[Wikimediauk-l] Election Night Editathon(s?)

ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Meetups/UK/General_Election_2015_Editathon> . all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support Organiser, Wikimedia UK, Address: 56-64 Leonard St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4LT Phone:020 7065 0990 *Mobile: *07840 455 746 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limit

[Wikimediauk-l] Outreach question

sily compare publicity actions and hit count (but we need to remain aware of the limitations of any such correlation) Perhaps we could find somewhere on-wiki to share our thoughts on this. Any ideas where would be best? all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support Organiser, Wikime

[Wikimediauk-l] Education Program Extension Userrights

t to be disruptive to the class by pushing community involvement too hard, we can explore appropriate ways to highlight opportunities to the students with the approval of the academics running the courses. I think there is a lot of room for thought about this. all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volu

[Wikimediauk-l] Cinema Museum, London editathon Saturday 7th March

th online publicity would be greatly appreciated. all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support Organiser, Wikimedia UK, Address: 56-64 Leonard St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4LT Phone:020 7065 0990 *Mobile: *07840 455 746 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and W

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia Science Conference, 2nd and 3rd September 2015

ference and catch up on volunteer opportunities in the run up to the conference itself. This conference has great potential in bringing together both Wikimedians and scientists to discover the common ground which will make future colloboration so exciting. all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunt

[Wikimediauk-l] Postponement of Volunteer Strategy Gathering

all inquiries regarding the ongoing development of our volunteer strategy, including the future gathering, please contact fabian.tomps...@wikimedia.org.uk all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support Organiser, Wikimedia UK, Address: 56-64 Leonard St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4LT Phone:020 70

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Volunteer Strategy Gathering 2 (28th February 2015)

Hi all, Registration is now open for the Volunteer Strategy Gathering 2. We shall be in Birmingham again,however at a different venue, the Priory Rooms This event will be taking place on Saturday 28th February at: The Priory Rooms, Quaker Meeting House 40 Bull Street Birmingham B4 6AF http://ww

[Wikimediauk-l] Volunteer Strategy Gathering 1 Data

ich more details will be available soon. However, I would encourage everyone to look at the ideas which are coming up and think how they would like to contribute to the shaping of the second gathering. Please contribute to the wiki or contact me by email, phone etc. all the best Fabian Tom

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Survey

s the closing date will be Sunday 18th January. Just follow this link: Wikimedia UK Volunteer Survey <https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/forms/d/1tRXG3YlJhDAlGoe0wYDY5daiQXxOYHWYk9Nugj4Ixg4/edit#> . The results will be made available in due course. all the best Fabian Tompsett

[Wikimediauk-l] WLM awards ceremony and community Xmas party 2014

Hi all, We shall be having a Wiki Loves Monuments and community Xmas party 2014 in the basement at Development House on Thursday 18th December from 5pm to 8pm. Please bring a bottle to add to the festivities. It would be great to see you there. all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support

[Wikimediauk-l] FDC Recommendations/Volunteer Strategy Gathering, Saturday 29th November

s likely to be of pivotal significance. With the publication of the FDC recommendations, the discussions will take place with the benefit of a better understanding of the financial environment in which WIkimedia Uk will find itself. all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support Organiser, W

[Wikimediauk-l] London Wiki Wednesdays Special events

pe you can make it. We still have a couple of slots available for London Wiki Wednesdays this year, so if there's any aspect of being a Wikimedian you would like to discuss, do get in contact! all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support Organiser, Wikimedia UK, Address: 56-64 Leonard St, Sh

[Wikimediauk-l] London Wiki Wednesdays

g/wiki/Wikipedia:Snuggle>, that would make a great topic. Whilst it is our aim to keep these sessions informal, it is useful to know whetehr to expect you, so please confirm if you intend to come. all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support Organiser, Wikimedia UK, Address: 56-64 Leonard St,

[Wikimediauk-l] Meetup Venues

s for the occasion. all the best all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support Organiser, Wikimedia UK, Address: 56-64 Leonard St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4LT Phone:020 7065 0990 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata Training, London Saturday 11 Oct

creasingly significant impact both on the way Wikipedia works as well as on the wider Open Data movement. This is a good opportunity to get a clearer understanding of how Wikidata works. all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support Organiser, Wikimedia UK, Address: 56-64 Leonard St, Shoreditch, Londo

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania UK Scholarships

s/d/1Ch3SXSW2YLuICmiOouxQ7hhtbCRH36CjTNjyFZPfSbs/viewform> . Looking forward to seeing you at Wikimania! all the best Fabian Tompsett, Wikimania Support Team, Wikimedia UK, Address: 56-64 Leonard St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4LT Phone:020 7065 0991 Mobile: 07548 103787 ___ Wikimedia UK m

[Wikimediauk-l] A chance to visit the Barbican pre Wikimania, 8 June

ur name here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/82#Are_you_coming_on_this_walk.3F> . We will be joining the London Meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/82> in Penderel's Oak later. all the best Fabian Tompsett, Wikimania Support Team, Wikimedia

[Wikimediauk-l] Lessons fromGhana

link to Wikimedia here in Ghana and no need to look else where." If WMUK has learnt that lesson, then that will be a big step forward. all the best Fabian User:Leutha > Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 17:48:40 +0100 > From: Chris Keating > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list > Subject: R

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Invite - Recognising Value and the Sharing

over 60s free travel card, there are no implications as regards travel costs. So bearing in mind the zero impact on the Charities finances, I hope no one regards my attendance as problematic? all the best Fabian User:Leutha > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:05:34 + > From: Fæ

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Allegation of thefts at London wikimeets

icipants are encouraged to exercise the same level of care for their personal belongings as they would in any other public venue. I feel we need to nip this in the bud. all the best Fabian User:Leutha > Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:08:07 + > From: Richard Symonds > To: UK Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 101, Issue 17

material is put in the broader context of the entire global context of the First World War. I think this is a great opportunity to develop international links and to create opportunities to examine differing experiences in different contexts. all the best Fabian User:Leutha > Date: Wed, 18

[Wikimediauk-l] £20 or $2M

I do not think WMUK's reputation is necessarily damaged by this historic situation, I do feel that it would be helpful if staff, trustees and members all had a certain sensitivity to this issue, as this still remains a matter for public concern. all the best Fabian User:Leutha > Date: Su

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Amazon Tax avoidance

aking a public stance as regards any business, and our private views on this or that company can be discussed elsewhere. Likewise, there would be no need to publicise how any recipient may choose to receive their prize. I would hope people would see this as a suitable solution. all the best F

[Wikimediauk-l] Amazon Tax avoidance

f this is not the case? all the best Fabian User:Leutha ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 100, Issue 11

rhaps I am not the only person to respond in this way when feeling frustrated. Anyway, I'll have another crack at it. all the best Fabian User:Leutha > Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 18:02:27 + > From: Adam Morgan > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikim

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Preparing a proofreading > contest for Wikisource's 10th aniversary

an do is likely to change that, however. Yes I tried this . . . once. I create the DjVU file and got it onto commons but then when I tried to get it on Wikisource, I discovered there were forbidden characters in the file name which I had not been warned about before. After a bit more mucking

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership recruitment

rship cost (£5 is good) and that this simply empowers the member to vote at AGMs etc. Adding other features is likely to have a financial impact leading some to call for a rise in the membership fee to cover services which not everyone may feel are useful or even suitable. all the best Fabian User:Le

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] If you are interested in the google grants results.

back them. At that stage, it will then be a matter of finding funders interested in the project. all the best fabian (User:Leutha) > Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 10:27:59 +0100 > From: Jon Davies > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] If you are interested i

[Wikimediauk-l] FW:

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[Wikimediauk-l] WMUK Volunteers + WIkimania 2014

ity Interest Company might be the most appropriate. This relates to how it is going to be funded. Having a separate company means that if anything goes wrong, it doesn't take WMUK down with it, nor does it uncontrollably swallow up all WMUK's attention. all the best Fabian (User:Leutha)

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Governance review

would have hoped that you realised that many issues become more complex in practice and accept this as a case in point all the best Fabian > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:38:04 + > From: Thomas Dalton > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gover

[Wikimediauk-l] Never the Twain shall be misquoted

short and direct summary of the result. all the best Fabian (User:Leutha) > Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 18:19:28 + > From: Thomas Dalton > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 91, Issue 18

hy, I feel there is a lot to consider. In light of this, I see the decision of the WCA to move forward and develop its own infra-structure as something which can only be beneficial. all the best Fabian (User:Leutha) > -- >

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

ead a situation when WMUK (the firm) can more closely realise the sort of standards which you advocate. Please don't hold back from raising these issues and advocating more exacting standards - just be a bit more understanding if they are not always met. all the best Fabian (User:Leutha) >

[Wikimediauk-l] Apologies for linked in request

Hi all, Apologies for sending the linked in request. I did not realise that it had gone through my whole list of e-mail addresses and would send out e-mails everywhere. all the best Fabian (user:Leutha) ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

[Wikimediauk-l] Stay in touch with me through LinkedIn

LinkedIn I'd like to include you in my network to share updates and stay in touch. - Fabian Fabian Tompsett Community editor at Wikipedia London, United Kingdom Confirm that you know Fabian Tompsett: https://www.linkedin.com/e/4l4thv-hbfgwz4f-6y/isd/10242563705/E08VXyX

[Wikimediauk-l] Two customers!

Hi all, I do not think it is particularly useful to look at these issues of customers and employees with all the vexatious legal hoo-haa that that involves. Wikipedia works as a community gathered around a social goal. A "reader" is an editor who has not made their first edit, a window shopper,

[Wikimediauk-l] PR industry blames 'cumbersome' Wikipedia

Hi all, I found this a bit comical: http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/1159206/pr-industry-blames-cumbersome-wikipedia-finsbury-editing-issue/ They don't get it that the COI policy affects everyone. They think that just because they want people to pay them to change the articles they should be allow

[Wikimediauk-l] A message from the Wikimedia UK Board

. all the best Fabian (User:Leutha) Tom Dalton wrote: >The board needs to learn how to write a statement that actually says >something... > >Apologising for mistakes is meaningless if you don't acknowledge what >those mistakes are. This statement comes across as defensive and emp

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Social enterprise

want to get involved with WV, well, of course they would be welcome. But it is a different environment . . . all the best Fabian (User:Leutah) > It would be... tricky to get the idea past the community on Wikipedia, > though, would it not? I know a good few administrators who delete an

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Social enterprise

es of funding we could access to help develop clearly defined options which could be presented for general discussion in the community (which might well mean listening to people based outside the UK). all the best Fabian (user:Leutha) >Message: 2 >Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 21:41:04 +0100 &g

[Wikimediauk-l] (no subject)

er objective. >But it's not something to beat each other up over. Learn from it, make >improvements, move on. I am proposing this as a way of moving on in a way which keeps people like Roger with their brilliant ideas involved but not as trustees. all the be

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia training delivery opportunity in Westminster

Hi all, If you check their website you will see why it would not make so much sense for the chapter to co-ordinate this. all the best, Fabian (User:Leutha) > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:18:33 +0100 > From: Thomas Dalton > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list > Subject: Re:

[Wikimediauk-l] Supplementing WMUK with a Social Enterprise

consequence of the success of Wikipedia. This I see as one of the key social challenges which the Wikimedia movement faces as we move into the second decade. all the best Fabian Tompsett (User:Leutha) ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

[Wikimediauk-l] Clarification as regards the South Atlantic

Dear all, I would suggest that participants in this public list reflect somewhat before making comments. I have looked through the link which was sent and done some research: 1) I could not find any evidence to show that Wikimedia Argentina (http://www.wikimedia.org.ar) are involved in WLM, or in

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 84, Issue 27

best Fabian (User:Leutha) > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:09:08 +0100 > From: Charles Matthews > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge coffee morning this Saturday > > As previously mentioned to the list, I want to do some meetup-li

[Wikimediauk-l] Coaching and mentoring/ Training Meeting in Cambridge

training, with an iterative process which gets around what Martin Poulter calls the Hard Problem. What's more, I think this approach fits so well with the collaborative model which lies at the heart of Wikis. all the best Fabian (User:L

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "open access ethos of Wikimedia UK"

oduce something which does the job without having to fork out extra money? Anyway, the other material will be available with a CC license. Does anyone know when? all the best Fabian (user:Leutha) Thomas Dalton wrote: >The tender said materials *produced* would need to be freely licensed. >If the

[Wikimediauk-l] "open access ethos of Wikimedia UK"

themes. In this context, I don't really understand why WMUK is having difficulty in making sure that its own training programme sits comfortably into the CC framework. I would welcome any comments which would help explain this? all the best Fabian (User:Leutha)

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New Volunteer Contributor

activities for Black History Month. Please see: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Black_History_Month,_2012 Please add your name to the page if you feel you might like to be involved in this initiative. all the best Fabian (User:leutha) >Hi >I wish to develop page articles-Wikipedia: >.Genocide Justi