Wikimediauk-l June 2013

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National Geographic turns archive into a Tumblr

by Stevie Benton

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.*

10 years, 9 months

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 95, Issue 25

by Ed Saperia

Gordo: no cash incentive at all. Reminds me of a certain website... Sent from my iPhone On 24 Jun 2013, at 13:00, wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 95, Issue 24 (Edward Saperia) > 2. Re: Joint statement with the Foundation (Gordon Joly) > 3. Re: Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 95, Issue 24 (Gordon Joly) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 14:42:51 +0100 > From: Edward Saperia <edsaperia(a)gmail.com> > To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 95, Issue 24 > Message-ID: > <CAMntjUJC59+EhwFWDfF=LfFeYEMasyxAdyUDFbPcpLwsY=w8HQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > If anyone's thinking of doing something related to Hack The Barbican, let > me know and I can use it as leverage to get more discounts from The > Barbican for Wikimania 2014 :-) > > > On 23 June 2013 13:00, <wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to >> wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> wikimediauk-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Hack the Barbican 2013 (Gordon Joly) >> 2. Where should the Wikimedia UK Board meet over the coming >> year? (Chris Keating) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 23:07:07 +0100 >> From: Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> >> To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >> Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Hack the Barbican 2013 >> Message-ID: <51C6200B.8050507(a)pobox.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> >> FYI >> >> http://hackthebarbican.org/ >> >> Gordo >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 10:53:08 +0100 >> From: Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com> >> To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Where should the Wikimedia UK Board meet over >> the coming year? >> Message-ID: >> < >> CAFche1qYRakRsF1FXFMGHZE01UHMbcd61wgTkbjC_1TyrbbzYg(a)mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> 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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Final call for content - Wikimedia UK monthly report, May 2013

by Stevie Benton

Hello everyone, This is a final call for any relevant content to be added to the Wikimedia UK monthly report for May 2013. If you have relevant content to add then please do go ahead! I'm looking to publish by the end of Wednesday 26 June. May's report can be seen at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/May Also, if you've been involved in chapter-related activity in June, do get involved and let everyone know what you've been working on. June's draft report can be seen here - http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June Many 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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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 95, Issue 24

by Edward Saperia

If anyone's thinking of doing something related to Hack The Barbican, let me know and I can use it as leverage to get more discounts from The Barbican for Wikimania 2014 :-) On 23 June 2013 13:00, <wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Hack the Barbican 2013 (Gordon Joly) > 2. Where should the Wikimedia UK Board meet over the coming > year? (Chris Keating) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 23:07:07 +0100 > From: Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Hack the Barbican 2013 > Message-ID: <51C6200B.8050507(a)pobox.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > FYI > > http://hackthebarbican.org/ > > Gordo > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 10:53:08 +0100 > From: Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com> > To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Where should the Wikimedia UK Board meet over > the coming year? > Message-ID: > < > CAFche1qYRakRsF1FXFMGHZE01UHMbcd61wgTkbjC_1TyrbbzYg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > 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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Joint statement with the Foundation

by Chris Keating

Dear all, I'd like to draw to your attention this joint statement with the Foundation which I have just, with the authority of the Board, posted on our blog regarding the management of conflicts of interests and this year's fundraiser. http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/09/joint-statement-from-wikimedia-foundat… Regards, Chris Keating Chair, Wikimedia UK

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Hack the Barbican 2013

by Gordon Joly

FYI http://hackthebarbican.org/ Gordo

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Editathon at Institute of Civil Engineers, London

by Andy Mabbett

Event in London, 19 July. Booking essential. Details at: http://www.ice.org.uk/News-Public-Affairs/ICE-News/Wikipedia-Editathon-19-J… * I'll make an on-wiki page next week, when I hope to be upright (after eye surgery) again. * I've asked for the erroneous "member of the Wikipedia Foundation" statement to be removed. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Lists of UK listed buildings

by Katie Chan

Hi all, One of the task that needs to be completed for WLM to happen is to have exhaustive lists of all eligible listed buildings on Wikipedia, using appropriately formed templates instead of wiki tables directly. To get everyone going, I have created the templates[1], which everyone is of course encouraged to improve. In terms of the actual lists themselves, I have created a tracking table[2] so that everyone can see where we are and where work needs to be done. All the columns should be fairly self explanatory, aside from the one on images which is intended to track when someone has searched through Commons & Wikipedia for existing images and added them to the respective list. Except for Wales, where lists didn't exist before, you can navigate to the existing lists from [3]. As you can see, I have made a start on at least one counties per countries so that everyone can see what I envisage them looking like[4]. You can find a copy of the source data for England[5], Wales[6], Scotland[7] and Northern Ireland[8] at the respective links provided. There's also PHP scripts for manipulation of geo-coordinates (latitude/longitude) to[9] and from[10] OS grid references, and also one for conversion between WGS-84 datum (as used by GPS) and OSGB-36 datum (as used by the Ordnance Survey)[11]. They may come in useful for manipulation of the source data when creating the lists. I should say here that the English list is brand new courtesy of English Heritage who have recently completed a review of their licensing and released the information where they previously declined to! Aside from making WLM happen, completing these lists would improve a lot of the existing lists on Wikipedia or create new ones where they didn't exist before. This is something that can be done by everyone as time permits, whether that is mass converting the source data into templated lists, a few minutes spent looking for existing images and adding them to a list, or copyediting the generated list. Plese contribute when and where you can! Katie [1]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:EH_listed_building_header>, < https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:EH_listed_building_row>, < https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:Cadw_listed_building_header>, < https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:Cadw_listed_building_row>, < https://en.wikipedia.org/HS_listed_building_header>, < https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:HS_listed_building_row>, < https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:NIEA_listed_building_header>, < https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:NIEA_listed_building_row>. [2]: < https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_the… > [3]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_the_United_Kingdom> [4]: < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Isle_of_Wight>, < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Bridgend>, < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Category_A_listed_buildings_in_East_R…>, < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Grade_A_listed_buildings_in_County_Fe… > [5]:< https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnePnspksYO…>, < https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnePnspksYO…>, < http://data.gov.uk/data-requests/list-of-grade-i-and-ii-listed-buildings-in… > [6]: < https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3ePnspksYOiV2YzSTlpNXFvc28/edit?usp=sharing>, < https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3ePnspksYOiN2VMbzFHcTk1SWM/edit?usp=sharing>, <https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/listed_buildings_in_wales> [7]: < https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnePnspksYO… > [8]: < https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnePnspksYO…>, < https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnePnspksYO… > [9]: <http://pastie.org/private/uoljp6fge3rgf24fju3xug> [10]: <http://pastie.org/private/tojd2r3a7w4emiag46n1lw> [11]: <http://pastie.org/private/e32ndvonwgqofv9odduy4w> -- Katie Chan Volunteer Support Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0990 +44 (0) 7885 980 534 Wikimedia UK is 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. 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.

10 years, 10 months

Nice idea from the Netherlands

by Jon Davies

The Netherlands Chapter had a really good session on editing their pages on fashion subjects. According to those who attended it attracted a lot of new people the vast majority of whom were women. A key target for us of course. We have some world class colleges in the UK where we could do a similar editathon. Anyone think this is a runner and may be interested in taking a lead on this? Jon -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk

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Call out - Volunteer with mark up editing skills to help design a portal!

by Katherine Bavage

Hi all, I'm working on an ongoing basis to develop our introduction/induction process for new members. Some of you may have been in the mini-session I led at the AGM asking for feedback/ideas on this very topic. One valuable insight that came out of that was that we have two broad groups we want to attract to volunteering opportunities - including membership - in the Chapter; those who have edited before and those who have not. One idea I'm exploring is reformulating the currently separate sections on the UK Wiki on 'Volunteering' and 'Join us' into a 'Volunteer portal' which brings together these resources underneath an introductory landing page which directs people to further information based on whether they have editing experience. Sadly however my lack of experience working with complex templates, and lack of time to get up to speed to deliver this myself is proving an obstacle. What I would love is if some wonderful person/persons could offer a few hours of their time in the next fortnight to work with me on internal wiki to develop a portal template we can then move onto the UK wiki when the content to compliment it is ready - again, I'm drafting the content for new members on the UK wiki, and welcome input from anyone who has time or inclination. Drop me a line if you think you can help (or indeed, reply here!) I understand that there are probably many of you who *could* do this but might struggle to find the time in the next few weeks :) *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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