Wikimediauk-l September 2015

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News about the wikis for children
by Mathias Damour 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

May I give you some news on the wiki encyclopedias for children: I have let you know nearly one year ago about the launching of Vikidia in English[1]: Vikidia in English now has 1,445 articles and 32 active users. the advantage in English is that we can pick up, choose, adapt and select some existing material, especially from Simple English Wikipedia, and from Wikijunior. Some of the first users on en.vikidia.org also come from other Vikidia language and it even gather some Dutch teenager from Wikikids.nl. Vikidia was first launched in French and there is a similarly developed counterpart in Dutch : http://wikikids.nl/ . these wikis are 8 and 9 years old now. Vikidia in French has now more than one million unique visitors a month, with a yearly growth of audience of nearly 40 %. It's not a Wikimedia project, yet it is supported by Wikimédia France that now funds our hosting costs. Another wiki encyclopedia for children was recently launched in German, and is supported by Wikimedia Germany. See some English explanation on it here: [2]. There is some quite significant differences between the way each wiki's aims, rules and functioning are designed, which we had the opportunity to discuss between one and another teams/founders. The guestbook on fr.vikidia show that this resource is really appreciated by children (and even older peoples), and that there is a need for such a wiki beside Wikipedia ([3] [4]). Yet nothing can be done but with a significant community, that's why your support (as individual people so as an organisation) really matter ! klexikon.de, which claim to be a content - rather than an educational - wiki for children, directs a great part of its efforts (this is most of the Wikimedia Germany support) on organizing meeting and workshop for wannabe editors (teachers or other - mainly - adults). What about Wikimedia UK supporting something similar? Yet it would demand some peoples to undertake it... One can also begin with one (or some) blog post about this project ? [1] http://blog.wikimedia.fr/vikidia-in-english-opens-today-lets-build-a-childr… [2] https://zikoblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/23/a-new-wiki-klexikon-the-free-ency… [3] https://fr.vikidia.org/wiki/Vikidia:Livre_d%27or [4] see also http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=wikibooks%2C%20wikiversity%2C%20viki… -- Mathias Damour 49 rue Carnot F-74000 Annecy 00 (33) 4 57 09 10 56 00 (33) 6 27 13 65 51 https://fr.vikidia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Astirmays mathias.damour(a)laposte.net

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Women in Architecture editathon with Guggenheim in October - London edition?
by Pharos 15 Oct '15

15 Oct '15

Hi Wiki-Britons, I'd like to let you know about the global campaign of 'Women in Architecture' editathons that we are planning with the Guggenheim for October: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Women_in_Architecture We've had interest in hosting from someone at the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) in London: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectural_Association_School_of_Architect… Would some London volunteers here be able to attend/help at such an event, if the AA people would take the lead in physically organizing it? Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

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Fwd: Contributing to articles on Wikipedia using materials at National Fairground Archive
by Daria Cybulska 09 Oct '15

09 Oct '15

Hi all, Have a look at the message from Rosa below - she's looking for some advice on contributing to Wikipedia relating to collections she is representing. If anyone is in the area and/or is interested in helping our, feel free to get in touch! It sounds like she's already done a fair amount of research, so may only need a bit of support. All the best, Daria ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rosa Sadler <r.sadler(a)sheffield.ac.uk> Date: 23 September 2015 at 09:08 Subject: Contributing to articles on Wikipedia using materials at National Fairground Archive To: glam(a)wikimedia.org.uk Dear GLAM UK, I am a member of staff in the Library at the University of Sheffield. The National Fairground Archive is based within the Library and we are interested in using our subject knowledge and collections to contribute to Wikipedia articles relating to this area. We understand the policy about not contributing original research and would not be doing this. I have looked at your pages on Wikipedia and have seen the information about Wikipedia projects and Wikimedians in residence and I want to ask: is it a requirement that we be part of a project with a pre-existing Wikimedian or is it ok for members of staff here to become editors and make contributions independently? Would this be seen as a conflict of interest? We would, of course, be using individual accounts and obeying the guidelines for editors. Our aim in contributing would be to make information about this area more available to the public by adding to articles and to provide links (in citations) to our collections so that the general public can further benefit from them. I am interested to hear whether this kind of activity would be acceptable to the Wikipedia community and as such I look forward to your response. Best wishes, Rosa Sadler *Library Information Services Coordinator*The Diamond University Library University of Sheffield r.sadler(a)sheffield.ac.uk -- Daria Cybulska - Head of Programmes and Evaluation, 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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Wikimeet survey
by Michael Peel 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Hi all, tl;dr summary: I'm planning to run a survey about wikimeets in the near future. Do you have any comments/suggestions on the draft? See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel/Wikimeet_survey At a recent meetup, a Wikipedian who was new to wikimeets pointed out that the event had the air of a gentleman's club about it. Looking around at the high-back comfy chairs, the Victorian-era interior decorations, the pints of real ale, and the mostly-male (and regular) attendees, I couldn't really disagree with their assessment. This started me thinking: are there better venues and times to hold meetups, or better ways of advertising/inviting people to planned meetups? What would make them more open and inviting to new editors, or the many long-term editors that have never attended a meetup? As an experiment to try to improve the attendance and advertising of wikimeets in the North of England, a few months ago I posted messages on the talk pages of previous wikimeet attendees about the last Leeds and Manchester wikimeets, and the Liverpool wikimeet coming up this weekend. There was, unexpectedly, a pretty good response, with a number of people signing up to attend the wikimeets. I'm not sure whether it was a direct consequence or not, but we had a long-term editor attend the last Manchester wikimeet who hadn't previously attended a wikimeet. I couldn't attend the last Leeds wikimeet: was anyone there and able to say whether it made a difference or not? I'm hoping that the irregular wikimeet attendees who have signed up for the Liverpool meetup will be there! It also started a longer conversation with Iridescent [1], which led to the idea of having some sort of a UK-wide notifications list. During that conversation, I started drafting a survey of past and potential wikimeet attendees with the aim of getting some quantified and actionable answers about how to improve wikimeets, and also improve communication about wikimeets. The latest draft of the survey is at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel/Wikimeet_survey Amongst other things, the survey draft asks about how people get to wikimeets; when and where wikimeets should be held; what activities should take place at wikimeets; and how notifications about an upcoming meetup would ideally be circulated. I'm hoping to run this survey soon, so if you are interested in improving the survey questions then please send me an email or post on the talk page before the end of the month! In particular, if you currently organise (or regularly attend) wikimeets, then I'd greatly appreciate your input/feedback about the survey questions before it goes live. Ideally the survey would be run in association with WMUK, but given the recent turmoil I'm not sure if this will be possible, so I'll run it myself unless WMUK expresses an interest in helping out with it! Thanks, Mike [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Iridescent/Archive_17#Next_meetups_…

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Fwd: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available
by Richard Symonds 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

Forwarding to this list, perhaps someone has some ideas for how we can make use of the newly released LIDAR data! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 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: Tim Waters <chippy2005(a)gmail.com> Date: 22 September 2015 at 10:34 Subject: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available To: OSM - Talk GB <talk-gb(a)openstreetmap.org> Hello, back in June we had a thread announcing that this LIDAR data was due to be released. Well some of it has. https://environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2015/09/18/laser-surveys-light-up-ope… http://environment.data.gov.uk/ds/survey#/ I think it's just for England, and appears to be 1m and 2m composite DTM and 1m and 2m DSM They do intend to release a Tiled version next, and I think 50cm and 25cm are coming also What can we do with it? Cheers, Tim _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB(a)openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

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Board updates
by Richard Symonds 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Hi all! Just to follow up on an email sent to members earlier today, there have been a few changes on Wikimedia UK's board: - Simon Knight has stood down to take up a position at a University in Sydney, Australia (congratulations Simon!) - Nancy Bell, Head of Collections at the National Archives was co-opted onto the board for a two year term (welcome to Nancy!) - Carol Campbell was appointed Vice-Chair of the board - Gill Hamilton (a new trustee as of the AGM) was appointed Secretary of the board - Nick Poole (a new trustee as of the AGM) joined the Governance Committee All the best, Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 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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FAO members of Wikimedia UK...
by Richard Symonds 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Good afternoon! This is a quick note to members of Wikimedia UK - if you use Gmail, check your spam folder, as I've just sent an email update about the board out and it may have ended up in there. All the best, Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 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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Women in Architecture editathon with Guggenheim in October - London edition?
by Paul Wilkinson 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

I'd be interested in helping with the London event but have a meeting of the Construction Industry Council that afternoon so couldn't get along until late afternoon. User:Paul W On 22 September 2015 at 10:37, <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. Women in Architecture editathon with Guggenheim in October - > London edition? (Pharos) > 2. Re: Women in Architecture editathon with Guggenheim in > October - London edition? (Stuart Prior) > 3. Nancy Bell, Head of Collection Care at The National Archives, > joins Wikimedia UK board (Michael Maggs) > 4. Re: Women in Architecture editathon with Guggenheim in > October - London edition? (Joe Filceolaire) > 5. Re: Nancy Bell, Head of Collection Care at The National > Archives, joins Wikimedia UK board (Richard Symonds) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 11:29:56 -0400 > From: Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com> > To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Women in Architecture editathon with > Guggenheim in October - London edition? > Message-ID: > < > CAJcrdm7xYaBJOeV41gPgO1rMvTxsFzBpGaG8+5V+zHirW8ZWWw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Wiki-Britons, > > I'd like to let you know about the global campaign of 'Women in > Architecture' editathons that we are planning with the Guggenheim for > October: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Women_in_Architecture > > We've had interest in hosting from someone at the Architectural Association > School of Architecture (AA) in London: > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectural_Association_School_of_Architect… > > Would some London volunteers here be able to attend/help at such an event, > if the AA people would take the lead in physically organizing it? > > Thanks, > Richard > (User:Pharos) >

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Nancy Bell, Head of Collection Care at The National Archives, joins Wikimedia UK board
by Michael Maggs 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Wikimedia UK is pleased to announce the co-option of Nancy Bell to the board for a two year term. Nancy has been appointed for her extensive skills, experience and contacts, particularly in the national and international cultural heritage sectors. Nancy is currently Head of Collection Care at The National Archives, in which role she is responsible for the preservation of one of the largest and most significant sources of information in the world dating from Domesday Book to recent digital records. She has established an internationally recognised heritage science research programme in collaboration with the higher education sector and industry, and has established a programme to work closely with students and researchers to disseminate their work further as wiki editors. Nancy comments "There are huge opportunities to extend the reach of volunteers in new communities to create an even more vibrant Wikimedia UK. I am committed to open and accessible information as a guiding principle and very much welcome the opportunity to promote this mission widely". Please join us in welcoming Nancy to the board. Best regards Michael Michael Maggs Chair, Wikimedia UK

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 122, Issue 17
by Jon Davies 18 Sep '15

18 Sep '15

Well done Greyham - your energy and patience is justly rewarded. Jon Davies. Jon Davies arnottdavies(a)gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=75614530&trk=hp-identity-name> On 18 September 2015 at 13:01, <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. Wikimedia UK Trustee Treasurer excellence recognised > (Michael Maggs) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 11:12:38 +0100 > From: Michael Maggs <michael(a)maggs.name> > To: "wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org" > <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List > <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Trustee Treasurer excellence > recognised > Message-ID: <0A0DA8BE-F273-44B6-A5A5-C1A5683695EF(a)maggs.name> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Treasurer highly Commended at Financial Leadership Awards > > Press release issued by Wikimedia UK, 18 September 2015: > > Greyham Dawes was awarded Highly Commended by the judges at the Financial > Leadership Awards last night. > > The judges recognized that Greyham Dawes, who has been Wikimedia UK’s > treasurer since February 2013, had completely changed both the charity's > financial reporting and its planning. His pragmatic approach has helped the > charity focus on the future, and his overwhelming positivity moves > difficult conversations towards solutions. > > Carol Cambell, Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee said “Wikimedia UK is > a high profile charity within the open knowledge movement and Greyham has > been an important and influential part in enabling the organisational > transparency that is an essential part of our work." > > Wikimedia UK is a young charitable organisation that is at the forefront > of the open knowledge movement. They are the UK chapter of the global > Wikimedia movement, and work with volunteers and a range of national > organisations to help create and preserve open knowledge and to provide > easy access for all. >

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