Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welsh Education Minister
On 09/07/12 21:29, Deryck Chan wrote: Do you mean WPCY rather than WMCY? WMCYprus? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Welsh Education Minister
Robin Owain and I met Leighton Andrews (today) who is the Education Minister for Wales. The meeting arose out of the work that we are doing in Wales. This means Monmouthpedia and the Welsh Wicipedia (yes its spelt with a c). The meeting lasted less than 45 minutes but we covered - Who we are? About WMUK, WMCY, Monmouthpedia. We noted especially that WMCY is the leading web site in Welsh. - Welsh phone. There is no phone that will switch truly into Welsh. We had already tried getting his officials to ask and Google had said maybe. Leighton agreed to ask personally. - Welsh encyclopedia. There is a bilingual Welsh and English encyclopedia that was published in the last few years. Leighton said he would see if the copyright could be released to grow WMCY. - Could Wales be the leading nation for information freedom? Leighton said he would challenge his fellow ministers with this question. - The minister said that he was supportive of the idea that information should be made commercially available freely. ie CC BY SA - He would ask the Heritage minister about what could be done to free more data. - Note: There is an experiment currently in progress to release 150 images from multiple sources to Wikimedia Commons. The objective is to find out why thousands more images could not be freely released. This is a WMUK (And Monmouthshire County Council) inspired initiative. -- Roger Bamkin and Robin Owain 01332 702993 0758 2020815 Google+:Victuallers Skype:Victuallers1 Flickr:Victuallers2 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welsh Education Minister
On 9 July 2012 16:06, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: Robin Owain and I met Leighton Andrews (today) who is the Education Minister for Wales. The meeting arose out of the work that we are doing in Wales. This means Monmouthpedia and the Welsh Wicipedia (yes its spelt with a c). The meeting lasted less than 45 minutes but we covered Fantastic stuff! - d. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welsh Education Minister
Do you mean WPCY rather than WMCY? On Jul 9, 2012 11:06 AM, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: Robin Owain and I met Leighton Andrews (today) who is the Education Minister for Wales. The meeting arose out of the work that we are doing in Wales. This means Monmouthpedia and the Welsh Wicipedia (yes its spelt with a c). The meeting lasted less than 45 minutes but we covered - Who we are? About WMUK, WMCY, Monmouthpedia. We noted especially that WMCY is the leading web site in Welsh. - Welsh phone. There is no phone that will switch truly into Welsh. We had already tried getting his officials to ask and Google had said maybe. Leighton agreed to ask personally. - Welsh encyclopedia. There is a bilingual Welsh and English encyclopedia that was published in the last few years. Leighton said he would see if the copyright could be released to grow WMCY. - Could Wales be the leading nation for information freedom? Leighton said he would challenge his fellow ministers with this question. - The minister said that he was supportive of the idea that information should be made commercially available freely. ie CC BY SA - He would ask the Heritage minister about what could be done to free more data. - Note: There is an experiment currently in progress to release 150 images from multiple sources to Wikimedia Commons. The objective is to find out why thousands more images could not be freely released. This is a WMUK (And Monmouthshire County Council) inspired initiative. -- Roger Bamkin and Robin Owain 01332 702993 0758 2020815 Google+:Victuallers Skype:Victuallers1 Flickr:Victuallers2 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welsh Education Minister
I guess so although WMCY is a possibility for the future On 9 July 2012 21:29, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: Do you mean WPCY rather than WMCY? On Jul 9, 2012 11:06 AM, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: Robin Owain and I met Leighton Andrews (today) who is the Education Minister for Wales. The meeting arose out of the work that we are doing in Wales. This means Monmouthpedia and the Welsh Wicipedia (yes its spelt with a c). The meeting lasted less than 45 minutes but we covered - Who we are? About WMUK, WMCY, Monmouthpedia. We noted especially that WMCY is the leading web site in Welsh. - Welsh phone. There is no phone that will switch truly into Welsh. We had already tried getting his officials to ask and Google had said maybe. Leighton agreed to ask personally. - Welsh encyclopedia. There is a bilingual Welsh and English encyclopedia that was published in the last few years. Leighton said he would see if the copyright could be released to grow WMCY. - Could Wales be the leading nation for information freedom? Leighton said he would challenge his fellow ministers with this question. - The minister said that he was supportive of the idea that information should be made commercially available freely. ie CC BY SA - He would ask the Heritage minister about what could be done to free more data. - Note: There is an experiment currently in progress to release 150 images from multiple sources to Wikimedia Commons. The objective is to find out why thousands more images could not be freely released. This is a WMUK (And Monmouthshire County Council) inspired initiative. -- Roger Bamkin and Robin Owain 01332 702993 0758 2020815 Google+:Victuallers Skype:Victuallers1 Flickr:Victuallers2 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Roger Bamkin 01332 702993 0758 2020815 Google+:Victuallers Skype:Victuallers1 Flickr:Victuallers2 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welsh Education Minister
We *are* WMCY and WM Scotland. Now let's giddy up and get on with the nice stuff! On Jul 9, 2012 5:10 PM, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: I guess so although WMCY is a possibility for the future On 9 July 2012 21:29, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: Do you mean WPCY rather than WMCY? On Jul 9, 2012 11:06 AM, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: Robin Owain and I met Leighton Andrews (today) who is the Education Minister for Wales. The meeting arose out of the work that we are doing in Wales. This means Monmouthpedia and the Welsh Wicipedia (yes its spelt with a c). The meeting lasted less than 45 minutes but we covered - Who we are? About WMUK, WMCY, Monmouthpedia. We noted especially that WMCY is the leading web site in Welsh. - Welsh phone. There is no phone that will switch truly into Welsh. We had already tried getting his officials to ask and Google had said maybe. Leighton agreed to ask personally. - Welsh encyclopedia. There is a bilingual Welsh and English encyclopedia that was published in the last few years. Leighton said he would see if the copyright could be released to grow WMCY. - Could Wales be the leading nation for information freedom? Leighton said he would challenge his fellow ministers with this question. - The minister said that he was supportive of the idea that information should be made commercially available freely. ie CC BY SA - He would ask the Heritage minister about what could be done to free more data. - Note: There is an experiment currently in progress to release 150 images from multiple sources to Wikimedia Commons. The objective is to find out why thousands more images could not be freely released. This is a WMUK (And Monmouthshire County Council) inspired initiative. -- Roger Bamkin and Robin Owain 01332 702993 0758 2020815 Google+:Victuallers Skype:Victuallers1 Flickr:Victuallers2 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Roger Bamkin 01332 702993 0758 2020815 Google+:Victuallers Skype:Victuallers1 Flickr:Victuallers2 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welsh Education Minister
On Mon, 2012-07-09 at 23:45 +0100, Deryck Chan wrote: We *are* WMCY and WM Scotland. Now let's giddy up and get on with the nice stuff! Scotwiki (dot org) Have you? B. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
