Unfortunately the media industry does have a habit of making noun generalizations, whether we like it or not. To them, Wikipedia refers to the entire movement. At least they stopped calling us "wiki".
That said, I agree more work can be done to promote Wikimedia UK as a local organisation, and to that end Roger did a good job. On Dec 30, 2011 5:15 PM, "Roger Bamkin" <victuall...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Tom, > > I'm feeling good as I just had a press release from Monmouth County > Council and I made the point that it was "Wikimedia UK" they were > partnering with - a*nd we should be mentioned*. I agree that John > Cummings comment is spot on. He isnt a Wikipedia old lag but quite a new > Wikipedian. He is the only wikipedian as far as I know in Monmouth. We are > going to try and pull off an amazing stunt of taking one Wikipedian and > creating 1,000 QR codes in a town that has no other known editors. John > cannot do this .... Monmouth and Wikimedia UK can. > > Lots of coverage to day from The Next Web et al, BBC Wales Radio and TV > and we're on Radio 4 next week. We also have "promises" of longer features. > My own target is that we get a TV programme out of this. The story "broke" > because John got a bit published in the Monmouth Beacon and the press ran > with it. I'm not surprised, this a "meme" of an idea. > > The project has not been hidden but I guess it has not occupied much board > time as the idea is so simple and everyone I've spoklen to just says "got > it .... lets do it". The only investment so far has been persuading "the > town" that they want to do it..... and we have had no one say No, nearly > everyone has said "yes ... how can we help". We have had a few who wanted > to think about it, but we made it clear that this wasn't an option. We > already have a university, several societies, 2/3 museums, councillors and > civic societies etc committed. Initial funding is agreed. > > This is a great chance for Wikimedia UK to show what it can do. It would > be great if some of our members searched out some Monmouth articles or > looked at the Monmouthpedia project pages and started helping.* I would > request however that people resist giving "a quick lesson in what you are > doing wrong" to a newbie until we have helped them four of five times. * > > Anybody got some time to assist? It would be great to demonstrate how we > collaborate to create something better then any of us can do alone. > > I'm (desperately) hoping someone surprises me > Roger > > > > On 30 December 2011 16:10, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-16359364 >> >> I've just seen this article. I'd somehow missed this is the planning >> stages (I was vaguely aware of some discussion about qr codes, but hadn't >> realised anything had progressed this far) - it looks like a great idea. >> >> It's a good article too, I particularly like the quote from John about >> being told he should implement his idea himself - that's exactly the >> attitude wmuk should have and we should make everyone aware of that. >> >> The only thing I don't like about the article is that it makes it sound >> like a Wikipedia project, rather than a Wikimedia UK project. It's not a >> big deal, but we should try and get the chapter's role more emphasis. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> >> > > > -- > Roger Bamkin > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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