Hi everyone,
Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for the period 1st to 31st January 2014. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our blog https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/, join a UK mailing list, and/or follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/wikimediauk. If you have any questions or comments, please drop us a line on this report's talk pagehttps://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Talk:Reports/2014/January&action=edit§ion=new .
If you prefer to see the report on wiki, you can do so here - https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2014/January
Regards, Richard Nevell
Program activities Community Project grants outcome
GLAM activities
The previously approved macrogrant applicationhttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Macrogrants/Wikimedia_Commons_Geograph_and_Avionics_batch_upload_projects_support for a Macmini to support commons:User:Faebothttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Faebot activities have been supplied, with images uploading on Wikimedia Commons started to take place.
Editathons
*BBC*
Andy Mabbett led a very successful event at the BBC uploading sound fileshttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:BBC_voice_samples . London Zoo
John Cummings led an editathon at London Zoo addressing the gender gap by creating articles on Women in Zoology. Royal Society
John Byrne started his residence at the Royal Society with several training sessions for Royal Society staff, and internal meetings with various departments. More details of past and future activity at User:Wiki at Royal Society John https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wiki_at_Royal_Society_John and his January Reporthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wiki_at_Royal_Society_John/January_14_Report Scotland
Ally Crockford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ACrockford ran an Anybody but Burns editathonhttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Anybody_but_Burns_editathon at the National Library of Scotlandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/National_Library_of_Scotland, supported by the Scottish Poetry Libraryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Poetry_Library, to remind people that Scotland has more than one great poet. The results have been posted on the events page, and we are happy to report that despite the miserable weather, we had thirteen participants who created five new articles and improved twelve more.
*York*
Pat Hadley our Wikipedian in Residence at York Museums trust reports that Andy Woods, curator of numismatics has provided 110 images of 54 coins from the Middleham Hoardhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Coins_from_the_Middleham_Hoard. Now they are uploaded Pat hopes to work with user:Wehwalthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:Wehwalt and user:Johnbod https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/User:Johnbod to create an article on the hoard itself through AFChttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Middleham_Hoard and use the coins to illustrate further articles. Pat has made contact with WikiProjects, Archaeologyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Archaeology#Middleham_Hoard, and Yorkshirehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Yorkshire#Middleham_Hoard . Image Releases
The Wellcome trust announced the release of 100,000 images under an open licence http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/page/News.html Education and expert outreach Coleg Cymraeg advertises for a Wikipedian in residence
This is one of the first full time Wikimedians in Residence world-wide who will be employed by a university. 2014 Activity Planning
January has been a time of intensive activity planning, with 6 or 7 events taking place during the months of February and March. See 2014 Activity Plan for University and Education Outreachhttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2014_Activity_Plan/University_and_Education_Outreach Scholarship for EduWiki in Serbia
Wikimedia Serbia is organising a two-day event in March called EduWiki following on the model established by WMUK. Brian Kelly is attending this event in Belgrade, through a WMUK schoarship organised in January. Details herehttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_Serbia_EduWiki_Conference_2014_Scholarship . Wikimedia Ambassador at Jisc
Dr Martin Poulter continues as Wikimedia Ambassador with Jisc. See his 5th report covering January 2014https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador/Summary_4_February_2014 . Future of Education at Wikimania 2014
Preliminary planning for a fringe/hack event ahead of Wikimania (21-22 June) is underway. WMUK is participating in this through Stuart Prior and Toni Sant but other UK-based Wikimedians are also involved.Details herehttps://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fringe/Future_of_Education_Hack . EduWiki Conference 2014
Preliminary planning for EduWiki 2014 has started. See plans for EduWiki 2014 https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2014_Activity_Plan/EduWiki. Technology Other activities
Swansea Library hosted a successful Hackathon, the first of it's kind in Wales, with wiki editing skills training for new users. A Training Coordinator has been appointed for Wales, paid for by a Welsh Government grant. Wiki Loves Monuments Project grants
The classification of microgrants & macrogrants have been combined into a general project grants. One new project grant application have been started this month, with a proposalhttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Project_grants/Public_art_in_the_City_of_Westminster to spend three days photographing to bring en:List of public art in the City of Westminsterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_art_in_the_City_of_Westminster to feature list status on the English Wikipedia.
Information about how to submit a project grant application of your own, are at Project grants/Applicationshttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Project_grants/Applications . UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities)
- Telegraph: Revealed - 2013's top 20 viewed articles on Wikipediahttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/10556710/Revealed-2013s-top-20-viewed-articles-on-Wikipedia.html?frame=2784381 - Guardian: Wikipedia - Breaking Bad leads TV dramas in top pages listhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jan/10/wikipedia-top-pages-2013-breaking-bad - RTE - Breaking Bad tops Wikipedia TV searches listhttp://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/0111/497185-breaking-bad-tops-wikipedias-tv-searches-list/ - Digital Trends - TV, movies and celebs: Wikipedia's top searches of 2013http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/tv-movies-celebs-wikipedias-top-searches-2013/ - Third Sector - Cancer Research UK advertises for 'wikipedian in residence'http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/Communications/article/1227400/cancer-research-uk-advertises-wikipedian-residence/ - Cancer Research UK - We’ve joined forces with Wikipedia to improve cancer informationhttp://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2014/01/16/weve-joined-forces-with-wikipedia-to-improve-cancer-information/ - Civil Society - CRUK to recruit a Wikipedian in Residencehttp://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/16701/cruk_will_recruit_a_wikipedian_in_residence - Charity Digital News - Cancer Research UK develops in-house Wikipedian role for cancer informationhttp://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2014/01/16/cancer-research-uk-develops-in-house-wikipedian-role-for-cancer-information/ - British Journal of Healthcare Computing - Cancer Research UK to employ its own Wikipedia contributorhttp://www.bj-hc.co.uk/bjhc-news/news-detail.html?news=2640&lang=en&feed=130 - The Next Web - Wikipedia adding celebrity voices to wiki pages to preserve them for future generationshttp://thenextweb.com/media/2014/01/25/wikipedia-adding-celebrity-voices-biography-pages-preserve-celebrity-voices-future-generations/ - Sondika Internet - Wikipedia's Adding Voice Recordings to Famous People's Biographies http://sondakikainternet.com/?p=1642 - sairah.net - Wikipedia’s Adding Voice Recordings to Famous People’s Biographies http://sairah.net/technews/?p=1792 - Aaress info media - Wikipedia's Adding Voice Recordings to Famous People's Biographieshttp://aaressinfomedia.com/index.php/wikipedias-adding-voice-recordings-to-famous-peoples-biographies/ - Soviders tech - Wikipedia adding celebrity voices to wiki pages to preserve them for future generationshttp://soviders.org/2014/01/26/wikipedia-adding-celebrity-voices-to-wiki-pages-to-preserve-them-for-future-generations/ - Techauntie.com - Wikipedia adding celebrity voices to wiki pages to preserve them for future generationshttp://techauntie.com/wikipedia-adding-celebrity-voices-to-wiki-pages-to-preserve-them-for-future-generations/ - Inethonduras.com Wikipedia adding celebrity voices to wiki pages to preserve them for future generations http://inethonduras.com/?p=114178 - Gizmodo.com.au - Wikipedia's Adding Voice Recordings To Famous People's Biographieshttp://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/01/wikipedias-adding-voice-recordings-of-famous-people/ - techlomedia.in - WikiVIP adds voice samples of celebrities in Wikipedia articleshttp://techlomedia.in/2014/01/wikivip-adds-voice-samples-of-celebrities-in-wikipedia-articles-21418/ - wwwhatsnew.com - WikiVIP, nuevo proyecto de la Wikipedia para obtener clips de audio con voces de celebridadeshttp://wwwhatsnew.com/2014/01/26/wikivip-nuevo-proyecto-de-la-wikipedia-para-obtener-clips-de-audio-con-voces-de-celebridades/ - Endlessness Technology - Wikipedia’s adding voice recordings to famous people’s biographieshttp://technology.endlessness.co/2014/01/wikipedias-adding-voice-recordings-to-famous-peoples-biographies/ - chicabinaria.com - #Wikipedia Añade Voces de Celebridades a las Páginas Wiki Para Preservarlos Para el Futurohttp://chicabinaria.com/2014/01/25/wikipedia-anade-voces-de-celebridades-a-las-paginas-wiki-para-preservarlos-para-el-futuro/ - amazoncompraronline.com - Proyecto WikiVIP: Wikipedia comienza a incorporar voces de celebridadeshttp://amazoncompraronline.com/proyecto-wikivip-wikipedia-comienza-a-incorporar-voces-de-celebridades/ - Webonomia.com - Proyecto WikiVIP: Wikipedia comienza a incorporar voces de celebridadeshttp://webonomia.com/noticias/proyecto-wikivip-wikipedia-comienza-a-incorporar-voces-de-celebridades/ - paginamendocinas.com.ar - Proyecto WikiVIP: Wikipedia comienza a incorporar voces de celebridadeshttp://www.paginasmendocinas.com.ar/proyecto-wikivip-wikipedia-comienza-a-incorporar-voces-de-celebridades/ - Digitaltrends.com - Wikipedia adding voice recordings to famous people’s pageshttp://www.digitaltrends.com/web/wikipedia-adding-voice-recordings-famous-peoples-pages/#ixzz2rVGbM06d - Eju.tv - Proyecto WikiVIP: Wikipedia comienza a incorporar voces de celebridadeshttp://eju.tv/2014/01/proyecto-wikivip-wikipedia-comienza-a-incorporar-voces-de-celebridades/ - aveventures.net - Wikipedia’s Adding Voice Recordings to Famous People’s Biographies http://aveventures.net/?p=1893 - FWVentures.net - Wikipedia’s Adding Voice Recordings to Famous People’s Biographies http://fwventures.net/?p=2818 - clasesdeperiodismo.com - Wikipedia quiere preservar las voces en su plataformahttp://www.clasesdeperiodismo.com/2014/01/26/wikipedia-quiere-preservar-las-voces-en-su-plataforma/%20clasesdeperiodismo.com - Librarystuff.net - Stephen Fry records his voice for Wikipediahttp://www.librarystuff.net/2014/01/26/stephen-fry-records-his-voice-for-wikipedia/ - webmasto.com - Wikipedia’da Artık Ünlülerin Ses Kayıtları da Yer Alacakhttp://www.webmasto.com/wikipedia-wikivip-unlulerin-ses-kayitlari - love74.com - Wikipedia documents the celebrity voices in their pages(in Arabic) http://www.love74.com/?p=157677 - takesontech.com - Wikipedia Adding Voice Recordings to Famous People’s Bio Pageshttp://www.takesontech.com/wikipedia-adding-coice-recordings-famous-peoples-bio-pages - blog.software-nation.com - Wikipedia adding celebrity voices to wiki pages to preserve them for future generationshttp://blog.software-nation.com/wikipedia-adding-celebrity-voices-to-wiki-pages-to-preserve-them-for-future-generations/ - Raduoncescu.ro - Wikipedia VIPhttp://www.raduoncescu.ro/2014/01/26/wikipedia-vip/ - sage-computers.com - Wikipedia documents the celebrity voices in their pages http://sage-computers.com/?p=5315%20(in%20Arabic) - tariq-aljaser.com - Wikipedia documents the celebrity voices in their pages (in Arabic)http://www.tariq-aljaser.com/site/index.php/archives/29963 - GeeksRoom.com - El Proyecto WikiVIP quiere preservar la voz de famososhttp://geeksroom.com/2014/01/wikipedia-wikivip/82267/ - Green-tea-reviews.com - Wikipedia’s Adding Voice Recordings to Famous People’s Biographies http://green-tea-reviews.info/ble/?p=13094 - networldinteractive.com - Wikipedia adding celebrity voices to wiki pages to preserve them for future generationshttp://networldinteractive.com/wikipedia-adding-celebrity-voices-to-wiki-pages-to-preserve-them-for-future-generations/ - beartai.com - Wikipedia began collecting audio clips celebrities added to the online encyclopedia (in Thai) http://www.beartai.com/news/5621 - haryanaabtak.com - WikiVIP: A place where Salman, Shah Rukh, Arvind Kejriwal can speak only for 10 secondshttp://haryanaabtak.com/index.php/wikivip-a-place-where-salman-shah-rukh-arvind-kejriwal-can-speak-only-for-10-seconds/ - techwhack.co - Wikimedia starts a WikiVIP program to record voices of celebrities for posterityhttp://techwhack.co/wikimedia-starts-wikivip-program-record-voices-celebrities-posterity-50479/ - socialnet.mk (Macedonia, unable to translate)http://www.socialnet.mk/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0-%D1%9C%D0%B5-%D0%B3%D0%B8-%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BF/ - Technicsandtime.com - Wikipedia adding celebrity voices to wiki pages to preserve them for future generationshttp://technicsandtime.com/2014/01/26/wikipedia-adding-celebrity-voices-to-wiki-pages-to-preserve-them-for-future-generations/ - i3con.co.kr - from Wikipedia, the celebrity voice recording (in Korean)http://i3con.co.kr/?P=1350 - hi-tech.leonardo.it - Wikipedia Stephen Fry: perché un’autorità registra la propria voce per i posterihttp://hi-tech.leonardo.it/wikipedia-stephen-fry/ - htxt.co.za - Wikipedia project hopes to add celebrity voices to Wiki pageshttp://www.htxt.co.za/2014/01/27/wikipedia-project-hopes-add-celebrity-voices-wiki-pages/ - webrazzi.com - Wikipedia önemli kişilerin biyografilerine ses kayıtlarını eklemeye başladıhttp://www.webrazzi.com/2014/01/27/wikipedia-onemli-kisilerin-biyografilerine-ses-kayitlarini-eklemeye-basladi/ - freshinfos.com - Wikipedia Launches WikiVIP to Preserve Voices of Celebritieshttp://freshinfos.com/2014/01/27/wikipedia-launches-wikivip-to-preserve-voices-of-celebrities/ - memeburn.com - Wikipedia looks to preserve celeb voices by adding them to pageshttp://memeburn.com/2014/01/wikipedia-looks-to-preserve-celeb-voices-by-adding-them-to-pages/ - excoft.net - Wikipedia documents the celebrity voices in their pages (in Arabic)http://excoft.net/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%82-%D8%A3%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D8%A7/ - www.sosmedblog.com - Wikipedia biographies of important people began to add voice recordingshttp://www.sosmedblog.com/wikipedia-onemli-kisilerin-biyografilerine-ses-kayitlarini-eklemeye-basladi/ - gizmodo.it - Wikipedia inserisce le registrazioni audio delle voci nelle voci biografichehttp://www.gizmodo.it/2014/01/27/wikipedia-inserisce-le-registrazioni-audio-delle-voci-nelle-voci-biografiche.html - The Guardian - Stephen Fry kickstarts Wikipedia's celebrity voice archiveshttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/27/stephen-fry-kickstarts-wikipedias-celebrity-voice-archives - net.nana20.co.il - Wikipedia maintains the celebrity voiceshttp://net.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=1033491 - The Telegraph - Stephen Fry launches project to save voices for posterityhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/10599531/Stephen-Fry-launches-project-to-save-voices-for-posterity.html - PC World - Wikipedia adding voice recording to famous people's pageshttp://www.pcworld.com/article/2091413/wikipedia-adding-voice-recordings-to-famous-peoples-pages.html - motherboard.vice.com - Wikipedia is building a repository of famous voiceshttp://motherboard.vice.com/blog/wikipedia-is-building-a-repository-of-famous-voices - Bournemouth University Research Blog - Contributing to Wikipedia - the ultimate in open accesshttp://blogs.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/2014/01/26/contributing-to-wikipedia-the-ultimate-in-open-access/
Blog posts this month
- New blog "planet" for UK Wikimiedianshttps://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/01/new-blog-planet-for-uk-wikimedians/ (7 January) - 2013 - what can we learn from what people read on Wikipedia?https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/01/2013-what-can-we-learn-from-what-people-read-on-wikipedia/ (8 January) - Creative Commons 4.0 BY and BY-SA licenses approved conformant with the Open Definitionhttps://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/01/creative-commons-4-0-by-and-by-sa-licenses-approved-conformant-with-the-open-definition/ (14 January) - Wikimedia UK and Cancer Research UK to take cancer information to the next levelhttps://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/01/wikimedia-uk-and-cancer-research-uk-to-take-cancer-information-to-the-next-level/ (16 January) - Celebrating Scottish poets: Anyone but Burns!https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/01/celebrating-scottish-poets-anyone-but-burns/ (20 January) - Wellcome Images freely releases 100,000 imageshttps://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/01/wellcome-images-freely-releases-100000-images/ (21 January) - Telling the stories of rural England with Wikipediahttps://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/01/telling-the-stories-of-rural-england-with-wikipedia/ (24 January) - Stephen Fry records his voice for Wikipediahttps://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/01/stephen-fry-records-his-voice-for-wikipedia/ (25 January) - Coleg Cymraeg to employ Wikipedian in Residencehttps://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/01/coleg-cymraeg-to-employ-wikipedian-in-residence/ (28 January) - Anybody but Burns event a successhttps://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/01/anybody-but-burns-event-a-success/ (29 January)
Upcoming activities in January and February January
- *07* - Tech Com meetinghttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings#2013 - *12* - London meetup https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/77 - *18* - Speakerthon: uploading voice samples from the Radio 4 archive to Wikipediahttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:BBC_voice_project - *18* - Women in zoology and natural history editathon at London Zoohttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/ZSL_Editathon - *19* - Oxford meetup https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Oxford/12 - *25* - Anybody but Burns editathonhttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Anybody_but_Burns_editathon, Edinburgh - *26* - Swansea Editathon and Wiki traininghttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Swansea/1 - *26* - Manchester meetuphttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Manchester/21
February
- *01* - TaPRA Wikipedia Workshophttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/TaPRA_Wikipedia_Workshop_February_2014 - London - *01–02* - Training the Trainers/February 2014 eventhttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Training_the_Trainers/February_2014_event - Cardiff - *09* - London meetup https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/78 - *15* - Cambridge meetuphttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/21 - *17–21* - Wikipedia Takes UCLhttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikipedia_Takes_UCL - London - *21* - National Maritime Museum Cornwall http://www.nmmc.co.uk/ & Cornish GLAMs one day workshop - Falmouth, contact:Fæhttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Special:EmailUser/F%C3%A6 - *26* - Wellcome Library editathonhttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wellcome_Library_editathon - *27–28* - Ally Crockfordhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ACrockford at The EDGE Conference http://edgeconference.co.uk/ - Edinburgh
For events in March 2014 and onwards, please see Eventshttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events . Administrative activities
Work on closing the 2013/14 financial year is continuing ahead of schedule, with the first auditor's meeting during the week of 10 March. Public figures are not available for distribution until they've been checked over by the auditors, but they maybe available by April. Board activities
Communications
The most recent full board meeting was in December. Board committees meet in-between full board meetings, and the Audit and Risk Committee met in Januaryhttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Audit_and_Risk_Committee/Meeting_2014-01-21 .
Please see the above links to relevant press coverage received in January and blog posts published during the same period.
If you're interested in getting more involved with our communications or have any questions or comments, please email Stevie Benton – stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk Fundraising and Membership Fundraising
This month, we received £2,051.00 in one-off donations, with 11 individual donations, one of which was a donation of £1,000. Removing this large donation from consideration the average donation amount was £95.63 - 40% of these donors have had Gift Aid Declarations made and matched with their records. If anyone would like a full (but anonymised) csv file with more information, please get in touch with katherine.bavage[image: at] wikimedia.org.uk and let her know your requirements.
There were 4506 successful direct debits this month, bringing in a total of £17842.52. Membership
Up to 31st January 2013 there were 238 members of the charity eligible to vote.
You can view more detailed membership data herehttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Membership/Numbers Visitors to the office this month
We received 73 visitors to the office this month. Organisations included Work Digital, the Egypt Historical Society, Afghan Aid, Target Right Media and the Zoological Society of London.