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 <https://webwewant.org/>, which is another way of saying the same thing. It could all tie in quite nicely.
------------------------ *Roberta Wedge* *Gender Gap Project, **Wikimedia UK* roberta.we...@wikimedia.org.uk 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT +44 (0)20 7065 0921 Wikimedia UK is the British chapter of a global movement. We support, but do not control, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and other related Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia UK is both a limited company (Registered No. 6741827) and a charity (Registered No.1144513). Visit wikimedia.org.uk <http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/> and @wikimediauk On 5 November 2014 11:04, Rod Ward <rodw...@plus.net> wrote: > 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 programmes (and books etc) to coincide with the significant date. > I note this article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta ) > regularly gets 150,000+ page views per month and this is likely to > increase. It was listed as a Good Article back in the early days but was > delisted in 2006 and has gone downhill since then. It is also listed on the > Vital Articles for Society and Social Sciences. A few of us are trying to > get it to at least GA or even FA standard before the anniversary – any help > would be appreciated. > > > > The specific reason for this email is that I think WikimediaUK had some > sort of relationship (possibly a wikimedian in residence or similar) with > the British Library years ago. For that or other sources does anyone have a > contact within the appropriate department (possibly manuscripts curator or > similar) of the BL who would be willing to help advise on the development > of this important article? > > > > Rod > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >
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