Dear all
As many of you will know, Wikimedia UK applies every year to the Wikimedia
Foundation for an Annual Plan Grant to support our charitable activities.
Proposals from the UK and other Chapters are considered by the Funds
Dissemination Committee (FDC) who make recommendations to the Foundation's
board for final approval.
Following our proposal submitted at the end of September, the FDC has
recommended that Wikimedia UK is supported with a grant of £297,500 for
2016/17, which is 96% of our total request and an increase on the amount
received for the current financial year. We are very pleased with this
recommendation, and I would like to thank all the staff, board members and
volunteers who inputted into the development of our plans for next year and
the funding proposal. The team and I look forward to working with many of
you on the delivery of our programmes next year!
You can read the FDC's assessment here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_recommendations/2016-2017_
round_1#Wikimedia_UK
Best wishes
Lucy
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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.*
I spoke about Wikidata at a conference today, and in the audience were
some journalism students. One wants to interview two people who use
Wikidata (as well as me), in order to write a feature on the project.
.
Is anyone willing to chat with them by Skype/ Hangout? If so I can
pass them your email address to make arrangements.
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@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
Brill!
Jon Davies
arnottdavies(a)gmail.com
07976 935 986
Linkedin <https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jon-davies-4aa3a621>
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> Dear all
>
> As many of you will know, Wikimedia UK applies every year to the Wikimedia
> Foundation for an Annual Plan Grant to support our charitable activities.
> Proposals from the UK and other Chapters are considered by the Funds
> Dissemination Committee (FDC) who make recommendations to the Foundation's
> board for final approval.
>
> Following our proposal submitted at the end of September, the FDC has
> recommended that Wikimedia UK is supported with a grant of £297,500 for
> 2016/17, which is 96% of our total request and an increase on the amount
> received for the current financial year. We are very pleased with this
> recommendation, and I would like to thank all the staff, board members and
> volunteers who inputted into the development of our plans for next year and
> the funding proposal. The team and I look forward to working with many of
> you on the delivery of our programmes next year!
>
> You can read the FDC's assessment here:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_recommendations/2016-2017_
> round_1#Wikimedia_UK
>
> Best wishes
> Lucy
>
>
> --
>
> Lucy Crompton-Reid
>
> Chief Executive
>
> Wikimedia UK
>
> +44 (0) 207 065 0991
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> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
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> 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
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Hello all,
Just a reminder that we have this event coming up this weekend.
It will include a short tour and should be a great opportunity to look at
the ways Wikimedia can work with UK Parliament information and data.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/house-of-commons-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-ticke…
Hope to see you there.
Many thanks
S
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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
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Hello WMUK folk,
Question: Is it possible to get QRPedia stats for individual links? i.e.
can I pick a page name and ask "how many people visited this particular
Wikipedia page title via QRPedia?"
Background:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2016_N…
We want to delete two redirects from the English Wikipedia but are worried
about breaking QRPedia because they *might* be used in a QRPedia code. So
if we can check *which* title the QR code actually links to, it would save
us a trip to the physical plaque.
Deryck
Please disseminate as appropriate in your networks. This is an invitation to participate in Wikipedia editathon events run by the University of Edinburgh’s Information Services.
Robert Louis Stevenson Day Wikipedia editathon – Saturday 12 November
This is a final call for tomorrow’s Edinburgh Gothic event<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh/Events_and_…> at the National Library of Scotland for Robert Louis Stevenson Day.
This free event includes:
· Access to the Robert Louis Stevenson exhibition area.
· Gothic badge-making activities using original collage designs by Tessa Asquith-Lamb.
· The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde’ stickers and souvenir certificates printed on the Treasure Island press;
· “Jekyll and Hyde: Illustrating Stevenson’s characters”: a presentation by National Library of Scotland curator, Andrew Martin.
· Lunch provided for free by the National Library of Scotland and possibly also some moustache cookies too.
· The Gothic Wikipedia editathon itself which will take place with exclusive access to the National Library of Scotland’s reading room after it has closed to the public with its focus on improving the quality of articles about all things Gothic; be it creating a page for Robert Louis Stevenson's short story 'Thrawn Janet'; be it improving content on Angela Carter, Alasdair Gray, Louise Welsh or Ali Smith; or even improving Gothic architecture pages or Gothic film pages such as the Ken Russell's movie, 'Gothic'
Come along to learn about how Wikipedia works and contribute a greater understanding of Gothic. Book here.<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh/Events_and_…>
Festival of Architecture Wikipedia editathon<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh/Events_and_…>
We are also putting on an evening editathon on Wednesday 16th November 3pm to 7.30pm in Room 1.12 of the Edinburgh University Main Library to mark the end of the Festival of Architecture 2016<http://www.foa2016.com/>. So many names, especially women architects<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Architectu…>, are missing from Wikipedia, the #1 Information site<http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/people-love-wikipedia…>, so if you’d like to take part and help redress the balance then you’d be more than welcome.
Full training is given along with suggested pages to work on (although feel free to suggest your own!). There are only 3000 or so very active Wikipedians in the world curating the world’s knowledge (which amounts to the size of a small town like Kinghorn in Fife... or half the size of North Berwick) so if you’d like to contribute to sharing knowledge globally and are interested in architecture, even if it is just to share some openly-licensed pictures to Wikimedia Commons, then please do come along. Book your place and find out more here.<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh/Events_and_…>
In remembrance
Finally, as today is all about remembrance, I thought I’d share with you the outcomes of the Halloween Wikipedia<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh/Events_and_…> event as there are now some fantastic pages on notable lives that were just not there before, including:
· Recognising the scientific work of Katherine Clerk Maxwell<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Clerk_Maxwell>
· Professor William Lindsay Renwick<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lindsay_Renwick>, the founder of the School of Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University (also commemorated on the Glasgow School of Art’s WW1 Roll of Honour).
· Ernest Francis Bashford<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Francis_Bashford> the influential British oncologist who pioneered the biological approach to the study of cancer.
· Brenda Moon<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Moon> – the first female chief of a university library in Scotland who played a role in bringing Edinburgh University Library into the digital age.
· Janet Anne Galloway <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Anne_Galloway> (1841–1909) promoted higher education for women in Scotland. As a result of the limited educational opportunities open to women, Janet became an active supporter of the movement for higher education provision for women.
Full outcomes are detailed here<http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/2016/11/10/samhuinn/> and you can find the Storify with pics & tweets<https://storify.com/emcandre/samhuinn> from the day here<https://storify.com/emcandre/samhuinn>.
Many thanks,
Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence
Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk
Working hours are 2.5 days per week, usually Monday to Wednesday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, Learning, Teaching & Web Services, Hugh Robson Building, 15 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD.
www.ed.ac.uk
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
This is just to formally members of the Wikimedia UK list to our ‘Edinburgh Gothic’ Wikipedia editathon event at the National Library of Scotland to celebrate Robert Louis Stevenson Day on Saturday 12th November 2016.
Full Wikipedia editing training will be given in the morning before a break for lunch (provided by the National Library of Scotland). Thereafter the afternoon's editathon will focus on improving the quality of articles about all things Gothic; be it creating a page for Robert Louis Stevenson's short story 'Thrawn Janet'; be it improving content on Angela Carter, Alasdair Gray, Louise Welsh or Ali Smith; or even improving Gothic architecture pages or Gothic film pages such as the Ken Russell's movie, 'Gothic'
The event is open to all and run by the University of Edinburgh’s Information Services team in conjunction with the National Library of Scotland and the University of Sheffield’s Centre for the History of the Gothic. Attendees will receive a souvenir certificate printed on the same printing press as the first edition of ‘Treasure Island’.
Further event details and booking information can be found at the event page here<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh/Events_and_…>:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh/Events_and_…
In addition, the University of Sheffield’s Centre for the History of the Gothic will be running a synchronous Gothic edit-a-thon 10am to 5pm on Saturday 12 November. If you would like to attend their event then details are on the Sheffield Gothic page here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Sheffield/Events/Goth…
Edinburgh Gothic is a free event and includes access to the Robert Louis Stevenson exhibition area; Gothic badge-making activities using original collage designs by Tessa Asquith-Lamb; ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde’ stickers and a talk by National Library of Scotland curator, Andrew Martin, on the illustrations in Robert Louis Stevenson’s works while the editathon itself will take place behind closed doors in the National Library of Scotland’s reading room after it has closed to the public.
Come along to learn about how Wikipedia works and contribute a greater understanding & appreciation of Gothic!
Best wishes,
Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence
Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk
Working hours are 2.5 days per week, usually Monday to Wednesday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, Learning, Teaching & Web Services, Hugh Robson Building, 15 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD.
www.ed.ac.uk
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
Wikipedia editathon for Samhuinn: Gaelic Festival for the Dead 31st Oct-1st Nov. <http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/2016/10/03/wikipedia-editathon-for-samhuinn…>
Come join us as we set a place for the dead; through helping to create new biography articles and improving existing articles on Wikipedia as part of a day of celebration.
On Halloween, Monday 31st October 2016 & continuing on 1st November 2016, the University’s Information Services<http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/information-services> team are running an edit-a-thon in two magnificent venues to celebrate the lives of those sadly passed on to mark Samhuinn: the Gaelic Festival for the Dead!
The event page is located at bit.ly/WikiHalloween
Samhuinn<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain> is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the “darker half” of the year. Traditionally, it is celebrated from the very beginning of one Celtic day to its end, or in the modern calendar, from sunset on 31 October to sunset on 1 November.
Samhuinn was seen as a liminal<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liminal> time, when the boundary between this world and the Otherworld could more easily be crossed. This meant the Aos Sí, the ‘spirits’ or ‘fairies’, could more easily come into our world. Offerings of food and drink were left outside for them. The souls of the dead were also thought to revisit their homes seeking hospitality.
Each day will have different guest speakers discussing the traditions of Samhuinn, Celtic history & folklore and the importance of remembering the dead on this day.
Feel free to suggest notable lives & articles we’ve overlooked & should be creating too.
Bring your best spookily carved turnip along and win a prize. We will have tablet skulls to munch on and guest speakers telling us about Celtic customs, beliefs & folklore. Hopefully, we may even be visited by the Faerie Porters<https://beltane.org/category/faerie-porters/> too…..
Working together with liaison librarians, archivists & academic colleagues we will provide training on how to edit and participate in an open knowledge community. Participants will be supported to develop articles covering areas which could stand to be improved in order to improve Wikipedia’s representation of notable lives; be they connected to the university, to Edinburgh, to Scotland or further afield.
Between the worlds of the living and the dead
A Wikipedia editathon for Samhuinn: The Gaelic Festival for the Dead.
* Monday 31st October 12pm to 4.30pm – Project Room, 50 George Square.
* Tuesday 1st November 10am to 4.30pm – The Raeburn Room, Old College.
Book for one day or both!
If you are a student or staff member at the University of Edinburgh:
To book a place for the session on Monday 31st October in the Project Room (room 1.06) of 50 George Square then book through MyEd Event Booking here: Monday 31st October 2016 session<http://edin.ac/2dol4Aw>.
To book a place for the session on Tuesday 1st November in the Raeburn Room of Old College, University of Edinburgh, then book through MyEd Event Booking here: Tuesday 1st November 2016 session<http://edin.ac/2cyEuwo>.
If you are from outside the university
To book a place for the session on Monday 31st October in the Project Room (room 1.06) of 50 George Square then book through Eventbrite here: Monday 31st October 2016 session<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/between-the-worlds-of-the-living-the-dead-ha…>.
To book a place for the session on Tuesday 1st November in the Raeburn Room of Old College, University of Edinburgh, then book through Eventbrite here: Tuesday 1st November 2016 session<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/between-the-worlds-of-the-living-the-dead-ha…>.
New editors very welcome. Full Wikipedia training given.
Bring a laptop (no desktop computers are available) but a few laptops are available if you need to borrow one. Message ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk> if you need to borrow a laptop.
Programme – Monday* 31st October 2016 (Project Room, 50 George Square)
* 12:00pm – 12:15pm: Housekeeping and Welcome.
* 12:15pm – 12:30pm: Guest speakers
* 12:30pm – 1:45pm: Wikipedia training
* 1:45pm – 4:00pm: Research and editing.
* 4:00pm – 4:30pm: Transferring drafted text to Wikipedia’s live space.
*Lunch is not provided on Monday 31st October but tea, coffee & tablet skulls will all be available and food can be eaten in the room.
Programme – Tuesday 1st November 2016 (The Raeburn Room, Old College)*
* 10:00am – 10:15am: Housekeeping and Welcome
* 10:15am – 10:45am: Guest speakers
* 10:45am – 12:00pm: Wikipedia training.
* 12:00pm – 1:00pm: Beginning to research and edit.
* 1:00pm – 1:30pm: Lunch
* 1:30pm – 4:00pm: EDIT!
* 4:00pm – 4:30pm: Transferring drafted text to Wikipedia’s live space.
*Lunch will be provided on Tuesday 1st November along with plenty of tea, coffee & tablet skulls!
Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence
Tel: 07719 330076
Email: ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk
Working hours are 2.5 days per week, usually Monday to Wednesday.
Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, Learning, Teaching & Web Services, Hugh Robson Building, 15 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD.
www.ed.ac.uk
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
6 people attended and we had an interesting couple of hours. But we only
got one person actually signing up on meta.
We normally get between a dozen and a score of us at the second Sunday
meeting in London, and we already have 6 signed up for the next one.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/112 as usual all are welcome.
Jonathan
On 25 October 2016 at 13:50, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> I wasn't expecting to be available, but have now signed up. If it is
> anything like the normal London meetups there will be more attendees than
> signed up.
>
> Jonathan
>
> On 25 October 2016 at 12:24, Dhaval S. Vyas <dsvyas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I will be trying to pop in as well, its only a matter of hanging around
>> for couple of hours after work as i m just next doors.
>>
>> Dhaval
>>
>> On 25 Oct 2016 11:47, "Stevie Benton" <stevie.d.benton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Me too. It's also listed on the Mozfest website as a fringe event of
>>> the festival.
>>>
>>> Stevie
>>>
>>> On 25 Oct 2016 11:32, "John Lubbock" <john.lubbock(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was going to try to make it. Anybody else?
>>>>
>>>> On 24 October 2016 at 21:07, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Seems like this will be a null event?
>>>>>
>>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/East_London/8
>>>>>
>>>>> Gordo
>>>>>
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