Wikimediauk-l August 2017

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Wikimania, Wikidata event in London, August newsletter update
by John Lubbock 14 Aug '17

14 Aug '17

Hi all, I thought I would send a little update on some stuff that's been going on. Wikimania finished yesterday in Montreal, and it was a great opportunity to meet community members, learn from other chapters and look forward to the future. Some highlights: - The Foundation presented their draft strategic direction <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/08/10/wikimedia-2030-draft-strategic-direct…> for the movement, See the video here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdr2F8aB9y0>. - Creative Commons announced a Free Culture Fellowship <https://creativecommons.org/2017/08/11/bassel-free-culture-fellowship/?utm_…> in honour of Bassell Khartabil, - Ghanaian Wikimedian Felix Nartey who organised Wikimedia Indaba was announced as Wikimedian of the Year <https://twitter.com/subhapa/status/896850365756223488>, the first African person to receive the award. - There was A LOT of discussion about how Structured Data on Commons will eventually solve some of the most common complaints about current user workflows (though we don't yet know how long this will take), - The Wikidata team are also working on a structured version of Wiktionary <https://twitter.com/mlpoulter/status/897095955622899713>; - We learned that Commons will soon accept .mp3 files. See the Phabricator discussion here <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120288>. - There was also some discussion of the problems with video files on Commons. See that talk here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2017_-_Is_Wikimedia_ready…> . - Melissa Highton and Ewan McAndrew from the University of Edinburgh presented a discussion on 'The Value of a Wikimedian', - You can see a lot of videos of different sessions on the Wikimedia Foundation YouTube channel <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK_cUZLMpibyRiIdp0uF-lQ>, - WikiWomeninRed presented a panel <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPF_xNJH1ik> about reducing the Gender Gap in biographies on Wikipedia. - Learn about some of the Coolest Projects of the Wikimedia Movement from this presentation <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rafIhMx2cw0>. - The Wiki Research team presented on some of the interesting academic research on Wikimedia related things. Here's a discussion of research on Fake News <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_2017_Wiki_Research_talk_o…> . - See all the photos and videos I have uploaded so far on Commons here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2017_by_John_Lubbock> . This weekend we are also hosting a Wikidata event. The Wikifying Westminster Workshop <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikifying-westminster-workshop-tickets-3686445…> will be at Newspeak House, 133 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, from 10-6pm. We are also planning our third Newsletter of the year to go out before the end of this month, so if any of our community members have an idea for a short post about something Wikimedia related, please get in touch with me and tell me your ideas. Wiki Loves Monuments is starting at the beginning of September, so we are hoping to do some significant coverage of the competition this year and produce some great photos which can compete for the global awards. Why not get in touch and tell us if you are taking part and what you're doing? John Lubbock Communications Coordinator

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Tullie House Museum
by Lucy Crompton-Reid 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

Dear all I've been in touch with the Director at Tullie House Museum, who thinks the copyright notice may be a mistake on their part - however he needs to check with the curator responsible who is currently on holiday. Will keep you updated! I'm flying to Montreal today so will hopefully see those of you attending Wikimania 2017. 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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Copyfraud redux: Waldemar Januszczak criticises BM & Tate
by Andy Mabbett 08 Aug '17

08 Aug '17

Waldemar Januszczak, writing in the Times (ironically, paywalled!) says: "Some of Britain’s leading art galleries have been accused of killing scholarship by introducing fees for the reproduction of images of works in their collections. "Tate has led the way in imposing “crippling fees” on journals, according to The British Art Journal. "The charges could amount to thousands of pounds for small-circulation publications to illustrate scholarly articles, the journal said, describing it as “a licence to print money, a licence to kill scholarship”." https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/british-museum-and-tate-cash-in-on-… and he has tweeted: " I call upon the Tate and others to end this scholarship-bashing. You're supposed to be on the side of civilisation!" https://twitter.com/JANUSZCZAK/status/893390807331373056 While this may also apply to in-copyright works, this clearly relevant to our recent discussions about what is known as "copyfraud". I've replied, suggesting he contact WMUK with a view to collaborating. Maybe someone at WMUK can follow that up? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Lewis Cubitt Square, Kings Cross
by Andy Mabbett 08 Aug '17

08 Aug '17

We appear to have no pics on Commons of Lewis Cubitt Square, a newly (2016?) created public open space behind Kings Cross station: https://www.kingscross.co.uk/lewis-cubitt-square If anyone is passing there, please take a few, and add one to: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34622297 The same goes for the other parts of that development, such as Lewis Cubitt Park: https://www.kingscross.co.uk/lewis-cubitt-park -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Editathon: London, 13 October 2017
by Andy Mabbett 01 Aug '17

01 Aug '17

Just a heads-up that I'm organising a daytme editathon in London on Friiday, 13 October 2017. I hope those of you who aren't superstitious will be able to make it. Details including the host organisation, will follow as soon as I'm cleared to announce them, but I thought you might want to keep the date free. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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