Hi all,
Since in-person meetups aren't an option at the moment, I've started a discussion about taking meetups online: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:UK_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#...
Richard
We will be holding the regular "London" meetup this Sunday 10 May on Zoom, anyone is free to join. Details and signup at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/154
It looks like there is also interest in holding another virtual meetup on Saturday 16 May: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:UK_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#...
Peter / the wub
On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 at 18:19, Richard Nevell < richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hi all,
Since in-person meetups aren't an option at the moment, I've started a discussion about taking meetups online: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:UK_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#...
Richard
Dr Richard Nevell Project Coordinator, Wikimedia UK 020 3372 0765
*Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827 Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5–11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ
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It might be nice to have a permanent-ish "hangout" chat. Some of us get to leave the house for work but I imagine for a lot of people it's rather dull at home!
On Tue, 5 May 2020, 22:57 Peter Coombe, thewub.wiki@googlemail.com wrote:
We will be holding the regular "London" meetup this Sunday 10 May on Zoom, anyone is free to join. Details and signup at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/154
It looks like there is also interest in holding another virtual meetup on Saturday 16 May: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:UK_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#...
Peter / the wub
On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 at 18:19, Richard Nevell < richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hi all,
Since in-person meetups aren't an option at the moment, I've started a discussion about taking meetups online: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:UK_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#...
Richard
Dr Richard Nevell Project Coordinator, Wikimedia UK 020 3372 0765
*Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827 Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5–11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ
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. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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A semi-permanent hangout is a poor match for Zoom — it would make a great target for Zoombombers.
That kind of space would be better suited to IRC or Slack, generally, no? -- Owen Blacker, London GB @owenblacker http://twitter.com/owenblacker
On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 16:44, Richard Symonds chasemewiki@gmail.com wrote:
It might be nice to have a permanent-ish "hangout" chat. Some of us get to leave the house for work but I imagine for a lot of people it's rather dull at home!
On Tue, 5 May 2020, 22:57 Peter Coombe, thewub.wiki@googlemail.com wrote:
We will be holding the regular "London" meetup this Sunday 10 May on Zoom, anyone is free to join. Details and signup at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/154
It looks like there is also interest in holding another virtual meetup on Saturday 16 May: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:UK_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#...
Peter / the wub
On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 at 18:19, Richard Nevell < richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hi all,
Since in-person meetups aren't an option at the moment, I've started a discussion about taking meetups online: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:UK_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#...
Richard
Dr Richard Nevell Project Coordinator, Wikimedia UK 020 3372 0765
*Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827 Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5–11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ
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. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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Maybe.
But IRC is all but useless to most people - much too technical and niche - and only IT developers and those with basic IT skills know what Slack is. Despite being a Wikipedian, I only ever used it because people would insist I did to talk to them - but I'd never be able to talk to new users on it - they'd usually use email (or I'd phone them). Most professions have never heard of IRC or slack.
My work has only started using Teams in the last month, and most of us don't use that except in very specific circumstances, or where we have to because of the pandemic.
I'm aware of Zoombombing - very much aware - but Zoom is one of several options, and frankly it's no worse than IRC (or Wikipedia!) in terms of how quickly things can go wrong.
I think we can think about a video chat app we should be using, to help new people get involved and run remote events. MS Teams is good enough for work in criminal courts, surely there's something we can look at that's reasonably new?
Richard
On Wed, 6 May 2020, 17:54 Owen Blacker, owen@blacker.me.uk wrote:
A semi-permanent hangout is a poor match for Zoom — it would make a great target for Zoombombers.
That kind of space would be better suited to IRC or Slack, generally, no?
Owen Blacker, London GB @owenblacker http://twitter.com/owenblacker
On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 16:44, Richard Symonds chasemewiki@gmail.com wrote:
It might be nice to have a permanent-ish "hangout" chat. Some of us get to leave the house for work but I imagine for a lot of people it's rather dull at home!
On Tue, 5 May 2020, 22:57 Peter Coombe, thewub.wiki@googlemail.com wrote:
We will be holding the regular "London" meetup this Sunday 10 May on Zoom, anyone is free to join. Details and signup at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/154
It looks like there is also interest in holding another virtual meetup on Saturday 16 May: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:UK_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#...
Peter / the wub
On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 at 18:19, Richard Nevell < richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hi all,
Since in-person meetups aren't an option at the moment, I've started a discussion about taking meetups online: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:UK_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#...
Richard
Dr Richard Nevell Project Coordinator, Wikimedia UK 020 3372 0765
*Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827 Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5–11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ
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. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
For what it's worth, we have a dedicated IRC channel on Freenode #wikimedia-uk but it's usually very quiet with only about a dozen regulars.
--
Rexx
On 08 May 2020 at 03:51 Richard Symonds chasemewiki@gmail.com wrote:
Maybe. But IRC is all but useless to most people - much too technical and niche - and only IT developers and those with basic IT skills know what Slack is. Despite being a Wikipedian, I only ever used it because people would insist I did to talk to them - but I'd never be able to talk to new users on it - they'd usually use email (or I'd phone them). Most professions have never heard of IRC or slack. My work has only started using Teams in the last month, and most of us don't use that except in very specific circumstances, or where we have to because of the pandemic. I'm aware of Zoombombing - very much aware - but Zoom is one of several options, and frankly it's no worse than IRC (or Wikipedia!) in terms of how quickly things can go wrong. I think we can think about a video chat app we should be using, to help new people get involved and run remote events. MS Teams is good enough for work in criminal courts, surely there's something we can look at that's reasonably new? Richard On Wed, 6 May 2020, 17:54 Owen Blacker, < owen@blacker.me.uk mailto:owen@blacker.me.uk > wrote: > > A semi-permanent hangout is a poor match for Zoom — it would make a great target for Zoombombers.That kind of space would be better suited to IRC or Slack, generally, no? -- Owen Blacker, London GB @owenblacker http://twitter.com/owenblacker On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 16:44, Richard Symonds < chasemewiki@gmail.com mailto:chasemewiki@gmail.com > wrote: > > > It might be nice to have a permanent-ish "hangout" chat. Some of us get to leave the house for work but I imagine for a lot of people it's rather dull at home!On Tue, 5 May 2020, 22:57 Peter Coombe, < thewub.wiki@googlemail.com mailto:thewub.wiki@googlemail.com > wrote: > > > > We will be holding the regular "London" meetup this Sunday 10 May on Zoom, anyone is free to join. Details and signup at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/154It looks like there is also interest in holding another virtual meetup on Saturday 16 May: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:UK_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#Next_steps Peter / the wub On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 at 18:19, Richard Nevell < richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.uk mailto:richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.uk > wrote: > > > > > Hi all,Since in-person meetups aren't an option at the moment, I've started a discussion about taking meetups online: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:UK_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#Digital_meetups Richard -- Dr Richard Nevell Project Coordinator, Wikimedia UK 020 3372 0765 Wikimedia UK is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/ Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827 Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5–11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ 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. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org mailto:wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > _______________________________________________Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org mailto:wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > _______________________________________________Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org mailto:wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > _______________________________________________Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org mailto:wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > _______________________________________________Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
On Fri, 8 May 2020 at 03:52, Richard Symonds chasemewiki@gmail.com wrote:
Maybe.
But IRC is all but useless to most people - much too technical and niche - and only IT developers and those with basic IT skills know what Slack is. Despite being a Wikipedian, I only ever used it because people would insist I did to talk to them - but I'd never be able to talk to new users on it - they'd usually use email (or I'd phone them). Most professions have never heard of IRC or slack.
For those that want a more mainsteam solution discord appears to be the most active:
On Fri, 8 May 2020 at 19:38, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
For those that want a more mainsteam solution discord appears to be the most active:
That should have included a link to :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Discord
The virtual meetups we've had so far on Zoom have been pretty successful. There's another one happening on Sunday 14 June (nominally the "London" meetup, but open to all)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/155
Peter
On Fri, 8 May 2020 at 19:40, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, 8 May 2020 at 19:38, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
For those that want a more mainsteam solution discord appears to be the most active:
That should have included a link to :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Discord
-- geni
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