Hello everyone,

Please see below for the Wikimedia UK monthly report for June. For those of you who prefer to view the report on wiki, you can see it herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June .

We always welcome contributions to the chapter's monthly reports from engaged Wikimedians. Please visit the reports page for more.http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports

Thanks and regards,

Stevie

Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly reporthttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports for the period 1st to 30th June 2013. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our bloghttp://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/ , join a UK mailing listhttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l, and/or follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/wikimediauk. If you have any questions or comments, please drop us a line on this report's talk pagehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Reports/2013/June&action=edit&redlink=1 . Contents [hide http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#]

- 1 Program activitieshttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#Program_activities - 1.1 Communityhttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#Community - 1.1.1 Cambridge University Wikipedia Garden Partyhttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#Cambridge_University_Wikipedia_Garden_Party - 1.1.2 Microgrant outcomehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#Microgrant_outcome - 1.2 GLAM activitieshttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#GLAM_activities - 1.3 Technologyhttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#Technology - 1.4 Other activitieshttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#Other_activities - 1.4.1 Wiki Loves Monumentshttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#Wiki_Loves_Monuments - 1.4.2 Micrograntshttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#Microgrants - 1.5 UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities)http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#UK_press_coverage_.28and_coverage_of_UK_projects_.26_activities.29 - 1.6 Blog posts this monthhttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#Blog_posts_this_month - 1.7 Upcoming activities in May and Junehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#Upcoming_activities_in_May_and_June - 1.7.1 May http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#May - 1.7.2 June http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#June - 2 Administrative activitieshttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#Administrative_activities - 2.1 Board activitieshttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#Board_activities - 2.2 News from the Chief Exechttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#News_from_the_Chief_Exec - 2.3 Communicationshttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#Communications - 2.4 Fundraising and Membershiphttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/June#Fundraising_and_Membership

Program activitiesCommunityCambridge University Wikipedia Garden Party http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peacock_CUWPS_garden_party_2013.jpg http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peacock_CUWPS_garden_party_2013.jpg A peacock visited the CUWPS garden party

A Wikipedia Garden Partyhttp://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:Cambridge_University_Wikipedia_Society/May_Week_2013 was held in Cambridge University on 17 June. The party is Cambridge University Wikipedia Society's (CUWPS) http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:WP:CUWPS contribution to the great Cambridge University tradition of post-exam celebrations known confusingly as May Week http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:May_Week, and marks the end of the first year of CUWPS.

The party was attended by eight people and one stray peacock. The human attendees included seven current Cambridge students (five of them were also Wikimedians) plus Charles Matthewshttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Charles_Matthews, an alumnus who has been faithfully organising Wikipedia meetups in Cambridge for many years. A Wikipedia cake was served at the party.

CUWPS is now looking forward to next year. The Wikipedia stall will be back in the Cambridge University societies fair on 8-9 October and we need extra WMUK volunteers behind the stall! Please contact WMUK's education organiser, Toni Sant, if you're interested.

GLAM activities

June saw a range of GLAM events with topics ranging from Military History to Ballet and Black Music in the UK.

The three month residency at Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums came to an end, highlights included a dialogue with WikiProject ships on the English Wikipedia which lead to the release of this image of a battleship launchhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brazilian_battleship_Minas_Geraes_being_launched_1.jpg on the Tyne - now included in two featured articles.

Future events that were worked on this month range from an editathon at Conway hall in August to one at the National Railway Museum in York this October. Technology

Wikimedia UK along with three other Wikimedia chapters has been grant funding Europeana to write a mass upload tool for Wikimedia Commons. The Software will make it easier for GLAMs and others to upload large volumes of files. The Software is currently available for "Alpha testing", in that it has been deployed on a testwiki where it can be tested but will not be deployed on Commons until it has been tested by users and code reviewed by the WMF developers. Volunteers to test this would be appreciated, if you have access to a large database of uploadable files, a fast connection and an understanding of commons categorisation then please contact Jonathan Cardy if you are willing to help. Other activitiesWiki Loves Monuments http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_United_Kingdom.svg http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLM_United_Kingdom.svg The UK's logo for Wiki Loves Monuments

By June the first two planning meeting for Wiki Loves Monuments UK had taken place. A steering committee was set up and it was decided to focus on Grade I and II* and Category A listed buildings. Since then, the group of volunteers helping organise things has started putting the lists of listed buildings on Wikipedia, ready for use in September when the competition takes place. If you are interested in helping out, please leave a message on Commonshttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_the_United_Kingdom/People where efforts are being co-ordinated. MicrograntsInformation about microgrants that are currently running, and how to submit a microgrant application of your own, are at Microgrants/Applicationshttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants/Applications .UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities)

- Now Cabinet Minister Oliver Letwin is caught editing his own profile on Wikipediahttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2334546/Now-Cabinet-Minister-Oliver-Letwin-caught-editing-profile-Wikipedia.html?ito=feeds-newsxml, Daily Mail - Wikimedia edges closer to banishing Wikitexthttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/07/wysiwyg_wikipedia_writer_lands_in_july/, Register - Wikimedia UK hub for OpenCulture 2013 delegateshttp://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2058/wikimedia_uk_hub_for_openculture_2013_delegates, Museums and Heritage Magazine - Bridging Index recognised by Wikipediahttp://www.financialreporter.co.uk/view.asp?ID=12803, Financial Reporter - Wikipedia's New Text-Editor Will Change World Historyhttp://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/thomas-church/wikipedias-new-text-editor-will-change-history_b_3408383.html, Huffpost Tech UK - How are museums collaborating with Wikipedia?http://www.museumsassociation.org/museum-practice/17062013-how-are-museums-collaborating-with-wikipedia, Museums Association - Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales on the NSA leaks – Cannes Lions 2013 videohttp://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2013/jun/19/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-nsa-leaks-video, Guardian - Primary schools offering Wikipedia RE lessonshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10132254/Primary-schools-offering-Wikipedia-RE-lessons.html, Telegraph - Wikipedia for Arabic writing app is launching in Batterseahttp://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/10506473.Wikipedia_for_Arabic_writing_app_is_launching_in_Battersea/, Wandsworth Guardian - Wikipedia donors willing to pay – so long as they don't see Jimmy Waleshttp://blogs.ft.com/tech-blog/2013/06/wikipedia-donors-willing-to-pay-so-long-as-they-dont-see-jimmy-wales, Financial Times - Wikipedia founder denounces ‘snooper’s charter’http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/media/article3801996.ece, The Times - Founder of Wikipedia shares inspiration and insight at Accelerate 2013 in Liverpoolhttp://baytvliverpool.com/vod/index.php?vid=CBV51cf5d6109d78, Bay TV Liverpool - Wikipedia contributors ‘should be proud’http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/wikipedia-contributors-should-be-proud/2005265.article, Times Higher Education

Blog posts this month

3rd June - Who cares about Wikimania?http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/06/who-cares-about-wikimania-2014/ Ed Saperia of the Wikimania 2014 organising team writes about the project.

4th June - Volunteers' Week: A letter from our Chief Executivehttp://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/06/volunteers-week-a-letter-from-our-chief-executive/ Jon Davies, our Chief Executive, discusses the importance of volunteers to our movement and, on behalf of all of the staff and trustees, thanks all of our volunteers.

9th June - Wikimedia UK announces election of new board membershttp://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/06/wikimedia-uk-announces-election-of-new-board-members/ This post was uploaded after our AGM and announced the results of trustee elections.

12th June - WMUK Conference - MediaWiki for OER and Learning Analyticshttp://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/06/wmuk-conference-mediawiki-for-oer-and-learning-analytics/ This post was written by Simon Knight of the Open University. He presented on this topic at WikiConference UK 2013. You can read his original post herehttp://people.kmi.open.ac.uk/knight/2013/06/wmuk-conference-mediawiki-for-oer-and-learning-analytics/ and see a video of his presentation on Wikimedia Commons herehttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simon_Knight_speaking_at_WikiConference_2013.webm .

17th June - Wici Cymru and Wikimedia UK - Rheolwr Cymru / Wales Managerhttp://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/06/wici-cymru-wikimedia-uk-rheolwr-cymru-wales-manager/ This announcement, en Cymraeg and in English, reported the appointment of Robin Owain as our new Wales Manager.

18th June - "One is most amused": Queen Victoria's Journals editathonhttp://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/06/one-is-most-amused-queen-victorias-journals-editathon/ Liz McCarthy, Communications and Social Media Officer at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, shared this account of an editathon event using the journals of that most regal of monarchs, Queen Victoria.

19th June - Royal Opera House to host an editathonhttp://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/06/royal-opera-house-to-host-an-editathon/ The clue to this post is in its title!

20th June - British Library to make Europeana WWI collection available at workshophttp://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/06/british-library-to-make-europeana-wwi-collection-available-at-workshop/ This piece announced a workshop at the British Library based around a specific and rare collection of materials.

21st June - Interested in British black music? Join our editathon!http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/06/interested-in-british-black-music-join-our-editathon/ Working with www.britishblackmusic.com http://britishblackmusic.com/ and the Black Music Congresshttp://britishblackmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=37%20 we held a one-off event at the Wikimedia UK office.

27th June - Jisc and Wikimedia UK to bridge between academia and Wikipediahttp://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/06/jisc-and-wikimedia-uk-to-bridge-between-academia-and-wikipedia/ Announcing the appointment of Dr Martin Poulter as Wikimedia Jisc Ambassador. Upcoming activities in May and JuneMay

- *05* - Oxford meetup http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Oxford/4 - *11* - Board meeting (in-person, London)http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agenda_11May13 - *12* - First Glasgow meetuphttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Glasgow/1 - *12* - First Nottingham meetuphttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Nottingham/1 - *12* - London meetup http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/69 - *15* - IRC office hours http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours - *18* - Liverpool meetuphttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Liverpool_8 - *18* - Cambridge meetuphttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/18 - *19* - Lua on Wikimedia http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lua_on_Wikimedia - *20* - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 20 May Wikipedia traininghttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tyne_%26_Wear_Archives_%26_Museums_20_May_Wikipedia_training - *24* - Queen Victoria's Journals University of Oxford editing dayhttp://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:WikiProject_University_of_Oxford/QueenVictoriasJournals - *24–26* - Amsterdam Hackathonhttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Events/Amsterdam_Hackathon_2013 - *25* - Academic Dress editathonhttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Academic_Dress_editathon, London - *28* - Education Committeehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Committee conference call

June

- *03* - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 3 June Wikipedia traininghttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tyne_%26_Wear_Archives_%26_Museums_3_June_Wikipedia_training - *08* - WikiConference UK 2013http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013 & 2013 AGM http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2013_AGM, Lincoln - *08* - Technology Committeehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings/08_June_2013 - Time tbc UTC+1 (BST) in person at WikiConference UK 2013http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013 - *09* - London meetup http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/70 - *19* - IRC office hours http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours - *22* - Editathon at the Royal Opera Househttp://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ballet/Royal_Opera_House_editathon - *29* - Provisional - WWI editathon with the British Library\Europeana

For events in July 2013 and onwards, please see Eventshttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events . Administrative activitiesBoard activities

June saw our AGM take place as a part of WikiConference 2013 in Lincoln. Our Chair and Treasurer both gave detailed reports to members on the state of the charity. Elections also took place for members to elect new trustees of the charity. You can see full details of WikiConference, the elections and candidate statements all linked from this pagehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013 . News from the Chief Exec*For information on Jon's activities this month, see News from the Officehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/News_from_the_Office/Posts .*

Communications

Please see the above links to relevant press coverage received in June and blog posts published during the same period.

Perhaps the most important piece of communications work this month was the production of the print version of Wikimedia UK's 2012-13 Annual Reviewhttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2013_Annual_Review. The booklet was shared at WikiConference 2013 and was well received, both for its content and its design. Speaking of WikiConference, many of the presentations given at the conference, including statements from the board election candidates, can now be found on Wikimedia Commons herehttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiConference_UK_2013 .

If you're interested in getting more involved with our communications or have any questions or comments, please email Stevie Benton – stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk Fundraising and MembershipFundraising

This month, we received £185 in one-off donations, with 5 individual donations. The average donation amount was £37 - 17% of these donors have had Gift Aid Declarations made and matched with their records. If anyone would like a full (but anonymised) csv file with more information, please get in touch with katherine.bavage[image: at]wikimedia.org.uk and let her know your requirements.

There were 5,414 successful direct debits this month, bringing in a total of £22,072.52 Membership

Up to 30th June 2013:

- 176 new (membership commenced in preceding three months) and current members - with 7 new join-ups in June. - 39 'grace' members (membership within six months after date membership should be renewed)

This adds up to 215 members who were eligible to vote