[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Wikimedia UK/Wikimedia Foundation meetup

2024-05-23 Thread Steve Bowbrick
Love to come! s -- Social media for the BBC Radio and BBC Sounds From: Sammy Tarling Date: Thursday, 23 May 2024 at 12:55 To: UK Wikimedia mailing list Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Re: Wikimedia UK/Wikimedia Foundation meetup External: Think before clicking I'll be there! :) On Thu, 23 May 2024,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Dumb question about foundation membership

2019-01-07 Thread Steve Bowbrick
he Wikimedia Foundation (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 Sat, 5 Jan 2019 at 12:26, Steve Bowbrick mailto:steve.bowbr...@bbc.co.uk>> wrote: Hi all

[Wikimediauk-l] Dumb question about foundation membership

2019-01-05 Thread Steve Bowbrick
Hi all, I'm pretty sure that my foundation membership payments stopped some time ago (my fault, credit card expired I suspect) but now I can't find where to log in and renew. Can you help? Thanks, s -- Social media for the BBC's speech and classical brands - including Radio 3, Radio 4 and

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia open dinner at Newspeak House

2017-10-19 Thread Steve Bowbrick
Sounds like a splendid idea. Would love to come – on either date. s -- Social media for the BBC’s speech and classical brands 07718 120 073 http://twitter.com/bowbrick From: Wikimediauk-l [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of John Lubbock Sent: 19 October 2017 13:17

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia Commons question

2017-03-23 Thread Steve Bowbrick
Hi all, Very occasional post from a long-time subscriber here! I run social media for the BBC's speech and classical radio stations and for some of the BBC's classical brands (orchestras, Proms etc.). We have a constant need for images. We use the usual mixed bag of sources: commercial

[Wikimediauk-l] Thanks to all for your In Our Time suggestions

2010-09-17 Thread Steve Bowbrick
Lots of good ideas - including that old chestnut - why don't you just give all the all audio to the commons... (believe me, I've tried. I'll keep going, though!). We're going to take the advice of Andrew Gray and add links to the programme pages to relevant talk pages, suggesting that editors

[Wikimediauk-l] Would anyone like to talk to Rory Cellan-Jones about the falling number of editors?

2009-11-25 Thread Steve Bowbrick
Guys, Rory (copied) sent out a request for Wikipedians on Twitter. Thought I'd forward it to you. Rory, Wikimediauk-l is the discussion list for Wikimedia UK, the UK chapter of the Wikipedia mothership. Steve -- Blogs at BBC AMi http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4

[Wikimediauk-l] Your advice on the creation of a new article please

2009-09-18 Thread Steve Bowbrick
BBC Radio 4 is making a big 100-part radio series called A History of the World in 100 Objects. The production team would like to write a new Wikipedia entry about the series. Chris Thorne explains below why he thinks we need the article. You'll see that he references the new system here that

[Wikimediauk-l] AGM pics - and Swine Flu

2009-05-06 Thread Steve Bowbrick
Hi all, After a bit of prodding from various wikipedians I think I've got the licence right on this set of pics taken at the the AGM 26 April: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bowbrick/sets/72157617359600152/ Unrelated question: on Twitter, Chris Vallance, a producer on iPM, wonders: Wikipedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New Board elected

2009-04-27 Thread Steve Bowbrick
Thanks to Wikimedia UK and the board (old and new) for a fascinating afternoon in Manchester yesterday - and for the opportunity to witter on about the BBC and open media. FWIW, as an outsider, and a veteran of many committees and groups, I saw enthusiasm and real professionalism from members and