Wikimediauk-l September 2016

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Website certificate (again)
by Katie Chan 16 Jun '17

16 Jun '17

Firefox (Win & Linux) & https://wikimedia.org.uk/ results in a SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER error message and the associated warning that "Your connection is not secure". Okay in Chrome & IE. Katie -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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What Volunteer Equipment should we buy?
by Stuart Prior 09 Feb '17

09 Feb '17

Hello all, Just a reminder that Wiki Loves Monuments is around the corner, andn coincidently we are looking for input on volunteer equipment. (Specifically photography and AV equipment) Here is a list of current equipment we have: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Equipment_Loan_Procedure#Multimedia We’d ideally strive for some kind of balance between quality and quantity, but are not averse to a big ticket item if it will facilitate a specific piece of work. But ideas suggested to me by volunteers and other Wikimedians so far have been: More lapel microphones (to record panel events etc) Shoulder rig Video light box. Filters. Extra batteries and memory cards. A bigger telephoto lens A handy audio recorder A camera drone A selfie stick We have a budget of £1000. If as part of the suggestions, people could also look at prices and possible good value vendors, that would be helpful too. Please reply all here, or alternatively, with suggestions on the wiki. <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Talk:Equipment_Loan_Procedure> Looking to firm up decisions over the next couple of weeks. Thanks -- *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.*

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 134, Issue 13
by Jon Davies 23 Sep '16

23 Sep '16

Still getting error message on Firefox. Jon Davies arnottdavies(a)gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/preview?locale=en_US&trk=prof-0-sb-preview…> On 22 September 2016 at 16:47, <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. Re: Website certificate (again) (Lester Caine) > 2. Re: Website certificate (again) (Gordon Joly) > 3. Re: Website certificate (again) (Lester Caine) > 4. Re: Mozfest volunteers (leutha(a)fabiant.eu) > 5. Re: Mozfest volunteers (Lucy Crompton-Reid) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:10:06 +0100 > From: Lester Caine <lester(a)lsces.co.uk> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Website certificate (again) > Message-ID: <d26ea5a8-e00b-6036-7a10-5dcccd6cc8a5(a)lsces.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On 22/09/16 10:37, Gordon Joly wrote: > >> Thanks Tom! It confused me as well... > > Can I perhaps shed some light? Firefox is now complaining about some > > other sites, so perhaps the fault is with Firefox? > > > > I run Firefox 48.0 on Linux Mint 17.3 > > Site is looking fine from here - on Firefox. I AM having a problem with > Firefox on a couple of sites where we now have letsencrypt certificates > on the main sites, but some sub domains are still http:// ... Firefox > now complains that the certificate is wrong while the setup works fine > on other browsers. When the certificate needs renewing , letsencrypt is > worth a look as it's free and can be configured to automatically refresh > it's certificates. > > -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL > ----------------------------- > Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk > EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ > Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk > Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:11:23 +0100 > From: Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> > To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Website certificate (again) > Message-ID: <49424bcf-d897-21be-bf4b-a9074d674d5a(a)pobox.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On 22/09/16 14:10, Lester Caine wrote: > > When the certificate needs renewing , letsencrypt is > > worth a look as it's free and can be configured to automatically refresh > > it's certificates. > > > Interesting. > > https://letsencrypt.org/ > > I have used STARTTLS... > > But this seems also to have a problem? > > https://www.starttls.info/ > > This site uses "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" > > Gordo > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:50:58 +0100 > From: Lester Caine <lester(a)lsces.co.uk> > To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Website certificate (again) > Message-ID: <939ff6ce-d8c8-6484-154b-e33bba37b456(a)lsces.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On 22/09/16 15:11, Gordon Joly wrote: > > On 22/09/16 14:10, Lester Caine wrote: > >> > When the certificate needs renewing , letsencrypt is > >> > worth a look as it's free and can be configured to automatically > refresh > >> > it's certificates. > > > > Interesting. > > > > https://letsencrypt.org/ > > > > I have used STARTTLS... > > > > But this seems also to have a problem? > > > > https://www.starttls.info/ > > > > This site uses "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" > > Bit off base for here, but https://starttls.info/ > The warning on Firefox explained that only starttls.info is supported. > > I dropped the www. on all the sites I support, and just forward www.* to > the main domain, looks like that is missing for starttls.info. > > -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL > ----------------------------- > Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk > EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ > Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk > Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:46:47 +0100 (BST) > From: leutha(a)fabiant.eu > To: Lucy Crompton-Reid <lucy.crompton-reid(a)wikimedia.org.uk>, UK > Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mozfest volunteers > Message-ID: > <380423690.786817.acac2514-d3fe-4e46-9365-54a1e908a891. > open-xchange(a)webmail.123-reg.co.uk> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/ > attachments/20160922/cc4efa7c/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:47:18 +0100 > From: Lucy Crompton-Reid <lucy.crompton-reid(a)wikimedia.org.uk> > To: leutha(a)fabiant.eu > Cc: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mozfest volunteers > Message-ID: > <CALAB3_CkpytFtYo1Bqdxfk1+Cc7NRqX_1Fk=rdPG9z1QLRU6FQ@ > mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Will do! It was only confirmed last night :) > > On 22 September 2016 at 16:46, <leutha(a)fabiant.eu> wrote: > > > That's great, Lucy. > > > > Perhaps you could add your session on the WMUK events page. > > > > all the best > > > > > > Fabian > > > > aka Leutha > > > > On 22 September 2016 at 10:54 Lucy Crompton-Reid < > > lucy.crompton-reid(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > > > > Thanks for this Fabian. Hopefully lots of people will sign up to > volunteer > > or attend. I will be going to MozFest for the first time this year and am > > very pleased to be speaking on the programme. There will actually be > quite > > a few Wikimedia staff there as a number of people will be coming over > from > > Germany and I believe Katherine Maher (Wikimedia Foundation ED) will be > > giving a keynote. > > > > I'm afraid I won't be able to make either of the East London meet ups > but I > > look forward to seeing some of you at the end of October! > > > > Best > > Lucy > > > > On 22 September 2016 at 10:45, <leutha(a)fabiant.eu> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > Last night I went to the first volunteer session for this years Mozfest > > <https://mozillafestival.org/>, October 28-30, 2016, Ravensbourne > > College, London. I rediscovered some of the excitement in the lead up to > > Wikimania 2014 - indeed I saw many familiar faces. > > > > Mozilla have been very good to the Wikimedia community in the past, I am > > pleased to be part of renewing this friendly relationship. As they are > > still looking for volunteers, I am sending this out to Wikimedians in the > > hope some more of us will get involved and share the Wikimedia approach > > with others at Mozfest. If you are interested in volunteering check the > > Mozfest > > volunteer page <https://mozillafestival.org/volunteer>. > > > > As the event is taking place in East London, it will be a topic of > > conversation at the East London meetups: > > > > - East London Meetup 7 > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/East_London/7>: Tuesday 27th > > September 2016 — 19:30 - 21:00 Canary Wharf: perhaps we can see what > > strands WMs want to follow up at Mozfest > > - East London Meetup 8 > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/East_London/8>: Tuesday 27th > > September 2016 — 19:30 - 21:00 Canary Wharf: this will be a Mozfest > > Fringe > > event, so it will be an opportunity for Mozfest volunteers to find out > > a > > bit more about the Wikimedian community. > > > > Even if you are not able to commit to Mozfest it would be great to see > > some more faces at the East London Wikimedia meetup. > > > > all the best > > > > Fabian > > > > aka Leutha > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > -- > > > > 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.* > > > > > > > -- > > 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.* >

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Mozfest volunteers
by leutha＠fabiant.eu 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

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Saturday's planning meetings
by Lucy Crompton-Reid 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

Dear all On Saturday, we have a meeting of the Evaluation Panel in the morning followed by a discussion focused on education from 12noon to 3pm (with lunch at around 1pm). We were going to hold a planning lab from 3pm, however as we have had so few sign ups for that we are cancelling the session. If you are interested in finding out about our proposed activities for next year in the context of our Annual Plan Grant application to the Wikimedia Foundation, please do sign up to the lunchtime meeting, where there will be a more general presentation on our plans in addition to the focus on education: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wmuk-education-meetup-tickets-27521949893 <http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wmuk-education-meetup-tickets-27521949893?aff=u…> Thanks and best wishes Lucy -- 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.*

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Ada Lovelace Day 2016 Wikipedia editathon at University of Edinburgh - Booking details are now live
by MCANDREW Ewan 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

________________________________ Booking for Ada Lovelace Day 2016 is now live - please feel free to pass on details to people you feel maybe interested in coming along. [ADA_Blog] Ada Lovelace<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace>, "The Enchantress of Numbers". On Tuesday 11th October 2016, in Room 1.12 of the University of Edinburgh Main Library, we will again be running a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day 2016, an international celebration day<http://findingada.com/> of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). What's involved? Beginning at 10am with a range of guest speakers in the morning, this will be followed by fun technology activities from 11am to 1pm: · Metadata games<http://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/blog/2014/08/29/metadata-fun-and-games/> · Fun with BBC Microbit<https://www.microbit.co.uk/> - a handheld, fully programmable computer that you can use for all sorts of cool creations, from robots to musical instruments - the possibilities are endless. · Fun with Sonic Pi<http://sonic-pi.net/> - the live coding music synth for everyone. · Create Lego calculators/adders<https://www.youtube.com/user/sine35video/videos>. · Colour in a giant 'Garden of Ada'<http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/ada-lovelace-day/oers/> design; hand drawn by our Interactive Content team. Did you know that approximately only 16% of the biographies on Wikipedia relate to notable women? If you'd like to help redress this imbalance, new editors are very welcome and participants will be supported to develop Wikipedia articles; creating new role models for young and old alike. Full Wikipedia editing training will be given at 1-2pm. Thereafter the afternoon's editathon from 2-5pm will focus on improving the quality of Wikipedia articles related to Women in STEM! The event page can be accessed here: http://bit.ly/2cGapkn <http://bit.ly/2cGapkn> Who was Ada Lovelace? Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), the only legitimate child of the poet George, Lord Byron<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron> and his wife Anne Isabella Milbanke<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Isabella_Byron,_Baroness_Byron>, was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage>'s early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_Engine>. Her notes on the engine include what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine. As a result, she is often regarded as the first computer programmer with her work a major influence on Alan Turing & inspiring countless others. There's now a graphic novel<http://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/> of her short but brilliant life and you can read more about her here<http://findingada.com/about/who-was-ada/>. Want to come? For booking purposes, the day is split in two parts: talks & technology activities in the morning and the Women in STEM Wikipedia editathon in the afternoon. You can attend both morning and afternoon sessions or just one. * To book a place for the morning activities (10am to 1pm): * Click here for Ada Lovelace Day - talks & fun technology activities<http://edin.ac/2ckmZAP> * To book a place for the afternoon editathon (1pm to 5pm): * Click here for the Women in STEM Wikipedia edit-a-thon<http://edin.ac/2cSzuJc> * Time for lunch? Food can be brought into the room and the fun technology activities from 11am to 1pm can be dropped in and out of. Tea & coffee will be provided and there is also the Library Cafe downstairs where you can get refreshments and a bite to eat. Not a student or staff member of the university? A limited number of tickets are available through Eventbrite (links are on the event page). Suggestions for notable Women in STEM who could & should be represented on Wikipedia? Feel free to suggest name of notable women we could include as part of this day of celebration. Email me at ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk Hope to see you there! Ewan McAndrew Wikimedian in Residence Tel: 07719 330076 Email: ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk Working hours are 2.5 days per week, usually Monday to Wednesday. Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh, Learning, Teaching & Web Services, Hugh Robson Building, 15 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD. www.ed.ac.uk The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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Wikimedia UK communications strategy
by Lucy Crompton-Reid 16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16

Hi all I am in the process of developing the charity's communications strategy and would welcome feedback on the draft. This is a google doc rather than on the wiki, but please let me know if you would like me to share it with you for your comments and input. Many thanks and all best Lucy -- 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.*

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Help shape Wikimedia UK's delivery plans for 2017 - 18
by Lucy Crompton-Reid 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

Dear all Wikimedia UK will soon be applying to the Wikimedia Foundation for an Annual Plan Grant (APG) in 2017 - 18. Longstanding volunteers, members and other stakeholders will be familiar with this process but for those of you who aren’t, an APG enables affiliated organisations around the world - including country ‘chapters’ of the global Wikimedia movement, like Wikimedia UK - to access funds raised by the Foundation through the Wikipedia banner campaign. The deadline for proposals is 1st October and we will need to submit our draft delivery plan for next year as well as the proposal itself. On Saturday 24th September we will be holding a day of meetings to discuss and develop our proposal and our delivery plans for next year alongside the wider Wikimedia UK community. These include a meeting of the Evaluation Panel in the morning followed by a discussion focused on education from 12 - 3pm and a Planning Lab from 3 to 5pm. The education meeting will give participants the opportunity to feed into our emerging plans for education and help us to shape an education conference in early 2017. At the Planning Lab we will share our plans for partnerships and programmes in 2017, with a view to incorporating feedback and ideas into our proposal to the Wikimedia Foundation, and enabling volunteers to identify how they might get involved with Wikimedia UK over the next year. All meetings will take place at Development House near Old Street, London and are open to all, but signing up in advance is essential (see below for links). Refreshments including lunch will be provided, and support for travel is available if Wikimedia UK is notified in advance by email to karla.marte(a)wikimedia.org.uk. It would be great to involve as many people as possible in these discussions so please sign up to one or both of the following sessions if you can! http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wmuk-education-meetup-tickets-27521949893 <http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wmuk-education-meetup-tickets-27521949893?aff=u…> http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikimedia-uk-planning-lab-for-20 1718-tickets-27624997110 <http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikimedia-uk-planning-lab-for-201718-tickets-27…> All best Lucy -- 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.*

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English, Welsh & Scottish Charity numbers in Wikidata
by Andy Mabbett 13 Sep '16

13 Sep '16

Wikidata now has a property for organisations' Scottish Charity numbers: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3163 Only a small number have been imported from Wikipedia, because the corresponding template: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Scottish_charity is not well used. For English and Welsh charity numbers, another property is already available; https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3057 in turn used by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:EW_charity Both templates now call data from Wikidata, so once a value is added to the latter, it can be removed from the templates in Wikipedia, like this; https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wildfowl_%26_Wetlands_Trust&diff… You can help by adding the templates to articles (converting existing links if necessary) and/ or migrating the numbers to Wikidata. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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How would you like to communicate with WMUK and other Wikimedians?
by John Lubbock 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Hello all, I've been thinking about how WMUK can communicate better with our community and let Wikimedians communicate with each other. I've heard from some community members that they were a little disappointed that people were no longer using the Water Cooler page for discussions. I'd like to propose some different options and ask if you have any other suggestions about how you'd like to communicate with us and others in the community. So I've put a poll on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk/status/766703544275767297> with some options for communications channels. I couldn't put more than four options, so I chose Facebook, the Water Cooler, Slack and the Mailing List. I'd really appreciate if you could take the time to vote which one you'd prefer or reply here or to the Tweet with any other suggestions for how you'd like to communicate with us. What I'm really keen to communicate are the opportunities for our community to engage with us, propose projects, receive funding and other assistance from WMUK. To this end, it would be good to have an open channel or discussion group of some kind where we can respond to your ideas and allow you to ask us questions about our work. We'd like to be as open as the knowledge we promote, so please let us know your views about how we can do that better. Have a great weekend! John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK

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