John Great news about The Guardian. Have just started a Wikipedia page, the shortcut is WP:GE2019 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetups/UK/General_election,_December_2019
Will start fleshing it out later, probably starting with safe seat candidates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MPs_standing_down_at_the_2019_United_Kingdom_general_election Edward Hands User: Edwardx On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 at 11:47, John Lubbock <john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > We've got The Guardian now also wanting to come and cover our election > night event, so come and join us! > > > https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667 > > 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. > > 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 Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 16:07, John Lubbock <john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> > wrote: > >> I'm doing another push on our election night editathon next week. We've >> had a couple of journalists ask to come along to it, so I'd really like to >> get a few more experienced Wikipedia editors to come to it to help out with >> the work we need to do to update MPs pages. If you or anyone else you know >> would be interested, please sign up for a ticket at the link below. >> >> >> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667 >> >> 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. >> >> 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 Tue, 12 Nov 2019 at 12:08, John Lubbock <john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, can I please ask anybody who wants to come to our election night >>> Wikipedia editathon to please sign up on the Eventbrite here >>> <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667>so >>> we know how many people are coming. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> 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, 7 Nov 2019 at 15:38, John Lubbock <john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Just following up on this to say that Newspeak House is happy to host >>>> up to 15 of us for an election night editathon. Please sign up here if >>>> you'd like to come: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-election-night-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-80663154667 >>>> >>>> See you there! >>>> >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> 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, 31 Oct 2019 at 12:26, John Lubbock < >>>> john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Wikimedians, I'm thinking about holding an election night >>>>> editathon at Newspeak House in London on Thursday 12 December. We did one >>>>> there last election and it was quite good fun to make draft articles on >>>>> people who were likely to become MPs in anticipation of the results (which >>>>> don't usually start coming in until after midnight). I imagine there will >>>>> be a larger gathering of people at Newspeak, because it's a centre for >>>>> lots >>>>> of other political and tech groups on occasions like that, but I wanted to >>>>> let the mailing list know and ask people to tell me if they would be >>>>> theoretically interested in participating. >>>>> >>>>> All the best, >>>>> >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> 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.* >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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