Another in the series of meetups in the Makespace community workshop in central Cambridge, this time on a Sunday:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/40
The initial workshop will be on the software being developed for the ScienceSource project. From 3 pm it will be a normal meetup, if that's not an oxymoron. Hope to see you there.
Charles
Hi all
Thanks for your contributions and discussions on here this week. It's clear
that as an organisation we need to reflect on how we're engaging with the
volunteer community, and there has already been quite a lot of internal
discussion about this over the past few months. I would encourage you, if
you can, to attend the meeting on 30th January to help develop our next
three year strategy; however please be assured that in the draft version
I'm working on (based on the 2018 board away day, and to give us a starting
point for discussions) there is a greater focus on both volunteers and
technology, which of course underpin all of our activities.
I'm sorry that the issue about recent changes and watchlists on the main
Wiki has not yet been resolved. Our technical contractor has been working
to debug this however he has not yet been successful and needs more time to
try to ascertain and address the problem. Obviously if anyone has any
practical suggestions of what the issue might be and how it could be fixed
then please feel free to get in touch :)
As some of you know, Wikimedia UK has worked with the support of two
technical contractors - both from the Wikimedia community - for a number of
years, however one of them had to step away from the role in September and
it has taken a little time to find a replacement (although we have now done
so). This means that the remaining contractor (Tom Morton) has been working
on his own, and we have needed to try to prioritise his workload. In the
past few months we have undertaken quite a big, although not outwardly
visible, technical project, which has been to migrate all of our websites
to new host servers. In doing this, we needed to employ a specialist
consultancy to upgrade and migrate the Wikimedia CiviCRM installation such
that it could be moved onto the new hosting platform, which has been a high
priority for us as CiviCRM is so central to our work with volunteers,
members and donors on a day-to-day basis. Tom has worked with the
consultancy on this but has also been required to fix a number of other
issues including QRpedia (which still has some bugs), the Board Wiki, and
problems with MediaWiki and the visual editor. I'm not trying to excuse the
fact that there are still unresolved technical issues, just to put this
into context and explain what else has been going on in the past month or
so.
Chris, you asked what concrete actions we are putting into place to ensure
this doesn't happen again. These include the appointment of another
technical contractor who will support Tom in resolving outstanding and
urgent technical issues in the short term, but in the medium term will also
work with us and the community to identify our priorities going forward. In
the next few weeks, Davina and I are also meeting with several board
members to scope out the charity's technical ambitions (which I hope we
will also discuss on 30th), and in December I submitted a provisional
budget to the board for 2019/20, with a view to presenting an updated
budget at the March meeting that supports these plans. There is more to do,
of course, but hopefully these things will all make a positive difference.
Thanks and best wishes
Lucy
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Hi all,
Does anyone on the list have access to the journal ARQ: Architectural
Research Quarterly, published by Cambridge University Press?
I'm looking for an article from volume 12, issue 1 (March 2008) -
specifically https://doi.org/10.1017/S1359135508000948/ in connection with
my war memorials project.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Harry Mitchell
http://enwp.org/User:HJ
+44 (0) 7507 536 971
Skype: harry_j_mitchell
Dear all
This is just a reminder about the meeting on *Wednesday 30th January from** 4pm
- 7pm* to discuss and develop Wikimedia UK's new strategic plan, for the
period February 2019 - January 2022. This is a key opportunity for
volunteers and other stakeholders to input into the development of the
charity's future direction, and so we'd love to see as many of you there as
possible. We can cover travel costs, subject to prior approval, as we don't
want cost to be a barrier to anyone's attendance.
Please do *email katie(a)wikimedia.org.uk <katie(a)wikimedia.org.uk>* if you
are planning to attend next week, and let her know if you need Wikimedia UK
to cover your travel costs. We need to know who's coming so that we can
ensure we have a suitably sized space (and pizza), and also so that we can
let attendees know of any changes to the schedule or venue. I will be
sharing an agenda for the meeting and the draft strategic framework later
in the week.
Thanks and best
Lucy
--
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Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0762
*Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open
knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from
individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you
considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk
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
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.
Dear all
I just wanted to give you all an early heads up that we are planning to
hold Wikimedia UK's AGM this year on Saturday 13th July. We are looking at
holding the event in Bristol for various reasons, but primarily because
this is the city where the second highest number of our members lives (the
first is London).
My colleague Katie will be starting to look at venues over the next few
weeks so if you have any suggestions or contacts, please get in touch!
Many thanks
Lucy
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Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0762
*Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open
knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from
individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you
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No. 6741827
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Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent
non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility
for its contents.
Hi all, tomorrow is Wikipedia Day, and this year we're celebrating
Wikipedia's 18th birthday since it was founded in 2001. We'd love to hear
from the community online about why they value Wikipedia, and share the
best responses to encourage others to think about editing Wikipedia and
getting involved in the community. If you want to, you can respond to the
questions below by posting a text or video message on social media (we are
on Twitter, Facebook and Instagam as @wikimediauk) and tagging Wikimedia UK.
For Wikipedia's 18th birthday we are asking everyone to tell us why they
value Wikipedia. Tweet us your answers to these questions with the hashtag
#WikipediaDay
- What does Wikipedia mean to you?
- Why do you think people should value Wikipedia?
- What would you say to someone to encourage them to become a Wikipedia
editor?'
We will also be releasing some CC licensed interview footage with Jimmy
Wales throughout the day which people can reuse however they like, and
maybe a podcast too (if I have time).
The WIkimedia Foundation are doing something similar, with the theme of
Wikipedia becoming a 'young adult', and are asking the community to engage
by doing any of the following, using the same hashtag, #WikipediaDay:
-
Send Wikipedia your favorite birthday selfie! (If you’re concerned about
privacy, you’re free to get creative: birthday selfie of you cat? Birthday
selfie made of legos?!)
-
Share a fact about Wikipedia (or even your favorite fact on Wikipedia)
and we’ll reply back in the most snarky 18-year-old way we possibly can.
-
Recommend a place for Wikipedia to visit. What can we do now that we
couldn’t before adulthood?!
-
Tag a celebrity in a Wikipedia-themed birthday wish! (What if Marie
Kondo got rid of all the unreliable sources that did not “spark joy?” Wish
upon a star. ✨)
-
Spread the good vibes. Wish a chapter or affiliate an early upcoming
birthday instead. :)
Please join us and help spread the news about Wikipedia turning 18!
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
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This issue was raised on the wiki and this mailing list at the end of
November. We were assured then that the problem, apparently also affecting
QRpedia among other things, and action was in hand to resolve this problem
and prevent similar issues in the future.
However, over a month later (albeit with Christmas in the way) there is no
evidence that anything has happened (I have made two edits to the sandbox
today, should anyone wish to do their own testing).
This leads to some questions:
-Is it really the case that there is only a single volunteer who can fix
the wiki?
-If so, how and why has this been allowed to happen?
-What contingency plans does WMUK have in case this volunteer dies or
otherwise becomes permanently (or long term) unvailable, with or without
warning?
-If not, why has the problem not been fixed yet?
In either case:
-What is the timescale for fixing the problems?
-What concrete actions have been undertaken since November to prevent this
happening again?
-What concrete actions are planned to be undertaken in the future to
prevent this happening again (short and long term), and what is the
timescale for them happening?
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Chris McKenna
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www.sucs.org/~cmckenna
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but with the heart
Antoine de Saint Exupery
Hi all,
I'm pretty sure that my foundation membership payments stopped some time ago (my fault, credit card expired I suspect) but now I can't find where to log in and renew. Can you help? Thanks,
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Dear all
Happy New Year! I hope you've all had a happy and healthy start to 2019.
The rescheduled meeting about Wikimedia UK's next three year strategy will
take place on *Wednesday 30th January* from 4 - 7pm. I will send out a more
detailed agenda for the afternoon nearer the time but please do put this in
your diaries and I hope many of you will be able to make it. I've
deliberately scheduled it to go on later than a typical working day to
enable more people to attend - so don't feel you have to come to the whole
meeting.
We can support travel costs if this is a barrier to you attending, but this
will need to be agreed in advance.
If you are able to attend please email *katie.crampton(a)wikimedia.org.uk
<katie.crampton(a)wikimedia.org.uk>*. Please let Katie know if you would like
your travel costs covered, with details of where you will be travelling
from and the expected cost of the ticket.
With thanks and best wishes
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0762
*Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open
knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from
individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you
considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk
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
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 all,
Is there anyone with a camera or decent smartphone within easy reach of
Southampton? I'd really appreciate some photos of the cenotaph in Watts
Park (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton_Cenotaph). I know the
weather is not good for photography but I'm not too worried about quality -
I just need a few shots from each angle to aid with writing a description.
Thanks,
Harry Mitchell
http://enwp.org/User:HJ
+44 (0) 7507 536 971
Skype: harry_j_mitchell