Ok, y'all have formal permission to bully and guilt me into actually making sure I (help) arrange it for WAD 2019 😊
I'll chat with Lane and see if we can make it multinational too 😉 (I only wish my Welsh were up to doing it bilingually. I am absolutely not yet that fluent.) On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 12:58 Robin Owain <i...@cymruwales.com> wrote: > That would be really good. > > On 25 October 2018 at 12:57 Owen Blacker <o...@blacker.me.uk> wrote: > > Yeah, I think you're right. > > And this is the second year that I've not got round to asking the Wellcome > people if they fancy a World AIDS Day editathon (it's 1 December each year). > > How about we chat about setting *that* up over coffee sometime :) > > On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 12:49 John Lubbock < john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> > wrote: > > What would be the skill to be shared around the community with that? > There's lots of WikiProjects I'd like to do editathons about. I wonder if > WikiProject AIDS would be something where we could get a partner > organisation to help us improve pages in a separate editathon? > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ > <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g> > . > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our > work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting > Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. > > The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate > Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent > non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility > for its contents.* > > > On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 10:57, Owen Blacker < o...@blacker.me.uk> wrote: > > Hey John (and everyone else), > > I'd love to see WikiProject AIDS get a bit more love. > > I've been putting together a to-do list with source suggestions. Fancy a > chat over coffee sometime to see what and when might be good? > > Or is that a bit too much editathon shaped for what you're looking for? > > Owen > > On Tue, 16 Oct 2018, 09:37 John Lubbock, < john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> > wrote: > > Thanks Jonathan. > > Should we then say that we will do the first workshop on FA writing in > November? November has 5 weeks, so perhaps we should do it in the fourth > week of the month? What about Tuesday 20th? Or Wednesday 21st? > > We couldn't do one in December if we are doing it in the last week of the > month, so should we skip December and do the one after in January? > > I would appreciate some more feedback from people about whether they would > turn up, and what subjects they would like to see covered. > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ > <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g> > . > > Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our > work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting > Wikimedia UK? Donate here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>. > > The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate > Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent > non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility > for its contents.* > > > On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 14:20, WereSpielChequers < > werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear John, > > I'd be happy to see the chapter bring back these sort of events. Thinking > of a few lessons from when we last did them, coffee, soft drinks and some > sort of snacks are important - remember that many attendees will be coming > straight from work. We also used to designate a pub for the end of the > evening. > > You need to allow for a variable start time, some people will be working > nearby, others may finish later and be an hour away - starting off with > something informal such as a wiki surgery would give time for more people > to get there. You don't want to give some people an hour to kill after work > or exclude others because they can't slope off work early. > > Don't try to get 12 topics fixed before you start, topics will emerge as > you talk to the attendees and potential attendees. But the ones we > discussed at the London Meetup, FA writing, AWB workshop etc would give a > good diverse start. Geni's talk on "photography in museums" is one I would > happily hear again. > > Last Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday would give some distance from the > existing London meetup on the second Sunday, and in the months with 5 weeks > give you an advantage when you are competing against events that use the > 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th week of the month. > > > Jonathan > > > > > > > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:14:25 +0100 > From: John Lubbock < john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List < wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea > Message-ID: > <CAHEadKnNv= > cyvs_s8ccfpqw8djrq+lnqyztde1mnas1-ipm...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, > I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at > the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme > with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article > status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography > perhaps. > > Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to > have > a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to > the community and chapter members. > > I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the > month. How does that sound to everyone? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:52:15 +0530 > From: Tito Dutta < trulyt...@gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List < wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea > Message-ID: > < > caedaq_hn39ia6mvs3tn3wiwjybamcn0feqdozkwezma5pu+...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Excellent idea. There was an idea to start something similar "what have > you > learnt recently/Share your exciting new learning (of course > Wiki-related)". > > Thanks > Tito Dutta > Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind > me over email or phone call. > > > On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 16:45, John Lubbock < john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> > > wrote: > > > Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup > yesterday, > > I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work > at > > the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month > programme > > with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article > > status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography > > perhaps. > > > > Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to > have > > a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal > to > > the community and chapter members. > > > > I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the > > month. How does that sound to everyone? > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto: wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:36:17 +0200 > From: "Peter Southwood" < peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> > To: "'Wikimedia Mailing List'" < wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea > Message-ID: <001601d4647b$4c0c5a60$e4250f20$@ telkomsa.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I like the idea. Once you have worked out how to do it efficiently, maybe > the WMF can send out trainers to places where the skills are thin on the > ground. > Cheers, > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto: wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On > Behalf Of John Lubbock > Sent: 15 October 2018 13:14 > To: Wikimedia Mailing List > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea > > Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, > I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at > the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme > with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article > status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography > perhaps. > > Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to > have > a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to > the community and chapter members. > > I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the > month. 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