Hi all
Just a head's up, our developer will be resetting our server this evening
to fix it. This is essential as our wiki is running very slowly, which is
causing some issues with new content.
Let me know if you have any questions - preferably before the end of the
day, as I'm on leave from tomorrow until the new year. On that note, happy
holidays!
Best wishes
Katie
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Communications & Governance Coordinator
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Hi everyone,
Just wanted to inform/remind people that we're still having some virtual UK
meetups on Zoom. The next one is this Wednesday (the 15th) in the evening,
you can sign up and find the link here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/UK_virtual/7
These are purely informal affairs: come along to chat about what you've
been doing on Wikipedia/Wikimedia, or any topic you like. Occasionally
we'll find a subject to collaborate on. We've got a few regular attendees,
but new faces are always very welcome whatever your level of wiki
experience, and whether you're involved in the UK chapter or not.
The aim is to continue holding one or two of these a month. Hope to see
some of you on Wednesday, or at a future one!
Kind regards,
Peter / the wub
Dear all
Thank you to everyone who attended our community meeting in November to
discuss Wikimedia UK's strategy for 2022 - 2025. My blog post about the
meeting, summarising the input from participants, is here
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/2021/11/talking-strategy-with-wikimedia-uks-commun…>
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Wikimedia UK's *draft strategic framework for 2022 - 2025
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pB8FeM5o2gCpbiQevVn5MxOljuC_6HatAZyKUTF…>*
is
now open for comments until 8th December.
Do feel free to either add comments or questions directly to the document,
or to add your feedback on wiki
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Strategy_meeting_2022-2025>.
Please note that this draft is being shared with the community at the same
time as the staff and board of the Chapter. Nothing is written in stone and
your comments will be taken on board; although I am unlikely to be able to
incorporate all feedback into the final draft. Please also note that this
currently just includes the headline aims for the three strategic themes
which have been identified. It doesn't include the work that we will be
prioritising under our five strategic pillars (including volunteer and
community engagement). Annual objectives and specific activities/outputs
for these pillars will be identified through our more detailed annual
delivery planning.
I would be particularly keen to hear your thoughts on the following:
1. What's missing from the draft strategy from your perspective?
2. To what extent do you agree with the three proposed strategic themes:
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Knowledge Equity
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Information Literacy
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Climate Crisis
3. To what extent do you agree with the five strategic pillars:
- Equity, diversity and inclusion embedded across the organisation
- A thriving national and international community
- Public profile and recognition of the organisation and Wikimedia
projects
- A positive legislative environment
- Organisational resilience and sustainability
With many thanks in advance for your feedback and input.
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid (she/her)
Chief Executive
<https://donate.thebiggive.org.uk/campaign/a056900001wWOtNAAW>
Afternoon all; sending this on - research project taking place at the
University of St Andrews, looking for participants:
Best,
Sara
Are you a Wikipedia Trainer, or have you been an active editor
(approximately 5+ edits per month) for the last year or more?
In collaboration with The IDEA Network at the University of St Andrews and
Wikimedia UK, you are invited to participate in an online discussion group
to help us better understand how to support collaborative Wikipedia editing
and to better accommodate Wikipedia newcomers’ different learning
strategies and levels of expertise.
We invite you to discuss your experience with a group of Wikipedia trainers
and active editors (18+). Our session on Friday 17th December, 2-4 pm GMT
will explore the social and technical components of online Wikipedia
training to identify challenges faced by newcomers.
The event will take place online using Microsoft Teams. Your participation
in this 1-2 hours session is voluntary. You will be compensated with £15
worth of gift voucher for the session as a thank-you for your time. There
is also the option to donate the voucher to a charity of your choice.
This is part of a PhD research project. The link below has the Participant
Information Sheet, which contains additional information about the
discussion groups and what type of data we are going to collect during
these sessions.
https://standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/CP/File.php?F=F_3NMSU60HanRTNHM
If you are interested in signing up for this session or future follow-up
sessions, please click on the following link.
https://standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a35206eWm8egx2S
You will then be sent the link to the consent form and, from there, the
pre-event survey. You can also send us your questions at
aaa8(a)st-andrews.ac.uk.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact the researchers. Their
details are below:
Contact Details
Researchers:
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Abd Alsattar Ardati (aaa8(a)st-andrews.ac.uk)
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Dr Sara Thomas (sara.thomas(a)wikimedia.org.uk)
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Dr Richard Nevell (richard.nevell(a)wikimedia.org.uk)
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Dr Kirsty Ross (ksrh1(a)st-andrews.ac.uk )
Supervisors:
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Prof Ian Gent (ian.gent(a)st-andrews.ac.uk)
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Dr Alexander Voss (alex.voss(a)st-andrews.ac.uk)
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Dr Uta Hinrichs (uh3(a)st-andrews.ac.uk)
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Dr Angela Miguel (arm14(a)st-andrews.ac.uk)
School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews, Jack Cole Building,
North Haugh St Andrews, KY16 9SX
+44 1334 46 3262
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Dr Sara Thomas
Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland
*I work part time and am not in the office on Mondays. *
*Wikimedia UK* <https://wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the
global Wikimedia open knowledge movement.
Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK>, LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/company/496119>, and Instagram
<https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/>.
Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513 (England & Wales) SC048644
(Scotland). Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Scotland, Registered No. 6741827.
Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London
SE1 0NZ
<https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gm…>
.
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.*
https://donate.thebiggive.org.uk/campaign/a056900001wWOtNAAW
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Dr Sara Thomas
Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
07803 505 172
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland
*I work part time and am not in the office on Mondays. *
*Wikimedia UK* <https://wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the
global Wikimedia open knowledge movement.
Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK>, LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/company/496119>, and Instagram
<https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/>.
Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513 (England & Wales) SC048644
(Scotland). Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Scotland, Registered No. 6741827.
Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London
SE1 0NZ
<https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gm…>
.
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.*
https://donate.thebiggive.org.uk/campaign/a056900001wWOtNAAW
Dear all
I have been asked by the Wikimedia Foundation to complete a survey about
the draft Enforcement Guidelines
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_draft…>
for the Universal Code of Conduct. In particular, they are seeking input
about whether or not it is necessary to hold a final ratification process
with communities and affiliates. The survey also asks us to highlight any
concerns about the draft guidelines.
My understanding is that there will be one survey for each affiliate to
complete, rather than multiple responses. Given that, I want to make sure
that I respond in a way that best reflects the views of UK volunteers and
contributors, not just me and the staff team. I have some questions and
comments about the guidelines, but moreover I do think that there should be
a ratification process involving the people who will be required to
formally consent to the Code (who are listed here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_draft…:>).
If you are at all interested in/looking forward to/concerned by the
introduction of the Universal Code of Conduct, this is an opportunity to
express your views. It would therefore be useful to know your thoughts on
any or all of the following points, ideally by the end of next week (3rd
December):
- To what extent you think that the draft Enforcement Guidelines are
acceptable
- If you have any concerns about the draft guidelines and the
recommended processes
- If you think there should be a final ratification of the guidelines
for communities and affiliates
Please note that these questions are specifically about the
draft Enforcement Guidelines, not the Universal Code of Conduct itself.
Thanks and best wishes
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive
<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/>
Wikimedia UK <https://beta.wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for
the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement.
Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513.Company Limited by
Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827.
Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London
SE1 0NZ
<https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gm…>
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Hello all, and standard apology for x-posting:
We're now inviting Expressions of Interest in the next round of Train the
Trainer, if you'd be interested or would like to know more, we've just
published a blog:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/2021/11/train-the-trainer-2022-call-for-participan…
The call is open until the 9th December.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to drop me an email (happy
to take these off-list as it will save everyone's inboxes :) )
All the best,
Sara
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Dr Sara Thomas
Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland
*I work part time and am not in the office on Mondays. *
* <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/>*
*Wikimedia UK* <https://wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the
global Wikimedia open knowledge movement.
Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK>, LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/company/496119>, and Instagram
<https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/>.
Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513 (England & Wales) SC048644
(Scotland). Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Scotland, Registered No. 6741827.
Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London
SE1 0NZ
<https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gm…>
.
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.*