Wikimediauk-l October 2014

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London Wiki Wednesdays Special events
by Fabian Tompsett 21 Oct '14

21 Oct '14

Hi all, We are continuing to keep the Wikimedia UK office open until 8pm on Wednesday evenings, and now have some special events. See London Wiki Wednesdays <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/London_Wiki_Wednesdays> The ones coming up shortly are: - October 29th Featured articles Wiki Wednesday <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=152&reset=1> - <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=152&reset=1>November 5th Wikidata Wiki Wednesday <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=154&reset=1> Hope you can make it. We still have a couple of slots available for London Wiki Wednesdays this year, so if there's any aspect of being a Wikimedian you would like to discuss, do get in contact! all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support Organiser, Wikimedia UK, Address: 56-64 Leonard St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4LT Phone:020 7065 0990 *Mobile: *07840 455 746

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FW: Request re editathons
by Simon Knight 20 Oct '14

20 Oct '14

Hi all Andrew (cc’d) from the Australian chapter is looking for some advice on editathons, identifying/engaging partner organisations, getting participants, practical things, etc. with some potential ideas around library work and/or some themed events with a view to develop activities in Australia. I know loads of people on this list have expertise in the area, if anyone had specific advice (or/and places to look for it) I’m sure it’d be appreciated! Best Simon

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LGBT editathon and digitisation event - London, this Saturday
by Stevie Benton 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

Hello everyone, Just a quick note to remind you that there's an LGBT-themed editathon and digitisation workshop taking place this weekend. It's on Saturday 18 October at the Bishopsgate Library in London - a two minute walk from Liverpool Street station. There's spaces available and the event is free and open to all. You can find more details here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_LGBT_studies/Editathons… 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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Lyon Declaration and position paper on copyright reform
by Stevie Benton 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

Hello everyone, I wanted to give you all a brief update on a couple of advocacy-related matters. I'm really happy to report that in the last couple of days Wikimedia UK has signed theLyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development <http://www.lyondeclaration.org/>I believe this is an important statement for us to make, underscoring our belief that: "increasing access to information and knowledge across society, assisted by the availability of information and communications technologies (ICTs), supports sustainable development and improves people’s lives." The second policy item for update is the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy> position paper on copyright reform <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright>. Wikimedia UK has now signed this paper, joining several other European chapters and other open knowledge organisations. This work is important on a European level as collectively the FKAGEU is making a strong case for copyright reform favourable to the Wikimedia and open knowledge movement. The main areas of interest the group is working on are harmonisation of freedom of panorama across the EU to the most liberal model, the public domain licensing of publicly funded works, and the right to use orphan works. What is particularly pleasing is that there is a variety of non-Wikimedia organisations now participating in this work. I hope that in time the work of the growing FKAGEU will begin to link up with the work of the Open Coalition to further amplify our voice and empower our sector. If you'd like to know more, please do contact me directly or reply to the list and I will respond. 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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Wikimedian in Residence post at Museums Galleries Scotland - applications welcome
by Daria Cybulska 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

*Application link, with details of the skills sought: http://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/about-us/jobs-and-opportunities/… <http://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/about-us/jobs-and-opportunities/…> * Dear all, Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) is the National Development Body for the museums and galleries sector in Scotland. They are seeking applications for a Wikimedian in Residence from dedicated individuals with excellent presentation and digital skills to work with Glasgow Museums for a 4 month secondment followed by 8 months at the MGS office in Edinburgh. The post will run for 12 months starting in early January 2015. The project will support museums and galleries to improve their skills in creating online content and open data projects from the digital curation of their collections. This is a unique opportunity to help enrich Wikipedia and its sister projects and share with the world the expert knowledge from Scottish museums and galleries and to engage with curators, members of the public and researchers to encourage contributions to the development of Wikipedia articles. MGS works with Scotland’s museums and galleries to create ambitious, dynamic and sustainable enterprises: connecting people, places and collections; inspiring, delighting and creating public value. This post is jointly funded by Wikimedia UK and Museums Galleries Scotland. Kind regards, Daria -- Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0994 +44 7803 505 170 -- 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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Gill Hamilton co-opted as trustee
by Michael Maggs 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

I'm very pleased to be able to confirm that the board has today resolved to co-opt Gill Hamilton as trustee to replace Padmini Ray Murray who stepped down last month. Gill is Digital Access Manager at the National Library of Scotland, in Edinburgh, where she is responsible for the development of open and linked data strategies and policies. She has recently lead the development and implementation of a policy to enable Library resources and metadata to be licensed openly. Gill maintains a broad range of contacts with national cultural heritage organisations, and brings to the board very valuable direct experience of the national GLAM sector. Please join me in welcoming her to the board. This announcement has also been made on wiki: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Water_cooler#Gill_Hamilton_co-opted_as_trustee Best regards Michael ____________ Michael Maggs Chair, Wikimedia UK

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You are invited to a Ballet editathon at the Royal Opera House (Oct 25th)
by Jonathan Cardy 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

Dear all, Wikimedia UK and the Royal Opera House would like to invite you to an editathon on Saturday the 25th October. We are catering for all levels of wiki experience to newbies, so this should also be a good opportunity to bring a ballet loving friend or just someone you know who might be interested in learning how to edit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ballet/October_2014_edi… Be nice to see you there. 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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Quirky Wikipedia articles
by Stevie Benton 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

Hello everyone. As a part of a project that we're developing to participate in the Science Museum Lates event in November, I'm looking for a selection of quirky Wikipedia articles - think Buffalo buffalo <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffa…> (etc) and Toilet paper orientation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation>, those that are odd but still have some academic or scientific merit. Participants in the session will be selecting some of their favourite lines from unusual Wikipedia articles and putting them together to create found poetry. I'm looking for some of the quirkier articles that might be fun for this, so if you have any suggestions please do let me know! Thank you, 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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Cambridge Meetup 8 November
by Charles Matthews 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

The next Cambridge meetup will be on 8 November, at our usual venue, CB2 on Norfolk Street: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/24 Please sign up or come, or even both. Feedback from the walk before the previous meetup was positive: more please, and possibly after the meetup proper rather than the traditional 6pm stroll to the Cambridge Blue. Well, I think the latter would be pushing it in November, but watch the space for an event beforehand. Might be plaques again (the previous effort resulted rather comically in the discovery that one had not been put up, whatever the council website said). Charles

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London Wiki Wednesdays
by Fabian Tompsett 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

Hi all, London WikiWednesdays <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/London_Wiki_Wednesdays> are being developed as way that Wikimedia UK can interact more with the Wikimedia community and our volunteers. This is a bit experiemntal, and so we have scheduled in teh wednesdays up until 17th December to see how it goes. Basically, it's about having a regular weekly opportunity to get together with low outlay of resources, by using our base at Development House on Wednesday evenings (6-8pm) We have tried this out a bit with volunteers recruited to work on Wikimania. We now want to engage a broader range of Wikimedians based in London. Most weeks it will be either in the office, or on occasions when we want to attract broader members of the public we will use the rooms in the basement. The aim is to be a bit more focused than the Monthly meet ups (with an option for socialising after 8pm) and we want volunteers to see it as an opportunity to get some of their own ideas taken forward. So please add any ideas you may have to the weeks which currently just say "General drop-in". e.g. if there is someone who has experience using snuggle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Snuggle>, that would make a great topic. Whilst it is our aim to keep these sessions informal, it is useful to know whetehr to expect you, so please confirm if you intend to come. all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support Organiser, Wikimedia UK, Address: 56-64 Leonard St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4LT Phone:020 7065 0990 *Mobile: *07840 455 746

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