Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Presentation - Wikipedia in Schools

2009-07-20 Thread Andrew Turvey
Well, I did the presentation yesterday and it went fairly well - although I left unsure about the actual impact. Below are my notes from the day. I've uploaded the final presentation to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Presentations/en. There were about 100 people attending the conference - the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Loves Wikipedia

2009-07-20 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/7/20 Andrew Turvey : > Before we start running ahead of ourselves on this, please remember that we > need to get volunteers to help out first! Please spread the word and ask > anyone who you think might be able to help. Yes and no... It might be easier to get volunteers for a big project with

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Loves Wikipedia

2009-07-20 Thread Andrew Turvey
Before we start running ahead of ourselves on this, please remember that we need to get volunteers to help out first! Please spread the word and ask anyone who you think might be able to help. I'm happy to lend a hand - I had the discussions with the V&A last time - but would prefer someone el

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Loves Wikipedia & the Cultural Olympiad 2008-2012

2009-07-20 Thread Dahsun
Between now and the Summer of 2012 London is supposedly hosting the cultural Olympiad. But one might suspect that the Olympics committee is neglecting that and concentrating on the sporting side of the Olympics. However it would tick a few boxes if this could be presented as a mass volunteer c

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Loves Wikipedia

2009-07-20 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/7/20 Michael Peel : > Hi all, > > You're probably all aware of the London Loves WIkipedia initiative, > which has been funded (via the WMF) and will be running in the next > year (most likely the actual event will run in february 2010). The > page for this is at: > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Presentation - Wikipedia in Schools

2009-07-20 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/7/20 Andrew Turvey : >> Slide 7: I'd rather WMUK didn't draw conclusions about how >> child-friendly Wikipedia is. Present the facts and let people make up >> their own minds. Personally, I think it is perfectly child-friendly, >> since I don't see any harm coming from exposure to sex and viol

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Loves Wikipedia

2009-07-20 Thread Casey Brown
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Joe Anderson wrote: > Has anyone contacted the NPG? ;) > That might not be a bad idea, actually. I suggest you poke Erik with a link to this and ask him to include it in the good faith discussions, if possible. Who knows what would happen. :-) -- Casey Brown Cb

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Loves Wikipedia

2009-07-20 Thread Joe Anderson
On 2009-07-20 08:48:20 +0100, Michael Peel said: > Hi all, > > You're probably all aware of the London Loves WIkipedia initiative, > which has been funded (via the WMF) and will be running in the next > year (most likely the actual event will run in february 2010). The > page for this is at: > h

[Wikimediauk-l] London Loves Wikipedia

2009-07-20 Thread Michael Peel
Hi all, You're probably all aware of the London Loves WIkipedia initiative, which has been funded (via the WMF) and will be running in the next year (most likely the actual event will run in february 2010). The page for this is at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/London_Loves_Wikipedia Who wou