Wikimediauk-l November 2014

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Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers
by Jon Davies 24 Nov '14

24 Nov '14

A big welcome to D'Arcy who has started as an Interim CEO at WMUK. I am finishing up jobs that make more sense for me up until the New Year while D'Arcy is quickly getting his feet under the table. He is an experiecned CEO with specialist experience in being an interim CEO. To quote his Linkedin biography: I was educated at Douai Abbey ( a community of monks of the English Benedictine Congregation ), the Berkshire College of Agriculture and Cranfield University. I spent about eight years working in marketing and business development. In 1993 I went out to the independent Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific with VSO. This experience led me to work in 32 countries around the world from Africa, the Far East, Europe, the former Soviet Union, and the USA. I am passionate about professionalism within the voluntary sector and believe that the leadership within the sector is key to this change. I am active within the sector and amongst other things I am the founder of the Corporate Social Partnership and a trustee for the Small Charities Coalition. I am a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, a member of various third sector institutes, the IoD, and a school governor. I am sure he will be keen to met members of the community. You can email him on darcy.myers(a)wikimedia.org.uk -- *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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FDC Recommendations/Volunteer Strategy Gathering, Saturday 29th November
by Fabian Tompsett 22 Nov '14

22 Nov '14

Hi all, The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) has published its recommendations several days early https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2… Whilst this means a reduction of funding for Wikimedia UK, having the information a week before our Volunteer Strategy Gathering is certainly helpful. Wikimedia UK is keen to ensure as many of our volunteers as possible participate in this gathering, and so is willing to cover reasonable volunteer travelling expenses and accommodation where appropriate. The gathering will be in Birmingham (see details here <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Volunteer_Strategy_Gathering/November_2014>), with a further gathering planned for the end of February. In light of Jon Davies' resignation and the initiation of a process to choose a new permanent CEO in the New Year, this gathering is likely to be of pivotal significance. With the publication of the FDC recommendations, the discussions will take place with the benefit of a better understanding of the financial environment in which WIkimedia Uk will find itself. 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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You are invited to a 'behind the scenes' tour of the Victorian railway works in Eastleigh
by Jonathan Cardy 21 Nov '14

21 Nov '14

Dear all, Would you like to go on a 'behind the scenes' tour of the Victorian railway works in Eastleigh, Hampshire? We have just heard from Marek69 that the attendees at this Sunday's meetup in Eastleigh <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/English_South_Coast_1>will have the opportunity of a free tour of the Eastleigh Railway works. Photography allowed except for certain exhibits. We already have a category on Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eastleigh_Works>. 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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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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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Examples of First World War related projects?
by HJ Mitchell 21 Nov '14

21 Nov '14

Forwarding on behalf of Fae. Harry Mitchellhttp://enwp.org/User:HJ Phone: +44 (0) 7507 536971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fæ <faewik(a)gmail.com> Date: 13 November 2014 17:44 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Examples of First World War related projects? To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> On 13 November 2014 16:23, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote: ... > A fair bit of the Bundesarchiv was WW1. Thats why our articles on British > WW1 tanks tend to feature ones that have been captured by German forces. ... > geni The World War I category on Commons is quite high in the category hierarchy, though as Commons is the key project where licences are relevant it is worth looking at where those images came from. Here are the totals by image uploader (top 10 only) from Grandchild to G-G-Grandchild images: +---------------------------------+-------+ | img_user_text | count | +---------------------------------+-------+ | Fæ | 9488 | | Swiss Federal Archives | 7374 | | Rcbutcher | 2799 | | LibraryBot | 2673 | | US National Archives bot | 2514 | | Keith-264 | 2135 | | BArchBot | 1942 | | File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) | 1834 | | Labattblueboy | 906 | | Bwmoll3 | 895 | +---------------------------------+-------+ +---------------------------------+-------+ | img_user_text | count | +---------------------------------+-------+ | Fæ | 18652 | | Swiss Federal Archives | 13880 | | Rcbutcher | 8629 | | US National Archives bot | 6594 | | File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) | 6320 | | Keith-264 | 5490 | | BArchBot | 5021 | | LibraryBot | 4181 | | Garitan | 2858 | | Silar | 2832 | +---------------------------------+-------+ +---------------------------------+-------+ | img_user_text | count | +---------------------------------+-------+ | Fæ | 26059 | | Rcbutcher | 19084 | | US National Archives bot | 15674 | | Swiss Federal Archives | 15428 | | File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) | 13453 | | BArchBot | 13065 | | Keith-264 | 8588 | | Silar | 7882 | | Garitan | 5841 | | Takabeg | 5534 | +---------------------------------+-------+ -- faewik(a)gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae -- faewik(a)gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae Personal and confidential, please do not circulate or re-quote.

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Fwd: [Talk-GB] Great British Public Toilet Map
by Richard Symonds 21 Nov '14

21 Nov '14

Thought this may be of interest: the Great British Toilet Map! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ben Pollinger <benpollinger+osm(a)gmail.com> Date: 20 November 2014 11:39 Subject: [Talk-GB] Great British Public Toilet Map To: OSM Talk-GB <talk-gb(a)openstreetmap.org> Hello all, The Great British Public Toilet Map [was launched yesterday] providing details of over 8,000 public toilets in the UK including council facilities, train stations, community toilet schemes as well as shopping centres and libraries. An alarming finding from the research by Royal College of Art Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, is just how few public toilets are now available." Article on launch (OSM not mentioned): http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/19/uk-public-toilets-mapped-whe… Map (using OSM data and Mapnik layer): http://greatbritishpublictoiletmap.rca.ac.uk/ Regards, Ben _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB(a)openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Join the Grant Advisory Committee!
by Katherine Bavage 19 Nov '14

19 Nov '14

Hello all, I wanted to highlight to those of you that missed it that the WMF has put a call out for volunteers to act as a part of the grants advisory committee - the deadline is the 30th December. This is a really interesting role within the movement, scrutinizing applications for project funding. You would get to review everything from engagement events, to research proposals to software projects - you might end up approving a pilot that turns into the next Wikidata or WikiLovesMonuments. I would be happy to talk to and encourage any UK based wikimedian volunteer who is interested and would like to chat more about this type of movement role as it would be great to get more members of our community involved who could perhaps help engage more UK contributors in grant applications. Its also fantastic stuff to have on a CV as a volunteer. The criteria for candidates are as follows: *Mandatory*: 1. Experience with the Wikimedia movement and at least one Wikimedia project <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_projects>. 2. Ability to edit basic wiki-markup (grant proposal discussions are largely conducted on Meta). 3. Understanding of diversity, including cultural, linguistic, and gender differences. Reasonable facility with English, for reviewing and discussing grant proposals. 4. Experience with programmatic or project-based work, e.g. editor engagement, outreach, events, partnerships, research, education. 5. Have a track record of constructive engagement in community discussions and an orientation toward collaborative problem solving. 6. Ability to actively engage in the review process at least once every 2 months. Members who have not engaged for at least two months will be asked privately if they're still interested in serving on the GAC. GAC membership of those who do not step down but who remain inactive for another month will expire. *Preferable*: 1. Experience leading, coordinating, or managing projects with an intended on-wiki impact. 2. Experience applying for grants or working in grants programs (in the Wikimedia, academic, or wider non-profit world). 3. Experience handling externally provided money and working with and within budgets, preferably in a non-profit context. 4. Experience with organizational issues, including governance, due diligence, accountability processes, auditing, and finance. 5. Ability to read and write in multiple languages. *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.* ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alex Wang <awang(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 18 November 2014 22:28 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Join the Grant Advisory Committee! To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello Everyone! We're sending out another call for new Grant Advisory Committee (GAC) members! The GAC are community volunteers who are explicitly invited[1] to review and evaluate grant proposals made in the Wikimedia Foundation Project and Event Grants Program[2], and offer advice to both grant applicants and the Foundation. Read all about it on the Candidates page[3]. The deadline for signing up for this round is December 30, 2014, so be sure to step forward before then. New members will be inducted by the middle of January 2015. Please help this message reach as many people as possible, by relaying it to appropriate lists and village pumps. And many thanks to our current and former GAC members[4]! Cheers, Alex [1] _everyone_ is implicitly invited! [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Grant_Advisory_Committee/Candida… [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Grant_Advisory_Committee -- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Fwd: Business Archives Council for Scotland: Records at Risk
by Andy Mabbett 18 Nov '14

18 Nov '14

Possibly of interest to those in Scotland: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cheryl Brown <Cheryl.Brown(a)glasgow.ac.uk> Date: 17 November 2014 15:37 Subject: Business Archives Council for Scotland: Records at Risk To: "busarch(a)gla.ac.uk" <busarch(a)gla.ac.uk> <<<< To send to the entire Busarch list, include the address busarch(a)gla.ac.uk in your set of recipients (e.g. add that address as a "cc:" recipient when replying). >>>> A reminder to subscribers that there are still places available for the Business Archives Council for Scotland 'Records at Risk' training event on 20th November. ************************************************************ Dear all, The Business Archives Council for Scotland (BACS) & Archives and Records Association (ARA) Scotland will be hosting a training day event on 20th November 2014, which will explore threats to business archives: insolvency, disaster and digital loss. The event will take place in the Talklab, Level 3, University of Glasgow Library, Hillhead Street, Glasgow at 10am. The annual Joan Auld Lecture, founded in memory of Dundee's first University Archivist, is titled 'The Work of an Insolvency Practitioner' will be given by KMPG Insolvency Practitioner, Gary Fraser. The talk will provide insights from a business perspective about business failure and how to work with insolvency professionals to secure the preservation of business archives. The day will also include the Business Archives Council for Scotland (BACS) AGM. Full details of the programme are outlined below: Records at Risk This training day event has been organised by the Business Archives Council of Scotland (BACS) and the Archives and Records Association (ARA) Scotland. It will explore threats to business collections - insolvency, disaster and digital loss. 10:00 Registration and welcome (tea and coffee) 10:30 Records at Risk: Digital Loss - William Kilbride, Digital Preservation Coalition 11:10 Records at Risk: Business Failure - Cheryl Brown, Business Archives Surveying Officer for Scotland 11:50 Records at Risk: Disasters - Linda Ramsay, National Records of Scotland 12:30 Business Archives Council of Scotland (BACS) AGM 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Joan Auld lecture*: The Work of an Insolvency Practitioner - Gary Fraser, KPMG 15:00 Discussion and case studies (Stoddard-Templeton Collection and Standard Life Archive) 15:45 Finish Lunch is included, to book your place on the Records at Risk training day through Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/records-at-risk-and-joan-auld-lecture-ticket… Tickets are free to BACS members, students £7 and non BACS members £10. If you wish to convert your £10 ticket into a year's membership of BACS on the day, please speak to BACS organisers and this can be arranged. Please email any details of dietary requirements to bacs(a)archives.gla.ac.uk For more information about the work of the Business Archives Council for Scotland, please visit http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/bacs/ For information about the work of the Archives and Records Association (ARA) Scotland http://www.archives.org.uk/ Cheryl Brown Business Archives Surveying Officer for Scotland e: Cheryl.Brown(a)glasgow.ac.uk t: 01505 328488 www.scottisharchives.org.uk/surveyingofficer Business Archives Mailing List. To Unsubscribe, send mail to "majordomo(a)gla.ac.uk" with 'unsubscribe busarch <your-email-address>' in the text -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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DNS Issue affecting all services
by Thomas Morton 17 Nov '14

17 Nov '14

Morning, Fasthost are currently experiencing a major network outage that means they cannot serve DNS queries. Unfortunately, they are our Domain/DNS provider! As a result, you will find that our websites are not accessible this morning. It may also affect email addresses. Unfortunately there is nothing I can do; I have messages Fasthost on twitter but that is the only avenue for contact I have because their own site is down :( I will update you as I hear more! Cheers, Tom Sent with Airmail

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Examples of First World War related projects?
by Stevie Benton 14 Nov '14

14 Nov '14

Hello everyone, I've been asked to speak at an event next week and one of the topics will be explaining how releasing content under open licences via Wikimedia projects increases audiences for cultural institutions. We have lots of those, of course, but one of the themes is the First World War. Does anyone know of any digitisation projects related to the conflict that I might point to as examples? Thank you for any help! 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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