[Wikimedia IE] Fwd: Irish newspaper interview request

From: Michael Peel <michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk> Date: 4 January 2011 11:40:31 GMT To: deburcabutler(a)gmail.com Cc: Gemma Griffiths <gemgriff(a)googlemail.com>om>, Moka Pantages <mpantages(a)wikimedia.org>rg>, Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org>rg>, Wikimedia IE <wikimediaie(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: Irish newspaper interview request Hi Jonathan, Thanks for your phone call earlier, and my apologies again for us not responding to your enquiry sooner. I've cc'd Gemma Griffiths, Wikimedia UK's Head of PR, and Moka Pantages and Jay Walsh from the Wikimedia Foundation. I've also cc'd the Wikimedia Ireland mailing list, which has a number of Wikimedians based in Ireland subscribed, in case any of them are able and willing to provide information and quotes to you as needed. In terms of statistics, you can find a summary of the overall statistics for the Wikimedia projects at: http://stats.wikimedia.org/reportcard/ and statistics for the Irish Wikipedia at: http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaGA.htm There are also statistics from ComScore available, although they're a little dated and not linked to individual countries, at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stu/comScore_data_on_Wikimedia With the 10th anniversary, Wikimedians are running a number of events around the world to celebrate, which are summarized at: http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page I notice that there's one planned for Ireland: http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sligo although I don't know any more information on this. Hope this helps. Please feel free to let me/us know if there are any specific questions you want answering, or information providing. Thanks, Mike Peel Company Secretary, Wikimedia UK - http://uk.wikimedia.org/ Tel: +44 (0)7988 013 646 Email: michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk Wikimedia UK is the local chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL, United Kingdom. --- Dear Sir/Madam, My name is Jonathan deBurca Butler. I am a journalist working for an Irish national newspaper called the Irish Examiner. I was just wondering if you received my email the other day about the e-mail that I had sent previously? I have also tried to contact your offices in the UK but so far I have been unsuccessful. We are aware that your 10 year anniversary is only around the corner and we can only imagine that soon you will be inundated for interview requests. With that in mind I was hoping to perhaps get a quick interview with Jimmy Wales or Sue Gardner if they were available. If not it would be great to talk to somebody from the media department. It would just be a quick telephone chat about the site and whether it has done what the founders hoped it would do etc. Also, would it be possible to find out if there were specific details, facts and stats about how Wikipedia is used in Ireland. As you are probably aware, like most small countries with a bit of a complex, we think the world revolves around us so any stats or "oh that's interesting" information relating to our fair isle would be fabulous. Any help would be greatly appreciated and sincere thanks for taking the time to read this e-mail. Sincerely, Jonathan deBurca Butler