Is anyone aware of any free content conferences occuring in the UK in
the next six months where it may be useful for someone from Wikimedia
UK to attend?
Thanks
Hi all,
The next board meeting will be on Tuesday 15 December 2009,
8.30-10.30pm GMT. We'll be using both Skype for discussion, and the
#wikimedia-uk-board channel on IRC for sharing information, with
discussion in #wikimedia-uk. Everyone is more than welcome to attend
the IRC session. If you don't have an IRC client, then you can
connect using http://webchat.freenode.net/ .
The agenda is at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2009-12-15/Agenda
Board members + Tango: please post whether you can attend, and your
reports, to the agenda page.
Thanks,
Mike Peel
I forgot to mention - I was speaking to someone at the Wikimedia
Seminar last Thursday and they mentioned that their sister is a
teacher (11-16yos) and often has problems with students using
Wikipedia inappropriately (in the sense of repeating things that
aren't true). She said it would be useful if we could put together a,
say, 5 page guide, on the best way to use Wikipedia.
Does anyone know if there is anything similar already out there and
could anyone help out with putting something like this together?
Thanks
"A Musselburg teacher has caused controversy after he admitted pupils
should use the often-inaccurate website Wikipedia as a resource tool."
http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/musselburgh/articles/
2009/12/10/394976-school-web-controversy/
Obvious links in with the Schools project - "I'm not advocating
students should be using Wikipedia as their only resource tool in
school, but that they should be taught how to use the site properly."
Any volunteers to get in touch with him?
Mike
Mike Peel has near-confirmed/agreed to do WikiVoices #51 (previously Not
the Wikipedia Weekly). I'm there, Durova is ringmaster, and Jimmy Wales
will also be in on it.
It's the 23rd, 8pm UK time, and via Skype, a Skypecast (funny name for a
podcast) should be available shortly thereafter.
The idea is to see if a few Wikinews articles can be put together during
the recording session. Up to around 15 additional call-ins can be
supported provided people mute mics as appropriate to avoid a "wall of
background noise".
It will also be another point to promote Wikinews' 2010 writing contest,
which starts on January 25. Alas, so far we've not dug up any prizes -
in a couple of previous competitions I've put up some cash - the idea of
it being "paid editing" goes away when you're looking at about
10p/article.
Please complain bitterly, but *constructively*, about any of the
neglected Wikinews landing or help pages; if you've a relative that
relates you the news blow-by-blow, send them our way, and if you're a
twit, send it out with the #wikiwednesday tag.
Competition:
http://enwn.net/WWC2010
WikiVoices #51
http://enwn.net/7F9Cf
The "for Wikipedians" Wikinews intro
http://enwn.net/197b
The "for your friends who might try" Wikinews intro
http://enwn.net/6bc42
--
Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org>|http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Brian_McNeil
Content of this message in no way represents the opinions or official position
of the Wikimedia Foundation or any of its projects.
When we were recognised as a chapter by the Foundation we got
permission to use names like "Wikimedia Wales", "Wikimedia
Scotland" (plus other language derivations) with the thought that some
day they might be useful to have. We haven't yet had the need or
opportunity to use them, but there are a couple of things coming up in
the pipeline where it may be useful to brand ourselves "Wikimedia
Cymru" and "Wikimedia Scotland" respectively rather than Wikimedia UK.
I was thinking through how we could do this, and i was wondering if it
might be a bit too much to just use the name without any kind of
justification for the Welshness / Scottishness of the organisation.
This is the idea I've come up with, which can be implemented with
minimal effort and still justify, if we need to, to the outside
world, our use of the terns. Please let me know what you think:
1) All members would automatically be allocated to a branch when they
join based on where they lived
2) Any member could choose to switch to a different branch if they
wanted to
3) The first branches would be England, Wales, Scotland and Northern
Ireland (could discuss setting up more if the need arose in the
future)
4) The board of Wikimedia UK could appoint a branch chair (and more
officers if need be) from one of the members of that branch.
That way we could brand things:
xx xx
Chair, Wikimedia Cymru
followed by a contact address in Wales
rather than:
xx xx
Secretary, Wikimedia UK
with a contact address in England
This would be particularly helpful when dealing with, for instance,
Welsh language projects or devolved governments.
Some time in the future - size and activity permitting - these may be
able to evolve into fully fledged autonomous branches - or even
independent chapters.
For the constitutionalists among readers, I'd propose we establish the
branches through an Article 28 resolution of the Board, ratified by
the next AGM.
Please let me know what you think.
Andrew
I just wrote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphonicon . I notice
there's one in the V&A, and the V&A is quite happy to have people
taking photos to put in Wikipedia ... anyone stopping by any time
soon?
- d.