[Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

Hi all, An article in this weeks observer (see http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/01/magna-carta-800-celebrates-anniversary ) points out that it will be the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta next year (15 June 2015) and suggests there will be various TV and radio

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PR opportunity? "Wikipedia asks for contributors to bring Magna Carta article [link] up to highest standard [link to FA criteria] ahead of 800 year anniversary. The page currently gets over 150k views per month [link to pageview stats]. Never edited Wikipedia but keen on history? Here's some in

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Less importantly than [[Magna Carta]], could any improvements be made to the [[Runnymede]] page for the anniversary considering that is where the Magna Carta was sealed? -- Lewis Cawte On 5 November 2014 11:04, Rod Ward wrote: > Hi all, > > > > An article in this weeks observer (see > http://ww

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And then there's Tim Berners-Lee's call for a Magna Carta of internet rights, globally. He spoke of this at the Web We Want event , which is another way of saying the same thing. It could all tie in quite nicely. *Roberta Wedge* *Gender Gap Project,

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Dear Rod, We did indeed have a resident at the British Library, and some ongoing discussions and events with them, including an event last Friday. At the moment we are focussed on some large image releases and a major tagging exercise to identify old maps which will then be loaded on Commons.

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Hi Rod, That was indeed me... we did do a bit of work with the BL MSS department (the great work was done before I came, though - John Byrne and his work on the Cuthbert Gospel). I think I could probably persuade someone to do a review and feedback, especially if we've done a chunk of the reworkin

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Hello everyone, I really like Ed's point that this is a good PR opportunity. If anyone is interested in putting together some details and a potential media pitch that would be excellent! Thank you, Stevie On 5 November 2014 12:11, Jonathan Cardy wrote: > Dear Rod, > > We did indeed have a res

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I'm not so sure. The article is 7000 words long, with densely-written and relatively technical content, and needs a comprehensive overhaul - it's the sort of thing that rewards work by one or two people with a good overview and a few days reading, rather than fifty people with small contributions.

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800th anniversary of the Charter of the Forest in three years time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_Forest On 6 November 2014 08:40, Andrew Gray wrote: > I'm not so sure. The article is 7000 words long, with densely-written and > relatively technical content, and needs a comprehens

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That's a sensible point Andrew, thank you. How about we draw up a list of 50 articles we think are important and that need improving? We could use examples like Magna Carta as a hook to the story. We could even make this an annual "thing". The Wikimedia Hitlist for 201x? Any thoughts? Stevie On

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Calendar items - anniversaries and so on - are possible to plan in advance, and can be relevant to lots of different audiences. Our media pack wouldn't have to change that much, because it's all pretty similar on the Wikipedia end, just the subject changes. We might even be able to build something

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7507 536971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell From: Stevie Benton To: UK Wikimedia mailing list Sent: Thursday, 6 November 2014, 11:27 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta That's a sensible point Andrew, thank you. How about we draw up a list of 50 articles we think are important and

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ecially from a lengthy > existing article). > > Harry Mitchell > http://enwp.org/User:HJ > Phone: +44 (0) 7507 536971 > Skype: harry_j_mitchell > > -- > *From:* Stevie Benton > *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list > *Sent:* Thursday, 6 Novem

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riday, 7 November 2014, 1:00 Subject: Fwd: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta I have uploaded a few presentations and talks on video which would cheer up Magna Carta articles, some are quite 'non-academic friendly' for readers who might be daunted by a long encyclopaedia article (videos pl

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I have uploaded a few presentations and talks on video which would cheer up Magna Carta articles, some are quite 'non-academic friendly' for readers who might be daunted by a long encyclopaedia article (videos play back without having to leave a Wikipedia article). They are currently in

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There will be less demanding work, for example the signatories articles maybe could do with work. I just linked to [[Abbott of Peterborough]], only a few of those abbots have any biographical details - VCH will supply plenty of useful information, typically more on the latter abbots. On 7 Novem

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Behalf Of Richard Farmbrough Sent: 07 November 2014 19:50 To: UK Wikimedia mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta There will be less demanding work, for example the signatories articles maybe could do with work. I just linked to [[Abbott of Peterborough]], only a few of those

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k-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Richard > Farmbrough > *Sent:* 07 November 2014 19:50 > *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta > > > > There will be less demanding work, for example the signatories articles > maybe could

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; >> >> >> >> *From:* wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: >> wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Richard >> Farmbrough >> *Sent:* 07 November 2014 19:50 >> *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list >> *Subject:* Re: [Wik

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ings >>> (improvements to Runnymede have already been requested) and some of >>> the legal revisions along with later effects or interpretation. Lots of the >>> bulleted lists of “clauses in one charter but not another” also need to be >>> tackled (and referenced).A

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On 05/11/14 11:04, Rod Ward wrote: > > > An article in this weeks observer (see > http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/01/magna-carta-800-celebrates-anniversary > ) points out that it will be the 800th anniversary of the signing of the > Magna Carta next year (15 June 2015) and suggests t

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On 8 January 2015 at 09:09, Gordon Joly wrote: > > So, the version to celebrate is that of 1297? See you all in 2097? > > Gordo > Well if you are a commoner rather than a baron the charter of the forrest was signed in 1217 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_Forest Lincoln castle has

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On 08/01/15 09:45, geni wrote: > > > Well if you are a commoner rather than a baron the charter of the > forrest was signed in 1217 I know my place. Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/l

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Hello everyone, Just to pick this up again and assure you it hasn't fallen completely by the wayside. Parliament are running a project this year looking at several notable anniversaries. It's called Parliament in the Making . They are also l

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S, though they would be be a tad dry I think. No doubt the BL publishes plenty of sources, & a curator is likely to refer people to those first off. John Message: 1 Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 12:11:41 + From: Jonathan Cardy To: UK Wikimedia mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magn