So...
BrewDog, a Scotland-based "hipster brewery" - for want of a better phrase -
have just "open-sourced" their entire recipe collection.
You can read more at https://www.brewdog.com/lowdown/blog/diy-dog.
It's not entirely clear what "licence" they're using but they say:
*"copy them, tear them to pieces, bastardise them, adapt them, but most of
all, enjoy them. They are well travelled but with plenty of miles still
left on the clock. Just remember to share your brews, and share your
results. Sharing is caring."*
I guess "free as in beer" has a slightly different meaning now!
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Hi all
WMUK would like to provide better materials aimed at the general public
which explain the benefits of open knowledge. I have already been
signposted to some existing resources (provided by other organisations) but
if you know of any really good materials on this, please let me know.
Also, if anyone would like to take on the task of writing a short, simple
guide to open knowledge from a Wikimedia perspective, please let me know!
This will go on our website but will also be a document that we can email
to people as necessary.
Thanks
Lucy
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Hi all,
Sorry if this is something I really ought to know :/
Is there a standard form of words - either from OTRS wiki or that you have
used - that is helpful when you are contacting organisations or individuals
to ask for image donations?
Context: I would like to contact artists to ask if they have image shots
they would be prepared to donate to commons to support creation of articles
about them.
Problem: I need to be able to say a) What the benefit of donating the image
is to them and to us b) what the consequences of CC-BY-SA donation are in
terms of that images use for a non expert.
Also it would help if anyone can share the easiest process for managing
uploading when you don't hold the copyright but the image donor does (but
they are a non-expert/non editor)
Thank you!
Kat
Hello all,
As you may or may not be aware, the Art & Feminism initiative is running a
series of editathons at art institutions around the world
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism>.
We've had numerous requests (most at quite short notice), to assist in
running events around the UK. WMUK staff will be supporting in person, but
really we need at least one volunteer lead trainer for each (or some kind
of superman trainer who could cover a couple if needed).
So far we have:
Institution Location Day Date Trainer
National Library of Wales Aberystwyth Friday 04/03/2016 Jason Evans
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) London Saturday 05/03/2016
Tate Britain London Saturday 05/03/2016
Leeds Central Library Leeds Saturday 05/03/2016 Katherine Bavage
Dulwich Picture Gallery London Tuesday 08/03/2016
Goldsmiths London Saturday 12/03/2016
Scottish National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh TBA TBA Sara Thomas
Women of the World Festival at Southbank Centre London 8/03/2016 -
13/03/2016
As you can see we're covered everywhere except London. So if anyone is free
on one or more of the dates above, we're happy to cover travel expenses
etc.
Regarding times, the weekend events would be morning/afternoon.
I have yet to determine the times for the Dulwich Picture Gallery one.
The content will vary between institution, though most will be referring to
the existing redlink lists created (or not created) here
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks>.
Having spoken to the curators and academics who are leading on these
events, I've asked them to research the areas they see as needing more
coverage on Wikipedia, and to try and find verifiable sources to support
these.
Additionally, you will see on the list, there is the Women of the World
Festival <http://wow.southbankcentre.co.uk/> at the Southbank Centre, who
have asked us to be involved and run an editathon.
We haven't been able to pin down the day of that with the organisers, but
it would be dictated somewhat by when a trainer could be available, so let
us know if there's a date that could work for you.
Please let us know if you'd like to support any of these events, and we'll
go from there.
Thanks in advance
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Forwarding if anyone here is based in Scotland and isn't on the Scotwiki
mailing list :)
Daria
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sara Thomas <sa.thomas(a)live.com>
Date: 23 February 2016 at 15:24
Subject: [Scotwiki] Art + Feminism Editathon @ Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
To: "scotwiki(a)wikimedia.org.uk" <scotwiki(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
Hello all!
Hope this email finds you well. Just to let you know that we've got an Art
+ Feminism editathon coming up on Saturday 5th March at the Portrait
Gallery in Edinburgh - be great to see some of you there. Let me or the
galleries know if you can attend - contact details on the event page.
It's a follow-up event to the Modern Scottish Women editathon we did in
January - fantastic opportunity to get some missing women onto Wikipedia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/MGS/Events_and_Workshops/Moder…
All the best,
Sara
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Does anyone have a "template" press release they have used for the local
press?
Bristol will be TFA on 7 March and I wondered if it would be worth putting
out a press release to local papers etc to encourage more people to edit.
Rod
Hello everyone,
We've been given the sad news that Filceolaire passed away recently,
confirmed by his family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Filceolaire
He's been a familiar face around Wikipedia for many years and we send our
condolences to those who knew him.
Richard Nevell
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I've just been introduced to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Nearby
which lists articles near your current location and from the thumbnail it
is fairly obvious whether it has an image or not.
Has anyone tried using this in outreach to photographers?
WereSpielchequers
Neat - have added one pic from commons straightaway and will work on the
others.
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Working away this morning, I came across Bushel's Case, which established in
1670 that a judge can't really lock up a jury without food and drink
indefinitely to get the required verdict from them. Quite a lot hangs on that.
(NB some sources say Edward Bushel(l) was the jury foreman, which is not the
case, per the ODNB.)
What would be nice would be a photo of the plaque in the Old Bailey,
commemorating William Penn and his "partner in crime" William Mead, who were in
the dock in the relevant case.
http://www.duhaime.org/LawMuseum/LawArticle-1335/1670-The-Jury-Earns-Its-In…
has a photo, not usable on Commons as such I think without some further ado.
The plaque said to date from the rebuilding of the Old Bailey
(https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4n4qvZo9QxsC&pg=PA170
<https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4n4qvZo9QxsC&pg=PA170> ) which puts it at
about 1907; and if it is flat then it would be OK to reuse the online images out
there. There is a mention in the The Journal of American History around 1910.
There are other Old Bailey plaques on Commons. If anyone could oblige with a
photo of this one, I think it would be worthwhile. I don't know how easy it
would be to photograph afresh, though. The Open Plaques page
http://openplaques.org/plaques/10523 has no image. This page
http://www.britannia.com/hiddenlondon/penn_oldbailey.html
says it is in the entrance lobby (good); but that the lobby is closed to the
public, cameras not allowed (not so good).
Charles