I suggest some thought is given to providing WMUK volunteers who are likely to attend press calls and related events with something to identify them in a crowd; this could include microphone windshields, tabards, baseball caps, or perhaps something else.
I strongly suggest that the primary brand used should be Wikipedia, with Wikimedia and WMUK (or WikiNews or whatever) beings secondary, as it is the former which the lay public recognise most readily; and which elicits the positive response referred to above.
Strong agree!
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On 15 May 2014 12:34, Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
Reading about the making of videos at Eurovison:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/10/no-interviews-except-wikipedia-documen...
I was stuck by the positive response to the "Wikiepdia representative", not least engendered by his use of a branded microphone windshield (see third picture in the above post) [*].
Similarly, my local branch of OpenStreetMap issues mappers with branded high-viz vests; these often reassure the public (or at least facilitate the opening of a discussion), when someone is walking down their road noting house numbers and other features.
On a related note, are we ever going to get the promised business cards?
[*] That windshied is far too big for use on the Zoom H1 which I use for the voice project, but something smaller would be useful.
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