On 26 July 2011 16:47, WereSpielChequers wrote:
> I rather fear that hosting Wikimania is a bit like the Olympics or the
> Eurovision song contest, a dubious honour that saps more from the host
> organisation than it generates. That said if there are a keen group of
> people who want to organise a
I rather fear that hosting Wikimania is a bit like the Olympics or the
Eurovision song contest, a dubious honour that saps more from the host
organisation than it generates. That said if there are a keen group of
people who want to organise a UK Wikimania I have no objection to it
being here in 201
On 25 July 2011 23:37, Roger Bamkin wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> The 10K was in the budget and had not been spent at last meeting in
> Birmingham. It was thought then too late to spend it, but I volunteered for
> the task. Basically I sent out an email and funded those people who applied
> and we also fun
Read the Oxford 2010 bid ;)
On Jul 26, 2011 3:07 PM, "Gordon Joly" wrote:
> On 25/07/2011 14:31, Chris Keating wrote:
>>
>> Also, since Chris raised the idea of us hosting Wikimania - personally
>> I'm not sure what the benefits to WMUK of hosting would be - can
>> someone spell them out?
>>
> Kud
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Hi,
WM-UK has had the following request from the Irish Independent. If
anyone has particular experience with handling trolls on Irish-related
topics and is interested in discussing it, please let me know and I
can forward your contact details.
Cheers,
Fae (f...@wikimedia.org.uk)
Hi, I am a
>
> Just been made aware of this
>
> http://www.zooniverse.org/
>
> via
>
> http://ancientlives.org/
>
> and Today on Radio 4.
>
> Not a wiki, but I thought is might be of general interest.
I find these projects fascinating - particularly because they make it really
easy and interesting for peopl
On 25/07/2011 14:31, Chris Keating wrote:
>
> Also, since Chris raised the idea of us hosting Wikimania - personally
> I'm not sure what the benefits to WMUK of hosting would be - can
> someone spell them out?
>
Kudos?
Gordo
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Don't
FYI,
Just been made aware of this
http://www.zooniverse.org/
via
http://ancientlives.org/
and Today on Radio 4.
Not a wiki, but I thought is might be of general interest.
Gordo
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gordon.j...@pobox.com
http://www.joly.org.uk/
Don't Leave Space To The Professionals!
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