Re: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AJimbo_Wales&diff=599…
The allegation on Jimmy Wales' soapbox is the first I had heard of any
problems on any channel. Was anything reported officially or is this
subtle trolling?
I know that the current group-think is that discussion should be
limited to Good News stories and positive PR, but if there have been
thefts then a warning to attendees to take care would have been nice.
Fae
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In case you missed it:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/11/pope-francis-revolution-even-s…
I found this comment rather amusing: "The casual reader would be advised to
take all that as a large dose of spin."
Onward,
Toni
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Hi all,
We've still got some spaces at our Edit-a-thon this Sunday in York.
There will be great resources and experts from York Museums Trust on hand
to help create and improve content relating to the lives and work of York's
Luminaries (1800-1950).
We'll be covering Natural History, Science, Fine Art, Social History, WWI
and more.
Find out more on the EVENT
PAGE<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/YMT/Luminaries-editathon>
and click here to *SIGN UP
<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=15>*
Hope to see you there!
Cheers,
Pat Hadley
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Dear community
I am very pleased to be able to announce that the board of Wikimedia UK has formally adopted a five year strategy for the charity: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Overview_of_strategy
The strategy sets out not only our mission ('to help people and organisations create and preserve Open Knowledge, and to help provide easy access for all’) but also the way in which we aim to achieve that in practice.
To ensure that our day-to-day activities are closely focussed on attainment of our mission, we have committed to record and publish a wide range of measured outcomes which will indicate, on an ongoing basis, how we are performing against a range of strategic goals. These measured outcomes will build up over time into a comprehensive picture of the practical impact the charity has been able to make.
In preparing the strategy we consulted widely with own Wikimedia UK community, the Wikimedia community at large, other chapters, the Wikimedia Foundation, and interested individuals. The draft strategy documents were open for public consultation during the month of February, and feedback received was taken into account along with staff and board contributions. We have replied to the community feedback on-wiki: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Strategy_consultation
We are confident that as the end result of this process we have a robust strategy that will serve us well in the years to come. It will enable us to maintain and track challenging but achievable targets while retaining operational flexibility to focus our day-to-day efforts on whichever individual activities and initiatives will best help us achieve practical impact.
We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the process, and we look forward to continuing to work with the community with renewed focus and vigour.
Best regards
Michael
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Michael Maggs
Chair, Wikimedia UK
(Apologies for cross posting)
For those with an artistic side: Wikimedia UK, the National Library of Scotland, and the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design have teamed up to organise an editathon on Scottish Women in Contemporary Art next Thursday, 13 March to be held at the University of Dundee.
The day will be split into three parts. The first will be an informal drop-in training and information session for any students, faculty, staff, or members of the public in Dundee who would like to learn more about Wikipedia and how to contribute. This will be followed by a formal round-table discussion on the relationship between artists, their work, and intellectual property rights in an increasingly open access digital world. Finally, all are welcome to join us in a tea-and-biscuit-fuelled editathon to put their newly acquired editing skills to work creating and improving articles about Scottish women who have left a lasting legacy in the artistic world.
Details and booking information are available here: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Scottish_Women_in_Contemporary_Art_Wikifest_a…
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Hi folks,
I'm going to be in Plymouth on WMUK business during the first week of April. Would anyone on this list be interested in a Wikipedia meetup on either the evening of Thursday 3 April or on Saturday 5 April? People from the surrounding area or further afield would also be welcome.
If you know any South West-based Wikimedians who might be interested, please draw this to their attention - it's very likely there'll be a meetup on one or even both of those dates, but it would be nice to gauge demand beforehand.
Please email me off-list, ping me on Wikipedia, or even send a messenger pigeon if you're interested or you know anyone else who might be!
Thanks,
Harry Mitchell
http://enwp.org/User:HJ
Phone: 024 7698 0977
Skype: harry_j_mitchell
Hi all,
I know Toni Sant has presented at this before but it would be great to see
more innovative, heritage-based, openGLAM stuff presented here.
Cheers,
Pat Hadley
*Call for Papers: Digital Heritage 2014: Digital Communities in Action*
The call for papers for Digital Heritage 2014 is now open. We would like to
invite proposals for 20 minute papers and we welcome submissions from
researchers in any field. This year the conference theme will be *Digital
Communities in Action* and so we are particularly keen to encourage
presentations which relate to the role of diverse communities in Digital
Heritage research.
Our keynote talk will be delivered by Prof. Catherine Clarke (Southampton)
and will be entitled *You are here: medieval heritage and the modern city.*
The conference will be held on the 12th July 2014 in the Berrick Saul
building at the University of York.
The Centre for Digital Heritage is an international multi-institutional
research centre focussed on innovative inter-disciplinary research in the
field of Digital Heritage. The centre includes Aarhus University, Leiden
University, Uppsala University and The University of York.
For more information please refer to the conference website:
https://www.york.ac.uk/digital-heritage/events/cdh2014/
Please send abstracts of 200 words to cdh(a)york.ac.uk before *Monday
14th April*.
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pathadley.net
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