Wikimediauk-l October 2014

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Statistics for usage of QRpedia codes
by Michael Peel 21 Nov '14

21 Nov '14

I’m not the best person to talk to about this - I’m cc’ing wikimediauk-l so that the people that are will see this. Thanks, Mike > On 24 Oct 2014, at 12:11, vassia atanassova <vassia.atanassova(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you, Fae > Hope that Doug and Mike will be able and willing to lend us a helping hand :) > Vassia > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Fæ <faewik(a)gmail.com <mailto:faewik@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi Vassia, > > I'm copying in Doug and Mike as they have an interest in governing > QRpedia development and they may not watch this list. > > Cheers, > Fae > > On 22 October 2014 19:33, vassia atanassova <vassia.atanassova(a)gmail.com <mailto:vassia.atanassova@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hello, all! :) > > > > I am Vassia / User:Spiritia from the Bulgarian Wikipedia, and some of you > > have probably heard of our WMF-funded project with Sofia Zoo to place > > QRcodes and contents from Wikimedia on the information boards of all > > exhibited animals. > > > > After Wikimania-London, where I met Roger Bamkin and we spoke about QRpedia > > and the possibilities for statistics of its usage, I tried to contact him > > recently, but got no response. (Roger, hope you're well!) Anyway, I guess > > someone else may also be of help. > > > > My colleagues from the Sofia Zoo are very interested to have some (or any!) > > statistics about the performance of our zoo-located QR codes. > > > > There is a particular occasion for this request. There will be a European > > zoo conference in March 2015, and they would like to report their experience > > with Wikimedia, but back it up with some hard data. > > > > The articles covered with QRpedia codes along this project are listed here: > > http://bit.ly/1r3eKwl <http://bit.ly/1r3eKwl> > > > > Please, anyone who is able and willing to help, contact me and tell me what > > other information may be needed to complete the research (or instruct us how > > to do it by ourselves?) > > > > Thank you very much in advance! > > > > Vassia / Spiritia > > > > _______________________________________________ > > GLAM mailing list > > GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:GLAM@lists.wikimedia.org> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam> > > > > > > -- > faewik(a)gmail.com <mailto:faewik@gmail.com> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae> > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:GLAM@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam> > > > > -- > Imagine a world in which every human being can freely share the sum of all knowledge. > Help us make it a reality! <>http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate>

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Photographers needed for photography at the Tank Museum in Dorset
by Jonathan Cardy 09 Nov '14

09 Nov '14

Dear Wikimedia UK mailing list, We have been given some free off peak weekday tickets to the tank museum in Dorset. I have already Emailed those of our Wiki Loves Monuments participants who opted in to further events, so apologies if this is a repeat, but if anyone here fancies taking photographs of tanks, send me your snail mail address and I will send you a ticket Regards 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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Suggesting tasks for people with free time
by Stevie Benton 09 Nov '14

09 Nov '14

Hello everyone, Something that we've spoken about before is creating a list of suggested jobs for people with varying amounts of time. It's about offering ways for people to help our open knowledge mission in as little as a couple of minutes, right the way through to having a couple of hours or days to spare. With some help, I've added some early suggestions to the volunteer jobs <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Volunteer_jobs> page, so you can see what I mean. Any and all suggestions welcome please! Thanks and regards, Stevie PS have a good weekend :) -- 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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New UK government copyright rules on access to orphan works
by Michael Maggs 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

Hi all The UK government yesterday announced new rules on access to orphan works. You can see details here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-opens-access-to-91-million-orphan-wor… Although the headline is “UK opens access to 91 million orphan works”, the reality is a little more prosaic. The new rules allow the UK Intellectual Property Office to grant users a licence to use an orphan work on payment of a fee and on the provision of evidence that a ‘diligent search’ has been undertaken to find the copyright owner. The rule allowing re-use after diligent search has been part of copyright law in the UK for many years. The primary purpose of the new licences seems to be to provide greater certainty to re-users that the searches they have undertaken are sufficiently extensive to guarantee legal protection should the copyright owner come forward. Searches have to be exceptionally comprehensive before the Intellectual Property Office will certify them as ‘diligent’: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/orphan-works-diligent-search-gui… This may help a few GLAMs who have high-profile orphan images in their collections that they would like to use on their websites, but a real solution to the orphan works problem must await a more radical approach that goes beyond both this and the existing EU Orphan Works Directive. Michael

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EduWiki social tonight
by Andy Mabbett 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

I'm at the Salisbury Green hotel.anyone else around/ setting out later for the social?

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Logan Symposium
by Edward Saperia 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

It would be good if WMUK could put in a presence at this event: http://logancij.com/marketplace/ "The 2014 Logan Symposium brings together key figures in the fight against invasive surveillance and secrecy. Organized by the Centre for Investigative Journalism and generously funded by The Reva and David Logan Foundation, this year’s inaugural event features leading journalists and hacktivists. They form a natural alliance committed to a world free of authoritarian invasions of individual privacy and free speech. Seeking common ground, journalists offer hacktivists a social and political context, as well as expertise in evidence-based storytelling. Hacktivists, expert in accessing, exposing and protecting critical evidence-based material, bring their own set of formidable skills. Joined by artists, lawyers, and whistleblowers, these communities will offer each other, and the general public, charged, highly informed debate. Now that the Snowden disclosures have sunk in, it’s time for uncensored talk about the chilling Big Brother world in which we live." *Edward Saperia* Conference Director Wikimania London <http://www.wikimanialondon.org> email <ed(a)wikimanialondon.org> • facebook <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG

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Reminder: Wednesday evening fun
by Roberta Wedge 27 Oct '14

27 Oct '14

Hello all The day after tomorrow, October 29, is the monthly free Science Museum Late. We've mentioned that WMUK is running some slots during the November 26 Late. This week is our chance to see the event in full flow, 5000 happy people "drinking and thinking" (theme: food and drink), and imagine how that will transfer to next month (theme: the Information Age). Staff, volunteers, and probably at least one board member will be going along this Wednesday. If you are within reach, please join us! We'll be leaving from the office at 6pm, and meeting others at the queue-less group entrance of the Science Museum at 6:30. We'd especially welcome people who want to volunteer for the November Late - there's lots of scope to get involved. Full info here <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Science_Museum_Late#Site_visit>. Friends welcome - over 18s only. Cheers Roberta ------------------------ *Roberta Wedge* *Gender Gap Project, **Wikimedia UK* roberta.wedge(a)wikimedia.org.uk 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT +44 (0)20 7065 0921 Wikimedia UK is the British chapter of a global movement. We support, but do not control, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and other related Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia UK is both a limited company (Registered No. 6741827) and a charity (Registered No.1144513). Visit wikimedia.org.uk <http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/> and @wikimediauk

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Storytelling at the Science Museum
by Stevie Benton 24 Oct '14

24 Oct '14

Hello everyone, Recently there has been a great deal of conversation about storytelling within the Wikimedia movement. This is a message that's coming clearly over from the Wikimedia Foundation and is also being picked up by the Wikimedia UK board. We have a good opportunity to capture some compelling stories at the Science Museum Late event on 26 November. With the variety of events taking place being delivered by WMUK volunteers and staff, as well as a significant audience, there are many ways we can create video and photographic resources for us to use in future communications. In order to make the most of this chance it will require some planning and some thought as to what we would like to record and what we plan to use these materials for. I envisage us gathering lots of footage that we can use for different materials. Firstly, a collection of views on Wikipedia could be recorded with event attendees. These would act as a supplement to the survey that will be conducted during the event. Other footage would be of some of the sessions themselves, and interviews with some of the staff and volunteers, as well as colleagues form the Science Museum. Does anyone have any other particular thoughts? In order to complete these tasks, we will need some volunteers. We'd all love for you to be involved so drop me a note if you're interested! 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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Best promo videos?
by Andy Mabbett 22 Oct '14

22 Oct '14

[NB: cross-posted] I'm in need of a couple of short videos, promoting Wikipedia and its sister projects, to show at an event. It's surprisingly hard to find them! We have lots of videos in: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_project_videos but many, while no doubt useful for their educational content, are not the kind of things to show to a lay audience - either the quality is not high enough, or the content is too specific. I'm looking for things with impact, like https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AOpen_Letter_for_Free… Suggestions, please! ~~~~ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Calling for current and future xml users who would like to help GLAMs upload media to Commons
by Jonathan Cardy 22 Oct '14

22 Oct '14

Dear all, In order to use the GLAM wiki toolset and do mass uploads of media from institutions such as museums we need their metadata to be in an appropriate xml format. So we are looking for volunteers who know or would be willing to learn xml and are interested in helping museums do mass uploads to Commons. A good understanding of the Commons category structure is also useful as the idea is to format the xml in such a way as to enable the migration of metadata. If you'd like to get involved we'd like to hear from you whether or not you already know xml as if there is sufficient interest we can organise an xml training session. Regards Jonathan Cardy GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) Organiser Wikimedia UK 020 7065 0921 (I'm normally in the office Tuesday's, Wednesdays and Fridays - Emails on Mondays and Thursdays wont usually be seen till the next day) 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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