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!)
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Don't forget to nominate
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/UK_Wikimedian_of_the_Year_2014/Nomination>
someone who you think should be recognised by Sunday.
Katie
On 13 June 2014 15:47, Katie Chan <katie.chan(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> It's that time of the year where we are looking for nominations for UK
> Wikimedian of the Year. The UK Wikimedian of the Year is an annual award
> given by Wikimedia UK to thank those in the UK or abroad who have helped
> the UK Wikimedia movement. These volunteers and institutions have gone
> above and beyond the call of duty to help bring open knowledge to all.
>
> We would like to invite your nomination for this year winners on <
> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/UK_Wikimedian_of_the_Year_2014/Nomination>
> by end of Sunday 29 June.
>
> Regards,
>
> Katie
>
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Hi all,
It's that time of the year where we are looking for nominations for UK
Wikimedian of the Year. The UK Wikimedian of the Year is an annual award
given by Wikimedia UK to thank those in the UK or abroad who have helped
the UK Wikimedia movement. These volunteers and institutions have gone
above and beyond the call of duty to help bring open knowledge to all.
We would like to invite your nomination for this year winners on <
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/UK_Wikimedian_of_the_Year_2014/Nomination> by
end of Sunday 29 June.
Regards,
Katie
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Volunteer Support Organiser
Wikimedia UK
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+44 (0) 7885 980 534
PGP Key-ID: 0x483767A3
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.
Ouch - fading eyesight.
Governance!
Thanks Gordon
On 20 June 2014 14:43, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
> On 20/06/14 14:41, Jon Davies wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
>
> And a spelling review??!??!
>
> >>> Givernance?
>
>
> Gordo.
>
>
>
>
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Dear All,
We are now tendering for the third and final stage of our governance review.
All details are on the page below.
Should you want to talk to me about any aspect of the work please get in
touch.
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Tender_for_Phase_Three_of_WMUK_Governance_Rev…
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Of interest?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Jake Orlowitz" <jorlowitz(a)gmail.com>
Date: 19 Jun 2014 22:01
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia Library: New Free Accounts Available
To: "Wikimedia & Libraries" <Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "North
American Cultural Partnerships" <glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <
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Cc:
The Wikipedia Library has new, free research account signups available:
New
* British Newspaper Archive <http://enwp.org/WP:BNA> (50 accounts)
* Keesing's World News Archive <http://enwp.org/WP:Keesings> (25 accounts)
Expanded
* Credo Reference <http://enwp.org/WP:CREDO> (200 new accounts)
* JSTOR!! <http://enwp.org/WP:JSTOR> (400 new accounts).
Medical
* BMJ <http://enwp.org/WP:BMJ> (25 accounts)
* Cochrane Library <http://enwp.org/WP:Cochrane> (100 accounts)
Other
*Questia Online Library <http://enwp.org/WP:Questia (500 accounts)
*HighBeam Research <http://enwp.org/WP:HighBeam (500 accounts)
Sign up!
Accounts are available to ALL global editors with a 1 year old account and
1000 edits. Please notify your local community about the signups. You can
signup today on English Wikipedia. But! If you have started a local
Wikipedia Library branch you can host signups on your local Wiki (Arabic,
Chinese...). To set up a Wikipedia Library branch email Ocaasi at
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Thanks!
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Hi folks,
As I hope you all know, Wikimania this
year is in the Barbican Centre in London, running from 8 to 10 August
(with other activities from 6 August). We're looking for extra hands
to help with he smooth running of the conference, and I would be
extremely grateful if any of you would consider giving a few hours of
your time.
We will need volunteers to:
* staff the registration desk, especially on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, when we expect to be at our busiest
* moderate/invigilate sessions
* direct attendees around the venue, and between the venue and other points (eg tube stations and hotels)
* staff the information desk, assisting attendees with queries
* help with streaming/recording sessions.
That's a non-exhaustive list, but if
any of those roles appeal to you, or if you're interested in helping
in another capacity, please complete the form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dzXSoAnHF6StkBA2mKIklse6gZA6Uw-EIT2egTLC3e… or email me with any questions at harry(a)wikimanialondon.org. Wikimedia experience is not a prerequisite, so please do feel free to share this with
anybody else you think may be interested (other Wikimedia mailing
lists, other communities you may be involved with, etc).
We are holding informal social events
for volunteers in the weeks running up to Wikimania so that
volunteers can get to know each other and get to know the the team,
and these will be a great opportunity to learn more about Wikimania
and get involved, especially for those based in and around London.
These are scheduled for Sunday evenings: 22 June, 6 July, and 20 July
(18:00-20:00); if there is significant demand, we may consider
scheduling further events. If you'd like to come to any of these
events, please let me know by email (harry(a)wikimanialondon.org)
or sign up on the wiki at https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_drinks.
Any questions, please don't hesitate to
get in touch.
Thanks,
Harry Mitchell
http://enwp.org/User:HJ
Phone: 024 7698 0977
Skype: harry_j_mitchell
Hello everyone,
You might recall that Wikimedia UK has funded a small project to develop
closer relationships between organisations and individuals working in the
field of open. The project, called the Open Coalition, is going well
and a short
report has just been added to the WMUK wiki here
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Open_Coalition#Report.2C_16_June_2014>.
You can also follow the work of the project on Twitter - @opencoalition
Thanks and regards,
Stevie
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Hi all,
I am very happy to announce that the first three batches of digital content from the National Library of Scotland's collections have been successfully uploaded to Wikimedia Commons this week! This follows the acceptance in March 2014 of a library-wide policy that places all NLS-generated metadata under a CC-0 licence; digital content will be released under either a CC-0 or CC-BY-NC-SA licence (unfortunately for the time being the NLS has chosen to licence its master .tiff files as CC-BY-NC-SA but the policy will be reviewed annually so we can only hope this is temporary). The Library will be issuing an official press release early next week and the policy itself will be available on our website.
Although it's a small batch yet, this is still extremely exciting and is the result of a combined effort from the NLS and Wikimedia UK; hopefully it is just the first in many projects of this type both at the NLS and at other Scottish organisations!
See the released content here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tay_Bridge_disasterhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Construction_of_the_Forth_Bridgehttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Scotia_Depicta
Cheers,
Ally
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