Wikimediauk-l September 2012

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New intern starts at Wikimedia UK today
by Daria Cybulska 10 Sep '12

10 Sep '12

Dear All, Today the second Wikimedia UK Intern has started working in our office. Hasina will be joining us for the next 6-7 weeks. She is just getting her email and account set up (hasina.khatun(a)wikimedia.org.uk), but in the meantime here is a hello message from her: * My first day at Wikimedia and i have to say i am very excited. I have just finished my role as a Gamesmaker during the Paralympics, which was a truely amazing experience. I am so glad to have had the opportunity to be involved in such a big event. I am now ready to be in work mode and keen to start my internship with Wikimedia. * * I have just graduated this summer, I studied Politics at Middlesex University and have had experience in many political institues such as Parliament, The London Assembly and a Think Tank Called Demos. Having experience from my past internships, I am really interested to see how Wikimedia function as a charity and still have such a big impact on spreading information just as successfully. I am looking forward to meeting as many of you as possible - just this week I am planning to attend the GLAMcamp in London. * Best, Daria -- Daria Cybulska - Events Organiser, Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0994 +44 7803 505 170 -- Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, 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. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*

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Article on BBC News re. reliable sources
by Thomas Dalton 09 Sep '12

09 Sep '12

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19527797 Was anyone approached to give the other side of the story? The article lacks any explanation of our policy on reliable sources. It sounds like our policy was followed correctly - the author's statement was accepted as reliable only one it was published - but the BBC don't seem to have asked what the policy is.

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Board update
by Chris Keating 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

Dear all, Just to let you know that Joscelyn has stepped down as a Trustee. We have just put the following statement on the blog. Many thanks, Chris. -- Wikimedia UK is sad to announce that Joscelyn Upendran has stepped down as a Trustee. "It is with great regret that I have accepted Joscelyn's resignation," said Chris Keating, Chair of the Wikimedia UK Board of Trustees. "I would like to thank her for her important contributions on the Board and look forward to her continued involvement as a member of the charity.” The constitution of Wikimedia UK allows the Board to co-opt a Trustee to fill Joscelyn's place until the next AGM, when an election for 3 trustees will be held. The Board will make a decision about how to proceed at its next meeting on September 9th.

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Request for a developer.
by Jon Davies 06 Sep '12

06 Sep '12

Having failed to find someone full time as a developer we are licking our wounds and thinking of a plan 'c'. Plan 'b' ,in the meantime, is to offer the support work for the fundraiser as a tender to an individual or individuals who would like to take on the work. Our deadlines are super tight so expressions of interest by 5pm on the 14th of September. Please pass this around to anyone you know, mailing lists etc. I have tried to post to wikitech-l but am not subscribed. Can someone make sure this happens? http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Request_for_Developer_tender Many thanks Jon -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia U.K. 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 Movement. 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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Cambridge University fresher's fair, 2-3 October
by Deryck Chan 06 Sep '12

06 Sep '12

Hello Wikimedians, I've bid a stall on behalf of the newly founded Cambridge University Wikipedia Society [1][2] at the Cambridge University fresher's fair, 2-3 October. If you are around the area, it would be great if you can come and help by staffing the stall for a few hours, especially if you're affiliated to Cambridge University in some way! The fair will run, roughly, from 9am to 7pm on the 2nd, and 9am to 4pm on the 3rd; details are yet to be confirmed.[3] You certainly won't be expected to stay the whole day unless you really want to! It'll be a sign-up stall for the campus Wikipedia Society, and we'll give out Wikimedia freebies at the event to promote awareness for Wikipedia-editing and Wikimedia UK. Please contact me if you're interested in helping, even if it's just a few hours. Thanks! More details in the links below. Deryck [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cambridge_University_Wikipedia_Socie… [2] http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants/Cambridge_University_Wikipedia_Soc… [3] http://www.cusu.cam.ac.uk/societies/fair/

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Equipment exchange forum on Wikimedia Commons
by David Gerard 05 Sep '12

05 Sep '12

While we're talking about who wants a huge scanner ... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fae <faenwp(a)gmail.com> Date: 5 September 2012 17:01 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Equipment exchange forum on Wikimedia Commons To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> On 5 September 2012 16:50, Tomasz W. Kozłowski <odder.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Over a month ago, an equipment exchange forum has been started on > Wikimedia Commons at > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Equipment_exchange>, aiming > to be a place where "media contributors (...) can request, donate, > sell, or barter equipment for the production of free content, > including camera equipment, computer equipment, art supplies, and > software." I recently raised this Commons page as an idea for Wikimedia UK to support modest costs of international postage for items of obvious benefit (and of reasonable quality) to the open knowledge projects. This could be an interesting and relatively simple way for inter-chapter collaboration to work at the small scale. See <https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2013_Activity_Plan/Ideas#International_Camera…> for the UK proposal. I would encourage representatives from other Chapters to make a comment on that ideas page, if you can imagine this being a practical thing to get working. Cheers, Fae _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

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Nice piece on Wikipedia takes Coventry
by Jon Davies 05 Sep '12

05 Sep '12

http://www.kenilworthweeklynews.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainments/clock-is-tic… -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia U.K. 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 Movement. 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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Fwd: Context A2 scanner for sale
by Andy Mabbett 05 Sep '12

05 Sep '12

This may be of interest. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Emma Cavalier <ecavalier(a)npg.org.uk> Date: 4 September 2012 15:09 Subject: Context A2 scanner for sale To: MCG(a)jiscmail.ac.uk The National Portrait Gallery have recently installed a brand new photographic studio and no longer have use for their Contex CopyMate18 A2 scanner. Rather than send the still working scanner for disposal we'd like to invite offers from institutions who might be able to make use of it. Recommended use would be digitising newspapers or other large documents. Monochrome photographs required quite a bit of post-scanning processing in Photoshop although full colour photographs were quite successful. The scanner did not replace our A4 or A3 scanning equipment but was purchased to allow us to digitise works larger than A3. We are offering the CopyMate 18 scanner, usb & power cables, calibration chart, all the scanner software (original cds and more recent downloads), third party software and dongle from Colorado (this give us more accurate colour output than the Contex software), plus electronic copies of instruction manuals from Contex and basic installation, common errors and maintenance instructions written in-house). The software is Windows only and requires a PC with at least 3GB of RAM. The scanner was purchased in 2006 and used approximately once a week. It was last serviced, including new lamps in April 2009 and has not been used for the last 4 months. It measures approximately 130 x 65 x 20 cm and at least two people will be needed to move it. It will need to be collected from the National Portrait Gallery's administration building in Central London by the end of September. The scanner will be sold as seen, no guarantee is given or implied. It will be possible to view the scanner in action at the Gallery at the time of collection. The contact details of the maintenance company we used for servicing can be provided and we recommend that the scanner is serviced after installing it in its final location. Please email Emma Cavalier if you are interested. Best regards Emma Cavalier Digitisation Manager, National Portrait Gallery ecavalier(a)npg.org.uk **************************************************************** website: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ukmcg Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/museumscomputergroup [un]subscribe: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ **************************************************************** -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Reminder: workshop and exhibition tour at the British Library on 10 September, and an exhibition tour at the British Museum on 13 September.
by John Byrne 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

Please sign up at: workshop (1 pm) and exhibition tour (6.30 pm) at the British Library on 10 September, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BL/September_2012 for the exhibition Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands <http://www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/writingbritain/index.html> exhibition tour at the British Museum on 13 September, at 9 AM please note, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/2012 for the exhibition Shakespeare,staging the world <http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/shakespeare_staging_the_w…>. Johnbod

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Blog: Three months as a Wikipedian in Residence
by Stevie Benton 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

Hello everyone, I hope you're well. We've just published a blog post from Andrew Gray about his experiences so far as a Wikipedian in Residence at the British Library. You can see the post at http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/09/three-months-as-a-wikipedian-in-reside… Thanks and regards, Stevie -- Stevie Benton Communications Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, 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. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.

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