Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Politician praises Wikipedia

2009-04-27 Thread Alison Wheeler
Our government spends nearly £400 million a year on advertising to reach sixty million people while Wikipedia, one of the largest websites in the world, spends about one per cent of that to reach 280 million people. Not sure if his figures are accurate, but it's intriguing. It is, of

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC and Wikipedia

2009-03-12 Thread Alison Wheeler
On Thu, March 12, 2009 13:54, Thomas Dalton wrote: That does sound like something the chapter would be good for - someone should send them a keep email and see if they are open to discussions. WMUKv1 had a number of discussions about joint working with the BBC on a number of projects. Alison

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Woop-dee-doo (News from the co-op)

2009-02-27 Thread Alison Wheeler
On Tue, February 24, 2009 14:49, Tom Holden wrote: I just phoned the co-op, and I've been told that our application has been accepted, and that they'll have a sort code and account number for us on Thursday. Only three months later than planned, but hey, better than nothing. This is very

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK press coverage - backup needed

2008-12-11 Thread Alison Wheeler
On Thu, December 11, 2008 22:46, Gordon Joly wrote: Can I also Alison to the list of good public speakers, who can think on their feet? Thankyou ;-P I seem to recall a certain Wiki Wednesday where Sue was late and I did a vamp until ready talk for a half-hour... ho hum. Alison

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Sky News - Alison definitely can't do it

2008-12-08 Thread Alison Wheeler
On Mon, December 8, 2008 20:12, Theresa Knott wrote: Yes he seemed completely at a loss as to what to say. Stumbling over his words. Indeed, even though it appeared they'd sent an OB unit to his home so he should have felt rather more comfortable. Mind you, David was a case of 'blink and