Category link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ordnance_Survey_1st_series_1:10…
A full set of high resolution OS map scans is being gradually uploaded
to Wikimedia Commons and indexed by historic county. These are very
large files, 10,000 pixels wide, so are both in TIFF and jpeg format
to make reuse easier.
These are of 'specialized' interest, but I would think could be of use
to both Wiki Loves Monuments projects and readers of this email list
interested in early maps and geo-related experiments. The maps show
plenty of fine detail, including inns/pubs, churches, bridges etc.
Those that still exist will be likely to be listed and protected, and
those that are not, may still be great photography subjects. Note that
to view the maps, Commons' in-built ZoomViewer is useful but it
appears to be broken today, so you may have to settle for examining
the full size jpeg in-browser.
As I write this, the uploads are working through "B", so the projects
is going to take several weeks to complete. If there are ideas for how
better to categorize or template these maps, feel free to drop a note
on my Commons talk page. It is always possible to do some post-upload
housekeeping or adjusting the way the uploads are currently getting
formatted.
Thanks,
Fae
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If you can, please join me and the Physiological Society for an
editathon in London on 13 October 2017:
http://www.physoc.org/physiologyonwikipedia/physiology-wikipedia
Lunch will be provided, and there will be talks of interest to
Wikipedians and newcomers alike. Please bring a laptop, which an use
the venue's WI-FI.
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
Dear all
I'm currently working on Wikimedia UK's application for funding from the
Wikimedia Foundation next year - with lots of input from the staff and
board of course - and I'd welcome your feedback on the chapter's programme
plans for next year. John has created a video <https://youtu.be/56s3Ch7sHbQ>
that aims to bring to life our three existing programme strands, and I have
posed some questions to stimulate comments (although you should feel free
to ignore those if you want to make other comments!) on the Wikimedia UK water
cooler <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Water_cooler> page.
With thanks and all best wishes
Lucy
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I'm leading a straightforward and gentle Wikipedia editing session in Cambridge
next week:
https://tinyurl.com/yc5jr6aw
The page rather implies a specialist audience, but that doesn't reflect what the
content be.
Tickets remain: come along if this would suit you, or recommend it to friends in
the area.
Charles
Dear all
As many of you will be aware, this year has seen a lot of work across the
global Wikimedia movement to develop a new strategy to 2030. A draft
strategic direction was shared in August and discussed extensively by
participants at Wikimania, and a newly articulated direction was published
recently. As a member of the Wikimedia community the Foundation and the
strategy team are keen to get your feedback so please do take a look at the
strategy in its current form:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction
The Wikimedia UK board discussed the draft at a recent meeting and I have
added comments to the talk page suggesting that education should be added
to the statement of direction.
My understanding is that a final version of the strategic direction will be
created and shared around the end of this month, and then the Foundation is
hoping that as many individuals and groups as possible will endorse the
strategy during October.
All best
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0762
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ.
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.*
The Tullie House Museum in Carlisle has a number of objects on loan
from the British Museum,[3] and it appears that it is only those
objects that have any restrictions on photography. I took photographs
of two of these (without any flash), as the restrictions are
shockingly obvious cases of copyfraud, and not for any reason that
might protect the works from damage.[1][2] It seems incomprehensible
as to why the British Museum would ever want to make copyright claims
over ~2,000 year old works especially considering they are not a
money-making commercial enterprise, but a National institute and
charity, with a stated objective[4] that "the collection should be put
to public use and be freely accessible".
Does anyone have any ideas for action, or contacts in the Museum, that
might result in a change of how loans from the BM are controlled? I'm
wondering if the most effective way forward is to make some social
media fuss, to ensure the Trustees of the museum pay attention. The
reputational risk the apparent ignorance over copyright by the BM
loans management team seems something that would be easy to correct,
so changes to policy are overdue. My own experience of polite private
letters to a Museum's lawyer demonstrates that you may as well save
hours of volunteer time by filing these in the bin, compared to the
sometimes highly effective use of a few pointed tweets written in a
few minutes and shared publicly and widely across social media.
Those of us Wikimedians who work closely with GLAMs tend to shy away
from any controversy, wanting the organizations to move towards
sharing our open knowledge goals for positive reasons. I'm happy to
try those types of collegiate ways of partnering, however drawing a
few lines in the sand by highlighting embarrassing case studies, might
mean we make timely progress while activist dinosaurs like me are
still alive to see it happen.
Links
1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Museum_2nd_century_bronze_j…
2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Museum_Fortuna_statue,_with…
3. Tullie House, Roman Frontier exhibition:
http://web.archive.org/web/20161030151228/www.tulliehouse.co.uk/galleries-c…
4. British Museum "about us":
http://web.archive.org/web/20170714042800/www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/ma…
5. Commons village pump discussion:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#British_Museum_and_…
Contacts
* https://twitter.com/britishmuseum
* https://twitter.com/TullieHouse
Thanks,
Fae
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Address?
Jon Davies
arnottdavies(a)gmail.com
07976 935 986
Linkedin <https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jon-davies-4aa3a621>
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> To mark the move to our new offices in Southwark, Wikimedia UK will be
> holding a small (and very informal!) drinks party on *Thursday 5th October
> from 5 to 7pm*. Volunteers, members, partners and other stakeholders all
> welcome although please do RSVP to nicola.furness(a)wikimedia.org.uk by
> Friday 29th September to let us know you'll be coming. We'll confirm the
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Dear all
To mark the move to our new offices in Southwark, Wikimedia UK will be
holding a small (and very informal!) drinks party on *Thursday 5th October
from 5 to 7pm*. Volunteers, members, partners and other stakeholders all
welcome although please do RSVP to nicola.furness(a)wikimedia.org.uk by
Friday 29th September to let us know you'll be coming. We'll confirm the
address and entry details nearer the time.
All best
Lucy
--
Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0762
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ.
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.*
