Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...

2010-01-02 Thread Brian McNeil
On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 00:40 +, Michael Peel wrote: > On 3 Jan 2010, at 00:35, Brian McNeil wrote: > Durova's already done what she can with the image in the release at > the moment. If you can figure out how to best add a mention of > digital restorations, please do... I'd like to work th

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...

2010-01-02 Thread Michael Peel
On 3 Jan 2010, at 00:35, Brian McNeil wrote: > On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 23:24 +, Michael Peel wrote: > >> The next press release, due to go out tomorrow evening, will be about >> a donation of images from the Mary Rose Trust: >> >> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_releases/Mary_Rose_Trust_dona

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...

2010-01-02 Thread Brian McNeil
On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 23:24 +, Michael Peel wrote: > The next press release, due to go out tomorrow evening, will be about > a donation of images from the Mary Rose Trust: > > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_releases/Mary_Rose_Trust_donation > > Please help! If this goes down well in th

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...

2010-01-02 Thread Michael Peel
On 2 Jan 2010, at 20:27, Charles Matthews wrote: > In the end, a story appeared today: > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/6916596/WB-Yeats- > and-Sigmund-Freud-works-posted-on-Wikipedia-as-copyright-expires.html > > > Well done indeed to Mike and Andrew in particular for pushing

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...

2010-01-02 Thread Thomas Dalton
2010/1/2 Ian A. Holton : > I don't think that contacting him via Twitter would be the most effective > way - you can imagine how many DM and @ he gets per minute at over 1 million > followers ;) How was the agent contacted, E-Mail? I often find the the > traditional telephone call can often work wo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...

2010-01-02 Thread Ian A. Holton
I don't think that contacting him via Twitter would be the most effective way - you can imagine how many DM and @ he gets per minute at over 1 million followers ;) How was the agent contacted, E-Mail? I often find the the traditional telephone call can often work wonders. Ian [[User:Poeloq]] On S

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...

2010-01-02 Thread Thomas Dalton
2010/1/2 Brian McNeil : > I contacted Stephen Fry's agent but got no response. It may have been > bad timing given the holidays, perhaps someone else could try and see if > that can be arranged after the fact. I contacted his agent once to see if he would be interested in getting involved with our

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...

2010-01-02 Thread Brian McNeil
On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 20:32 +, Charles Matthews wrote: > joseph seddon wrote: > > "To illustrate the potential, Wikimedia has organised for a range of > > its celebrity backers to record their favourite Yeats poems, which > > will be posted online over the next few days. " > > > > Since when?

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...

2010-01-02 Thread Andrew Gray
2010/1/2 Charles Matthews : > In the end, a story appeared today: > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/6916596/WB-Yeats-and-Sigmund-Freud-works-posted-on-Wikipedia-as-copyright-expires.html > > Well done indeed to Mike and Andrew in particular for pushing on past > all the obstacles.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...

2010-01-02 Thread Charles Matthews
joseph seddon wrote: > "To illustrate the potential, Wikimedia has organised for a range of > its celebrity backers to record their favourite Yeats poems, which > will be posted online over the next few days. " > > Since when? Important not to believe everything in the papers, isn't it? Charles

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...

2010-01-02 Thread Thomas Dalton
2010/1/2 joseph seddon : > "To illustrate the potential, Wikimedia has organised for a range of its > celebrity backers to record their favourite Yeats poems, which will be > posted online over the next few days. " > > Since when? I remember seeing it proposed, but it being organised is news to me

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...

2010-01-02 Thread joseph seddon
"To illustrate the potential, Wikimedia has organised for a range of its celebrity backers to record their favourite Yeats poems, which will be posted online over the next few days. " Since when? Seddon > Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 20:27:30 + > From: charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com > To:

[Wikimediauk-l] Telegraph runs story ...

2010-01-02 Thread Charles Matthews
In the end, a story appeared today: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/6916596/WB-Yeats-and-Sigmund-Freud-works-posted-on-Wikipedia-as-copyright-expires.html Well done indeed to Mike and Andrew in particular for pushing on past all the obstacles. Charles __