Wikimediauk-l February 2009

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia Loves Art!
by Al Tally 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote: > P.S. London Wikimeet 19 is back at the pub, we assume. > Hopefully! -- Alex (User:Majorly)

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: ????????????????? ??????????????? << ???????????????????>> ????????????????????????? ????????????????????????? :Privatemusings ???????? ?????????????????? ??????????????????????????? Turzh
by Thomas Dalton 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

2009/2/10 Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com>: > At 14:51 +0000 9/2/09, Thomas Dalton wrote: >>2009/2/9 Sean Whitton <sean(a)silentflame.com>: >>> On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 09:30:48PM +0000, Thomas Dalton wrote: >>>> Are you claiming to have understood that? >>> >>> I'm not sure how much sarcarm there is in that. No, I was referring to >>> uk. etc. >> >>I thought you probably were, it just seemed funny that you had said >>that while quoting my stream of nonsense. > > You call that nonsense!??!?! It contained the term "post-modern", what else could it be?

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Wikipedia Loves Art!
by Gordon Joly 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

London Wikimeet (18) today is at the V & A. Starting at 1pm (Sunday 8th February).... http://www.flickr.com/groups/wikipedia_loves_art/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/London_18 Bring a pack of sandwiches and a bottle of Tizer! Gordo -- "Think Feynman"///////// http://pobox.com/~gordo/ gordon.joly(a)pobox.com///

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: ëÚÓ•¥ÌÍÛ Ô•ÓÂÍÚÛ << Ç¥Í¥ÔÂ”¥þ>> é·“Ó’Ó•ÂÌÌþ ÍÓ•ËÒÚÛ’ý—ý :Privatemusings ·ÛÎÓ ÒÚ’Ó•ÂÌÓ ÍÓ•ËÒÚÛ’ý—ÂÏ Turzh
by Thomas Dalton 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

By observing the author's post-modernist application of Kafkaesque imagery we can see that the integral of sine squared x dx is a reduction reaction of a transition metal, which results in the organ becoming entirely vestigial in all extant species. Since energy is conserved, we can see that the subject is suffering from a Freudian projection. Hence, 42. 2009/2/8 Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com>: > At 09:41 -0800 4/2/09, Cary Bass wrote: >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>Hash: SHA1 >> >>Yes...key to remember: >> >>In domains: **.wikipedia.org >> >>** is the two or three letter language code. >> >>In domains **.wikimedia.org >> >>** is the two letter country code. (or ###.**.wikimedia.org in the >>cases of sub-national chapters) >> >>:) > > > > End of semester test**********>>>> > > 1) Compare and contrast: > > http://uk.wikipedia.org/ > > http://uk.wikimedia.org/ > > Draw attention as to how one letter makes so much difference. > > You may name the guilty parties, for full marks. > > 2) (You may answer this question even if you do not answer 1) > > What is the difference between the following? Are they in the same > class of objects? > > a) Wikipedia > > b) Wikimedia > > c) Mediawiki > > d) Wikia > > e) A generic wiki > > 3) What is the relationship between the Chapters and the Wikimedia > Foundation? Compare with any other (political) hierarchy that you > choose. > > Gordo > > -- > "Think Feynman"///////// > http://pobox.com/~gordo/ > gordon.joly(a)pobox.com/// > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >

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Fwd: Сторінку проекту <<Вікіпедія>> Обговорення користувача:Privatemusings було створено користувачем Turzh
by private musings 08 Feb '09

08 Feb '09

I may be reading this completely wrong - but is this some odd subdomain of uk.wikipedia.org? Dunno what's going on really, but if anyone's russian (or whatever language this is in fact!) is better than mine - maybe let me know ;-) cheers, Peter PM. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: WikiAdmin <wiki(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 2009/2/3 Subject: Сторінку проекту <<Вікіпедія>> Обговорення користувача:Privatemusings було створено користувачем Turzh To: Privatemusings <thepmaccount(a)gmail.com> Privatemusings, 08:59, 3 лютого 2009 сторінка проекту <<Вікіпедія>> Обговорення користувача:Privatemusings була створено користувачем Turzh, див. http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%… , щоб переглянути поточну версію. Це нова сторінка. Короткий опис змін: Нова сторінка: {{subst:Welcome}}--~~~~ Звернутися до користувача, що редагував: ел. пошта: http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%96%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%… вікі: http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%… Не буде подальшого сповіщення в разі нових змін, якщо Ви не відвідуєте цю сторінку. Ви могли також повторно встановити прапори сповіщення для всіх сторінок у вашому списку спостереження. Система сповіщення Вікіпедії -- Змінити налаштування вашого списку спостереження можна на http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%96%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%… Зворотний зв'язок та допомога: http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%B0:%D0…

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Next meeting - Tuesday 13th Jan 2009, 8:30pm GMT
by Andrew Turvey 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Hi all, Just to let you know the Board meeting today decided to call the next meeting in a fortnight's time, Tuesday 13th January 2009 at 8:30pm GMT/UTC. Regards, Andrew Turvey Secretary Wiki UK Limited Wiki UK Limited 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

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Fwd: BBC Radio Wales interview
by Gordon Joly 02 Feb '09

02 Feb '09

> From: Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net> > Date: 1 February 2009 18:31:14 GMT > To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Cc: Communications Committee <wmfcc-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: BBC Radio Wales interview > > ... was broadcast today, and is now on the BBC iPlayer, see: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00h9045/b00h903q/mousemat_01_02_2009/ > > There's a bit at the beginning about Brittanica, followed by me on > Wikipedia. Comments / criticisms welcome. > > Mike This link is more pithy... http://bit.ly/gZnJQ Skip to 7 minutes 15 second or so, for Mike on telephone line calling in... Good interview Mike! Perhaps "semi-protected" and other protection levels are probably a little too techy? Gordo -- "Think Feynman"///////// http://pobox.com/~gordo/ gordon.joly(a)pobox.com///

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Wikipedia Loves Art - the Goal List!
by AndrewRT 02 Feb '09

02 Feb '09

The Wikipedia Loves Art project will start tomorrow, Sunday 1st February, with a launch event at the Victoria and Albert Museum at 1pm. The goal list has now been published at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WLA@V%26A#Prizes Hope as many of you can come along as possible - and happy snapping! Andrew

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Fwd: BBC Radio Wales interview
by Michael Peel 02 Feb '09

02 Feb '09

Not sure if this got through... apologies if it arrives twice. Mike Begin forwarded message: > From: Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net> > Date: 1 February 2009 18:31:14 GMT > To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Cc: Communications Committee <wmfcc-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: BBC Radio Wales interview > > ... was broadcast today, and is now on the BBC iPlayer, see: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00h9045/b00h903q/ > mousemat_01_02_2009/ > > There's a bit at the beginning about Brittanica, followed by me on > Wikipedia. Comments / criticisms welcome. > > Mike

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Cambridge Meetup II
by Peter Coombe 01 Feb '09

01 Feb '09

Hi all, Given the success of the first Cambridge meetup in October, it's about time we had another one. The provisional date is Saturday 28th February, and you can see more information and discuss onwiki at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge_2 - I hope to see a few of you there! Also I should plug the March Manchester meetup too - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Manchester_4 Pete / the wub

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