Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers

2014-11-23 Thread Edward Saperia
On 23 November 2014 at 19:31, Dan Garry (Deskana) wrote: > On 23 November 2014 at 10:21, Andy Mabbett > wrote: > >> On 18 November 2014 at 19:13, geni wrote: >> >> > In fairness copyright is a pretty blameless error for new editors >> >> And so is CoI/ autobiography - many good editors, includi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers

2014-11-23 Thread Gordon Joly
Siggy... > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk That does not for work (for me)...but https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listin

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers

2014-11-23 Thread Gordon Joly
On 23/11/14 16:53, Richard Symonds wrote: > > However, a delay of four days for an email to be moderated is clearly a > bit long, so I'll start a chat with the other moderators to see if we > need to look for someone else to help support the team. Rest assured no > emails were deleted! > Who a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers

2014-11-23 Thread Dan Garry (Deskana)
On 23 November 2014 at 10:21, Andy Mabbett wrote: > On 18 November 2014 at 19:13, geni wrote: > > > In fairness copyright is a pretty blameless error for new editors > > And so is CoI/ autobiography - many good editors, including some on > this list (not least me) started out with such edits.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers

2014-11-23 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 18 November 2014 at 19:13, geni wrote: > In fairness copyright is a pretty blameless error for new editors And so is CoI/ autobiography - many good editors, including some on this list (not least me) started out with such edits. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk __

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers

2014-11-23 Thread Richard Symonds
Hi all, Just to let you know that the moderators have been busy the past few days, so Fae's email took a while to be moderated. I'm not sure what everyone else has been doing but I for one have had a busy week - and a busier weekend - and I try not to involve myself in accepting or declining any o

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers

2014-11-23 Thread
I see this email was deleted. No explanation given. Fae On 18 Nov 2014 19:24, "Fæ" wrote: > It would be nice to hear from the board how this was discussed before > offering the interim position. After all, in the several interviews I took > part in for WMUK staff, pretty much the first basic que

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers

2014-11-23 Thread
It would be nice to hear from the board how this was discussed before offering the interim position. After all, in the several interviews I took part in for WMUK staff, pretty much the first basic question was along the lines of 'have you ever edited Wikipedia?' as a way of assessing what the candi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers

2014-11-18 Thread Gordon Joly
On 18/11/14 21:56, Deryck Chan wrote: > Random but relevant questions: My question. Can we all meet down the pub for a beer? I am sure we can sort this out over a pint Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.w

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers

2014-11-18 Thread Deryck Chan
Random but relevant questions: How much is D'Arcy getting paid as interim CEO? And how much is Jon getting paid as outgoing CEO? Is D'Arcy also a candidate for the next CEO? Deryck On 18 Nov 2014 16:28, "Jon Davies" wrote: > A big welcome to D'Arcy who has started as an Interim CEO at WMUK. I

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers

2014-11-18 Thread geni
On 18 November 2014 18:55, geni wrote: > > > [[user:Dcfmyers]] has no other edits. > > > whoops missed a couple of deleted ones 2 edits to [[George More O'Ferrall]]. A direct copy and paste of http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/527160/ In fairness copyright is a pretty blameless error for

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers

2014-11-18 Thread geni
On 18 November 2014 16:27, Jon Davies wrote: > fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, > Hmm. Marketing. You don't think. Actually it was pretty inevitable. The article [[D'Arcy Myers]] has been created twice. First was 17 April 2008. Typical PR rubbish reads like a press release for

[Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers

2014-11-18 Thread Jon Davies
A big welcome to D'Arcy who has started as an Interim CEO at WMUK. I am finishing up jobs that make more sense for me up until the New Year while D'Arcy is quickly getting his feet under the table. He is an experiecned CEO with specialist experience in being an interim CEO. To quote his Linkedin bi