Wikimania-l August 2014

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Tuesday evening
by Andy Mabbett 05 Aug '14

05 Aug '14

Who's around? Where are people meeting/ eating /drinking/ being entertained?

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Visit to the Charles Dickens Museum
by Asaf Bartov 05 Aug '14

05 Aug '14

Hi, folks. I just landed in London, and I plan to visit the Charles Dickens Museum at 48 Doughty Street, a 22 minute walk from the Barbican Thistle City hotel, where many of us are. I intend to leave the hotel lobby around 12pm (noon), with whoever would like to join, or just by myself if no one else is interested. Information: http://www.dickensmuseum.com/your-visit/ Admission price is 8 pounds. No large bags/suitcases allowed. If you're interested, let me know, and be at the lobby before 12pm. In case you don't know me yet, you may recognize me by my striking resemblance to this guy: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff_and_contractors#mediaviewer/File… Cheers, Asaf -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org

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Headquarters Hotel for Wikimania London has rooms
by Ellie Young 05 Aug '14

05 Aug '14

For those of you who still need to book a room or know of someone looking to book, even last minute, there are some available (standard and premium), and you can book by contacting the following person at the Thistle City Barbican Hotel. Donna Thomas Donna.Thomas(a)Thistle.co.uk

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Shakespeare WikiGroundlings at The Globe
by Pharos 05 Aug '14

05 Aug '14

I wonder if anyone would like to join a meetup at London's The Globe, an exact replica of the historical theatre, and get some tickets in "The Yard" are only £5 - ie standing-room like the Groundlings from Shakespeare's day. Some times that are available: Tues - Anthony and Cleopatra 2pm (though this may not be ideal for the jetlaggers!) Wed - Anthony and Cleopatra 7:30pm Thurs - King Lear 7:30pm Sun - Holy Warriors 6:30pm (not Shakespeare, but apparently Shakespeare-esque!) This experiences involves a lot of standing among the proletariat, but gets you a lot of cultural and historical bang for your money. What would people be most interested in? Maybe Anthony and Cleopatra Wednesday evening, as there doesn't seem to be much official Wikimania programming for then? Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC

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Photography trip to the tank museum
by WereSpielChequers 05 Aug '14

05 Aug '14

If anyone fancies a trip to the Tank Museum <http://tankmuseum.org>, we have a limited number of free weekday tickets at Wikimedia UK. Coincidentally they are not valid during Wikimania itself, but could make a nice day trip for next week. Tripods are allowed providing you are sensible about where you use them and it isn't too busy. We have a wish list of things to photograph there <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Tank_Museum_2014>, and a blog post from Mightyhansa <https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/07/a-trip-to-the-tank-museum/> who went there recently. To request a ticket email me at GLAM(a)Wikimedia.org.uk. There are trains from Waterloo station <http://tankmuseum.org/find_us>. More details at https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tank_Museum_trip Regards Jonathan Cardy

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Meetups, provisional schedule
by stuart prior 05 Aug '14

05 Aug '14

Hi, We have created a schedule for various meetups requested in the evenings, and tried to find an hour for most of the meetings requested. We do not have formal spaces we can allocate during the day, though there are plenty of informal spaces in and around the venue that might serve the same purpose. These rooms will be classroom style. Please let me know if any of these are impractical and/or are not needed and we will find another use for the space, or if the idea of an evening meetup was not planned, there are plenty of pubs in the local area that might be useful for small groups. Also, please let me know if we've missed any events and we will try to accomodate. Friday Catalan meetup Fri 08 19:30 Frobisher Boardroom French Meetup Fri 08 18:30 Frobisher Boardroom African Meetup Fri 08 18:30 Fountain Room Indic Meetup Fri 08 19:30 South Frobisher 6 Open Educational Resources Fri 08 18:30 South Frobisher 6 Saturday Civi CRM Meetup Sat 09 18:30 Frobisher Boardroom Wikiarabia Sat 09 18:30 South Frobisher 4 Wikisource Sat 09 18:30 South Frobisher 5 LGBT Meetup Sat 09 18:30 South Frobisher 6 OpenStreetMap 10th Birthday Party Sat 09 19:30 Fountain Lounge Best Stuart -- Stuart Prior Wikimania Liaison Wikimedia UK +44 20 7065 0990 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.

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PGP key signing party
by Allan Aguilar 04 Aug '14

04 Aug '14

Hi all, I will be attending Wikimania from Friday to Sunday, and I want to have a key signing party. I pretend it to be informal, and we can meet at the Community Village.[1] If you want to have your PGP key signed, bring your public PGP key block to the conference, and your ID (passport will be enough). I will gadly sign your key if you sign mine :-) Please, contact me in private if you are interested. My PGP key ID is F7C0E1A3, and my fingerprint is B387 F3B1 0F2C F46B 36AD FAFF 7BC3 594D F7C0 E1A3. You can find it on key servers.[2] See you in London! [1] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Village [2] http://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x7BC3594DF7… -- Allan Aguilar B387 F3B1 0F2C F46B 36AD FAFF 7BC3 594D F7C0 E1A3 https://editandowikimedia.wordpress.com/

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Post Wikimania Worldcon plans
by Sydney Poore 04 Aug '14

04 Aug '14

Hello, I'm staying in London for meetings and then Worldcon the weekend after Wikimania. I'm staying with a friend of a friend during the week after wikimania but would love to share a hotel room closer to the WorldCon venue for that weekend. If anyone knows of someone going to worldcon and wants to share a room write to me off list. I'm also interested in meeting up at Worldcon with any Wikimedians who are going. Also write off list. Sydney Poore User:FloNight

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Update: Tours of the Barbican on Wednesday and Thursday
by HJ Mitchell 04 Aug '14

04 Aug '14

Just by way of an update: We'll be doing tours at 11, 2, and 5 on Wednesday (with me) and Thursday (with Chris McKenna). We might be able to arrange tours at other times if there's demand. Please sign up on the wiki or ping me offlist if you'd like to come, just so we have an idea of demand. This is a good opportunity to familiarise yourself with the conference venue (which is a bit of a rabbit warren!) while it's still relatively quiet. Best, Harry Mitchellhttp://enwp.org/User:HJ Phone: +44 (0) 7507 536971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell

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Testimonial Video Project at Wikimania
by Tjane Hartenstein 04 Aug '14

04 Aug '14

Hi all, my name is Tjane and I'm part of the Communications team at Wikimedia Deutschland. At Wikimania, me and my tiny camera crew (Anne Braun and Cornelius Kibelka) will conduct short interviews in order to collect international perspectives on current Wikimedia topics. You can find the topics (free knowledge/open source development/education/volunteers) and a list of sample questions on my Wikimania page <https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tjane_Hartenstein_(WMDE)>. If you want to contribute with one or more statements to this "testimonial video project", or else know someone who will be at Wikimania and who's insight on one or more of the topics absolutely needs to be captured on film, please feel free to contact me <tjane.hartenstein(a)wikimedia.de>! Or just find us at Wikimania: we will be either near the press corner or close to WMDE's data pump <https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tjane_Hartenstein_(WMDE)#medi…> in the community village...or somewhere close by! Looking forward to meet everyone, best, Tjane -- Tjane Hartenstein Text & Produktion Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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