I'm looking at the feasibility of setting up a temporary office at Newspeak House in London for the next 6 weeks for people coming together to work on tech & democracy projects. It might make sense to do a politics/elections edit-a-thon in the space at some point(s) in this period. Any interest? http://bit.ly/GE2017WarRoomAtNewspeakHouse *Edward Saperia* Founder Newspeak House <http://www.nwspk.com/> email &lt;edsaperia(a)gmail.com&gt; • facebook <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 <07796%20955572> 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

I think it'd be good to have the GE candidates as they're announced as well, maybe we can do something around that?

For their own pages, sure, but they can be put in other places (constituencies?), and probably in Wikidata too. *Edward Saperia* Founder Newspeak House <http://www.nwspk.com> email &lt;edsaperia(a)gmail.com&gt; • facebook <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 <07796%20955572> 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG On 21 April 2017 at 14:08, Katie Chan &lt;ktc(a)ktchan.info&gt; wrote: > On 21/04/2017 11:27, Edward Saperia wrote: > >> I think it'd be good to have the GE candidates as they're announced as >> well, maybe we can do something around that? >> > > Notability would be issue with candidates. > > Katie > > -- > Katie Chan > Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the > author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the > author is associated with or employed by. > > > Experience is a good school but the fees are high. > - Heinrich Heine > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Poorly. MPs should be out and about a bit more in the next few weeks but I always feel a but iffy bringing serious camera gear to Q&A sessions and the like.

Much is down to the operator, but better cameras can take better pictures, especially in Low light conditions. If you take David Gerard's advice and introduce yourself as from Wikipedia , any political party with an ounce of commonsense will usher you to the front and give you a position where you can take a good photo. On 24 April 2017 at 08:35, Gordon Joly &lt;gordon.joly(a)pobox.com&gt; wrote: > On 23/04/17 04:41, geni wrote: > > Poorly. MPs should be out and about a bit more in the next few weeks > > but I always feel a but iffy bringing serious camera gear to Q&A > > sessions and the like. > > > Why? Surely they are all open to being photographed? And why "serious > gear"? Just an iPhone would do? > > I rarely take any sort of portrait photograph but the candidate are out > there so be seen (and heard). > > Gordo > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Candidates are not eligible for their own pages, but, for example, they could be put on pages like this: https://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tower_Hamlets_(UK_Parliament_constituency) Wikidata, not sure, but tends to be much more lax about these kind of things. *Edward Saperia* Founder Newspeak House <http://www.nwspk.com> email &lt;edsaperia(a)gmail.com&gt; • facebook <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 <07796%20955572> 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG On 21 April 2017 at 16:07, John Lubbock &lt;john.lubbock(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; wrote: > I'm not sure about that Ed. I've encountered this issue before and the > notability criteria for politicians is quite clear that they have to be > elected to merit a page, I believe. I would assume the same applies for > Wikidata? > > On 21 April 2017 at 14:32, Edward Saperia &lt;edsaperia(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > >> For their own pages, sure, but they can be put in other places >> (constituencies?), and probably in Wikidata too. >> >> *Edward Saperia* >> Founder Newspeak House <http://www.nwspk.com> >> email &lt;edsaperia(a)gmail.com&gt; • facebook >> <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter >> <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 <07796%20955572> >> 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG >> >> On 21 April 2017 at 14:08, Katie Chan &lt;ktc(a)ktchan.info&gt; wrote: >> >>> On 21/04/2017 11:27, Edward Saperia wrote: >>> >>>> I think it'd be good to have the GE candidates as they're announced >>>> as >>>> well, maybe we can do something around that? >>>> >>> >>> Notability would be issue with candidates. >>> >>> Katie >>> >>> -- >>> Katie Chan >>> Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of >>> the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation >>> the author is associated with or employed by. >>> >>> >>> Experience is a good school but the fees are high. >>> - Heinrich Heine >>> >>> --- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk