Wikimediauk-l October 2010

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Question about the addition of BBC content to Wikipedia entries
by Steve Bowbrick 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

Hi all, I know we've been here before but this one's a bit more specific and I'd like the group's advice. The producer of Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time are wondering if there'd be any value in adding episodes from the In Our Time archive, which is now complete, to relevant Wikipedia entries? There are obviously many direct correspondences so it looks like it might make sense, for example, to add The Aristotle episode to the Aristotle entry, Anarchism to the Anarchism entry and so on. Archive: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/in-our-time/archive/ Should we just allow entry editors to link to In Our Time episodes from citations? or is there a systematic way that this could be done? Could episodes be automatically added to entries where there is a direct metadata correspondence, for instance? Would streaming audio be a useful addition to entries? Or would MP3s be better? Would it be useful if we added the whole In Our Time archive to the commons (I think that one's a bit of a longshot!). Are there any other clever things that In Our Time could be doing to improve entries? Steve -- Blogs at BBC A&Mi http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio3 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/5live 07768 257 570 http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this.

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Person of the year
by Andrew Turvey 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

Are there any open source people we can promote as a person of the year? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "steve virgin" <steve(a)mediafocusuk.com> Date: 28 Oct 2010 19:32 Subject: Just a thought To: "Andrew Turvey" <andrewrturvey(a)googlemail.com> http://blogs.forbes.com/michaelnoer/2010/10/26/help-us-crowd-source-forbes-… Forbes are going to Crowd Source ‘names’ that will shape 2011 Would people on our internal lists have any strong opinions on that? Maybe they could share them with Forbes? Would be good if they were all Open Source Open Rights Open Data people, wouldn’t it? I’d have thought Jimmy would be a good candidate for January with the 10thAnniversary

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Spending ideas for 2011
by Thomas Dalton 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

Hi everyone, The 2010/2011 fundraiser is rapidly approaching and it would be great to be able to tell prospective donors what we intend to spend their money on and we would like your ideas. If you have an idea for something we can do in 2011, please add it to the "Potential items" section of our budget planning page: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2011_Budget If you can give an estimate of what your idea will cost, that would be great, but it isn't essential. At the moment, we just want to brainstorm possible things we could do. Thanks! Tom Treasurer, Wikimedia UK

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Name your new newsletter
by Charles Matthews 23 Oct '10

23 Oct '10

I have been asked to start and edit a fresh WMUK monthly newsletter. The Board has decided on PDF, printable version(s), also simpler formats of plain text and MediaWiki. One thing that is required is a zippy title for the publication. Currently the working title is "No Strings" above a strapline "Campaigning for free content in the UK". I have to own up to coining those myself. Please suggest something improved for one or both. As for content, it should divide into three types of things, the cleverly-thought-up "Chapter Page", "Featured Feature" and "Internal Links". The last of these should function almost as a gossip column for you, with numerous short bits about us and our interests, really. I'm particularly interested in being sent snippets for it. Technical talk and jokes are not excluded. It will undoubtedly be done all in the best possible taste, as Kenny Everett used to say. Charles

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Cambridge meetup 23 October
by Charles Matthews 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge_9 for the next in series. See some if not all of you there. Charles

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