Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

I am an inactive volunteer (at present and been so for a while now), chanced upon this thread. In the past one of the projects I worked upon and was hoping would see light of day, some day, was release of thousands of India related images by the British Library under a free license. These

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What Volunteer Equipment should we buy?

It's been called Friends' Newsletter since April 2014 when it started going to company members, those who signed up independently (either through an online form or on one of WMUK flyers), and some who said yes during a post WLM survey. It replaced the previous Members' Newsletter which only

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

Being a Born Indian (now British though) I agree with you, not at all a good idea to work with India Chapter or diaspora. Though we Indian tend to forget our past very quickly so you might get lucky in getting some Indians involved in the project if WMUK took it. Regards, Dhaval On 8 Feb 2017

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What Volunteer Equipment should we buy?

Hi Gordo (and all) I'm not sure exactly when the name changed (certainly before Autumn 2015) but we only produce one newsletter, which is currently called the Friends' Newsletter. It's meant to indicated 'friends' in the broadest sense, meaning allies, rather than the traditional voluntary sector

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

> On 08 February 2017 at 13:57 John Lubbock > wrote: > > If you have ideas Charles, I'm very happy to hear them. I just don't know > what our connections with the Indian diaspora in the UK are right now and > whether they'd be interested in doing something on

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What Volunteer Equipment should we buy?

Hi Gordon, I'm trying to ensure the newsletter is quarterly this year. I'm happy to take suggestions from the mailing list about projects that we could be covering for future editions. John On 8 February 2017 at 09:17, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 08/02/17 00:51, geni wrote:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

If you have ideas Charles, I'm very happy to hear them. I just don't know what our connections with the Indian diaspora in the UK are right now and whether they'd be interested in doing something on these records, rather than preferring something on their own culture. You're welcome to propose

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

> On 08 February 2017 at 12:46 John Lubbock > wrote: > > There's quite a lot of interest in this subject also because of the BBC > series Taboo, which paints the East India Company in a pretty bad light that > is quite believable given what is known about them

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

What access does Wikimedia UK have to this archive? I know it is British Library materials, and that it will be accessible in the BL building, but isn't it otherwise behind a paywall? Not sure how many universities have subscribed to it yet either. John On 08/02/2017 10:22, Lucy

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

There's quite a lot of interest in this subject also because of the BBC series Taboo, which paints the East India Company in a pretty bad light that is quite believable given what is known about them. If anybody wants a somewhat long but illuminating read on them, I'd very much suggest the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

Ah OK, so it may be politically tricky/insensitive. Thanks Gordo. It's not an aspect of history I'm very familiar with but I suspect the answer to your question was yes, it was! Certainly looks that way from the Wikipedia page... On 8 February 2017 at 08:57, Gordon Joly

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

> > On 08 February 2017 at 08:57 Gordon Joly wrote: > > > On 06/02/17 13:36, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > > > > Some of you may be aware that 2017 is the UK - India Year of Culture. I > > guess this resource may relate to that, or it could be a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What Volunteer Equipment should we buy?

On 08/02/17 00:51, geni wrote: > For those that didn't read the Friends' Newsletter I don't normally read the Friends' Newsletter. Is this a new serial publication? Makes interesting reading though. "Copyright law in its current form works for large rightsholders organisations, but doesn’t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

On 06/02/17 13:36, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > > Some of you may be aware that 2017 is the UK - India Year of Culture. I > guess this resource may relate to that, or it could be a coincidence. > Either way, it would be great to see what the potential is in terms of > the Wikimedia projects :) >