Dear colleagues,
Registration is now open for 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.
“If you want to know what’s important to a culture, learn their language.” Joanne Harris
The University of Edinburgh and Wikimedia UK are delighted to invite you to join us at this event<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017> showcasing innovative approaches to open education, open knowledge and open data that support and grow Celtic and Indigenous language communities.
Announcing our keynote speakers
* 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…>, now the longest running Wikimedia residency in the World. Jason has been responsible for implementing and leading a number of innovative projects designed to increase public and institutional engagement with Wikimedia projects. A passionate advocate for open access, he has published case studies and produced a business case on the subject, drawing on the successful implementation of open access policies at The National Library of Wales. Jason has spoken widely of the importance of the Welsh language Wikipedia and the multilingual nature of Wikidata in developing Welsh as a digital language and has recently began exploring the use of multilingual data to create Welsh language Wikipedia content.
* 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/>. Antonella is a world leading authority on bilingualism over the lifespan and is particularly well known for her studies of exceptionally talented ("near-native") adult second language speakers; for her research on the changes ("attrition") that take place in the native language of advanced second language speakers; for her investigation of bilingual language acquisition in early and late childhood, and of the effects of bilingualism in non-linguistic domains.
Confirmed speakers also include:
* Robin Owain<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-23402054> – Wales Manager for Wikimedia UK
* Astrid Carlsen – Executive Director, Wikimedia Norge<http://www.wikimedia.no/en/about-us/>.
* Susan Ross<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2017/01/wikimedia-uk-and-national-library-of-…> – Gaelic Wikipedian in Residence, the National Library of Scotland.
* Alex Hinojo – Executive Director, Amical Wikimedia presenting on the Catalan Language project.
The main objective for Celtic Knot 2017 is the coming together of practitioners in the same room at same time; strengthening the bonds of those working to support language communities into a 'knot' and leading into action. We welcome diverse attendees and presenters working in Celtic and Indigenous languages ranging from Wikimedians, educators, researchers, information professionals, media professionals, linguists, 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.
To find out more about the conference themes and how to book your place to join us in Edinburgh in July then please visit the Celtic Knot<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017> page. To assist with seeing areas of commonality and links between your work and the Wikimedia projects<http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/2017/03/10/seeing-the-links-at-the-celtic-k…> you can click here<http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/2017/03/10/seeing-the-links-at-the-celtic-k…>.
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
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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.
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The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
Class war!
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> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 11:27:06 +0100
> From: Edward Saperia <edsaperia(a)gmail.com>
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> I think it'd be good to have the GE candidates as they're announced as
> well, maybe we can do something around that?
>
> Take a look at this, by the way - bit.ly/GE2017TechInitiatives - I am sure
> wikipedians can improve this resource, or use it to improve wikipedia etc.
>
> I won't be doing anything pro-active on the edit-a-thon front but I will
> offer the space and support anyone organising - If anyone decides they want
> to lead on this, please keep me updated. All you need to do is promote,
> really.
>
> *Edward Saperia*
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> On 21 April 2017 at 10:58, Richard Nevell <richard.nevell(a)wikimedia.org.uk
> >
> wrote:
>
> > In 2015 we had an editathon on the night of the election
> > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXuN94_40fQ>, updating articles as
> > results came in. Might be a model worth repeating, as might something
> along
> > the line of the Full Fact editathon
> > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_-lByiEINw> from last year.
> >
> > On 21 April 2017 at 10:41, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
> > lucy.crompton-reid(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> I think that sounds like a great idea/offer Ed - are you thinking along
> >> similar lines to the Full Fact event? I wonder if there would be
> mileage in
> >> partnering up with them again? Lucy
> >>
> >> On 21 April 2017 at 10:34, Katherine Bavage <katherine.bavage(a)gmail.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> If you ran it w/c 5th June I can be there! If not, happy to assist
> >>> remotely and promote :)
> >>>
> >>> PS I've already stalked all the democracy club stuff happening -
> there's
> >>> some good work going on.
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 at 10:29 Edward Saperia <ed(a)nwspk.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> 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/>
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This may be of interest:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Antonio Roberts <antonio(a)hellocatfood.com>
Date: 28 March 2017 at 11:31
Subject: [OpenGLAM] No Copyright Infringement Intended, 7th April - 21st May
To: open-glam(a)lists.okfn.org
Hi everyone!
I'm curating an exhibition about copyrigh taking place from 7th April
- 21st May at Phoenix in Leicester, UK.
No Copyright Infringement Intended is a group exhibition exploring the
relationship between copyright and culture in the digital age,
investigating how the concept of ownership and authorship is evolving
and coming into conflict with outdated copyright and intellectual
property laws.
The exhibition features work by Nick Briz, Emilie Gervais, Nicolas
Maigret, Christopher Meerdo, Jan Nikolai Nelles & Nora Al-Badri,
Duncan Poulton, Fernando Sosa, Andrea Wallace & Ronan Deazley. Further
details are here
http://www.phoenix.org.uk/event/no-copyright-infringement-intended/
In addition to the exhibition there will be a panel discussion,
Copyright as Frame and Prison on 28th April
http://www.phoenix.org.uk/event/copyright-as-frame-and-prison/ and a
Curator's tour on 11th May
http://www.phoenix.org.uk/event/curators-tour/ , both of which are
free to attend.
Let me know if there's any questions.
Kind regards,
Antonio
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Andy Mabbett
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Hi all,
Very occasional post from a long-time subscriber here!
I run social media for the BBC's speech and classical radio stations and for some of the BBC's classical brands (orchestras, Proms etc.).
We have a constant need for images. We use the usual mixed bag of sources: commercial picture libraries, the BBC archive, commissioned photos, some public domain and cc sources.
We have a pretty cast-iron rule forbidding the use of Wikimedia Commons images. Historically, we've felt that there was sufficient uncertainty about the ownership of some Commons images that it would be safest for us to steer clear all together (sometimes, for instance, we find images in commercial libraries like Hulton Getty that are also in the Commons and this creates the kind of doubt about ownership that stops us from using them).
So, in the interests of updating my knowledge (and possibly our policy), is there any up-to-date advice for organisations like the BBC about the safe usage of content from the Wikimedia Commons? Should we rely on Commons images more often? Is there any guidance for how to judge the ownership of a Commons image reliably? And what's Wikipedia's policy about the use of these images in entries?
Thank you!
s
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Dear all
I am inviting you to join in the ongoing discussions about the future of
the Wikimedia movement. As Chapters, user groups and individual
contributors we are being asked: What do we want to build or achieve over
the next 15 years? What role do we want to play in the world in 2030? Who
will have joined our movement? What work lies ahead of us?
There are various different ways in which individuals can voice their
ideas, including:
- Participate
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia_movem…>
on wiki
- Attend an in-person meeting
- Participate in a live online facilitated discussion (e.g. through
Skype or Google hangout)
There are three cycles during the first phase of the process (which
culminates at Wikimania 2017), with the first cycle coming to an end on
14th April. Wikimedia UK will be organising or helping to facilitate at
least one 'in person' discussion and an online live discussion during each
cycle, with the first meeting scheduled to take place on *Monday 10th April
from 3 - 5pm *in London. The first virtual discussion will also be
confirmed ASAP.
The meetings in cycles 2 and 3 will happen outside London and outside of
office hours, with details to be circulated when these events have been
arranged. In some cases, in person discussions will be organised at
existing local meetups (with the agreement of those communities) and in
others, specific strategy meetings will be arranged. Any interested
volunteers, members, editors or staff and trustees of the Chapter are
welcome to participate in any or all of these discussions; and I'd love to
hear from anyone who would like to take on a volunteer role in this
process, such as facilitating discussions, or taking and writing up notes
from meetings.
There is a lot of detailed information on meta about the strategy process,
with the main portal
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia_movem…>
for
the project providing a high-level overview and orienting people towards
more specific areas of work. As the process unfolds, myself and others on
the Wikimedia UK team will contact you again with more details of the work
happening here and ways in which you can participate; however in the
meantime I would be grateful if you could email
nicola.furness(a)wikimedia.org.uk if you are planning to attend the meeting
in London on 10th April.
Please note that as the Discussion Co-ordinator for the UK, I am
specifically concerned with the conversations happening within Track A
(organised groups) and Track B (individual contributors). Work is being
developed separately for Tracks C and D, which represent a broader audience
of new and existing readers and parters as well as experts in knowledge,
communities and technology. Wikimedia UK will support and contribute to
these discussions as requested by the Foundation, but they are not our
focus.
If you have any questions about the UK's role in the movement strategy,
please do ask. If you have comments on the movement strategy process in
general, or (crucially!) if you have ideas about where we should be heading
as a movement, please comment on meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Participate>
.
With thanks for reading and all best
Lucy
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Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The
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for its contents.*
Dear All,
I'm delighted to be able to announce that we are back at the Cinema Museum
in Lambeth, London for an editathon on the 18th June.
For the moment this is just a holding notice, we are first going to promote
this to their mailing list, but trainers and film buffs will definitely be
welcome.
More details will be posted at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiproject_Film/June_2017_event
Regards
WSC
Tried info(a)wikimedia.org.uk. I didn't get a reply.
Would wikimedia UK be interested in me donating my old Canon EOS 5D Mark III
(~42K shutter actuations)?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EOS_5D_Mark_III
Canon specs say it should be good for another 100K shutter actuations.
It has had zero careful owners but best I can tell everything appears
to be working.
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geni