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English Wikipedia deletion of Howard Stableford article
by michael west 20 Jan '22

20 Jan '22

Hi everyone, I'm not sure if this is an appropriate place to ask, but, I was just going to look for information about BBCs Tomorrow World presenter Howard Stableford on Wikipedia and found that it had been deleted. The deletion remark said that he wasn't notable. The PROD was made on 26th December 2021 and the article was deleted on 3rd January 2022. I can't find an AfD discussion about the article. The deletion has left a number of red links. Could an English Wikipedia administrator have a look to see if it was a Speedy delete, without discussion? I find it difficult to believe that the article wasn't notable. I'm on my mobile telephone at the moment and contacting the admin who deleted the page on their talk page doesn't work for me. With kind regards Michael West

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Server work this evening
by Katie Crampton 21 Dec '21

21 Dec '21

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 -- Katie Crampton (she/her) Communications & Governance Coordinator <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 in England and Wales No.1144513. and Scotland No. SC048644. Company Limited by Guarantee, Registration 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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UK virtual meetups - next on Wednesday evening
by Peter Coombe 13 Dec '21

13 Dec '21

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

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Feedback invited on Wikimedia UK's draft strategy for the next three years
by Lucy Crompton-Reid 03 Dec '21

03 Dec '21

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…> . 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: - Knowledge Equity - Information Literacy - 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 -- Lucy Crompton-Reid (she/her) Chief Executive <https://donate.thebiggive.org.uk/campaign/a056900001wWOtNAAW>

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Big Give Campaign Update
by George Colbourn 02 Dec '21

02 Dec '21

Hi all, As some of you may already know, our Big Give Christmas Challenge campaign is now live and will be until the 7th December. We have already had a fantastic response to this campaign and are well on our way to raising our initial fundraising target of £2,400. Currently, all donations are being doubled and are going to work on our education projects that contribute to the development of digital, media, and information literacy. You can find out more about our participation in the Big Give Christmas Challenge by clicking this link <https://donate.thebiggive.org.uk/campaign/a056900001wWOtNAAW>, which will take you to our campaign home page. Please reshare our tweet <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk/status/1465652347053518853?s=20>, Facebook post <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK/photos/a.435564889789009/4884813078197…>, and LinkedIn post <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6871418064957644800> if you're on those platforms, your sharing will help us raise the profile of this campaign and our work. Thank you so much for your support. Best wishes, George -- George Colbourn Fundraising Development Coordinator george.colbourn(a)wikimedia.org.uk 07952 313941 <https://donate.thebiggive.org.uk/campaign/a056900001wWOtNAAW> 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 in England and Wales No.1144513. and Scotland No. SC048644. Company Limited by Guarantee, Registration 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* <https://wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement.

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Fwd: Identifying the Challenges of Collaborative Wikipedia Training and Editing
by Sara Thomas 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

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: - Abd Alsattar Ardati (aaa8(a)st-andrews.ac.uk) - Dr Sara Thomas (sara.thomas(a)wikimedia.org.uk) - Dr Richard Nevell (richard.nevell(a)wikimedia.org.uk) - Dr Kirsty Ross (ksrh1(a)st-andrews.ac.uk ) Supervisors: - Prof Ian Gent (ian.gent(a)st-andrews.ac.uk) - Dr Alexander Voss (alex.voss(a)st-andrews.ac.uk) - Dr Uta Hinrichs (uh3(a)st-andrews.ac.uk) - 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 -- 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 -- 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

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Issues with IT infrastructure
by Sam 27 Nov '21

27 Nov '21

Hi all, For those who don't know me, I'm Sam (User:TheresNoTime <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:TheresNoTime> ). I’m a software developer from the south of the UK, and I’ve been on Wikimedia projects since 2008-ish. I'm also an admin on your wiki, from when I implemented some edit filters to combat spam in 2017. I popped in today and noticed that the extension seems to have been removed (https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Special:Version), and that you’re running a version of MediaWiki which has recently gone “end-of-life <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.31> ”. I guessed that your infrastructure would be logged somewhere (likely at https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/IT_Development), but it seems a lot has either moved or is down...? * https://scm.wikimedia.org.uk * https://rt.wikimedia.org.uk * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org.uk * https://monitor.wikimedia.org.uk * https://moodle.wikimedia.org.uk * etc. It doesn’t appear (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/search/query/TWI5JrhUTA3W/) as though you have a phabricator project. Is there any more up to date information available, and/or is there anything I can do to help? 😊 Kind regards, Sam Otherwise known as TheresNoTime <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:TheresNoTime> English Wikipedia: CU/OS

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Universal Code of Conduct - Ratification of Enforcement Guidelines
by Lucy Crompton-Reid 26 Nov '21

26 Nov '21

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 -- 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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Wikimedia UK - Train the Trainer 2022 - call for participants
by Sara Thomas 25 Nov '21

25 Nov '21

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 -- 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.*

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December newsletter
by Katie Crampton 23 Nov '21

23 Nov '21

Hi all Usual ask for anything you'd like to highlight in the next Wikimedia UK newsletter, which will be sent out just before we all go on leave for Christmas - so could include any events you've got coming up in January, or a past activity you think deserves more of a spotlight. Thanks Katie -- Katie Crampton (she/her) Communications & Governance Coordinator <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 in England and Wales No.1144513. and Scotland No. SC048644. Company Limited by Guarantee, Registration 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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