Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Women in Architecture editathon with Guggenheim in October - London edition?

k/VIDEO/lecture.php?ID=3291 > > Thanks, > Pharos > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 10:13 PM, Joe Filceolaire > wrote: > >> Is this still on? >> >> Joe >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 6:45 PM Joe Filceolaire >> wrote: >> >>> Th

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Women in Architecture editathon with Guggenheim in October - London edition?

Is this still on? Joe On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 6:45 PM Joe Filceolaire wrote: > That wikipage says it's on Thursday October 15 from noon till 8pm. > > I would like to come but my health has been wobbly so I might have to > cancel at short notice. Anyone else? > > Joe &g

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Contributing to articles on Wikipedia using materials at National Fairground Archive

ake sure that any > accounts make clear the affiliation to the NFA at Sheffield. Thanks! > > Best wishes, > Rosa > > *Rosa Sadler* > > *Library Information Services Coordinator*The Diamond > University Library > University of Sheffield > r.sad...@sheffield.ac.uk > 011

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gender Balance (MySociety)

OK. 'Kasongo Ilunga' is now which is which is . 'human biblical character' is 'legendary character' is I think that works. Joe On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 4:56 PM, leu...@fabiant.eu wrote: > > Hi all, > > But there is fictional human and fictional character >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gender Balance (MySociety)

Wikidata has a whole taxonomy of fictional persons and might-be-fictional people. I'll lookat it tonight Joe On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 15:45 Richard Symonds wrote: > He might be, possibly... although I'll grant you it's unlikely. I wonder > if EveryPolitican records him? > > Richard Symonds > Wikimed

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Contributing to articles on Wikipedia using materials at National Fairground Archive

My interpretation of the rules is that it would be paid editing so you would have to declare who is paying you on your user page or edit summary or the talk page for pages you edit Paid editing by glam staff about their institutions is frowned on as COI - conflict of interest - but editing article

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Women in Architecture editathon with Guggenheim in October - London edition?

That wikipage says it's on Thursday October 15 from noon till 8pm. I would like to come but my health has been wobbly so I might have to cancel at short notice. Anyone else? Joe User:Filceolaire On Mon, 21 Sep 2015 16:43 Stuart Prior wrote: > Hi Pharos, > > Sounds good, we can certainly suppor

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitising old 8mm home movies

Thanks for all these suggestions. I'll follow up on these and report back. Joe On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Gordon Joly wrote: > Slight correction: > > > > > SWftaTUBE:SWftaTUBE > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/user/SWFTATube1 > > Gordo >

[Wikimediauk-l] Digitising old 8mm home movies

I have inherited a bunch of 8mm home movies dating from 1958 to 1980. Most are of family holidays visiting various landmarks in Europe. There are about 10 reels. Each reel is 400ft which is about 90 minutes (I think). I want to get these digitised and post them under a CC-BY-SA license then cut

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] National Archives, trainer needed for October/November

I would like to help if my health holds out (it has so far ). Please let me know the date. I have edited wikipedia and wikidata but know nothing of bots or lua or creating templates Joe On Thu, 3 Sep 2015 12:01 Stuart Prior wrote: > Hello all, > > I've been in contact with the National Archiv

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Sharing a million photographs

Congratulations Fae on a million uploads Here's to the next million Joe On Mon, 10 Aug 2015 11:50 Fæ wrote: > A Wikimedia blog post highlighting and celebrating some of my batch > upload projects over the last 3 years has been posted at > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/10/sharing-a-million-

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata training

I would like to volunteer to help give the class. I helped do a wikidata class at WMUK before. My health is uncertain however ( I start a drug trial next week and god only knows what the side effects will be ) so you need another trainer in case I have to drop out at the last minute. Joe On Mon,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] visual Editor is now worth using in outreach editathons

I would start with the VE and introduce diffs and wikitext at the end of the class as advanced stuff. Understanding a wikitext diff is much easier than editing wikitext Joe On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:10 Andy Mabbett wrote: > On 30 July 2015 at 12:57, WereSpielChequers > wrote: > > > If anyone is s

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cross fertilization ...

Facebook will one day switch to Wikidata info instead of wikipedia data This will give multilingual labels, more places, better hierarchy of Admin divisions Joe On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 00:40 rexx wrote: > I've put that page on my watchlist. Hopefully other members of this list > may keep an eye on

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcoming Lucy Crompton-Reid as new CEO of Wikimedia UK

Congratulations and welcome Lucy Joe On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 19:32 rexx wrote: > Congratulations, Lucy, and welcome to WMUK! > > I hope you've subscribed in time to be reading this. > > -- > Rexx > > > On 13 July 2015 at 18:54, Gordon Joly wrote: > >> On 13/07/15 18:43, Michael Maggs wrote: >> > D

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Web We Want Festival, 30-31 May - volunteers?

I hope I can be there but I've not been well so I don't know how long I can do Joe On 21 May 2015 13:14, "Stevie Benton" wrote: Hello again, Just wondered if there was any further interest in this. Should be a really good event. Best, Stevie On 15 May 2015 at 15:37, Stevie Benton wrote: >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Advice re wp workshop - COI, BLP & ? Paid editing

The first rule of COI editing is DON'T If an article really needs to be changed then post a comment on the talk page then ask for help on the COI noticeboard IMO no new editor should try anything more complicated than that Joe On 16 Apr 2015 00:33, "Richard Symonds" wrote: > I'll get someone t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Invitation from the National Maritime Museum

See you there On 20 Mar 2015 10:57, "Jonathan Cardy" wrote: > Dear All, > > > We have an invitation for you from the National Maritime Museum in > Greenwich. They are hosting an editathon on Wednesday the 15th April >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Wikimedian in Residence 2014 review - update

All of you stop this. Your comments are quibbling unless you have an concrete suggestion for a change to the wording that Daria can use - i.e. new wording that notes these other residences but reflects the fact that they are outside the scope of the report that Daria is writing. Joe On Tue, Jul

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Interested in a potential hook-up with a sci-fi film festival?

I posted that page on the wikimania wiki so it is independent of your contact. The August SciFi conference at ExCel is Loncon3 - the World Science Fiction convention. It is the weekend after Wikimania. It is very well attended by authors so would be a good place to gather voice intros and even int

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Using Wikidata for your projects

I have been an editor there for a couple of years. I would be willing. Joe On 22 Feb 2014 12:58, "Michael Maggs" wrote: > The developments in Wikidata are looking fascinating. It would be great if > someone who knows a bit about them could run a workshop for those if us who > would like to find

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia conclusion

Thank you Roger and Terence. On 18 Nov 2013 16:57, "Michael Maggs" wrote: > > The board of Wikimedia UK is delighted to report that Roger Bamkin has > signed the final agreement which formally transfers ownership of the > intellectual property in QRpedia to Wikimedia UK. Accordingly, as of > yest

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Communicate OER visitor

Bit late I know but I would like to join you. I'm in kings cross at the moment. Where are you meeting? Joe Mob 07766512147 On 16 Oct 2013 11:17, "Simon Knight" wrote: > Hi all > > Bit short notice, but if anyone is around on Friday afternoon and fancies > meeting Sara Frank Bistow to talk O

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata training workshop

Please add me to the list Joe (filceolaire) On 3 Sep 2013 11:18, "Katie Chan" wrote: > Hi all, > > There will be a Wikidata training workshop on Saturday 28 September at > Development House. The event will be led by Addshore, who is part of the > Wikidata development te

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

If we are looking at refactoring code then we should look at eventually moving to wikidata for language links. Joe On Feb 9, 2013 10:39 PM, "Tom Morris" wrote: > On Saturday, 9 February 2013 at 20:08, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > On 9 February 2013 18:39, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org)> wrote: > >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

Thanks to all involved. This sounds like a good solution. Joe On Feb 9, 2013 5:10 PM, "Chris Keating" wrote: > Dear all, > > I am pleased to announce that Wikimedia UK has reached an agreement with > Roger Bamkin and Terence Eden regarding the ownership of QRpedia. > > The intellectual property

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Governance review (Thomas Dalton)

We can assume you decision was arrived at in good faith without agreeing with it. Keeping the report secret while a secret comittee reviews it and prepares a response is, I believe, the wrong decision. I hope you will publish the report now so that the response can take account of comments by the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Where are we with QRpedia?

Jon It does seem extraordinary that nobody seems able to write out a summary of what these arguments are. We are not asking for this information because we think it will lead to an acceptable agreement more quickly; we are asking because we want to know what is being done on our behalf. Joe On

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WikiConference 2013 Speakers

date? On Jan 15, 2013 11:19 AM, "Thomas Morton" wrote: > Morning Everyone, > > As you might know, the 2013 conference will be in Lincoln, organised by > the Conference Committee with support from the office. > > With the venue chosen, we now need to figure out an exciting programme. A > lot of th

[Wikimediauk-l] Wiki Loves Monuments

Just saw the results of the Wiki Loves Monuments and the photos are stunning. One of them however is of an Argentinian war grave in the Falklands but the description could be interpreted as claiming the Malvinas are Argentinian. Better get a spokesman lined up with a suitable statement. Joe

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] PR industry blames 'cumbersome' Wikipedia (Andreas Kolbe)

I was involved in the CIPR guidelines and I pushed very had for the guidelines to say PR people reading the guidelines should not edit the COI pages. There are circumstances where a PR pro can edit a page but they need a bit of experience editing WP first. The CIPR guidelines are not aimed at thos

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Edinburgh area volunteers for a workshop?

Doh! On Nov 3, 2012 10:41 AM, "Katie Chan" wrote: > On 03/11/2012 10:25, Joe Filceolaire wrote: > >> Which day? >> >> Joe >> >> On Nov 1, 2012 10:49 PM, "Andrew Gray" wrote: >> >> but one of them, on

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Edinburgh area volunteers for a workshop?

Which day? Joe On Nov 1, 2012 10:49 PM, "Andrew Gray" wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm running a series of "introduction to Wikipedia" workshops next > week in Edinburgh (two at Edinburgh University, two at NLS). Three > look to be going smoothly, but one of them, on Thursday 8th at the > university, i

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] September 2012 report

Oh dear. Now I'm going to see you as a LOLCat. Joe On Oct 12, 2012 4:34 PM, "Katherine Bavage" < katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > I has actually achieved this prior to the deadline. I am excite! > > On 8 October 2012 17:20, Stevie Benton wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> Just a gentle

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Independent review: timetable

Can we have a look before it gets to the final version so that when it goes to wmf and reviewer it has our suggestions for consideration Joe On Oct 11, 2012 8:26 PM, "Andrew Turvey" wrote: > As with many other members I've been quite concerned with recent > developments so I dialled into this pu

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Birthday

Will you bring cake? On Sep 24, 2012 11:01 AM, "Hasina Khatun" wrote: > Dear Wikimedian, > On November 5th, it will be Wikimedia UK's 4th birthday. We would like to > hold a small celebration, to thank our volunteers and members for helping > us get this far and ahcieve so much in the space of fo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 1814-1839 prison execution journal

If only we had contacts in the Galleries Libraries Archives and Museums who have the skills to handle this type of artifact. On Aug 1, 2012 2:54 PM, "David Gerard" wrote: > On 1 August 2012 14:51, Andrew Gray wrote: > > > The Internet Archive would be the best people to talk to about this; > > t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The situation with the chair

Fae I don't know you well - I've met you a few times - and I don't know the details of the dispute however: * Arbcom is the highest court on en.wikipedia * Arbcom only only ban a few people each year * Arbcom have criticised your behaviour and banned you from Wikipedia In view of the above I bel