Wikimediauk-l February 2012

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Suggestion at https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Staff_Policies
by Thehelpfulone 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

Hi all, I've left a suggestion for a minor change at https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Staff_Policies. Thehelpfulone -- Thehelpfulone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone English Wikipedia Administrator

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Participation policy
by Michael Peel 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

Hi all, We're* putting together a policy on participation at Wikimedia UK events, in order to ensure that they are open to all, and that they don't have disruptive or discriminatory behaviour taking place at them. The policy is at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation_policy Please take a look and let us know what you think to it, ideally on the talk page. We'll be making a decision to formally adopt the policy in the next week or so. Thanks, Mike * by which I mean Chris and Fæ are doing the hard work, while WMUK claims the credit. ;-)

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fw: Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb
by HJ Mitchell 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

<shameless plug>Yes, come to Coventry! http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coventry/1 - first-ever Coventry meetup. In the Litten Tree. Sunday, 13:00. :) </shamelss plug> Harry ________________________________ From: Roger Bamkin <victuallers(a)gmail.com> To: HJ Mitchell <hjmitchell(a)ymail.com>; wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Friday, 17 February 2012, 23:26 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fw: Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb Its nothing personal. Its my need to see my wife who will go to a backstage pass .. and actually JamesF is quite special, as is Harry, and Fae and John and Jon. You will meet John Cummings which I must say is where my enthusiasm lies at the moment. I just want to add a QR code to everything! If you are still here Sunday then come to Coventry with James and Harry cheers On 17 February 2012 22:44, HJ Mitchell <hjmitchell(a)ymail.com> wrote: (woops, cut off from the list somehow!) > > >I guess it's "my" event, in the sense that I organised it, but that really means very little - I'm just helping to facilitate the discussion of Wiki Loves Monuments. > > >Harry > > > >________________________________ > From: James Forrester <james(a)jdforrester.org> >To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >Cc: HJ Mitchell <hjmitchell(a)ymail.com> >Sent: Friday, 17 February 2012, 20:23 > >Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb > > >On 17 February 2012 17:58, Roger Bamkin <victuallers(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Ive been persuaded to go to this event. I think this will work out well as >> I'm keen to see a fresh look at WLM which you guys should be able to find. >> Fae will be there to represent the board and I know James F will also be >> there. > >Much as Roger's wording is very kind, I should just point out that I'm >no one special, just another volunteer. :-) > >J. >-- >James D. Forrester >jdforrester(a)wikimedia.org | jdforrester(a)gmail.com >[[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Wikimedia UK mailing list >wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org >http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > -- Roger Bamkin Chair WMUK 01332 702993 0758 2020815 Google+:Victuallers Skype:Victuallers1 Flickr:Victuallers2

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Fw: Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb
by HJ Mitchell 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

(woops, cut off from the list somehow!) I guess it's "my" event, in the sense that I organised it, but that really means very little - I'm just helping to facilitate the discussion of Wiki Loves Monuments. Harry ________________________________ From: James Forrester <james(a)jdforrester.org> To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Cc: HJ Mitchell <hjmitchell(a)ymail.com> Sent: Friday, 17 February 2012, 20:23 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb On 17 February 2012 17:58, Roger Bamkin <victuallers(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Ive been persuaded to go to this event. I think this will work out well as > I'm keen to see a fresh look at WLM which you guys should be able to find. > Fae will be there to represent the board and I know James F will also be > there. Much as Roger's wording is very kind, I should just point out that I'm no one special, just another volunteer. :-) J. -- James D. Forrester jdforrester(a)wikimedia.org | jdforrester(a)gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]

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Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb
by Andy Mabbett 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Hi folks, I have been provided with some information about a backstage pass event at the Black Country Living Museum, a week on Saturday: http://westmidlandsmdo.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/calling-wiki-editors/ Please note that I am not organising this event, though I shall attend and have been asked to speak at it; any queres should be addressed to the named contact, at the museum. Given the short lead-time, what's the best method of publicising this, on-wiki? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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National Council of Voluntary Sector Organisations
by Richard Symonds 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

All, The National Council of Voluntary Sector Organisations - of which we at WMUK are a member - are looking into setting up their own wiki for the charitable sector. Marie Faulkner is leading on the project and has started a blog athttp://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/networking-discussions/blogs/24317/12/02/10/iknowhow-building-wiki-voluntary-sector-%E2%80%93-part-one <http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/networking-discussions/blogs/24317/12/02/10/ikno…>. They've asked us if there is anyone with experience in setting up these wikis in our organisation - and we've agreed to ask around to see if anyone can advise! So, if there's anyone with experience in setting up smaller wikis like this, I'm sure Andrew and Marie would like to hear from you - I've copied them into this email. Richard Symonds Office& Development Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0991 -- Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, a Charitable Company Registered in England and Wales, No: 6741827. Charity No:1144513 Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. Wikimedia UK is the local chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.

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Politician pin ups – open-licensed pictures, please
by Andy Mabbett 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

Folks, If you have contacts in local government, the civil service, other public bodies (police, NHS trusts, universities, etc) or political parties, please bring this appeal for open-licenced images of elected members. senior staff to their attention: http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/politician-open-licenced-pictures-please/ I've already had some very positive responses and promises of images with open licences. The post has already been translated and republished in Finland; other such reuse is welcome, under CC-By-SA 3.0 -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyright of pictures from 1870
by Deryck Chan 14 Feb '12

14 Feb '12

Any update to this? Deryck 2012/2/9 Andrew Gray <andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk> > On 9 February 2012 17:49, Deryck Chan <deryckchan(a)wikimedia.hk> wrote: > > I am recently engaged in a conversation with [[User:Kimberlyblaker]], who > > uploaded a fair amount of old, 19th century pictures onto Commons, > including > > the album of places in Cambridge (see below) which is of particular > interest > > to me. > > > > What stumbled me was the copyright status of these images - are they in > the > > public domain? If they aren't, is it due to publication right, and is > > Kimberly Blaker (& co.) the rightful copyright holder of them? > > If they were previously unpublished - which looks likely, if this is a > personal photo album of commissioned photographs - then yes, it sounds > plausible. I'll do a little more research on this this evening and let > you know :-) > > > -- > - Andrew Gray > andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk >

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Fwd:Wikimania scholarships deadline: Feb 16
by Michael Peel 14 Feb '12

14 Feb '12

Hi all, Please see the reminder of the Wikimania scholarships application deadline below. WMUK is offering UK wikimedians scholarships via this process, so please make sure you get your application in on time if you want a UK scholarship. :-) Thanks, Mike Begin forwarded message: > From: aude <aude.wiki(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Wikimania scholarships deadline: Feb 16 > Date: 14 February 2012 04:38:26 CET > > Reminder that the deadline to apply for a Wikimania 2012 travel scholarship is February 16 (23:59 UTC). We encourage you to apply! > > http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships > > Full travel scholarships, funded by the Wikimedia Foundation and chapters (France, UK, Israel, Austria), will cover transportation, hostel accommodations, and conference registration. Partial scholarships are also offered by WMF (and Wikimedia Hungary). > > Wikimania 2012 will take place July 12-15 at the George Washington University in Washington, DC. The call for participation is also open now (deadline: March 18), and registration is open. > > Cheers, > Katie > > -- > President, Wikimedia District of Columbia > http://wikimediadc.org > @wikimediadc / @wikimania2012

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Thank you letters from the office
by Jon Davies 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

Thanks from the office to: Fae for the office supplies Tom for the Cafitière and coffee Our anonymous Wikipedian who gave us an old server. Jon and Richard. -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. 07976 935 986 tweet @jonatreesdavies 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. Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk

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