Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta (John Byrne)

... URL: <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/attachments/20141105/f9a99ca6/attachment-0001.html> -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 12:34:13 + From: Andrew Gray To: UK Wikimedia mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta Me

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

Hello everyone, I really like Ed's point that this is a good PR opportunity. If anyone is interested in putting together some details and a potential media pitch that would be excellent! Thank you, Stevie On 5 November 2014 12:11, Jonathan Cardy wrote: > Dear Rod, > > We did indeed have a res

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

Hi Rod, That was indeed me... we did do a bit of work with the BL MSS department (the great work was done before I came, though - John Byrne and his work on the Cuthbert Gospel). I think I could probably persuade someone to do a review and feedback, especially if we've done a chunk of the reworkin

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

Dear Rod, We did indeed have a resident at the British Library, and some ongoing discussions and events with them, including an event last Friday. At the moment we are focussed on some large image releases and a major tagging exercise to identify old maps which will then be loaded on Commons.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

And then there's Tim Berners-Lee's call for a Magna Carta of internet rights, globally. He spoke of this at the Web We Want event , which is another way of saying the same thing. It could all tie in quite nicely. *Roberta Wedge* *Gender Gap Project,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

Less importantly than [[Magna Carta]], could any improvements be made to the [[Runnymede]] page for the anniversary considering that is where the Magna Carta was sealed? -- Lewis Cawte On 5 November 2014 11:04, Rod Ward wrote: > Hi all, > > > > An article in this weeks observer (see > http://ww

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

PR opportunity? "Wikipedia asks for contributors to bring Magna Carta article [link] up to highest standard [link to FA criteria] ahead of 800 year anniversary. The page currently gets over 150k views per month [link to pageview stats]. Never edited Wikipedia but keen on history? Here's some in

[Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

Hi all, An article in this weeks observer (see http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/01/magna-carta-800-celebrates-anniversary ) points out that it will be the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta next year (15 June 2015) and suggests there will be various TV and radio

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania talks

For those who want to catch up on the talks at Wikimania they are now splendidly on-line. https://www.youtube.com/user/WikimaniaLondon/videos They will eventually make it to comons. Well done the WIkimania team and Declan in particular Jon. -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobi