Hello everyone,
Just wanted to take the time to introduce myself, I'm Sara Thomas, the new
Wikimedian in Residence at Museums Galleries Scotland, currently on a four
month secondment to Glasgow Museums. It's the second residency in Scotland,
following Ally Crockford's at the N
(x-posted to Scotwiki mailing list / Glamwiki mailing list)
Hello all,
Are you a fan of all things fairground? Candy floss, toffee apples and games
of chance? And might you be in the vicinity of Glasgow on the afternoon of 7th
May?
If so, myself and Glasgow Museums would love to see you at th
I'd be interested in this too - I think Wikisource could have some uses for
some of the projects I'll be working on when my residency goes Scotland-wide
from June..
Thanks, Sara
From: richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk
Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 13:06:31 +0100
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subje
Sounds fantastic Martin!
Sara
Sent from my iPhone
> On 13 May 2015, at 12:33, Martin Poulter wrote:
>
> It's absolutely within my remit, and it looks like I will be making tutorial
> videos about this and other topics.I hope the interest I create among Oxford
> GLAMs will lead to training eve
A very warm GLAM welcome from Scotland!
Best, Sara ThomasWikimedian in ResidenceMuseums Galleries Scotland
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:29:55 +0100
From: mich...@maggs.name
To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org; wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK's members elect new
Ah dear, will be working in Edinburgh that day I'm afraid! Hope it goes well.
Sara
Sent from my iPhone
> On 25 Aug 2015, at 13:38, Charles Matthews
> wrote:
>
> I have added a new section to
>
> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikidata_training_2015
>
> based on my discussions with the office
+1 for "wish this existed"...
Sara
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:55:58 +0100
From: charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Lists of public art in UK counties and cities
On 28 August 2015 at 08:38, Gordon Joly wrote:
Is there a "Wikidata fo
Just to say that I've been doing a bit of work with the uni of Edinburgh over
the past couple of months in my role as WiR at Museums Galleries Scotland, &
they've been lovely, & very keen!
Best,
Sara Thomas
User:lirazelf
Sent from my iPhone
> On 8 Oct 2015, at 1
Heya,
Edinburgh event is Saturday 5th March, event page is here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/MGS/Events_and_Workshops/Modern_Scottish_Women_2_-_Art_%2B_Feminism
Thanks, Sara
From: richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:50:28 +
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikim
Hi there! I don't have standard wording but I have talked to a *lot* of museums
this year... Happy to help if possible! sa...@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk
Sara Thomas
Wikimedian in Residence
Museums Galleries Scotland
User:lirazelf
Sent from my iPhone
> On 23 Feb 2016, at 16:30, K
Hello hello. Existing WiR here (Museums Galleries Scotland), happy to
collaborate on this. Have had contact with ~26 different GLAMs over the past
year, of varying sizes. I'm at user:lirazelf. if someone wants to do the
design, I'll do the text.
S
Sent from my iPhone
> On 26 Feb 2016, at 09
...and I am also unable to make it, so please have a beer for me!
:)
Sara
...just-finished-being-a-Wikimedian-in-Residence for Museums Galleries
Scotland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Museums_Galleries_Scotland
[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Wa
Aw mate. Thank you for all the help you gave me over the course of the
residency, & all the very best for the future!
Sara/lirazelf
Sent from my iPhone
On 3 Aug 2016, at 18:26, Stevie Benton
mailto:stevie.d.ben...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Having worked with you for quite a while, I know how muc
and
help give them the best possible chance at wiki life. (And if needed, lend a
hand if we see newbies being bitten.)
Yours in encyclopaedia-building-wiki-love,
Sara Thomas
User:lirazelf
Previously Wikimedian in Residence at Museums Galleries Scotland, now
free-range.
Sent from my iPhone
On
The Glasgow editors were similarly bright and very happy to be able to
contribute - a brilliant day, all round.
Art+Feminism is similar in lots of ways...
Sara
From: Wikimediauk-l on behalf of
Roger Bamkin
Sent: 08 December 2016 19:36
To: wikimediauk-l
Sub
"It goes to show, said Hyde, “never trust Wikipedia”."
Eh, naw pal. It goes to show that your security firm need an utter bollocking.
(I used to work in music venue management, for 2 big UK venue groups) People
try and fool their way backstage with all kinds of stuff, and some of it is
benig
! But given that the BBC are running with this as a 'story',
it would be great if we could also educate people a bit about how Wikipedia
works ;)
On 15 February 2017 at 13:45, Sara Thomas
mailto:sa.tho...@live.com>> wrote:
"It goes to show, said Hyde, “never trust Wikipedia”
most that could be
asked of them at this point.
Sara Thomas
[[User:lirazelf]]
From: Wikimediauk-l on behalf of
Lucy Crompton-Reid
Sent: 13 September 2017 16:05
To: UK Wikimedia mailing list
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyfraud by the British Museum
Dear
of a set of advocacy workshops we’re doing across Scotland to encourage
more library services to engage with Wikimedia projects / open knowledge,
through the Scottish Library & Information Council Residency. Feedback was good!
Best,
Sara Thomas
(Scotland Programme Coordinator for WMUK)
Sent
tial edits reverted (aaah); I'm unfamiliar with
the subject matter and would appreciate a second pair of eyes, or any pointers
in terms of further guidance I could offer to them...
All the best,
Sara Thomas
aka lirazelf aka Sara Thomas (WMUK)
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Wikim
10:39, Sara Thomas wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> Wondering if there's anyone on the list that edits in Chemistry, that might
> be willing / able to offer me some advice? Am following up with a group of
> PhD students that I trained a while back - they've continued to edit
atabase...
For the sake of everyone's inboxes, I'd ask that you please reply just to
me and not the whole mailing list.
All the best, love from a very sunny Glasgow,
Sara
--
Dr Sara Thomas
Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotlan
F%2Fwww.eventbrite.co.uk%2Fe%2Finternational-womens-day-sketchathon-tickets-55208621473%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2krJRic9Q0qPV3GUtDni2Qr4fNXW0ww5yvhmhawQvPIKNyqqC1QESBEuA&data=02%7C01%7Cd.dallison%40scottishlibraries.org%7C10b65d7562174724e86e08d69ccac7e7%7C6414ad35a3824075ab2600ed2b7adb76%7C0%7C0%7C6368
in
architecture/ stonecarving who might be interested in helping me to explore
this? I'd love to have a chat some time. (Please do email me direct rather
than on-list, just for the sake of everyone's inboxes)
All the best
Sara
Dr Sara Thomas
Scotl
who operate
> Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent
> non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility
> for its contents.*
>
>
> On Wed, 13 Mar 2019 at 13:56, Sara Thomas
> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>>
am.com/scottishlibraries/?hl=en>
> <https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/4034291/>
> <https://twitter.com/SLIC1991>
> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp8HBZbfRPl7L_xNdlQK2AQ>
>
>
>
> *From:* Wikimediauk-l *On
> Behalf Of *Sara Thomas
> *Sent:* 13 March 2019
(who operate
> Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent
> non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility
> for its contents.*
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That's in my neighbourhood, I can go a d check. :)
Sara
On Mon, 13 May 2019, 23:50 Andy Mabbett, wrote:
> Do we have someone at Glasgow University who could kindly take a (full
> face) picture of the bust of Thomas Logan Stillie (Q19407690), seen in
> this non-free image:
>
>
> https://www.flic
Hey Andy,
The busts are no longer on display in that location, unfortunately - that
staircase was refurbed a few years back (& is now a rather fetching blue &
gold) and the pieces were moved.
I have a feeling though that they'll be part of the University's Hunterian
Museum collection, so I should
a:GLAM/Coventry_University
>
> --
> Andy Mabbett
> @pigsonthewing
> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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call for expressions of interest can be found on-wiki here:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland/Train_the_Trainer_2019
Best,
Sara
--
Dr Sara Thomas
Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland
*I work part time; my usual days are
ieve that you should have, please contact me (also please do reply just
to me rather than to all, to save everyone's inboxes...) and I'll send you
the link directly.
Many thanks, and have a good evening.
Best,
Sara
--
Dr Sara Thomas
Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
https://wi
d like to present it, I'm more than happy to chat and
see if I can help, just drop me a line.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Best,
Sara
--
Dr Sara Thomas
Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland
*I work part time and am not in the office o
nt
>>> non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility
>>> for its contents.
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>>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org
>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mail
lf of WMUK, etc) and lead contacts
at partner organisations. If you think that you should have received this
but haven't, please reply off-list to me and I'll send it on.
Many thanks,
Sara
--
Dr Sara Thomas
Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/
ticipants/
The call is open until the 9th December.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to drop me an email (happy
to take these off-list as it will save everyone's inboxes :) )
All the best,
Sara
--
Dr Sara Thomas
Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
http
have any questions, feel free to contact the researchers. Their
details are below:
Contact Details
Researchers:
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Abd Alsattar Ardati (a...@st-andrews.ac.uk)
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Dr Sara Thomas (sara.tho...@wikimedia.org.uk)
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Dr Richard Nevell (richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk)
-
Dr
27;m sorry for my confusion about the deletion process, it's the
> first time I've ever come across a proposed deletion.
>
> Michael West
>
>>
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preferably, to save
everyone's inboxes...)
Thanks,
Sara
--
Dr Sara Thomas
Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
07803 505 172
https://wikimedia.org.uk/home/scotland/
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland>
<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/>
*I work part
g for any new or less experienced editors, and for those of
you more experienced, there's an excellent worklist that you can get stuck
right into.
All the best,
Sara
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Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
https://wikimedia.org.uk/home/scotland/
<https://wikimedia.org.
en GLAM Croatia
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0780
l get in touch
and we can talk about options! Maybe we can do a slideshow, or record an
interview, or put a short video together. Ideally we'd like to prioritise
the voices of the volunteer community over those of staff members, but
we're happy to help if we can.)
All the best,
Sara
--
eally we’d rather that it was
community members who speak in this section of the day and not WMUK staff
members.)
All the best,
Sara
--
Dr Sara Thomas
Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
07803 505 172
https://wikimedia.org.uk/home/scotland/
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland&
so start a debate at Www.womeninred.org?
>
> Roger 01835 864317
>
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2023, 5:26 pm Sara Thomas,
> wrote:
>
>> Afternoon all,
>>
>>
>> On Sunday 26th November this year we’ll be holding an online Wikimedia UK
>> 2023 Community
nk to book your place through Eventbrite
on our blog:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/2023/10/wikimedia-uk-2023-community-meeting/
Hope to see you there!
All the very best,
Sara
--
Dr Sara Thomas
Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
https://wikimedia.org.uk/home/scotland/
<https://wik
hop-4-tickets-693939942047
It's a fully hybrid event, with the in-person portion taking place at the
Mitchell Library in Glasgow.
All the best,
Sara
--
Dr Sara Thomas
Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
07803 505 172
https://wikimedia.org.uk/home/scotland/
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia
hear a
bit more about any of the volunteering opportunities that we featured, or
listen to the great lightning talks again, you can find links and videos on
the blog here:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/2023/12/wmuk-2023-community-meeting-videos-and-opportunities/
All the best!
Sara
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Dr Sara Thomas
ld like to participate,
please reply to me off-list and I'll get the link sent over.
All the best,
Sara
--
Dr Sara Thomas
Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
https://wikimedia.org.uk/home/scotland/
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland>
<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/>
ormation on the blog here:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/2024/04/call-for-volunteers-for-wiki-loves-monuments-2024/
- please do take a look!
All the best,
Sara
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Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
https://wikimedia.org.uk/home/scotland/
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