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)
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?
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Brian McNeil
http://www.wikinewsie.org | http://en.wikinewsie.org/wiki/Brian_McNeil
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Thanks,
Mike
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
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
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