Wikimediauk-l January 2014

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Potential collaboration with the BBC -
by Stevie Benton 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Hello everyone, I'm currently in discussion with the BBC about how we might develop come useful collaborations, including a potential memorandum of understanding. How do people feel about Wikimedia UK working with the BBC and do you have any ideas for potential projects? There's a page with some notes at https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Potential_memorandum_of_understanding_and_col… so please take a look. If the discussion could take place on the talk page that would be very helpful. Thanks and regards, Stevie -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations 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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Anyone able to get to the British Library?
by HJ Mitchell 04 Feb '14

04 Feb '14

Is anyone on this list able to nip to the British Library on my behalf and take notes and/or scan about three pages of a book I'm using for research for a Wikipedia article? If so, please ping me off-list. There's a pint in it for you! Thanks, Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ Phone: 024 7698 0977 Skype: harry_j_mitchell

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Advocacy Advisors] EU copyright consultation deadline has beenextended
by Michael Maggs 04 Feb '14

04 Feb '14

Thanks for the update. Not sure how “terrific" I find that news, personally, given that I have spent around 20 hours over the last two days working to meet the original deadline! Best regards Michael ____________ Michael Maggs Chair, Wikimedia UK On 31 Jan 2014, at 23:10, Luis Villa <lvilla(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > That's terrific to hear! > > As an update on my end, I've done up to question 71, so this gives us a little more time to review and flesh those out. > > [For what it is worth, Michael, looking at the page here shows: > > From 05.12.2013 to 05.03.2014 (deadline extended). > > ] > > Luis

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WikIVIP coverage, following Stephen Fry's tweet
by Andy Mabbett 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

I've started logging coverage, at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Voice_intro_project#Coverage -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Wikimedia UK monthly report, December 2013
by Stevie Benton 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

Hello everyone, Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports> for the period 1st to 31st December 2013. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our blog<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/> , join a UK mailing list<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l>, and/or follow us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/wikimediauk>. If you have any questions or comments, please drop us a line on this report's talk page<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Talk:Reports/2013/December&actio…> . If you prefer to see the report on wiki, you can do so here - https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/December Thanks and regards, Stevie Program activitiesGLAM activities EditathonsArt Nouveau On the 4th December we had an Art Nouveau editathon<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Symbolism_and_Art_Nouve…> partnering with Plus Partage. This gave us the opportunity to tap into the expertise of a volunteer whose real life job involves valuing Art Nouveau objects for Christies. BCS Women in Science On the 9th December John Cummings ran an editathon in Southampton<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/BCS_Women_Wikipedia_editathon_December_2013> covering Women in Science. Image uploading The British Library announced a major image release of circa 1 million images. The massuploading tool went live on Commons and is now available for live testing - unlike most of our existing tools it has the ability to generate categories from data in xml databases. So a non-programmer can use it to upload hundred thousands of files without having every file in an upload go into the same categories. Wikimedians in ResidenceRoyal Society WMUK and the Royal Society were delighted to announce the appointment of John Byrne as Wikimedian in Residence<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/12/royal-society-appoints-wikimedian-in-…>. John takes up his post in January. York Museums Trust Pat Hadley published his second report<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/YMT/2nd_Month_Report> highlights included image release re the Middleham Hoard, also the first of the Tempest Anderson photos were uploaded. Education and expert outreachMenai Llandrillo College On the 20th, Robin Owain and Aled Powell presented to 27 IT lecturers at the college, outlining Wikimedia projects, the work in Wales and looking at how colleges are opening their doors to wiki editing skills and open content. Software Alliance Wales has also started to train the community in wiki editing skills, thanks to the Living Paths Project, in Wales, with 8 of their lecturers having been trained by Robin at Llanelli and Dolgellau. SAW trainers will now pass on these skills to the wider community, and the first full day took place at Lampeter on the 10th at the University. Other activities Wiki Loves Monuments 10th December saw the awards ceremony for the winners of the Wiki Loves Monuments UK photography competition take place at the Wikimedia UK office<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Office>. The event coincided with the charity's community Christmas party and was attended by over thirty people. Wiki Loves Monuments is the world's largest photography contest. The objective is to collect high quality photographs of some of the world's most important buildings - in the UK for 2013, this meant Grade I and Grade II* listed buildings. Over 570 people took part in the UK competition, contributing more than 12,000 photos to Wikimedia Commons. Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, said: "It's fantastic that so many people took the time to contribute their photos to the Wiki Loves Monuments competition. The standard of the winning images is incredibly high and I'm very pleased to be able to present the winners with their awards." Robin Brown, who received a highly commended prize for his photo of Wrest Park Banqueting House<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Wrest_Park_Banqueting_House.jpg> said: "I'm still trying to decide if I am more delighted to have a glass trophy for the mantelpiece or in having my image selected by an exceptionally talented group of my peers for an award. I think it's probably the latter though." Microgrants Information about microgrants that are currently running, and how to submit a microgrant application of your own, are at Microgrants/Applications<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Microgrants/Applications> . Blog posts this month - Reaching into the past: Working with Wikipedia and students<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/12/reaching-into-the-past-working-with-w…> (2 December) - Wikimedia Foundation launches tenth-annual online fundraising campaign to support Wikipedia<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/12/wikimedia-foundation-launches-tenth-a…> (4 December) - Michael Maggs takes over as Chair of Wikimedia UK<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/12/michael-maggs-takes-over-as-chair-of-…> (9 December) - Wikipedia supporters share their love of free knowledge<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/12/wikipedia-supporters-share-their-love…> (11 December) - Royal Society appoints Wikimedian in Residence<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/12/royal-society-appoints-wikimedian-in-…> (19 December) Upcoming activities in December, January and FebruaryDecember - *01* - Glasgow meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Glasgow/3> to coincide with The Electron Club's Open Day Social<http://www.citystrolls.com/> - *02* - Using Wikimedia to link research impact and open education<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador/Research_impa…> - workshop for staff in Newcastle University - *02* - Training session for librarians and archivists at The Glasgow School of Art<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Training_session_for_librarians_and_archivist…> - *03* - Medical Research Council Women in Science event, Edinburgh<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s_History/The_R…> - *03* - Nexters and KPMG event<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Nexters_and_KPMG_event_3_December_2013> - *04* - Art Nouveau editathon in London<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Symbolism_and_Art_Nouve…> - *07* - Chester meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Chester/2> - *07-08* - Board meeting <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Agenda_7Dec13> (Edinburgh) - *07* - Evening Board and community social (Edinburgh)<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/December_2013_Board_and_community_social> - *08* - London meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/76> - *09* - British Computer Society Women editathon in Southampton<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/BCS_Women_Wikipedia_editathon_December_2013> - *10* - Photography training<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/December_2013_Photography_Workshop> at Wikimedia UK office 1.30-3.30pm - *10* - WLM awards ceremony<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/WLM_awards_ceremony> and Wikimedia UK office open day 4pm - 8pm - *15* - Oxford meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Oxford/11> January - *07* - Tech Com meeting<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings#2013> - *12* - London meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/77> - *18* - Speakerthon: uploading voice samples from the Radio 4 archive to Wikipedia<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:BBC_voice_project> - *18* - Women in zoology and natural history editathon at London Zoo<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/ZSL_Editathon> - *19* - Oxford meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Oxford/12> - *25* - Anybody but Burns editathon<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Anybody_but_Burns_editathon>, Edinburgh - *26* - Swansea Editathon and Wiki training<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Swansea/1> - *26* - Manchester meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Manchester/21> February - *01* - TaPRA Wikipedia Workshop<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/TaPRA_Wikipedia_Workshop_February_2014> - London - *01-02* - Training the Trainers/February 2014 event<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Training_the_Trainers/February_2014_event> - Cardiff - *04* - Tech Com meeting<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings#2014> - *05* - UEA Wikipedia Workshop for PhD Students<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/UEA_Wikipedia_Workshop_February_2014> - Norwich - *09* - London meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/78> - *15* - Cambridge meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/21> - *16* - Oxford meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Oxford/13> - *17-21* - Wikipedia Takes UCL<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikipedia_Takes_UCL> - London - *21* - National Maritime Museum Cornwall <http://www.nmmc.co.uk/> & Cornish GLAMs one day workshop - Falmouth, contact:Fæ<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Special:EmailUser/F%C3%A6> - *26* - Wellcome Library editathon<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wellcome_Library_editathon> - *27-28* - Ally Crockford<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ACrockford> at The EDGE Conference <http://edgeconference.co.uk/> - Edinburgh For events in March 2014 and onwards, please see Events<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events> . Administrative activitiesBoard activities The December board meeting was held in Edinburgh on 7th and 8th December. The venue for the first day was the National Library of Scotland and on the second day was 19 George Square. There was a social event on the Saturday evening where the board were able to meet Scottish Wikimedians. The minutes for both days of the meeting are now available online here<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Minutes_7Dec13> and here <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Minutes_8Dec13>. It was the first board meeting for Carol Campbell, Simon Knight, Padmini Ray Murray, Joseph Seddon, and Kate West. During the meeting Chris Keating stood down as chair of the board and Michael Maggs was elected in his place. Communications Please see the above links to relevant press coverage received in December and blog posts published during the same period. In other news, Wikimedia UK is in negotiations with the BBC to develop a memorandum of understanding which could lead to some very worthwhile collaborations. Work to develop the open coalition continues. Wikimedia UK has agreed to fund a short-term part-time project manager to expand upon this work. While funded by WMUK, other groups such as Creative Commons, Open Knowledge Foundation and Mozilla are also involved in the work. Details of the role will follow in January. The chapter also signed the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU statement of intent, joining seven other European chapters. Simon Knight and Stevie both presented at the Nexters / KPMG event for education, social and tech entrepreneurs. 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 £1,352.00 in one-off donations, with 55 individual donations. The average donation amount was £24.58 - 42% 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 5,020 successful direct debits this month, bringing in a total of £20,889.02 Membership Up to 31st December 2013 there were 237 members of the charity eligible to vote. You can view more detailed membership data here<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Membership/Numbers> Visitors to the office this month The office received 78 visitors this month. -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations 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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Wikimedia UK monthly report, November 2013
by Stevie Benton 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

Hello everyone, Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports> for the period 1st to 30th November 2013. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our blog<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/> , join a UK mailing list<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l>, and/or follow us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/wikimediauk>. If you have any questions or comments, please drop us a line on this report's talk page<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Talk:Reports/2013/November&actio…>. You can also view the report on wiki at https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/November Apologies for the delay in publishing this report. We've had some problems with our database that have prevented us being able to share accurate data. With regards, Stevie Program activitiesCommunity The second Cardiff wikimeet<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cardiff/2> took place at the beginning of the month with around twenty Members turning up as well as a few local non-Members. GLAM activitiesBBC Open Content For the first time, the BBC <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:BBC> have dipped their toe into open content waters, releasing three extracts from Radio 4 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:BBC_Radio_4> programmes from their archives, 'Desert Island Discs<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Desert_Island_Discs> and 'Today <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Today_(BBC_Radio_4)>' under CC-by licences, as a prelude to releasing around 200 more at an event London<http://bbcspeakerthon.eventbrite.com/> on 18 January 2014. The donation came at the behest of Wikimedian Andy Mabbett, who is running the project with the BBC<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/BBC_voice_project> and has written about the initiative<http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/bbc-open-licence-voice-radio-speakerthon/> on his blog. Mining for information The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_of_England_Institute_of_Mining_and_Mech…> in Newcastle upon Tyne was the site of an edit-a-thon relating to the institute's collection. Robert Forsythe delivered a report on the event<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/1995/>, which included a tour round the collections, and there was enthusiasm for the topic, with one attendee travelling from the other side of the country to be there. The institute is considering a future event based around their collection so there may be more to come! Scotland The Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland organised an edit-a-thon on the subject of early photography<https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Early_Photography_in_Scotland_Edit-a-thon>. Topics included the Edinburgh Calotype Club<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Calotype_Club>, the oldest photography club in the world, and participants were able to access the Library's digital collections. An editing session with the University of Edinburgh's PhotoSoc is also being considered. In Glasgow an edit-a-thon was run on the topic of Scottish women on Wikipedia<https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Scottish_Women_on_Wikipedia> on Sunday 16th November. Details of the outcomes can be found here<https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Scottish_Women_on_Wikipedia#Results> . Photography There was a strong photography theme in November. Building on the success of Wiki Loves Monuments, a Wiki Takes<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_London/Wiki_takes_the_T…> event was organised based around London's tube system. The idea was to take photographs of Grade I and II* listed buildings which weren't covered on Commons and were within easy reach of tube stations. Towards the end of the month there was an edit-a-thon-cum-photography-session<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Atheism/Conway_Hall_edi…> at Conway Hall in London, with nine articles created. Education and expert outreach The Humanities Research Institute at the University of Sheffield hosted a workshop on "Wikimedia: linking research impact and open education". This is part of a series being delivered<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador/Research_impa…> by Martin Poulter in universities around the country as part of the collaboration between Jisc and Wikimedia UK. The goal is to make educators, researchers and other people in universities aware of ways they can work productively with the Wikimedia projects, and to get them to commit to specific "next steps". Among the 27 attendees from across the university were some MA students in topics such as public engagement and digital librarianship. Evaluation forms and reflections are written up<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador/Research_impa…> on the Wikimedia UK wiki. A quickie version of the workshop also took place at the EduWiki conference. Also in his Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador> capacity, Martin attended a day event on "enhancing discoverability" of digital resources such as scanned documents. He and other speakers shared perspectives on how to promote the finding and use of small collections of scholarly digital content in universities and cultural institutions. His in-person presentation and written briefing are feeding into national advice which will be published in the coming months. He also spoke to the Jisc Innovation Group - a meeting of programme directors and managers - about new developments in Wikimedia and the role of free and open content in Wikimedia's success. Following Robin Owain's meeting with Prof. Iwan Davies, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Swansea University in August, he has now met Dr Tom Cheesman and Dr Rhys Jones, other lecturers and students representatives. Tom's WikiProject, hopefully, will use crowd sourcing to gather and organise knowledge of worldwide versions of the Works of Shakespeare: "WOW!" Will in Other Words<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Water_cooler#.22WOW.21.22_Will_in_Other_Words> . EduWiki Conference 2013 On 1-2 November we have delivered an annual education conference<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2013>. To watch a brilliant video summary of the event please visit our wiki. SpotOn 2013 23 SpotOn conference delegates (10 female and 13 male) attended this session. We were also able to observe that there were 14 postgraduate students, while the rest were academics, researchers, or other non-students.They ran an Introduction to Wikipedia workshop for newcomers<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/SpotOn_London_2013_Wikipedia_editing_workshop> on the second day of the conference and Brian blogged about it here<http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/facilitating-a-wikipedia-editing…>.On Friday and Saturday, 8 and 9 November, Brian Kelly and Toni Sant attended the SpotOn conference (formerly known as Science Online), renewing WMUK presence at this large, high-profile annual event hosted by Nature Publishing Group, aimed at people interested in how science is carried out and communicated online. Photos from the workshop are also available on Wikimedia Commons<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WMUK_workshop_at_SpotOn2013_Lond…> . TechnologyOther activitiesWiki Loves Monuments Planning for the WLM UK prize giving took place in November. Scheduled for 10th December, the prize giving was part of a community day with a photography session in the afternoon followed by an open day in the evening. Information about microgrants that are currently running, and how to submit a microgrant application of your own, are at Microgrants/Applications<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Microgrants/Applications> . Blog posts this month - EduWiki Conference 2013 convenes in Cardiff<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/eduwiki-conference-2013-convenes-in-c…> (5 November) - Starting out as the Wikipedian in Residence<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/starting-out-as-the-wikipedian-in-res…> (7 November) - Wikimedia Diversity Conference<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/wikimedia-diversity-conference/> (10 November) - Open letter for free access to Wikipedia on mobile in South Africa<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/open-letter-for-free-access-to-wikipe…> (11 November) - A report from the Wikimedia Diversity Conference by Kwaku BBM<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/a-report-from-the-wikimedia-diversity…> (14 November) - Mining information at the Mining Institute<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/1995/> (19 November) - In response to the Times Higher Education<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/in-response-to-the-times-higher-educa…> (21 November) - Scottish Women on Wikipedia<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/scottish-women-on-wikipedia/> (21 November) - EduWiki: The Video<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/eduwiki-the-video/> (28 November) Activities in November, December and JanuaryNovember - *1* - Cardiff meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cardiff/2> - *1* - Talk by Pat Hadley <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:PatHadley> to staff and students of University of York, Department of Archaeology: *Wikipedia for Research, Teaching and Impact* - *1-2* - EduWiki Conference 2013<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2013> - *2* - Early Photography in Scotland Edit-a-thon<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Early_Photography_in_Scotland_Edit-a-thon> - National Library of Scotland - Edinburgh - *7* - Ally Crockford <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ACrockford> at the Grampian Information Annual Conference<http://www.grampianinfo.co.uk/grampian-information-annual-conference-2013.h…> - Aberdeen - *6* - Editathon at the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Editathon,_North_of_England_Institute_of_Mini…>, Newcastle upon Tyne - *9* - SpotOn London 2013 Wikipedia editing workshop<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/SpotOn_London_2013_Wikipedia_editing_workshop> - *9* - Wiki takes the Tube<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_London/Wiki_takes_the_T…> - *9* - Cambridge meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/20> - *9* - Virtual Learning Environment workshop<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Virtual_Learning_Environment_workshop> day *postponed* - *9-10* - Wikimedia Diversity Conference<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference>, Berlin, Germany - *10* - London meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/75> - *12* - Women of the Institute of Psychiatry (Kings College London) editathon<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Kings_College_London_Wikipedia_editing_worksh…> - *14* - Using Wikimedia to link research impact and open education<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador/Research_impa…> - workshop at Humanities Research Institute, the University of Sheffield - *15* - Martin Poulter<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador> attending "Spotlight on the Digital - Enhancing Discoverability (An Experts Forum)" in London - *15* - University of Oxford - Rediscovering Rycote.<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_University_of_Oxford/Re…> - *16* - Glasgow Women's Library Wikipedia editathon - Scottish Women on Wikipedia <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Scottish_Women_on_Wikipedia> - Bridgeton Library at The Olympia ([1]<http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/wikipedia-editathon/> ) - *17* - Oxford meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Oxford/10> - *18* - GLAMToolset Steering Group meeting<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GLAMToolset_project/OutreachSche…> - *20* - Veterinary Science editathon<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Veterinary_Science_editathon>, London - *23* - Belfast meetup and photo competition<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Belfast/1> - *25* - Medical Research Council Women in Science event, Cambridge<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/MRC,_Royal_Society,_Wikimedia_UK_Women_in_Sci…> - *26* - Tech committee telecon<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings/Agenda_26_No…> - *26* - Nexters Seminar, Somerset House, London<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Nexters_seminar,_Somerset_House> - *27* - Conway Hall editathon and photography session<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Atheism/Conway_Hall_edi…> - *30* - Ctrl Alt Change at Imperial College<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Ctrl_Alt_Change> event *postponed* - *30* - 'Wikipedia in your Hands' at Book Week Scotland event, Edinburgh December - *01* - Glasgow meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Glasgow/3> to coincide with The Electron Club's Open Day Social<http://www.citystrolls.com/> - *02* - Using Wikimedia to link research impact and open education<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador/Research_impa…> - workshop for staff in Newcastle University - *02* - Training session for librarians and archivists at The Glasgow School of Art<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Training_session_for_librarians_and_archivist…> - *03* - Medical Research Council Women in Science event, Edinburgh<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s_History/The_R…> - *03* - Nexters and KPMG event<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Nexters_and_KPMG_event_3_December_2013> - *04* - Art Nouveau editathon in London<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Symbolism_and_Art_Nouve…> - *07* - Chester meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Chester/2> - *07-08* - Board meeting <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Agenda_7Dec13> (Edinburgh) - *07* - Evening Board and community social (Edinburgh)<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/December_2013_Board_and_community_social> - *08* - London meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/76> - *09* - British Computer Society Women editathon in Southampton<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/BCS_Women_Wikipedia_editathon_December_2013> - *10* - Photography training<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/December_2013_Photography_Workshop> at Wikimedia UK office 1.30-3.30pm - *10* - WLM awards ceremony<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/WLM_awards_ceremony> and Wikimedia UK office open day 4pm - 8pm - *15* - Oxford meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Oxford/11> January - *07* - Tech Com meeting<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings#2013> - *12* - London meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/77> - *18* - Speakerthon: uploading voice samples from the Radio 4 archive to Wikipedia<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:BBC_voice_project> - *18* - Women in zoology and natural history editathon at London Zoo<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/ZSL_Editathon> - *19* - Oxford meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Oxford/12> - *25* - Anybody but Burns editathon<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Anybody_but_Burns_editathon>, Edinburgh - *26* - Swansea Editathon and Wiki training<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Swansea/1> - *26* - Manchester meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Manchester/21> For events in February 2014 and onwards, please see Events<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events> . Administrative activitiesBoard activities In November the WMUK board co-opted three new trustees, Simon Knight Padmini Ray Murray, and Joseph Seddon, to bring the number of members up to ten. - Simon is a PhD student who has been very active with Wikimedia UK in education projects including as an EduWiki speaker; his research interests focus on learning analytics and open content education and cover such issues as using Wikipedia as a platform to support information literacy. He acts as the Trustee representative on the Grants and Education Committees. - Padmini is an academic with significant knowledge of the University Education field; she lectures at Stirling University on subjects including social media and participatory technologies. She sits on the GLAM and Education Committees. - Joseph is a highly experienced Wikimedian who will be well known to many in both the UK and wider communities; he was previously a hands-on director of Wikimedia UK before it became a charity, and has been following our progress closely and attempting to provide quiet advice ever since. He sits on the Governance, Technology and GLAM Committees. Simon and Joseph's terms run until the 2014 AGM, while Padmini's runs until November 2015. Communications Please see the above links to relevant press coverage received in November and blog posts published during the same period. In other news, the chapter was represented by volunteers and staf at the Open Government Partnership which examines the ways that governments can be more open with information and data. The Free Knowledge Advocacy Group - representing a group of European Wikimedia chapters, met in London and created their collective statement of intent. This work is ongoing. A piece of wider work looking at how Wikipedia could be used in different settings, including young offenders' institutions, public libraries and places with no internet access was begun. Stevie presented to a Nexters meetup at Somerset House(a group of social tech entrepreneurs) about open licences and the Wikimedia projects. 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 £233.00 in one-off donations, with 8 individual donations. The average donation amount was £29.12 - 75% 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 4829 successful direct debits this month, bringing in a total of £19465.27 Membership Up to 30th November 2013 there were 238 members of the charity eligible to vote. You can view more detailed membership data here<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Membership/Numbers> Membership Brochure The first brochure in Welsh was published in time for the EduWiki at Cardiff. Visitors to the office this month Visitors this month included members from other Wikimedia chapters in to discuss Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU, and attendees or speakers that attended EduWiki 2013 such as Rod Dunican (WMF) and Michal Lester (WMIL). Other visitors included: - Kira Kraemer (WMDE) as part of Wikimedia Chapters Dialogue - Emmanuel Engelhart - Simon Knight - User:Thryduulf - Charles Matthew - Our insurer on a scheduled visit - Greyham Dawes - Padmini Ray Murray - Theresa Knott - Chris Keating - Michael Maggs - Martin Poulter - Members of Wikimania 2014 organising team -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations 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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Training the Trainers Cardiff
by Katie Chan 28 Jan '14

28 Jan '14

Hi all, we've had a last minute drop out for Training the Trainers in Cardiff [1] this weekend. If anyone reading this are interested in the open spot, please let me know by calling 07885980534. Regards, Katie [1]: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Training_the_Trainers/February_2014_event -- 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.

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European Commission Copyright Consultation
by Michael Maggs 28 Jan '14

28 Jan '14

It’s not clear to me what will be done with the answers proposed so far at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Commission_copyright_consultation Will they be submitted as they are, or is someone proposing to merge them into a single version (even though many answers have been signed)? Also unclear unless I have missed something is who will the answers be submitted by, and on whose behalf? Only individuals - and not the Foundation nor chapters - have formally posted answers so far, so is the intention that the answers will be submitted by and on behalf of those individuals only? The page says that the response "can be submitted by the Wikimedia Foundation and other interested groups”, so perhaps the answers are merely intended as a resource others can use if they wish? If the intention is that a formal response will be submitted on behalf of the unincorporated group Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU, then it would be sensible for that group to register with the EU Transparency Register, here: http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/info/homePage.do?locale=en According to the EU, responses to the consultation from non-registered entities will "be published separately from the registered organisations”, which may mean less influence. See: http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2013/copyright-rules/inde… (I note that the Foundation is not registered!) By the way, WMUK will be completing and filing its own separate response. Michael > From: Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com> > Date: 21 January 2014 14:51 > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] European Commission Copyright Consultation > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > > Hi everyone, > > Just a quick reminder that we have 6 more days to collaboratively draft > answers to the European Commission's copyright consultation. > > The idea is to give the global, online community a chance to come up with > answers that, if coherent enough, can then be officially given to the > Commission. > > We see this as a social experiment, since no one until now has ever > attempted to answer collaboratively and publicly such short-termed and > in-depth consultations. > > The corresponding link is: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Commission_copyright_consultation > > Have fun answering! > > Dimi > _______________________________________________ >

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Glasgow workshop - OER for digital literacy Feb 12th
by Simon Knight 28 Jan '14

28 Jan '14

Anyone in Scotland able to go to this? Looks very interesting https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/copilot-comes-to-scotland-tickets-10257050113 (via Martin Hawksey): This workshop will give a practical introduction to OER for teaching information literacy. Though a mixture of presentation, group work and hands-on activity participants will learn to find, evaluate and consider adopting OER for use in their own practice. Participants are invited to identify opportunities where OER can enhance their current teaching and to bring their own materials along to the session to release as OER. At the end of this session participants will: * Gain an overview of Creative Commons licencing and be able to add a chosen licence to a resource * Be introduced to the OER repositories to find existing resources and to add their own * Reflect on personal attitudes and behaviour in relation to Open Practice A free sandwich lunch and drinks will be provided. We are looking forward to seeing you there! Schedule of the day: CoPILOT in Glasgow Glasgow Caledonian University, CPD building room H116 and Mbeki Building room A536 12th February 2014 Event outline 10.00-3.20 Time Activity Timing 10.00 Coffee and registration CPD building room H116 30 mins 10.30 Brief introduction to the day 5 mins 10.35 Open Sharing and Open Practice workshop 30 mins 11.00 Understanding Creative Commons Licences 15 mins 11.15 Break 15 mins 11.30 Philip Russell ITT Dublin - Case study on Creating and Sharing Information Literacy OERs. Recently published in JIL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11645/7.2.1744 30 mins 12.00 Lunch(provided in H116) 1 hour 1.00 Intro and workshop on finding and adapting/using Information Literacy and Digital Literacy OERs Computer cluster 1 hour 2.00 Intro and workshop on creating and sharing your own OERs Computer cluster 1 hour 3.00 Tea, coffee and final comments/discussion H116 20 mins

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Advocacy Advisors] European Commission Copyright Consultation
by Michael Maggs 27 Jan '14

27 Jan '14

Hi Dimitar There is no need to turn FKAGEU into an incorporated entity in order to register on the EU's Transparency Register. The EU site specifically says that: Networks, platforms or other forms of collective activity without a legal status or legal personality but which constitute de facto a source of organised influence, and engaged in activities falling within the scope of the register are expected to register. In such case its members should identify one of their number as its responsible contact person for their relations with the administration of the register. http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/info/your-organisation/whoRegister… It's not very clear what that means, but presumably something more than a loose collection of interested individuals, as reference is made to "members", and the form that needs to be filled in refers to "organisations". Michael On 27 Jan 2014, at 10:28, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov wrote: > HI Michael, > > > 2014-01-27 Michael Maggs <Michael(a)maggs.name> > It’s not clear to me what will be done with the answers proposed so far at > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Commission_copyright_consultation > > Will they be submitted as they are, or is someone proposing to merge them into a single version (even though many answers have been signed)? > > Also unclear unless I have missed something is who will the answers be submitted by, and on whose behalf? Only individuals - and not the Foundation nor chapters - have formally posted answers so far, so is the intention that the answers will be submitted by and on behalf of those individuals only? > > > We will try our best to merge the many different answers into a coherent set. If this works, the WMF,chapters and individuals will be free to decide whether they wish to submit these answers in their own name. > > > If the intention is that a formal response will be submitted on behalf of the unincorporated group Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU, then it would be sensible for that group to register with the EU Transparency Register, here: > > > Inded,the intention for this was to have a more formal response (and sfety net, as we couldn't have been sure how well the experiment on Meta-Wiki will work). In this case again, each chapter and individual is free to use the answering set. As far as the Transparency register is concerned, we cannot list the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU, since it is not a legal entity. We do, however, have three chapters that are on this register - WMDE, WMIT and WMMK. It is up to each and every chapter to do this step. Alternatively we can talk about actually founding the FKAGEU, but that is a conversation that need to be led in a differnt setting. > > Dimi > > > >> From: Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com> >> Date: 21 January 2014 14:51 >> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] European Commission Copyright Consultation >> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >> >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> Just a quick reminder that we have 6 more days to collaboratively draft >> answers to the European Commission's copyright consultation. >> >> The idea is to give the global, online community a chance to come up with >> answers that, if coherent enough, can then be officially given to the >> Commission. >> >> We see this as a social experiment, since no one until now has ever >> attempted to answer collaboratively and publicly such short-termed and >> in-depth consultations. >> >> The corresponding link is: >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Commission_copyright_consultation >> >> Have fun answering! >> >> Dimi >> _______________________________________________ >> > > _______________________________________________ > Advocacy_Advisors mailing list > Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors > > > _______________________________________________ > Advocacy_Advisors mailing list > Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors

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