Dear John,
I'd be happy to see the chapter bring back these sort of events. Thinking of a few lessons from when we last did them, coffee, soft drinks and some sort of snacks are important - remember that many attendees will be coming straight from work. We also used to designate a pub for the end of the evening.
You need to allow for a variable start time, some people will be working nearby, others may finish later and be an hour away - starting off with something informal such as a wiki surgery would give time for more people to get there. You don't want to give some people an hour to kill after work or exclude others because they can't slope off work early.
Don't try to get 12 topics fixed before you start, topics will emerge as you talk to the attendees and potential attendees. But the ones we discussed at the London Meetup, FA writing, AWB workshop etc would give a good diverse start. Geni's talk on "photography in museums" is one I would happily hear again.
Last Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday would give some distance from the existing London meetup on the second Sunday, and in the months with 5 weeks give you an advantage when you are competing against events that use the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th week of the month.
Jonathan
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:14:25 +0100
From: John Lubbock john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: <CAHEadKnNv= cyvS_S8CCfPqw8DJrQ+LnQYZTDe1MnaS1-iPmJiw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone?
Message: 4 Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:52:15 +0530 From: Tito Dutta trulytito@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: < CAEdAQ_hn39iA6Mvs3TN3WiwJYbAmcN0FEQDoZkWezmA5pU+-EQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Excellent idea. There was an idea to start something similar "what have you learnt recently/Share your exciting new learning (of course Wiki-related)".
Thanks Tito Dutta Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind me over email or phone call.
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 16:45, John Lubbock john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup
yesterday,
I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work
at
the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month
programme
with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to
have
a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Message: 5 Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:36:17 +0200 From: "Peter Southwood" peter.southwood@telkomsa.net To: "'Wikimedia Mailing List'" wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: 001601d4647b$4c0c5a60$e4250f20$@telkomsa.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
I like the idea. Once you have worked out how to do it efficiently, maybe the WMF can send out trainers to places where the skills are thin on the ground. Cheers, Peter
-----Original Message----- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of John Lubbock Sent: 15 October 2018 13:14 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Thanks Jonathan.
Should we then say that we will do the first workshop on FA writing in November? November has 5 weeks, so perhaps we should do it in the fourth week of the month? What about Tuesday 20th? Or Wednesday 21st?
We couldn't do one in December if we are doing it in the last week of the month, so should we skip December and do the one after in January?
I would appreciate some more feedback from people about whether they would turn up, and what subjects they would like to see covered.
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ.
Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk.
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 control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 14:20, WereSpielChequers werespielchequers@gmail.com wrote:
Dear John,
I'd be happy to see the chapter bring back these sort of events. Thinking of a few lessons from when we last did them, coffee, soft drinks and some sort of snacks are important - remember that many attendees will be coming straight from work. We also used to designate a pub for the end of the evening.
You need to allow for a variable start time, some people will be working nearby, others may finish later and be an hour away - starting off with something informal such as a wiki surgery would give time for more people to get there. You don't want to give some people an hour to kill after work or exclude others because they can't slope off work early.
Don't try to get 12 topics fixed before you start, topics will emerge as you talk to the attendees and potential attendees. But the ones we discussed at the London Meetup, FA writing, AWB workshop etc would give a good diverse start. Geni's talk on "photography in museums" is one I would happily hear again.
Last Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday would give some distance from the existing London meetup on the second Sunday, and in the months with 5 weeks give you an advantage when you are competing against events that use the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th week of the month.
Jonathan
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:14:25 +0100
From: John Lubbock john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: <CAHEadKnNv= cyvS_S8CCfPqw8DJrQ+LnQYZTDe1MnaS1-iPmJiw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone?
Message: 4 Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:52:15 +0530 From: Tito Dutta trulytito@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: < CAEdAQ_hn39iA6Mvs3TN3WiwJYbAmcN0FEQDoZkWezmA5pU+-EQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Excellent idea. There was an idea to start something similar "what have you learnt recently/Share your exciting new learning (of course Wiki-related)".
Thanks Tito Dutta Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind me over email or phone call.
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 16:45, John Lubbock <john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk
wrote:
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup
yesterday,
I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work
at
the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month
programme
with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to
have
a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal
to
the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Message: 5 Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:36:17 +0200 From: "Peter Southwood" peter.southwood@telkomsa.net To: "'Wikimedia Mailing List'" wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: 001601d4647b$4c0c5a60$e4250f20$@telkomsa.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
I like the idea. Once you have worked out how to do it efficiently, maybe the WMF can send out trainers to places where the skills are thin on the ground. Cheers, Peter
-----Original Message----- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of John Lubbock Sent: 15 October 2018 13:14 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Hey John (and everyone else),
I'd love to see WikiProject AIDS get a bit more love.
I've been putting together a to-do list with source suggestions. Fancy a chat over coffee sometime to see what and when might be good?
Or is that a bit too much editathon shaped for what you're looking for?
Owen
On Tue, 16 Oct 2018, 09:37 John Lubbock, john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Thanks Jonathan.
Should we then say that we will do the first workshop on FA writing in November? November has 5 weeks, so perhaps we should do it in the fourth week of the month? What about Tuesday 20th? Or Wednesday 21st?
We couldn't do one in December if we are doing it in the last week of the month, so should we skip December and do the one after in January?
I would appreciate some more feedback from people about whether they would turn up, and what subjects they would like to see covered.
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ.
Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk.
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 control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 14:20, WereSpielChequers < werespielchequers@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear John,
I'd be happy to see the chapter bring back these sort of events. Thinking of a few lessons from when we last did them, coffee, soft drinks and some sort of snacks are important - remember that many attendees will be coming straight from work. We also used to designate a pub for the end of the evening.
You need to allow for a variable start time, some people will be working nearby, others may finish later and be an hour away - starting off with something informal such as a wiki surgery would give time for more people to get there. You don't want to give some people an hour to kill after work or exclude others because they can't slope off work early.
Don't try to get 12 topics fixed before you start, topics will emerge as you talk to the attendees and potential attendees. But the ones we discussed at the London Meetup, FA writing, AWB workshop etc would give a good diverse start. Geni's talk on "photography in museums" is one I would happily hear again.
Last Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday would give some distance from the existing London meetup on the second Sunday, and in the months with 5 weeks give you an advantage when you are competing against events that use the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th week of the month.
Jonathan
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:14:25 +0100
From: John Lubbock john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: <CAHEadKnNv= cyvS_S8CCfPqw8DJrQ+LnQYZTDe1MnaS1-iPmJiw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone?
Message: 4 Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:52:15 +0530 From: Tito Dutta trulytito@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: < CAEdAQ_hn39iA6Mvs3TN3WiwJYbAmcN0FEQDoZkWezmA5pU+-EQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Excellent idea. There was an idea to start something similar "what have you learnt recently/Share your exciting new learning (of course Wiki-related)".
Thanks Tito Dutta Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind me over email or phone call.
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 16:45, John Lubbock < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup
yesterday,
I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after
work at
the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month
programme
with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to
have
a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal
to
the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Message: 5 Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:36:17 +0200 From: "Peter Southwood" peter.southwood@telkomsa.net To: "'Wikimedia Mailing List'" wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: 001601d4647b$4c0c5a60$e4250f20$@telkomsa.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
I like the idea. Once you have worked out how to do it efficiently, maybe the WMF can send out trainers to places where the skills are thin on the ground. Cheers, Peter
-----Original Message----- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of John Lubbock Sent: 15 October 2018 13:14 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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What would be the skill to be shared around the community with that? There's lots of WikiProjects I'd like to do editathons about. I wonder if WikiProject AIDS would be something where we could get a partner organisation to help us improve pages in a separate editathon?
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ.
Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk.
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 control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 10:57, Owen Blacker owen@blacker.me.uk wrote:
Hey John (and everyone else),
I'd love to see WikiProject AIDS get a bit more love.
I've been putting together a to-do list with source suggestions. Fancy a chat over coffee sometime to see what and when might be good?
Or is that a bit too much editathon shaped for what you're looking for?
Owen
On Tue, 16 Oct 2018, 09:37 John Lubbock, john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Thanks Jonathan.
Should we then say that we will do the first workshop on FA writing in November? November has 5 weeks, so perhaps we should do it in the fourth week of the month? What about Tuesday 20th? Or Wednesday 21st?
We couldn't do one in December if we are doing it in the last week of the month, so should we skip December and do the one after in January?
I would appreciate some more feedback from people about whether they would turn up, and what subjects they would like to see covered.
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ.
Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk.
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 control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 14:20, WereSpielChequers < werespielchequers@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear John,
I'd be happy to see the chapter bring back these sort of events. Thinking of a few lessons from when we last did them, coffee, soft drinks and some sort of snacks are important - remember that many attendees will be coming straight from work. We also used to designate a pub for the end of the evening.
You need to allow for a variable start time, some people will be working nearby, others may finish later and be an hour away - starting off with something informal such as a wiki surgery would give time for more people to get there. You don't want to give some people an hour to kill after work or exclude others because they can't slope off work early.
Don't try to get 12 topics fixed before you start, topics will emerge as you talk to the attendees and potential attendees. But the ones we discussed at the London Meetup, FA writing, AWB workshop etc would give a good diverse start. Geni's talk on "photography in museums" is one I would happily hear again.
Last Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday would give some distance from the existing London meetup on the second Sunday, and in the months with 5 weeks give you an advantage when you are competing against events that use the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th week of the month.
Jonathan
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:14:25 +0100
From: John Lubbock john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: <CAHEadKnNv= cyvS_S8CCfPqw8DJrQ+LnQYZTDe1MnaS1-iPmJiw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone?
Message: 4 Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:52:15 +0530 From: Tito Dutta trulytito@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: < CAEdAQ_hn39iA6Mvs3TN3WiwJYbAmcN0FEQDoZkWezmA5pU+-EQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Excellent idea. There was an idea to start something similar "what have you learnt recently/Share your exciting new learning (of course Wiki-related)".
Thanks Tito Dutta Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind me over email or phone call.
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 16:45, John Lubbock < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup
yesterday,
I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after
work at
the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month
programme
with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured
article
status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good
to have
a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad
appeal to
the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of
the
month. How does that sound to everyone? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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I like the idea. Once you have worked out how to do it efficiently, maybe the WMF can send out trainers to places where the skills are thin on the ground. Cheers, Peter
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Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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Yeah, I think you're right.
And this is the second year that I've not got round to asking the Wellcome people if they fancy a World AIDS Day editathon (it's 1 December each year).
How about we chat about setting *that* up over coffee sometime :)
On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 12:49 John Lubbock john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
What would be the skill to be shared around the community with that? There's lots of WikiProjects I'd like to do editathons about. I wonder if WikiProject AIDS would be something where we could get a partner organisation to help us improve pages in a separate editathon?
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 10:57, Owen Blacker owen@blacker.me.uk wrote:
Hey John (and everyone else),
I'd love to see WikiProject AIDS get a bit more love.
I've been putting together a to-do list with source suggestions. Fancy a chat over coffee sometime to see what and when might be good?
Or is that a bit too much editathon shaped for what you're looking for?
Owen
On Tue, 16 Oct 2018, 09:37 John Lubbock, john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Thanks Jonathan.
Should we then say that we will do the first workshop on FA writing in November? November has 5 weeks, so perhaps we should do it in the fourth week of the month? What about Tuesday 20th? Or Wednesday 21st?
We couldn't do one in December if we are doing it in the last week of the month, so should we skip December and do the one after in January?
I would appreciate some more feedback from people about whether they would turn up, and what subjects they would like to see covered.
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767 <+44%2020%203372%200767>
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On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 14:20, WereSpielChequers < werespielchequers@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear John,
I'd be happy to see the chapter bring back these sort of events. Thinking of a few lessons from when we last did them, coffee, soft drinks and some sort of snacks are important - remember that many attendees will be coming straight from work. We also used to designate a pub for the end of the evening.
You need to allow for a variable start time, some people will be working nearby, others may finish later and be an hour away - starting off with something informal such as a wiki surgery would give time for more people to get there. You don't want to give some people an hour to kill after work or exclude others because they can't slope off work early.
Don't try to get 12 topics fixed before you start, topics will emerge as you talk to the attendees and potential attendees. But the ones we discussed at the London Meetup, FA writing, AWB workshop etc would give a good diverse start. Geni's talk on "photography in museums" is one I would happily hear again.
Last Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday would give some distance from the existing London meetup on the second Sunday, and in the months with 5 weeks give you an advantage when you are competing against events that use the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th week of the month.
Jonathan
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:14:25 +0100
From: John Lubbock john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: <CAHEadKnNv= cyvS_S8CCfPqw8DJrQ+LnQYZTDe1MnaS1-iPmJiw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone?
Message: 4 Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:52:15 +0530 From: Tito Dutta trulytito@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: < CAEdAQ_hn39iA6Mvs3TN3WiwJYbAmcN0FEQDoZkWezmA5pU+-EQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Excellent idea. There was an idea to start something similar "what have you learnt recently/Share your exciting new learning (of course Wiki-related)".
Thanks Tito Dutta Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind me over email or phone call.
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 16:45, John Lubbock < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup
yesterday,
I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after
work at
the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month
programme
with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured
article
status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good
to have
a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad
appeal to
the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of
the
month. How does that sound to everyone? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:
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I like the idea. Once you have worked out how to do it efficiently, maybe the WMF can send out trainers to places where the skills are thin on the ground. Cheers, Peter
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Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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That would be really good.
On 25 October 2018 at 12:57 Owen Blacker owen@blacker.me.uk wrote:
Yeah, I think you're right. And this is the second year that I've not got round to asking the Wellcome people if they fancy a World AIDS Day editathon (it's 1 December each year). How about we chat about setting that up over coffee sometime :) On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 12:49 John Lubbock < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk mailto:john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk > wrote: > > What would be the skill to be shared around the community with that? There's lots of WikiProjects I'd like to do editathons about. I wonder if WikiProject AIDS would be something where we could get a partner organisation to help us improve pages in a separate editathon?John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk . 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 control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 10:57, Owen Blacker < owen@blacker.me.uk mailto:owen@blacker.me.uk > wrote: > > > Hey John (and everyone else),I'd love to see WikiProject AIDS get a bit more love. I've been putting together a to-do list with source suggestions. Fancy a chat over coffee sometime to see what and when might be good? Or is that a bit too much editathon shaped for what you're looking for? Owen On Tue, 16 Oct 2018, 09:37 John Lubbock, < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk mailto:john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk > wrote: > > > > Thanks Jonathan.Should we then say that we will do the first workshop on FA writing in November? November has 5 weeks, so perhaps we should do it in the fourth week of the month? What about Tuesday 20th? Or Wednesday 21st? We couldn't do one in December if we are doing it in the last week of the month, so should we skip December and do the one after in January? I would appreciate some more feedback from people about whether they would turn up, and what subjects they would like to see covered. John Lubbock Communications Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0767 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk . 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 control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 14:20, WereSpielChequers < werespielchequers@gmail.com mailto:werespielchequers@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > >Dear John, I'd be happy to see the chapter bring back these sort of events. Thinking of a few lessons from when we last did them, coffee, soft drinks and some sort of snacks are important - remember that many attendees will be coming straight from work. We also used to designate a pub for the end of the evening. You need to allow for a variable start time, some people will be working nearby, others may finish later and be an hour away - starting off with something informal such as a wiki surgery would give time for more people to get there. You don't want to give some people an hour to kill after work or exclude others because they can't slope off work early. Don't try to get 12 topics fixed before you start, topics will emerge as you talk to the attendees and potential attendees. But the ones we discussed at the London Meetup, FA writing, AWB workshop etc would give a good diverse start. Geni's talk on "photography in museums" is one I would happily hear again. Last Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday would give some distance from the existing London meetup on the second Sunday, and in the months with 5 weeks give you an advantage when you are competing against events that use the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th week of the month. Jonathan > > > > > > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:14:25 +0100From: John Lubbock < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk mailto:john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk > To: Wikimedia Mailing List < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: <CAHEadKnNv= cyvS_S8CCfPqw8DJrQ+LnQYZTDe1MnaS1-iPmJiw@mail.gmail.com mailto:cyvS_S8CCfPqw8DJrQ%2BLnQYZTDe1MnaS1-iPmJiw@mail.gmail.com > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps. Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members. I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone? ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:52:15 +0530 From: Tito Dutta < trulytito@gmail.com mailto:trulytito@gmail.com > To: Wikimedia Mailing List < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: < CAEdAQ_hn39iA6Mvs3TN3WiwJYbAmcN0FEQDoZkWezmA5pU+-EQ@mail.gmail.com mailto:CAEdAQ_hn39iA6Mvs3TN3WiwJYbAmcN0FEQDoZkWezmA5pU%2B-EQ@mail.gmail.com > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Excellent idea. There was an idea to start something similar "what have you learnt recently/Share your exciting new learning (of course Wiki-related)". Thanks Tito Dutta Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind me over email or phone call. On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 16:45, John Lubbock < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk mailto:john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk > wrote: > Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, > I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at > the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme > with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article > status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography > perhaps. > > Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have > a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to > the community and chapter members. > > I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the > month. How does that sound to everyone? > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto: wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org ?subject=unsubscribe> ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:36:17 +0200 From: "Peter Southwood" < peter.southwood@telkomsa.net mailto:peter.southwood@telkomsa.net > To: "'Wikimedia Mailing List'" < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: <001601d4647b$4c0c5a60$e4250f20$@http://telkomsa.net > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I like the idea. Once you have worked out how to do it efficiently, maybe the WMF can send out trainers to places where the skills are thin on the ground. Cheers, Peter -----Original Message----- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto: wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org ] On Behalf Of John Lubbock Sent: 15 October 2018 13:14 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps. Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members. I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. 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Ok, y'all have formal permission to bully and guilt me into actually making sure I (help) arrange it for WAD 2019 😊
I'll chat with Lane and see if we can make it multinational too 😉
(I only wish my Welsh were up to doing it bilingually. I am absolutely not yet that fluent.)
On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 12:58 Robin Owain info@cymruwales.com wrote:
That would be really good.
On 25 October 2018 at 12:57 Owen Blacker owen@blacker.me.uk wrote:
Yeah, I think you're right.
And this is the second year that I've not got round to asking the Wellcome people if they fancy a World AIDS Day editathon (it's 1 December each year).
How about we chat about setting *that* up over coffee sometime :)
On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 12:49 John Lubbock < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
What would be the skill to be shared around the community with that? There's lots of WikiProjects I'd like to do editathons about. I wonder if WikiProject AIDS would be something where we could get a partner organisation to help us improve pages in a separate editathon?
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 10:57, Owen Blacker < owen@blacker.me.uk> wrote:
Hey John (and everyone else),
I'd love to see WikiProject AIDS get a bit more love.
I've been putting together a to-do list with source suggestions. Fancy a chat over coffee sometime to see what and when might be good?
Or is that a bit too much editathon shaped for what you're looking for?
Owen
On Tue, 16 Oct 2018, 09:37 John Lubbock, < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Thanks Jonathan.
Should we then say that we will do the first workshop on FA writing in November? November has 5 weeks, so perhaps we should do it in the fourth week of the month? What about Tuesday 20th? Or Wednesday 21st?
We couldn't do one in December if we are doing it in the last week of the month, so should we skip December and do the one after in January?
I would appreciate some more feedback from people about whether they would turn up, and what subjects they would like to see covered.
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g .
Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk.
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 control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 14:20, WereSpielChequers < werespielchequers@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear John,
I'd be happy to see the chapter bring back these sort of events. Thinking of a few lessons from when we last did them, coffee, soft drinks and some sort of snacks are important - remember that many attendees will be coming straight from work. We also used to designate a pub for the end of the evening.
You need to allow for a variable start time, some people will be working nearby, others may finish later and be an hour away - starting off with something informal such as a wiki surgery would give time for more people to get there. You don't want to give some people an hour to kill after work or exclude others because they can't slope off work early.
Don't try to get 12 topics fixed before you start, topics will emerge as you talk to the attendees and potential attendees. But the ones we discussed at the London Meetup, FA writing, AWB workshop etc would give a good diverse start. Geni's talk on "photography in museums" is one I would happily hear again.
Last Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday would give some distance from the existing London meetup on the second Sunday, and in the months with 5 weeks give you an advantage when you are competing against events that use the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th week of the month.
Jonathan
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:14:25 +0100 From: John Lubbock < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk> To: Wikimedia Mailing List < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: <CAHEadKnNv= cyvS_S8CCfPqw8DJrQ+LnQYZTDe1MnaS1-iPmJiw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone?
Message: 4 Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:52:15 +0530 From: Tito Dutta < trulytito@gmail.com> To: Wikimedia Mailing List < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: < CAEdAQ_hn39iA6Mvs3TN3WiwJYbAmcN0FEQDoZkWezmA5pU+-EQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Excellent idea. There was an idea to start something similar "what have you learnt recently/Share your exciting new learning (of course Wiki-related)".
Thanks Tito Dutta Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind me over email or phone call.
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 16:45, John Lubbock < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup
yesterday,
I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work
at
the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month
programme
with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to
have
a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal
to
the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto: wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Message: 5 Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:36:17 +0200 From: "Peter Southwood" < peter.southwood@telkomsa.net> To: "'Wikimedia Mailing List'" < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: <001601d4647b$4c0c5a60$e4250f20$@ telkomsa.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
I like the idea. Once you have worked out how to do it efficiently, maybe the WMF can send out trainers to places where the skills are thin on the ground. Cheers, Peter
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Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto: wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
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Hi Owen, maybe you want to talk to Alice White at the Wellcome Library about that? I'm happy to chat to you over coffee any time though.
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 13:03, Owen Blacker owen@blacker.me.uk wrote:
Ok, y'all have formal permission to bully and guilt me into actually making sure I (help) arrange it for WAD 2019 😊
I'll chat with Lane and see if we can make it multinational too 😉
(I only wish my Welsh were up to doing it bilingually. I am absolutely not yet that fluent.)
On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 12:58 Robin Owain info@cymruwales.com wrote:
That would be really good.
On 25 October 2018 at 12:57 Owen Blacker owen@blacker.me.uk wrote:
Yeah, I think you're right.
And this is the second year that I've not got round to asking the Wellcome people if they fancy a World AIDS Day editathon (it's 1 December each year).
How about we chat about setting *that* up over coffee sometime :)
On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 12:49 John Lubbock < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
What would be the skill to be shared around the community with that? There's lots of WikiProjects I'd like to do editathons about. I wonder if WikiProject AIDS would be something where we could get a partner organisation to help us improve pages in a separate editathon?
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g .
Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk.
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 control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 10:57, Owen Blacker < owen@blacker.me.uk> wrote:
Hey John (and everyone else),
I'd love to see WikiProject AIDS get a bit more love.
I've been putting together a to-do list with source suggestions. Fancy a chat over coffee sometime to see what and when might be good?
Or is that a bit too much editathon shaped for what you're looking for?
Owen
On Tue, 16 Oct 2018, 09:37 John Lubbock, < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Thanks Jonathan.
Should we then say that we will do the first workshop on FA writing in November? November has 5 weeks, so perhaps we should do it in the fourth week of the month? What about Tuesday 20th? Or Wednesday 21st?
We couldn't do one in December if we are doing it in the last week of the month, so should we skip December and do the one after in January?
I would appreciate some more feedback from people about whether they would turn up, and what subjects they would like to see covered.
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g .
Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk.
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 control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 14:20, WereSpielChequers < werespielchequers@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear John,
I'd be happy to see the chapter bring back these sort of events. Thinking of a few lessons from when we last did them, coffee, soft drinks and some sort of snacks are important - remember that many attendees will be coming straight from work. We also used to designate a pub for the end of the evening.
You need to allow for a variable start time, some people will be working nearby, others may finish later and be an hour away - starting off with something informal such as a wiki surgery would give time for more people to get there. You don't want to give some people an hour to kill after work or exclude others because they can't slope off work early.
Don't try to get 12 topics fixed before you start, topics will emerge as you talk to the attendees and potential attendees. But the ones we discussed at the London Meetup, FA writing, AWB workshop etc would give a good diverse start. Geni's talk on "photography in museums" is one I would happily hear again.
Last Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday would give some distance from the existing London meetup on the second Sunday, and in the months with 5 weeks give you an advantage when you are competing against events that use the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th week of the month.
Jonathan
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:14:25 +0100 From: John Lubbock < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk> To: Wikimedia Mailing List < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: <CAHEadKnNv= cyvS_S8CCfPqw8DJrQ+LnQYZTDe1MnaS1-iPmJiw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone?
Message: 4 Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:52:15 +0530 From: Tito Dutta < trulytito@gmail.com> To: Wikimedia Mailing List < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: < CAEdAQ_hn39iA6Mvs3TN3WiwJYbAmcN0FEQDoZkWezmA5pU+-EQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Excellent idea. There was an idea to start something similar "what have you learnt recently/Share your exciting new learning (of course Wiki-related)".
Thanks Tito Dutta Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind me over email or phone call.
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 16:45, John Lubbock < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup
yesterday,
I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work
at
the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month
programme
with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to
have
a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal
to
the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto: wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
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I like the idea. Once you have worked out how to do it efficiently, maybe the WMF can send out trainers to places where the skills are thin on the ground. Cheers, Peter
-----Original Message----- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto: wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of John Lubbock Sent: 15 October 2018 13:14 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto: wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
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Sounds good. Thanks; I'll set myself a reminder to :)
On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 13:18 John Lubbock john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Hi Owen, maybe you want to talk to Alice White at the Wellcome Library about that? I'm happy to chat to you over coffee any time though.
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767 <+44%2020%203372%200767>
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ.
Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk.
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 control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 13:03, Owen Blacker owen@blacker.me.uk wrote:
Ok, y'all have formal permission to bully and guilt me into actually making sure I (help) arrange it for WAD 2019 😊
I'll chat with Lane and see if we can make it multinational too 😉
(I only wish my Welsh were up to doing it bilingually. I am absolutely not yet that fluent.)
On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 12:58 Robin Owain info@cymruwales.com wrote:
That would be really good.
On 25 October 2018 at 12:57 Owen Blacker owen@blacker.me.uk wrote:
Yeah, I think you're right.
And this is the second year that I've not got round to asking the Wellcome people if they fancy a World AIDS Day editathon (it's 1 December each year).
How about we chat about setting *that* up over coffee sometime :)
On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 12:49 John Lubbock < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
What would be the skill to be shared around the community with that? There's lots of WikiProjects I'd like to do editathons about. I wonder if WikiProject AIDS would be something where we could get a partner organisation to help us improve pages in a separate editathon?
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g .
Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk.
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 control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 10:57, Owen Blacker < owen@blacker.me.uk> wrote:
Hey John (and everyone else),
I'd love to see WikiProject AIDS get a bit more love.
I've been putting together a to-do list with source suggestions. Fancy a chat over coffee sometime to see what and when might be good?
Or is that a bit too much editathon shaped for what you're looking for?
Owen
On Tue, 16 Oct 2018, 09:37 John Lubbock, < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Thanks Jonathan.
Should we then say that we will do the first workshop on FA writing in November? November has 5 weeks, so perhaps we should do it in the fourth week of the month? What about Tuesday 20th? Or Wednesday 21st?
We couldn't do one in December if we are doing it in the last week of the month, so should we skip December and do the one after in January?
I would appreciate some more feedback from people about whether they would turn up, and what subjects they would like to see covered.
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g .
Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk.
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 control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 14:20, WereSpielChequers < werespielchequers@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear John,
I'd be happy to see the chapter bring back these sort of events. Thinking of a few lessons from when we last did them, coffee, soft drinks and some sort of snacks are important - remember that many attendees will be coming straight from work. We also used to designate a pub for the end of the evening.
You need to allow for a variable start time, some people will be working nearby, others may finish later and be an hour away - starting off with something informal such as a wiki surgery would give time for more people to get there. You don't want to give some people an hour to kill after work or exclude others because they can't slope off work early.
Don't try to get 12 topics fixed before you start, topics will emerge as you talk to the attendees and potential attendees. But the ones we discussed at the London Meetup, FA writing, AWB workshop etc would give a good diverse start. Geni's talk on "photography in museums" is one I would happily hear again.
Last Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday would give some distance from the existing London meetup on the second Sunday, and in the months with 5 weeks give you an advantage when you are competing against events that use the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th week of the month.
Jonathan
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:14:25 +0100 From: John Lubbock < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk> To: Wikimedia Mailing List < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: <CAHEadKnNv= cyvS_S8CCfPqw8DJrQ+LnQYZTDe1MnaS1-iPmJiw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone?
Message: 4 Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:52:15 +0530 From: Tito Dutta < trulytito@gmail.com> To: Wikimedia Mailing List < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: < CAEdAQ_hn39iA6Mvs3TN3WiwJYbAmcN0FEQDoZkWezmA5pU+-EQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Excellent idea. There was an idea to start something similar "what have you learnt recently/Share your exciting new learning (of course Wiki-related)".
Thanks Tito Dutta Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind me over email or phone call.
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 16:45, John Lubbock < john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup
yesterday,
I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after
work at
the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month
programme
with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured
article
status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to
have
a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal
to
the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of
the
month. How does that sound to everyone? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,
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Message: 5 Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:36:17 +0200 From: "Peter Southwood" < peter.southwood@telkomsa.net> To: "'Wikimedia Mailing List'" < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea Message-ID: <001601d4647b$4c0c5a60$e4250f20$@ telkomsa.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
I like the idea. Once you have worked out how to do it efficiently, maybe the WMF can send out trainers to places where the skills are thin on the ground. Cheers, Peter
-----Original Message----- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto: wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of John Lubbock Sent: 15 October 2018 13:14 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea
Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography perhaps.
Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to the community and chapter members.
I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the month. How does that sound to everyone? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto: wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
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