[Wikimediauk-l] Virtual meetups

[Peter Coombe]

Hi all,

Just to remind people that we're still holding a virtual "London" wiki
meetup on the second Sunday of every month. Of course being virtual means
that geography is no constraint, so do join us from wherever you are. This
is a purely social affair: come along to chat about what you've been doing
on Wikipedia/Wikimedia, or indeed any topic you like. We've got quite a few
regular attendees, but new faces are always very welcome.

The next regular meetup will be on Sunday 13 December:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/162

Additionally to help cope with Lockdown 2 we're holding an extra meetup
tomorrow afternoon (Sunday 22 November). Short notice I know, but maybe
some of you can join regardless:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/161

Hope to see some of you there!

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Virtual meetups

[Peter Coombe]

The virtual meetups we've had so far on Zoom have been pretty successful.
There's another one happening on Sunday 14 June (nominally the "London"
meetup, but open to all)

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/155


Peter


On Fri, 8 May 2020 at 19:40, geni  wrote:

> On Fri, 8 May 2020 at 19:38, geni  wrote:
> > For those that want a more mainsteam solution discord appears to be
> > the most active:
>
>
> That should have included a link to :
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Discord
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Virtual meetups

[Rex X]

For what it's worth, we have a dedicated IRC channel on Freenode #wikimedia-uk 
but it's usually very quiet with only about a dozen regulars.

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Rexx


> On 08 May 2020 at 03:51 Richard Symonds  wrote:
> 
> 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, < o...@blacker.me.uk 
> mailto:o...@blacker.me.uk > 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?
> > --
> > Owen Blacker, London GB
> > @owenblacker http://twitter.com/owenblacker
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 16:44, Richard Symonds < 
> > chasemew...@gmail.com mailto:chasemew...@gmail.com > 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, < 
> > > thewub.w...@googlemail.com mailto:thewub.w...@googlemail.com > 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 mailto: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
> > > > > --
> > > > > Dr Richard Nevell
> > > > > Project Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
> > > > > 020 3372 0765
> > > > > 
> > > > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter for the 
> > > > > global Wikimedia open knowledge movement, and a registered charity. 
> > > > > We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make 
> > > > > knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia? 
> > > > > https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/
> > > > > 
> > > > > Company Limited by Guarantee registered in 
> > > > > England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827
> > > > > Registered Charity No.1144513
> > > > > Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5–11 
> > > > > Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ
> > > > > 
> > > > > 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.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Virtual meetups

[geni]

On Fri, 8 May 2020 at 19:38, geni  wrote:
> For those that want a more mainsteam solution discord appears to be
> the most active:


That should have included a link to :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Discord


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Virtual meetups

[geni]

On Fri, 8 May 2020 at 03:52, Richard Symonds  wrote:
>
> 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.
>

For those that want a more mainsteam solution discord appears to be
the most active:



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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?
> --
> Owen Blacker, London GB
> @owenblacker 
>
>
> 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

 Richard
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 Registered No. 6741827
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 London SE1 0NZ

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Virtual meetups

[Owen Blacker]

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?
--
Owen Blacker, London GB
@owenblacker 


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
>>>
>>> Richard
>>> --
>>> Dr Richard Nevell
>>> Project Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
>>> 020 3372 0765
>>>
>>> *Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open
>>> knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from
>>> individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you
>>> considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk
>>> Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered
>>> No. 6741827
>>> Registered Charity No.1144513
>>> Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5–11 Lavington Street, London
>>> SE1 0NZ
>>>
>>> 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.
>>> ___
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>>> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
>>
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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
>> --
>> Dr Richard Nevell
>> Project Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
>> 020 3372 0765
>>
>> *Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open
>> knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from
>> individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you
>> considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk
>> Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered
>> No. 6741827
>> Registered Charity No.1144513
>> Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5–11 Lavington Street, London
>> SE1 0NZ
>>
>> 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.
>> ___
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Virtual meetups

[Peter Coombe]

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
> --
> Dr Richard Nevell
> Project Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
> 020 3372 0765
>
> *Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open
> knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from
> individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you
> considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk
> Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered
> No. 6741827
> Registered Charity No.1144513
> Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5–11 Lavington Street, London
> SE1 0NZ
>
> 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.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Virtual meetups

[Richard Nevell]

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
-- 
Dr Richard Nevell
Project Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
020 3372 0765

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individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you
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Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered
No. 6741827
Registered Charity No.1144513
Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5–11 Lavington Street, London
SE1 0NZ

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