Deryck - yes, it would be bizarre if Wikipedia told the National Maritime Museum their work wasn't up to our standards. However, because it's unusual to get information of this nature and in this format, I'm keen to establish a consensus at the outset rather than risk an argument about it later.

Chris

> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:55:14 +0000
> From: werespielchequers@gmail.com
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] National Maritime Museum collaboration
>
> We have a London meetup in a fortnight, is it possible we could
> discuss this there?
>
> WSC
>
> On 26 February 2011 11:43, Roger Bamkin <victuallers@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Brilliant news - not only does it tell us about the ships but also about the
> > many notable brits on the ships
> >
> > Well done in anticipation
> >
> > On 26 February 2011 09:27, Chris Keating <fightingforfairness@hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> It looks very likely that the National Maritime Museum are going to
> >> release a significant amount if information gleaned from their archives
> >> under CC-BY-SA so we can make use of it.
> >> This would include information on the service history of some 20,000-odd
> >> Royal Navy warships.
> >> More information on-wiki here:
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/NMM
> >> Regards,
> >> Chris
> >> (The Land)
> >>
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