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Education Program Extension Userrights
by Fabian Tompsett 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

Hi all, Following Edward's email I would encourage anyone involved in editathons or who is interested in becoming either an online or campus ambassador to check out: Wikipedia:Education program/Ambassadors <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_program/Ambassadors> At the bottom of the page are links to apply for online and campus ambassador userrights. These then show up on the Wikipedia:Education noticeboard <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_noticeboard>. Established Wikimedians will have no problem getting userrights, but sometimes the process needs a bit of nudge to get it sorted out a bit quicker. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_noticeboard> Currently this is very much addressed to supporting the Education Program, especially in the USA/Canada. However, various wikimedians in different chapters across the world (eg Education Program:Cascadia Wikimedians User Group <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Program:Cascadia_Wikimedians_User_G…>) are experimenting with using it to run editathons. the Cinema Museum editathon is one of these in the UK. This piloting will enable us to: - identify how effective the extension is - identify how it might be adapted to be more useful for editathons - get feedback as regards how friendly people find the interface Of course, obtaining campus or ambassador userrights also enables wikimedians to interact more effectively with students on one of the courses, whether in the UK or further a field. One issue that warrants further consideration is the extent to which students get involved with Wikipedia in one of these courses, but never appreciate the existence of the broader Wikimedian community around them. Whilst we wouldn't want to be disruptive to the class by pushing community involvement too hard, we can explore appropriate ways to highlight opportunities to the students with the approval of the academics running the courses. I think there is a lot of room for thought about this. all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support Organiser, Wikimedia UK, Address: 56-64 Leonard St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4LT Phone:020 7065 0990 *Mobile: *07840 455 746 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). Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk

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Contribute to Wikimedia UK Friend's Newletter
by Katie Chan 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

Do you have a project or event you want to promote? Have you been to an event, a meetup, or even just have an opinion on an open knowledge topic dear to your heart? If so, then the Wikimedia UK Friends' Newsletter <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Friends%27_Newsletter> is for you! We are on the lookout for contributors for content that you think the UK Wikimedia community will find interesting. Please contact me by email if there's something you want to shared with the rest of the community. Katie -- Katie Chan Volunteer Support Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0990 +44 (0) 7885 980 534 PGP Key-ID: 0x483767A3 Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. Registered Company 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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Cinema Museum, London editathon Saturday 7th March
by Fabian Tompsett 24 Feb '15

24 Feb '15

Hi all, Just to let you all know that we are having an editathon at the Cinema Museum on Saturday 7th March. The editahon page <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Program:Wikimedia_UK/Cinema_Museum_…> is a little different as we are using the Education Program <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_program> extension. Feedback on the user interface would be very helpful. Please note, to register you click "enroll". I intend to draw together a list of suggestions as regards ways in which the page design could be imporved. Another innovation is the publicity sub page. There are two ideas behind this. 1. This allows volunteers to help with publicity online (putting posts on facebook etc.) and to record what they have done to avoid repetition. 2. There is also a link to the page views which means that we can then look for the immediate impact of a publicity action. For example, the page hits peaked at 65 following the advertising of the event on the Wikimedia UK Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK?fref=ts>. It would be great to see you on the day if you can come, and any help with online publicity would be greatly appreciated. all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support Organiser, Wikimedia UK, Address: 56-64 Leonard St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4LT Phone:020 7065 0990 *Mobile: *07840 455 746 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). Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk

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Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation
by Chris Keating 23 Feb '15

23 Feb '15

In case you're not on Wikimedia-l, the Foundation are after input into their strategy process.... C ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Philippe Beaudette <philippe(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 8:13 PM Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation To: wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Hello all, Five years ago, I was part of the work on a strategic plan for the Wikimedia movement. Much has changed since then. Now, I’m back...and we’re working on strategic direction again. :-) Today, we're kicking-off a two-week community consultation about the future of Wikimedia. I hope you'll participate in the online discussion about new internet trends and how Wikimedia responds to these changes, which will help to shape the future of Wikimedia. The discussion is on meta, at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2015_Strategy/Community_consultation For more background on this consultation, check out this blog post: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/23/strategy-consultation/ Your vision matters. I look forward to hearing from you as we chart the way forward. Regards, Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation *Philippe Beaudette * \\ Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 | philippe(a)wikimedia.org | : @Philippewiki <https://twitter.com/Philippewiki> _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 115, Issue 10
by John Byrne 23 Feb '15

23 Feb '15

Also I think there are fewer "me too" and "That's great, congratulations" -type messages, which on the whole is a good thing I think. I suspect analysis would show just as many topics and substantive comments. John There has certainly been a shift to Facebook in that time and possibly to Twitter and maybe the specialist sublists like tech and I think education. I'm not sure I approve of all of that both for open source reasons and because it excludes the pseudonymous amongst us. But it has certainly happened, hopefully in the most part with specialised discussions now taking place in specialist areas. Regards Jonathan Cardy >> On 22 Feb 2015, at 00:09, John Mark Vandenberg <jayvdb(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Fæ <faewik(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> I thought it would be interesting to share a summary I just pulled >>> from the database of how many posts per month the WikimediaUK list had >>> over the last 3 years. In this period the average numbers have >>> declined and now they are at 30% or possibly 20% of what they were in >>> 2012. >> Has there been an increase in wiki activity over the same period? >> >> -- >> John Vandenberg >> >> __****************** --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com

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Query from Open Data Day
by Charles Matthews 21 Feb '15

21 Feb '15

Potential volunteer(s), Cambridge area, to do 3D scanning on museum equipment of fossils? Please reply offlist.. Charles

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Open Data Day in Cambridge
by Charles Matthews 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

This Saturday 21 February there will be an Open Data Day event in a Cambridge pub, the Panton Arms. Map here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Panton+Arms,+43+Panton+St,+Cambridge,+C… So closer to the station than the regular meetups. I have only just heard about this. Someone from ContentMine will be there, and I'll go along. The event runs from 11:30 to 5 pm. (ContentMine will also be represented that day in a Birmingham event: they are the people scraping facts from scientific journals. There are 60+ events worldwide.) Charles

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chief executive recruitment
by Simon Knight 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Dear all Things are moving along with the Chief Executive recruit process - Just a reminder: The deadline for applications is February 23rd. We are continuing to discuss the format of the selection process, one element of which will be a short (likely ~10 minute) presentation. ** *I’d like to invite suggestions for presentation-prompts here *** We have some ideas of course, but I think people had conversations very relevant to this at the volunteer strategy day in Birmingham. I can build off some of the thoughts there for ideas, but others may be feeling more creative, or have better memories(!). So, thoughts welcome, Many thanks Simon

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Wikipedia Science Conference, 2nd and 3rd September 2015
by Fabian Tompsett 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Hi all, Planning is going ahead for this autumn's Wikipedia Science Conference. Weare keen to build community involvement into this from the outset. There is new Planning subpage <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikipedia_Science_Conference/Planning> where you can help shape this conference and catch up on volunteer opportunities in the run up to the conference itself. This conference has great potential in bringing together both Wikimedians and scientists to discover the common ground which will make future colloboration so exciting. all the best Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support Organiser, Wikimedia UK, Address: 56-64 Leonard St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4LT Phone:020 7065 0990 *Mobile: *07840 455 746 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). Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk

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Cambridge meetup 14 March
by Charles Matthews 15 Feb '15

15 Feb '15

You are invited to the next Cambridge meetup: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/26 It follows our usual pattern, and we will adjourn to go to a pub at 6 pm. Come along. Charles

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