Hello all,
I wanted to make people aware of some of the partnerships we are
developing, and wanted to know of any volunteers that might be interested
in working on these, either training at events or looking at the potential
for content releases.
*Palestine Exploration Fund* - Fantastic collection, interested in doing
some training for their members, yet to be scheduled.
*Tate Britain* - Looking for a trainer for an event on 22nd of May covering
Queer British Art.
*Amnesty Internationa*l - Approached about potential editathon in June, to
expand articles on Human Rights.
*Cancer Research UK - *We successfully ran some training for some PhD
students in Cardiff recently, but they would like to continue training for
their researchers at venues around the country. Such as Manchester and
Edinburgh.
*British Heart Foundation - *Are interested in getting some training for
their staff.
If any of the above is of interest, let me know.
Best
Stuart
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*Stuart Prior*
*Project Coordinator*
*Wikimedia UK*
+44 20 7065 0990
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.*
Hello everyone,
It's that time of the year where we are looking for nominations for UK
Wikimedian of the Year. It is an annual award given by Wikimedia UK to
thank those in the UK or abroad who have helped the UK Wikimedia movement.
There are three categories:
- UK Wikimedian of the Year
- Partnership of the Year
- and Honourable Mention
Please add your nominations at
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/UK_Wikimedian_of_the_Year_2016/Nomination by
end of Friday 24 June.
The winners will be announced at the AGM on 9th July.
Regards,
Richard Nevell
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Project Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 20 7065 0921
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.*
Enjoyable two-page review today in the Times Literary Supplement by Peter
Thonemann, flagged on the front page as "The triumph of Wikipedia?"
Lynch's book You Could Look It Up has the subtitle "The reference shelf from
ancient Babylon", and WP is duly mentioned in the review at length, with Rich
Farmbrough getting a namecheck.
Thonemann is at Wadham College, Oxford, and gives good quotes: e.g.
"Wiki-editors are, in my experience, an exceptionally friendly and helpful
bunch".
Charles
Dear all
I'm pleased to confirm that this year's Wikimedia UK AGM and WMUK Meet Up
will be on *Saturday 9th July* at Impact Hub in Birmingham. We will be
finalising the schedule over the next few weeks but are planning to start
at 10.30am, with half an hour for tea, coffee and networking before moving
into talks, workshops and other activities. The AGM itself will be at 3pm
and is scheduled to finish by 5.30pm at the latest. We would encourage you
to come and stay for the whole day, particularly if you are a member and
can vote at the AGM, although all volunteers, editors and potential
volunteers and editors are welcome. We will circulate registration details
soon - please make sure you do register if you are planning to attend.
We will provide a light lunch and refreshments.
We have scheduled time for a series of '*lightning talks*' after lunch,
which will generally be short, five minute presentations on any subject
relating to Wikimedia, open knowledge or the open sector more broadly. If
you would like to give one of these talks, please email Richard Nevell on
richard.nevell(a)wikimedia.org.uk with your name and the subject you'd like
to speak about.
We are also looking for a *volunteer photographer* to lead a 'Wiki Takes
Birmingham' tour of the local area, along with Richard Symonds (as the
local area expert!) Again, please let Richard Nevell know if you would like
to do this.
Any member who wishes to bring forward a resolution for consideration at
the AGM must inform the charity, and supply a copy of the suggested text,
by no later than Friday 3rd June 2016. The suggested text may either be
sent by email to the chair of the board at michael.maggs(a)wikimedia.org.uk or
may be posted online at
https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=2016_Annual_General_Meeting/Reso…
.
If you have any more general comments or queries, please email me at
lucy.crompton-reid(a)wikimedia.org.uk.
With all best wishes
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0991
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.
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.*
Hello,
The People's History Museum <http://www.phm.org.uk/> in Manchester have got
in touch with us because they would like to run an event in November. If
you'd like to volunteer to take this forward please let me know.
Richard
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Richard Nevell
Project Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 20 7065 0921
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.*
Hi everyone,
I'm reaching out to this list for some help.
Participants to Wikimania 2016 filled in information for posters here :
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Posters
Before printing them out, we think it could be a good thing to review them,
mainly to make sure they're understandable and avoid as many mistakes as
possible.
As most people who submitted their posters are non-native English speakers,
I'm turning to you for some help : who would be willing to review the
posters ?
You can also forward this request to other relevant lists.
Thank you all very much,
Anne-Laure (WMFR), on behalf of the Community village organization team.
Dear all
Over the past few months I have been leading the process of reviewing and
refreshing Wikimedia UK's strategic framework, and developing a new
business plan for 2016 - 19. The draft strategic framework sets out a new
vision for the charity and I would love to hear from volunteers, members
and other stakeholders about whether you support the proposed direction of
travel. The process so far has involved a board away day in December, a
planning session with the staff team, and a review of the draft documents
at the board meeting in March. Community consultation on the strategic
framework forms an important part of this process and will run until the
end of this month.
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2016_Strategy_Consultation
The planned outputs from the strategic planning process will be a clear,
concise strategic framework for the period 2016 to 2019, which outlines our
vision, mission, values, planned outcomes, strategic goals and objectives
and major programme strands, plus a three year business plan which puts the
strategy in context, articulating the external context and drivers, planned
priorities and programmes for the three year period and internal resources
including staffing and funding.
When considering the draft strategic framework, I would be particularly
keen for you to bear these questions in mind - although please don't feel
that you have to answer all (or indeed any) of them:
1. Do you agree with the overall strategic framework proposed? If not,
why/what changes would you like to suggest?
2. Is there anything missing?
3. How should WMUK prioritise activities?
4. How can we work with you on delivering the strategy?
You can respond to this consultation by *Monday 30th May 2016 *by adding
your thoughts to the talk page or by sending an email to me on
lucy.crompton-reid(a)wikimedia.org.uk.
With best wishes and many thanks
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0991
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.
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.*
Hello all,
With the local UK elections out of the way it's full steam ahead to the EU
Referendum on June 23. Our friends at independent, nonpartisan factchecking
charity Full Fact think it's important that we make this important decision
based on facts rather than feelings, and to that end they are hosting an
editathon <https://fullfact.org/blog/2016/apr/eu-wikipedia-edit-thon/>
at Newspeak
House <https://www.nwspk.com/> on Bethnal Green Road in East London from
10.30 to 5 PM this Saturday (14 May) to make sure all the Wikipedia pages
about the EU, Referendum and related topics are as accurate as possible.
If you care about this important decision, why not come along and support
the democratic process by making sure the electorate has the best, most
accurate and impartial information to hand when deciding on the future of
the UK.
All the best,
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK