[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedian in Residence, Museums Galleries Scotland

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

[Wikimediauk-l] Scottish Fairground culture editathon - 7 May

(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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Why I love Wikisource

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Why I love Wikisource

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK's members elect new trustees

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikidata-l] Wikidata training session

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Lists of public art in UK counties and cities

+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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Edinburgh WiR hiring!

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Global Art & Feminism events, Trainers requested! Last call.

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Commons image request help

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Staff] Pubs.

...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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] I'm moving on!

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Media enquiry from the BBC re editing/vandalism

"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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Media enquiry from the BBC re editing/vandalism

! 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”

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyfraud by the British Museum

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Event Coordinators

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

[Wikimediauk-l] Any editors in Chemistry?

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) ___ Wikim

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Any editors in Chemistry?

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

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Community Leaders Survey 2019

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] International Women’s Day, 8 March 2019

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[Wikimediauk-l] Architecture & sandstone carvings

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Architecture & sandstone carvings

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, >> >>

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Architecture & sandstone carvings

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Next skillshare and Wikidata meetup

(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.* > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Glasgow University photo request: Thomas Logan Stillie bust

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Glasgow University photo request: Thomas Logan Stillie bust

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedian in Residence at Coventry University

a:GLAM/Coventry_University > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia

[Wikimediauk-l] ScotWiki Train the Trainer - Expressions of Interest

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

[Wikimediauk-l] Community Leaders Survey 2020

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

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia AGM - call for lightning talks

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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Request for a volunteer to upload Councillor photos to Commons

nt >>> non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility >>> for its contents. >>> ___ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mail

[Wikimediauk-l] Annual Community Leaders Survey

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/

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK - Train the Trainer 2022 - call for participants

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

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Identifying the Challenges of Collaborative Wikipedia Training and Editing

have any questions, feel free to contact the researchers. Their details are below: Contact Details Researchers: - Abd Alsattar Ardati (a...@st-andrews.ac.uk) - Dr Sara Thomas (sara.tho...@wikimedia.org.uk) - Dr Richard Nevell (richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk) - Dr

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: English Wikipedia deletion of Howard Stableford article

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 > >> >> ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.

[Wikimediauk-l] 2022 Community Leaders survey

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

[Wikimediauk-l] Scottish Suffrage/ttes Editathon Saturday 23rd April

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 -- Dr Sara Thomas Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK https://wikimedia.org.uk/home/scotland/ <https://wikimedia.org.

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: LGBT+ sport and Glasgow-Pitlochry (study) visit

en GLAM Croatia > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > -- Dr Sara Thomas Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK 0780

[Wikimediauk-l] WMUK Community Meeting - Save the Date & a call for Lightning Talks.

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 --

[Wikimediauk-l] Call for Lightning Talks, WMUK Community Meeting

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&

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Call for Lightning Talks, WMUK Community Meeting

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

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Community Meeting - 26th November

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

[Wikimediauk-l] Scottish Suffrage/ttes Editathon, Saturday 18th

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

[Wikimediauk-l] Community Meeting blog

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 -- Dr Sara Thomas

[Wikimediauk-l] Community Leaders Survey

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/>

[Wikimediauk-l] Call for volunteers for Wiki Loves Monuments 2024!

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 -- Dr Sara Thomas Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK https://wikimedia.org.uk/home/scotland/ <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimed

[Wikimediauk-l] Re: UK contingent at Wikimania 2024

> Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > > https://eu-west-1.protection.sophos.com?d=wikimedia.org&u=aHR0cHM6Ly9saXN0cy53aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL21haWxtYW4vbGlzdGluZm8vd2lraW1lZGlhdWstbA==&i=NjVhZmE0ZjY3MDExZmY1Y2Q3NDE3Yjkx&t=T