Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Editathon, tomorrow, Central London!

2014-05-30 Thread Edward Hands
Richard I was too busy to lend a hand - hope it all went well. best wishes Edward Hands All, Looking for something to do tomorrow evening? Harry Mitchell has asked me to promote an event happening in London, near Euston. It's a genetics editathon - but knowledge of the subject isn't

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Editathon, tomorrow, Central London!

2014-05-30 Thread Richard Symonds
Word in the office was that it was an ideal editathon with smart students and enthusiastic trainers! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Editathon, tomorrow, Central London!

2014-05-30 Thread Edward Hands
Richard That's what we like to hear. Of course, whether any of them will ever edit on a regular basis remains the elephant in the room... Edward Word in the office was that it was an ideal editathon with smart students and enthusiastic trainers! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992

[Wikimediauk-l] Wadewitz-Wollstonecraft tribute editathon, Saturday 31 May

2014-05-30 Thread mary wollstonecraft
You are invited to the Wadewitz-Wollstonecraft Wikipedia editathon for learning, sharing, editing, tea and (in the evening) dissenting beer. It is happening all day *this Saturday 31 May* in atmospheric Newington Green, London N16 9PR, and forms one of a worldwide series of

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Scotwiki] Edinburgh meetup 8 June

2014-05-30 Thread Robin Owain
Hi Ally I've left the Gàidhlig community know of the Dùn Èideann wikimeet. https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uicipeid:Talla_a%27_Bhaile#Edinburgh_Wikimedia_Meetup_Number_6 Robin *Robin Owain* Rheolwr Wikimedia yng Nghymru Wikimedia Manager in Wales Aelod o Grŵp y Gymraeg, Technoleg a'r

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Connecting knowledge to power: the future of digital democracy in the UK

2014-05-30 Thread rexx
Correction - the page is on meta, not wmuk, so the link would be: [[meta:Connecting knowledge to power: the future of digital democracy in the UK]] -- Doug On 30 May 2014 15:24, rexx r...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: Looking at the introduction from Stevie, it seems that the idea is to see if

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Connecting knowledge to power: the future of digital democracy in the UK

2014-05-30 Thread rexx
Looking at the introduction from Stevie, it seems that the idea is to see if Wikipedia can be used as a vehicle to engage UK citizens (not just UK editors) in collaborating to produce a piece of work (i.e. a response to a consultation). From that point of view, we would need to aim at notifying

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Editathon, tomorrow, Central London!

2014-05-30 Thread rexx
Well done, Harry and the team! I think the question of the very low conversion rate of editathon editors into regular editors is a well-studied problem. We know from similar efforts in other countries that effectively persuading people to take up a new hobby with all its time commitments is not

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Editathon, tomorrow, Central London!

2014-05-30 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 30 May 2014 15:35, rexx r...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: I think the question of the very low conversion rate of editathon editors into regular editors is a well-studied problem. I'm fairly relaxed about it. Anecdotally I know some people I've trained have returned to editing after a long

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Editathon, tomorrow, Central London!

2014-05-30 Thread Richard Nevell
Helping people better understand Wikipedia is very useful, but because it's much more difficult to measure than checking whether someone is still editing four weeks later it is perhaps under-rated. On 30 May 2014 17:10, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 30 May 2014 15:35, rexx