<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p>Below is the Wikimedia UK <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports" title="Reports">monthly report</a> for the period 1 to 30 September 2011. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk">subscribe to our blog</a>, <a href="http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l" class="extiw" title="mail:wikimediauk-l">join our mailing list</a>, and/or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://twitter.com/wikimediauk">follow us on Twitter</a>. If you have any questions or comments, please drop us a line on <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Reports/2011/September&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Talk:Reports/2011/September (page does not exist)">this report's talk page</a>.</p><div>This report is also available, complete with pictures, on our website at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September">http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September</a> .</div><div><br></div>
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</div><ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Recruitment"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Recruitment</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Program_activities"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Program activities</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Education_projects"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Education projects</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#GLAM_activities"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">GLAM activities</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Other_activities"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Other activities</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#UK_press_coverage_.28and_coverage_of_UK_projects_.26_activities.29"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities)</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Upcoming_activities_in_October"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">Upcoming activities in October</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Administrative_activities"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Administrative activities</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Board_activities"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Board activities</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Charitable_status"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Charitable status</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Fundraising"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Fundraising</span></a></li>
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<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Recruitment">Recruitment</span></h1><p>This month we completed our recruitment of our new Chief Exec: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/welcoming-our-new-chief-executive/">Jon Davies</a> will start work on 1 October. Andrew Turvey, who led the recruitment, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/help-us-choose-our-chief-executive/">blogged about the process of recruiting our Chief Exec</a>; one of the last steps in this process was the presence of the final three candidates at the <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/49" class="extiw" title="meta:Meetup/London/49">49th London Meetup</a> so that the community could provide their input.</p><p>Our new full-time <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Office_Administrator" title="Office Administrator">Office Administrator</a>, Richard Symonds, known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Chase_me_ladies,_I%27m_the_Cavalry" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:User:Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry">Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry</a>
on Wikipedia, started work this month to assist specifically with the
fundraiser work, and also more generally with WMUK's administrative
needs. His contract runs until mid-January.</p>
<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Program_activities">Program activities</span></h1>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education_projects">Education projects</span></h2><p>On the 1st September, Martin Poulter and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Martinvl" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:User:Martinvl">User:Martinvl</a> ran <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Physics_Workshop" title="Institute of Physics Workshop">a workshop for members of the Institute of Physics</a>. The event was written up in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/wikimedia-uk-at-the-institute-of-physics/">a blog post</a>.</p><p>We funded <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiSym_Scholarships" title="WikiSym Scholarships">two scholarships</a> to attend <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wikisym.org/ws2011/start">WikiSym 2011</a>
in October 2011. The scholarships were awarded to Dr Mark Graham, and
Han-Teng Liao, both from the Oxford Internet Institute. Following from
the visit, they will also present about their work at the Wikimedia
Foundation offices.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="GLAM_activities">GLAM activities</span></h2><p>Two <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/ARKive_project" title="ARKive project">ARKive project</a> events were held in Bristol on 15 September (one in the afternoon, the other in the evening), led by Andy Mabbett (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pigsonthewing" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:User:Pigsonthewing">User:Pigsonthewing</a>), details of which are at <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Wildlife_Bristol" title="Wiki Wildlife Bristol" class="mw-redirect">Wiki Wildlife Bristol</a>.
These were part of a larger collaboration to improve Wikipedia articles
on threatened species, full information for which is available at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/ARKive" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Wikipedia:GLAM/ARKive">Wikipedia:GLAM/ARKive</a>. The events were covered by a number of local blogs and media organisations.</p><p>QRPedia saw extensive media coverage this month, mostly following from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/09/28/qr-codes-wikipedia/">WMF blog post about it</a>. See below for links to the news stories.</p><p>A number of other GLAM activities also took place, including:</p>
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<li>3rd - The Mayor of Derby awarded prizes by a webstream to winners in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftoolserver.org%2F%7Epara%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkmlexport%3Farticle%3DWikipedia_talk%3AGLAM%2FDerby%2FMultilingual_Challenge%26usecache%3D1">Russia, France and Indonesia</a> for the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Derby/Multilingual_Challenge">Derby Multilingual challenge</a></li>
<li>8th - the first Wikipedia editing training session at the British
Museum was, with nine BM people present (a mix of curators, curatorial
interns and volunteers) and three Wikimedians. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/Ice_Age_art/training" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/Ice Age art/training">More details are on the Wikipedia project page</a>.</li>
<li>14th - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://museumnetworkwarwickshire.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/something-wiki-this-way-comes-workshop-14th-september/">A workshop for GLAMs</a> was run at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Art_Gallery_and_Museum" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Herbert Art Gallery and Museum">Herbert Art Gallery and Museum</a>. For more information on this, see the <a href="http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2011/Contents/UK_report" class="extiw" title="outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/September 2011/Contents/UK report">'This month in GLAM' UK report</a>.</li>
<li>27th - A presentation was given to all staff at the British Library by Fae and Roger</li>
<li>30th - Fae meet with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museums_Galleries_Scotland" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Museums Galleries Scotland">Museums Galleries Scotland</a> to talk about an upcoming partnership.</li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_activities">Other activities</span></h2>
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<li>UK Wikimeets this month: <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/London_49" class="extiw" title="meta:Wikipedia:Meetup/London 49">London</a> (11th) and <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Manchester" class="extiw" title="meta:Meetup/Manchester">Manchester</a> (17th)</li>
<li>2nd-3rd - <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel" title="User:Mike Peel">Mike Peel</a> presented at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scienceonlinelondon.org/">Science Online London</a> in the "How are wikis being used to carry out and communicate science?" session, and also the 'Micro-attribution' session.</li>
<li>8th - Steve Virgin and Roger Bamkin presented at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/2246">TEDx Bristol</a></li>
<li>13th - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2011/Contents/USA_report">Jimmy Wales uses QRpedia in Indianapolis</a></li>
<li>14th - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://theglamwikiexperience.blogspot.com/2011/09/edit-thon-at-fundacio-joan-miro.html">Editathon in Barcelona</a> creates articles to support QRpedia at Foundation Joan Miro</li>
<li>27th - Fiona Apps (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Panyd" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:User:Panyd">User:Panyd</a>) spoke about Women and Wikipedia at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.manchestergirlgeeks.com/upcoming-event-girl-geek-dinner-at-b-hive/">Manchester Girl Geek Dinner</a> at B-Hive, Manchester. A <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Girl_Geek_Dinner#Girl_Geek_Dinner_2:_Manchester">report is available on the wiki</a>.</li>
<li>We have offered <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/wikiconference-india-travel-grants/">travel grants to support UK residents' attendance of WikiConference India in November</a>.</li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="UK_press_coverage_.28and_coverage_of_UK_projects_.26_activities.29">UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities)</span></h2><p>Press coverage of Wikimedia in UK publications this month included:</p>
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<li>1st - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wfyi.org/podcast/newscasts/NEWS_1108310830.mp3">QRpedia and Lori on Indianapolis local radio</a></li>
<li>8th - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2011/09/08/wiki-creator-s-keynote-speech-at-radio-festival-61634-29384251/">Wikipedia creator’s keynote speech at radio festival</a>, JournalLive</li>
<li>9th - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/article/default.aspx?objid=85087">Wikipedia founder wows Cambridge Network audience</a> - <i>"Wikipedia attracts more readers than the top 20 newspapers in the world combined. "</i>, also covered in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cabume.co.uk/blog/running-wikipedia-possibly-not-as-easy-as-jimmy-wales-makes-it-look.html">Cabume</a> (13th)</li>
<li>12th - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/270706">Joan Collins Corrects Wikipedia Entry</a>, Express</li>
<li>14th - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-a-personal-apology-2354679.html">Johann Hari: A personal apology</a>, Independent. Also covered in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/14/johann-hari-apologises-orwell-prize">The Guardian</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.periscopepost.com/2011/09/johann-hari-apologises-for-plagiarism-and-wikipedia-edits-or-does-he/">Periscope Post</a>.</li>
<li>15th - QR Codes at the National Archives: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/620.htm">National archives news</a> & <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.government-news.co.uk/national-archives/201109/the-national-archives-museum-tests-wikimedia-qr-codes.asp?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">GovernmentNews</a></li>
<li>16th - coverage of ARKive event:
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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bristolwireless.net/2011/09/lifes-wild-editing-wikipedia/">Life’s wild editing Wikipedia</a>, Bristol Wireless</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bristol247.com/2011/09/16/bristol-wikipedians-taught-to-edit-online-encylopaedia-26319/">Bristol ‘Wikipedians’ taught to edit online encylopaedia</a>, Bristol 24/7</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.arkive.org/2011/09/arkive-on-the-road-wiki-%E2%80%98wildlife-editathon%E2%80%99-in-bristol-uk/">ARKive on the Road: Wiki ‘Wildlife editathon’ in Bristol, UK</a>, ARKive blog.</li>
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<li>24th - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/para-todos-la-2/para-todos-2-23-09-11/1205515/">QRpedia on Spanish Discussion programme</a> as part of 40 minute programme on Wikipedia - one of three Spanish TV interviews</li>
<li>28th - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://zhuxiaojie.sinaapp.com/?p=2086">维基百科推出可能有史以来最酷的QRpedia » 竹筱杰</a> QRpedia and also in two other places.</li>
<li>29th - coverage of QRPedia (a project developed by UK wikimedian and Terence Eden):
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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/79515/">Wikipedia launches QR code creation service to assist museum visitors</a>, PanArmenian</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://memeburn.com/2011/09/qrpedia-wikipedia-makes-visiting-museums-more-fun/">QRPedia: Wikipedia makes visiting museums more fun</a>, MemeBurn</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thenextweb.com/media/2011/09/29/qrpedia-creates-multilingual-qr-codes-for-wikipedia-articles/">QRpedia creates multilingual QR codes for Wikipedia articles</a>, The Next Web</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.techworld.com.au/article/402669/qrpedia_wikipedia_launches_qr_code_tool_museums/?fp=16&fpid=1">QRPedia: Wikipedia launches QR code tool for museums</a>, Australian Techworld</li>
<li>Several others that day</li>
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<li>30th More coverage of QRpedia
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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/09/how-wikipedia-is-making-qr-codes-useful-again/">How Wikipedia Is Making QR Codes Useful Again</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.techfrom.com/16401.html">维基百科二维码移动应用 QRpedia，简单并且好用，堪称应用典范！ | TechFrom科技源</a> TechFrom and several others that day</li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Upcoming_activities_in_October">Upcoming activities in October</span></h2>
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<li>1st - <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Backstage_Pass" title="Herbert Backstage Pass">Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Backstage Pass</a></li>
<li>1st - Warwick University Freshers fair - Panyd organising stall</li>
<li>1st - <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Edinburgh_3" class="extiw" title="meta:Meetup/Edinburgh 3">Edinburgh meetup</a> - run by Fæ and Brian McNeil</li>
<li>1st - Tom Morris attending <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://overtheair.org/blog/category/about/about-over-the-air/">Over the Air</a> at Bletchley Park where Terence Eden did keynote on QRpedia</li>
<li>5th - Martin Poulter speaking on "Common pitfalls in engaging with Wikipedia" at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bathcamp.org/events/event/open-spirit/">Bathcamp #26, the Innovation Centre, Bath</a></li>
<li>5th - Roger Bamkin speaking at Europeana Conference at Austrian National Library on "WLM, GLAM and QRpedia"</li>
<li>7th - 13.30-17.00 British Museum internal training workshop.</li>
<li>7th - Meeting with Central Midlands Archives, Derby City Council re QRpedia</li>
<li>8th - Andy Mabbett - "GLAM and QRpedia" at Library Camp UK in Birmingham</li>
<li>8th - Cambridge meetup</li>
<li>11th - <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agenda_11Oct11" title="Agenda 11Oct11">Board meeting</a></li>
<li>13th - 10.00-17.00 British Museum Ice Age art "Behind the Scenes" event.</li>
<li>15th - Largest Joan Miro exhibition for 20 years in Barcelona uses
17 QRpedia codes which access English articles (Oh and some in Catalan)</li>
<li>16th - <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/50" class="extiw" title="meta:Meetup/London/50">London meetup</a></li>
<li>16th - EGM - see below</li>
<li>24th - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://manclounge.eventbrite.com/">10.00-18.00 Wikipedia Lounge at The University of Manchester</a></li>
<li>28th - Meeting scheduled in Monmouth to try and launch partnership with the town</li>
</ul><p>For events in November and onwards, please see <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events" title="Events">Events</a>.</p>
<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Administrative_activities">Administrative activities</span></h1>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Board_activities">Board activities</span></h2><p>We held an <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agenda_18Sep11" title="Agenda 18Sep11">In-person executive board meeting</a>
on 18 September in Derby. Discussions focused on plans for our upcoming
EGM (see below) and on the induction process for our new chief exec.</p><p>Draft reports from board members on their recent activities are <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports_11Oct11" title="Reports 11Oct11">available on the WMUK wiki</a> in preparation for the next board meeting on 11 October.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Charitable_status">Charitable status</span></h2><p>Our application to be recognised as a charity by the UK's Charity
Commission was significantly progressed this month. We will be holding
an <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/EGM_2011" title="EGM 2011">Extraordinary General Meeting on 16 October 2011</a>
to pass a special resolution to change our Objects to bring them in
line with the Charity Commission's view of what a charity is. See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/egm-16th-october-help-us-become-a-charity/">our blog post on this subject</a> for more information.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Fundraising">Fundraising</span></h2><p>In preparation for the upcoming fundraiser, we have run a series of
fundraising tests this month. The tests and their outcomes are <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011/Local_testing/GB" class="extiw" title="meta:Fundraising 2011/Local testing/GB">described on meta</a>.</p><p>We received £3624.73 in paypal donations from 272 donors this month -
more than twice what we received in August. We have also started
accepting <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://directdebit.wikimedia.org.uk/">monthly and quarterly Direct Debits</a>:
this month we recieved eight new Direct Debit instructions, averaging
£22/month. All but one of these came in during the hour-long fundraising
test on 28 September.</p><p>For more information please see our monthly fundraising report at <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_Report_-_Monthly_Totals_2011" title="Fundraising Report - Monthly Totals 2011">Fundraising Report - Monthly Totals 2011</a>.</p>
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