This is really momentous. What Roger has done to Wikipedia is unique; cutting-edge stuff working quietly in the background like yeast in bread. I'm really proud to have worked with him, and the Women in Red group. A real inspiration for me and hundreds of others. Thanks Roger.
> On 29/09/2023 09:20 BST Roger Bamkin <ro...@bamkin.org.uk> wrote: > > > Eight years of women in red, based talks? > > 280 online editathons. 70 training sessions in the UK. A budget of zero. Not > a WMF affiliate. Sessions at BBC, UN, Several unis, 24 hour, different > countries... Sister Projects in more than 30 languages. Every woman (ish) who > was in the ODNB when WiR started and was a WiR now has an article. Was 15% > now approaching 20%. Will we ever achieve 50? We did last year. Does this > need five mins? ... I think most already know this. > > Maybe more interesting to talk about just the Eight years of doing every ODNB > women in red ... which women were most intriguing? History of the UK in 100 > women? > > I was most stunned that it was first found this year that there is a way of > looking at Wikipedia that indicates that 50% women is emerging on the English > Wikipedia? > > I will be at the monthly Women in Red editathon at 1 pm today. Maybe we could > discuss it then.... not heard of the monthly WiR editathons??? > > Search for wir Eventbrite university of Edinburgh Wikipedia and the amazing > Ewan McAndrew etc. and book a place > > could also start a debate athttp://Www.womeninred.org ? > > Roger 01835 864317 > > On Thu, 28 Sep 2023, 5:26 pm Sara Thomas, <sara.tho...@wikimedia.org.uk > mailto:sara.tho...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > > > Afternoon all, > > > > On Sunday 26th November this year we’ll be holding an online Wikimedia UK > > 2023 Community Meeting. We’ll be presenting the Wikimedian of the Year > > awards, celebrating the work of the community, and showcasing ways in which > > volunteers can get involved through an opportunities fair. > > > > For the lightning talks section, we’d like to showcase activity that > > community members have been doing over the last while, and we'd really like > > to hear about work which we, or other community members might not have > > heard about. It’s often the case that there’s a huge amount of work done > > by Wikimedians that others just don’t see. So this is an invitation to > > tell us about what you’ve been editing, in a short lightning talk - > > strictly 5 minutes or less. > > > > Have you done interesting things with a dataset on Wikidata? Maybe you’ve > > finally managed to track down a source to fix that article you’ve had your > > eye on for the last two months? Did your work on a Wikipedia article lead > > you to discover a really interesting story? Did you manage to get an > > openly licensed image that’s transformed an article? > > > > … and crucially, would you like to share your story? If you’d like to > > present a lighting talk - 5 minutes maximum - please email > > sara.tho...@wikimedia.org.uk mailto:sara.tho...@wikimedia.org.uk off-list > > and we can chat. > > > > If you’re uncomfortable with public speaking, please do still get in touch > > and we can talk about options! Maybe we can do a slideshow, or record an > > interview, or put a short video together. (Ideally we’d rather that it was > > community members who speak in this section of the day and not WMUK staff > > members.) > > > > All the best, > > Sara > > > > -- > > Dr Sara Thomas > > Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK > > 07803 505 172 > > https://wikimedia.org.uk/home/scotland/ > > https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland > > https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/ > > I work part time, my usual days are Monday - Thursday. > > > > Wikimedia UK https://wikimedia.org.uk/ is the national chapter for the > > global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. > > Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/wikimediauk, Facebook > > https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK, LinkedIn > > https://www.linkedin.com/company/496119, and Instagram > > https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/. > > Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513 (England & Wales) SC048644 > > (Scotland). Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > > Scotland, Registered No. 6741827. > > > > > > > > Registered Office 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 UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. 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 mailto:wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: > https://wikimedia.org.uk >
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