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New satellite event for the Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language Conference - Booking closes 27 June
by MCANDREW Ewan 14 Jun '17

14 Jun '17

Dear colleagues, How can technology support language communities? Join us at the Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language conference<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017> taking place Thursday 6 July 2017 at the University of Edinburgh Business School to find out. Booking closes 27 June so don’t delay! The main objective for Celtic Knot 2017 is the coming together of those working to support Celtic and Indigenous Languages in the same room at same time; strengthening the bonds into a 'knot' and leading into action. We welcome diverse attendees ranging from Wikimedians, linguists, educators, researchers, information professionals, media professionals, translators, learning technologists and more coming together to share good practice and find fruitful new collaborations to support language communities as a result of the event. New satellite event: Introduction to Wikidata and the Wikidata Query Service<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-wikidata-and-wikidata-query-…> – this event is now scheduled 11am to 1pm on Tuesday 4 July presented by Léa Lacroix (Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata, Wikimedia Deutschland). Léa will also be joining us at the Celtic Knot as part of the Wikidata workshop on 6 July too. Just one of the many great speakers<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017#Speakers> and presentations<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017/Programme> at the Celtic Knot: Keynote speakers * Professor Antonella Sorace<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017#Keynotes> - Professor of Developmental Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh<http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/%7Eantonell/> and founding director of Bilingualism Matters<http://www.bilingualism-matters.org.uk/> will be speaking on ‘Bilingualism in minority languages: a resource and an opportunity’. * Jason Evans<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017#Keynotes> - Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Wales<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Wikipedian_in_Residence_at_th…> will discuss his strategy for working with Wikimedia UK and the Welsh Government to develop the Welsh Wicipedia using a combination of community engagement, data manipulation and the implementation of Open Access policies. Confirmed speakers also include: * Susan Ross – Gaelic Wikipedian in Residence<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2017/01/wikimedia-uk-and-national-library-of-…> at the National Library of Scotland.<http://www.nls.uk/news/archive/2017/01/gaelic-wikipedian-begins> * Dr. Sharon Arbuthnot<http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/sharon-arbuthnot%28519b4b40-d075-4b…> - Research Fellow, Queen's University, Belfast. Presenting on the AHRC-funded eDIL project<http://www.dil.ie/> (Irish Language dictionary) on Wednesday 5th July. * Gareth Morlais – the Welsh Language Unit, Welsh Government. Gareth will speak about how mapping how much importance major companies (Google, Twitter, Apple) attach to creative activity on Wikipedia led to the Welsh Government helping to fund two Welsh-language Wikipedia initiatives. * Delyth Prys – Head of the Language Technologies Unit, Bangor University, will speak on Welsh/Celtic speech technology and why text-to-speech and speech recognition are becoming increasingly important in our digital world. * Àlex Hinojo<http://www.alexhinojo.cat/en/bio/> – Executive Director, Amical Wikimedia<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Amical_Wikimedia> on the Catalan language project. * Iñaki Lopez de Luzuriaga – Developing the Basque Wikipedia: From corpus expansion to outreach. * Astrid Carlsen – Executive Director, Wikimedia Norge speaking on Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and building a project to revitalize the Northern Sami Wikipedia. * Robin Owain – Wales Manager, Wikimedia UK, speaking on recent developments supporting the Welsh language community. * Mina Theofilatou presenting on ‘The Kefalonian Dialect in Wiktionary and how Wikitherapy addresses social equality in open-source language projects’. * Duncan Brown - Llên Natur<http://www.llennatur.com/Drupal7/llennatur/>, presenting on ‘Y BYWIADUR: the dictionary of life’. * Rémy Gerbet - Wikimedia France; presenting on the Lingua Libre project<https://www.lingualibre.fr/> for massive open audio recording. * Käbi Suvi - Wikimedia Estonia on the ‘Miljon+’ project as part of Estonia’s 100th anniversary. * Ilario Valdelli - Wikimedia Switzerland, speaking on the Digital Library in Romansch and the new initiatives to map the archeological sites connected with Celtic culture in the Alps. * Wikipedia’s new Content Translation tool and how it has been successfully employed in Higher Education to share knowledge between different language Wikipedias and give students meaningful published practice – Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence. It promises to be a great event – including a panel on the Politics of Language Online, excellent papers, workshops and discussion spaces. Please feel free to forward this event to interested colleagues in your network. If you would like to learn more then please contact me direct at ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk>. Very best regards, Ewan Ewan McAndrew Wikimedian in Residence Tel: 07719 330076 Email: ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk Subscribe to the mailing list: wikimedia(a)mlist.is.ed.ac.uk My working hours are 10.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday. Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DR. www.ed.ac.uk The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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Yet Another Open Data project.
by Gordon Joly 14 Jun '17

14 Jun '17

FYI Hong Kong joins the Global Mosquito Alert fight using Open Data https://blog.okfn.org/2017/06/14/hong-kong-joins-the-global-mosquito-alert-… Gordo

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Official parliamentary photos of MPs to be open licensed
by Andy Mabbett 14 Jun '17

14 Jun '17

Breaking news: Official parliamentary photos of (new?) MPs, being taken today, will be under Creative Commons Unported Attribution 3.0 licence. Only five years after I wrote: http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/politician-open-licensed-pictures-please/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Wikimedia UK at Byline Festival on 2nd June
by John Lubbock 10 Jun '17

10 Jun '17

Hi all, we are going to be running a panel discussion at Byline Festival <http://www.bylinefestival.com/>, a celebration of free expression and new media to combat fake news and alternative facts. The festival is held at Pippingford Park in Sussex <http://www.bylinefestival.com/directions>, 1 hour from central London by train. Our 'Ask Wikipedia <http://www.bylinefestival.com/data-dome-1/2017/6/2/control-alt-delete>' event will be at 4pm on Friday 2nd June, and the organisers have given us free complimentary tickets for our community members to join us. So if you would like us to sign you up for a free ticket, please reply to this message and tell us your name or email me on john.lubbock(a)wikimedia.org.uk. All the best, John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK

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Opportunity to become a Wikimedia UK trainer - Edinburgh 4-5th July
by Daria Cybulska 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

Would you like to take a leading role as a trainer in the Wikimedia movement? On 4-5th July in Edinburgh we are running another session of our established Train the Trainer course. The event is open to anyone who can make a credible commitment to support Wikimedia UK training in future. We are particularly keen to hear from people based outside of London and are interested in supporting our training and editing events. The workshop will be a chance to: - Get accredited and receive detailed feedback about your presenting and training skills - Get general trainer skills which you can then apply when delivering specific Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons workshops etc. - Share your skills with others - Develop the ability to help design a training programme that serves Wikimedia UK in the long term If you'd like to be involved, please register your interest here: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Training_the_Trainers/July_2017_event We will also be running a network event for all our Train the Trainer 'alumni' on 15th July in London. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-agm-2017- tickets-34718204083?ref=estw Thank you! Daria -- Daria Cybulska - Head of Programmes and Evaluation, Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0994 <020%207065%200994> +44 7803 505 170 <07803%20505170> -- Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. 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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Funds Dissemination Committee elections
by Richard Nevell 05 Jun '17

05 Jun '17

Hello everyone, The elections for the Funds Dissemination Committee are open until 11 June. To be eligible to vote you must have made 300 edits by 31 March 2017, with at least 20 in the 6 months before that. Details of how to vote are on meta-wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2017/Funds_D… The FDC review grants applications from organisations such as Wikimedia UK. Richard Nevell -- Richard Nevell Project Coordinator Wikimedia UK - sign up to our newsletter <http://eepurl.com/cnYOw5> +44 (0) 20 7065 0921 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. 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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Proposed election night editathon
by Ed Hand 05 Jun '17

05 Jun '17

Thinking back to the editathon we ran at the time of the last election, there was quite a long wait until much in the way of new MPs were elected, and by that time people were tired and/or enthusiasm had waned. There will be a number of candidates for safe seats for whom we can start draft pages in anticipation of their election being announced later that evening/morning. If we could identify such candidates ahead of time, then editors would have something worthwhile to do whilst we await the actual constituency results. By way of example, anticipating a very likely Labour victory in the 2016 Tooting by-election after Sadiq Khan stood down to become mayor, I started an article on the Labour candidate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosena_Allin-Khan An AfD was started the next day, and the article was deleted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rosena_Allin-… After she won, the article was reinstated. If I had just done that article as a draft, there would have been no need for an AfD. Edward Hands <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Election Edit-a-thon
by Edward Saperia 01 Jun '17

01 Jun '17

I'm looking at the feasibility of setting up a temporary office at Newspeak House in London for the next 6 weeks for people coming together to work on tech & democracy projects. It might make sense to do a politics/elections edit-a-thon in the space at some point(s) in this period. Any interest? http://bit.ly/GE2017WarRoomAtNewspeakHouse *Edward Saperia* Founder Newspeak House <http://www.nwspk.com/> email <edsaperia(a)gmail.com> • facebook <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG

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Designs for T shirts
by John Lubbock 01 Jun '17

01 Jun '17

Hello Wikimedians, we are just trying to decide on some designs for T shirts to order for the next year and I would like to get some feedback from the community about what kind of designs they would like to see. At the moment we are just doing Wikimedia UK ones, and I've mocked up a couple of options, with the logo either in the centre or as a badge. Please tell me which you prefer, if you'd like to see it in different colours, with a different logo layout (e.g. with Wikimedia UK to the side of the logo rather than underneath) or if you have ideas for different designs. All ideas appreciated. [image: Inline images 1] All the best, John

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Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language Conference - Booking closes 27 June
by MCANDREW Ewan 01 Jun '17

01 Jun '17

Dear colleagues, We need to talk about how minority languages are supported right now. The Celtic Knot Conference 2017 is the first Wikipedia Language conference focusing on how technology supports Celtic & Indigenous Languages. It takes place at the University of Edinburgh Business School on Thursday 6th July 2017. Booking closes 27 June 2017 so don't delay. All welcome. Watch this 3 minute video<https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/1_nr4uufq9> if you’d like to know more. The main objective for Celtic Knot 2017 is the coming together of those working to support Celtic and Indigenous languages in the same room at same time; strengthening the bonds into a 'knot' and leading into action. We welcome diverse attendees ranging from Wikimedians, linguists, educators, researchers, information professionals, media professionals, translators, learning technologists and more coming together to share good practice and find fruitful new collaborations to support language communities as a result of the event. Keynote speakers * Professor Antonella Sorace<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017#Keynotes> - Professor of Developmental Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh<http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/%7Eantonell/> and founding director of Bilingualism Matters<http://www.bilingualism-matters.org.uk/> will be speaking on ‘Bilingualism in minority languages: a resource and an opportunity’. * Jason Evans<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017#Keynotes> - Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Wales<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Wikipedian_in_Residence_at_th…> will discuss his strategy for working with Wikimedia UK and the Welsh Government to develop the Welsh Wicipedia using a combination of community engagement, data manipulation and the implementation of Open Access policies. Confirmed speakers also include: * Susan Ross – Gaelic Wikipedian in Residence<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2017/01/wikimedia-uk-and-national-library-of-…> at the National Library of Scotland on making the Uicipeid a hub for online Gaelic knowledge<http://www.nls.uk/news/archive/2017/01/gaelic-wikipedian-begins>. * Dr. Sharon Arbuthnot<http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/sharon-arbuthnot%28519b4b40-d075-4b…> - Queen's University, Belfast. Presenting on the AHRC-funded eDIL project<http://www.dil.ie/> (Irish Language dictionary) on Wednesday 5th July. * Gareth Morlais – the Welsh Language Unit, Welsh Government. Gareth will speak about how mapping how much importance major companies (Google, Twitter, Apple) attach to creative activity on Wikipedia led to the Welsh Government helping to fund two Welsh-language Wikipedia initiatives. * Delyth Prys – Head of the Language Technologies Unit, Bangor University, will speak on Welsh/Celtic speech technology and why text-to-speech and speech recognition are becoming increasingly important in our digital world. * Àlex Hinojo<http://www.alexhinojo.cat/en/bio/> – Executive Director, Amical Wikimedia<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Amical_Wikimedia> on the Catalan language project. * Iñaki Lopez de Luzuriaga – Developing the Basque Wikipedia: From corpus expansion to outreach. * Astrid Carlsen – Executive Director, Wikimedia Norge speaking on Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and building a project to revitalize the Northern Sami Wikipedia. * Robin Owain – Wales Manager, Wikimedia UK, speaking on recent developments supporting the Welsh language community. * Mina Theofilatou presenting on The Kefalonian Dialect in Wiktionary and how Wikitherapy addresses social equality in open-source language projects<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017/Programme/CK125>. * Duncan Brown - Llên Natur<http://www.llennatur.com/Drupal7/llennatur/>, presenting on ‘Y BYWIADUR: the dictionary of life’. * Ilario Valdelli - Wikimedia Switzerland, speaking on the Digital Library in Romansch and the new initiatives to map the archeological sites connected with Celtic culture in the Alps. * Subhashish Panigrahi presenting on Kathabhidhana<https://github.com/OdiaWikimedia/Kathabhidhana>, an open toolkit for anyone to record their language in a human and machine readable form. To find out more about the conference themes and how to book your place to join us then please visit the Celtic Knot<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017> page. It promises to be a great event – including a panel on the Politics of Language Online, excellent papers, workshops and discussion spaces. Please feel free to forward this event to interested colleagues in your network. Very best regards, Ewan McAndrew Wikimedian in Residence Tel: 07719 330076 Email: ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk> Subscribe to the mailing list: wikimedia(a)mlist.is.ed.ac.uk<mailto:wikimedia@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk> My working hours are 10.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday. Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DR. www.ed.ac.uk<http://www.ed.ac.uk> Ewan McAndrew Wikimedian in Residence Tel: 07719 330076 Email: ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk Subscribe to the mailing list: wikimedia(a)mlist.is.ed.ac.uk My working hours are 10.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday. Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DR. www.ed.ac.uk The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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