Wikimediauk-l June 2013

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Where should the Wikimedia UK Board meet over the coming year?
by Chris Keating 15 Jul '13

15 Jul '13

Hello everyone, Just wanted to ask if you have suggestions on locations for Board meetings over the coming year! Since we're a national charity we should avoid having meetings in London all the time. The AGM was in Lincoln, but prior to that the last non-London Board meeting was last September in Coventry. We should aim to meet at least twice outside of London in the coming year. If you have any suggestions, drop me a line. The criteria are: * we'd like to go somewhere where there is a Wikimedia-related project going on that we can learn about / help with in some way (e.g. the Coventry meeting coincided with Wiki Takes Coventry and also with a project at the Herbert Museum) * it needs to be readily accessible by public transport, * we need a good meeting room available for 2 full days and a hotel for people to stay in If you have any ideas let me know! Thanks, Chris

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] National Geographic turns archive into a Tumblr
by Adam Morgan 03 Jul '13

03 Jul '13

Tumblrs are ridiculously easy to set up. I'm currently running one for English Wikisource (although I haven't done as much as I would like as I'm limited on time). If you want a Commons tumblr, you might need Commons itself to buy into it first. At least, if you want to refer to it as a Commons tumblr; it would be the polite thing to do if you intend to act in their name. If it's UK-related (not necessarily WMUK, just generally local), it would be simpler. Scope and morality aside, it is, as mentioned, very easy to get going. I could have set it up faster than composing this e-mail. (NB: I could get it started for you if you want but other people would need to maintain it -- ie. post images). Secondary tumblrblogs have "member" and "admin" statuses; the first can post, the second can grant member/admin powers and de-member people again. Admins can't be de-admined, they can only voluntarily quit; which is why you should probably be sure from the start about who is running it. TTFN, Adam On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:41 AM, <wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > wrote: > Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:41:24 +0100 > From: Stevie Benton <stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] National Geographic turns archive into a > Tumblr > Message-ID: > <CACti2r+SxyHVbFQGgWmDRKHJFQPCR247SQahMrST== > BV4SWy7Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello everyone, > > New Wikimedia UK Trustee Alastair McCapra has shared this news story with > us today that National Geographic has been searching through its archives > and has created a photo blog using the website Tumblr. > > As you'll see there are some incredibly striking images there. They are > using the blog to sell prints so they aren't freely licensed but the idea > occurs to me that a similar image blog for Commons would be a great idea > and could also serve as an excellent way to promote Wiki Loves Monuments > (for example). I wonder if anyone would be inspired to give this a go... > > You can see the news story > here< > http://www.thefoxisblack.com/2013/06/24/national-geographic-turns-their-mas… > >and > visit > the Tumblr (which I heartily recommend) here< > http://natgeofound.tumblr.com/> > . > > Thanks, > > Stevie > -- > > Stevie Benton > Communications Organiser > Wikimedia UK > +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 > @StevieBenton > > Wikimedia UK 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. 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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Membership recruitment
by Katherine Bavage 02 Jul '13

02 Jul '13

Dear all, I'd just like to draw this to everyone's attention: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Membership/Promoting I'm keen to get input on clarifying what our 'pitch' to potential members could/should be, and how we might go about integrating recruitment into events. Do comment and edit as this is intended as a discussion paper I hope to evolve into formal processes for staff or volunteers to refer to :) Thanks, *Katherine Bavage * *Fundraising Manager * *Wikimedia UK* +44 20 7065 0752 Wikimedia UK 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. 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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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership recruitment
by fabian＠unpopular.org.uk 30 Jun '13

30 Jun '13

> I basically agree with Katherine, Gordo I'm not sure what benefits you > think members should get? Why are you a member? (...) > How does that square with the fact other wikimedia chapter memberships > don't really seem to get specific benefits and privileges? Would it be > consistent with what the movement and our chapter in it are trying to > achieve? > I think the answer is 'probably not'. It's not up to me to decide, but I > don't think we can afford to keep getting stuck/vague on this point. It > will harm recruitment. There are several points I would like to make: * As a movement, there is no unified will with single set of goals but a diverse range of people with differing priorities. Wikipedia (and the sister projects) constitutes the manifestation of the aggregation of the diversity of "what we are trying to achieve". * As long as there are enough people to maintain WMUK, why do we need to worry about recruitment? And if there are not enough people, then perhaps there is no need for WMUK? I find it somewhat disappointing that discussions on this list have headed in this direction, instead of focussing on what we think we be good to help develop the family of Wikimedia sites. I was rather hoping the role of the fundraiser would be to look at developing projects to achieve such goals, rather than focusing on WMUK as a self-perpetuating entity. I am really keen that we have a small membership cost (£5 is good) and that this simply empowers the member to vote at AGMs etc. Adding other features is likely to have a financial impact leading some to call for a rise in the membership fee to cover services which not everyone may feel are useful or even suitable. all the best Fabian User:Leutha

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Wikimedia UK monthly report - May 2013
by Stevie Benton 28 Jun '13

28 Jun '13

Hello everyone, Please see below the Wikimedia UK monthly report for May 2013. If you prefer to view the report on wiki you can find it here - http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/May Don't forget, there's still plenty of time to contribute to the June report. You can find this here - http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June Thanks and regards, Stevie Program activitiesCommunityMicrogrants Information about microgrants that are currently running, and how to submit a microgrant application of your own, are at Microgrants/Applications<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants/Applications> . GLAM activitiesOxford - Queen Victoria's Journals On 24 May Liz McCarthy of the Bodlean libraries and Wikimedia UK ran an editathon in Oxford<http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN:Wikipedia:WikiProject_University_of_Oxford/…> using resources that included Queen Victoria's journals, which the Bodleian and the Royal Archive have launched online in a site<http://www.queenvictoriasjournals.org/home.do> with different versions of the text, indexes, essays, and other facilities. The site is free to users in the UK, and until the end of June 2013 only to all global users. Nearly 20 people took part, in Oxford or just online, and articles worked on included: - w:EN:George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen<http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN:George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen>, generally touched up, lead expanded, bits from journals added. - w:EN:John Russell, 1st Earl Russell<http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN:John_Russell,_1st_Earl_Russell> bits added from Journals, (diff<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Russell%2C_1st_Earl_Russell…> ) - w:EN:Queen Victoria's journals<http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN:Queen_Victoria%27s_journals> - this article about the overall topic has now been nominated<http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN:Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Queen_Vic…> to appear on the main page in the Did You Know? section. - w:EN:Coronation of Queen Victoria<http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN:Coronation_of_Queen_Victoria> ran on w:EN:WP:DYK <http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN:WP:DYK> on June 2nd, 60th anniversary of the w:EN:Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II<http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN:Coronation_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II> and received over 12,000 views - w:EN:Marquis <http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN:Marquis>, w:EN:Viscount<http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN:Viscount> , w:EN:List of marquesses in the peerages of Britain and Ireland<http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN:List_of_marquesses_in_the_peerages_of_Brita…> , w:EN:List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland<http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN:List_of_marquessates_in_the_peerages_of_Bri…> - w:EN:Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet<http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN:Sir_William_Molesworth,_8th_Baronet> Liz has also written a Blog re this<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/06/one-is-most-amused-queen-victorias-jou…>Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums Wikimedia UK has had a Wikipedian in residence at Tyne and War Archives and Museums. Successes include outreach to relevant Wikiprojects<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ships#Wikipedian_in…> (Tyne and Wear used to be a centre of the world's shipbuilding). Results include a number of pictures now used in featured articles, such as atw:EN:Minas Geraes-class battleship#Bidding and construction<http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN:Minas_Geraes-class_battleship#Bidding_and_c…> . Future WikimediaUK GLAM events People can now sign up for the following future events: - British Black Music Editathon<http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN:Wikipedia:WikiProject_African_diaspora/Brit…> 30 June - Bloomsbury Group editathon<http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Literature/Bloomsbury…> 19 October TechnologyOther activities - An editathon <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Academic_Dress_editathon> was held in London for members of the Burgon Society, a learned society dedicated to the study of academic dress (full report<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Academic_Dress_editathon#Report> ). Other UK-related news This new section is for UK-based Wikimedians to share their activities. These are not Chapter projects, but may well be of interest. JoburgpediA <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joburgpedia_plaques.jpg> <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joburgpedia_plaques.jpg> Joburgpedia plaques - picture by Luis Corvini Thanks to the help of Fae we were contacted by Dumisani Ndubane of the Joburgpedia project <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/JoburgpediA>. They are building on Monmouthpedia and Gibraltarpedia to create the second African Wikitown funded by the Swiss Chapter. For reasons to complex to explain here they wanted to get their plaques made at, Swan Crafts (the place that John Cummings had found in Monmouth that made the Monmouthpedia plaques). The request was to get the items made to a very tight timescale. The project is targetting twenty specific places and intends to have principally other South African languages as the obvious alternatives (via QRpedia). Although other contributions are welcomed. As you can see the design has turned the old plaque upside down to that the Joburgpedia logo can be prominently displayed. Do consider if you could spare some time to help. Try these - they are mainly stubs so they need some tlc: 1. Satyagraha House <http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Satyagraha_House> (Gandhi House), Orchards 2. Friedenskirche German Lutheran Church<http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Friedenskirche_German_Lutheran_Church>, Hillbrow 3. Orlando Stadium <http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Orlando_Stadium>, Orlando East, Soweto More available if you have time --Victuallers<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Victuallers> (talk <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Victuallers>) 19:20, 24 June 2013 (UTC)UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22160988 - Jimmy Wales: Boring university lectures 'are doomed' - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10030060/Wikipedia-you-dont-ge… - Wikipedia: you don't get to decide who's interesting - http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/about-our-charity/news/wikipedia-for… - Wikipedia for Schools 2013 nearly ready for release! - http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-05/8/wikipedia-views-stock-market - Wikipedia page views could predict stock market changes - http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/rachel-johnson-in-the-grip-o… - Rachel Johnson in the grip of Wikipedia's ‘Orange Mike’ - http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/may/13/should-university-students-… - Should university students use Wikipedia? Blog posts this month - 2nd May - British Library Wikipedian in Residence: conclusions<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/05/wikipedian-in-residence-conclusions/> This post was written by Andrew Gray, and was originally published on the British Library's blog - 3rd May - Wiki Loves Monuments in the UK: a review of the exhibition<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/05/wiki-loves-monuments-in-the-uk-a-revie…> - 7th May - Oldham and new trainers<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/05/oldham-and-new-trainers/> This post was written by User:WormThatTurned about a Wikipedia training workshop held in Oldham - 8th May - A look back on GLAM-Wiki<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/05/a-look-back-on-glam-wiki-2013/> Daria Cybulska writes about our flagship international GLAM conference - 14th May - HEA Senior Fellowship for Wikimedia UK Education Organiser<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/05/hea-senior-fellowship-for-wikimedia-uk…> Dr Toni Sant receives a prestigious fellowship - 16th May - Calling all Wikimedians interested in the First World War<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/05/calling-all-wikimedians-interested-in-…> A short post encouraging volunteers to suggest potential projects linked to the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War - 22 May - Glasgow/1 Wikimedia meetup<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/05/glasgow1-wikimedia-meetup/> - Wikipedian Graeme Arnott writes about the recent meetup in Glasgow - 23 May - Catch and Release: My Secret Adventure into the World of GLAM-WIKI<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/05/catch-and-release-my-secret-adventure-…> This post was written by Dr Melodee Beals of Sheffield Hallam University and is about her experiences at GLAM-Wiki. It was originally published on her website here<http://melodeebeals.co.uk/catch-and-release-my-secret-adventure-into-the-wo…> Upcoming activities in May and JuneMay - *05* - Oxford meetup <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Oxford/4> - *11* - Board meeting (in-person, London)<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agenda_11May13> - *12* - First Glasgow meetup<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Glasgow/1> - *12* - First Nottingham meetup<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Nottingham/1> - *12* - London meetup <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/69> - *15* - IRC office hours <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours> - *18* - Liverpool meetup<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Liverpool_8> - *18* - Cambridge meetup<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/18> - *19* - Lua on Wikimedia <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lua_on_Wikimedia> - *20* - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 20 May Wikipedia training<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tyne_%26_Wear_Archives_%26_Museums_20_May_Wiki…> - *24* - Queen Victoria's Journals University of Oxford editing day<http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:WikiProject_University_of_Oxford/…> - *24–26* - Amsterdam Hackathon<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Events/Amsterdam_Hackathon_2013> - *25* - Academic Dress editathon<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Academic_Dress_editathon>, London - *28* - Education Committee<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Committee> conference call June - *03* - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 3 June Wikipedia training<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tyne_%26_Wear_Archives_%26_Museums_3_June_Wiki…> - *08* - WikiConference UK 2013<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013> & 2013 AGM <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2013_AGM>, Lincoln - *08* - Technology Committee<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings/08_June_2013> - Time tbc UTC+1 (BST) in person at WikiConference UK 2013<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013> - *09* - London meetup <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/70> - *19* - IRC office hours <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours> - *22* - Editathon at the Royal Opera House<http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ballet/Royal_Opera_Ho…> - *29* - Provisional - WWI editathon with the British Library\Europeana For events in July 2013 and onwards, please see Events<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events> . Administrative activitiesFinancesBoard activities There was an in-person Board meeting in London on 11 May. You can read the minutes here <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes_11May13> News from the Chief Exec*For information on Jon's activities this month, see News from the Office<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/News_from_the_Office/Posts> .*Communications Please see the above links to relevant press coverage received in April. If you're interested in getting more involved with our communications or have any questions or comments, please email Stevie Benton – stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk Fundraising and MembershipFundraising This month, we received £170 in one-off donations, with 3 individual donations. The average donation amount was £56.6 - 33% of these donors have had Gift Aid Declarations made and matched with their records. If anyone would like a full (but anonymised) csv file with more information, please get in touch with katherine.bavage[image: at]wikimedia.org.uk and let her know your requirements. There were 5,118 successful direct debits this month, bringing in a total of £20,730.27. Membership Up to 31st May 2013: - 174 new (membership commenced in preceding three months) and current members - with 5 new join-ups in May. - 55 'grace' members (membership within six months after date membership should be renewed) This adds up to 229 members who are eligible to vote - 49 Expired members - May 2013 Members Newsletter<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Membership/Newsletter/2013/May> -- Stevie Benton Communications Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK 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. 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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Putting this out there - any volunteer time to help with data processing
by Katherine Bavage 28 Jun '13

28 Jun '13

Dear all, You may have picked up the odd mention in staff reports to the board or passing conversation, but one of the pieces of work I'm responsible for is the Charity's gift aid records and claims. After delay getting our first claim through, then needing to update our records with HMRC so the right people and bank details were on our record, I'm ready to work on the outstanding data files for the claims for last financial year. However, it's a big job that can't really be automated - it involves reformatting and then checking through spreadsheets with mixture of search and replace and common sense to make sure the claim records we're submitting are those of individuals (not companies) and include real name data. Is there someone who would be interested and able to help? It would require at least a couple of days in the office next month - its not really appropriate to do remotely and you would have to sigh an undertaking to treat the data confidentially. We can support some expenses here (travel, lunch/per diem) but I'm not sure we could pay for accommodation - its therefore most probably an appeal to those who are in/near london based to help. Do let me know if you think this could be something you could do. Thanks, *Katherine Bavage * *Fundraising Manager * *Wikimedia UK* +44 20 7065 0752 Wikimedia UK 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. 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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Conference Committee meeting, Thursday 19:30 (all welcome)
by Harry Mitchell 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

Just for everyone's information, the meeting will be by telephone at 19:30 (BST) on Thursday. If anyone wants to join us but isn't on the Conference Committee list, please email Katie for access details. Anyone who wants to comment on any item on the agenda is most welcome. If you can't make it, but want to comment, you can leave your thoughts on the talk page or email me at this address (before 17:00 Thursday). Agenda: https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Conference_Committee/Planning_meeting_10 [1]. PS, any final thoughts on WikiConference UK 2013 are still welcome at https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013/Lessons [2]. Thank you, -- Harry Mitchell, Wikimedia UK Conference Committee Tel: +44 (0) 24 7698 0977 Mob: +44 (0) 7585 357 416 Skype: harry_j_mitchell Any views expressed in this email are those of the sender alone unless explicitly stated otherwise. Links: ------ [1] https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Conference_Committee/Planning_meeting_10 [2] https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013/Lessons

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OSM Funding Drive success, extension
by Tom Morris 26 Jun '13

26 Jun '13

Yesterday, the OpenStreetMap Foundation completed a funding drive of £40,000 ($60,000) to buy two new servers. Because of the success of the fundraising, they have decided to extend the campaign to raise another £32,500 ($50,000). See http://blog.openstreetmap.org/2013/06/26/extending-funding-drive/ for details. If you've got some spare cash and want to support the technical development of the map anyone can edit, go to http://donate.openstreetmap.org/server2013/ You can also donate via Bitcoin. OSM is growing at a phenomenal rate. The success and ramping up of OSM Foundation fundraising shows that OpenStreetMap is perhaps experiencing the same kind of organisational growing up process as Wikimedia has... -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/

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Do you have some spare time on the 2nd and or 3rd July?
by Jonathan Cardy 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

The collections trust have very kindly offered us a free stand at their exhibition on the 2nd/3rd of July 2013. This is a great opportunity for us to talk to attendees at OpenCulture2013 <http://www.openculture2013.org.uk>, hopefully these will be people who are committed to the idea of free culture, but they may need someone who can tell them what Wikipedia can do with mass releases of images. Or indeed just show them how to edit an article or add an image to an article. We still have a couple of places for volunteers to man the stand, preference given to people who can talk about Wikimedia commons or wikidata as well as Wikipedia. Sign up here <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenCulture2013>, or by emailing me. Jonathan Cardy GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) Organiser/Trefnydd GLAM (Galeriau, Llyfrgelloedd, Archifdai a llawer Mwy!) Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0990 Wikimedia UK 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. 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. Press Enter to send your message.

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QRpedia
by Chris Keating 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

Dear all, I am pleased to announce that Wikimedia UK has reached an agreement with Roger Bamkin and Terence Eden regarding the ownership of QRpedia. The intellectual property in QRpedia and the qrpedia.org and qrwp.orgdomains will be transferred to Wikimedia UK, which will maintain and support the development of the QRpedia platform for the future. Roger and Terence will act as honorary advisors to Wikimedia UK in this, as well as retaining their moral rights of attribution, but will not receive any financial consideration for this. I am very pleased we have reached an agreement. I look forward to Wikimedia UK working to support QRpedia's future development. This includes defining our future involvement with the MonmouthpediA and GibraltarpediA projects. A fuller statement will follow. Regards, Chris Keating -- Chris Keating Chair, Wikimedia UK @chriskeating chris.keating(a)wikimedia.org.uk Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT

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