Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Question: When and how often should WM-UK give grants for digitization projects?

2011-08-19 Thread Patel, Vinesh
What's DNB? On 19 Aug 2011, at 08:43, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: On 18 Aug 2011, at 23:39, Richard Farmbrough wrote: What about the missing pages from the DNB project? Fairly small scale, the list is at least ready to go for a significant number of volumes,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Imperial wikisoc: where we're at

2011-07-08 Thread Patel, Vinesh
channels, or specialist publicity channels for academics and librarians. Cheers, On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Patel, Vinesh mailto:vinesh.pate...@imperial.ac.ukvinesh.pate...@imperial.ac.ukmailto:vinesh.pate...@imperial.ac.uk wrote: Dear all, After just having completed my exams

[Wikimediauk-l] Imperial wikisoc: where we're at

2011-07-07 Thread Patel, Vinesh
Dear all, After just having completed my exams and an academic year lasting 366 days, I am back to being active at Imperial College Wikisoc as their president for the coming year! However, I will also be studying for the final year of my course beginning in two weeks and so need to finish most

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools projects

2011-06-05 Thread Patel, Vinesh
I'm working with a few lecturers for a CA program at Imperial; Alex is involved and is training me as an ambassador. Vinesh President, WPians at Imperial College On 4 Jun 2011, at 22:16, Martin Poulter infob...@gmail.commailto:infob...@gmail.com wrote: I can see five broad ways we can try

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] - a reply and a suggestion on diversity in the membership basis

2011-04-20 Thread Patel, Vinesh
We would be very interested in having regular events on campus. We need 2 weeks advanced notice to book rooms and at certain times of the year things are more difficult to do, but we can book rooms in South Kensington, Hammersmith and Acton capacity up to 60 very easily, and more than a 100

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Food Standards Agency expressing interest in academy?

2011-04-19 Thread Patel, Vinesh
Dear all, Just a general comment from me - to keep communications flowing prodigiously. What with all the outreach that's going on, it's important areas of overlap e.g. between, say the Campus Ambassadors program working with food tech students and another possible initiative going on not

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Food Standards Agency expressing interest in academy?

2011-04-19 Thread Patel, Vinesh
specific coordination list (Academia, Governmental and Commercial spring to mind as possible future splits on Outreach). Cheers, Fæ -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:faehttp://enwp.org/user_talk:fae On 19 April 2011 15:35, Patel, Vinesh mailto:vinesh.pate...@imperial.ac.ukvinesh.pate

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Science Museum / National Railway Museum

2011-03-22 Thread Patel, Vinesh
Hi there, We are hoping to engage the Science Museum this week (along with the Natural history and VA museums) - we (Wikipedians at Imperial College) want to set up a long term relationship with the museums around us in South Kensington. If there are GLAM steering committee people listening,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-18 Thread Patel, Vinesh
Dear Wikipedians, Further to the conversation already on this thread I would like to announce the first event our student club is holding. If possible we would love to link up with efforts to engage the Guardian, and are also close to getting the BBC involved so please do send academics our

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] job descriptions

2011-03-09 Thread Patel, Vinesh
Dear all, I'm not sure who gets this e-mail but I'd just like to say a few things to as many Wikipedians as possible. Imperial College Union has approved Wikipedians at Imperial College to be the first official student UK Wikipedia society.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Imperial College Recruitment Drive

2011-02-07 Thread Patel, Vinesh
Hi all - I'll be there! In case you don't know me my name is Vinesh, I'm trying to found the IC Wikipedia society and hope that we get a tonne of students to sign up Wednesday! If possible, I'll get some slips of paper to staple to the leaflets giving an e-mail and basic description of IC