Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-18 Thread Doug Weller
I see a request to block Roger's User:Victuallers account as it is in contravention of our Username policy on promotional names - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy#Promotional_names Normally for an account this old (2007) we might not ask for a change of name, but given the ci

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Supplementing WMUK with a Social Enterprise

2012-09-18 Thread rexx
Wearing another hat, I'm Chair of Trustees of a local charity that owns a community interest company ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_interest_company ), and that works well because the CIC can bid for and take on work that the charity can't. We reinvest any surplus from the CIC back into t

[Wikimediauk-l] Location for WikiConference UK 2013

2012-09-18 Thread Katie Chan
Hi, The Wikimedia UK Conference Committee is currently considering location for the 2013 WikiConference UK and AGM. So far we have quotes for the following locations. * Birmingham x 1 * Coventry x 1 * Edinburgh x 1 * Lincoln x 1-2 * Manchester x 3 * Oxford x 2-3 Do you consider t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-18 Thread Andreas Kolbe
I've located some more information about Geovation now by myself: https://challenge.geovation.org.uk/a/dtd/119163-16422 Wales Coast Path only: What theme of the challenge does your idea address?: 3. Community engagement What problem are you trying to solve? : Green tourism: what's around me? What

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-09-18 Thread James Farrar
On 17 September 2012 23:57, Deryck Chan wrote: > James, > > "Should some Directors appointed under these Rules be required, under > Article 16.2, to retire at the next Annual General Meeting, those Directors > shall be those who received the fewest first preferences. In the event of a > tie, a te

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-09-18 Thread James Farrar
On 18 September 2012 09:43, Deryck Chan wrote: > > On 18 September 2012 08:50, Jon Davies wrote: > >> +2 >> >> >> On 18 September 2012 08:43, David Gerard wrote: >> >>> On 17 September 2012 23:40, James Farrar wrote: >>> >>> > Frankly, I have never trusted electoral systems that rely on compute

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-09-18 Thread James Farrar
On 18 September 2012 03:03, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:26 PM, James Farrar wrote: > >> OK, here's a very quick first draft of the motion and election rules for >> STV. >> >> >> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LondonStatto/Proposed_EGM_Motion_on_Voting_System >> >> >> http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-18 Thread Thomas Morton
Hmm, well this is getting Murkier still. Have people violated these principles. Someone on Jimbo's talk linked to this article: http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=25440 Which: a) Identifies Roger as WMUK director with implication he is acting in official capacity b) Says that Gibra

[Wikimediauk-l] Supplementing WMUK with a Social Enterprise

2012-09-18 Thread fabian
Hi all, The GibraltapeidA issue has raised a number of concerns which have led to a number of members spending time on the matter, and indeed staff time will have to spent on clarifying the issues involved as well. While GibraltapeidA has been the occasion of this discussion, and could well benefi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-18 Thread Gordon Joly
On 17/09/12 23:23, rexx wrote: He's mistaken. There is no mechanism in place for generating income from the domains qrpedia.org and qrwp.org . Commentators also need to differentiate between the site (which physically hosts the servers) and the domain names

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-09-18 Thread Gordon Joly
On 17/09/12 22:24, James Farrar wrote: Now that I am no longer in the process of getting married, I can start making some progress on this. Congratulations! Doubly so! Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikim

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-18 Thread Michael Peel
On 18 Sep 2012, at 11:19, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 17/09/12 20:34, Chris Keating wrote: >> and will provide a firm basis for the growing use of Wikipedia-linked QR >> codes in future. > > > This issue has always been on my mind. The use of a code requires a method to > decode and prod

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-09-18 Thread Gordon Joly
On 17/09/12 21:48, Chris Keating wrote: On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Lodewijk > wrote: Chris, if I may at least ask for a very short clarification of the no: are you confirming there has been no communication/decision on the issue on board leve

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-18 Thread Gordon Joly
On 17/09/12 20:37, Chris Keating wrote: To further clarify - we are not really talking about intellectual property rights. We are talking about the domains currently used to provide the qrpedia service, which are qrpedia.org and qrwp.org . I like the w

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-18 Thread Gordon Joly
On 17/09/12 20:34, Chris Keating wrote: and will provide a firm basis for the growing use of Wikipedia-linked QR codes in future. This issue has always been on my mind. The use of a code requires a method to decode and produce a result. In general terms, QR Codes resolve to *text* *strin

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-09-18 Thread Deryck Chan
On 18 September 2012 08:50, Jon Davies wrote: > +2 > > > On 18 September 2012 08:43, David Gerard wrote: > >> On 17 September 2012 23:40, James Farrar wrote: >> >> > Frankly, I have never trusted electoral systems that rely on computers >> to >> > the point that the votes go in, a button is pus

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-18 Thread Gordon Joly
Therefore "Make it so" Jean-Luc Picard Gordo On 18/09/12 08:55, Jon Davies wrote: Indeed - I think it is even mentioned in one of our many governance documents. On 18 September 2012 08:52, Gordon Joly > wrote: Whilst there may be no pre

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-18 Thread Jon Davies
Indeed - I think it is even mentioned in one of our many governance documents. On 18 September 2012 08:52, Gordon Joly wrote: > > > Whilst there may be no precise misdemeanor, can we assume that our charity > (Wikimedia UK) follows and applies the Nolan Principles to all Trustees? > > > http://w

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-18 Thread Michael Peel
On 18 Sep 2012, at 09:52, Gordon Joly wrote: > Whilst there may be no precise misdemeanor, can we assume that our charity > (Wikimedia UK) follows and applies the Nolan Principles to all Trustees? > > http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/parlment/nolan/nolan.htm The Nolan Prin

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-18 Thread Gordon Joly
Whilst there may be no precise misdemeanor, can we assume that our charity (Wikimedia UK) follows and applies the Nolan Principles to all Trustees? http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/parlment/nolan/nolan.htm Gordo ___ Wikimed

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-09-18 Thread Jon Davies
+2 On 18 September 2012 08:43, David Gerard wrote: > On 17 September 2012 23:40, James Farrar wrote: > > > Frankly, I have never trusted electoral systems that rely on computers to > > the point that the votes go in, a button is pushed, and a black box > churns > > out a result. I'd be much hap

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-09-18 Thread David Gerard
On 17 September 2012 23:40, James Farrar wrote: > Frankly, I have never trusted electoral systems that rely on computers to > the point that the votes go in, a button is pushed, and a black box churns > out a result. I'd be much happier with a system that can if necessary be > recounted by hand s