Wikimediauk-l August 2014

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"How to Work with Wikipedia" booklet
by Andy Mabbett 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

Is the new "How to Work with Wikipedia" online, yet? I can't find it. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Fwd: New member signups at Wikimania
by Andy Mabbett 13 Aug '14

13 Aug '14

Whoops. I sent this to the wrong list... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> Date: 13 August 2014 11:13 Subject: New member signups at Wikimania To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> How many new Wikimedia UK members did we sign up, at Wikimania? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Importing event calendar
by Tristan Hill 12 Aug '14

12 Aug '14

Hi, Unfortunately I use google calendar. I'm trying to add the events calendar from https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events to mine. When adding webcal:// h2vx.com/ics/wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events I get "Could not fetch the URL because robots.txt prevents us from crawling the URL." Anyone else have this working? Thanks Tristan

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Applications for a Volunteer Support Organiser (Cover)
by Katie Chan 12 Aug '14

12 Aug '14

Hello everyone, Wikimedia UK is now accepting applications for a Volunteer Support Organiser (Cover). The role will involve managing the engagement and development of volunteers in the programme of activities and work of Wikimedia UK. This is a fixed term position for four months while I'm away on leave. If you are interested in applying, more details can be found here <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Volunteer_Support_Organiser_(Cover)>. The deadline for applications is 5pm BST on Tuesday 26th August 2014. Regards, Katie -- Katie Chan Volunteer Support Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0990 +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.

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Light, not heat
by rexx 12 Aug '14

12 Aug '14

I spent all day travelling yesterday, but I am dismayed at the threads running both through this list and on Facebook. I have spoken to Fae and he has offered to anyone with a bona fide interest that he would be willing to give them - for their personal avail - a copy of the document that laid out the complaint against him. That would at least allow informed opinions, rather than the sort of speculation that seems to have occurred. Hopefully all of us concerned enough with the reputation of WMUK will respect both Fae's privacy and that of others mentioned therein. -- Doug

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Wikimania 2014 Feedback
by Fæ 11 Aug '14

11 Aug '14

I thought a thread on Wikimedia-l might be useful for folks to share feedback and their experiences, good or bad. I understand there is a survey which we should remember to complete, and there has been a lot of chat on Facebook, but I have a natural aversion to that space. :-) My tuppence worth of feedback is that volunteering is fun, I encourage others to offer to help out with future Wikimanias. I was on helpdesk at the start of the hackerthon, meaning that for around 5 hours I sat in the main foyer at a well signed desk wearing a red volunteer shirt and helping people find things (a great way to say hello to many old friends arriving at the event), answering all sorts of questions. This ranged from helping BBC journalists meet up with their team and work out where best to go to find the action (this turned into the Newsnight feature that evening), to helping older ladies find out about the Barbican fashion exhibition. At the same time I was logged in to the official help desk phone number through Skype, and keeping an eye on the official twitter, email and IRC channels to be able to respond to questions from attendees (my puny netbook was struggling). 5 hours was a long time, but by the end of lunchtime I had helped a lot of people, which is immensely rewarding. Tip for the Mexico conference team - I was *very* impressed at how the conference staff changed processes on the fly (great Agile processes Ed), so based on me mentioning that people were finding it hard to find free drinking water, a massive supply of water bottles were ordered and appeared in the main hackerthon space that afternoon, and a casual mention that helpdesk folks had varied technical experience so many would find IRC etc. a struggle, resulted in a change to who was placed where, so there was always a "brain" handy on each helpdesk. I guess I was the default brain on the main helpdesk. :-) All Saturday morning I was officially the "host" for the GLAM stream of presentations. It was a great excuse to met my friends on the GLAM network, and having someone with a GLAM background was appreciated, as this helped me negotiate slight changes to the schedule and put presenters at their ease, even when we were scrabbling about getting laptops to display properly on the main screen. The wifi had some problems late morning, so the IRC channel where volunteers were coordinating was dropping out, however the "control room" was responsive to the problem and my "team leader" was physically checking in with me to make sure I had everything I needed. On Sunday I was on the other side of things, giving a presentation on the GLAMwiki Toolset, and the volunteer hosting my session was on the ball, spotting that my netbook was running out of battery during my presentation and sorting out the power supply before I had even noticed myself. What an impressive service! I was invited to join in with a volunteers party at the end of Sunday, but after a late Saturday night with the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group on a gay pub crawl in Soho, I was totally exhausted from several long days and short nights, so getting home and crashing out on the sofa with my husband was a treat. I like to personally thank Ed for pushing and staying incredibly positive for so long. Back in 2012 Ed was enthusiastically approaching the Wikimedia UK board when I was a trustee, and I was one of those giving him a hard grilling on plans and financial controls. I think the governance structure that resulted from those discussions, along with feedback from earlier proposals from the Wikimania bid review team helped to ensure everyone was confident and well prepared for the 2014 Wikimania. It worked, it was a brilliant experience, and when the final statistics get published, I expect it to be a case study of good value that we can all learn from. Thanks, Fae -- faewik(a)gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae

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AGM
by Lodewijk 10 Aug '14

10 Aug '14

Hi, I was doubting if it would be worth to miss other sessions (one of which facilitated by me) to join the WMUK agm this weekend, but I couldn't find an email announcing the final agenda with prepared motions etc. I was curious, is such an announcement towards the membership forthcoming, or did I miss something? I know it is probably somewhere on the wiki, but this kind of information would by me be very much appreciated in a push format rather than pull :) Best, Lodewijk

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New overlaying website is live
by Stevie Benton 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

Hello everyone, I'm very happy to report that Wikimedia UK's new overlay website is live. Just to reiterate that this is intended for people new to our work and encountering us for the first time. Experienced Wikimedians and our community are not the primary audience for this. But I'd like to know what you think, so please do take a look. https://wikimedia.org.uk/ I expect there are refinements needed and I have spotted a couple myself but on the whole I am happy with it. I hope you like it. Huge thanks to everyone who helped on this, especially Emmanul Engelhart and Tom Morton for their enormous patience and great skill. 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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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 109, Issue 13
by mccapra alastair 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

VOTING AT THE AGM Yesterday a number of concerns were raised about expired membership and voting at the AGM. Evidently this year a number of people’s memberships have expired without their realising. We adopted a new procedure this year on AGM voting in response to concerns about security, and sent out voting forms in the post. It was obviously not clear to everyone that they needed the form posted to them in order to vote. After Wikimania I’ll start a discussion on the wiki about whether we should continue to post voting forms in future years – unless anyone else wants to start it sooner. As far as voting at this year’s AGM is concerned the Board has asked me to say the following: 1. 1. If you are a member and for any reason have not received/forgotten to bring your voting paper, you can ask for a new voting paper shortly before the AGM. Papers will be available for any member who needs them. There will be a check to confirm that your membership is current. 2. 2. As in previous years, it will be possible for applications for membership to be considered in advance of the AGM, and for the Board to have oversight when it holds a meeting just before the AGM. If you have come to Wikimania believing that you are a member and just discovered that you aren’t any more, and you want to rejoin and vote: you can apply to rejoin up to noon tomorrow using the online form at https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=4 If you are readmitted you will be given voting papers and may vote. Apologies for any difficulty caused this year. I hope this answers the concerns raised. Thanks Alastair McCapra WMUK Secretary On 7 August 2014 14:05, <wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Editathon 2pm 12th August (WereSpielChequers) > 2. Re: AGM (Richard Symonds) > 3. Re: AGM (Andy Mabbett) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 13:31:18 +0100 > From: WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers(a)gmail.com> > To: Wikimania general list <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wiki UK > list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Editathon 2pm 12th August > Message-ID: <21FEB39B-D296-4967-8FD8-B29D4157F5C0(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear all, > > You are invited to an Editathon at the Zoological Society of London on > Tuesday afternoon next week. > > > https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/ZSL_London_Zoo_Library_editathon_12_August_20… > > regards > > Jonathan Cardy > > Wikimedia UK > > >

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Editathon 2pm 12th August
by WereSpielChequers 07 Aug '14

07 Aug '14

Dear all, You are invited to an Editathon at the Zoological Society of London on Tuesday afternoon next week. https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/ZSL_London_Zoo_Library_editathon_12_August_20… regards Jonathan Cardy Wikimedia UK >

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