Neat - have added one pic from commons straightaway and will work on the others.
Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=75614530&trk=hp-identity-name> On 16 February 2016 at 12:00, <wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Finding articles without photographs near your current > location. (WereSpielChequers) > 2. Re: Finding articles without photographs near your current > location. (Gordon Joly) > 3. Re: Finding articles without photographs near your current > location. (Andrew West) > 4. Re: Finding articles without photographs near your current > location. (Lucy Crompton-Reid) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:26:01 +0000 > From: WereSpielChequers <werespielchequ...@gmail.com> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, > common...@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Finding articles without photographs near > your current location. > Message-ID: > <CAAanWP3cmPppYzc=0pMr2bVSCR= > qst5rvhf6uqqmj0vo+-f...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I've just been introduced to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Nearby > which lists articles near your current location and from the thumbnail it > is fairly obvious whether it has an image or not. > > Has anyone tried using this in outreach to photographers? > > WereSpielchequers > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/attachments/20160216/8339bd41/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:38:31 +0000 > From: Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Finding articles without photographs near > your current location. > Message-ID: <56c2ee17.5060...@pobox.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On 16/02/16 09:26, WereSpielChequers wrote: > > I've just been introduced to > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Nearby which lists articles near > > your current location and from the thumbnail it is fairly obvious > > whether it has an image or not. > > > > Has anyone tried using this in outreach to photographers? > > > > WereSpielchequers > > > Best tried from a mobile device, rather than at home with an broadband > connection? Last time I looked I was on the Isle of Grain!! Which I > wasn't.... > > Gordo > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:44:17 +0000 > From: Andrew West <andrewcw...@gmail.com> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Finding articles without photographs near > your current location. > Message-ID: > <CALgEMhxY=WNXUoSN2-BUon5+-BCD69MR=XLJZfn5Hyo6M-h1= > w...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On 16 February 2016 at 09:38, Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > > Best tried from a mobile device, rather than at home with an broadband > > connection? Last time I looked I was on the Isle of Grain!! Which I > > wasn't.... > > Not necessarily. I just checked using my BT home broadband, and the > top item on the list is the local school, which it gives as 620m away > ... which is about correct! Very useful feature, which highlighted a > couple of local articles I was not aware of. > > Andrew > [[User:BabelStone]] > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:36:28 +0000 > From: Lucy Crompton-Reid <lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Finding articles without photographs near > your current location. > Message-ID: > < > calab3_dqipzphf+jcq+cxrdotftn5slevvj2oyg-oeqw+vh...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > This worked for me too (from home, once I allowed wikipedia to know my > location). Quite a cool feature - I'm sure we can share it with keen > photographers :) > > On 16 February 2016 at 09:44, Andrew West <andrewcw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 16 February 2016 at 09:38, Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > > Best tried from a mobile device, rather than at home with an broadband > > > connection? Last time I looked I was on the Isle of Grain!! Which I > > > wasn't.... > > > > Not necessarily. I just checked using my BT home broadband, and the > > top item on the list is the local school, which it gives as 620m away > > ... which is about correct! Very useful feature, which highlighted a > > couple of local articles I was not aware of. > > > > Andrew > > [[User:BabelStone]] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > > > -- > > Lucy Crompton-Reid > > Chief Executive > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 207 065 0991 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. 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