[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: London Meetup on 11th December

Hi all This is just a reminder about the meetup in London on Sunday, which this month will be a bit of a partnership with Wikimedia UK who will be putting some money behind the bar for drinks (although not indefinitely!) Please come and join volunteers, staff and trustees at the Penderel's Oak

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

On 09/12/16 11:10, Andrew West wrote: > the lists are notable > and of public interest because they have been featured in TV > programmes, And radio too! :-) Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

Thanks Lucy On 5 December 2016 at 14:41, Lucy Crompton-Reid < lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Dear all > > As I know some of you will already be aware, Wikimedia UK, Women in Red > and Wikimedia editors and communities around the world are partnering with > BBC 100 Women to raise

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

Fortunately nobody is suggesting deletion :-) However there is a good learning point for future projects, in that on any start of a project the question of copyright needs to be taken on, to ensure all possible tees are crossed and ies dotted so that volunteers can avoid getting bogged down in

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

On 9 December 2016 at 10:49, Richard Nevell wrote: > That's interesting. How was the issue handled with A History of the World in > 100 Objects a few years back? I don't think that the issue was ever mentioned by anyone. In cases like [[A History of the World in

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

That's interesting. How was the issue handled with *A History of the World in 100 Objects* a few years back? On 9 December 2016 at 10:13, Fæ wrote: > See [1], in short if a list can be created by repeatable analysis of > data, then it's not copyrightable, otherwise, by

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

Thanks Fae, this is super helpful! By 'legal clarity' I meant 'will talk to people in the community who know more about this than I do', rather than 'see a lawyer' :) Will follow up early next week. Cheers Lucy On 9 December 2016 at 10:13, Fæ wrote: > See [1], in short if a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

See [1], in short if a list can be created by repeatable analysis of data, then it's not copyrightable, otherwise, by definition, it must have subjective creativity and so is copyrightable. The 100 women list is not independently repeatable, so to be published on Wikipedia without future risk of

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

Hi all There does seem to be some disagreement as to whether copyright is actually an issue in the case of the list of 100 women. I will be doing quite a lot of follow up with the BBC over the next few weeks so am happy to add this to my list of things to discuss, however I will try to seek legal