I live in London and theres definitely no lack of conference facilities or tourist activities, as well as an extensive if occasionally unreliable public transport system. If this is over a weekend of course, there is a large chance that several lines or sections of lines on the Tube will shut down for engineering work.

Is there space for an external links section on the nomination page?
wikitravel.org/en/London, tfl.gov.uk and visitlondon.com etc

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Today's Topics:

   1. Wikimania 2008 Official Bid - call to arms (Gary Kirk)
   2. Re: Wikimania 2008 Official Bid - call to arms (Majorly)
   3. Re: Wikimania 2008 Official Bid - call to arms (Gary Kirk)
   4. Re: Wikimania 2008 Official Bid - call to arms (Majorly)
   5. Re: Wikimania 2008 Official Bid - call to arms (Gary Kirk)


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:26:51 +0100
From: "Gary Kirk" <gary.kirk@gmail.com>
Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2008 Official Bid - call to arms
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I wasn't sure if I was "allowed" to make the unofficial bid official bid
myself, but seeing as there are two other bids listed officially I thought
we should not let it slip us by. :)
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/London is not very informative
currently. I will try and add to it today - the Cape Town
bid<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/Cape_Town>[1]
has lots of sections and ideas to think about we can use ourselves. [2]

If I read the stuff on Meta correctly, we have nine days to make an official
bid into the running, then until the end of September to finalise.

Let's do it people!

--
Gary Kirk

[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/Cape_Town
[2] *wakes up* Oh, I see they just copied the template. Well, it's useful,
whoever worked on that :P)
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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:33:30 +0100
From: Majorly <axel9891@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2008 Official Bid - call to
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On 21/08/07, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I wasn't sure if I was "allowed" to make the unofficial bid official bid
> myself, but seeing as there are two other bids listed officially I thought
> we should not let it slip us by. :)
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/London is not very
> informative currently. I will try and add to it today - the Cape Town bid<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/Cape_Town >[1]
> has lots of sections and ideas to think about we can use ourselves. [2]
>
> If I read the stuff on Meta correctly, we have nine days to make an
> official bid into the running, then until the end of September to finalise.
>
> Let's do it people!
>
> --
> Gary Kirk
>
> [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/Cape_Town
> [2] *wakes up* Oh, I see they just copied the template. Well, it's useful,
> whoever worked on that :P)
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wikimedia UK mailing list
> wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK
> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
>
>
Yes please! London would be fantastic! :) I live nowhere near it, but
anywhere in the UK for Wikimania would of course be excellent :P I'll try
and help out too.

--
Alex (Majorly)
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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:43:36 +0100
From: "Gary Kirk" < gary.kirk@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2008 Official Bid - call to
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Good stuff. I too would love to have Wikimania in London; well as you say
England - but if anyone has any alternate towns or cities then, go for it I
suppose?

On 21/08/07, Majorly < axel9891@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> On 21/08/07, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  I wasn't sure if I was "allowed" to make the unofficial bid official
> > bid myself, but seeing as there are two other bids listed officially I
> > thought we should not let it slip us by. :)
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/London is not very
> > informative currently. I will try and add to it today - the Cape Town
> > bid <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/Cape_Town >[1]
> > has lots of sections and ideas to think about we can use ourselves. [2]
> >
> > If I read the stuff on Meta correctly, we have nine days to make an
> > official bid into the running, then until the end of September to finalise.
> >
> > Let's do it people!
> >
> > --
> > Gary Kirk
> >
> > [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/Cape_Town
> > [2] *wakes up* Oh, I see they just copied the template. Well, it's
> > useful, whoever worked on that :P)
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wikimedia UK mailing list
> > wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK
> > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
> >
> >
> Yes please! London would be fantastic! :) I live nowhere near it, but
> anywhere in the UK for Wikimania would of course be excellent :P I'll try
> and help out too.
>
> --
> Alex (Majorly)
> _______________________________________________
> Wikimedia UK mailing list
> wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK
> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
>
>


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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:46:24 +0100
From: Majorly < axel9891@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2008 Official Bid - call to
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On 21/08/07, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Good stuff. I too would love to have Wikimania in London; well as you say
> England - but if anyone has any alternate towns or cities then, go for it I
> suppose?
>
> On 21/08/07, Majorly <axel9891@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 21/08/07, Gary Kirk < gary.kirk@gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> > >  I wasn't sure if I was "allowed" to make the unofficial bid official
> > > bid myself, but seeing as there are two other bids listed officially I
> > > thought we should not let it slip us by. :)
> > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/London is not very
> > > informative currently. I will try and add to it today - the Cape Town
> > > bid <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/Cape_Town>[1]
> > > has lots of sections and ideas to think about we can use ourselves. [2]
> > >
> > > If I read the stuff on Meta correctly, we have nine days to make an
> > > official bid into the running, then until the end of September to finalise.
> > >
> > > Let's do it people!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Gary Kirk
> > >
> > > [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/Cape_Town
> > > [2] *wakes up* Oh, I see they just copied the template. Well, it's
> > > useful, whoever worked on that :P)
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Wikimedia UK mailing list
> > > wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org
> > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK
> > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
> > >
> > >
> > Yes please! London would be fantastic! :) I live nowhere near it, but
> > anywhere in the UK for Wikimania would of course be excellent :P I'll try
> > and help out too.
> >
> > --
> > Alex (Majorly)
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wikimedia UK mailing list
> > wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK
> > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Gary Kirk
> _______________________________________________
> Wikimedia UK mailing list
> wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK
> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
>
>
London would be fine for me. I live near Manchester, which would probably be
more ideal for me, but London, I think would be more suitable for Wikimania.
Also, there's the fact I couldn't really organise anything myself, but would
be happy to help out elsewhere.

--
Alex (Majorly)
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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:51:25 +0100
From: "Gary Kirk" <gary.kirk@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2008 Official Bid - call to
        arms
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I'm not sure how long the blurb should be. I've written a bit, feel free to
add or scrub :)

Someone add something about Wikimedia UK and get clues from the 2007 bid;
I'm only going to be available by e-mail for the rest of the afternoon and
can't edit.


On 21/08/07, Majorly <axel9891@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> On 21/08/07, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Good stuff. I too would love to have Wikimania in London; well as you
> > say England - but if anyone has any alternate towns or cities then, go for
> > it I suppose?
> >
> > On 21/08/07, Majorly <axel9891@googlemail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > On 21/08/07, Gary Kirk < gary.kirk@gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > >  I wasn't sure if I was "allowed" to make the unofficial bid
> > > > official bid myself, but seeing as there are two other bids listed
> > > > officially I thought we should not let it slip us by. :)
> > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/London is not very
> > > > informative currently. I will try and add to it today - the Cape
> > > > Town bid<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/Cape_Town >[1]
> > > > has lots of sections and ideas to think about we can use ourselves. [2]
> > > >
> > > > If I read the stuff on Meta correctly, we have nine days to make an
> > > > official bid into the running, then until the end of September to finalise.
> > > >
> > > > Let's do it people!
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Gary Kirk
> > > >
> > > > [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/Cape_Town
> > > > [2] *wakes up* Oh, I see they just copied the template. Well, it's
> > > > useful, whoever worked on that :P)
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Wikimedia UK mailing list
> > > > wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org
> > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK
> > > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Yes please! London would be fantastic! :) I live nowhere near it, but
> > > anywhere in the UK for Wikimania would of course be excellent :P I'll try
> > > and help out too.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Alex (Majorly)
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Wikimedia UK mailing list
> > > wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org
> > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK
> > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Gary Kirk
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wikimedia UK mailing list
> > wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK
> > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
> >
> >
> London would be fine for me. I live near Manchester, which would probably
> be more ideal for me, but London, I think would be more suitable for
> Wikimania. Also, there's the fact I couldn't really organise anything
> myself, but would be happy to help out elsewhere.
>
> --
> Alex (Majorly)
> _______________________________________________
> Wikimedia UK mailing list
> wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK
> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
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>


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