I use www.photoscape.org, which I picked from the reviews online a
couple of years ago. It's free, easy to use, & allows full cropping and
rotating, & simple versions of editing for colour, contrast & all that
stuff. However the cropping is very far from lossless, and reduces file
size well beyond the pro rata for the area removed. I'd love to know of
a free easy to use lossless cropping thingy.
John
On 12/02/2013 14:31, wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Photograph cropping day! Message-ID:
> <CABiXOEnThVW6H+f8hvivURL3jOWYMedhrKmCcSja_TDvPFrAvg(a)mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 For Windows users,
> IrfanView (freeware) allows batch rotation and cropping (to specific
> sizes; it doesn't do edge detection, though I will raise a feature
> request). It's also useful for manual cropping, resizing, format
> conversion, etc. being small and lightweight. On 12 February 2013
> 14:01, Andrew Gray <andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk> wrote:
>> >On 12 February 2013 13:59, Michael Peel<michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>> >>Install Gimp (http://www.gimp.org/) on the visitor laptops and take them
>>> >>along?
>> >
>> >GIMP is indeed on all the visitor laptops (at least on the Ubuntu
>> >side). I'll leave the Windows side up to Richard:-)
>> >
>> >(We should probably document this on-wiki somewhere...)
>> >
>> >--
>> >- Andrew Gray
>> > andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk
What we had is best described as "a delay in agreeing terms for the
donation" or similar.
John
On 11/02/2013 14:03, wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:21:39 +0000 From: Stevie Benton
> <stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk> To: UK Wikimedia mailing list
> <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l]
> QRpedia Message-ID:
> <CACti2rKAKugc3dnTC1k+xj+L8Dv9UGbiJyBUBFhS-gOuDtLUew(a)mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" This is something I'm
> liaising on with the WMF. The original copy was put together jointly
> between WMF and WMUK and I'm keen that any revisions are accepted by
> both sides. I'm hopeful that we can get this fixed today. Thanks,
> Stevie On 9 February 2013 20:40, Andy Mabbett
> <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
>> >On 9 February 2013 17:10, Chris Keating<chris.keating(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
>> >wrote:
>>> > >The intellectual property in QRpedia and the qrpedia.org and qrwp.org
>>> > >domains will be transferred to Wikimedia UK
>> >
>> >It would be a good idea to update
>> ><
>> >http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/02/questions-and-answers-related-to-the-g…
>>> > >
>> >ASAP (which I appreciate might mean Monday)
>> >
>> >--
>> >Andy Mabbett
>> >@pigsonthewing
The charity has a budget of £2,000 to purchase equipment to be used by
volunteers. There are some suggestions already, and people are invited to
take a look and add their own. The page is at
<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2013_Activity_Plan/Volunteer_equipment>
here <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2013_Activity_Plan/Volunteer_equipment>.
--
Richard Nevell
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 20 7065 0753
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
United Kingdom. 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.*
The next Cambridge meetup will be on Saturday 2 March. See
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/17
As usual we will start at 3 pm, upstairs in CB2 cybercaff (more of a
brasserie these days, in fact), on Norfolk Street, and all are very
welcome.
Charles
Hello everyone,
I write to let you know about a really interesting project on Wikisource. A
group of volunteers, including Charles Matthews, has just finished
digitising the Victorian-era Dictionary of National
Biography<http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900>.
The project is the result of the efforts of over 30 volunteers since 2008
and has led to over 30,000 articles being added to Wikisource.
Charles has put together a blog post about the project which can be seen
here<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/02/victorian-era-dictionary-of-national-b…>
.
Thanks and regards,
Stevie
--
Stevie Benton
Communications Organiser
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
@StevieBenton
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England
and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street,
London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. 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.*
Hi all,
I've been having a look at membership numbers. Generally speaking, we have
had a high proportion of 'current' members in grace since I took up this
post i.e. people seem to chose to leave it quite a while before getting
round to renewal.
I asked for clarification on why historically we chose to have a six month
grace period - Mike suggested that it came from the model document for the
Articles from the charity commission, namely article 4.3: [Membership is
terminated if:] any sum due from the member to the charity is not paid in
full within six months of it falling due.
(See<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association#Termination_of_Members…>
our
articles)
In addition to this I'm aware that other groups (certainly UK political
parties) have a six month grace period, and that the general idea is to
enable as many as possible to be eligible to vote at a given EGM or AGM.
So - I'm not advocating FOR a reduction in limiting the grace period to a
shorter time span (say, three months) but rather seeking your thoughts on
whether that would be a good or a bad idea and why, much like I did when
asking about verifying the identity of members applying for membership.
Candid responses welcome.
For the record, I don't think reducing the grace period will mean we have
more members, I just think that in terms of keeping people engaged allowing
the long lapse mightn't be helpful. You'll be glad to know the next
membership newsletter email will indicate the status of the recipients
membership as current or grace and include a link to the renewals page :)
Thanks!
*Katherine Bavage *
*Fundraising Manager *
*Wikimedia UK*
+44 20 7065 0949
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
United Kingdom. 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.*
Dear All
Very sorry, but I've been reminded this afternoon that I had a pre-existing
arrangement of some weeks for tomorrow evening that, while in my own diary,
wasn't in my work calendar and so I failed to factor in when picking the
time. I can't cancel it :(
Obviously if people still wish to meet tomorrow without me that's
absolutely fine, but I was meant to take the notes and update from the
office, so it may be better to postpone. I'm conscious that Loopzilla
couldn't attend tomorrow anyway, not could Andrew Grey, so perhaps
rearranging would be a better choice.
What do people think? I'll check in again tomorrow morning, and if the
general feeling is to postpone I'll put a new doodle poll up.
Once again, I'm very sorry, I've had an unusually busy few days and
something finally slipped :/
Katherine
On 7 February 2013 12:28, Katherine Bavage <
katherine.bavage(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> As staff member responsible for liaising with our development contractors
> I've taken responsibility for initially convening the first meeting of the
> Chapter's Tech Committee for next Tuesday evening - my hope is a Community
> member will chair it and convene future meetings with my support as needed.
>
> The agenda is here<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings/12_Feb_2013>- please feel free to add items or ask for topics/questions to be
> discussed/answered on the talk page.
>
> As a quick reminder - the Technology Committee<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Technology_Committee>is meant to become the vehicle through which members of the community can
> review opportunities for the Chapter to collaborate in and lead on
> development work, contribute to the strategy for the Chapter in this area,
> and assist staff and Trustees by evaluating and monitoring work in this
> area.
>
> If you have any interest whatsoever then please do consider dropping in to
> the meeting next week between 19.00 - 21.00 UTC (add wmukskype as the
> Chapter staff contact) or adding your name to the list of interested
> members to be kept up to date on future meetings and opportunities for
> involvement.
>
> Thanks :)
>
> --
> *Katherine Bavage *
> *Fundraising Manager *
> *Wikimedia UK*
> +44 20 7065 0949
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
> United Kingdom. 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.*
>
--
*Katherine Bavage *
*Fundraising Manager *
*Wikimedia UK*
+44 20 7065 0949
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
United Kingdom. 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.*
Tom,
Why do you talk nonsense half the time (or more)? Of course many
donations have terms, implied or explicit. Hence the restricted funds
many charities have. Any donation involving transferring domain names
should have a written agreement, as this one will have, and that
agreement has terms. Which from a combination of various reasons took
an inordinate time to finalize.
John
On 11/02/2013 17:17, wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:00:59 +0000 From: Thomas Dalton
> <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> To: UK Wikimedia mailing list
> <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l]
> QRpedia Message-ID:
> <CALTQccdEi2urrzej=wmAKt2BK+aUevStT8ks-PMNPCcsL1GeVA(a)mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" On Feb 11, 2013 4:37 PM,
> "John Byrne" <john(a)bodkinprints.co.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> >What we had is best described as "a delay in agreeing terms for the
> donation" or similar.
>
> That's what I'm still not getting. Donations don't have terms...
>
Hi all,
Er . . . actually it went right. I think Jon has made it clear that
despite appearances it wasn't simple. Any problems arose from people's
expectations that it would be simple.
Tom, you have correctly, in my view, raised the problem having an
over-ambitious activity plan. I would have hoped that you realised that
many issues become more complex in practice and accept this as a case in
point
all the best
Fabian
> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:38:04 +0000
> From: Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>
> To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Governance review
> Message-ID:
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> On Feb 11, 2013 3:25 PM, "Jon Davies" <jon.davies(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> It is so easy to think this was simple and why did it take so long. It
> just did. From October 1st 2011, through two legal drafts, the involvement
> of staff and trustees over two continents, countless meetings, phone calls
> and emails, it all took time.
>>
>> Let's be happy we got there and toast the success. But please let's move
> on and make QRpedia work.
>
> You're the chief executive, it's your job to review what has happened,
> work
> out why it went wrong and work out how to do things better in future. "It
> just did" is totally unacceptable.
>
The terms of reference of the governance review can be found here:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Wikimedia_UK_independent_rev…
Section 9 gives the dates when various reports should be provided:
1 November 2012 - Proposed methodology and project plan
1 December 2012 - Description and Chronology
1 January 2013 - Interim report
31 January 2013 (target), 15 February 2013 (deadline) - Final report
The first three of those should therefore be available now. Can
someone please tell me where I can find them, or explain why they are
not yet available?
Jon said on the wiki on 9 January 2013 that the Interim report was
expected to be published "any day now"...