Wikimediauk-l March 2009

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WMF Chapter's Grants
by Michael Peel 07 Mar '09

07 Mar '09

Hi all, The WMF has just announced grants for chapters: "If a chapter has work it wants to get done in the furtherance of our overall mission and goals during the fiscal year 2009-2010 (July 1, 2009 -June 30, 2010), but it cannot do it without financial support, the Wikimedia Foundation is inviting that chapter to ask the Wikimedia Foundation for funding." http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/WMF_grants The deadline for this is 30 March. The value of the grant has to be > 500 USD. Does anyone have any projects in mind that could benefit from such a grant? Mike

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When's the best date for the AGM?
by Michael Peel 06 Mar '09

06 Mar '09

All, When's the best date for everyone for the AGM? We've pinned it down to one of the 18th, 19th, 25th, 26th of April, or the 2nd or 3rd May, but we need your help picking the best one of those, i.e. the one that the most people can make. Please let us know by filling out the following doodle: http://doodle.com/8k228s2segg3e29n Thanks, Mike Peel

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC: UK politicians' Wikipedia worries
by peterc＠cix.compulink.co.uk 06 Mar '09

06 Mar '09

In-Reply-To: <a4359dff0903060251x64f724d2k69bab2701186eec4(a)mail.gmail.com> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7921985.stm > > A decent article, all told. One mistake (it's not just admins that > revert vandalism) and one misleading statement (the group of editors > that will flag revisions will be extremely large, which isn't made > clear). There is a comments form at the bottom, I will point out > these mistakes. On the former. The paragraph reads: "Obviously false, malicious or biased material like this is normally removed within minutes by other contributors or Wikipedia's team of volunteer administrators, who work round-the-clock to try and improve its credibility as a source of information and its commitment to balance and consensus." So it doesn't say just admins.

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BBC: UK politicians' Wikipedia worries
by Thomas Dalton 06 Mar '09

06 Mar '09

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7921985.stm A decent article, all told. One mistake (it's not just admins that revert vandalism) and one misleading statement (the group of editors that will flag revisions will be extremely large, which isn't made clear). There is a comments form at the bottom, I will point out these mistakes.

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Get a Ph.D in wikis
by David Gerard 05 Mar '09

05 Mar '09

http://wwwp.coventry.ac.uk/d/1195/$/a/5232 - d.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions
by joseph seddon 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

If we hit £5000 in the next year (which is highly likely whether we get wikimania or not) I highly doubt we are going to be able "hang on" till CIO's become available. I imagine we will simply have to go through the registered charity route despite the increased paperwork. -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> Sent: 04 March 2009 00:23 To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions 2009/3/4 Tom Holden <thomas.holden(a)gmail.com>: > In any case, we almost certainly want to be a charitable incorporated > organisation, not a registered charity, due to the lower paper-work > requirements. > > We'll apply to be one as soon as they're accepting applications and we have > the time to write one. I think a CIO would be a type of registered charity. I'm not sure of the technicalities of the definitions. Regardless, CIO's aren't likely to be available for another year or so yet - they keep putting it back. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions
by Thomas Dalton 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

2009/3/3 Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com>: > Where does the "registered charity" status and hence the application fit? We can't register with the Charity Commission until we have an annual income over £5000. The board are currently in contact with HMRC with regard to getting charitable status for tax purposes, which will hopefully be sorted soon.

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Wikimania bid 2010 - International Travel
by joseph seddon 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

The following sections need work done: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford#International_Tra… This includes information on airports, ferries, channel tunnel http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford#Customs_and_attit… http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford#Cost_of_living http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford#Safety_and_Securi… http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford#Places_of_worship http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford#Local_transportat… Bus maps needed and more information There is alot of work that needs doing and we are falling behind the other bids. If you want this to happen you need to do something about it. I know we are all busy but we cannot all expect someone else to do the work because it will never get done. You dont need to live in oxford to be able to add information. Seddon _________________________________________________________________ 25GB of FREE Online Storage – Find out more http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665320/direct/01/

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Who would you like to see at the AGM?
by Andrew Turvey 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Now that we have our bank account open, we are putting the finishing touches to the agenda for the AGM. We have previous talked about inviting an interesting speaker/s to pull the crowds, as it were, and inspire our activities for the year ahead. What are you ideas for people you'd like to hear? Ideas previously discussed include: - Prominent open source community people - Linux/Creative Commons? - Other people who have set up successful chapters - e.g. Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland - People involved in Wikimedia things here - e.g. David on media relations or Andrew on Wikipedia for Schools Please let us know. Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK 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.

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Wikimedia UK February newsletter
by Mickey Conn 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

The February newsletter has been published at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Newsletter/February2009 and is copied below for your convenience: Summary: The chapter is now up and running, and we have now opened our bank account. We have a new website, and are putting plans in place for the first Annual General Meeting. Meanwhile, February has seen the successful Wikipedia Loves Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum, bidding to host Wikimania 2010 has opened, and the Government's Intellectual Property consultation has closed. We also bring the regular news of meet-ups, and a new feature highlighting press coverage of Wikimedia in the UK. In this month's newsletter: 1. Chapter formation process 2. Website 3. Annual General Meeting 4. Wikipedia Loves Art 5. Oxford Wikimania bid 6. IP consultation 7. Meet-ups 8. News coverage 1. Chapter formation process We now have a bank account with the Co-Operative Bank! We'll shortly be processing the membership applications and donations received so far, so if you want to be one of the first members of the chapters you need to get your applications in as soon as possible! 2. Website If you're reading this, then you'll notice that we have a new website, http://uk.wikimedia.org/! The site's naturally a wiki, so every page is editable, although we will be protecting the pages that formally represent the chapter (e.g. the Main Page, the Memorandum of Association, etc.). Please, go forth and edit! We're after administrators for the site to help maintain it - remove vandalism, block troublesome users, edit protected pages, etc. If you'd be interested in helping your chapter this way, then please let us know. 3. Annual General Meeting Now we have our bank account, we can finally pin down a date for the AGM. This will be discussed at the next board meeting, on the 2nd of March, and on the mailing list over the following week. 4. Wikipedia Loves Art The Wikipedia Loves Art photography contest has been running all this month at fifteen museums globally, including at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The launch event on Sunday 1st February saw at least 30 people come along to the museum, who laid out refreshments, cameras to lend, computers for uploading photos and staff on hand to help. The following Sunday saw the regular "second Sunday" London meet-up relocate to the museum, and half a dozen more people showed up then. So far over 3,000 images have been uploaded to the flickr group, including over 200 from the V&A. You only have a few days left until the end of February to take pictures and upload them - so keep snapping to be in with a chance of winning one of the prizes on offer! 5. Oxford Wikimania bid User:Seddon has been continuing his work on the Wikimania bid. However, for it to have a chance of success he needs to be able to demonstrate to the judges that he has a committed team. Thus if you want Wikimania in the UK, now is the time to really get involved. 6. IP consultation Earlier this month we submitted a document to the government (available at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Copyright_consultation) in response to their request for comment on an IPO "Issues Paper". In our response we focused on the issue of the copyright status of photographs of public domain works. Currently in the UK anyone who takes a photograph of a public domain painting (for example) holds copyright over that photograph, which means, for example, that when scanned post-cards of paintings are uploaded to Wikipedia, Wikimedia is taking a legal risk. We argued that such photographs do not meet the standards of originality necessary for a work to be copyrightable. The deadline for submissions has been extended, so we have not heard back from the IPO as yet, however we are optimistic that we will be invited to discuss these issues further with them in the summer. 7. Meet-ups The London February meet-up relocated to the Victoria & Albert museum to take part in the Wikipedia Loves Art photography contest (see above). We will return to the Penderel's Oak on 8th March. Meetups are also planned over on 28th February in Cambridge and in the next couple of months in Manchester and Birmingham. 8. News coverage The possible implementation of flagged revisions on the English language Wikipedia has been in the news in the UK, and we've been providing accurate information. Mike Peel was interviewed by BBC Radio Wales' "mousemat", who put together an informative feature. Meanwhile, David Gerard spoke to the Daily Mail about some vandalism to the article on Alan Titchmarsh. Other stories this month have included a piece in the Sunday Times based on an interview with Jimmy Wales, in which Giles Hattersley claimed that his Wikipedia article had contained several errors - but the Daily Telegraph noted that Hattersley has no Wikipedia article. Reuters reported on a Conservative Party official altering a Wikipedia article in an attempt to support a claim made by David Cameron. The Independent published a article critical of Wikipedia, but David Mitchell, writing in The Observer, thinks that Wikipedia is "brilliant".

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