Hi,
Personally I think there should be a bid. Going for the Queen Mary
solution may make a lot of sense as much of the preparation has
already been done and we could concentrate on improvements on the
previous attempt. However, before we settle on the location we should
probably consider why East London was not attractive last time around
and decide if these problems (whatever they were) could be overcome.
I also think we should be careful not to let a wikimania bid get in
the way of the charity registration and setting up the UK chapter.
While the chapter could lend support to the bid, I think it would be
good to have it lead from outside the board. I would be very happy for
Gordon to take the lead on this.
Cheers,
Andrew
On 4/4/06, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
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> Shall we consider a bid?
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> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2007
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> I am happy to take the East London bid based on "Queen Mary,
> University of London" and carry the ideas forward.
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> Gordon
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Kenny
There's been a pile of vandalism, a mention in the Irish Independent
this morning and a libelous email purporting to be the Wikipedia
article on him circulating, which latter I just got a call from the
Irish 'Sun' about. So please watchlist and stamp on vandalism.
- d.
On 22/08/06, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/22/06, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Kenny
> > There's been a pile of vandalism, a mention in the Irish Independent
> > this morning and a libelous email purporting to be the Wikipedia
> > article on him circulating, which latter I just got a call from the
> > Irish 'Sun' about. So please watchlist and stamp on vandalism.
> Already being done. can't we just protect it?
Only if needed, of course. Soft security!!! (ahem)
There's a message at the end of that message board post you linked
suggesting they find other DJ articles to vandalise. So
[[Category:Irish radio personalities]] and [[Category:Irish television
personalities]] could do with a watchful eye as well.
- d.
The Czech magazine [*] wants a press-suitable photo of me. Did anyone
take something suitable (including in resolution) at one of the many
Wikipedia meetups? I don't expect to be able to concoct a better fresh
shot quickly ...
[*] http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2006-August/052188.html
- d.
You would probably believe the things I get to what's supposed to be
my press contact email. This one is more sensible than most ;-)
Presumably someone around MK will know of Ask MK TV and their status
in the scheme of things?
- d.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bjorn Starling <bjorn(a)askmk.tv>
Date: 18-Aug-2006 11:08
Subject: Ask MK TV on Wikipedia
To: wp(a)davidgerard.co.uk
Hi
I was wondering how can we get www.askmk.tv to be mentioned somewhere
on the following page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes,_England
Hope you can help.
Best Regards
Bjorn Starling
www.askmk.tv
I've been speaking to a few people at the BBC about this. I'll be
helping them with whatever I can, but they could do with more of the
fiercely addicted editors, particularly those who've been on Wikipedia
for a fair while! Here's something they sent me to send to you all:
"BBC ONE's 'Imagine' programme is looking for UK-based regular
Wikipedia contributors. We are making a film about how the internet
has changed our culture and want to show how Wikipedia has developed
and the way it works. We're especially keen to hear from people
who've had a 'Featured Article' on the homepage, or who contribute
very regularly. Please contact us at imagineinternet(a)hotmail.co.uk,
and leave your phone number plus an outline of your subject
interests."
So far they seem very clueful and like they're going to try hard to do
us justice. All good :-) I should be meeting up with them some time
this week (helps that I work just nearby ;-).
- d.