For the next Cambridge meetup, on Sunday 29 April, we are taking up an opportunity to be in Amazon's new research place, just opposite Cambridge station. (This is not their Castle park centre.) That means it is ticket-only.
The event page is at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/37
You do need a ticket from
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cambridge-wikimedia-meetup-tickets-445242291…
to get in, and there will be a list of real names on the door. Sorry if these arrangements don't suit everybody, but they come rather literally with the territory. (If it helps, just mail me.) I see the map on the Eventbrite page is a bit rubbish.
Charles
I *so* do not miss these problems!
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> Hi Everyone,
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> This is a quick note to say Ive made some changes to WMUKs DNS tonight
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> If anyone spots a problem can you please let me know either on this list or
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> Cheers,
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Hi Everyone,
This is a quick note to say Ive made some changes to WMUKs DNS tonight
(moved providers).
If anyone spots a problem can you please let me know either on this list or
by direct email.
Cheers,
Tom
Ok Mike, thanks - I was indeed sending as html, but this one is plain text, so let's see if it shows up on my feed.
John
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> I think you’re sending emails in HTML format, which come through to the list OK as an individual email, but HTML-formatted emails are removed from the digest ("An HTML attachment was scrubbed”). So there are two options: change to using plain text format for the emails you send to the list, or change to receive individual messages rather than the digest.
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> Thanks,
> Mike
> > On 10 Apr 2018, at 15:05, John Byrne wrote:
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> > Once again my post is (to me) a header and blank text, but others can evidently see it, which is something. Katie seems to see the only possible problem as the chapter getting criticised...
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> > John/Johnbod
> > > On 10 April 2018 at 18:57 wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia .org wrote:
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> > > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:54:28 +0100
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> > > On 10 April 2018 at 18:49, John Byrne wrote:
> > > > As very often in recent years, I got a notification of my post sent an
> > > > hour or so ago, with completely blank text. Yet Katie has clearly seen it,
> > > > as she quotes me. Have others also got blanks? Can the rather cryptic
> > > > instructions for replies be clarified, or is there some bug? I get the
> > > > digest version. It doesn't exactly encourage people to contribute, and may
> > > > be a factor in the much lower activity on this list in recent years. It
> > > > never used to happen.
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> > > > No Katie, I don't think this has much to do with it, though you are right
> > > > to imply that the chapter is over-sensitive to criticism...
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> > > > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:25:51 +0100 (BST)
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> > > > On 10 April 2018 at 11:41 Fæ wrote:
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> > > > It appears that the jump in numbers was a one-off event, there has
> > > > been no continued growth since whatever happened.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I don't know what happened. I did correspond with the office about a
> > > > prompt to renew. One could simulate such a "one-off event" by simply asking
> > > > people whose membership had lapsed to renew. I was doing this sort of thing
> > > > for WMUK some seven years ago, so as an explanation it is not far-fetched.
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> > > > Charles
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> > > > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:31:33 +0100 (BST)
> > > > From: John Byrne
> > > > To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia .org
> > > > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers
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> > > > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:31:14 +0100
> > > > From: Katie Chan
> > > > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list
> > > > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers
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> > > >
> > > > Oh I don't know, maybe this "yawning gap" wouldn't be so wide if the
> > > > chapter don't get criticised for both not increasing its membership numbers
> > > > and having increased its membership numbers.
> > > > Just a wide guess....
> > > > KTC
> > > >
> > > > Sent from my Samsung device
> > > >
Oh I don't know, maybe this "yawning gap" wouldn't be so wide if the chapter don't get criticised for both not increasing its membership numbers and having increased its membership numbers.
Just a wide guess....
KTC
Sent from my Samsung device
During the last UK Chapter AGM, it was asked why the membership
numbers had radically changed, there was no specific answer to the
question. Was any analysis done on this afterwards? When reviewing
membership it seems likely that the charity's trustees would have been
concerned at these figures so shortly before the AGM, due to the
potential risk of entryism.
Membership jumped from a total of 147 (a five year low) in May 2017,
to the all time record high the following month of 498, i.e. new
sign-ups that month more than *tripled* the total membership.
A second question - the report of membership numbers has been updated
every month for the past five years.[1] It has not been updated since
October 2017. Could anyone confirm what the most recent membership
numbers are so the report can be updated?
P.S. the links in the FAQ about the register of members are out of
date, the companylawclub link is a 404 error and the companieshouse
link advises to go to their new website.
Links:
1. https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Membership/Numbers
2. https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Volunteers_-_Frequently_Asked_Questions#Why_d…
Thanks,
Fae
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I'm visiting Great Dorset Steam Fair on that day and can offer lifts
from Southampton or the immediate area.
Its worth visiting since they have a lot of stuff we need photos of
and since most of the vehicles are driven its possible to get shots of
them from good angles. See this category for some examples:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Great_Dorset_Steam_Fair_(2016)
We are also still looking for a first class image of a Traction engine
to lead the Traction engine article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traction_engine
--
geni