Wikimediauk-l May 2010

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Fwd: Big news - Lord Lester has officially tabled a libel reform bill
by Michael Peel 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

Hi all, I'm forwarding the email below as it affects Wikimedia a bit, due to the following (extracted from Anthony Lester's Guardian article): "The Bill sets out the circumstances in which an internet service provider or forum host should not be liable for defamatory material and sets time limits on suing." The details can be found online at: http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/defamationhl.html The appropriate section is section 9, "Responsibility for publication". On the surface, it looks reasonable for Wikimedia (meaning the WMF primarily, but also WMUK if we ever assist with hosting), as we'd fall straight under 9.1a as a facilitator and hence would clearly not be liable. I have to admit to not being familiar with the details of existing law on this, but presumably it's a lot more unclear. Mike Begin forwarded message: > From: news(a)libelreform.org > Date: 27 May 2010 15:31:49 GMT+01:00 > To: libelreform(a)mikepeel.net > Subject: Big news - Lord Lester has officially tabled a libel reform bill > > > Dear friends > > > > A Libel Reform Bill has been tabled in the House of Lords > > Lord Lester QC has published a Private Members’ Defamation Bill to reform England’s outdated and unjust libel laws. This is the first attempt in over a century to put forward a wholesale redraft of our libel laws to address many of the issues our campaign has highlighted. > > Lord Lester’s Bill covers a great deal of the recommendations of the Libel Reform Campaign including a statutory defence for responsible publication on a matter of public interest; clarifying the defences of justification and fair comment, which will be renamed as ‘truth’ and ‘honest opinion’. > > > The Bill will also: > > require claimants to provide evidence their reputation was damaged by an alleged libel before they can bring a case forward (they don’t have to do this at present) and make corporations prove financial damage before they can sue. > Address the problems introduced by the rise of the internet and the culture of online publication including the multiple publication rule that makes each download a fresh instance of libel, and alter the responsibility of forum hosts for what is posted on their sites. > Encourage the speedy settlement of disputes without parties having to bring in costly lawyers. > Promote the speedy settlement of disputes without recourse to the courts. > There is a great piece by Lord Lester on why he is doing this now here. > > And Simon Singh has written his thoughts on the bill here. > > Thanks to your support we’ve made the case that libel law reform is an issue politicians know they have to act on. > > There is widespread Parliamentary support for reform … the majority of eligible MPs signed up to an EDM supporting libel law reform in the last Parliament. > There were general election manifesto commitments to reform from the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, and Labour. > Now, there is a coalition Government promise to reform the libel laws in the Queen’s Speech … > > …But we need new libel laws! > > In light of Lord Lester’s Bill, the Libel Reform Campaign is asking: will the Government now make clear its plans for reform? Will it support, adopt or develop this Bill? > > Help us keep the pressure on. Write to your MP asking them what the Government intends to do. > > Best, > > > > Mike and Síle > > PS - for more details of the bill and complete coverage see www.libelreform.org > > > > -- > If you do not want to receive any more newsletters, this link > > To update your preferences and to unsubscribe visit this link > Forward a Message to Someone this link

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Foundation-l] Chapter selected board seats - call for candidates, deadline extended
by Andrew Gray 28 May '10

28 May '10

On 17 May 2010 18:23, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote: (copied from foundation-l) > The process that will be followed for this selection can be viewed > here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats/Process I note that the process calls for either: * self-nominations; or * nominations by local chapters. Is anyone from WMUK standing, and/or is WMUK nominating anyone? Just curious... -- - Andrew Gray andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk

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Bristol meetup, 15 May
by Michael Peel 14 May '10

14 May '10

Hi all, Coinciding with the Wikimedia Fundraising Summit that is happening in Bristol this weekend, there will be a Wikipedia Meetup happening this Saturday evening (15 May): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bristol_1 The Summit will have attendees from the Foundation and 7 chapters: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2010_Fundraising_Summit So this is a good (and rare) opportunity to meet international Wikimedians. Apologies for the short notice. Mike

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Cambridge meetup 29 May
by Charles Matthews 13 May '10

13 May '10

Another Cambridge meetup: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge_7 In line with past outreach efforts, I'll be trying to get a Cambridge contact from the Open Knowledge Conference there, as well as usual suspects. Charles

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moinmoin 2 mediawiki
by yahiaoui khaled 11 May '10

11 May '10

Hello I want to migrate from moinmoin wiki to mediawiki. to perform this job I used the mm2mw.pl perl script. But this script doesn't work it, returns me the message : failed to connect to the server. However I am able to connect to mediawiki via my browser with the same authentification informations. thank you in advance.

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Late attendance addition!
by Gordon Joly 10 May '10

10 May '10

Jimbo? http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/33 Gordon -- gordon.joly(a)pobox.com Gordon Joly 116, Hind Grove London E14 6HP Home: 020 7515 4964 Cell: 07956 203 284

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Help form strategy!
by Gordon Joly 07 May '10

07 May '10

http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Plan/Movement_Priorities Please help by doing the following: * Read the guidelines <http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Task_force/Strategy/Goal_guidelines> on crafting good priorities. * Read the research and analysis on the Wikimedia-pedia <http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-pedia> page. Refer back often. None of these priorities are arbitrary. They are the result of significant research, analysis, and discussion, and it's helpful to become as familiar as possible with this work as you think about the movement priorities. * Post your thoughts and questions on Talk:Strategic Plan/Movement Priorities <http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategic_Plan/Movement_Priorities>. * Be bold in editing and refining this page, and stay engaged in the discussion. -- gordon.joly(a)pobox.com Gordon Joly London

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