Hello everyone,
Please see below for the Wikimedia UK monthly report for April 2014. If you
prefer, the report can be read on wiki
here<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2014/April>
.
Thanks and regards,
Stevie
Reports/2014/April
Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports>
for the period 1st to 30th April 2014. If you want to keep up with the
chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our
blog<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/>
, join a UK mailing
list<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l>-l>,
and/or follow us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/wikimediauk>. If you have
any questions or comments, please drop us a line on this report's talk
page<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Talk:Reports/2014/April&action=edit&redlink=1>
.
Program activitiesGLAM activitiesEditathonsLive Art
The Editathon focussed on Women artists, and was at LADA so the editors had
access to their archives. Discussions have already started re a follow up
event.Wikimedia UK and the Live Art Development Agency (LADA) ran a very
successful editathon on Feminism and Live Art at the LADA offices.
Tank Museum photography
Wikimedia UK is running a tripod friendly photography event at the Tank
Museum in Dorset, the museum has given us some free tickets for Wikimedia
photographers and various participants online are assembling a wish
list<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Tank_Museum_2014>.
As we go to press there are still some tickets available for interested
photographers.
Battle of Clontarf
*Wikimedia UK gave logistical support to some Wikimedians in Ireland in
order to support their first editathon.*
The Battle of Clontarf <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Clontarf>.
A thousand years on, was this defining moment in Irish history the occasion
when Brian Boru <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Boru> himself drove
the Vikings out of Ireland much as Saint Patrick had driven the snakes out
a few hundred years earlier; Or was it a Game of
Thrones<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones> style
slaughter with two alliances of Irish and Vikings killing each other in
sight of the walls of Dublin, leaving Dublin an independent Viking city
state for a generation after?
The First Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in the Republic of
Ireland<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ireland/Batt…14>,
held in partnership with 1014 Retold <http://1014retold.com/>, brought
historians, Wikipedians and others together to improve the articles on
Gormlaith <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gormlaith>, her various husbands
and other interested parties.
The battle of Clontarf edit-a-thon took place in the Science Gallery in Trinity
College, Dublin <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_College,_Dublin> on
Easter Saturday and was written up by 1014
retold<http://1014retold.com/wikipedia-editathon/>n/>.
Coverage has been on Silicon
Republic<http://www.siliconrepublic.com/new-media/item/36543-wiki-editor…
and Buzzfeed in their article *the real Game of
Thrones*.<http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/this-live-tweeted-medieval-…
WIR Review
Daria Cybulska is leading a review of the Wikimedian in Residence
program<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Brainstorm_meeting_to_review_the_WIR_programme>,
anyone wishing to give feedback is welcome to contact her.
Future Events
The program for Wikimania is firming up as the Program committee decides which
of 64 GLAM
submissions<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:GLAM_%26_F…
to
include in the GLAM track. Potential attendees of Wikimania and others are
welcome to join in the assessment process by signing up for the talks they
would like to attend and querying on the talkpages those that need
discussion.
The Fringe is also expanding with several GLAM events for those staying on
after Wikimania.
Later events include an editathon at the Institute of Classics in September
and *WW1 and Dissent* in November
Education and expert outreach
On 3 April WMUK supported a volunteer-led Editathon at University of St
Mark and St John in Plymouth<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Marjon_editathon>,
organised by Harry Mitchell, along with Doug Taylor and Chris McKenna who
provided training for the attendees.
This was the most recent event in a string of education outreach activities
during the first quarter of 2014. WMUK staff members Richard Nevell and Dr
Toni Sant are in the process of collating basic information (mainly
usernames and contact details, where appropriate) from all participants at
these events to ensure appropriate follow-up and engagement through future
Education-related activities.
Wikimedia Ambassador at Jisc
Dr Martin Poulter engagement as Wikimedia Ambassador with Jisc has come to
an
end<http://digitisation.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2014/04/09/the-last-days-of-j…r/>.
Details about his work during the period July 2013 to April 2014 are
available here<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador>
.
Wikimania Future of Education Workshop
Another planning meeting for the Future of Education
workshop<http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fringe/Future_of_Educat…
(to
be held 21-22 June as a Wikimania 2014 Fringe event) took place on 11 April
via Google Hangouts. Planning for the event is well underway with
registration set to open by the start of May. Registration will remain open
until the first week of
June.<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Future_of_Education_Workshop>
EduWiki Conference 2014
The first planning meeting for the EduWiki Conference
2014<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2014> was
held 14 April via Skype; details of the outcomes including proposed dates,
themes and tracks, associated activities, and venues to be approached for
quotes, are available on theplanning
page<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2014/Planning>
which
will be updated continuously with new information as it develops. The
conference will be held in Edinburgh on a tentative date of 31 October,
with the final venue yet to be determined.
Technology
A tech committee meeting took place on 1 April. You can see the agenda
along with some notes
here<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/IT_Development/Technology_committee_meetings/Agenda_1_April_2014>
.
Other activitiesProject grants
The proposal<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Project_grants/The_GLAM-Wiki_Revolution>
for
funding to support the production of a short documentary film about GLAM
outreach efforts in the United Kingdom has been approved.
Information about project grants that are currently running, and how to
submit an application of your own, are at Project
grants/Applications<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Project_grants/Applications>
.
Training
Keep Wales Tidy have agreed to a partership with Wici Cymru and will
request all their 185 groups located on the Wales Coast Path to be trained
in Wiki-skills. KWT will invite their groups to clusters of workgroups on
the 1st June with roll-out in the following weeks.
UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities)
- The more beautiful Wikipedia that almost was - Fast
Design<http://www.fastcodesign.com/3028615/the-beautiful-wikipedia-desig…
- How can Wikipedia woo women
editors?<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26828726>
- Exclusive: Shocking Hillsborough insults added on Wikipedia from
Government
computers<http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/hillsborough-wikipedia-insults-added-government-7029881>
*Liverpool Echo* (24 April)
- Insulting revisions to Wikipedia entry on Hillsborough made from
Government
computers<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/10786380/Insulting-revisions-to-Wikipedia-entry-on-Hillsborough-made-from-Government-computers.html>
*The Telegraph* (24 April)
- Insults on Hillsborough Wikipedia page 'sent from
Whitehall'<http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/apr/24/hillsboro…
*The Guardian* (24 April)
- Hillsborough insults added to Wikipedia pages using GOVERNMENT
computers<http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hillsborough-insults-added-wikipedia-pages-3452509>
*The Mirror* (24 April)
- Online Hillsborough slurs sent from Whitehall computers: Inquiry
launched into anonymous modifications made to Wikipedia entries about
disaster<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2612614/Online-Hillsborough-slurs-sent-Whitehall-computers.html>
*Daily Mail* (24 April)
- Hillsborough Wikipedia posts: Government pledges 'urgent
inquiries'<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-27152223>
*BBC News* (25 April)
- Hillsborough slurs posts
warning<http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/hillsborough-slurs-posts-warning-30216938.html>
*Belfast Telegraph* (25 April)
- Hillsborough families express disgust following Wikipedia insult
claims<http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/apr/25/hillsborough-fami…
*The Guardian* (25 April)
- Civil servants who made 'sickening' Wikipedia edits about Hillsborough
might never be caught, says
Government<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10789065/Civil-servants-who-made-sickening-Wikipedia-edits-about-Hillsborough-might-never-be-caught-says-Government.html>
*The Telegraph* (25 April)
- Hillsborough slurs 'came from UK
officials'<http://www.herald.ie/news/hillsborough-slurs-came-from-uk-officials-30217947.html>
*The Herald* (25 April)
- Hillsborough Wikipedia posts: Government launches inquiry after
insults aimed at Liverpool fans traced to Government computers in
Whitehall<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/government-launches-inquiry-after-hillsborough-insults-traced-to-whitehall-computers-9285036.html>
*The Independent* (25 April)
- Hillsborough Disaster Slurs 'From
Whitehall'<http://news.sky.com/story/1249061/hillsborough-disaster-s…
*Sky News* (25 April)
- Hillsborough internet taunts ‘came from Whitehall
computers’<http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article4072717.ece>
*The Times* (25 April)
- Urgent probe over Hillsborough Wikipedia
insults<http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2014-04-25/urgent-probe-o…
*ITV News* (25 April)
- Full parliamentary probe into shocking Hillsborough insults added to
Wikipedia from Government
computers<http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/full-parliamentary-probe-shocking-hillsborough-7035260>
*Liverpool Echo* (25 April)
- Hillsborough slurs posts
warning<http://www.witneygazette.co.uk/uk_national_news/11171546.Hillsborough_slurs__from_Whitehall_/?ref=nt>
*Witney Gazette* (25 April)
- Hillsborough: government probes 'sickening' Wikipedia
edits<http://www.channel4.com/news/hillsborough-government-offensive-com…
*Channel 4* (25 April)
- Hillsborough Wikipedia edits ‘came from
Whitehall’<http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/hillsborough-wikipedia-edits-…
*The Scotsman* (25 April)
- Government computers 'were used to post offensive Hillsborough
messages', it is
claimed<http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/472338/Probe-launched-amid-claims-government-computers-posted-offensive-Hillsborough-messages>
*The Express* (25 April)
- 'You'll never walk again': Attack on Hillsborough victims came from
Whitehall<http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2014/04/25/you-ll-never-walk-again-attack-on-hillborough-victims-came-f>
politics.co.uk (25 April)
- Hillsborough Wikipedia Insults 'Sent from Government
Computers'<http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hillsborough-wikipedia-insults-sent-government-computers-1446010>
*International Business Times* (25 April)
- Online Hillsborough taunts linked to government
computers<http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/public-sector/3513548/onli…
(25
April)
- ‘Disgrace’ as government computers used for Hillsborough
slurs<http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/disgrace-as-government-computers-used-for-hillsborough-slurs-1-6579920>
*Yorkshire Post* (25 April)
- Government promises urgent inquiry after Echo’s Hillsborough
exclusive<http://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/2014/04/government-promises-urgent-inquiry-after-echos-hillsborough-exclusive/>
*Prolific North* (25 April)
- Whitehall investigates Wikipedia
edits<http://news.techeye.net/business/whitehall-investigates-wikipedia-…
*Tech Eye* (25 April)
- Hillsborough Disaster Wikipedia Page 'Altered By Government
Computers', Liverpool Echo
Reports<http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/04/24/hillsborough-disaster-wikipedia-page-altered-by-government-computers_n_5209854.html>
*Huffington Post UK* (25 April)
- Wikipedia editors never walk alone: Hillsborough changes can be
traced<http://theconversation.com/wikipedia-editors-never-walk-alone-hil…
*The Conversation* (25 April)
- Government trolls insult Hillsborough disaster victims via
Wikipedia<http://www.itproportal.com/2014/04/25/hillsborough-disaster-go…
*ITProPortal* (25 April)
- Cabinet office responds to Wikipedia
amendments<http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2014-04-25/cabinet-off…
*ITV News* (25 April)
- Hillsborough Wikipedia posts were 'sickening', Cabinet Office
says<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-27165844>
*BBC News* (25 April)
- Cabinet Office 'may not find culprits of sickening Hillsborough
Wikipedia
edits'<http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/cabinet-office-may-not-find-culprits-of-sickening-hillsborough-wikipedia-edits-9290171.html>
*London Evening Standard* (25 April)
- Hillsborough insults on Wikipedia 'came from government
computers'<http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/off-the-pitch/news/hillsborough-insults-from-government-computers_151692.html>
*Sports Mole* (25 April)
- Hillsborough slurs sent from Whitehall computers: Inquiry launched
into anonymous Wikipedia
modifications<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2612727/Hillsborough-slurs-sent-Whitehall-computers-Inquiry-launched-anonymous-Wikipedia-modifications.html>
*Daily Mail* (25 April)
- Finding Hillsborough 'trolls' could be
tough<http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/finding-hillsborough-trolls-could-be-tough-30219800.html>
*Irish Independent* (26 April)
- Hillsborough Wikipedia changes inquiry
'challenging'<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-27167389>
*BBC News* (26 April)
- insults 'traced back to govt
computers'<http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-04-24/hillsborough-in…
*ITV News* (26 April)
- Families: Wiki Hillsborough edits 'an absolute
insult'<http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-04-25/families-wiki-hill…
*ITV News* (26 April)
- Hillsborough families 'frightened' by Wikipedia
insults<http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-04-25/hillsborough-families-…
*ITV News* (26 April)
- Burnham vows to hold to account 'rogue civil
servant'<http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-04-26/burnham-vows-to-h…
*ITV News* (26 April)
- Hillsborough Slurs Probe: Andy Burnham's
Vow<http://www.key103.co.uk/news/uk-and-world/20140426-hillsborough-slurs-probe-andy-burnham-s-vow/>
*Key 103* (26 April)
- Probe as Whitehall computers linked to Hillsborough
slurs<http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/probe-as-whitehall-computers-linked-to-hillsborough-slurs-1-6581783>
*Yorkshire Post* (26 April)
- Businessman hits out at 'sick' Hillsborough
hacker<http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/11174248.Businessman_hits_out_at__sick__Hillsborough_hacker/>
*The Telegraph and Argus* (26 April)
- Hillsborough disaster slurs treated with ‘upmost
seriousness’<http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/hillsborough-disaster-slurs-treated-with-upmost-seriousness-1-6582090>
*The Star* (26 April)
- More questions raised on Cabinet Office and
Wikipedia<http://www.itv.com/news/story/2014-04-25/government-promises-u…
*ITV News* (26 April)
- Liverpool MP Andy Burnham vows to find 'rogue civil servant'
responsible for vile Wikipedia Hillsborough
insults<http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hillsborough-tragedy-andy-burnham-vows-3459550>
*The Mirror* (26 April)
- Burnham vows Hillsborough slur
hunt<http://www.itn.co.uk/UK/100943/burnham-vows-hillsborough-slur-hunt>
*ITN* (26 April)
- Hillsborough Slurs Probe: Andy Burnham's
Vow<http://news.sky.com/story/1249718/hillsborough-slurs-probe-andy-burn…
*Sky News* (26 April)
- Wikipedia edits performed on government computers extends beyond
Hillsborough
disaster<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/10790012/Wikipedia-edits-performed-on-government-computers-extends-beyond-Hillsborough-disaster.html>
*The Telegraph* (26 April)
- Government seeks culprits behind 'sickening' Wiki
edits<http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-04-25/government-seeks-culprit…
*ITV News* (26 April)
- Hillsborough Wikipedia investigation
'challenging'<http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-04-26/hillsborough-wikipedia-investigation-challenging/>
*ITV News* (26 April)
- Wikipedia edits linked to
Whitehall<http://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2014/04/26/burnham-…
*Express and Star* (26 April)
- Wikipedia slurs linked to Government
computers<http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article4073912.ece>
*The Times* (26 April)
- Government Wikipedia edit scandal grows beyond Hillsborough as more
changes
emerge<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/government-wikipedia-edit-scandal-grows-beyond-hillsborough-as-more-changes-emerge-9291988.html>
*The Independent* (26 April)
- The 96 reasons the jokes about Hillsborough are wearing
thin<http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-96-reasons-the-jokes-about-hillsborough-are-wearing-thin-9292310.html>
*The Independent* (27 April)
- Offensive Wikipedia edits made in
Whitehall<http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/offensive-wikiped…
*Herald Scotland* (27 April)
Blog posts this month
- 2 April - Wikimedia UK is now a member of the Fundraising Standards
Board<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/04/wikimedia-uk-is-now-a-member-of-the-fundraising-standards-board/>
- 4 April - Wikimania – Submission deadline expires with a blaze of
proposals<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/04/wikimania-submission-deadline-expires-with-a-blaze-of-proposals/>
- 8 April - Improving Wikipedia coverage of women
artists<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/04/improving-wikipedia-coverage-of-women-artists/>
- 14 April - Conference
scholarships<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/04/conference-scholarships/>
- 14 April - Thoughts on the Wikimedia
Conference<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/04/thoughts-on-the-wikimedia-conference/>
- 15 April - A report from the EduWiki Conference in
Serbia<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/04/a-report-from-the-eduwiki-conference-in-serbia/>
- 23 April - World Book and Copyright Day: Why copyright laws in Europe
need
revising<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/04/world-book-and-copyright-day-why-copyright-laws-in-europe-need-revising/>
- 30 April - Responding to recent news about vandalism to
Wikipedia<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/04/responding-to-recent-news-about-vandalism-to-wikipedia/>
Activities in April and MayApril
For events in April 2014 and onwards, please see
Events<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events>
.
Administrative activitiesBoard activities
Preparation began on the Q1 accounts, covering 1 February to 30 April, for
approval by the Audit and Risk Committee in May.
Communications
The chapter was approached by both Sky News and ITN this month with a view
to finding someone to speak about Wikimedia and Wikipedia in relation to
the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web. Unfortunately to the story of
the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, the segment was bumped both times. The
approaches show that we are making progress in terms of recognition and
awareness.
Another significant area of work this month was responding to the story
about vandalism to the Hillsborough Wikipedia article. This made national
news across the spectrum and Wikimedia UK was called upoon for comment. At
one point we had one volunteer speaking on Radio 4 and another on Radio 5
at the same time. The BBC in particular offered a favourable quote from
Wikimedia UK and the story leaned towards praising the practices of
Wikipedia and its volunteers as actually working well.
Please see the above links to relevant press coverage received in April and
blog posts published during the same period.
If you're interested in getting more involved with our communications or
have any questions or comments, please email Stevie Benton –
stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk
Fundraising and MembershipFundraising
This month, we received £153 in one-off donations, with 6 individual
donations. The average donation amount was £22.50 - of the donations that
were eligible for gift aid, 83% had Gift Aid Declarations made and matched
with their records. If anyone would like a full (but anonymised) csv file
with more information, please get in touch with
katherine.bavageatwikimedia.org.uk and let her know your requirements.
There were 4386 successful direct debits this month, bringing in a total of
£17403.92
Membership
You can view more detailed membership data
here<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Membership/Numbers>
Visitors to the office this month
We received 55 visitors to the office this month, including for a meeting
of the Tech Committee and some international visitors passing through on
their way to the Berlin Wikimedia Conference.
--
Stevie Benton
Head of External Relations
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
@StevieBenton
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and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street,
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global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the
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*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal
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