Wikimediauk-l January 2011

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Ockham Blue Plaque
by Andrew Turvey 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

Just noticed this posting on the Wikipedia @ 10 website. Is anyone interested in taking this forward? A Wikipedia drinks reception sounds like a great way to involve a new group of people in the things we do, although 10th April is a little close to the Annual Conference & AGM on 16th. http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/London#Ockham_Blue_Plaque Ockham Blue Plaque Hi everyone. I am shortly applying to the City of London for a 'blue plaque' to be installed at the site of the old Greyfriars monastery on London Wall, by Newgate Street, to commemorate the great English philosopher William of Ockham. I have a long list of distinguished (some not so distinguished!) philosophers from all over the world who are prepared to support this. I am not sure whether the process will be finished by April 10 2011. Even if not, it would be great to add to the London Greyfriars article on Wikipedia to include some facts about Ockham's period of residence there (when he wrote some of his greatest works). And I am sure that Merrill Lynch (current occupiers of the site) would be happy to host drinks, perhaps with a Wikipedia connection, on April 10. Also the article on Ockham himself could do with a lot of work. Would anyone be happy to help with this? I could post material here, and people could paste it into the relevant articles. Best Peter Damian 12:36, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

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this is my email
by mo hobeyl 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

Hi there ,im sending hereby my email to you to confirm my subscription to WikimediaukNest regards; Mo Hobeyl

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Wikinews reporters' workshop(s).
by brian.mcneil＠wikinewsie.org 09 Jan '11

09 Jan '11

I have been 'cultivating' good contacts with my local library staff (as all on-list should know, this is a smart move). Based on that, I would like to move on to developing a Wikinews reporters' workshop programme. The UK is fairly well represented in WN's small contributor base, and I believe I can tease some free sessions in one of Edinburgh's libraries to run a 3-4 x 3 hour workshop session to turn interested parties into effective citizen journalists. There would be a need to fund printed material; fliers, workbooks, reading lists &c. I'd like to know I'd some backing to do this. Then, approach the library, see about bloc booking their computer facilities, and doing the whole thing as cheaply as possible. Thoughts? Constructive criticism? What, such as editing tips, can I reuse? -- Brian McNeil http://www.wikinewsie.org | http://en.wikinewsie.org/wiki/Brian_McNeil

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Wikimedia UK catch-up chapter report
by Michael Peel 09 Jan '11

09 Jan '11

Hi all, It's been a while since our last chapters report. We've just re-lauched our newsletter, which you can find at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Access/2011/January Below is a really quick summary of everything we've been up to from August 2009 until December 2010. There's a lot, so it might take you a while to catch up if you haven't been following our blog! == Programmes == November 2010: Our main event in the last year was GLAM-WIKI: a conference held at the British Museum in November 2010, bringing together the cultural sector and Wikimedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-12-06/GLAM-W… http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/11/announcing-the-%E2%80%9Cglam-wikiuk%E2… August 2010: we launched our Microgrants scheme, offering grants between £5 and £100 to UK wikimedians: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/08/wikimedia-microgrants-now-available-in… June 2010: Liam Wyatt was the first Wikipedian in Residence, at the British Museum. He organised various events, including a Backstage Pass and the Hoxne Challenge. The British Museum also offered prizes for new Featured Articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM June 2010: we put out a press release on the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2009 competition: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/06/wikimedia-commons-picture-of-the-year-… June 2010: we put out a press release about the Pending Changes trial on the English Wikipedia: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/06/pending-changes-trial-on-the-english-w… April 2010: we helped the Open Knowledge Foundation organise the Open Knowledge Conference, which included our AGM as well as a Wikimedia track: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2010_AGM http://okfn.org/okcon/2010/ February 2010: we ran Britain Loves Wikipedia - a photo competition taking photos in 20 museums across the UK: http://www.britainloveswikipedia.org/ http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/06/britain-loves-wikipedia-pictures-on-co… February 2010: we put out an appeal for new initiatives. We are still welcoming any new suggestions: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/02/call-for-proposals-for-wikimedia-uk-in… http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Initiatives/Proposals February 2010: we put out a press release about reaching the 6 million files milestone on Wikimedia Commons: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/02/wikimedia-commons-reaches-6-million-fi… January 2010: we announced a content partnership with the Mary Rose Trust, which saw the release of 50 previously unseen images of the Mary Rose and its artifacts: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/01/mary-rose-trust-releases-photographs-o… December 2009: we put out a press release about Public Domain Day 2010: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/12/wikipedia-celebrates-public-domain-day… November 2009: the photos from Wikipedia Loves Art at the V&A were made available on Wikimedia Commons, after the prizes were announced in August 2009: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/11/wikipedia-loves-art-at-the-va-photos-o… http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/08/wikipedia-loves-art-prizes/ September 2009: we put out a press release about Wikimedia Commons reaching the 5 million file milestone: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/09/wikimedia-commons-5-million/ August 2009: we put out a press release about the content partnership with Regionarkivet, Sweden: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/08/regionarkivet/ == Fundraiser == November 2010: The Annual Fundraiser 2010-11 started on 15 November. Our announcement, and target, is at: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/11/wikipedia-launches-annual-global-fundr… May 2010: we hosted the very first Wikimedia Fundraising Summit in Bristol: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/05/wikimedia-fundraising-summit-bristol-m… November 2009: we participated in the Annual Fundraiser 2009-2010. This raised ~£95,000 to support Wikimedia's activities both in the UK and internationally: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/11/support-wikimedia-uk-donate-now/ == Administration == December 2010: the first of a new series of Wikimedia UK community IRC meeting happened on 7 December: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_IRC_meetings November 2010: Gemma Griffiths is now our Head of Public Relations, volunteering pro bono for us one day a week: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/11/wikimedia-uk-welcome-new-head-of-publi… September 2010: We hired our first (part time) employee! Charles Matthews is our new Office Manager: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/09/charles-matthews-appointed-office-mana… May 2010: we participated in the selection process for the chapter selected board members of the Wikimedia Foundation. We helped select Phoebe Ayers and Arne: http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2010/07/08/wikimedia-announces-new-board-app… http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2010/05/wikimedia-foundation-board-member-cand… Thanks, Mike Peel on behalf of Wikimedia UK

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Open Access, January 2011 issue, from Wikimedia UK
by Michael Peel 09 Jan '11

09 Jan '11

Welcome to the first issue of Open Access, a revived Wikimedia UK newsletter reporting on the activities of the UK chapter, members and supporters and on all matters of interest to them. This month, we have a number of dates for your diary for events celebrating Wikipedia's 10th birthday; features on Yeonpyeong and Visual Arts on Wikipedia; and short summaries of the last Cambridge meet-up, a talk given to the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, and our Microgrants. Next month, we'll be doing a round-up of recent GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) activity - including the GLAM-WIKI conference that took place at the British Museum last November. As a Chapter we want members to get involved as this is your newsletter. We want to learn about our members and what they are working on. We want to hear what you think, learn about your ideas on how to improve things for all, or otherwise listen to what you think about the topics covered here. You can leave general comments at the bottom of the wiki page, or send them to the editor (Charles Matthews, on editor(a)wikimedia.org.uk). Follow Wikimedia UK also on http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk , and for general discussion join the mailing list at http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l . ... for the full newsletter, please visit: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Access/2011/January Thanks, Mike

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Editathon at the British Library, 14-15 January
by Michael Peel 08 Jan '11

08 Jan '11

Hi all, I'm delighted to be able to announce that we'll be running an 'editathon' at the British Library on Friday the 14th and Saturday the 15th January! I've put the details about the event up on the wiki at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editathon,_British_Library If you can come, please sign up there. Please note that the details are still preliminary and may change. I'll be adding more info to the wiki page as I get it. A couple of key points: - Some British Library curators will be available on the Friday - if there are specific topics that you are interested in, then please let us know on the webpage so that we can make sure whether the appropriate curators will be coming or not. Sadly, we probably won't have many (any?) curators on the Saturday due to it not being a work day. - We're limited to around 20 people in the room at once, so it'll be first come, first served (with priority for Wikimedia UK members). We can overflow a bit into the reader rooms, but you'll need a reader pass to gain access to those rooms (info on how to pre-register for one of these is on the wiki page). You may also need a readers pass to be able to access the British Library's resources in general - I'm checking this with them at the moment. If you have any questions, please let me know - either directly, on this list, or on the wiki. Thanks, Mike

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Do we want to have a screening of Truth in Numbers in the UK?
by Michael Peel 08 Jan '11

08 Jan '11

Hi all, We've been sent permission to screen 'Truth in Numbers' for free - the producer's words were "You are welcome to do so for free. The only thing we would ask in return is that you provide us the exact date and time of your screening, and if possible some photos or videos of the event." If you don't know about this film already, you can find out about it at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_in_Numbers%3F Is anyone interested in such a screening, and if so is there anyone that is able and willing to organise it? Thanks, Mike

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Event calenders
by Rock drum 08 Jan '11

08 Jan '11

Hi all, This is just a quick email to let you all know about the new event calender that I've created on the Wikimedia UK wiki. I would like to know, would you prefer this or a Google Calender, both of which would use content from the events page? Regards, Rock drum

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