[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Outcome of Saturday's AGM

[Richard Symonds]

Congratulations all! And thank you to those who organised it - I know it
can be difficult at times.

On Mon, 23 Sept 2024 at 10:23, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Dear all
>
>
> Following a successful AGM on Saturday I'm very pleased to share that *Andrew
> Russell* and *Monica Westin* will be joining Wikimedia UK's board of
> trustees. I'm also delighted that *Caroline Ball *was re-elected for a
> second three year term. You can read their candidate statements here
> 
> if you’d like to find out more about them.
>
>
> All resolutions were passed.
>
> On Saturday we also said thank you, but hopefully not goodbye, to outgoing
> trustees *Julian Manieson* and *Rod Ward*.
>
> Many thanks to all those who attended the AGM , or who submitted a proxy
> vote.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Lucy
>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Re: New Wikimedia UK office

[Richard Symonds]

Amazing work!

On Wed, 11 Sept 2024 at 16:41, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> Wikimedia UK has just moved into the British Library, where we are the
> tenants of a small, self-contained office. Whilst Wikimedia UK staff are
> all still mainly working from home, we're very pleased to have a physical
> space once again, for in person meetings or for several people working
> independently.
>
> Our new address is:
>
> Wikimedia UK
> c/o British Library
> Room 46018
> 96 Euston Road
> London NW1 2DB
>
> Staff can host meetings in the office with external guests (such as
> volunteers or partners), so hopefully we will see some of you there. Please
> do not just drop in however, as you won't be able to access the space
> without a member of staff accompanying you and providing your details to
> security in advance.
>
> All best
> Lucy
>
>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Did You Know?

[Richard Symonds]

Very interesting. Excellent work!

Richard

On Wed, 15 Sep 2021, 08:50 Natasha Iles, 
wrote:

> Dear all
>
> Just wanted to share with you Wikipedia's Did You Know
>  section today features Muhammad
> Sadiq  who
> was the first to photograph the holy sites of Islam. The article images,
> such as this one of the Kaaba
> ,
>  are
> available on Wikimedia Commons thanks to the Wikimedia UK partnership with
> the Khalili Collections
>  and the
> work of WiR Martin Poulter.
>
> Wikimedians in Residence are a key aspect of our partnership work with
> cultural and education organisations, opening collections so we all benefit.
>
> Best wishes
> Natasha
>
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>
> Head of Development & Communications
> Wikimedia UK
> 
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> for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement.
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> Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK awarded funding by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

[Richard Symonds]

Excellent news! Well done all!

On Thu, 18 Mar 2021, 14:53 Lucy Crompton-Reid, <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Lewis
>
> Many thanks for your email and for your interest in the project!
>
> Obviously the press release and social media announcements around the
> grant are by necessity short on detail, although the application itself was
> much more comprehensive. But to clarify, this won't be a pot of cash that
> other organisations can apply to Wikimedia UK for. Instead, we will be
> recruiting a person and a half (i.e one full time and one part time post)
> to work with the existing staff team to plan and deliver a programme of
> activity for and with heritage organisations, which will include:
>
>
>-
>
>A webinar programme enabling a wide range of stakeholders within the
>sector to increase their understanding of the case for open knowledge, as
>well as practical issues relating to open licensing. We're hoping to reach
>up to 100 organisations through this element of the programme.
>-
>
>We will work in a more collaborative, in-depth way with up to 20
>organisations, with whom we will plan and deliver bespoke editing events or
>other workshops to develop new skills and improve the coverage of their
>heritage on the Wikimedia projects. In practice, we envisage that these 20
>organisations will come through the webinar programme, but that won't
>necessarily be the case for all of them.
>-
>
>We will identify between two and four organisations to work in a more
>in-depth way to develop and embed more open policies and practice, with
>sustained intervention and support along the lines of our existing
>residency model.
>
>
> There will be a focus on heritage which is underrepresented on Wikimedia,
> and we may narrow this focus down further to specific groups. We will share
> more information about this as we develop our thinking, now that the
> funding is confirmed. We don't currently have any project partners in mind
> and will focus in the first instance on recruiting for the new posts.
> Again, we will share information about that through this mailing list.
>
> Best wishes
> Lucy
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 at 13:04, Lewis Cawte 
> wrote:
>
>> Any funding is great news for the chapter and well done to everyone
>> involved in getting the award.
>>
>> Having read both the National Lottery and WMUK, it seems to fall short on
>> anything particularly specific on what the funds will be spent on?
>> Presumably, the chapter had some provisional/speculative ideas of
>> organisations and programmes it would assign funds to when it put itself
>> forward for this pot of cash? Are there existing projects that the chapter
>> expects this money to help extend/expand, what is considered
>> "underrepresented cultural heritage".
>>
>> Apologies if this stuff is available elsewhere, I'm a bit out of the loop
>> with chapter happenings, and I've only gotten (back) into the content side
>> of things really since October-ish.
>>
>> -- Lewis Cawte
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 at 12:33, Natasha Iles 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> Please join us in celebrating the announcement today that Wikimedia UK
>>> is one of twelve projects being supported through The National Lottery
>>> Heritage Fund and the DCMS Culture Recovery Fund.
>>>
>>> Please read our Press Release  or
>>> follow on social Facebook ,
>>> twitter , instagram
>>> .
>>> Coverage is also on The National Lottery Heritage Fund website
>>> 
>>> .
>>>
>>> Many thanks and best wishes
>>> Natasha
>>>
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>>>
>>> Head of Development & Communications
>>> Wikimedia UK
>>> 
>>> *Wikimedia UK * is the national chapter
>>> for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement.
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>>> Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827.
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>>> London SE1 0NZ
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] British Stammering Association/stamma

[Richard Symonds]

Solid idea.. Thanks for bringing this up Geni!

On Sun, 18 Oct 2020, 21:08 Lucy Crompton-Reid, <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Thanks for flagging this up Geni. A couple of staff members are already in
> touch with the Association to offer support and work with them on this
> initiative...we'll see what develops!
>
> Best wishes
> Lucy
>
>
>
> On Sun, 18 Oct 2020 at 14:32, geni  wrote:
>
>> The British Stammering Association has started running some adverts
>> that can be seen here:
>>
>>
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STAMMA_Find_The_Right_Words_advert_2020.jpg
>>
>> They include the text at:
>>
>> "The way we talk about stammering is wrong so we worked with wikipedia
>> to make it right"
>>
>> The edits were made by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stamma_BSA_1
>> and are fairly harmles.
>>
>> Might be an idea for wikimedia UK to reach out to try and help things
>> stay harmless (and who knows we might actualy find something to work
>> together on).
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Introducing Natasha Iles

[Richard Symonds]

Yes! Excellent work, this is exactly what we needed.

Welcome Natasha!

On Thu, 8 Oct 2020, 16:10 Lucy Crompton-Reid, <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> I'm very pleased to introduce you all to Natasha Iles, who joined
> Wikimedia UK on Monday as our new Head of Development and Communications.
> Natasha will be heading up a new team, including Katie Crampton - who has
> been promoted to Communications and Governance Co-ordinator - and a new
> Fundraising Co-ordinator who we will be recruiting later this year. The
> creation of this new team has been made possible, in part, by a grant from
> the Wikimedia Foundation to help us to develop our fundraising capacity
> over the next three years.
>
> I will let Natasha tell you more about herself, and hopefully there will
> be opportunities to meet her over the next few months, albeit probably
> online at this stage.
>
> Best wishes
> Lucy
>
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Change in licence requirement for National Lottery Heritage Fund projects

[Richard Symonds]

Amazing news!

On Wed, 16 Sep 2020, 13:41 Lucy Crompton-Reid, <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> The National Lottery Heritage Fund has today announced a significant policy
> change
> ,
> with a new requirement for grant recipients to release the digital outputs
> of funded projects under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. This includes images,
> research, educational materials, project reports, software, web and app
> content, databases, 3D models, sound and video recordings.
>
> I know that a number of people on and off this list have been involved in
> advocating to NLHF (previously HLF) for this change over a period of years.
> I was very pleased to have been part of the licensing review advisory group
> that helped to shape the new policy, which has been steered and nurtured to
> fruition by Josie Fraser - Head of Digital Policy at NLHF and of course the 
> former
> Chair of Trustees at Wikimedia UK.
>
> All best
> Lucy
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Request for a volunteer to upload Councillor photos to Commons

[Richard Symonds]

Would we even need batch upload? It's only 45 files I think! Could it be
done by a regular uploader?

On Thu, 10 Sep 2020, 15:55 Deryck Chan,  wrote:

> Hello Lucy and all,
>
> Ideally we want a Commons volunteer with both OTRS and batch upload
> privileges (which I'm neither). But if none of those boffins are available,
> I'm happy to volunteer to do the uploading and liaise with OTRS on the
> councillors' behalf.
>
> --Deryck
>
> On Wed, 9 Sep 2020, 14:15 Lucy Crompton-Reid, <
> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Dear all
>>
>> Many of you will know Jon Davies from his time as the CEO of Wikimedia
>> UK. Well he still carries the open knowledge torch wherever he goes, and
>> has managed to persuade Lambeth Council to release high resolution photos
>> of its Councillors (including Jon himself!) under a Creative Commons
>> license. They are currently online here
>>  - and Jon also
>> has access to a folder with all the high res files - but he is hoping that
>> a volunteer will be able to upload these to Wikimedia Commons. Would anyone
>> be able to help with this? Please let me know if so and I can put you in
>> direct touch with Jon.
>>
>> Very best wishes
>> Lucy
>>
>>
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>> Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered
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>> London SE1 0NZ
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] British Museum, copyright and public domain images

[Richard Symonds]

"organisational change is not always easy, or quick! Especially in a
climate of austerity, budget cuts etc"

I need the above printed on a t-shirt I think!


On Wed, 12 Aug 2020, 20:46 Stella Wisdom,  wrote:

> Thanks Richard. I honestly think the lack of attribution in this specific
> blog post was ignorance rather than malice.
> I've contacted the Head of Department and they will be adding an
> attribution next to the image.
>
> In my experience, there are many staff working in GLAM organisations
> wanting to make more digital collections open, but organisational change is
> not always easy, or quick! Especially in a climate of austerity, budget
> cuts etc.
> However, there is definitely a willingness in the BL to collaborate more
> with Wikimedia and for the Library to learn how to be more open.
>
> Stella
>
>
>
> On Wed, 12 Aug 2020, 20:16 Richard Symonds,  wrote:
>
>> Seems like a good solution Stella, thank you! We all make mistakes,
>> especially in organisations, and we know you mean well and that this was a
>> genuine mistake. I hope Fae will see attribution as fine.
>>
>> Fae obviously feels very strongly about large museums and open rights,
>> and he's put a lot of emotional effort into pushing things to be more open.
>> We all have, and sometimes our feeling comes through very strongly and can
>> read as a little harsh.
>>
>> But don't forget that you and your colleagues are part of our community
>> too! Thank you for the work you're doing once again.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> On Wed, 12 Aug 2020, 18:02 Stella Wisdom, 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Fae,
>>>
>>> Mike is correct, this is a British Library blog post, which
>>> discusses the Royal Gold Cup, which is an item in the British Museum
>>> collections. However the gold cup is mentioned in British Library
>>> manuscripts, hence the connection and relevance, for including an image of
>>> the cup in the blog post about the manuscripts.
>>>
>>> I am not sure which British Library curator in the Medieval and Early
>>> Modern Department has written this blog post, it may be written by a
>>> collaborative PhD student from that section. I'm sure the post's author
>>> would willingly add an attribution and a link to Wikimedia Commons, or
>>> would you prefer your photograph to be removed from the post?
>>> I can contact the Head of this Dept to ask.
>>>
>>> I am trying to encourage my curatorial colleagues in the British Library
>>> to add out of copyright BL digitised collections to Wikimedia Commons and
>>> Wikisource.
>>> I am also in the process of being able to hire a new Wikimedian in
>>> Residence for the British Library (I've been arranging funding sources for
>>> this), who will assist with staff training and guidance, building on from
>>> the fabulous work that Andrew Gray did a few years ago.
>>> So I am keen for my British Library colleagues to have good relations
>>> with the Wikimedia community.
>>>
>>> best wishes,
>>> Stella
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 12 Aug 2020, 17:05 Michael Peel,  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Fae,
>>>>
>>>> The reuse seems to be by the British Library, not the British Museum,
>>>> here. Asking them for £400 seems a bit odd/steep (
>>>> https://twitter.com/Faewik/status/1293503130987122688).
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>> > On 12 Aug 2020, at 13:05, Fæ  wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Dear Lucy,
>>>> >
>>>> > It's just over 3 months ago that your offer to talk with the British
>>>> > Museum about claiming copyright over public domain images, and
>>>> > consequently charging academics and other reusers large fees to use
>>>> > images which should be free to the public. Has there been any progress
>>>> > and what came of the plan to discuss this topic at the recent AGM?
>>>> >
>>>> > As a further reference case study of the British Museum continuing
>>>> > using what Wikimedians call "license laundering"[0], this week they
>>>> > have claimed all rights reserved for my own photograph released on
>>>> > Wikimedia Commons a decade ago to support Wikipedia editathons working
>>>> > with the Museum, as CC-BY-SA.[1][2] The BM has removed EXIF data, and
>>>> > not attempted to apply a simple attribution, or perhaps fail to
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] British Museum, copyright and public domain images

[Richard Symonds]

Seems like a good solution Stella, thank you! We all make mistakes,
especially in organisations, and we know you mean well and that this was a
genuine mistake. I hope Fae will see attribution as fine.

Fae obviously feels very strongly about large museums and open rights, and
he's put a lot of emotional effort into pushing things to be more open. We
all have, and sometimes our feeling comes through very strongly and can
read as a little harsh.

But don't forget that you and your colleagues are part of our community
too! Thank you for the work you're doing once again.

Richard

On Wed, 12 Aug 2020, 18:02 Stella Wisdom,  wrote:

> Hi Fae,
>
> Mike is correct, this is a British Library blog post, which discusses the
> Royal Gold Cup, which is an item in the British Museum collections. However
> the gold cup is mentioned in British Library manuscripts, hence the
> connection and relevance, for including an image of the cup in the blog
> post about the manuscripts.
>
> I am not sure which British Library curator in the Medieval and Early
> Modern Department has written this blog post, it may be written by a
> collaborative PhD student from that section. I'm sure the post's author
> would willingly add an attribution and a link to Wikimedia Commons, or
> would you prefer your photograph to be removed from the post?
> I can contact the Head of this Dept to ask.
>
> I am trying to encourage my curatorial colleagues in the British Library
> to add out of copyright BL digitised collections to Wikimedia Commons and
> Wikisource.
> I am also in the process of being able to hire a new Wikimedian in
> Residence for the British Library (I've been arranging funding sources for
> this), who will assist with staff training and guidance, building on from
> the fabulous work that Andrew Gray did a few years ago.
> So I am keen for my British Library colleagues to have good relations with
> the Wikimedia community.
>
> best wishes,
> Stella
>
>
> On Wed, 12 Aug 2020, 17:05 Michael Peel,  wrote:
>
>> Hi Fae,
>>
>> The reuse seems to be by the British Library, not the British Museum,
>> here. Asking them for £400 seems a bit odd/steep (
>> https://twitter.com/Faewik/status/1293503130987122688).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>>
>> > On 12 Aug 2020, at 13:05, Fæ  wrote:
>> >
>> > Dear Lucy,
>> >
>> > It's just over 3 months ago that your offer to talk with the British
>> > Museum about claiming copyright over public domain images, and
>> > consequently charging academics and other reusers large fees to use
>> > images which should be free to the public. Has there been any progress
>> > and what came of the plan to discuss this topic at the recent AGM?
>> >
>> > As a further reference case study of the British Museum continuing
>> > using what Wikimedians call "license laundering"[0], this week they
>> > have claimed all rights reserved for my own photograph released on
>> > Wikimedia Commons a decade ago to support Wikipedia editathons working
>> > with the Museum, as CC-BY-SA.[1][2] The BM has removed EXIF data, and
>> > not attempted to apply a simple attribution, or perhaps fail to
>> > understand what is required to respect moral rights. A remarkable
>> > failure considering the museum and their online presence sets the
>> > standard for many other UK GLAM institutions.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Fae
>> >
>> > Links
>> > 0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:License_laundering
>> > 1.
>> https://web.archive.org/web/20200812105445/https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2020/08/jewels-make-the-virgin-queen.html
>> > 2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Gold_Cup_lid.jpg
>> >
>> > --
>> > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae
>> >
>> > 
>> > On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 16:20, Lucy Crompton-Reid
>> >  wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Dear all
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> As a number of people have noted already, it is indeed disappointing
>> that the British Museum has released these images under a non commercial
>> licence, given the obvious restrictions to people actually accessing and
>> using them. Whilst staff at Wikimedia UK have many partnerships within the
>> cultural sector, including larger institutions, the BM is not currently one
>> of them. However I will get in touch with them and point out the issues
>> with the licence they’ve chosen. If anyone has any contacts at the Museum
>> they would be able to share with me that would be very helpful - and of
>> course, you are also welcome to lobby them as individuals.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I’m not sure that I quite agree with the characterisation of Wikimedia
>> UK as “advocating for a position at variance with that of the wider
>> movement when it comes to claiming non commercial copyright on out of
>> copyright material”. Indeed, in a talk I gave at a Westminster Media Forum
>> policy event on the EU copyright directive last year, I said:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> “Access to and re-use of centuries old paintings, part of our cultural
>> heritage, is being increasingly restricte

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Virtual meetups

[Richard Symonds]

Maybe.

But IRC is all but useless to most people - much too technical and niche -
and only IT developers and those with basic IT skills know what Slack is.
Despite being a Wikipedian, I only ever used it because people would insist
I did to talk to them - but I'd never be able to talk to new users on it -
they'd usually use email (or I'd phone them). Most professions have never
heard of IRC or slack.

My work has only started using Teams in the last month, and most of us
don't use that except in very specific circumstances, or where we have to
because of the pandemic.

I'm aware of Zoombombing - very much aware - but Zoom is one of several
options, and frankly it's no worse than IRC (or Wikipedia!) in terms of how
quickly things can go wrong.

I think we can think about a video chat app we should be using, to help new
people get involved and run remote events. MS Teams is good enough for work
in criminal courts, surely there's something we can look at that's
reasonably new?

Richard




On Wed, 6 May 2020, 17:54 Owen Blacker,  wrote:

> A semi-permanent hangout is a poor match for Zoom — it would make a great
> target for Zoombombers.
>
> That kind of space would be better suited to IRC or Slack, generally, no?
> --
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>
>
> On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 16:44, Richard Symonds 
> wrote:
>
>> It might be nice to have a permanent-ish "hangout" chat. Some of us get
>> to leave the house for work but I imagine for a lot of people it's rather
>> dull at home!
>>
>> On Tue, 5 May 2020, 22:57 Peter Coombe, 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We will be holding the regular "London" meetup this Sunday 10 May on
>>> Zoom, anyone is free to join. Details and signup at
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/154
>>>
>>> It looks like there is also interest in holding another virtual meetup
>>> on Saturday 16 May:
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:UK_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#Next_steps
>>>
>>> Peter / the wub
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 at 18:19, Richard Nevell <
>>> richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Since in-person meetups aren't an option at the moment, I've started a
>>>> discussion about taking meetups online:
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:UK_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#Digital_meetups
>>>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Virtual meetups

[Richard Symonds]

It might be nice to have a permanent-ish "hangout" chat. Some of us get to
leave the house for work but I imagine for a lot of people it's rather dull
at home!

On Tue, 5 May 2020, 22:57 Peter Coombe,  wrote:

> We will be holding the regular "London" meetup this Sunday 10 May on Zoom,
> anyone is free to join. Details and signup at
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/154
>
> It looks like there is also interest in holding another virtual meetup on
> Saturday 16 May:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:UK_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#Next_steps
>
> Peter / the wub
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 at 18:19, Richard Nevell <
> richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Since in-person meetups aren't an option at the moment, I've started a
>> discussion about taking meetups online:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:UK_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#Digital_meetups
>>
>> Richard
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>> SE1 0NZ
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Can you help us review images for Wiki Loves Monuments UK 2018?

[Richard Symonds]

Michael,

As with previous years, I'm in!

Richard Symonds

On Tue, 17 Jul 2018, 12:44 Michael Maggs,  wrote:

> Hi list
>
> Wikimedia UK is supporting the annual Wiki Loves Monuments contest again
> this year, and I am looking for 20-25 volunteers to help review and filter
> the entries.
>
> The contest finishes at the end of September, with reviewing and judging
> taking place immediately after that. We normally have several rounds of
> reviewing during October, enabling us to reduce the expected 10,000+
> entries down to a long list of a few hundred from which the winners are
> selected by our panel of judges.
>
> You'd need to be able to commit to a minimum of 5-8 hours online
> reviewing, spread out over the month of October.  As reviewing is done
> online, volunteers can be based anywhere in the world and you don't need to
> have any UK connections. We’re not looking for expert photographers, but
> you should have a basic ability to be able to distinguish a good photograph
> from a poor or mediocre one. Training in the online reviewing software is
> available.
>
> If you are able to help, or if you'd like more information, please let me
> know.
>
> Regards
>
> Michael
>
> 
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK 2018 AGM

[Richard Symonds]

Search your emails for "Wikimedia UK 2018 AGM Papers". If you don't have a
printer, there'll be forms available on the day :-)

On Fri, 13 Jul 2018, 20:20 Fæ,  wrote:

> Last minute forgetfulness - I think that attendees were supposed to
> print out something for voting. Checking Eventbrite, there are no
> tickets, just registration, so nothing to print there, and searching
> my email I cannot find any prompt like this. Was there a need to print
> something?
>
> PS I'm presuming lunch will have the most common dietary options as
> good practice, or maybe the plan is for everyone to pay for themselves
> in the central cafe.
>
> Thanks,
> Fae
>
> On Thu, 31 May 2018 at 11:30, Katie Crampton
>  wrote:
> >
> > Good morning all
> >
> > I'm pleased to confirm that this year's Wikimedia UK AGM will be taking
> place on Saturday 14th July at the Flett Lecture Theatre, the Natural
> History Museum, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2HF.
> >
> > The detailed schedule for the day is currently being finalised. But we
> will start the event at 10:30am with talks and workshops from 11am,
> including a keynote speech from the Campaigns Director of Liberty, Corey
> Stoughton, a look at our work with the Welsh Government from Welsh Digital
> Language Specialist, Gareth Morlais, and an introduction to the challenges
> and successes of the Natural History Museums' new Data Portal with Helen
> Hardy.
> >
> > The actual AGM order of business is scheduled for 3 pm - 4.30 pm, but we
> would encourage you to come and stay for the whole day. All volunteers,
> editors and partners are welcome, but only members will be eligible to vote
> on AGM matters.
> >
> > To attend, you must please let us know you're coming. The registration
> page on Eventbrite can be found here. For security and catering we must
> have an up to date attendee list, so if you can no longer attend after
> registering please email me at katie.cramp...@wikimedia.org.uk
> >
> > Any member who wishes to bring forward a resolution for consideration at
> the AGM must inform the charity, and supply a copy of the suggested text,
> by no later than Friday 8th June 2017. The suggested text may either be
> sent by email to the chair of the board at i...@wikimedia.org.uk or may
> be posted online at
> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2017_Annual_General_Meeting/Resolutions
> >
> > If you have any questions do let me know. I'll be emailing and updating
> the wiki with further details, including the agenda, over the coming weeks.
> >
> > With best wishes
> >
> > Katie
> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Introducing Sandy Balfour, Interim Chief Executive

[Richard Symonds]

Welcome Sandy!

On Thu, 22 Mar 2018, 10:43 Lucy Crompton-Reid, <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> I'm delighted to introduce *Sandy Balfour* as Wikimedia UK's Interim
> Chief Executive while I'm on maternity leave. Sandy has spent a couple of
> days with the team this week and is learning about the organisation and the
> wider Wikimedia movement whilst getting to know the staff team.
>
> I will be starting my leave on Monday and am planning to return in
> October. Sandy will be covering my post part time, with some of my
> responsibilities being covered by Daria Cybulska, Head of Programmes and
> Evaluation.
>
> *Sandy has a varied and extensive background - including both executive
> and non executive roles in the charity sector - and brings skills in
> leadership, financial management, education, media and communications. He
> is also a published writer and journalist. I'm sure many of you will get
> the opportunity to meet Sandy over the next seven months, in particular at
> the AGM in July.*
>
> *With best wishes*
> *Lucy *
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Signing off for now

[Richard Symonds]

Richard,

Excellent. You deserve it. Stay out of trouble!

On 27 Jan 2018 05:52, "geni"  wrote:

On 26 January 2018 at 17:36, Richard Nevell
 wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> This is my last day at Wikimedia UK for a year as from Monday I'll be
taking
> a sabbatical to work for English Heritage do stuff to do with castles.
Best
> wishes to everyone on the mailing list, and please make sure WMUK stays a
> primarily tea-drinking office as I never got the taste for coffee.
>
> Regards,
> Richard Nevell


But we do things with castles:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_England


Oh well have fun.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wiki Loves Monuments UK awards announced

[Richard Symonds]

The categorising this year was so much easier, I have to say - there's a
proper system for it now, and it's supported with really good software
accessible online. It took me about 1/4 of the time it would normally take
- I managed to volunteer for two rounds instead of one, and that's with my
12 hour shifts! Of the pictures I saw this year, the quality was really
high - Katherine is right  when she says they were gorgeous!

On 31 October 2017 at 09:59, Katherine Bavage 
wrote:

> Some gorgeous images! Well done to contributors (and thanks to staff and
> volunteers who supported the competition - as always I wish I'd had chance
> to do more, but I appreciate all the help with promoting and categorizing!)
>
> On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 at 08:33 Michael Maggs  wrote:
>
>> I am very pleased to be able to announce the 2017 award winners for Wiki
>> Loves Monuments in the UK.
>>
>> First place goes to Matthew Hoser for his image of the derelict West
>> Pier in Brighton.
>> In second place was Paul Stümke, who captured the Glenfinnan Viaduct at
>> Loch Shiel.
>> Third was Oliver Tookey for the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea.
>>
>> The special prize for the best image taken in Scotland was awarded to Keith
>> Proven for Smailholm Tower.
>> The special prize for the best image taken in Wales went to Sterim64 for
>> Craig-y-mor.
>>
>> You can see all of these images, and the other stunning pictures that
>> were awarded Highly Commended status, at Wikimedia Commons:
>>
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_
>> Monuments_2017_in_the_United_Kingdom/Winners
>>
>> Many congratulations to our prizewinners, and thanks to all who
>> volunteered to help make the contest a success: contestants, judges,
>> reviewers and Wikimedians in many roles.  Thanks also for the kind support
>> we received from the International team, from our friendly staff at
>> Wikimedia UK, and from our 2017 prize sponsors, Wikimedia UK and
>> Archaeology Scotland.
>>
>> Michael
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 video

[Richard Symonds]

FWIW John, I do really like the videos. Simple and easy to share. I do have
one comment - maybe put the logo at the end of the video? Otherwise people
like me will zone out in the first second rather than watching the video!

You have nevertheless extracted one (1) like and share from me :-)

On 23 Aug 2017 12:37, "John Lubbock"  wrote:

> Hi all, we've just published a promotional video for Wiki Loves Monuments
> 2017 on YouTube , Facebook
> 
> and Twitter .
> I would really appreciate it if anybody who is able can share these posts
> so that they reach as wide an audience as possible. We are trying to make
> more of this video content so people can understand what we do in the UK
> and what the difference is between Wikipedia, the WMF and us as a chapter.
> Obviously as we don't have money for advertising, we rely on our
> (fantastic, intelligent, unaffected by flattery) community to get the word
> out, so I'd be incredibly grateful if those of you on social media can help
> share our content. Thanks!
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Tullie House Museum

[Richard Symonds]

Thanks Lucy! Amazing what a phone call (and presumably an offer of a
coffee) will do!

Have fun in Montreal - I think we all expect you to upload a few pictures
of the trip to Commons!

Richard

On 9 August 2017 at 09:46, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> I've been in touch with the Director at Tullie House Museum, who thinks
> the copyright notice may be a mistake on their part - however he needs to
> check with the curator responsible who is currently on holiday. Will keep
> you updated!
>
> I'm flying to Montreal today so will hopefully see those of you attending
> Wikimania 2017.
>
> Best wishes
> Lucy
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Native name" in Infobox?

[Richard Symonds]

The article at
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/sep/07/radio-review-bbc-asian-network
suggests that she doesn't actually speak Bengali at all...

Does she even use the Bengali spelling?

On 31 July 2017 at 21:56, Owen Blacker  wrote:

> Yeah, I'm not sure I'd put their name in Bengali into the infobox at all,
> personally. But `other_names` certainly *feels* more appropriate.
>
> On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 at 10:35 Andy Mabbett 
> wrote:
>
>> On 31 July 2017 at 10:24, Gordon Joly  wrote:
>>
>> > Konnie Huq was born in Hammersmith, as was her sister.
>>
>> > Native name: is there something better to describe her name in Bengali?
>>
>> It's her name in her "native" language, where "native" means
>> "associated with the place *or circumstances* of a person's birth";
>> but it could as well be removed, or moved to the 'other_names'
>> parameter
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyfraud by the British Museum (John Byrne)

[Richard Symonds]

To go back to my original point, rather than off on a tangent about
something that happened many years ago:

I think it's really important we reach out to the IWM through WMUK's
professional networks, with face-to-face meetings, and would really support
WMUK if they chose to do that. I think to do so would be more productive
than a grassroots campaign in this instance.

On 28 July 2017 at 20:32, Richard Symonds  wrote:

> First: I know me and you haven't got on very well in the past Fae, so I
> want to underline that this email is meant in the friendliest way possible.
> I really appreciate the work you do on Commons, and am deeply struck by the
> passion with which you approach our shared goal. We're both on the same
> team - working for free knowledge.
>
> That said, there's a bit of criticism - constructive, I hope. I'm not sure
> if further emails like the ones at https://commons.wikimedia.
> org/wiki/User:F%C3%A6/email/IWM would be very helpful - they didn't work
> at the time, and clearly haven't worked in the past four years, despite
> your tweeting. The issue the IWM had in that case was that they didn't
> agree with you that it was copyfraud. The solution would be a sit-down talk
> between professionals, that is as you say, "invest some resources into
> changing their minds".
>
> I remember trying this with the IWM in 2013 - at the time, I was talking
> to the institution about the WW1 centenary, which they were the driving
> force behind. They were happy to talk, and extremely friendly, and we had
> several meetings with them. However, they had issues with the emails that
> you were sending to them, which they saw as rude, passive-aggressive, and
> generally unhelpful. The institution didn't see them as polite
> correspondence, and it made them reticent to work with Wikipedia because
> they didn't feel like they could be a part of a community that spoke to
> people like that. I know that to you the emails were professional and to
> the point, and objectively correct. But to them it came across as
> unprofessional, and that it happened during the run-up to the WWI centenary
> made it very difficult for Wikipedia to get involved in the commemorations
> in any more than a passive capacity. You redoubled your efforts after you
> saw the IWM refusing to change, but sometimes, our passion for change - for
> righting the wrongs in the world - makes us seem like fanatics to
> middle-managers in cultural institutions. This pushed them away, and made
> it harder for them to understand our point of view.
>
> The solution here is, as you say, friendly and professional discussions -
> social media campaigns about it, as well as using words like "copyfraud"
> (which invoke thoughts of criminality in the minds of the reader), are
> counterproductive. We need to be professional and approachable, engendering
> change through example, and although social media campaigns and shaming
> work sometimes (and are legitimate ways of forcing change on an old
> institution), we have to be careful not to go to it as a first option,
> especially when our strength in WMUK is our professional connections
> throughout the third sector and "GLAM" world.
>
> On 28 July 2017 at 18:16, Fæ  wrote:
>
>> On 28 July 2017 at 17:18, John Byrne  wrote:
>> > The BM still in effect operates a "don't ask, don't tell" policy on
>> > photography - see
>> > [http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/2011-11-14%20Visitor%20Reg
>> ulations%20FINAL.pdf
>> > section 8.1] here: "8.1 Except where indicated by notices, you are
>> permitted
>> > to use hand-held cameras (including mobile phones) with flash bulbs or
>> flash
>> > units, and audio and film recording equipment not requiring a stand.
>> You may
>> > use your photographs, film and audio recordings only for your own
>> private
>> > and non-commercial purposes." The same goes for the images on their
>> website.
>> >
>> > But as I think Fae knows, they have in the past kindly facilitated
>> > back-stage photography of objects by Wikipedians, knowing the images
>> will be
>> > uploaded to Commons. Matthew Cock, our former main contact left some
>> years
>> > ago. Most "policy" matters are hard to change at the BM because of the
>> size
>> > of the organization. Everything "would have to go to the Trustees" - an
>> > appalling vista for middle management.
>> >
>> > No doubt the THM is trying to enforce these standard terms, reflected
>> in the
>> > loan agreement, more strictly than the BM itself does. I'm

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyfraud by the British Museum (John Byrne)

[Richard Symonds]

First: I know me and you haven't got on very well in the past Fae, so I
want to underline that this email is meant in the friendliest way possible.
I really appreciate the work you do on Commons, and am deeply struck by the
passion with which you approach our shared goal. We're both on the same
team - working for free knowledge.

That said, there's a bit of criticism - constructive, I hope. I'm not sure
if further emails like the ones at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:F%C3%A6/email/IWM would be very
helpful - they didn't work at the time, and clearly haven't worked in the
past four years, despite your tweeting. The issue the IWM had in that case
was that they didn't agree with you that it was copyfraud. The solution
would be a sit-down talk between professionals, that is as you say, "invest
some resources into changing their minds".

I remember trying this with the IWM in 2013 - at the time, I was talking to
the institution about the WW1 centenary, which they were the driving force
behind. They were happy to talk, and extremely friendly, and we had several
meetings with them. However, they had issues with the emails that you were
sending to them, which they saw as rude, passive-aggressive, and generally
unhelpful. The institution didn't see them as polite correspondence, and it
made them reticent to work with Wikipedia because they didn't feel like
they could be a part of a community that spoke to people like that. I know
that to you the emails were professional and to the point, and objectively
correct. But to them it came across as unprofessional, and that it happened
during the run-up to the WWI centenary made it very difficult for Wikipedia
to get involved in the commemorations in any more than a passive capacity.
You redoubled your efforts after you saw the IWM refusing to change, but
sometimes, our passion for change - for righting the wrongs in the world -
makes us seem like fanatics to middle-managers in cultural institutions.
This pushed them away, and made it harder for them to understand our point
of view.

The solution here is, as you say, friendly and professional discussions -
social media campaigns about it, as well as using words like "copyfraud"
(which invoke thoughts of criminality in the minds of the reader), are
counterproductive. We need to be professional and approachable, engendering
change through example, and although social media campaigns and shaming
work sometimes (and are legitimate ways of forcing change on an old
institution), we have to be careful not to go to it as a first option,
especially when our strength in WMUK is our professional connections
throughout the third sector and "GLAM" world.

On 28 July 2017 at 18:16, Fæ  wrote:

> On 28 July 2017 at 17:18, John Byrne  wrote:
> > The BM still in effect operates a "don't ask, don't tell" policy on
> > photography - see
> > [http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/2011-11-14%20Visitor%
> 20Regulations%20FINAL.pdf
> > section 8.1] here: "8.1 Except where indicated by notices, you are
> permitted
> > to use hand-held cameras (including mobile phones) with flash bulbs or
> flash
> > units, and audio and film recording equipment not requiring a stand. You
> may
> > use your photographs, film and audio recordings only for your own private
> > and non-commercial purposes." The same goes for the images on their
> website.
> >
> > But as I think Fae knows, they have in the past kindly facilitated
> > back-stage photography of objects by Wikipedians, knowing the images
> will be
> > uploaded to Commons. Matthew Cock, our former main contact left some
> years
> > ago. Most "policy" matters are hard to change at the BM because of the
> size
> > of the organization. Everything "would have to go to the Trustees" - an
> > appalling vista for middle management.
> >
> > No doubt the THM is trying to enforce these standard terms, reflected in
> the
> > loan agreement, more strictly than the BM itself does. I'm not sure
> there's
> > much point in going to or after them.
> >
> > One day their main policy will improve, but they are not easy to
> pressure -
> > in practice things work ok as it is, normally.
> >
> > John
>
> Thanks John, I recall us having meetings with BM folks. It was
> illuminating hearing how things work from the inside. Within my
> personal network I have some insight into the BM specifically, and
> other large academic related institutions. In general we get a
> positive response from curators and researchers who may plan an
> exhibition, in fact their issues with our open projects are spot on
> and match our own concerns. But this is a very separate world from the
> operations and marketing middle management who make the final
> decisions on loan policies and public exhibition standards.
>
> From the perspective of open knowledge advocates, after meetings and
> presentations I have had curators shake my hand and thank me for
> saying things they cannot. One of the great benefits of having unpaid
> volunteers like us kn

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyfraud by the British Museum

[Richard Symonds]

+1, Deryck

On 28 July 2017 at 16:53, Deryck Chan  wrote:

> I agree with Lucy's approach here. We should try to raise this issue
> directly and privately with the museum involved to let them know they've
> made a mistake with the copyright of the object and ask them to correct it.
>
> My feeling is that Tullie House is a small museum with limited staff, so
> they sloppily applied the "no photo because copyright" tag onto the stands
> of any borrowed exhibit and simply forgot that this object is >200 years
> old and therefore no longer copyrighted. Starting the message with
> "copyfraud" catches Wikimedians' attention, but isn't helpful towards
> achieving our outcome of actually getting things into open copyright or
> making sure public domain things don't get restricted.
>
> --Deryck
>
> On 28 July 2017 at 15:52, Richard Symonds  wrote:
>
>> Trigger warning: sensible suggestions, I know those can be upsetting
>>
>> Might a friendly email to the museum have helped, just explaining the
>> issue and suggesting a solution?
>>
>> On 28 Jul 2017 14:32, "Fæ"  wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the feedback. Just to be clear, this absolutely is a
>>> classic example of copyfraud. To say "I see no evidence of copyfraud
>>> by the BM" is precisely correct, however this is still copyfraud. It's
>>> an example that is very handy for Wikimedia Commons to use to
>>> illustrate its own policies with regard to deletions and allowed
>>> photographs where there are false claims of copyright being made.
>>> Certainly I would be extremely concerned if the Wikimedia Foundation
>>> were in any way funding events or projects in partnership with a GLAM
>>> institution that continues to propagate copyfraud, rather than taking
>>> positive action to stamp it out.
>>>
>>> We can see by simply looking at the photographs that copyfraud is
>>> being committed by the Tullie House Museum, as they give members of
>>> the public tickets for the exhibition, and are fully responsible for
>>> the exhibition itself. I agree it is not clear yet whether the British
>>> Museum have specifically required the Tullie House Museum to use this
>>> particular sign and text. That would be a great question to get
>>> answered.
>>>
>>> I find it highly unlikely that the THM have used a notice that was not
>>> agreed with the BM, in just the same way as the text of the related
>>> labels and posters would be agreed. Despite the same exhibition having
>>> many other artefacts from different museums across Europe and several
>>> objects on loan from personal collections, I could not see any other
>>> signs of this type against anything other than objects on loan from
>>> the BM.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Fae
>>>
>>> On 28 July 2017 at 14:14, Michael Maggs  wrote:
>>> > While the text on the labels is obviously wrong, I see no evidence of
>>> > copyfraud by the  BM.
>>> >
>>> > The labels are most likely placed by the Tullie House Museum in a
>>> (confused)
>>> > effort to comply with a contractual term of the loan, under which the
>>> > receiving museum must not allow photography.
>>> >
>>> > Such terms are pretty common where works are sent out on loan,
>>> sometimes to
>>> > protect delicate artworks from flash. Here of course there is no need
>>> for
>>> > such protection.
>>> >
>>> > A quiet word with
>>> > Tullie House Museum would seem the best way forward, first to see
>>> whether
>>> > they are indeed required by the BM to prohibit photography, and second
>>> to
>>> > explain that any such restriction has nothing to do with copyright and
>>> > should not be expressed as such.  Enquiry and education, not shaming.
>>> >
>>> > Michael
>>> >
>>> > On 28 Jul 2017, at 13:11, Richard Nevell <
>>> richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Attempting to embarrass the British Museum is misguided and certainly
>>> would
>>> > not build bridges for future collaboration.
>>> >
>>> > On 28 Jul 2017 13:03, "Fæ"  wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> The Tullie House Museum in Carlisle has a number of objects on loan
>>> >> from the British Museum,[3] and it appears that it is only those
>>> >> object

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyfraud by the British Museum

[Richard Symonds]

Trigger warning: sensible suggestions, I know those can be upsetting

Might a friendly email to the museum have helped, just explaining the issue
and suggesting a solution?

On 28 Jul 2017 14:32, "Fæ"  wrote:

> Thanks for the feedback. Just to be clear, this absolutely is a
> classic example of copyfraud. To say "I see no evidence of copyfraud
> by the BM" is precisely correct, however this is still copyfraud. It's
> an example that is very handy for Wikimedia Commons to use to
> illustrate its own policies with regard to deletions and allowed
> photographs where there are false claims of copyright being made.
> Certainly I would be extremely concerned if the Wikimedia Foundation
> were in any way funding events or projects in partnership with a GLAM
> institution that continues to propagate copyfraud, rather than taking
> positive action to stamp it out.
>
> We can see by simply looking at the photographs that copyfraud is
> being committed by the Tullie House Museum, as they give members of
> the public tickets for the exhibition, and are fully responsible for
> the exhibition itself. I agree it is not clear yet whether the British
> Museum have specifically required the Tullie House Museum to use this
> particular sign and text. That would be a great question to get
> answered.
>
> I find it highly unlikely that the THM have used a notice that was not
> agreed with the BM, in just the same way as the text of the related
> labels and posters would be agreed. Despite the same exhibition having
> many other artefacts from different museums across Europe and several
> objects on loan from personal collections, I could not see any other
> signs of this type against anything other than objects on loan from
> the BM.
>
> Thanks,
> Fae
>
> On 28 July 2017 at 14:14, Michael Maggs  wrote:
> > While the text on the labels is obviously wrong, I see no evidence of
> > copyfraud by the  BM.
> >
> > The labels are most likely placed by the Tullie House Museum in a
> (confused)
> > effort to comply with a contractual term of the loan, under which the
> > receiving museum must not allow photography.
> >
> > Such terms are pretty common where works are sent out on loan, sometimes
> to
> > protect delicate artworks from flash. Here of course there is no need for
> > such protection.
> >
> > A quiet word with
> > Tullie House Museum would seem the best way forward, first to see whether
> > they are indeed required by the BM to prohibit photography, and second to
> > explain that any such restriction has nothing to do with copyright and
> > should not be expressed as such.  Enquiry and education, not shaming.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > On 28 Jul 2017, at 13:11, Richard Nevell  uk>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Attempting to embarrass the British Museum is misguided and certainly
> would
> > not build bridges for future collaboration.
> >
> > On 28 Jul 2017 13:03, "Fæ"  wrote:
> >>
> >> The Tullie House Museum in Carlisle has a number of objects on loan
> >> from the British Museum,[3] and it appears that it is only those
> >> objects that have any restrictions on photography. I took photographs
> >> of two of these (without any flash), as the restrictions are
> >> shockingly obvious cases of copyfraud, and not for any reason that
> >> might protect the works from damage.[1][2] It seems incomprehensible
> >> as to why the British Museum would ever want to make copyright claims
> >> over ~2,000 year old works especially considering they are not a
> >> money-making commercial enterprise, but a National institute and
> >> charity, with a stated objective[4] that "the collection should be put
> >> to public use and be freely accessible".
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any ideas for action, or contacts in the Museum, that
> >> might result in a change of how loans from the BM are controlled? I'm
> >> wondering if the most effective way forward is to make some social
> >> media fuss, to ensure the Trustees of the museum pay attention. The
> >> reputational risk the apparent ignorance over copyright by the BM
> >> loans management team seems something that would be easy to correct,
> >> so changes to policy are overdue. My own experience of polite private
> >> letters to a Museum's lawyer demonstrates that you may as well save
> >> hours of volunteer time by filing these in the bin, compared to the
> >> sometimes highly effective use of a few pointed tweets written in a
> >> few minutes and shared publicly and widely across social media.
> >>
> >> Those of us Wikimedians who work closely with GLAMs tend to shy away
> >> from any controversy, wanting the organizations to move towards
> >> sharing our open knowledge goals for positive reasons. I'm happy to
> >> try those types of collegiate ways of partnering, however drawing a
> >> few lines in the sand by highlighting embarrassing case studies, might
> >> mean we make timely progress while activist dinosaurs like me are
> >> still alive to see it happen.
> >>
> >> Links
> >> 1.
> >> https://commons

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM

[Richard Symonds]

Hurrah!

On 16 Jul 2017 12:50, "Lucy Crompton-Reid" <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Nicola (as teller) read out the total number all of the valid votes, which
> were 57 (30 of them proxy votes submitted before the meeting). Cheers, Lucy
>
> On 16 July 2017 at 11:13, Fæ  wrote:
>
>> A small request for the pending minutes of the AGM; during the meeting
>> there was a count of hands of voting members, presumably to comply
>> with the Articles of Association with regard to the legally required
>> quorum. The final count was not read out, so I will be interested to
>> read that specific number in the minutes, which I believe is needed to
>> comply with legal requirements. With membership at 498, I think that
>> means that a quorum should be a minimum 50 voting members, which could
>> be challenging at future AGMs if the increase in membership is from
>> stakeholders such as donors, who are proportionally far less likely to
>> be interested in these sorts of internal meetings and discussions.
>>
>> If my understanding is wrong, and that the charity can pass
>> resolutions with fewer than 10% of the membership, such as with say
>> 2%, I would be delighted to read the explanation of how that part of
>> the governance of the charity works, and what the options would be if
>> fewer than one tenth of members wanted to physically come to an AGM. A
>> scenario which seems highly likely if membership continues its
>> fantastic speedy growth. Fortunately the board benefits from a couple
>> of resident experts on governance that can advise, and could probably
>> summarise for the rest of us in plain English.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Fae
>>
>> On 15 July 2017 at 16:24, Richard Farmbrough 
>> wrote:
>> > All candidates were voted in, and all resolutions passed,  nearly
>> > unanimously.
>> >
>> > On 15 Jul 2017 16:17, "Richard Farmbrough" 
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > If Harry joins it will be 499.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New videos of WMUK events

[Richard Symonds]

Very nice John!

On 30 June 2017 at 13:58, John Lubbock 
wrote:

> Hi all, I just wanted to direct your attention to two new videos of recent
> Wikipedia workshops that took place in London:
>
> Imperial College London schools workshop
> 
>
> At the London Cinema Museum 
>
> Please feel free to share them and let people know about the work we are
> doing.
>
> John
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Film Editathon

[Richard Symonds]

Exciting! May well drop by!

On 11 Jun 2017 17:12, "Jon Davies"  wrote:

> Werespielchequers and I are having another editathon Next Sunday morning
> at the lovely Cinema Museum  in Elephant
> and Castle.
> The election got in the way for both of us so not much organisation beyond
> WMUK agreeing to pay for refreshements and the Museum willing to open up
> yet again to us.
>
> Please let us know you can come.
>
> 11am for a few hours editing and then the chance to stay for a film
> screening of the wonderfully dark Coup de Torchon
> 
>
>
> Jon Davies
> arnottdav...@gmail.com
> 07976 935 986
>
> Linkedin 
>
> *www.frenchcinema.info *
>
>
>
>
> On 11 June 2017 at 13:00, 
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>> presentation
>> > which can be used as a generic talk about our work. I guess it's the
>> first
>> > time we've done that and it was the festival's first year so my
>> expectations
>> > were suitably low.
>>
>>
>> Pics have been uploaded (mostly photos of people we needed images of):
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Media spokespeople

[Richard Symonds]

"for something like this issue, which was very much about on wiki
processes/community decisions, we would always want to put forward someone
from the community"

Good to see this! Appreciate it's not always possible but it's lovely to
see the effort going in to it.

On 17 Feb 2017 13:16, "Lucy Crompton-Reid" <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Gordo
>
> I think for something like this issue, which was very much about on wiki
> processes/community decisions, we would always want to put forward someone
> from the community (i.e. not a member of the team). John and I have both
> spoken to the media recently about issues that feel more relevant and
> appropriate for the charity itself to comment on - such as my interviews
> around the BBC partnership, and John's on fake news.
>
> Cheers
> Lucy
>
> On 17 February 2017 at 13:09, Gordon Joly  wrote:
>
>> On 16/02/17 17:08, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote:
>> > In several cases this was because the editor concerned didn't agree
>> > with the decision, and so could potentially defend the process but not
>> > the outcome.
>>
>> A rather complex decision (to ban the Daily Mail) with a lot of history,
>> and some un-answered questions (e.g. why are other sources not on the
>> banned list?).
>>
>> If WMUK had some warning, who would they want to put up? John Lubbock?
>>
>> Gordo
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] FDC recommendations for funding

[Richard Symonds]

"Working closely with WJEC, the leading examination body in Wales, to
develop Wikimedia modules as part of the *Welsh Baccalaureate"*

Oh my!

On 19 November 2016 at 12:50, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Charles
>
> Yes, my reading of the FDC's comments is that they feel we could improve
> the way in which we communicate and work with volunteers and I think we
> would all agree with that. However, I don't think the successful outcome is
> anything to do with the weak pound but rather a strong proposal based on a
> good strategic plan, excellent partnership working and increased reach and
> impact over the past year.
>
> All best
> Lucy
>
> On 19 November 2016 at 09:33, Charles Matthews <
> charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 18 November 2016 at 13:03 Lucy Crompton-Reid <
>> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>> You can read the FDC's assessment here:
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_recommendatio
>> ns/2016-2017_round_1#Wikimedia_UK
>>
>>
>>
>> Interesting reading, especially about the handling of volunteers. As
>> someone who deals with WMUK and its WiR folk in various ways, I wouldn't
>> describe its responsiveness as exactly slick; and it seems the FDC is
>> voicing something of what I feel, in different language. There may have
>> been a one-off advantage gained from the weak pound, so let's hope this
>> year's successful bid can be leveraged into some further progress.
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Meetup on 11th December

[Richard Symonds]

Looking forward to it!

On 24 November 2016 at 15:40, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> Wikimedia UK will be joining forces with the London meetup for a little
> festive jollity on Sunday 11th December. Please come and join volunteers,
> editors, staff and trustees for some mulled wine or ale/gin/juice (delete
> as appropriate) and possibly even a mince tart, at the Penderel's Oak Pub
> in Holborn from 1pm on Sunday 11th December.
>
> If you're planning to come please sign up here:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/113
>
> Thanks and all best
> Lucy
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Freelance work.

[Richard Symonds]

Possibly misdirected?

On 6 Oct 2016 13:21, "Gordon Joly"  wrote:

> Hi Gordon,
>
> Hope you are well. I have a client who would like to create a Wikipedia
> page for himself. We have a draft of copy for the page. We also have two
> sources.
>
> I am looking for some expertise, guidance, and ultimately someone to
> create the page in its entirety. Is this something you can help with? I
> would like to get the ball rolling with this fairly soon. If I send some
> further details over to you, would you be able to give me a quote for
> the work?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Harry
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK office move - alternative locations?

[Richard Symonds]

Not last time I checked,  no.  They're listed on a small ethical stock
exchange and don't really have much press.

On 16 Aug 2016 09:24, "Zig Zig"  wrote:

> Are they sufficiently notable for https://en.wikipedia.org/
> w/index.php?title=Ethical_Property&action=edit&redlink=1 ?
>
> On 15 August 2016 at 09:49, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Gordo :)
>>
>> On 15 August 2016 at 09:36, Gordon Joly  wrote:
>>
>>> On 15/08/16 08:58, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Yes, Wikimedia UK does have to move as the building we are currently
>>> > based in has been sold by our current landlords (Ethical Property Ltd.)
>>> > to new developers (who are likely to knock it down and start again,
>>> > apparently!)
>>>
>>>
>>> Ethical Properties provide office space for a variety of charities at
>>> Development House. After many years of occupation, best of luck with
>>> relocation: it's tough out there! :-)
>>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New UK-specific Wikidata properties

[Richard Symonds]

I've done my bit during my lunch break:

   -
   
https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q7999857&type=revision&diff=363021258&oldid=363020967

Lots to have a play around with after work, I think!



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On 10 August 2016 at 12:55, Richard Nevell 
wrote:

> Good work getting these set up
>
> On 10 August 2016 at 12:33, Andy Mabbett 
> wrote:
>
>> In the last few days, I've had several new Wikidata properties
>> created, for UK-specific identifiers. Please help to add these
>> properties to items you look after on Wikidata, and encourage partner
>> organisations to make use of them.
>>
>>
>>UK National Archives ID
>> - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3029
>>
>>Imperial War Museum war memorial ID
>> - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3038
>>
>>   Scottish FA player ID
>> - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3049
>>
>>   Charity Commission (England & Wales) no.
>> - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3057
>>
>> Of global significance, but issued by the Natural History Museum, London:
>>
>>LepIndex ID (Lepidoptera taxa)
>> - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3064
>>
>>ButMoth ID (Lepidoptera genera)
>> - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3060
>>
>> Recent creations proposed by others have included::
>>
>>   National Library of Wales Archives & Manuscripts ID
>>- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2966
>>
>>Legacies of British Slave-ownership person ID
>> - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3023
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[Wikimediauk-l] I'm moving on!

[Richard Symonds]

Hello everyone!

I've worked for Wikimedia UK since just before we hired our first Chief
Executive, but it's time for me to hang up my "staff" hat. At the end of
August, I'll be leaving Wikimedia UK for a new role - still in London, but
doing something rather different, and with a fair bit more responsibility.
Those of you who are my friends will know what this new job entails - I'd
ask you to keep it to yourselves. To those of you who don't, you're free to
ask me on Facebook!

I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Wikimedia UK under both Jon and Lucy.
It's really something to see how the charity has changed over the years -
from a small, absurdly hopeful organisation with limitless opportunities,
to a larger, but more stable and more focused charity with a solid track
record of events and partnerships, and with what I firmly believe to now be
(post-governance-review) the best governance in the movement.

I have full confidence in the team of staff and volunteers here to keep
things moving forward, even if Richard Nevell does get overly focused on
castles from time to time. I'll be staying on as a volunteer, of course,
and I will probably focus my initial efforts on sending Richard Nevell
pictures of castles while he's working, which I'm pretty sure counts
towards our metrics.

On a more productive note, highlights of my time here include:

   - Learning to cycle in London (pictures not on Commons, although there
   might be a video)
   - Our "Finance and Fundraising communal pickled onion jar", relabelled
   "pickled fox" after went on the NHM Spirits Tour (pictures not on Commons,
   except perhaps in the background)
   - The "Wikimedia UK does WLM" tour of an unlit Grade II listed Victorian
   Public Convenience (pictures on Commons)
   - Driving Katherine Bavage to despair by uploading pictures of her to
   Commons, and only then explaining what Commons is (I await the inevitable
   deletion request from someone who takes this too seriously)
   - Participating in the Chutney Making from Waste Fruit and Vegetables
   World Record Attempt, a World record attempt for amount of people making
   chutney simultaneously (pictures not taken, too busy eating chutney)
   - Wikimania 2014, which only those who served can *truly*
understand (pictures
   on Commons, I imagine, although I tried to avoid them)

I wish everyone at Wikimedia UK - volunteers and staff - all the best,
especially Daria, who now holds the crown for "longest serving staff
member". Working at Wikimedia UK has been an enlightening experience, but
also a privilege, and something which I will never forget.

{{Template:Witty sign-off}},

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Chilcot Report uses OGL

[Richard Symonds]

I believe the website and the report are different - the report itself, on
page three, states the following:

This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence
v3.0 except where otherwise stated. To view this licence, visit
nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/
version/3 or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives,
Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: p...@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk. Where we
have identified any third party copyright information you will need to
obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned.

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On 8 July 2016 at 15:02, Andy Mabbett  wrote:

> On 8 July 2016 at 01:51, とある白い猫  wrote:
>
> > It can be argued that the current copyright obfuscates the general
> public's
> > access to the report.
>
> How so?
>
> > I do feel that any single email from us would be promptly ignored as
> there
> > probably is a large volume of emails. It may be prudent to either start a
> > petition (for the Parliament) or ask a few MPs to raise the copyright
> issue
> > in the Parliament.
>
> Petitioning for what? The report is already under the CC-by compatible
> Open Government Licence 3.0
>
> > First of, the websites terms and conditions do not explicitly release the
> > works under a free license.[1]
>
> No, the report's licence is on the pages of the report itself.
>
> > Moreover it mentions BSkyB, BBC and ITN as copyright holders of some of
> the
> > documents. Any migration to Wikisource must filter out such content.
>
> Are your referring to inclusions in the report, or to other content on
> the inquiry website?
>
> > Lastly there are a number of now declassified documents that provide
> vital
> > evidence to reinforce the reports findings, these too need to be freely
> > licensed.
>
> AIUI, they are (albeit with understandable redactions).
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Staff] Pubs.

[Richard Symonds]

Sounds good! Actually only about 100 metres down the road from where my
family lived and worked for three generations, and over the road from the
beautiful old station. Always thought it was closed...

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On 7 July 2016 at 14:59, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Thanks Richard! Andy suggested The Woodman:
>
> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2016_AGM/Venue
>
>
>
> On 7 July 2016 at 14:55, Richard Symonds  > wrote:
>
>> For those of you attending the AGM, I found this list...
>>
>>
>> https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/jul/21/top-10-craft-beer-pubs-in-birmingham
>>
>>
>>- Post Office Vaults? Two minutes from New Street station:
>>http://postofficevaults.co.uk/foreignbeer.php
>>- The Anchor Inn? Five Minute Walk from the venue. CAMRA's
>>http://anchorinndigbeth.co.uk/
>>- The Victoria? Two minutes from the station, might be a bit busy on
>>a Saturday: http://www.thevictoriabirmingham.co.uk/
>>- Also nearby: Cherry Red's is a a hipsterish coffee/beer bar, over
>>the road from BrewDog Birmingham.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>>
>> Richard Symonds
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>> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
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>> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>>
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>> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>>
>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Pubs.

[Richard Symonds]

For those of you attending the AGM, I found this list...

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/jul/21/top-10-craft-beer-pubs-in-birmingham


   - Post Office Vaults? Two minutes from New Street station:
   http://postofficevaults.co.uk/foreignbeer.php
   - The Anchor Inn? Five Minute Walk from the venue. CAMRA's
   http://anchorinndigbeth.co.uk/
   - The Victoria? Two minutes from the station, might be a bit busy on a
   Saturday: http://www.thevictoriabirmingham.co.uk/
   - Also nearby: Cherry Red's is a a hipsterish coffee/beer bar, over the
   road from BrewDog Birmingham.

Thoughts?


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRPedia down?

[Richard Symonds]

I will look into it :-)

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On 6 July 2016 at 17:04, Andy Mabbett  wrote:

> The URL:
>
>http://qrwp.org/The_Son_of_Man
>
> returns (for me)
>
>Sorry, but Wikipedia does not have the page
>"The_Son_of_Man" in your language (en). Please
> try reading the Google auto-translated version.
>
> Or read in one of the following languages:
>
> - The_Son_of_Man
>
> with the last line linked to:
>
>https://qrwp.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Son_of_Man
>
> which times out.
>
> Yet:
>
>  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Son_of_Man
>
> returns the expected article.
>
> What's broken?
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[Wikimediauk-l] Annual Report and Financial Statements

[Richard Symonds]

UK Wikimedians!

Wikimedia UK's Annual Report and Financial Statements are available on our
website:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:WMUK_Annual_Report_2015-16_(Signatures_Redacted).pdf


If you're a member, ensure you check your physical post and your email spam
to ensure you get all the details about the upcoming AGM.

All the best,


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[Wikimediauk-l] Fire escape changes at Wikimedia UK

[Richard Symonds]

All,

Slightly dull email, but an important one for those of you who drop into
the office regularly.

There has been a change in the fire escape routes for the Wikimedia UK
offices.

If you’re in the basement area and the fire alarm sounds, DO NOT exit
through the courtyard. Instead, exit through the Archive Room and turn
right to access the external fire escape stairwell. Go up one flight of
stairs, open the black gate and you will exit onto ground level.

We have changed the fire escape signage to mark the new escape route - when
you're next here, if you want to be shown the new route, let us know and
we'll point it out.

All the best,

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England releases National Heritage List for England data under OGL

[Richard Symonds]

Hurrah!  Nice work!
On 23 Mar 2016 20:36, "Andy Mabbett"  wrote:

> [cross-posted; please follow-up with care]
>
>https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/re_use_request_for_national_heri
>
> "I can confirm that we are happy for you to re-use the data under the
> standard Open Government Licence v3.0, and that the licence
> information on our website will be updated in due course."
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[Wikimediauk-l] #‎WhereIsBassel‬ campaign

[Richard Symonds]

All,

A bit of a notice for you which has been shared around our social media
accounts... I thought I'd share it here as well, for completeness.
Apologies as it's a copy and paste from the event directly and it's not a
WMUK-run event - but obviously we'll be showing our support where we can.

The Jimmy Wales Foundation <https://www.facebook.com/JimmyWalesFoundation/> is
asking people to join the global protest for the ‪#‎WhereIsBassel‬
<https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/whereisbassel?source=feed_text&story_id=1166054480073376>
campaign
on the 19th March in London (Marble Arch at 2pm), Paris, Berlin, Boston,
San Francisco and more.

The Facebook event page is at
https://www.facebook.com/events/1585961515027211/
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1585961515027211/?ref=3&ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular&action_history=null&source=3&source_newsfeed_story_type=regular>

Bassel Khartabil
<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bassel-Khartabil/455212144510107> has been
imprisoned in Syria since March 15, 2012. A passionate advocate of
free-knowledge, he worked as the lead of Creative Commons Syria, and a
major contributor to Mozilla. He was also an editor of the Arabic Wikipedia.

His latest open-knowledge project has been an effort to preserve the
cultural heritage of Syria, in the city of Palmyra. Currently under threat
of groups like ISIS, who have been destroying ancient structures despite
reassurances that they would be spared, ‪#‎NEWPALMYRA‬
<https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/newpalmyra?source=feed_text&story_id=1166054480073376>
hopes
to use 3D modelling and free media to recreate what is being destroyed.

Following Bassel's arrest in Damascus in 2012, he was charged by the
government of Syria with "harming state security". Bassel was put on trial
without legal representation and was subjected to torture. In October 2015,
reports emerged that Bassel disappeared from his prison cell. Rumours
suggested that Bassel had been sentenced to death.

As volunteers for Wikimedia UK it can be easy to forget that we are safe
and well - and able to edit freely. GLAM institutions welcome editors and
Wikipedians in Residence. We enjoy balanced coverage of our endeavours. And
though we may not always be happy with the results, public officials can &
will still engage freely with our movement.

There are also the twin foundations of Creative Commons
<https://www.facebook.com/creativecommons/> and open software, both of
which Bassel has contributed so much to, and without which none of our work
could be possible.

So we are asking you to please join us when we stand at Marble Arch this
weekend to ask #WhereisBassel? We will be wearing face masks with Bassel's
image on them and demand justice for a wronged free knowledge advocate.

For more information see:

http://jimmywalesfoundation.org/where-is-bassel/

http://freebassel.org/
<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ffreebassel.org%2F&h=uAQGpitKfAQFSNBWEoJbh16l-YJYH84AyCWz4MR58GOFEnw&enc=AZMh8-s3pVZ8yRoRjene5UgYbsgvINoiITXEE0Lymnf3GgSIUv1kwNK_pVOtTKagQwdwqWhfnfOGpTOx6qo1PbIipJiBNmAW-pqCC8hKM_my2ZU3w_eBl_lNu59dRApOTc6lul3OzcJSVYZa8z5xJtJXPkjuHzHygVpdcm6tFZWnMguqp4o7uwEWd7PivG-juDBah-RcAaw9eoAYKkbcbHPo&s=1>

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/08/bassel-missing-syria/

To help with the free knowledge "reconstruction of Palmyra" project,
#NEWPALMYRA, see:

http://www.newpalmyra.org/
<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newpalmyra.org%2F&h=4AQEGGec5AQEfFF-EKPErbNsdiXVLsT96rYfgEGQCdQwWNg&enc=AZNwmMMYvk9F8gIk9YBvsYKPUqxq8j64Hqsxo4VqoV9FjNKi6vEA2SXKKwb56IgZABx2o_C-MV7fqwto_PV5QiIfSOMxPZ4JfWDxQq1tFh9ijxNhWgrWjjpWwfIXtWvv2p1J50LIhK5-XcWLioZxy2TZIVDIk6UPx3pSHN8ybg8xu1OzJFBW0kJ19p8oprLQk3KRXgkLX3Dqk5rcPfj4yssF&s=1>


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge Images Workshop 19 March

[Richard Symonds]

I think that word is "geocode", rather than genocide. But yes, if the word
was genocide, then yes, that would be too genocidey.

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On 9 March 2016 at 16:27, Katherine Bavage 
wrote:

> That's excellent, and now in my watchlist BUT (but)...could we change the
> examples to something less...genocidey?
>
> Just a thought
>
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2016 at 16:12 WereSpielChequers 
> wrote:
>
>> Coming from the opposite end of the scale,
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WereSpielChequers/image_adding is an
>> exercise I've been building up and testing on newbies. It is based on some
>> lists from Rich Farmbrough and some sessions that Fabian and I ran.
>>
>>
>> WSC
>>
>> On 9 March 2016 at 16:03, Katherine Bavage 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This looks fab - sorry I can't be there!
>>>
>>> Can you feedback how it goes/slides/what was useful because I led my
>>> first training session last weekend and I was already getting into image
>>> questions I couldn't answer and it would be good to have a few more
>>> introductory resources.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 at 15:17 Richard Symonds <
>>> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Marvellous!
>>>>
>>>> Richard Symonds
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> On 4 March 2016 at 10:46, Charles Matthews <
>>>> charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This event is confirmed, and basic details are on
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Cambridge_Images_Workshop_2016
>>>>>
>>>>> More about the programme is on the way. The first session will start
>>>>> at entry level, but will be looking at Commons in the round as well as the
>>>>> usual introduction to uploading; there will be hands-on work.
>>>>>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Sell through eBay for Wikimedia UK

[Richard Symonds]

Hello all!

After a few updates from PayPal and a new agreement with them, we're now
listed on "eBay for charity".

This means that, by going to
http://www.ebay.co.uk/egw/ebay-for-charity/charity-profile/?NP_ID=133871,
you can donate a portion of the proceeds from any eBay sales you make to
Wikimedia UK. In return, eBay will waive a percentage of the fees for your
sale equal to the percentage you donate. You can also Gift Aid the amount
you donate, and we'll get the Gift Aid on the donated funds, too!

You can read more about the scheme at
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/ebayforcharity/sell.html. There's also a benefit in
that our general PayPal donation fees (which we pay on donations made
through credit/debit cards) are reduced.

If you have any questions, or want to know more, please let me know. I
can't promise I'll be able to answer them all, but I'll try!

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge Images Workshop 19 March

[Richard Symonds]

Marvellous!

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On 4 March 2016 at 10:46, Charles Matthews 
wrote:

> This event is confirmed, and basic details are on
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Cambridge_Images_Workshop_2016
>
> More about the programme is on the way. The first session will start at
> entry level, but will be looking at Commons in the round as well as the
> usual introduction to uploading; there will be hands-on work.
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Free as in beer

[Richard Symonds]

I stand corrected! Thanks all for the info :-P

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On 4 March 2016 at 12:13, leu...@fabiant.eu  wrote:

>  . . . and if you are thinking of using one of these recipes, there's also
> some open source software to run on turn a fridge into a fermentation
> chamber . . .
>
> http://www.brewpi.com/
>
> all the best
>
> Fabian
>
> aka User:Leutha
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 04 March 2016 at 10:50 Gordon Joly  wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 01/03/16 18:06, geni wrote:
> > > On 1 March 2016 at 05:21, John Mark Vandenberg 
> wrote:
> > >> no, no this is not some magic moment of enlightenment.
> > >>
> > >> similar sharing of beer recipes has occurred as long as beer has
> existed.
> > >>
> > >> Even properly licensed shared beer brew recipes have been around for a
> > >> *very* long time.
> > >>
> > >> Even the US Whitehouse got in on the action
> > >>
> > >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wh_beer_recipe_both-o.svg
> > >>
> > >> There are even companies that share their beer trademark
> > >>
> > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Beer
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> John Vandenberg
> > >
> > >
> > > The original freely licensed drink would be
> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCola_(drink) from 2001. This
> > > resulted in a 2 page article in the new scientist (Feb. 2, 2002) that
> > > was also freely licensed (although I've not seen a copy since 2002).
> > >
> > >
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Beer says:
> >
> > ***
> > Free Beer, originally known as Vores øl - An open source beer (Danish
> > for: Our Beer), is the first brand of beer with an "open"/"free" brand
> > and recipe.[3] The recipe and trademark elements are published under a
> > Creative Commons license.[4]
> > ***
> >
> >
> > Trademark number 1 was also beer related (Bass triangle).
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Brewery
> >
> > Recipes in general are "open", are they not?
> >
> > http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl122.html
> >
> > http://paleomagazine.com/recipe-copyright
> >
> > http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/mar/24/foodanddrink.uk
> >
> > Gordo
> >
> >
> >
> >
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[Wikimediauk-l] Free as in beer

[Richard Symonds]

So...

BrewDog, a Scotland-based "hipster brewery" - for want of a better phrase -
have just "open-sourced" their entire recipe collection.

You can read more at https://www.brewdog.com/lowdown/blog/diy-dog.

It's not entirely clear what "licence" they're using but they say:

*"copy them, tear them to pieces, bastardise them, adapt them, but most of
all, enjoy them. They are well travelled but with plenty of miles still
left on the clock. Just remember to share your brews, and share your
results. Sharing is caring."*

I guess "free as in beer" has a slightly different meaning now!

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Commons image request help

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Depends - if you're approaching an individual, I've always had more success
pushing the "donate your images for the good of everyone" line - which
you'll be good at because you're a fundraiser - you probably have better
ideas than me!

If it's an institution it's more complex. John Cummings is a good person to
talk to about it. The OTRS permission email can be a stumbling block
because OTRS demand a specific wording and due to the volume of emails they
get they can seem a bit unhelpful at times (they're so busy, it's
understandable)


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On 23 February 2016 at 17:14, Katherine Bavage 
wrote:

> That's perfect thanks
>
> Yes any ideas on how you've had success getting people to see the benefits
> to them would be good, and defo some advice on uploading process (I assume
> it's going to be a case of forwarding their email giving permission to
> OTRS?)
>
> On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 at 16:43 Richard Nevell <
> richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> There are some example letters on Wikipedia
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Example_requests_for_permission> 
>> which
>> do a good job of explaining the implications of a CC-BY-SA licence but from
>> a quick read they don't seem to make a good case for why people should
>> donate image.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> On 23 February 2016 at 16:29, Katherine Bavage <
>> katherine.bav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Sorry if this is something I really ought to know :/
>>>
>>> Is there a standard form of words - either from OTRS wiki or that you
>>> have used - that is helpful when you are contacting organisations or
>>> individuals to ask for image donations?
>>>
>>> Context: I would like to contact artists to ask if they have image shots
>>> they would be prepared to donate to commons to support creation of articles
>>> about them.
>>>
>>> Problem: I need to be able to say a) What the benefit of donating the
>>> image is to them and to us b) what the consequences of CC-BY-SA donation
>>> are in terms of that images use for a non expert.
>>>
>>> Also it would help if anyone can share the easiest process for managing
>>> uploading when you don't hold the copyright but the image donor does (but
>>> they are a non-expert/non editor)
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Millions have seen these historic Welsh images a librarian has helped share on Wikipedia

[Richard Symonds]

Do you recall what the disclaimer is for? Is it one where you "promise not
to sell the images" or similar?

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On 9 February 2016 at 17:10, geni  wrote:

>
>
> On 9 February 2016 at 14:59, Richard Symonds <
> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> Jason Evans, our Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of
>> Wales, has been promoting the results of the first 12 months of his
>> residency, and as a result Wales Online have run a piece about it:
>> http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/millions-seen-historic-welsh-images-10859484
>>
>> Well worth a read!
>>
>> Richard Symonds
>> Wikimedia UK
>>
>>
>
>
> Meanwhile the national wool museum makes you sign a disclaimer if you turn
> up with a professional looking camera (not that I'm overly concerned the
> most useful stuff from there requires a good video camera and a pair of ear
> defenders).
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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Millions have seen these historic Welsh images a librarian has helped share on Wikipedia

[Richard Symonds]

All,

Jason Evans, our Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Wales,
has been promoting the results of the first 12 months of his residency, and
as a result Wales Online have run a piece about it:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/millions-seen-historic-welsh-images-10859484

Well worth a read!

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Photos from the party...and media coverage of the 15th birthday

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Thankyou Charles!

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On 20 January 2016 at 07:57, Charles Matthews <
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>
> On 19 January 2016 at 16:59 Richard Symonds <
> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Just a quick addendum: the photos have just been uploaded to Commons at
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_15_in_the_United_Kingdom
> too, but not in a specific category for the London event (as I know there
> was an Oxford one too).
>
> Oh but
>
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia%27s_15th_Birthday_Party,_London
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Photos from the party...and media coverage of the 15th birthday

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Just a quick addendum: the photos have just been uploaded to Commons at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_15_in_the_United_Kingdom
too, but not in a specific category for the London event (as I know there
was an Oxford one too).

It takes a bit longer to put them on Commons than Facebook, as there's more
info required, but I believe they're now geocoded and categorised correctly.

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On 19 January 2016 at 16:51, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> Many thanks to those of you who were able to make the 15th birthday party
> on Saturday, your presence was much appreciated. Photos have now gone up on
> Commons, and on our Facebook page here:
>
> https://www.facebook.com/events/975864969140790/permalink/978696188857668/
>
> Also, I thought that some of you might be interested in the media coverage
> of the 15th birthday party in the UK, and particularly that which mentioned
> Wikimedia UK and featured interviews with volunteers and staff. Martin
> Poulter (currently Wikimedian-in-Residence at the Bodleian Libraries) gave
> interviews for both Sky News and ITV News, while Robin Owain and Jason
> Evans (WMUK Wales Manager and WiR at the National Library of Wales
> respectively) spoke on BBC Radio Cymru; our Head of Programmes Daria
> Cybulska spoke on the BBC World Service; and I was interviewed by Paul Ross
> on BBC London Radio.
>
> There was of course a lot of coverage of Jimmy, who gave a substantial
> interview to the Telegraph and was on BBC Breakfast, as well as in other
> broadcast and print media. The coverage mainly felt celebratory in feel,
> and included some fantastically impressive statistics about Wikipedia
> globally, as well as insights into the work of the UK charity.
>
> All best
> Lucy
>
>
> --
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
>
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>
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> Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate
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> for its contents.*
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Next meetups in the North-West: Manchester 23 Jan, Liverpool 27 Feb

[Richard Symonds]

Both events added to Facebook to see if we can drum up some nearby support
from newer people.

Manchester: https://www.facebook.com/events/1676236382627258/
Liverpool: https://www.facebook.com/events/480114548840317/

Photos are, of course, credited appropriately, but it would be nice to have
a sunnier one of the Liverpool location - the current picture us an admiral
effort but unfortunately taken on a rainy day. Such is Britain!

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On 18 January 2016 at 19:42, Michael Peel  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> There are two wikimeets planned in the north-west this month and next,
> namely:
>
> Manchester: Saturday 23 January
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Manchester/32
>
> Liverpool: Saturday 27 February
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Liverpool/18
>
> Please come along if you're in the area!
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Reminder about the PARTY tomorrow!

[Richard Symonds]

Mike,

Definitely something we wanted to do, but our budget for this was seriously
limited, to the point where even a party within walking distance of our
office, at a donated venue, was stretching things. There was one in Oxford,
which, while not central or north, I'd be willing to accept (as a
Wulfrunian) as "Midlands-ish, sort of". Kudos to the Oxonians who put it
together.

In future we should have more distributed events around the country, but
we'd need volunteers who were willing to lead on the event - just like
Wikimeets. Is there anyone who might be willing to do so next time we do
something like this?

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On 15 January 2016 at 21:15, Michael Peel  wrote:

> Hi Lucy,
>
> I hope the party goes well. :-) Sadly, it's cost-prohibitive to attend an
> evening event in London from the north of the UK, perhaps next time it
> could be an afternoon event, or held at a more central location, instead?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> On 15 Jan 2016, at 11:35, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Dear all
>
> This is just a quick reminder about the 15th Birthday Party for Wikipedia
> that WMUK are holding tomorrow evening:
>
> Saturday 16th January
> 7.30 - 10.30pm
> Newspeak House
> 133 Bethnal Green Road
> London E2 7DG
>
> The nearest station is Shoreditch High Street, just a few minutes away,
> and Liverpool Street and Bethnal Green tube stations are pretty much
> equidistant - about a 10 - 15 minute walk depending on your stride!
>
> There will be speeches from several people involved in the movement,
> including Jimmy Wales, who will also cut the (rather magnificent) cake.
> Wine, beer and soft drinks are provided, along with some nibbles.
>
> I hope to see many of you there. There's still time to sign up here:
>
> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikipedias-15th-birthday-
> party-tickets-20509187532
>
> Or just let us know you're coming via this mailing list.
>
> Best wishes
> Lucy
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mix'n'Match: UK school IDs - also OpenStreetMap

[Richard Symonds]

It looks like the DfE database includes the Estyn database as "Welsh
schools", I think.

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On 11 January 2016 at 14:49, Andy Mabbett  wrote:

> On 11 January 2016 at 14:36, Andy Mabbett 
> wrote:
> > On 9 January 2016 at 05:51, Robin Owain  wrote:
> >
> >> Schools in Wales are covered by Estyn
> >
> > I've just submitted a Wikidata property proposal for that:
> >
> >
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Organization#Estyn_ID
>
> Although it seems that there are Edubase refs for Welsh schools:
>
>
> http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=401884
>
> *confused*
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Wikimeet #100

[Richard Symonds]

Myself and Stuart Prior are organising things, but at present nothing is
confirmed. There should be an update before Christmas, we'll email this
list to let people know what's happening!
On 18 Dec 2015 10:23, "Charles Matthews" 
wrote:

>
> On 16 December 2015 at 19:37 "leu...@fabiant.eu" 
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I see that WMUK is also planning to organise an additional 15th Birthday
> celebration  in
> London, but it is not clear whether this will be on the Friday or the
> Saturday.
>
>
> The 10th birthday saw a party thrown by Jimmy Wales; and I was involved in
> the invitation list for that. So I was wondering who might be invited. In
> 2011 Cherie Blair came, and Bamber Gascoigne was invited as a member; he
> said pleasant things about WP, which got onto Radio 4. John Julius Norwich,
> another historian has just defended WP in the letters to The Times. Tom
> Watson the politician is said to be sympathetic.
>
> Thinking aloud here, obviously. Who might be in charge of the event?
>
> Charles
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[Wikimediauk-l] Posting to Wikimedia UK over Christmas

[Richard Symonds]

All,

Please be aware that there will be no post to or from Wikimedia UK's
office, or the FREEPOST WIKIPEDIA address, from Tuesday 22 December to
Monday 4 January.

Any post arriving at that time will be held by Royal Mail until the 4th.

All the best,

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 124, Issue 14

[Richard Symonds]

+1. Couldn't ask for a better co-worker.

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On 25 November 2015 at 16:23, Jon Davies  wrote:

> Stevie you were fab
>
>
>
>
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>
> Linkedin
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>
>
> On 25 November 2015 at 15:52, 
> wrote:
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>>1. Re: Fwd: [Wikimedia IE] Bylaws Consultation-2 weeks   left
>>   (Wikimedia Ireland)
>>2. Moving on (Stevie Benton)
>>3. Phone issues (Richard Symonds)
>>4. Re: Moving on (WereSpielChequers)
>>
>>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:53:02 +
>> From: Wikimedia Ireland 
>> To: rupert THURNER 
>> Cc: UK Wikimedia mailing list 
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia IE] Bylaws Consultation-2
>> weeks   left
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>>
>> Hi Rupert,
>>
>>   Thank you for your comments. I will attempt to address all of them.
>>
>> Membership fee-This was addressed on the discussion page
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Community_Ireland_Bylaws
>> >.
>> The amount of €1200 is the *maximum*. We have not decided on a membership
>> fee as of yet, but we will strive to make it inculsive.
>>
>> Excluding members-this was purposely made difficult. We are a small
>> country
>> with a correspondingly small member base. We don't want minor
>> disagreements
>> derailing the group.
>>
>> Re-election to board-again, due to our small size this is the best way to
>> ensure we have a consistent board. If we grow large enough, this can be
>> amended in the future.
>>
>> Board member/employee-again, due to our small size at the moment this
>> accommodation was made. As we grow, it can be amended.
>>
>> I hope this answers all your concerns. Please feel free to contact us
>> again
>> with any further concerns, or ideally put them on the bylaws discussion
>> page.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Shannon Eichelberger, Chair
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 5:19 PM, rupert THURNER > >
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I d find the following a little challenging if I understand the text
>> > correctly :
>> >
>> > art 5 suggests one cannot be member easy by paying membership fee.
>> >
>> > If such a high membership fee is voted for there is some risk to become
>> a
>> > rather elitarian club disconnected from volunteers usually not prepared
>> to
>> > pay a huge sum additional to donating their free time.
>> >
>> > Excluding members is rather difficult.
>> >
>> > There is no restriction on number of reelection to the board.
>> >
>> > It seems to be OK to be on the board and employed
>> >
>> > Rupert
>> > On 23/11/15 02:41, Michael Peel wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Wikimedia Ireland are currently working on writing their bylaws - see
>> > > below. Although Irish law is, of course, different from UK law, I'm
>> > > forwarding this in case anyone here has the time and interest to have
>> a
>> &g

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Moving on

[Richard Symonds]

Stevie,

Jonathan's right - it was wonderful working with you... and I hope that, if
you feel happy to come back and volunteer, I'll enjoy working with you in
future too!

All the best wishes for the future,

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On 25 November 2015 at 15:52, WereSpielChequers  wrote:

> Dear Stevie,
>
> It was a pleasure working with you during my two years at WMUK.
>
> My very best wishes for whatever you get up to next.
>
> Jonathan
>
> On 25 November 2015 at 13:39, Stevie Benton <
> stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> It is with some sadness that I write to let you know that I have moved on
>> to pastures new, and finished working for Wikimedia UK in the middle of
>> September. I am sorry that I didn't write sooner but have been away on a
>> much needed holiday.
>>
>> Over the last three and a half years I have had the pleasure and
>> privilege to work with some incredible people, both staff and volunteers.
>> Being able to support the free and open knowledge movement in a
>> professional capacity has been exciting, tiring, empowering, stressful, and
>> the most incredible experience of my professional life.
>>
>> Being able to make a contribution to this movement, for which I care
>> deeply, has been an honour. I will continue to be involved as a volunteer,
>> in the realms of communications, policy and advocacy.
>>
>> There are too many people who have made such a positive impact on me
>> personally and professionally to be able to name and thank them all
>> individually. However, I do want to say a special thanks to my outstanding
>> colleagues at Wikimedia UK who are the most talented and hard working group
>> of people I have ever worked with. I want to also thank the volunteers and
>> staff I have worked with closely over the years as Head of External
>> Relations, especially in the areas of movement communications, campaigning,
>> educational & IP policy, and digital democracy.
>>
>> I've been lucky enough to meet, and work with, many smart and thoughtful
>> people outside our movement and I hope that I've made a strong enough case
>> for free and open knowledge for them to remain involved in this mission.
>>
>> I'd love to continue to hear from you all so do feel free to email me –
>> stevie.d.ben...@gmail.com – or find me on Twitter or LinkedIn and thank
>> you all once again for an amazing three and a half years.
>>
>> With thanks and regards,
>>
>> Stevie
>>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Phone issues

[Richard Symonds]

All,

Just FYI, WMUK's phone systems are completely down today - BT have now sent
out an engineer to the exchange to check it, but you're better off emailing
us rather than calling for today and tomorrow :-)

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[Wikimediauk-l] Banners for #freebassel

[Richard Symonds]

All,

A Syrian Wikimedian has reportedly been sentenced to death by the Syrian
government. There's discussion of a possible banner to support him at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Banner:Free_Bassel. I encourage you to all
get involved and add your input to the banners, or share your thoughts on
the talk page about which banner would be best.

All the best,

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Vale Telsa Gwynne

[Richard Symonds]

Hi David,

Terrible news. I remember her - do you know anywhere we can send
commiserations?

Kind regards,

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On 12 November 2015 at 10:27, David Gerard  wrote:

> Welsh Wikimedian, very active several years ago.
>
> https://www.gnome.org/news/2015/11/in-memory-of-telsa-gwynne/
>
>
> - d.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Christmas closures

[Richard Symonds]

All,

It's probably too early to wish you all a "Merry Christmas", so instead I
have some rather dull news about the UK office over the holidays.

The Wikimedia UK Office is closed for the Christmas break between 19
December 2015 and 3 January 2016. This is in line with our landlords
expected closing times. The office phones may not be answered and it will
not be possible to visit the London office without a prior appointment with
a member of staff.

This doesn't mean we're necessarily we're all away, as some staff will be
in and out of the offices and most will be answering emails here and there,
but you can expect a lower level of activity from our end.

In the meantime, happy bonfire night!

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

[Richard Symonds]

Hi Ed!

We're going to push out a post on FB about the editathon shortly. Hopefully
that will give you a few more signups - it's a pretty niche area, but a
worthwhile one.

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On 3 November 2015 at 16:27, Edward Saperia  wrote:

> Two things that might be of interest:
>
> *Refugee Crisis Response "Techfugees"*
> I'm part of a volunteer effort to coordinate the international tech
> industry's response to the refugee crisis, dubbed "Techfugees". A large
> part of this has been trying to record of all the activity, match up NGOs
> with volunteers, and put together a library of useful research. I've been
> desperately throwing things into a system of hackpads, and could really use
> some help keeping it tidy - If you're looking for some real swashbuckling
> information management to do, look no further: bit.ly/techfugeeshackpad
>
> *Civic Tech Editathon*
> I'm hosting a small editathon about civic technology in London tomorrow
> evening. There's a handful of knowledgeable civic tech people coming, but
> it would be nice to have a few more Wikimedians:
> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events/Civic_Tech_Editathon
>
> If you want more info on either, feel free to email me directly.
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website certificate

[Richard Symonds]

Gordo - sadly we don't have the budget or time to upgrade to Phabricator.
Given how few of us use our installation anyway, it would be a fair amount
of work for not a lot of gain. Perhaps in future when there's more time
available!

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On 16 October 2015 at 13:07, Gordon Joly  wrote:

> On 15/10/15 23:53, John Mark Vandenberg wrote:
> > So I create an account, but the confirmation email doesnt arrive...
>
>
> I am slightly surprised that this is with Bugzilla at all.
>
> And not with Phabricator?
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/versus_Bugzilla
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website certificate

[Richard Symonds]

This is now on Bugzilla as bug 402.



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On 15 October 2015 at 11:48, Richard Symonds <
richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Andy,
>
> I'll drop you an email separately and we can do it manually at this end.
>
> As for the certificate, I've had a few reports of problems but haven't
> been able to replicate them, and the certificate seems fine... so I will
> ask greater minds (ie. Tom & Emmanuel) to have a look at it.
>
>
>
> Richard Symonds
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> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>
> On 15 October 2015 at 11:38, Andy Mabbett 
> wrote:
>
>> I'm still getting server security certificate errors from the WMUK
>> website (most recently on donate.wikimedia.org.uk); I'm using Firefox
>> under Windows 8.1.
>>
>> How else can I renew my membership?
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website certificate

[Richard Symonds]

Hi Andy,

I'll drop you an email separately and we can do it manually at this end.

As for the certificate, I've had a few reports of problems but haven't been
able to replicate them, and the certificate seems fine... so I will ask
greater minds (ie. Tom & Emmanuel) to have a look at it.



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On 15 October 2015 at 11:38, Andy Mabbett  wrote:

> I'm still getting server security certificate errors from the WMUK
> website (most recently on donate.wikimedia.org.uk); I'm using Firefox
> under Windows 8.1.
>
> How else can I renew my membership?
>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Edinburgh WiR hiring!

[Richard Symonds]

All,

The University of Edinburgh has today started advertising for a part time
Wikimedian in Residence post:

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AMB999/wikimedian-in-residence-fixed-term-part-time/

To quote from it directly:


Do you have an eye for detail and a love of facts? Are you an experienced
> Wikimedian with experience working with the Wikimedia community? What
would
> you do to engage our staff and students in editing, contributing and
> sharing open knowledge? We are recruiting a Wikimedian in Residence to
work
> in Information Services alongside our learning technologists, archivists,
> librarians and information literacy teams. Following our first successful
> editathon events we now need your help to establish a network of
> Wikimedians on campus and to embed digital skills and open knowledge
> activities in learning and teaching across the University.
>

Good luck to those who apply - any questions will have to go to the
University directly, as they're running the recruitment process themselves.

All the best,

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New Chief Executive starts today

[Richard Symonds]

Hi Rupert,

As far as I know, she doesn't have one yet. Learning to edit will be part
of her induction, of course!

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On 7 October 2015 at 20:48, rupert THURNER  wrote:

> hi richard,
>
> what is lucys wikipedia account?
>
> rupert
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Richard Symonds
>  wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > A short announcement: our Interrim Chief Executive (D'Arcy Myers) has now
> > left us, please remember to update your address books to our new Chief
> > Executive, Lucy Crompton-Reid . She
> > started today, but is still catching up on things, so bear in mind that
> she
> > might be a little slow in replying to any emails.
> >
> > You can read more about Lucy here:
> >
> https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2015/07/welcoming-lucy-crompton-reid-as-new-ceo-of-wikimedia-uk/
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Richard Symonds
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[Wikimediauk-l] New Chief Executive starts today

[Richard Symonds]

All,

A short announcement: our Interrim Chief Executive (D'Arcy Myers) has now
left us, please remember to update your address books to our new Chief
Executive, Lucy Crompton-Reid . She
started today, but is still catching up on things, so bear in mind that she
might be a little slow in replying to any emails.

You can read more about Lucy here:
https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2015/07/welcoming-lucy-crompton-reid-as-new-ceo-of-wikimedia-uk/

All the best,

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

[Richard Symonds]

He might be, possibly... although I'll grant you it's unlikely. I wonder if
EveryPolitican records him?

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On 5 October 2015 at 14:37, geni  wrote:

>
>
> On 5 October 2015 at 13:20, Andrew Gray  wrote:
>
>> Hi Richard,
>>
>> I've been talking to EveryPolitician about this. Matching to Wikidata
>> will pose something of a challenge but we're on it :-)
>>
>> A.
>>
>
>
> Hmmm wikidata doesn't appear to pick up on the category Nonexistent people
> used in hoaxes thus it thinks Kasongo Ilunga is real:
>
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1735013
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gender Balance (MySociety)

[Richard Symonds]

Let the list know if you need a hand :-)

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On 5 October 2015 at 13:20, Andrew Gray  wrote:

> Hi Richard,
>
> I've been talking to EveryPolitician about this. Matching to Wikidata
> will pose something of a challenge but we're on it :-)
>
> A.
>
> On 5 October 2015 at 12:58, Richard Symonds
>  wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Has anyone else seen the email from MySociety about the Gender Balance
> game
> > they've created? See
> >
> https://www.mysociety.org/2015/07/30/introducing-gender-balance-the-game-that-sorts-the-women-from-the-boys/
> > for more about it.
> >
> > It appears they also have a database which we may be free to upload to
> > Wikidata...
> >
> > Richard Symonds
> > Wikimedia UK
> > 0207 065 0992
> >
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> > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
> >
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gender Balance (MySociety)

[Richard Symonds]

Excellent work Ed - great to see that gamification is addictive. The
question now is, can we set up a bot to transfer it to Wikidata on a weekly
(or whichever) basis?

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On 5 October 2015 at 13:02, Edward Saperia  wrote:

> I chatted with Mark when he was first appointed and told him to look at
> the Wikidata game as a reference :)
>
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> On 5 October 2015 at 12:58, Richard Symonds <
> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Has anyone else seen the email from MySociety about the Gender Balance
>> game they've created? See
>> https://www.mysociety.org/2015/07/30/introducing-gender-balance-the-game-that-sorts-the-women-from-the-boys/
>> for more about it.
>>
>> It appears they also have a database which we may be free to upload to
>> Wikidata...
>>
>> Richard Symonds
>> Wikimedia UK
>> 0207 065 0992
>>
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>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
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>> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
>> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
>> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
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[Wikimediauk-l] Gender Balance (MySociety)

[Richard Symonds]

Hi all,

Has anyone else seen the email from MySociety about the Gender Balance game
they've created? See
https://www.mysociety.org/2015/07/30/introducing-gender-balance-the-game-that-sorts-the-women-from-the-boys/
for more about it.

It appears they also have a database which we may be free to upload to
Wikidata...

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available

[Richard Symonds]

I've just knocked up the one at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heightmap_of_Trencrom_Hill.png. I
haven't added it to any articles but it's there to use if you want!

It's not much work, but the issue is that the heightmaps tend to not cover
Wales or Scotland, and they tend to cover flood zones, rather than hills.
This makes tracking down high-resolution data of castles/hills (which tend
to be high up) rather difficult. Most of England is covered with 1 metre
resolution though, with 25cm being the best.

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On 22 September 2015 at 11:20, Richard Nevell <
richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> I think it should be downloadable as jpegs as well as the underlying data
> files. This gives you a visualisation of the landscape, with or without
> trees if you want. Very useful for landscapes, and excellent for
> archaeological sites which only survive as earthworks.
>
> On 22 September 2015 at 11:11, Richard Symonds <
> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Forwarding to this list, perhaps someone has some ideas for how we can
>> make use of the newly released LIDAR data!
>>
>> Richard Symonds
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>> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>>
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>> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>>
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: Tim Waters 
>> Date: 22 September 2015 at 10:34
>> Subject: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now
>> available
>> To: OSM - Talk GB 
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> back in June we had a thread announcing that this LIDAR data was due
>> to be released. Well some of it has.
>>
>>
>> https://environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2015/09/18/laser-surveys-light-up-open-data/
>>
>> http://environment.data.gov.uk/ds/survey#/
>>
>> I think it's just for England, and appears to be 1m and 2m composite
>> DTM and 1m and 2m DSM They do intend to release a Tiled version next,
>> and I think 50cm and 25cm are coming also
>>
>> What can we do with it?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Tim
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[Wikimediauk-l] Board updates

[Richard Symonds]

Hi all!

Just to follow up on an email sent to members earlier today, there have
been a few changes on Wikimedia UK's board:

   - Simon Knight has stood down to take up a position at a University in
   Sydney, Australia (congratulations Simon!)
   - Nancy Bell, Head of Collections at the National Archives was co-opted
   onto the board for a two year term (welcome to Nancy!)
   - Carol Campbell was appointed Vice-Chair of the board
   - Gill Hamilton (a new trustee as of the AGM) was appointed Secretary of
   the board
   - Nick Poole (a new trustee as of the AGM) joined the Governance
   Committee

All the best,

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] FAO members of Wikimedia UK...

[Richard Symonds]

Aye, I can't send it from CiviCRM though, and in the past members have
raised the point that membership communications like this should *really* go
to members first - then to the general public a few hours later.

I'll forward the email to the list in a few minutes.

Andy, re: your question - I'll chase it up with D'Arcy but as far as I know
things are still slightly in flux till the end of the month. That said, if
people want to talk to us about programmes, they should go to Daria in the
first instance - anything else should go to myself, and I'll forward it on
to the right person while things are in flux!

All the best,



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On 22 September 2015 at 15:34, Andy Mabbett 
wrote:

> On 22 September 2015 at 14:01, Richard Symonds
>  wrote:
>
> > This is a quick note to members of Wikimedia UK - if you use Gmail, check
> > your spam folder, as I've just sent an email update about the board out
> and
> > it may have ended up in there.
>
> The update was about changes to membership of the board; and roles
> within it. I see no reason it could not be copied to this list.
>
> And while it's good to have such updates, I don't believe we ever had
> the update I requested, about staffing changes at WMUK
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[Wikimediauk-l] FAO members of Wikimedia UK...

[Richard Symonds]

Good afternoon!

This is a quick note to members of Wikimedia UK - if you use Gmail, check
your spam folder, as I've just sent an email update about the board out and
it may have ended up in there.

All the best,


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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available

[Richard Symonds]

Forwarding to this list, perhaps someone has some ideas for how we can make
use of the newly released LIDAR data!

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-- Forwarded message --
From: Tim Waters 
Date: 22 September 2015 at 10:34
Subject: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now
available
To: OSM - Talk GB 


Hello,

back in June we had a thread announcing that this LIDAR data was due
to be released. Well some of it has.

https://environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2015/09/18/laser-surveys-light-up-open-data/

http://environment.data.gov.uk/ds/survey#/

I think it's just for England, and appears to be 1m and 2m composite
DTM and 1m and 2m DSM They do intend to release a Tiled version next,
and I think 50cm and 25cm are coming also

What can we do with it?

Cheers,

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Nancy Bell, Head of Collection Care at The National Archives, joins Wikimedia UK board

[Richard Symonds]

Nancy's email address is nancy.b...@wikimedia.org.uk, for those of you who
want to drop her a note :-)

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On 21 September 2015 at 17:34, Michael Maggs  wrote:

> Wikimedia UK is pleased to announce the co-option of Nancy Bell to the
> board for a two year term.  Nancy has been appointed for her extensive
> skills, experience and contacts, particularly in the national and
> international cultural heritage sectors.
>
> Nancy is currently Head of Collection Care at The National Archives, in
> which role she is responsible for the preservation of one of the largest
> and most significant sources of information in the world dating from
> Domesday Book to recent digital records. She has established an
> internationally recognised heritage science research programme in
> collaboration with the higher education sector and industry, and has
> established a programme to work closely with students and researchers to
> disseminate their work further as wiki editors.
> Nancy comments "There are huge opportunities to extend the reach of
> volunteers in new communities to create an even more vibrant Wikimedia UK.
> I am committed to open and accessible information as a guiding principle
> and very much welcome the opportunity to promote this mission widely".
>
> Please join us in welcoming Nancy to the board.
>
> Best regards
>
>
> Michael
>
>
> Michael Maggs
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitising old 8mm home movies

[Richard Symonds]

Thanks Jon! Really good to hear from you. All is not OK in wikiland but I
think you guessed that! I will message you on Facebook.

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On 8 September 2015 at 13:56, Richard Symonds <
richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> He's emailed back and said:
>
> "The trouble with this bit of kit (well don't get me started) is that it
> is really not up to a professional job and restricted to Super 8.
>
> If the material is at all historic the regional film organisations e.g.
>
> *Tel:*  01752 202650
>
> *Web:*   www.swfta.org.uk
>
> *Facebook:*   South West Film & Television Archive
> <http://www.facebook.com/SouthWestFilmTelevisionArchive>
>
> *Twitter*:   SWFTA1 <https://twitter.com/SWFTA1>
>
> SWftaTUBE:SWftaTUBE <http://www.youtube.com/user/SWftaTUBE>
>
> ...will copy over using a professional process (liquid gate) that takes
> account of old splices, cleans the dust off etc."
>
> He also says that there is the germ of an idea for WMUK here though -
> perhaps having a contract with a decent provider who would digitise them
> for us. It's something we will have to look at over the next few months to
> see if it can fit in our future plans!
>
> Richard Symonds
> Wikimedia UK
> 0207 065 0992
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>
> On 8 September 2015 at 13:26, Richard Symonds <
> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> I think we might do well to ask our volunteer who specialises in old
>> films, I have BCCed him into this message so he can join in if he wants to!
>>
>> Richard Symonds
>> Wikimedia UK
>> 0207 065 0992
>>
>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
>> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
>> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
>> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
>> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>>
>> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
>> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>>
>> On 8 September 2015 at 10:08, Lester Caine  wrote:
>>
>>> On 08/09/15 09:02, Robin Owain wrote:
>>> > The National Library of Wales offers this as a free service, scanned
>>> > directly rather than via projector. They also give you a free copy on
>>> > disc. They will also allow CC0 /BYSA. But you need to live in Wales; if
>>> > not try the BL.
>>>
>>> That's why I suggested http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/ might be
>>> starting point to find an equivalent in England. Given the projects
>>> preserving material of this sort I'm sure there must be something?
>>>
>>> --
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>>> -
>>> Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitising old 8mm home movies

[Richard Symonds]

He's emailed back and said:

"The trouble with this bit of kit (well don't get me started) is that it is
really not up to a professional job and restricted to Super 8.

If the material is at all historic the regional film organisations e.g.

*Tel:*  01752 202650

*Web:*   www.swfta.org.uk

*Facebook:*   South West Film & Television Archive
<http://www.facebook.com/SouthWestFilmTelevisionArchive>

*Twitter*:   SWFTA1 <https://twitter.com/SWFTA1>

SWftaTUBE:SWftaTUBE <http://www.youtube.com/user/SWftaTUBE>

...will copy over using a professional process (liquid gate) that takes
account of old splices, cleans the dust off etc."

He also says that there is the germ of an idea for WMUK here though -
perhaps having a contract with a decent provider who would digitise them
for us. It's something we will have to look at over the next few months to
see if it can fit in our future plans!

Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
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Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
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United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).

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On 8 September 2015 at 13:26, Richard Symonds <
richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> I think we might do well to ask our volunteer who specialises in old
> films, I have BCCed him into this message so he can join in if he wants to!
>
> Richard Symonds
> Wikimedia UK
> 0207 065 0992
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>
> On 8 September 2015 at 10:08, Lester Caine  wrote:
>
>> On 08/09/15 09:02, Robin Owain wrote:
>> > The National Library of Wales offers this as a free service, scanned
>> > directly rather than via projector. They also give you a free copy on
>> > disc. They will also allow CC0 /BYSA. But you need to live in Wales; if
>> > not try the BL.
>>
>> That's why I suggested http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/ might be
>> starting point to find an equivalent in England. Given the projects
>> preserving material of this sort I'm sure there must be something?
>>
>> --
>> Lester Caine - G8HFL
>> -
>> Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact
>> L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk
>> EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitising old 8mm home movies

[Richard Symonds]

I think we might do well to ask our volunteer who specialises in old films,
I have BCCed him into this message so he can join in if he wants to!

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movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).

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On 8 September 2015 at 10:08, Lester Caine  wrote:

> On 08/09/15 09:02, Robin Owain wrote:
> > The National Library of Wales offers this as a free service, scanned
> > directly rather than via projector. They also give you a free copy on
> > disc. They will also allow CC0 /BYSA. But you need to live in Wales; if
> > not try the BL.
>
> That's why I suggested http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/ might be
> starting point to find an equivalent in England. Given the projects
> preserving material of this sort I'm sure there must be something?
>
> --
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> -
> Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact
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[Wikimediauk-l] New candidates

[Richard Symonds]

Hello everyone,

There have been a few new candidates put themselves forward for the AGM
elections today. You can read their statements at
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2015_AGM/Elections/Statements. You can also
ask them questions at
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2015_AGM/Elections/Questions.

All the best,

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] First trustee candidate

[Richard Symonds]

It's working, just intermittently. Not a problem at our end, but it should
be fixed soon.

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On 2 July 2015 at 16:37, Katie Chan  wrote:

> On 02/07/2015 15:13, Richard Symonds wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> The first nomination for the board elections at the AGM has been
>> received and can be viewed at
>> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2015_AGM/Elections.
>>
>>
> I quite like the candidate "504 Gateway Time-out". ;-)
>
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[Wikimediauk-l] First trustee candidate

[Richard Symonds]

All,

The first nomination for the board elections at the AGM has been received
and can be viewed at https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2015_AGM/Elections.

Nominations are, therefore, officially "open" and the next few weeks will
hopefully reveal a plethora of candidates who are up to the task ahead of
us!

All the best,

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[Wikimediauk-l] Member's email has gone out

[Richard Symonds]

Hello all,

The Wikimedia UK AGM notice has gone out (or it did do at 5pm). Those of
you who are eligible to vote should have the email in their inboxes.

Check your spam folders too!

All the best,

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[Wikimediauk-l] Upcoming event in London

[Richard Symonds]

Hi All,

Not Wikimedia related but something in the UK which I think you'll all find
great fun. I've been to a few of these in the past and they're well worth
going to. It's something that I'd love us to be involved with in future
years... but in the meantime, I encourage you to sit in the audience!

http://pintofscience.co.uk/



*"An Evening with Mike Foale will feature the former record-breaking
astronaut talk about his experiences. We’ll also be connecting live to the
International Space Station and videoconferencing with Commander Scott
Kelly who is currently three months into his one year living on the
International Space Station. From King’s College London Dr David Green will
talk about the development of a Gravity Loading Skinsuit to prevent muscle
and bone loss in Space, and Dr Julie Keeble will explain how to prepare
student experiments for launch to the International Space Station. The
event takes place in a theatre and so is open to people of all ages. Please
note there are two types of tickets, student (£9) which includes those
still at school and university students and full-price (£18), click below
for more details. The proceeds will go to the charity ISSET which aims to
utilise space exploration to inspire and motivate young people to believe
that they can become what they want to be."*

It's a shame I won't be able to go, but it's really worth going to these.
You learn a lot!

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia broken?

[Richard Symonds]

Just to give you all an update: this is quite a laborious process that
involves me faxing my passport to France before I can do a great deal. They
don't accept emailed documents, unfortunately!

They are of course going off today.

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On 25 June 2015 at 11:18, Andy Mabbett  wrote:

> On 25 June 2015 at 11:03, Gordon Joly  wrote:
>
> > Might want to make sure the domain is extended soon, since these things
> > can also creep up on us all.
>
> Might want to check any other SSL certificates WMUK holds, too.
>
> Thanks for raising the ticket, Doug.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia broken?

[Richard Symonds]

Thanks Gordo, good point - that's already in my calender - we'll be going
for as long a renewal as we can.

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On 25 June 2015 at 11:03, Gordon Joly  wrote:

>
>
> Might want to make sure the domain is extended soon, since these things
> can also creep up on us all.
>
> whois qrpedia.org
> Domain Name:QRPEDIA.ORG
> Domain ID: D161757316-LROR
> Creation Date: 2011-03-13T19:45:32Z
> Updated Date: 2015-02-18T15:53:04Z
> Registry Expiry Date: 2016-03-13T19:45:32Z
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia broken?

[Richard Symonds]

Thanks Doug.
On 25 Jun 2015 00:12, "rexx"  wrote:

> Bugzilla report filed.
>
> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org.uk/show_bug.cgi?id=384
>
> --
> Rexx
>
>
> On 25 June 2015 at 00:05, Richard Symonds <
> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Will check this tomorrow first thing Andy. Haven't had any notifications
>> but will take a look!
>> On 24 Jun 2015 23:51, "Andy Mabbett"  wrote:
>>
>>> I can't check (I'm on my mobile), but I've just been told that QRpedia
>>> has an invalid SSL certificate.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia broken?

[Richard Symonds]

Will check this tomorrow first thing Andy. Haven't had any notifications
but will take a look!
On 24 Jun 2015 23:51, "Andy Mabbett"  wrote:

> I can't check (I'm on my mobile), but I've just been told that QRpedia has
> an invalid SSL certificate.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Website downtime next month

[Richard Symonds]

All,

There may be some downtime on Wikimedia UK's website(s) next month, on July
15, from 00:01 to 04:00. Ideally it won't take more than five minutes but
could be up to four hours.

This is because our hosting provider are performing some routine
maintenance work on their servers.

This shouldn't be a huge problem, but I thought I'd let you all know just
in case.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Volunteering with Wikimedia UK: a call to action

[Richard Symonds]

Dan: I'll be in touch!
On 6 Jun 2015 13:47, "Dan Garry (Deskana)"  wrote:

> If you'd like someone who's involved in the product and strategy side of
> tech to help out in a working group, committee, or whatever else, let me
> know. I'd be happy to help.
>
> Dan
>
> On 5 June 2015 at 06:38, Michael Maggs  wrote:
>
>>  Wikimedia UK needs your help. We want to transform the way we work so
>> that we can bring volunteering right into the heart of the charity.
>>
>> We plan to:
>>
>>- Establish a new volunteer engagement panel
>> or
>>steering group, focusing specifically on volunteering and volunteer
>>engagement
>>- Embed members into our day-to-day decision making via a new evaluation
>>panel 
>>- Encourage the setting up of volunteer special-interest working
>>groups  to replace the
>>existing non-board committees
>>
>>- Set up cultural/GLAM
>> and 
>> educational
>>outreach
>>
>>expert advisory boards to advise the WMUK main board on high-level 
>> strategy
>>- Change our Articles of Association
>>
>> 
>>to allow volunteers to be appointed full members of board committees
>>- Provide more effective support for volunteers via the new project
>>coordinator  staff
>>roles
>>- Move toward project-based
>> working
>>practices to improve efficiency and to enable better self-evaluation of 
>> our
>>work
>>
>> These draft plans follow on from the excellent feedback we received from
>> our last Volunteer Strategy Gathering
>> .
>> They deliberately don't attempt to answer all possible questions about
>> implementation, as we think it best that both further questions and the
>> answers to those questions should come out of collaborative discussions.
>> The plans are not set in stone, and with the community's help they can be
>> improved, strengthened and fleshed out.
>>
>> We would like your feedback, either online or in person at our next Volunteer
>> Strategy Gathering
>> 
>> on Saturday 25th July 2015, in London. For more information, see the links
>> on the right.
>>
>> Feedback, comments and discussion are more than welcome on the discussion
>> page, or you can email chair[image: at]wikimedia.org.uk if you have
>> feedback you would prefer not to make public.
>>
>> To read the full details on wiki see here:
>> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Volunteer_strategy_consultation_2015
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [List admins] Mailing list maintenance window - 2015-05-19 17:00 UTC to 19:00 UTC (10:00 to 12:00 PDT)

[Richard Symonds]

*Below is a note from Rob Halsell at the WMF, who run this mailing list:*

Please note that we will be working on a few open tasks for mailing list
server maintenance, next Tuesday, May 19th from 17:00 to 19:00 UTC.

During this time, all mailing list traffic, as well as online archives, may
become unavailable.  Once the window has ended, all mail routing should
resume normally, and any messages sent during the window will then be
delivered accordingly.

All associated tasks and changes are linked from
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T99098.

-- 
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Advice re wp workshop - COI, BLP & ? Paid editing

[Richard Symonds]

I'll get someone to drop you an email or call with advice tomorrow Rod,
notwithstanding Andy's (welcome) advice!
On 15 Apr 2015 20:48, "Rod Ward"  wrote:

>  I have agreed to do a workshop on behalf of Wikimedia UK on 15th July
> and would appreciate some advice about the best ways to deal with topics
> around Conflict of Interest, Biographies of Living Persons and possibly
> Paid editing.
>
> This will be at the University of Exeter and the expected participants are web
> people and possibly other comms people from universities in the south west
> of England. Their objective is to improve the wp articles on academics from
> their institutions (eg
> *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Academics_of_the_University_of_Exeter*
> 
> )
>
> This was originally discussed with Daria in 2013 and then was going to be
> held in 2014 (Chris McKenna, HJ Mitchell, Martin Poulter etc were copied
> into the planning). I emailed various experts in March and added it to an
> email to Richard – but have not had any response from any of them
>
> I have looked at:
>
> ·   *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest*
> 
>
> ·
> *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons*
> 
>
> ·   *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view*
> 
>
> and feel reasonably comfortable with the content, but would appreciate any
> advice on the best way to get these across to this target group, as
> beyond basic editing I think these will be the most useful areas for the
> participants to engage with.
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Invitation from the National Maritime Museum

[Richard Symonds]

Created during my lunch break:

   - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._J._Kimaro
   - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Chang_Kwon

Wasn't able to break away from work to come in person though :-(

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On 21 March 2015 at 15:59, Joe Filceolaire  wrote:

> See you there
> On 20 Mar 2015 10:57, "Jonathan Cardy" 
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) Organiser
>> Wikimedia UK
>>  020 7065 0921
>>
>> (I'm normally in the office Tuesday's, Wednesdays and Fridays - Emails on
>> Mondays and Thursdays wont usually be seen till the next day)
>>
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>> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
>> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] You are invited to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich

[Richard Symonds]

Jonathan,

I was going to take the day off to show up to this because it really
interests me - but I have meetings all day and can't get the day off.

Happy to help in my lunch hour remotely though!

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On 9 March 2015 at 17:20, Jonathan Cardy 
wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
> Jonathan Cardy
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>  020 7065 0921
>
> (I'm normally in the office Tuesday's, Wednesdays and Fridays - Emails on
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK update, 24 March 2015

[Richard Symonds]

I feel I should note that these accounts are still subject to audit and *are
not final*. It's important to remember that because they may change as we
go through our back-and-forth with the auditors about how best to account
for things.

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On 24 March 2015 at 14:06, Thomas Morton 
wrote:

> It strikes me that the only non programme overspend is related to Jon
> leaving. Given the troublesome financial state, and the boards fiduciary
> duty, perhaps they need to explain in detail why this happened and why no
> effort was made to defer it to the next financial year when it could have
> been accounted for?
>
> Tom
> On 24 Mar 2015 13:15, "Michael Maggs"  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> *Draft annual accounts for the 2014-15 financial year *Today we are
>> releasing our draft annual accounts for the 2014-15 financial year, ending
>> 31st January 2015 [1]. The contents of these accounts have been a matter
>> of significant concern for the Board, and we are making this statement to
>> provide some context and to set out the steps we have taken.
>>
>> In December 2013 the board approved a budget for 2014-15 based on
>> expected income of £623,000. Net income over the period was in line with
>> expectations but expenditure on Wikimania and other projects was not well
>> controlled during the latter part of last year, and we are facing a
>> projected deficit of £192,000 as against our original budgeted deficit
>> of £32,000.
>>
>> While Wikimania 2014 was an international success, for which volunteers,
>> the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK can all take some credit, the
>> experience was challenging for us as the local chapter. Although we were
>> not running the conference, we were providing significant staff and
>> logistical support, and we did so too enthusiastically given that not all
>> of our expenses were recoverable. Overall, and after allowing for a one-off
>> Foundation grant of £65,000 to cover our international support, we
>> overspent by around £45,000.
>>
>> Our Wikimedians in Residence programme gained real traction over the year
>> with demand significantly outstripping available funds, resulting in an
>> overspend of £49,000. Much of this arose from agreements made with several
>> high-profile organisations late last year which could not have been
>> deferred without significant reputational damage to the charity. The board
>> had hoped that these costs could have been delayed until February, when
>> they would have fallen into the 2015-16 financial year, but have been
>> advised that that is not possible.
>>
>> There were smaller overspends on a variety of other project areas as well.
>>
>> Finally, we had an off-budget net expense of £57,000 during the year,
>> representing the Chief Executive transition.
>>
>> These disappointing overspends in 2014-15 have left us with reserves of
>> only £165,000, which is below the £200,000 level that the board considers
>> to be the acceptable minimum for a charity of our size.
>>
>>
>>  *Action to restore stability*
>>
>> Immediately that the charity's overspends became clear, shortly before
>> the December 2014 board meeting, the interim CEO, supported by the board,
>> introduced a moratorium on further non-essential expenditure until a
>> 2015-16 budget could be prepared. In order to allow time for the interim
>> CEO to review activity the second volunteer strategy day as well as a
>> number of other projected programme activities were postponed.
>>
>>
>>  *Draft budget and plans for 2015-16*
>>
>> We are also today releasing our draft budget for 2015-16 [2]. This is
>> subject to amendment, particularly on staff costs.
>>
>> The funds we have available to spend on charitable programmes will be
>> significantly lower than in 2014-15. There are three main factors:
>>
>>-
>>
>>To ensure charity stability it is crucial that we increase our
>>reserves to the minimum level of around £200,000. The board has set a core
>>budget for this year whic

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wiki From Above 2015

[Richard Symonds]

It would require a lot of volunteer time to mark everything - maybe on the
order of Wiki loves Monuments?

On 15 March 2015 at 14:19, Rod Ward  wrote:

>  I noticed an item in the latest signpost to Wiki From Above 2015 (
> *http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/Wiki_From_Above_2015*
>  ) and wondered if
> there were plans for anything similar in the UK?
>
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