On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Steve Bowbrick <steve.bowbr...@bbc.co.uk>wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > This is my first post here. I've been responsible for some discussion at > the BBC about a possible contribution to the Wikipedia project from the > BBC - I think it's come up on the list too. There's no hard proposal or > plan, just an ongoing discussion of the appropriate relationship of a > national public service content creator and the leading free knowledge > source on the net. > > There's been some discussion of a 'BBC Wikipedia Club' for wannabe > contributors/editors who work at the BBC, about more formally gifting > content to Wikipedia and - more ambitiously - about hiring a 'Social > Media Editor' to manage the corporation's relationship with Wikipedia > and other open media sources. > > Question: would it be appropriate for one or more BBC people with an > interest in collaboration to come along to the AGM? If so, should we > bring a formal contribution or just sit quietly at the back? If not, is > there a more appropriate forum we could get involved with? > > Steve > > Some relevant blog posts here: > http://commonplatform.co.uk/index.php/2009/01/09/the-bbc-should-engage-w > ith-wikipedia/ > http://commonplatform.co.uk/index.php/2009/01/12/more-on-the-bbc-and-wik > ipedia/ > http://commonplatform.co.uk/index.php/2008/11/14/matt-mcdonnell-and-sear > ch-as-a-gateway-to-the-bbc/ > > -- > Editor, BBC Radio 4 Blog http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4 > 07768 257 570 > > Hi Steve et all, Speaking as a member of Wikimedia UK, I think this would be a fantastic contribution to the AGM and a great start to what can hopefully be a prosperous and fulfilling relationship between the two parties, both for Wikimedia UK's activities and the Wikimedia's activities as a whole. -- -- Paul "skenmy" Williams -- p...@skenmy.com
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