Hello everyone,
Please see below fir Wikimedia UK's March activity report. April's will be
coming soon. You can also view the report on wiki at
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2014/March
Thank you,
Stevie
Program
activities[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=1>
]Community[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=2>
]
GLAM
activities[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=4>
]Editathons[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=5>
]
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Jonathan Cardy assisting at the Royal Society event on the 26th March
March was a diverse month both in the focus on diversity or international
Women's day and in geographic diversity, with events in York, Dundee and
the Midlands as well as London, a very high proportion of UK Wikimedians
will have had an event within a couple of hours travel.
Police[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=6>
]
Andy Mabbett led an event at the West Midlands Police
Museum<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/WM_Police_Museum>um>,
gaining access for Wikipedians to a museum that is usually only open to
researchers by appointment. A number of articles were improved, and, thanks
to the curators kindly removing glass fronts from display cases, many great
pictures were taken (some still awaiting transfer from Flickr). This was
probably the first UK editathon to be visited by an armed response vehicle,
whose crew kindly posed for pictures, and displayed some of their
specialist equipment, on the proviso that their faces were not shown!
Diversity[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=7>
]
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Petrie_editathon_cropped.jpg>
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Petrie_editathon_cropped.jpg>
w:User:Fae <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fae> and the other attendees
at the Petrie museum of archaeology
Wikimedia UK supported international Women's day with support for two
events. One at Goldsmiths is covered in the Education and Expert outreach
section and a GLAM one on female archaeologists at the Petrie Museum. The event
at the Petrie
Museum<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Women_Archaeologists_editing_event_at_the_Petrie_Museum>
was
sufficiently successful that we are planning a fringe event for just after
Wikimania.
Scotland[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=8>
]
March saw the first event in
Dundee<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Scottish_Women_in_Contemporary_Art_Wikifest_and_Editathon,_Dundee_2014>,
an editathon focused on female Scottish artists.
York[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=9>
]
Pat Hadley, the Wikimedian in Residence at the Yorkshire Museums trust,
hosted an editathon in
York<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/YMT/Luminaries-editath…
.
Royal Society of
Chemistry[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=10>
]
On 28 March, a number of volunteers delivered an all-day training
session<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Chemistry_2014_Event>
in
the library of the Royal Society of
Chemistry's<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Chemistry…
impressive
London headquarters, Burlington House, on Piccadilly. The audience included
RSC staff, fellows and guests, including academics and journal editors.
Wikimania London 2014
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]
Submissions closed for this year's Wikimania with 64 in the GLAM and Free
Culture
track<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:GLAM_%26_Free_Cu…ns>.
The programme committee is currently assessing them and the hundreds of
other submissions, one of their criteria for choosing what goes in the
programme is the level of interest, so please look through the submissions
and sign up for the ones you would most like to see.
Image
Releases[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=12>
]
Negotiations were taking place with several organisations for some large
content releases, and Fae is working to setup a mass upload of the 100,000
Welcome trust images.
Education and expert
outreach[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=13>
]Education activities
*Please see respective links for each of these activities for futher
details.*
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:WIKI_Symposium_Stirling_Image1.jpg>
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:WIKI_Symposium_Stirling_Image1.jpg>
Dr Greg Sing with Dr Padmina Ray Murray at *What I Know Is*
- As part of International Women's Day celebrations, on 8 March 2014 we
supported the Women's Arts Practices editing event at Women's Art
Library,
Goldsmiths<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Women%27s_Arts_Practices_editing_event_at_Women%27s_Art_Library,_Goldsmiths>
.
- On 19 March, a Wiki-Themed Symposium was held at Stirling University -
entitled What I Know Is <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/What_I_Know_Is> -
with the participation of several academics and guest speakers involved in
Open Knowledge, Open Education and Open Publishing.
- A second TaPRA Wikipedia
Workshop<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/TaPRA_Wikipedia_Workshop_March_2014>
was
held at the University of Glasgow on Thursday 20 March.
- Marc Haynes starts as our Wikipedian in Residence at the federal Welsh
university of Wales: *Coleg Cymraeg*; he is the only 2nd Wikipedian in
Residence at an university, worldwide.
WMRS EduWiki Conference 2014 in Serbia
Volunteer Brian Kelly attended WMRS EduWiki Conference 2014 in
Serbia<http://edu.wikimedia.rs/index.php?title=EduWiki_Conference_2014>
through
support from WMUK. He has posted the following blog posts about this
experience:
preparation<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/02/preparing-for-the-wikimedia-serbia-eduwiki-conference/>
+
report<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/04/a-report-from-the-eduwiki-conference-in-serbia/>
.
Wiki Education
Cooperative[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=14>
]
In early March, Dr Toni Sant attended the Wiki Education Cooperative
meeting in Prague. At this meeting, the WMUK joined other Wikimedia
education programs (including Israel, Nepal, Czech Republic, Mexico,
Ukraine, United State, Canada, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Serbia) and
the Wikimedia Foundation’s Global Education Program team to determine a
plan moving forward for sharing best practices and fostering collaboration
among educational efforts on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia project.
Outcomes of the Prague meeting include:
- Cooperative members will spend the next several months in small teams
that target the initial goals agreed upon by the whole group. From now
through Wikimania 2014, Toni will be a part of the Resources Team, which
initially aims to consolidate existing resources so that everyone can find
everything in one (very visible and easy-to-find) place. This is an
important step in aligning our Education activities to the successful
approaches on the global education program and similar efforts in other
parts of the world.
- The team at the Wikimedia Foundation will help the group redesign an
online portal that is more cohesive and accessible than the varied portals
have been in the past.
- The cooperative will network at Wikimania 2014 with other stakeholders
to expand its reach and to welcome new members into the community.
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Education_Coop_kick-off_meeting_in_Prague_87.jpg>
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Education_Coop_kick-off_meeting_in_Prague_87.jpg>
Wiki Education Cooperative kick-off event delegates in Prague
For more about the kick-off meeting in Prague see this Education newsletter
post<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Portal/Newsletter/Mar…
.
The cooperative is technically still in formation and is presently only
operating under a working name. Aims, goals, scope and other essential
elements for any such grouping are still to be codified, but co-op members
are already formulating these ahead of a potential official launch at
Wikimania 2014.
EduWiki Conference
2014[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=15>
]
Preliminary planning for EduWiki 2014 was stepped up during this
month. See plans
for EduWiki 2014<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2014/Planning>
.
Wikimedia Ambassador at
Jisc[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=16>
]
Dr Martin Poulter continues as Wikimedia Ambassador with Jisc. See his
report on the most recent Education
Newsletter<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/Apri…
.
Future of Education at Wikimania
2014[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=17>
]
Preliminary planning for a fringe/hack event ahead of Wikimania (21-22
June) continued during this month. Details
here<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fringe/Future_of_Education…
.
Other
activities[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=19>
]
Project
grants[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=20>
]
The proposal<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Project_grants/Hotels_and_cinema>
for
a number of books to be purchased to improve articles on the English
Wikipedia related to hotels and cinema, along with a request to improve
articles associated with the Channel Tunnels 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>
.
UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects &
activities)[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=21>
]
The Economist - WikiPeaks? The popular encyclopedia must work out what is
next<http://www.economist.com/news/international/21597959-popular-online…
Blog posts this
month[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=22>
]
- 7 March - Ten ways educators can use
Wikipedia<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/03/ten-ways-educators-can-use-wikipedia/>
- 10 March - Announcing Wikimedia UK’s new five year
strategy<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/03/announcing-wikimedia-uks-new-five-year-strategy/>
- 12 March - On a Bill of Rights for the world wide
web<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/03/on-a-bill-of-rights-for-the-world-wide-web/>
- 13 March - IPv6 enabled on Wikimedia UK’s
websites<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/03/ipv6-enabled-on-wikimedia-uks-websites/>
- 17 March - Wikipedia and the Digital
Enlightenment<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/03/wikipedia-and-the-digital-enlightenment/>
- 20 March - Reflections on two years in
post<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/03/reflections-on-two-years-in-post-2/>
- 21 March - Wikimania – ten days to submit your session
proposal<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/03/wikimania-ten-days-to-submit-your-session-proposal/>
- 25 March - What I know
is...<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/03/what-i-know-is/>
- 28 March - Publishing scholarly papers with, and on,
Wikipedia<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Publishing_scholarly_papers_with,_and_on,_Wikipedia&action=edit&redlink=1>
- 31 March - The unusual
suspects...<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/03/the-unusual-suspects/>
Activities in February and
March[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=23>
]February[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=24>
]
- *01* - TaPRA Wikipedia
Workshop<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/TaPRA_Wikipedia_Workshop_February_2014>
-
London
- *01* - Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon, Middlesex
University<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:Meetup/London/ArtA…
- *01* - Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon,
Dundee<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism_…
- *01–02* - Training the Trainers/February 2014
event<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Training_the_Trainers/February_2014_event>
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Cardiff
- *04* - Tech Com
meeting<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings#2014>
- *05* - UEA Wikipedia Workshop for PhD
Students<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/UEA_Wikipedia_Workshop_February_2014>
-
Norwich
- *09* - London meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/78>
- *14* - Wikipedia and Archaeology or: How I learned to stop worrying
and love the free
Encyclopedia<http://www2.le.ac.uk/colleges/artshumlaw/almanac0809>
- *15* - Cambridge
meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/21>
- *16* - Oxford meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Oxford/13>
- *17–20* - Wikipedia Takes
UCL<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikipedia_Takes_UCL> -
London
- *20* - Cornwall GLAMs
workshop<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Cornwall_GLAMs_workshop> -
hosted by the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth.
Contact:Fæ<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Special:EmailUser/F%C3%A6>
- *23* - Liverpool meetup and museum
visit<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Liverpool/10>
- *25* - WWI editathon with students at University of Hull in
Scarborough<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/University_of_Hull_at_Scarborough_2014>
- *25* - Education Committee meeting 25 February
2014<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Education_Committee/Education_Committee_meeting_25_February_2014>
- *26* - Wellcome Library
editathon<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wellcome_Library_editathon>
- *27–28* - Ally
Crockford<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ACrockford>
at The EDGE Conference <http://edgeconference.co.uk/> - Edinburgh
- *27* - Magnus Manske speaking about Wikidata to Cambridge University
Wikipedia Society, all are
welcome<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:Cambridge_University_…
For events in April 2014 and onwards, please see
Events<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events>
.
Communications[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=27>
]
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.
Please see the above links to relevant press coverage received in January
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
Membership[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=28>
]Fundraising
This month, we received £588 in one-off donations, with 20 individual
donations. The average donation amount was £29.40 - of the donations that
were eligible for gift aid, 65% 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 4878 successful direct debits this month, bringing in a total of
£20337.17
Membership
You can view more detailed membership data
here<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Membership/Numbers>
The Chapter's donor newsletter was distributed at the beginning of March by
the WMF to all UK donors on their contact database. This saw a high number
of new sign-ups. All new members were accepted and welcomed swiftly. It is
to be hoped future such sign ups will be repeated to broaden the Chapters'
membership base.
Visitors to the office this
month[edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2014/March&action=edit§ion=29>
]
The office received 46 visitors this month.
--
Stevie Benton
Head of External Relations
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
@StevieBenton
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England
and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street,
London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a
global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the
Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal
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