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
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An university has released part of their data on an open licence. I now need to extract the relevant fields (around half a million) using python. The job was started by the uni, but the member of staff moved on.
Does anybody with Python skills who would like to collaborate?
The University is in mid Wales.
Thanks and best regards to you all
Robin
Dear all
During 2019 Wikimedia UK has been working to a draft new strategic
framework for 2019 - 2022 which was developed earlier this year through
discussions with staff, board and volunteers. Our delivery and reporting in
the current financial year has been based on the new framework, however the
strategy has remained in draft form while we considered the strategic
implications of the recommendations emerging from the global movement
strategy working groups.
Following a board away day in late September 2019 the draft strategy has
been further refined, and is shared on wiki here:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_Strategy_2019%E2%80%9322
Whilst the strategy builds on our achievements and learning from 2016 to
2019 and represents a new iteration rather than a complete change of
direction, there is a greater emphasis on Wikimedia UK’s role as a
facilitator and enabler of open knowledge, rather than as an organisation
focused on project delivery. Within this framework, our underpinning
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approach. Please add your comments and questions to the talk page by Sunday
10th November 2019 - or feel to email me directly with your feedback.
This week, we also submitted our proposal to the Wikimedia Foundation for
funding of £335,000 in 2020/21. You can see our proposal here:
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With thanks and best wishes
Lucy
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knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from
individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you
considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk
Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered
No. 6741827
Registered Charity No.1144513
Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London
SE1 0NZ
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.