On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Steve Bowbrick Steve.Bowbrick@bbc.co.ukwrote:
Hi everyone,
This is my first post here. I've been responsible for some discussion at the BBC about a possible contribution to the Wikipedia project from the BBC - I think it's come up on the list too. There's no hard proposal or plan, just an ongoing discussion of the appropriate relationship of a national public service content creator and the leading free knowledge source on the net.
There's been some discussion of a 'BBC Wikipedia Club' for wannabe contributors/editors who work at the BBC, about more formally gifting content to Wikipedia and - more ambitiously - about hiring a 'Social Media Editor' to manage the corporation's relationship with Wikipedia and other open media sources.
Question: would it be appropriate for one or more BBC people with an interest in collaboration to come along to the AGM? If so, should we bring a formal contribution or just sit quietly at the back? If not, is there a more appropriate forum we could get involved with?
Steve
Some relevant blog posts here: http://commonplatform.co.uk/index.php/2009/01/09/the-bbc-should-engage-w ith-wikipedia/ http://commonplatform.co.uk/index.php/2009/01/12/more-on-the-bbc-and-wik ipedia/ http://commonplatform.co.uk/index.php/2008/11/14/matt-mcdonnell-and-sear ch-as-a-gateway-to-the-bbc/
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Hi Steve et all,
Speaking as a member of Wikimedia UK, I think this would be a fantastic contribution to the AGM and a great start to what can hopefully be a prosperous and fulfilling relationship between the two parties, both for Wikimedia UK's activities and the Wikimedia's activities as a whole.