[Wikimediauk-l] UK press corps - do we have editors on hand?

2017-02-10 Thread David Gerard
I suspect we need to build up the UK press corps again. The call comes maybe every 1-2 years, but when it happens we need people. So if you see an email come by, you can *SPRING* into action and represent editors on the BBC ... Last night's Newsnight didnt happen, because the Daily Mail bottled

[Wikimediauk-l] The Chaterhouse.

2017-02-10 Thread Gordon Joly
FYI, http://www.thecharterhouse.org/ A new museum in London. In partnership with the Museum of London. Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC Newsnight want to do Daily Mail vs WP:RS tonight - editor on hand?

2017-02-10 Thread Chris Keating
Wait, what? Until 2014 the Mail was including material that was solely sourced to Wikipedia?? Seriously??? On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 9:53 AM, Gordon Joly wrote: > > > > ** > A spokesman for Mail Newspapers said: “It is hard to know whether to >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 139, Issue 17

2017-02-10 Thread Jon Davies
_ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > > -- > > Lucy Crompton-Reid > > Chief Executive >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC Newsnight want to do Daily Mail vs WP:RS tonight - editor on hand?

2017-02-10 Thread John Lubbock
The irony is that the Mail fails to understand that they are in line with Wikipedia's own policy, which states that it does not use other Wikipedia pages as a source: ‘Wikipedia articles (and Wikipedia mirrors) are not reliable sources for any purpose (except as sources on themselves per