Wikimediauk-l March 2007

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Daily Mirror article today
by David Gerard 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_method=full%26objectid=18721683%… Pretty good, actually. Long interview with Charles Matthews, shorter chat with me. A selection of amusing deleted stuff from BJAODN. - d.

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Seminal work, up for deletion?
by Gordon Joly 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Premier_Pump_and_Tank_Co.2005.jpg Remember, if you gave at the office, you don't have to give at home. Gordo -- "Think Feynman"///////// http://pobox.com/~gordo/ gordon.joly(a)pobox.com///

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Article in the Observer
by Theresa Knott 25 Mar '07

25 Mar '07

There is going to be an article in the Sunday's Observer about wikipedia vandalism featuring yours truly. The author is the same reporter who did the thing on Charles Matthews in the Times ( the one at the London meetup), so I'm hoping that she will not sensationalise it. I basically told her that yes vandalism happens all the time but no, it's not really a problem, we have ways to deal with it that work very effectively. Hopefully the piece will be positive. Theresa -- http://theresaknott.googlepages.com/home http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Theresa_knott

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The Budget 2007
by Gordon Joly 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

The recent reduction in income tax by 2% from April 2008 means that the Gift Aid percentage will be reduced. Gordo -- "Think Feynman"///////// http://pobox.com/~gordo/ gordon.joly(a)pobox.com///

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Open Knowledge - Saturday 17th
by Andrew Gray 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

I'm just putting some stuff together before I head out for this tomorrow - is anyone else from the list going? http://www.okfn.org/okcon/ London E14, 11 to 6.30. Looks quite interesting. http://www.okfn.org/okcon/ -- - Andrew Gray andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk

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Could someone please review [[Alison Wheeler]]
by David Gerard 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Someone carefully noted on Our Dear Leader's bio that she had tendered her resignation. Despite my followup here and on the article talk, no-one's corrected this ... fairly obviously, neither she nor any WMUK director should make an edit. I welcome the wisdom of the editing pool on this point. - d.

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Fwd: Alison's resignation
by David Gerard 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

[Forwarded from Arkady Rose, whose main SMTP server seems to be at odds with mail.wikimedia.org] "I don't think the majority of directors fully understand that volunteering to be on the board of directors of a company is a damned sight more legally binding than volunteering on WP, and that if you fail to discharge the duties you've willingly taken on there can actually be legal repercussions. It sounds very much as though an emergency meeting of the board needs to be convened so the treasurer and secretary can be replaced - granted my grasp of company law is nowhere near as good as yours, but I'm recalling a similar incident that happened in the National Fancy Rat Society some 6 years ago in which an EGM was called, Treasurer, Secretary and Press Officer were dismissed, three new people appointed to the board and the positions reappointed, which was done in the absence of the Treasurer and Press Officer. The votes were overwhelming majorities." What's needed now is an EGM to do precisely that. If board members cannot or will not fulfill their duties, they must be removed - forcibly, through a vote of no confidence if need be - and replacements appointed. WMUK is a legal entity, like it or not, and it's about time people started treating it like one. So... yes, feel free to forward this whole thing on to the list. In the meantime I need to poke my subscription settings for the list I think and change my email address to my Gmail one so I can actually participate myself. -d.

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Update blog entry on Wikimedia UK
by David Gerard 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

http://reddragdiva.vox.com/library/post/wikimedia-uk.html - d.

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Fwd: [WikiEN-l] UK's Mail on Sunday article
by Gary Kirk 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Slim Virgin <slimvirgin(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:30:39 -0500 Subject: [WikiEN-l] UK's Mail on Sunday article To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article… _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l -- Gary Kirk -- Gary Kirk

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Radio 2, this afternoon
by David Gerard 08 Mar '07

08 Mar '07

Apparently I'll be talking to someone-or-other around 5:25pm. I think it's live, not recorded. - d.

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