Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [FWD: RE: Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio Scotland about women and Wikipedia]

Great, glad someone did it. Doug On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Michael Peel wrote: > Hi Ian, Douglas, all, > > Steve Virgin managed to jump in and do the interview - thanks anyway! > > In terms of figures, the WMF have put out a couple of blog posts about this, > which are well worth reading:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [FWD: RE: Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio Scotland about women and Wikipedia]

Hi Ian, Douglas, all, Steve Virgin managed to jump in and do the interview - thanks anyway! In terms of figures, the WMF have put out a couple of blog posts about this, which are well worth reading: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/07/15/shedding-light-on-women-who-edit-wikipedia/ http://blog.wiki

[Wikimediauk-l] [FWD: RE: Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio Scotland about women and Wikipedia]

Original Message Subject: RE: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio Scotland about women and Wikipedia From: Date: Mon, August 08, 2011 5:28 pm To: "Douglas Gardner" Ha! I'm a (bad) actor and I can think on

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio Scotland about women and Wikipedia

Good news then, glad it went well. On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 5:27 PM, wrote: > Thanks. Went well, dog has some pills and it should clear up fine. > Iain > > Original Message > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio > Scotland about women and Wikipedi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio Scotland about women and Wikipedia

Thanks. Went well, dog has some pills and it should clear up fine.Iain Original Message Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio Scotland about women and Wikipedia From: Doug Weller Date: Mon, August 08, 2011 3:25 pm To: wikime

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio Scotland about women and Wikipedia

Good luck with the vet appointment, been there, done that. Doug On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 3:01 PM, wrote: > If I was as active as I was a few years ago on WP, I'd jump at it (I'm an > admin). As it is, nowadays I'm semiretired and not up to speed on what goes > on there - a shame; as a Scot, I'm i

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio Scotland about women and Wikipedia

On 8 August 2011 16:46, David Gerard wrote: > Probably not able to do this one myself ... but do we have talking > point answers on this one? Anything resembling actual data, not > surmise. That's a good question. The WMF have done some surveys and things, so they might be able to give some good

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio Scotland about women and Wikipedia

If I was as active as I was a few years ago on WP, I'd jump at it (I'm an admin). As it is, nowadays I'm semiretired and not up to speed on what goes on there - a shame; as a Scot, I'm ideal for them. Although, I'm busy much of this afternoon owing to an urgent vet appointment.I was planning to tak

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio Scotland about women and Wikipedia

On 8 August 2011 14:40, Michael Peel wrote: > "I'm writing to you from BBC Radio Scotland's "Newsdrive" programme.  We > spotted an article in today's press about Wikipedia's drive for more female > contributors and would like to requst an interview with Jimmy Wales.  If > that's not possible,

[Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio Scotland about women and Wikipedia

Hi all, Is anyone able + interested in doing an interview with BBC Radio Scotland late this afternoon? Description as follows: "I'm writing to you from BBC Radio Scotland's "Newsdrive" programme. We spotted an article in today's press about Wikipedia's drive for more female contributors and w

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fantastic article in the Guardian today about the British Museum collaboration

Matthew probably didn't name Liam as many people have been involved since things really started in 2010. Myself and Johnbod have been the points of contact this year for negotiating events though we did arrange an update lunch in the BM when Liam was recently in the UK. In our discussions about th

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fantastic article in the Guardian today about the British Museum collaboration

Probably because Liam said at the Wikimania that his own criterion for success is "I resign from everything and no one notices". On Aug 8, 2011 11:32 AM, "David Gerard" wrote: ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fantastic article in the Guardian today about the British Museum collaboration

On 8 August 2011 09:11, Michael Peel wrote: > The Guardian have an article today on "British Museum makes the Wikipedia > connection": > http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2011/aug/08/british-museum-wikipedia > which is based on an interview with Matthew Cock - covering the m

[Wikimediauk-l] Fantastic article in the Guardian today about the British Museum collaboration

Hi all, The Guardian have an article today on "British Museum makes the Wikipedia connection": http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2011/aug/08/british-museum-wikipedia which is based on an interview with Matthew Cock - covering the museum's viewpoint of Liam's Wikipedian in Re

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK report, July 2011

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