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Freelance work.
by Gordon Joly 24 Oct '16

24 Oct '16

Hi Gordon, Hope you are well. I have a client who would like to create a Wikipedia page for himself. We have a draft of copy for the page. We also have two sources. I am looking for some expertise, guidance, and ultimately someone to create the page in its entirety. Is this something you can help with? I would like to get the ball rolling with this fairly soon. If I send some further details over to you, would you be able to give me a quote for the work? Many thanks, Harry

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Mass image uploads expert
by rod＠rodspace.co.uk 17 Oct '16

17 Oct '16

Hi all, I have just spotted an announcement of a historic photograph digitisation project by the friends of the Somerset Life Museum Research Group (see https://somersetrurallifemuseum.org.uk/2016/10/13/digitisation-project/ ) aiming to digitise 15,000 images. I have made an initial contact asking about licencing and sharing and mentioned “mass uploads” but I know very little about this. I believe there have been some people who have done this for/with other GLAMS and/or developed tools to handle this. Who would be the best person to put them in touch with if they come back to me and they are willing to release under a suitable licence? Rod

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Proposals for APG funding from the Wikimedia Foundation are open for community review
by Lucy Crompton-Reid 15 Oct '16

15 Oct '16

Dear all As some of you may be aware, the closing date for proposals for the next round of Annual Plan Grant funding from the Wikimedia Foundation was 1st October. Proposals are now open for community review until the end of this month, after which they will be assessed by support staff for the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC), then considered by the FDC itself, which makes recommendations for funding to the Wikimedia Foundation Board. The Wikimedia UK proposal for funding from February 2017 to January 2018 can be found here - please take a look!: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2016-2017_round1/Wikim… Thanks and best wishes Lucy -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0991 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. 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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Museums in Wikidata
by Andy Mabbett 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

I noticed earlier today that most of the museums in Birmingham were not showing on this query (they are now!): https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fi… This was because they were not shown in Wikidata as a museum (or subclass thereof); some were simply marked as "manor house", "factory", "water mill", etc. Or it was because they had no "located in the administrative territorial entity"(P131) property. You might like to check your local museums, or those you've worked with. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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New post at Wikimedia UK
by Lucy Crompton-Reid 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

Dear all As many of you know, Richard Symonds left Wikimedia UK at the end of August. After some consideration of how to replace Richard, we have decided to create two new roles; a part time Finance Assistant and a new *Membership, Fundraising and Operations Assistant*, for which applications are now open. The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator with a high level of organisational skills and experience of providing administrative support within a not-for-profit setting. An understanding of membership organisations is desirable, as is experience of supporting fundraising activities. The closing date for applications is midnight on *Monday 31st October 2016*. The job description and person specification for the post can be found here: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Membership,_Fundraising_and_Operations_Assist… Any support in promoting this post would be much appreciated. If you are interested yourself, but want to find out more about the role, please feel free to send me an email and we can arrange a time to speak. Thanks and best wishes Lucy -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0991 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. 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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Could Wikimedia UK keep an eye on which museums are going to close and give us the heads up?
by geni 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

5 museums in Lancashire closed recently. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-37512136 Museums close fairly regularly (although not normally in that number) . Is it possible WMUK could keep track of this and give us a heads up as a sort of "last chance to see"? -- geni

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WMUK SSL Issues
by Thomas Morton 13 Oct '16

13 Oct '16

Hi All, Just a quick message to say, I've sorted out the SSL certificates problem we've been seeing with FireFox (which was to do with certificate ordering on the server, wierd behaviour). I've also hardened the server significantly, it's now rated A on SSLlabs :) https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=wikimedia.org.uk&s=2a00%3a1a… Thanks for everyone that chipped in to this. Cheers, Tom

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Cambridge meetup 5 November
by Charles Matthews 08 Oct '16

08 Oct '16

The next Cambridge meetup will be in a new venue, the Ibis Hotel just by the station: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/32 Not just new for us, after eight years of meeting in CB2: so new that the Google street view is just hoardings and cranes. Be assured that the building is finished! We want to see everyone there, but especially we want to mark four years of Wikidata, shortly after the actual day. Some early fireworks: see WikiFactMine on https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/10/07/new-project-grants/ and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WikiFactMine for the content mining grant application, now funded by the WMF. The meetup page should be updated with further developments. Charles

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Development of the process for defining the new long term Wikimedia movement strategy
by Lucy Crompton-Reid 07 Oct '16

07 Oct '16

Dear all Over the next year, the Wikimedia Foundation is going to be leading the development of a new long term strategy for the global Wikimedia movement. The wiki page on this is here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/2016-2017 This is a key piece of work that Katherine Maher, the relatively new Executive Director for the Foundation, has been tasked with - and on a recent call with a number of other Chapters Katherine shared her presentation on the process for developing the strategy: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1B3BEolaGseBC4- JT1ANiygGhvyyfkH5ax6b8VjOnjCg/edit?usp=sharing The sharing settings on this document mean that anyone with the link can edit, but please can you send any comments or questions to me rather than making changes to the presentation. We have another call with Katherine next Thursday so if you would like to feed in to the development of the *process* for the movement strategy, it would be great if you could get back to me before then so that I can collate and present feedback from the UK community (although I'm sure there will be other opportunities as well). There will of course be opportunities for feeding into the *content* of the strategy at a later date. Thanks and best wishes Lucy -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0991 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. 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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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 135, Issue 2
by Shannon Eichelberger 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Hi Ewan, This looks very interesting! We will definitely promote it here in Ireland. Is there any way to participate virtually/remotely? Cheers, Shannon Eichelberger Wikimedia Community Ireland On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 10:17 AM, <wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Between the Worlds of the Living & The Dead - A Wikipedia > editathon for Samhuinn: Gaelic Festival For the Dead (MCANDREW Ewan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 09:08:15 +0000 > From: MCANDREW Ewan <Ewan.McAndrew(a)ed.ac.uk> > To: "scotwiki(a)wikimedia.org.uk" <scotwiki(a)wikimedia.org.uk>, > "wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org" > <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Between the Worlds of the Living & The Dead - > A Wikipedia editathon for Samhuinn: Gaelic Festival For the Dead > Message-ID: > <AM4PR0501MB2626D3E32BEFB7D89BD47CBBD1C50@AM4PR0501MB2626. > eurprd05.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 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-gaelic-festival-for-the-dead-31st-oct-1st-nov/> > > 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-halloween-wikipedia- > editathon-tickets-28330759063>. > > 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-halloween-wikipedia-editathon-tickets-28331420040>. > > 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 > >

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