release some images for use on the Wikimedia projects, but I'd be
> interested to see if anyone else could think of either good reasons to
> want, or good ways to get, images from the Church of England.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Wikimedian in Residence at YMT

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear All,

Wikimedia UK is pleased to announce a WIR role at York Museums Trust, and
would like to to see applicants for this from within the community. Page
down for the email announcing the role and details as to how one can apply.

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-- Forwarded message --
From: Martin Fell 
Date: 3 September 2013 12:22
Subject: Wikimedian in Residence at YMT
To: m...@jiscmail.ac.uk


   <http://www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk>

We have just advertised the post of Wikimedian in Residence at York
Museums Trust. An application pack can be requested here:
http://www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/Page/Vacancies.aspx

If you know of anyone who may be interested in this post then
please pass this email on.



This 6-month, part-time post is part of a major partnership with
Wikimedia UK, which you can read about in a blog post here:
http://www.ymtblog.org.uk/2013/08/26/ymt-partnership-with-wikimedia-uk-launched-with-first-upload-to-the-commons/



This is an exciting time for us and will see us testing social
engagement online, crowdsourcing, asset release and licensing shake-up. The
post has been made possible thanks to a generous grant from Wikimedia UK.

FULL JOB AD:

Wikimedian in Residence
Temporary 6 month post
14.48 hours per week (2 days)
£23,400 per annum, pro rata

York Museums Trust's (YMT) Digital Team is embarking on a major
partnership project with Wikimedia UK to help improve online access to our
extensive collections and disseminate information about our collections,
buildings and gardens to the widest possible audience

As part of a sixth-month project, we will be taking our Tempest
Anderson collection and using it as the cornerstone of a major public
engagement programme to create, develop and deliver content on an
internationally acclaimed and globally used platform.

Do you have the skills and experience to provide access to our
digitised collections online, introduce new and simplified licensing for
digital assets and develop a rolling programme of digital volunteering with
Wikipedia and Wikimedia UK ?

We want to work with someone who has a proven track record of
editing Wikipedia and using the encyclopedia's sister sites, an
understanding of Wikimedia policies and best practices, and experience of
delivering training and achieving key learning outcomes.

But most importantly, the right candidate will have a commitment to
open knowledge, transparent working practices and a passion for the arts,
history and science.

Want to know more...?

For further information or to request an application pack:
1) Email rachel.w...@ymt.org.uk. Your completed application form
can then be returned as an attachment, saving time and postage.

2) Phone 01904 697954. If phoning outside of office hours you will
get through to the voicemail service. Please leave your name, what position
you are applying for, your email address, phone number and postal address
and you will be contacted back.

Dates to bear in mind...

Closing date for applications is Sunday 15 September 2013 at 5pm.

Interviews will take place in York on Thursday 26 September 2013.

Kind regards,
_

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[Wikimediauk-l] 26th October Python session in London

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear all,

Fae is running a Python coding training session in London on the 26th
October<https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Python_and_Wikimedia_bots_workshop_Oct_2013>
.

Please sign up if interested


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[Wikimediauk-l] WIR part role at the Royal Society in London.

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear all,

Wikimedia UK is very happy to announce a WIR role at the Royal
Society<https://recruit.royalsociety.org/AccessSelect.rEcruit/Recruitment/VacancyDetails.aspx?VacNo=4FE120FC8B315FC3>
.

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[Wikimediauk-l] Digital Sustainability for Historians - event in London where it would be nice to have a scholar present with a Wikimedia theme to their offering

[Jonathan Cardy]

Would anyone on this list be interested in applying for this event? They
are offering a £350 honorarium, and if any Wikimedian wins I will be happy
to give what support I can.

I think that points 1, 4 and 5 would be ones where Wikimedia can be the
solution or at least a large part of it.

Point 2 is something we should steer away from and point 3 is something we
can indirectly address - sharing images on Wikimedia commons, and using a
Wikimedia Commons category as your master category for related images means
that you don't have the cost of maintaining a website and web presence in
the future.

Regards

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From: Mia 
Date: 15 September 2013 12:09
Subject: Applications open for Five Solutions: Digital Sustainability for
Historians
To: m...@jiscmail.ac.uk


Please excuse the cross-post, but digital sustainability is critical
for museums and archaeology and I suspect each list has people with
valuable contributions to make...

Cheers, Mia

Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:21:40 +0100
From: Adam Crymble 
Subject: cfp: sustainability for history


Applications open for Five Solutions: Digital Sustainability for Historians
Five Solutions to What?

 Historical scholarship is increasingly digital; and yet we do not have an
agreed form of best practices for ensuring that digital scholarship
lasts. *Five Solutions* is looking for five scholars able to outline a
solution to the
issues of sustainability now facing historians. This one day workshop asks
participants to give a 15  http://www.blogger.com/null minute presentation
outlining practical solutions to one of five challenges, with the resources
and expertise of an ordinary working historian in mind.  These
presentations will form the basis for a one day workshop on practical
strategies for digital sustainability.  The presentations can be based on
your own experience and ideas, or can be taken on as a research project. We
will work with all participants to ensure that the final presentations are
both technically workable and illustrated with the most appropriate
datasets.

 Accepted participants will each receive a *£350 honorarium.**

 The Five Themes

 The following five themes are designed to get you started, but if you have
other ideas, we’d love to hear about it. Each theme should be approached
with the ordinary working historian in mind.

 1. Preserving research data for the future
 2. Curating an enduring professional online persona
 3. Paying project costs after the money runs out
 4. Capturing and documenting the expertise of temporary staff
 5. Strategies for working together on larger projects

 Who Should Apply?

 We’re looking for people with passion. Scholars old or young, university
students of any level, librarians, archivists, developers, designers,
system administrators, or anyone who considers themselves a historian at
heart. No specific qualifications or prior experience required - just an
interest in helping academia find solutions to organizational and
technological challenges facing the sustainability of our digital projects.

 What do I have to do?

 Figure out a solution, of course! Once you’ve come up with your solution,
you’ll share your work in two ways:

 1. A 15-minute presentation of your solution at a one-day conference
in London, UK on the *28th of November 2013 *at the Institute of Historical
Research.

 2. A 1500-2000 word peer-reviewed tutorial outlining your solution to
be published in the *spring of 2014* in the *Programming Historian 2 *and
distributed as part of ‘IHR Digital’.

 All tutorials will be peer-reviewed and released under a Creative Commons
CC-BY license. Participants will have the full support of an editor at
the *Programming
Historian 2* who will provide guidance for writing an effective, practical
tutorial.

 Evidence of previous work with technical writing or a willingness to
learn, as well as a strong command of the English language are a bonus.

 How do I apply?

 By *8 October 2013* send a two-page C.V. and a brief email to
adam.crym...@kcl.ac.uk (subject line: Five Solutions) addressing the
following questions:

 1. What theme would you like to tackle? (Use one of our suggestions or
come up 

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 'Illustrating Wikipedia brochure' - your thoughts?

[Jonathan Cardy]

Thanks all,

*Possible revised wording with examples from the borderline and less
repetition.
*
*
UK Freedom of panorama*

 Under UK law, you can photograph, upload and share with the world a photo
of any 3d artifact such as a building or sculpture that is permanently
publicly displayed in the UK, even if the object is still under copyright.
But you need to check four things:
1 Is it permanently on display? Temporary exhibits such as on the fourth
plinth in Trafalgar square  are not included, but the Angel of the North is.
2 When you took the photograph were you somewhere normally open to the
public? Inside a pub or museum is fine, where you work or were a guest
probably isn't.
3 Was it 3d not 2d? Buildings and sculpture are 3d, graffiti, paintings and
signs are 2d. So a photograph of stained glass illuminated by light shining
through it is 3d, but the same stained glass window reflecting your flash
at night is 2d and might still be under copyright.
4 Did you take the photo in the UK? Most other countries have stricter
rules.


Regards


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On 17 September 2013 11:43, Stevie Benton wrote:

> Thanks again everyone for all of your input. As there is still some
> correspondence going around the booklet I'm going to leave it open for
> comments until 12pm tomorrow. At that point, I plan to close the discussion
> and prepare a final proof before sending to the printers and uploading to
> Commons.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Stevie
>
>
> On 17 September 2013 10:40, Edward Hands  wrote:
>
>>  Thank you Martin for your kind words.  Harry's edit also makes sense,
>> especially as I imagine architects may not be the only copyright holders,
>> even for buildings.
>>
>> Tweaking the text of this brochure is a great example of the power of
>> collaborative editing.
>>
>> If you're not familiar with them, Tony1 has devised some great exercises
>> in redundancy.  I have found them quite instructive in the past, and they
>> could be a useful training tool.  As he states, "Redundancy, rather than
>> poor grammar and spelling, is the biggest source of problems in prose."
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tony1/Redundancy_exercises:_removing_fluff_from_your_writing
>>
>> best wishes
>> Edward Hands
>> Edwardx on WP etc
>>
>> Edward's copyediting is a great improvement, and a nice illustration of
>> how, >95% of the time people say they want more space to write in, what
>> they actually want is fewer words. Thanks to all who contributed to this
>> and especially Stevie, of course: I'm sure it will be very useful.
>>
>>
>> On 16 September 2013 17:33, HJ Mitchell  wrote:
>>
>>>  Edward's suggestions seem sensible to me, though I'd be happy with
>>> either version.
>>>
>>>  I might also be inclined to remove "by the architect", especially if
>>> we're using a sculpture as an example.
>>>
>>> Harry Mitchell
>>>  http://enwp.org/User:HJ
>>>  Phone: 024 7698 0977
>>> Skype: harry_j_mitchell
>>>
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[Wikimediauk-l] GLAM Committee - open meeting 7pm 9th October

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear all,

Next week's GLAM committee is going to be an open one at 7pm on the 9th
October. If you are interested in taking part email me with your Skype ID.

Provisional agenda

   1. Glam Booklet <https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/GLAM_Booklet_2013>
   2. Glam Program <https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events>
  1. Do we have sufficient diversity of subject, type of event,
  geography?
  2. How do we gear up for 19th Oct and avoid similar clashes in future?
   3. Prospects
   4. AOB

If you aren't free or don't want to join the whole call feel free to
comment by email to me or join in on wiki.

Many Thanks

Jonathan Cardy
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[Wikimediauk-l] Downloading a category from commons

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear all,

We need to do a couple of batch extracts from Wikimedia Commons including a
copy of the "Wiki takes Chester" photos. Is there anyone who could do this
for us or show us how?

The extract would be expected to fit on a memory stick, and we would supply
the memory stick. Needless to say the extract needs to comply with reuse
policy<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Reusing_content_outside_Wikimedia#Downloading>so
some metadata will also need extraction.

Regards


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Downloading a category from commons

[Jonathan Cardy]

Hi Harry,

There are a couple of reciprocal image donations where we are getting or
hoping to get sets of images and I want to send them  the equivalent part
of the Commons collection.

Regards


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On 16 October 2013 14:23, HJ Mitchell  wrote:

> I'm curious, why do you want to do this?
>
> Harry Mitchell
> http://enwp.org/User:HJ
> Phone: 024 7698 0977
> Skype: harry_j_mitchell
>
>   ------
>  *From:* Jonathan Cardy 
> *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list 
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 15:32
> *Subject:* [Wikimediauk-l] Downloading a category from commons
>
> Dear all,
>
> We need to do a couple of batch extracts from Wikimedia Commons including
> a copy of the "Wiki takes Chester" photos. Is there anyone who could do
> this for us or show us how?
>
> The extract would be expected to fit on a memory stick, and we would
> supply the memory stick. Needless to say the extract needs to comply with 
> reuse
> policy<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Reusing_content_outside_Wikimedia#Downloading>so
>  some metadata will also need extraction.
>
> Regards
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[Wikimediauk-l] Last call for Saturday 19th York or London

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear all,

We still have some places available for two editathons this Saturday:

One at the National Railway Museum in
York<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Railways/National_Railway_Museum_editathon>-
this is also our first tripod friendly indoor event for photographers
this year.

The other is an editathon re the Bloomsbury
Group<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Literature/Bloomsbury_Group_editathon>at
Senate house in London

As usual the full list <https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events> is on
the UK wiki.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Amazon Tax avoidance

[Jonathan Cardy]

If the prize is a book token or equivalent to a certain value then you can
sort out the practicalities such as Amazon v Waterstones with the winner.
Naming the company at this stage is giving them publicity that we don't
need to give.

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On 21 November 2013 09:36, Richard Nevell
wrote:

> The winners won't necessarily be from the UK, so something like
> Waterstones and WHSmith might not appeal to everyone.
>
> Fabian, do you have any suggestions?
>
>
> On 21 November 2013 09:12, Jon Davies  wrote:
>
>> Co-op bank? :(
>>
>>
>> On 21 November 2013 09:07, Simon Knight  wrote:
>>
>>> Yes that thought had crossed my mind too, I had a quick look for
>>> alternatives, the difficulty is finding somewhere with the same broad
>>> (product) appeal.  Waterstones, WHSmith?
>>> Simon
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
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>>> Sent: 21 November 2013 09:05
>>> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
>>> Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Amazon Tax avoidance
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> > Can I go ahead and announce that WMUK will provide a Kobo and two
>>> > Amazon vouchers? (About £70 worth of prizes in total.)
>>>
>>> Has the Amazon Tax avoidance been sorted Out?
>>>
>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20560359
>>>
>>> I am not sure that WMUK would want to be seen endorsing Amazon if this
>>> is not the case?
>>>
>>> all the best
>>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Amazon Tax avoidance

[Jonathan Cardy]

If we give people a choice then they might well choose Amazon vouchers, but
we can move immediately from promoting prizes as Amazon vouchers to
promoting them as gift vouchers. From my Direct Marketing days when I was
involved in running quite a few  prize draws the major reason why people
would use a known brand for a prize was to make the existence of the prize
more credible. I would hope that we can assume that any prize draw which we
run is credible.

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On 27 November 2013 14:18, Richard Symonds  wrote:

> To be fair, I will be moving away from Amazon for day-to-day purchases
> after watching Panorama last night... it's not really feasible to move away
> from Amazon vouchers, but I will definitely look into how we might be able
> to.
>
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> On 21 November 2013 18:13, Lodewijk  wrote:
>
>> Good point Jonathan, that is the same approach we use internationally.
>> Also, even if you do amazon, there are internationally multiple branches.
>>
>> Lodewijk
>>
>>
>> 2013/11/21 Jonathan Cardy 
>>
>>> If the prize is a book token or equivalent to a certain value then you
>>> can sort out the practicalities such as Amazon v Waterstones with the
>>> winner. Naming the company at this stage is giving them publicity that we
>>> don't need to give.
>>>
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>>> On 21 November 2013 09:36, Richard Nevell <
>>> richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The winners won't necessarily be from the UK, so something like
>>>> Waterstones and WHSmith might not appeal to everyone.
>>>>
>>>> Fabian, do you have any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 21 November 2013 09:12, Jon Davies wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Co-op bank? :(
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 21 November 2013 09:07, Simon Knight  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes that thought had crossed my mind too, I had a quick look for
>>>>>> alternatives, the difficulty is finding somewhere with the same broad
>>>>>> (product) appeal.  Waterstones, WHSmith?
>>>>>> Simon
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Original Message-
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>>>>>> fab...@unpopular.org.uk
>

[Wikimediauk-l] Art Nouveau in London

[Jonathan Cardy]

Apologies to those far from London or who have already spotted this on
their watchlists.

But we are running an Art Nouveau editathon next
Wednesday<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Symbolism_and_Art_Nouveau/London_Editathon>afternoon
and you are all invited.

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[Wikimediauk-l] Skill share - Photography training session 10th December

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear all,

As part of our skill share program, Wikimedia UK is delighted to invite you
to a photography training
session<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/December_2013_Photography_Workshop>on
the tenth December in London.

Unfortunately numbers are limited, so please book
promptly<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/December_2013_Photography_Workshop>

Regards

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] GLAM-out, tomorrow evening 8pm

[Jonathan Cardy]

Hi Rupert, I've discussed this with several people and I hope to have
several either making submissions or taking part in the fringe.

Regards

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On 5 December 2013 19:16, rupert THURNER  wrote:

> Are you aware if any notable British GLAMS or archives want to send
> somebody to wikimania next year?
>
> Rupert
> Am 05.12.2013 10:46 schrieb "Stevie Benton" <
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>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I've just noticed that some folks have a planned Google Hangout at 8pm
>> tomorrow evening (UK time) for those interested in GLAM -
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout/2013/December
>>
>> They are calling it a GLAMout and anyone is welcome to listen in.
>>
>> Thanks and regards,
>>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: QRpedia stats broken?

[Jonathan Cardy]

Thanks Erik,

I'll forward that to our tec list.

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-- Forwarded message --
From: Erik Moeller 
Date: 2 January 2014 22:34
Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia stats broken?
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org


http://qrpedia.org/stats.php seems broken right now, could someone take a
look?

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Chiltern Trains Wi-Fi blocks Wikimedia Commons

[Jonathan Cardy]

If their concern is bandwidth then I think I can understand a free WiFi
provider blocking "Photo Sharing, Visual Search Engines". I would hope that
anyone batch uploading their days photos to Commons would be considerate of
such Free Wifi, but to be honest doubt I would be. As for the issue of
photos on your laptop in a public space such as a train, I've often sat on
a train cropping, naming and reviewing photographs before uploading them
later, people do sometimes look and occasionally comment. But I figure
nobody will be offended at photographs of steam trains and Georgian
antiquities.

Love the idea of steam powered routers though.


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On 14 January 2014 21:34, Fæ  wrote:

> On 14 January 2014 20:53, Sarah Noble  wrote:
> ...
> > What's the reason for blocking Grindr anyway, Fae? And would they also
> > block, say, okcupid?
>
> For all I know they might block any adult-ish dating-type site, I can
> only speak from the gay perspective. Considering that Grindr is
> actually quite good at taking down any image of a potentially NSFW
> nature, including naughty words, it's actually less risky than
> browsing Commons. :-D
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Interested in a potential hook-up with a sci-fi film festival?

[Jonathan Cardy]

We have a page for this
on<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_Worldcon_in_London._August_14_to_18,_2014>the
Wikimania website, I suggest people who are interested go there and
flesh that page out. The 14th to 18th August is very much part of the
fringe of Wikimania and there will be some Wikimanians still in London,
especially if there are SF fans coming.

The final planning of this would be an interesting topic for a 30 minute
slot <https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions>at Wikimania,
both for interested parties to meet each other, finalise plans for the con
and perhaps for other editors to add to the wishlist of recordings images
or just sit in on the planning of such an event.


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On 19 March 2014 12:57, Richard Symonds wrote:

> I've expressed my interest too off-list - this is really close to my house
> so it'd be lovely to attend.
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> On 19 March 2014 12:37, Andy Mabbett  wrote:
>
>> On 19 March 2014 11:02, Stevie Benton 
>> wrote:
>> > If anyone is interested in meeting with the convention / festival
>> organiser
>> > do let me know and we'll see if we can set something up.
>>
>> Yes; interested in this generally, and from a voice-intro persepctive.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Interested in a potential hook-up with a sci-fi film festival?

[Jonathan Cardy]

Attending the convention in August is part of the fringe and I have added
it as such, but I think that rather implies we might consider having a
stall or something there?

The Film festival is so long after Wikimania that I would treat it as a
WMUK event outside of Wikimania

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On 19 March 2014 14:42, Jon Davies  wrote:

> Damn! But we can link o possible synergy I think.
>
>
>
> On 19 March 2014 14:40, Richard Symonds 
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>> I'm not sure that it's the same conference...?
>>
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>> On 19 March 2014 14:29, Jonathan Cardy 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We have a page for this 
>>> on<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_Worldcon_in_London._August_14_to_18,_2014>the
>>>  Wikimania website, I suggest people who are interested go there and
>>> flesh that page out. The 14th to 18th August is very much part of the
>>> fringe of Wikimania and there will be some Wikimanians still in London,
>>> especially if there are SF fans coming.
>>>
>>> The final planning of this would be an interesting topic for a 30
>>> minute slot <https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions>at
>>> Wikimania, both for interested parties to meet each other, finalise plans
>>> for the con and perhaps for other editors to add to the wishlist of
>>> recordings images or just sit in on the planning of such an event.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jonathan Cardy
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>>> On 19 March 2014 12:57, Richard Symonds <
>>> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've expressed my interest too off-list - this is really close to my
>>>> house so it'd be lovely to attend.
>>>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Rights in church bell ringing

[Jonathan Cardy]

In some ways professionals are easier because they will have thought about
IP issues and have a contract which means you negotiate with their manager
rather than them individually. But on the downside they usually expect to
be paid.

I know that some bell ringers do get appearance fees, I used to have a mate
who did it as a side line.

There is also the issue of the composers rights, though of course some bell
ringing will involve tunes that are long out of copyright.



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On 19 March 2014 14:52, Harry Burt  wrote:

> Amateur orchestras, in particular (unless there are professional church
> bell ringers?).
>
> Harry
>  On 19 Mar 2014 14:50, "Stevie Benton" 
> wrote:
>
>> I'm clearly no expert on copyright but I wonder if the rights issue would
>> be the same as an orchestra. Would you need to get approval from each
>> musician in an orchestra to use a recording of their performance?
>>
>> Stevie
>>
>>
>> On 19 March 2014 14:43, Andy Mabbett  wrote:
>>
>>> I've raised a question on Commons, about performers; ruiights in
>>> reoding of church bells:
>>>
>>>https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Church_bells
>>>
>>> I'm no expert, but AIUI, the UK style of bell ringing is different
>>> from that elsewhere in the world. I hope our ability to upload
>>> recordings of church bells will not be encumbered by the need to get
>>> clearance from each bell ringer.
>>>
>>> Can anyone comment, with any authority, on such matters?
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] GLAM toolset training

[Jonathan Cardy]

Hi Andy,

Yes there will be training. We already have some talks submitted for
Wikimania, but I am hoping to get something sooner.

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On 19 March 2014 17:12, Andy Mabbett  wrote:

> Are there any plans for WMUK to offer or coordinate training for
> (potential) users of the GLAM toolset?
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Interested in a potential hook-up with a sci-fi film festival?

[Jonathan Cardy]

Hi Joe, sounds like a grant
application<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Project_grants>would be
worth making

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On 20 March 2014 18:49, Joe Filceolaire  wrote:

> I posted that page on the wikimania wiki so it is independent of your
> contact.
>
> The August SciFi conference at ExCel is Loncon3 - the World Science
> Fiction convention. It is the weekend after Wikimania. It is very well
> attended by authors so would be a good place to gather voice intros and
> even interviews.
>
>
>- It will have an exhibition hall with dealers tables, art exhibition,
>poster displays. Do we want a table there for our voice intro booth?
>- It will have a large program of panels on all kinds of stuff SF fans
>are interested in. Do we have a photographer interested in hanging out in
>the Green room taking pics of panel members?
>- It will have the Hugo award ceremony (If you buy membership you get
>to vote and you get a copy of most of the nominated works included in your
>membership).
>- It will have a multimedia stream and a music stream and a lot of
>hanging out in bars discussing stuff till late.
>
>
> Is WMUK interested in participating? Is WMUK interested in paying for
> memberships for volunteers who would be willing to man a booth? Loncon3 is
> starting to finalise their arrangements so we need to decide what we are
> interested in doing.
>
> Yours
>
> Joe
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Michael Peel <
> michael.p...@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 19 Mar 2014, at 16:01, Richard Symonds <
>> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > Perhaps something to be taken offlist with those interested, so we
>> don't break any confidences?
>>
>> Or keep things on-list/on-wiki for transparency?
>>
>> I'd be potentially interested in helping do something here.
>>
>> With the August SciFi conference in London - I know one of the organising
>> committee for that, and previously put them in touch with Ed/James/Saad to
>> see if anything could be done. I'm not sure whether the page on the
>> Wikimania wiki is related to that contact, or if it's an independent
>> activity. If it is separate, then I'd be happy to provide another
>> introduction here...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimedia-l] Rating Wikimedia content (was Our next strategy plan-Paid editing)

[Jonathan Cardy]

For media files there are two things we already have, size of the file and
who created it.

Filesize doesn't guarantee quality, but there must be a size below which we
just have a blurry thumbnail.

Assessing the possible quality of images by looking at how many other
quality images have come from the same user is likely to be helpful.
Another image by someone who has had multiple featured pictures should be a
positive on any rating system.

We now have hundreds of thousands of images that are categorised as being
of various important objects such as listed buildings in the UK.

Other variables we could consider include the camera used, again a good
camera with the settings mucked up is likely to take a worse photograph
than a cheap camera in the hands of someone who knows how to coax the bet
out of it.


Several other things may or may not be possible, though if there isn't
already open sourced software that can do it it could be expensive to
create it: Technology exists out there that can compare different human
faces, so it should be possible to write software that classifies images as
blurred, washed out or poorly lit. Also we could have software that
identifies near duplicates and in some fashion threads similar images
behind the "best" one.


The AFT was always vulnerable to just creating extra work for the community
and diverting people from possibly improving articles to asking others to
fix them. But software could be written that encouraged rather than
undermined the SoFixIt culture of our heyday. If we had an app that invited
people to check "Is this still the best image to illustrate this Wikipedia
article?" Then we could feed it with articles where we believed we had more
images on commons than we were using, or where the same image had been used
for several years, or the image used was small or otherwise suspect, or
indeed where we didn't have an image. Leutha and I ran a couple of sessions
a year or so back showing donors how to add images to articles, and we
found that  even people who were quite hesitant about editing were very
confident deciding which of several images could be used to illustrate an
article, even if they had never been to the village or river in question.
As well as improving articles and acting as a much needed new entrypoint
for editors, this could give us another metric on media quality - "one of x
images considered but not used to illustrate the article on that subject"
or indeed "image z was replaced in article x by image y" which should
usually mean that image y is higher "quality" than image z.


Some sort of weighted score that combines the above could be what we need,
though of course many of the criteria are subjective and scores could drop
over time as better media files are uploaded.




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On 16 April 2014 19:53, Charles Matthews wrote:

> On 16 April 2014 19:28, Simon Knight  wrote:
>
>> Thanks Dan, to be clear, the proposal is not to develop another manual
>> rating system (such as the AFT or the project rating systems), it's to
>> develop some automated quality assessments. Those might include some manual
>> elements as inputs particularly for any machine learning approach, but
>> generating new methods there is not the aim of the project.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> There's the old DREWS acronym from How Wikipedia Works. to which I'd now
> add T for traffic. In other words there are six factors that an experienced
> human would use to analyse quality, looking in particular for warning signs.
>
> D = Discussion: crunch the talk page (20 archives = controversial, while
> no comments indicates possible neglect)
> R = WikiProject rating, FWIW, if there is one.
> E = Edit history. A single editor, or essentially only one editor with
> tweaking, is a warning sign. (Though not if it is me, obviously)
> W = Writing. This would take some sort of text analysis. Work to do here.
> Includes detection of non-standard format, which would suggest neglect by
> experienced editors.
> S = Sources. Count footnotes and so on.
> T

[Wikimediauk-l] Photographers needed for photography at the Tank Museum in Dorset

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear Wikimedia UK mailing list,

We have been given some free off peak weekday tickets to the tank museum in
Dorset.

I have already Emailed those of our Wiki Loves Monuments participants who
opted in to further events, so apologies if this is a repeat, but if anyone
here fancies taking photographs of tanks, send me your snail mail address
and I will send you a ticket

Regards


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Photographers needed for photography at the Tank Museum in Dorset

[Jonathan Cardy]

Thanks Magnus and Richard, I have added your suggestions to the
wishlist<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Tank_Museum_2014#Requested_photographs>,
if anyone else has further suggestions please post them there. though it
might be worth checking if the museum has such a vehicle on display.

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On 23 April 2014 16:50, Richard Symonds wrote:

> Such as:
>
>- Tiger 131 (which could be notable by itself)
>- Rotatrailer
>- the Sherman Crab
>- the FV4211 (first vehicle fitted with Chobham armour)
>
> All a bit niche but very interesting to those of us who are interested in
> such things...
>
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>
> On 23 April 2014 16:35, Magnus Manske  wrote:
>
>> FWIW, the only British tanks on en.wikipedia without an image appear to
>> be:
>> TOG1
>> Morris-Martel
>> Tank, Cruiser, Mk VII Cavalier (A24) ([[Cavalier tank]])
>>
>> But then, of course, there may be ones that don't have an article yet!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Magnus
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Jonathan Cardy <
>> jonathan.ca...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Wikimedia UK mailing list,
>>>
>>> We have been given some free off peak weekday tickets to the tank museum
>>> in Dorset.
>>>
>>> I have already Emailed those of our Wiki Loves Monuments participants
>>> who opted in to further events, so apologies if this is a repeat, but if
>>> anyone here fancies taking photographs of tanks, send me your snail mail
>>> address and I will send you a ticket
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Photographers needed for photography at the Tank Museum in Dorset

[Jonathan Cardy]

Hi Geni,

No, but non-members may find a membership leaflet sneaked into the envelope
with their ticket:)

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On 23 April 2014 17:02, geni  wrote:

> Is this members only?
>
>
> On 23 April 2014 15:48, Jonathan Cardy wrote:
>
>> Dear Wikimedia UK mailing list,
>>
>> We have been given some free off peak weekday tickets to the tank museum
>> in Dorset.
>>
>> I have already Emailed those of our Wiki Loves Monuments participants who
>> opted in to further events, so apologies if this is a repeat, but if anyone
>> here fancies taking photographs of tanks, send me your snail mail address
>> and I will send you a ticket
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Photographers needed for photography at the Tank Museum in Dorset

[Jonathan Cardy]

Thanks Geni, Would you mind adding those suggestions to the
wishlist<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Tank_Museum_2014#Requested_photographs>on
wiki, this mailing list is much better at making suggestions for
photos
that could be taken at that museum, and the mailing I did to Wiki Loves
Monuments participants has been more fruitful at recruiting photographers
who are going to go there. Including one who has assured me he will work
from that list.

I now have a number of requests to make of that museum covering everything
from lighting and moving the tanks around to having a ROV fly round in
their building. But as I have several photographers who have now taken a
third of the tickets, I think it would be best to wait until we can point
to some photos in use before I ask for what I suspect would be out of hours
access.

.

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On 26 April 2014 20:39, geni  wrote:

> Long email is long.
>
>
>  While expanding commons is a worthy goal the museum is likely to want
> pics that make it into Wikipedia articles. The main challenge with
> photographing vehicles tends to be their size. Getting even lighting over
> an object that big is tricky (and tanks tend to be large even for
> vehicles). Studio set-ups use a bunch of big lights. Wikipedians tend to
> use outdoor shots (the soft light of dawn/ evening or light overcast during
> the day generally produces he best results).
>
>
>  Indoors lighting tends to be worse with point sources resulting in
> uneven illumination. The shear size of vehicles means you can't generally
> light the whole things from an onboard flash. There is a significant
> falloff at a greater distance. Better results can be obtained with off
> camera flashes but this requires multiple people and someone experienced
> with off camera flash. Still it might be worth seeing if a team can be put
> together. We must have someone who knows their way around flash photography.
>
>
>  In terms of what can usefully be photographed offer the following list.
> In addition photos of details (suspension, cupolas weapon mounts) as well
> as interiors are often lacking.
>
>
>  ==Need pics==
>
>
>  Mark IX tank
>
> Tetrarch -not easy to get a good pic of since it appears to be surrounded
> by stuff
>
> Vickers 6-Ton Tank
>
> Excelsior tank
>
> Valentine Archer
>
> T14 Heavy Tank
>
>
>  ==Improvable with a tripod==
>
>
>  Little Willie-seriously dark though current image has an exposure of ¼
> seconds
>
> Mark II female
>
> TOGII
>
>
>  ==Improvable through other methods==
>
>
>  Light tank Mk IIA -Might be better with a slightly greater depth of field
>
> Tortoise heavy assault tank-Some clever HDR or off camera flash use is
> needed to deal with the rather messy lighting
>
> Black Prince-slightly wider field of view (the area behind the tank is
> much brighter than the tank itself which may complicate things).
>
> Valiant tank- needs a wider field of view. Area around tank is also pretty
> dark.
>
> Vickers A1E1 Independent-Some clever HDR or off camera flash use is needed
> to deal with the rather messy lighting
>
> FV4401 Contentious-Needs a wider field of view although
>
> Covenanter tank-Photo could be taken at a better angle. Some clever HDR or
> off camera flash use is needed to deal with the rather messy lighting
>
> FV 4005-Photo could be taken at a better angle in better weather
>
> Mark VIII- pic needed that shows the whole tank
>
> Rolls-Royce Armoured Car-Possible some HDR work. The thing has gloss paint
> that complicates things.
>
> Peerless Armoured Car- Looks like it could use some serious fill flash.
>
> Conqueror tank- slightly wider field of view. Lighting is going to be a
> pain since there appears to be a window behind it so the thing is strongly
> backlit. You would almost want a large ring flash (something like the
> AlienBees ABR800). Tricky
>
> Fiat M13/40- slightly wider crop
>
>
> On 23 April 2014 19:14, Chris Keating  wrote:
>
>> I just had a flick through some i

[Wikimediauk-l] London Editathon Saturday 31st

[Jonathan Cardy]

Hi,

Sorry for the short notice, but I've just learned of a London Editathon
next 
Saturday<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/Wadewitz_memorial>that
some people here might want to join in on.

It is part of the Wadewitz memorial programme worldwide.

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[Wikimediauk-l] A toy museum in a witch finder's house.......

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear Wikimedians,

You are invited to a backstage pass and editathon in the Grade I Listed
splendour of Judges' Lodgings, Lancaster.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Judges%27_Lodgings/event>

Come and see Gillow furniture, Fine Art and a toy museum in a witch
finder's house.

As Judges' Lodgings is a grade I listed building and cameras are allowed,
we are also counting this as a Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 event as well as a
GLAM one.

Saturday 20th September.

Nearest station Lancaster.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeets in the papers - worth publicising?

[Jonathan Cardy]

I started attending meetups because of a watchlist notice, and we get lots
of people every year who come to London meetups because of that notice. We
have also had some success in the past with inviting editors who we know
are in or near London.

As for donors, Fabian and I ran a couple of training events for donors in
the London area a couple of years ago. We got quite a few attendees as I
remember, and I think we invited donors to one of the backstage passes. I'm
not sure I would invite donors to meetups though, as I can see some
cultural differences. Meetups are a great opportunity for experienced
editor to share experiences and discuss things with fellow editors, things
like Wikipedia's tenth birthday party were a  good opportunity to answer
questions about the project from donors. But while a meetup is a great
place for a five minute lesson on a tool like hotcat, or a 5 minute chat
about a specific problem, a noisy pub isn't a suitable venue for an hour
long training session for a new editor.

I've given up many an afternoon or evening to train other people, and I
might go for a beer afterwards. A London meetup is a more social event
where I and most of the others drink beer, and if I knew that I was going
to be spending my Sunday afternoon training then I would stick to coffee.
So I'd be happy to invite newish editors to meetups, but I prefer to have
some events where you can assume that everyone round the table has done
some editing.

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On 18 September 2014 19:03, Michael Peel  wrote:

> This is definitely a great idea, well done. :-) I think the last time that
> local ads were tried for events was back in 2010 with Britain Loves
> Wikipedia at the Postal Museum and Archive, which worked really well.
>
> Another option is for WMUK to invite local donors to come along to them -
> I think this might have been done before, but I can’t recall whether it was
> a success or not. Perhaps we could give this a go for the Manchester
> wikimeet on the 27th?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> On 18 Sep 2014, at 10:54, David Gerard  wrote:
>
> > I noticed this:
> >
> http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge-host-Wikipedia-website-8216-Wikimeet/story-22945215-detail/story.html
> >
> > Just a short local press story noting there's a wikimeet happening.
> >
> > It strikes me that wikimeets in general might be worth sending press
> > releases about. Get interested members of the general public (i.e. our
> > readers) along. Thoughts?
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Meetup Venues

[Jonathan Cardy]

If we are willing to pay a modest amount there are lots of venues that we
can have quite cheaply. But aside from not spending money, the advantage to
my mind of large pubs on their quiet days is that not having to arrange
anything with the venue means a lot less work for the event organiser.

Three other things I would add to Fabian's list, disability access, them
not minding if we stay on for several hours, sometimes with only one or two
people nursing beers, and separate bills or pay as you order. The pub we
use in London fits that criteria pretty well, though four minutes walk from
Holborn tube isn't the best connected place in London. My experience of
cafes is that they are less likely to tolerate a large group that is long
past the point of spending money, I also don't fancy trying to work out a
bill at the end, much better to have people purchase from the bar as they
order - different cafes seem to have differing systems for this and the one
Charles uses in Cambridge is great.


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On 30 September 2014 12:41, Jon Davies  wrote:

> How about Sure Start Centres - often empty at the weekend. I used to run
> them and if a trusted outside organisation offered to do some training for
> the parents it mught be a good contra deal.  Depends on making a
> relationship with the local manager.
> Or a local secondary school where again the students could be invited
> along.
>
> On 30 September 2014 11:37, Fabian Tompsett <
> fabian.tomps...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> I think we need to look at the sort of things we want out of a venue:
>>
>>- Not too noisy
>>- Decent food/drink, but not too expensive
>>- Spacious rather than cramped (particularly important for people
>>with children)
>>- Ideally, a children's play area attached
>>- Near railway station for people out of town and with parking not to
>>far away for those who still drive cars.
>>
>> Perhaps there are some other points that could be added.I am not sure
>> about public Wifi asI am getting increasingly nervous about security issues
>> as regards this. However, perhaps we can organise Wikimifis for the
>> occasion.
>>
>> all the best
>> all the best
>>
>> Fabian Tompsett,
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Quirky Wikipedia articles

[Jonathan Cardy]

Stevie,

Anything truly quirky should make it to the mainpage on April Fools day,
check out this page for the history of what has been there for the last ten
years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:April_Fool%27s_Main_Page

My own favourite is Heavy Metal Ulmlaut, but the museum of bad Art is also
quite quirky.

Regards


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On 9 October 2014 15:05, Stevie Benton 
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> Hello everyone.
>
> As a part of a project that we're developing to participate in the Science
> Museum Lates event in November, I'm looking for a selection of quirky
> Wikipedia articles - think Buffalo buffalo
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo>
>  (etc)
> and Toilet paper orientation
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation>, those that are
> odd but still have some academic or scientific merit. Participants in the
> session will be selecting some of their favourite lines from unusual
> Wikipedia articles and putting them together to create found poetry. I'm
> looking for some of the quirkier articles that might be fun for this, so if
> you have any suggestions please do let me know!
>
> Thank you,
>
> Stevie
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Quirky Wikipedia articles

[Jonathan Cardy]

Gordo,

The important thing is to draw the line at legit articles on quirky
subjects, not quirky articles on non-quirky subjects.

Regards

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On 13 October 2014 10:59, Gordon Joly  wrote:

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>
> Surely we would be blocked if we started a quirky article?
>
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[Wikimediauk-l] You are invited to a Ballet editathon at the Royal Opera House (Oct 25th)

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear all,

Wikimedia UK and the Royal Opera House would like to invite you to an
editathon on Saturday the 25th October.

We are catering for all levels of wiki experience to newbies, so this
should also be a good opportunity to bring a ballet loving friend or just
someone you know who might be interested in learning how to edit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ballet/October_2014_editathon

Be nice to see you there.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] FW: Request re editathons

[Jonathan Cardy]

Hi Andrew,

A good start is to read
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_run_an_edit-a-thon

Once you've read that I'm happy to Skype sometime and talk you through the
process.

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On 20 October 2014 11:26, Simon Knight  wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Andrew (cc’d) from the Australian chapter is looking for some advice on
> editathons, identifying/engaging partner organisations, getting
> participants, practical things, etc. with some potential ideas around
> library work and/or some themed events with a view to develop activities in
> Australia.
>
>
>
> I know loads of people on this list have expertise in the area, if anyone
> had specific advice (or/and places to look for it) I’m sure it’d be
> appreciated!
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[Wikimediauk-l] Calling for current and future xml users who would like to help GLAMs upload media to Commons

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear all,

In order to use the GLAM wiki toolset and do mass uploads of media from
institutions such as museums we need their metadata to be in an appropriate
xml format.

So we are looking for volunteers who know or would be willing to learn xml
and are interested in helping museums do mass uploads to Commons.

A good understanding of the Commons category structure is also useful as
the idea is to format the xml in such a way as to enable the migration of
metadata.

If you'd like to get involved we'd like to hear from you whether or not you
already know xml as if there is sufficient interest we can organise an xml
training session.

Regards

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear Rod,

We did indeed have a resident at the British Library, and some ongoing
discussions and events with them, including an event last Friday. At the
moment we are focussed on some large image releases and a major tagging
exercise to identify old maps which will then be loaded on Commons.
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:British_Library/Mechanical_Curator_collection/map_tag_campaign>

But it would be worth thinking of further projects, though at least for
this month I'd like to focus what we are doing with BL on certain mass
uploads.

Do people think that Magna Carta would be a good subject for a Wiki
wednesday session - bringing  few editors together on a Wednesday evening
in our office in London?

Regards

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On 5 November 2014 11:04, Rod Ward  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
>
> An article in this weeks observer (see
> http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/01/magna-carta-800-celebrates-anniversary
> ) points out that it will be the 800th anniversary of the signing of the
> Magna Carta next year (15 June 2015) and suggests there will be various TV
> and radio programmes (and books etc) to coincide with the significant date.
> I note this article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta )
> regularly gets 150,000+ page views per month and this is likely to
> increase. It was listed as a Good Article back in the early days but was
> delisted in 2006 and has gone downhill since then. It is also listed on the
> Vital Articles for Society and Social Sciences. A few of us are trying to
> get it to at least GA or even FA standard before the anniversary – any help
> would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> The specific reason for this email is that I think WikimediaUK had some
> sort of relationship (possibly a wikimedian in residence or similar) with
> the British Library years ago. For that or other sources does anyone have a
> contact within the appropriate department (possibly manuscripts curator or
> similar) of the BL who would be willing to help advise on the development
> of this important article?
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>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

[Jonathan Cardy]

OK, after talking to Stevie and having previously talked to some others I
have created this page on the UK wiki:

https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Anniversary_articles

Feel free to expand and in particular to add any that you are interested in
working on.

Regards



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On 14 November 2014 14:34, Stevie Benton 
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Thanks for all the comments on this so far.
>
> Given some of the feedback I think a call to action on one significant
> article is perhaps not going to attract too much attention. But what I
> think could work is a new year kind of story in which Wikimedia UK
> "releases" its top 50 targets for improvement on Wikipedia. It's the kind
> of listicle that is quite popular these days. Last year we put out a press
> release on the 20 most searched for terms on Wikipedia and that got quite a
> lot of traction.
>
> If others think this could work (or we could reduce the number to 20, or
> 25, or whatever) then I'll create a page on the UK wiki where we can post
> suggestions for articles that might be relevant in 2015 (such as Magna
> Carta, of course) and work from there.
>
> Thanks again for all of your comments.
>
> Stevie
>
> On 7 November 2014 21:44, Rod Ward  wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the videos – have just included one in the article.
>>
>>
>> Working on the linked pages would also be useful – both the
>> abbots/bishops/barons (NB not “signatories”) and the settings
>>  (improvements to Runnymede have already been requested) and some of the
>> legal revisions along with later effects or interpretation. Lots of the
>> bulleted lists of “clauses in one charter but not another” also need to be
>> tackled (and referenced).Any further help appreciated.Rod
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
>> wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Richard
>> Farmbrough
>> *Sent:* 07 November 2014 19:50
>> *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list
>> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta
>>
>>
>>
>> There will be less demanding work, for example the signatories articles
>> maybe could do with work.   I just linked to [[Abbott of Peterborough]],
>> only a few  of those abbots have any biographical details - VCH will supply
>> plenty of useful information, typically more on the latter abbots.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7 November 2014 00:11, Fæ  wrote:
>>
>> I have uploaded a few presentations and talks on video which would
>> cheer up Magna Carta articles, some are quite 'non-academic friendly'
>> for readers who might be daunted by a long encyclopaedia article
>> (videos play back without having to leave a Wikipedia article). They
>> are currently in
>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Magna_Carta> but will
>> probably be moved to a sub-category in a while. The lectures might be
>> helpful for those thinking of improving articles and are looking for a
>> quick guide to issues and interpretations.
>>
>> Of particular interest are a video from the British Library
>> <
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Four_surviving_Magna_Carta_to_be_brought_together_for_the_first_time_in_history.webm
>> >
>> and a friendly one from Parliament
>> <
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magna_Carta_and_the_Emergence_of_Parliament.webm
>> >.
>>
>> These are uploaded thanks to a YouTube download/upload script I put
>> together for a WikiprojectMed request. If there are others on YouTube
>> you find with a CC-BY licence, drop me a link by email and I'll get
>> around to taking a look. Unfortunately handling video remains a
>> challenge for contributors, so I think my uploads are the first videos
>> on Commons for this topic.
>>
>> Fae
>> --
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[Wikimediauk-l] You are invited to a 'behind the scenes' tour of the Victorian railway works in Eastleigh

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear all,

Would you like to go on a 'behind the scenes' tour of the Victorian railway
works in Eastleigh, Hampshire?

We have just heard from Marek69 that the attendees at this Sunday's meetup
in Eastleigh <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/English_South_Coast_1>will
have the opportunity of a free tour of the Eastleigh Railway works.

Photography allowed except for certain exhibits. We already have a category
on Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eastleigh_Works>.

Regards

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[Wikimediauk-l] Pelican E-books available for editors

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear all,

Wikimedia UK is delighted to announce that Pelican Books, the reference
book sister to Penguin Books, has given us 50 E-books to distribute to
Wikipedia editors.

Details including how to apply at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pelican_Books

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[Wikimediauk-l] Part time WIR at the Bodleian

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear All,

The Bodleian Libraries and Wikimedia UK are delighted to announce that we
will be supporting a part time Wikimedian in Residence at the Bodleian
library in Oxford. The post provides the opportunity to work with some of
the world’s richest collections to improve content on Wikipedia and its
sister projects and to share with the world the resources held in the
Bodleian Libraries. More details including how to apply at
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about-us/jobs#vacancy-115944 bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Regards

Jonathan Cardy
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[Wikimediauk-l] Free E-books available for editors (donation from Pelican books)

[Jonathan Cardy]

Happy New Year everyone,

I hope Santa was generous and has given you enough reference materials for
the foreseeable future, but if anyone is interested, we have the following
free books available for experienced Wikipedians who could make use of them
in your editing.

*Greek and Roman Political Ideas
<http://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780141976150> (2014)*
by Melissa Lane

*The Domesticated Brain
<http://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780141974866> (2014)*
by Bruce Hood

*Economics: The User's Guide
<http://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780718197032> (2014)*
by Ha-Joon Chang

*The Russian Revolution
<http://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780141043678> (2014)*
by Orlando Figes

*Human Evolution <http://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780141975313>
(2014)*
by Robin Dunbar


Details including how to apply at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pelican_Books

Regards

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia-l on Googlegroups?

[Jonathan Cardy]

Gordo, that is a good clue as to how seriously one should take that group.
Flag it as spam or complain to Google that someone signed you up to a fake
google group.
On 9 Jan 2015 10:05, "Gordon Joly"  wrote:

>
>
> wikimedi...@googlegroups.com
>
> When did this happen (last few days?)?
>
> Why? I thought the policy was to use Mailman inside the wikimedia.org
> domain (see below) for all mail lists!
>
> Gordo
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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Part time WIR at the Bodleian

[Jonathan Cardy]

Last call,

For those who missed it in the rush before Christmas, there is still time
to apply for this exciting role.

Regards


Jonathan Cardy
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-- Forwarded message ------
From: Jonathan Cardy 
Date: 19 December 2014 at 14:39
Subject: Part time WIR at the Bodleian
To:



Dear All,

The Bodleian Libraries and Wikimedia UK are delighted to announce that we
will be supporting a part time Wikimedian in Residence at the Bodleian
library in Oxford. The post provides the opportunity to work with some of
the world’s richest collections to improve content on Wikipedia and its
sister projects and to share with the world the resources held in the
Bodleian Libraries. More details including how to apply at
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about-us/jobs#vacancy-115944 bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Regards

Jonathan Cardy
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 114, Issue 12

[Jonathan Cardy]

Works for me.

Jonathan Cardy
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On 14 January 2015 at 16:28, Jon Davies  wrote:

> Give its the 14th how about locking ourselves in our bedroom all day and
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>> Hello everyone,
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>> I know it is a bit short notice but I've just realised that it is
>> Wikipedia's 14th birthday on Thursday. I'm looking for ideas of how we
>> might commemorate this. If you have any suggestions, please do let me
>> know!
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Stevie
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[Wikimediauk-l] You are invited to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear all,

Wikimedia UK and the National Maritime Museum would like to invite you to
an editathon in Greenwich on the 15th April re the Board of Longitude. Our
partners at the NMM are supplying lunch and several experts on the subject
who want to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the search for longitude.

Experienced Wikipedia editors would be very welcome.

The registration page is at
https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=185&reset=1  the
project page which includes articles we hope to work on is here
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetups/UK/National_Maritime_Museum_April_2015>,
There is also a talkpage
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Meetups/UK/National_Maritime_Museum_April_2015>
which gives opportunities to ask questions to some experts from the museum.

Lunch will be provided by our partners the National Maritime Museum.

The National Maritime Museum is the world's largest maritime museum,
"filled with inspirational stories of exploration and endeavour at sea and
packed to the gunwales with intriguing objects and fascinating galleries".

The Board of Longitude were the administrators of a prize for the
development of accurate ways to determine longitude, and thereby the
sponsors of some major scientific and exploratory discoveries that had an
important impact on world history.


Regards



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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Outreach question

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Hi Rexxs, I use my watchlist and my home pc gets watchlist messages
geotargetted to London and the south east. But I don't know what proportion
of other editors use their watchlist, or what proportion have an ip address
that we geocode to the right region. So yes I would suggest using talkpage
messages as well. But i have  no knowledge as to the proportion of Scottish
editors whose IP geolocates to Scotland, and without knowing that you can't
know how effective this might be.

Then of course there is the separate argument that a personal note on your
talkpage is more, well personal.
On 16 Mar 2015 22:22, "rexx"  wrote:

> Ally, the problem I foresee is that if your casual Scottish contributor
> doesn't see the notifications because he isn't logged in, he won't see your
> talk page messages (because he isn't logged in).
>
> The low-tech solution is to collect email addresses of folks who are
> interested in meetups and make them into a mailing group - then send out a
> group email with the url of the signup page as soon as you know about a
> meetup.
>
> --
> Rexx
>
>
>
> On 16 March 2015 at 20:32, Charles Matthews <
> charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> On 16 March 2015 at 14:56, Crockford, Ally  wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi all,
>>>
>>>  I've been having a think about meetups and regional outreach. A
>>> casual/occasional contributor in Scotland mentioned that he didn't know
>>> about the meetups until too late and would have been interested in coming,
>>> but as he wasn't always logged in he was missing the notifications and
>>> wasn't seeing notices elsewhere.
>>>
>>>  I was wondering whether it would be possible to track a specific
>>> category's newly-added users (i.e. users who add [[Category:Wikipedians in
>>> Scotland]], to make it easier to post messages about meetups etc. on talk
>>> pages?
>>>
>>>  I know I've been contacted on my talk page as part of the Gender Gap
>>> task force for things, but I'm not sure whether that was someone manually
>>> contacting participants or if there's a way to streamline this.
>>>
>>>  Any thoughts or input would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>> Two thoughts.
>>
>> First, going back before the watchlist notices, which in fact were a
>> revolution in meetup organisation, I did leave numerous talk page
>> invitations, based on categories and other indications on user pages. I put
>> in a couple of hours pasting each time.
>>
>> Second, current conditions are convincing me that I should probably find
>> out about Eventbrite pages, since at least in Cambridge they seem to be
>> part of the expected publicity effort in our general sector.
>>
>> I'm actually also using standard techniques - email invitations and a
>> list - which are lo-tech by today's standards. I think there is a point
>> here about diversity of attendance, because one-club golf in publicising
>> events leads to homogeneity.
>>
>> Charles
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Outreach question

[Jonathan Cardy]

Hi Rexx,

There are two types of geo targetted notice on wikis. Central notices such
as the ones used on the fundraiser and watchlist notices. Watchlist notices
only appear when you check your watchlist, central notices are served to
everyone who logs on. On EN wiki events are usually promoted by watchlist
notices.

Of course both work off the IP address and I don't know how many Scottish
editors use IPs that geolocate to a sassenach address.

There are also the editors who put in an hour or two a month and might not
see a watchlist notice if they didn't log in in the week it was up but
would get an email if someone put a note on their talkpage.

So for various reasons we can be pretty sure that talkpage messages will be
seen by many people who wouldn't see a watchlist message.

Regards


Jonathan Cardy
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On 17 March 2015 at 16:38, rexx  wrote:

> Hi Jonathan (and everybody else on the list),
>
> If I remember correctly, the geonotices are targeted to a rectangular area
> whose coordinates you supply, so it can be UK-wide or narrowed down to a
> particular region. If you write the geonotice, you can determine who is
> likely to see it, within the margin of error for geolocation of IPs, of
> course.
>
> As it's about as difficult to write a personal email as it is to write a
> personal talk page message (possibly easier if you use MailChimp), I
> wouldn't attach a lot of weight to the separate argument.
>
> Cheers
> --
> Rexx
>
>
>
> On 17 March 2015 at 10:24, Jonathan Cardy  > wrote:
>
>> Hi Rexxs, I use my watchlist and my home pc gets watchlist messages
>> geotargetted to London and the south east. But I don't know what proportion
>> of other editors use their watchlist, or what proportion have an ip address
>> that we geocode to the right region. So yes I would suggest using talkpage
>> messages as well. But i have  no knowledge as to the proportion of Scottish
>> editors whose IP geolocates to Scotland, and without knowing that you can't
>> know how effective this might be.
>>
>> Then of course there is the separate argument that a personal note on
>> your talkpage is more, well personal.
>> On 16 Mar 2015 22:22, "rexx"  wrote:
>>
>>> Ally, the problem I foresee is that if your casual Scottish contributor
>>> doesn't see the notifications because he isn't logged in, he won't see your
>>> talk page messages (because he isn't logged in).
>>>
>>> The low-tech solution is to collect email addresses of folks who are
>>> interested in meetups and make them into a mailing group - then send out a
>>> group email with the url of the signup page as soon as you know about a
>>> meetup.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Rexx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 16 March 2015 at 20:32, Charles Matthews <
>>> charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 16 March 2015 at 14:56, Crockford, Ally  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>>  I've been having a think about meetups and regional outreach. A
>>>>> casual/occasional contributor in Scotland mentioned that he didn't know
>>>>> about the meetups until too late and would have been interested in coming,
>>>>> but as he wasn't always logged in he was missing the notifications and
>>>>> wasn't seeing notices elsewhere.
>>>>>
>>>>>  I was wondering whether it would be possible to track a specific
>>>>> category's newly-added users (i.e. users who add [[Category:Wikipedians in
>>>>> Scotland]], to make it easier to post messages about meetups etc. on talk
>>>>> pages?
>>>>>
>>>>>  I know I've been contacted on my talk page as part of the Gender Gap
>>>>> task force for things, but I'm not sure whether that wa

[Wikimediauk-l] Invitation from the National Maritime Museum

[Jonathan Cardy]

Dear All,


We have an invitation for you from the National Maritime Museum in
Greenwich. They are hosting an editathon on Wednesday the 15th April
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetups/UK/National_Maritime_Museum_April_2015>
and would like to have some experienced Wikipedians join them.

The main focus of the editathon will be the board of Longitude - the
eighteenth century scientific endeavour to find accurate ways to navigate
the world.

Our hosts are supplying lunch and experts.

We do hope a number of you can join us.

Regards

Jonathan Cardy
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Invitation from the National Maritime Museum

[Jonathan Cardy]

Good spot Gordo,

Now fixed:

Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 10:00-17:00

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On 20 March 2015 at 11:06, Gordon Joly  wrote:

> On 20/03/15 10:57, Jonathan Cardy wrote:
> >
> > We have an invitation for you from the National Maritime Museum in
> > Greenwich. They are hosting an editathon on Wednesday the 15th April
> > <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetups/UK/National_Maritime_Museum_April_2015
> >
> > and would like to have some experienced Wikipedians join them.
>
>
> When?: Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 10:00-1?:00
>
> Typo on the website?
>
> Gordo
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK photography contest

[Jonathan Cardy]

Thanks Richard,

The original idea was to reuse this list for a photography competition, it has 
already been used for some image finding exercises. That said last I looked 
about a third had an image already on commons if you searched. I'll clarify 
that prizes are for significant effort such as taking a photograph or creating 
a map.

I thought WMUK would be interested because of your objective about addressing 
content gaps, and I was hoping for some publicity such as an email to WLM2014 
participants. But no problem if WMUK don't want to be involved.

Good point about photography and weather, summer 2017 probably does make more 
sense.

Regards

WSC


> On 18 Aug 2016, at 16:43, Richard Nevell  
> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> That's quite an impressive set of articles needing illustrations, I hadn't 
> realised there would be so many. How many are there exactly? There's 
> certainly scope for some kind of initiative to whittle them down.
> 
> As WMUK is mentioned on the project page I thought it might be worth 
> providing a viewpoint on it. If we were to support it, by providing prizes 
> for example, the contest would need to tie into the charity's strategic 
> framework. In which case the contest might need more development.
> 
> It's not clear whether people are being asked to upload their own photographs 
> or add images already on Commons, or whether both approaches would be 
> allowed. Since the goal is to reduce the number of articles without pictures, 
> there is the WDFIST tool which can search for images in use through Wikidata 
> and FIST which can search for images on the likes of Flickr and Geograph. 
> Magnus Manske has left a few links on the talk page to help shorten the list.
> 
> The ease of judging depends on how many entries there are. If this gained 
> momentum it might be possible to end up with thousands of images in which 
> case there would need to be a way to share the judging load.
> 
> If people are being asked to take their own photos, October and November are 
> not the best months for photography. By the end of November you are down to a 
> little over 8 hours of daylight, the sun will be rather low for a good 
> portion of that, and the weather will be, well, British. In which case 
> another time of year would be preferable. That would also allow some clear 
> water between Wiki Loves Monuments UK and another kind of photography contest.
> 
> If this was to take place around May or June it would allow more time for 
> planning and getting some easy wins with the Free Image Search Tools. This 
> might also open up the possibility of piggy backing Wiki Loves Earth if there 
> is a large proportion of natural sites left.
> 
> Richard
> 
>> On 18 August 2016 at 09:29, WereSpielChequers  
>> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> As a result of discussions at last Sunday's London meetup, and to take 
>> advantage of a list created by Rich Farmbrough, I have started drafting 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_Kingdom/photography_contest_2016
>> 
>> It hath a talkpage.
>> 
>> Hopefully we can finalise in the next three weeks and launch at the next 
>> London Meetup https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/110
>> 
>> Apologies to any non Londoners who object to a London event planning 
>> anything for the whole of the UK, but only the first draft emerged from the 
>> meetup and things are yet changeable.
>> 
>> WSC
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK photography contest

[Jonathan Cardy]

Thanks Gordo,

We also have buildings that are scarcely visible now and are best photographed 
after the leaves have fallen.

November to July makes sense to me, it also means if the contest takes off 
there is plenty of time to geocode more articles without images so Rich's list 
picks them up.

Regards

WSC


> On 19 Aug 2016, at 12:04, Gordon Joly  wrote:
> 
> 
>> By the end of November you are down to a little over 8 hours of
>> daylight, the sun will be rather low for a good portion of that, and the
>> weather will be, well, British. In which case another time of year would
>> be preferable.
> 
> Good month for fog? Also December.
> 
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bow_Locks_in_fog.jpg
> 
> Bow Locks.
> 
> Gordo
> 
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mass image uploads expert

[Jonathan Cardy]

Fæ would be my first suggestion for a mass upload if he is available and the 
collection is suitable. But reading through that link I'm not sure we can use 
that collection. Apparently it was started forty years ago by a curator who 
invited people to bring in historic photos and lend them to the museum to make 
a copy.

I'm sure that's fine for the Museum to use. But I wouldn't care to argue on 
Commons that this constitutes a CC-BY-SA 3 licence for all those images. 
Hopefully there will be a subset which can be dated early enough to argue PD. 
Maybe there are some where the rights owner can be traced, but I'd suspect 
there will be a lot of photographers from an era where some will have died long 
enough ago to make it difficult to trace the heirs, and others may even still 
be with us. At some point in the future no doubt we can import the lot, 
provided a digital copy is still extant.

Another reason why the movement needs a sealed repository from which stuff can 
be migrated when it is out of copyright.

Depending on the age range of the images and the quality of the metadata there 
could be a useful proportion that would be safe to upload. It all depends on 
the ratio of "my grandfather died in 1880 and left us this collection" to "my 
grandfather died in 1980 and left us this collection".


WSC


> On 14 Oct 2016, at 08:18,   wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
>  
> I have just spotted an announcement of a historic photograph digitisation 
> project by the friends of the Somerset Life Museum Research Group (see 
> https://somersetrurallifemuseum.org.uk/2016/10/13/digitisation-project/ ) 
> aiming to digitise 15,000 images.
>  
> I have made an initial contact asking about licencing and sharing and 
> mentioned “mass uploads” but I know very little about this. I believe there 
> have been some people who have done this for/with other GLAMS and/or 
> developed tools to handle this. Who would be the best person to put them in 
> touch with if they come back to me and they are willing to release under a 
> suitable licence?
>  
> Rod
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] House of Commons editathon

[Jonathan Cardy]

Already sold out ten minutes after your email, very impressive response from 
this list.

Regards

Jonathan 


> On 15 Nov 2016, at 11:41, Stuart Prior  wrote:
> 
> Hello all, 
> 
> Just a reminder that we have this event coming up this weekend.
> It will include a short tour and should be a great opportunity to look at the 
> ways Wikimedia can work with UK Parliament information and data.
> 
> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/house-of-commons-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-28857659035
> 
> Hope to see you there.
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> S
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[Wikimediauk-l] GLAM/MILHIST volunteer role

[Jonathan Cardy]

I've just heard that the Imperial War Museum is advertising for a volunteer 
trustee with a job spec that seems to me to be very well suited for a 
Wikimedian with a MILHIST enthusiasm. If that is you the application is at  
https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/appointment/imperial-war-museums-media-trustee-legalestates-trustee/

Regards

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Recent changes and watchlists broken on the WMUK Wiki

[Jonathan Cardy]

More radically, you could move the UK wiki to be a project on Meta.

This would end much of your costs for maintaining the wiki, other than any 
domain names which you could point there. But more importantly it would include 
you into Single User Login and cross wiki notifications. So if you pinged 
someone in a discussion they would know about it next time they were on 
Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons. It would also help lower the barriers against 
involving that rather large group of Wikimedians who are in the UK but who have 
had little or no contact with the chapter.

I can’t think of anything we have ever gained from having our own independent 
Wiki as opposed to a project on Meta, unless you count independence and 
seperation from the rest of the movement as a positive.

Jonathan



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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.

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On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 at 16:39, Andy Mabbett 
mailto:a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>> wrote:
On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 at 15:42, mailto:leu...@fabiant.eu>> 
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.

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