Hello everyone,
Just a reminder that the July report for Wikimedia UK needs to be published
this week. If you have any content you'd like to add please do so at
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/July
The August report is also being drafted right now and I'd love for you to
add any relevant content there, too -
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/August
Thanks and regards,
Stevie
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Hello everyone,
The Open Government Partnership is hosting its annual
summit<http://www.opengovpartnership.org/open-government-partnership-annual-summit…>
on
31 October and 1 November. This could be a good opportunity to build
networks in this area and find ways that we can demonstrate the value of
Wikimedia projects. We may be able to find ways to influence thinking
around open knowledge and how this can fit in with public policy. They have
issued a call for proposals which has a deadline of 1 September.
I wonder if this is of interest to anybody. There's a thread on this topic
on the Water Cooler of the WMUK wiki
here<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Water_cooler#Open_Government_Partnership_annua…>.
It would be great to discuss suggestions and ideas there.
Thanks and regards,
Stevie
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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.*
[cross-posted]
The OSM equivalent of Wikimania, State of the Map
<http://2013.stateofthemap.org>, is in Birmingham, England (my home
town), from 6-8 September, just under two weeks away (places are still
available!). I will be there. Are any of you coming? Should we have
Wikipedia meetup?
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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Kindly note that the deadline for Call for Proposals for the EduWiki
Conference 2013 taking place in Wales this November has been extended to
Friday 30 August 2013 at noon BST.
One reason this has been necessary is that the announcement on the WMUK
wiki carried a typo in the email address to which proposals should be sent.
This has now been amended appropriately. The correct email address is
education(a)wikimedia.org.uk
Details available at
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2013/Call_for_proposals
I'm also more than happy to answer any personal queries directly.
Best wishes,
Toni
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Hi All,
WES <http://www.wes.org.uk/> has invited Wikimedia UK to join their one day
conference [1] <http://www.wes.org.uk/energy#Programme> (annual opportunity
for women in engineering and related technologies to get together to
discuss energy technologies). They are running a parallel session that's
much broader in scope. We have been offered a slot to talk about Wikipedia,
gender gap and how Editathons could increase the presence of women, and
especially women in engineering, on Wikipedia. I will be attending, and if
a volunteer would like to join me to co-present I should be able to secure
a free entry.
Many thanks!
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Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0994
+44 7803 505 170
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movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
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over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
Hi All,
A new brochure about Wikimedia Commons has been produced. Designed to be a
companion brochure to the Welcome to Wikipedia brochure, it covers what
Commons is, how to upload files, how to use files, and the basics of free
licenses -
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illustrating_Wikipedia_brochure.pdf
We would like to have a version printed in the UK as well. What are your
thoughts on the content? Do you think we already have a brochure that does
the job better?
Do let Stevie know (stevie.benton[image: at]wikimedia.org.uk) - we may even
manage to get it ready for Wiki Loves Monuments in September!
Many thanks,
Daria
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All,
I am forwarding the below email. Key point is:
4 September - OpenStreetMap happy hour in London at six pm. See
http://www.mapbox.com/blog/london-happy-hour-2013/ for more.
Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alex Barth <alex(a)mapbox.com>
Date: 21 August 2013 18:11
Subject: [Talk-GB] London Happy Hour Sep 4
To: talk-gb(a)openstreetmap.org
We're throwing a happy hour in London on our way to State of the Map -
would love to see you there and catch up over OpenStreetMap before getting
on a train to Birmingham:
http://www.mapbox.com/blog/london-happy-hour-2013/
Cheers -
Alex
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We're looking a year ahead, so we should have plenty of time to sort
things out. But, the UK has some particularly-talented Wikinewsies
(I'm looking at Iain Macdonald, Tom Morris and Paul Williams in
particular).
It would be short-sighted, in the extreme, not to ask the UK-resident
Wikinewsies to get involved. Given the direction I've seen Paul
heading off in (to Wikinews' great loss) I suspect he would make a
great 'Head of Broadcasting' for next year's Wikimania; and, with
Wikimedia UK's support, could help make sure Wikimania 2014 is the
'most-online' annual conference to-date. [All sessions webcast live,
all recordings thereof online faster than the BBC does with iPlayer.]
The major snag for me, a Wikinewsie in Edinburgh, is it looks-like
Wikimania 2014 clashes with the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe. (I
already have interest from a local community Radio station, which
might lead to free use of high-end gear, and a few other things
in-the-works).
But, anyone who is planning to travel to the UK for Wikimania should
bear that in-mind!
If you want to come up to The Athens of The North, post-conference,
start looking at those accommodation bookings right now. Otherwise,
you'll be camping somewhere in the vicinity of Arthur's Seat.
Regardless, and no-matter how hard Wikimedia UK tries to promote their
London Wikimania, I can promise you "us lot up in Scotland" will keep
knocking you off the front page when it comes to headlines in the
press. Does anyone else have some 'creative ideas' about Wikimania
2014 having a 'token presence' in Edinburgh? (The Fringe venue I want
to 'hijack' is close-enough to the Edinburgh Uni CS facilities I was
hacking - 25 years ago - that, we could run an armoured fibre straight
into JANET).
It's simply too-good an opportunity to miss. And, where I strongly
agree with the broad-criticisms Jimmy made of mainstream media in his
HK keynote, I know that "the news division of the WMF" (i.e. Wikinews)
could wipe the floor with the Mainstream on the independence debate.
Brian.
Apologies for cross-posting, but I wanted to say hello - I'm the new Wikimedian-in-Residence at the National Library of Scotland, and am reaching out to introduce myself to as many people as possible! The residency is a little over a month in now, so we have some interesting plans starting to develop. I mentioned some of them in the Wikimedia UK blog post which you may have already read (http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/08/a-month-as-wikimedian-in-residence-at-…), but there's also a more detailed monthly report here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/NLS/1st_Month_Report
And of course I'd encourage any interested Wikimedians to get in touch on the NLS's project page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/National_Library_of_Scotland - please do say hello or put your name down as interested in participating in any way, or start a discussion on the talk page. Would love to hear from you!
- Ally
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