Hi, heads-up,
As we will be finalizing our agreement with Museums Galleries Scotland on 30/9 for the recruitment of a Scotland coordinator, Brian McNeil and I will be arranging the next Edinburgh wikimeet for the next day, Saturday 1st October.
As the budget holder for the coordinator and the point of contact for MGS, I am open to being quizzed at the Wikimeet about the new role based in Edinburgh, the plans we have with MGS and what our joint expected outcomes will be. MGS have been working on a jobspec for the role and would hope to be able to share and discuss the details of that at the Wikimeet too. The job will be for 6-months (terms negotiable, though the initial preference was for a full time position) and based at the MGS offices in Edinburgh. As the title implies this is to help coordinate the logistics of the GLAM programme in Scotland using MGS's 350+ member organizations (see link) as well as vitalizing Scotland's Wikimedian culture in general such as Wiki-meets and other outreach activities.
Links * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Edinburgh_3 * http://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/who-we-are/
Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags
Fae,
This is great news. Any way we can help remotely?
Kind Regards, Pranav
From: faenwp@gmail.com Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:14:37 +0100 To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org; cultural-partners@wikimedia.ch Subject: [cultural-partners] Info: Edinburgh wikimeet on Saturday 1st October
Hi, heads-up,
As we will be finalizing our agreement with Museums Galleries Scotland on 30/9 for the recruitment of a Scotland coordinator, Brian McNeil and I will be arranging the next Edinburgh wikimeet for the next day, Saturday 1st October.
As the budget holder for the coordinator and the point of contact for MGS, I am open to being quizzed at the Wikimeet about the new role based in Edinburgh, the plans we have with MGS and what our joint expected outcomes will be. MGS have been working on a jobspec for the role and would hope to be able to share and discuss the details of that at the Wikimeet too. The job will be for 6-months (terms negotiable, though the initial preference was for a full time position) and based at the MGS offices in Edinburgh. As the title implies this is to help coordinate the logistics of the GLAM programme in Scotland using MGS's 350+ member organizations (see link) as well as vitalizing Scotland's Wikimedian culture in general such as Wiki-meets and other outreach activities.
Links
- http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Edinburgh_3
- http://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/who-we-are/
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This is great news. Any way we can help remotely?
Kind Regards, Pranav
In a month or so when the jobspec is public you may want to ensure it is widely blogged (esp. on Scottish related culture forums) as there may be many people with relevant Scottish cultural awareness that may not live in the UK currently that might be interested in applying for the 6 month post. Brian has some ideas for an event on 30/9 or 1/10 and I am hoping for e-volunteering opportunities to help, but we are still negotiating at the moment.
In the meantime, we could do with some comments or advice on our teeshirt design. These will be used at our Wikimeet and we will probably arrange a print run next week, so there is time for an alternative design to be considered if anyone wants to have a crack at it. See Brian's current proposed version at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_in_Scotland-4.5%22.png
Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags
A nice story about the amazing work of PigsontheWing's fantastic work for us in Bristol...
http://www.bristol247.com/2011/09/16/bristol-wikipedians-taught-to-edit-onli ne-encylopaedia-26319/
Wikipedia came to Bristol yesterday to host free workshops on how to edit the worldwide online encyclopaedia - all in the name of saving endangered wildlife.
The Wiki Wildlife Edit-a-thons were organised by Wikimedia UK in collaboration with Wildscreen's ARKive project, the Bristol-based digital archive of endangered species throughout the world.
Hosted at the Watershed, the editing sessions allowed Bristolians and beyond to learn how to set up their own Wikipedia account and play in an online "sandbox", before getting going on making improvements to main pages on the encyclopaedia itself.
"This is for everyone," said veteran Wikipedian Steve Woods of Bristol Wireless. "So many people use Wikipedia, it's only right that they learn how to edit it too - so that they can put something back into it. There was lots of enthusiasm and positive energy today, which was great to see."
For the past 10 weeks, "Wikimedia Outreach Ambassador" Andy Mabbett has been using ARKive's text resources to update Wikipedia articles about endangered species.
The workshops at Watershed focused on improving the 200 texts about wildlife that ARKive shared with Wikipedia as part of the project.
It was great to learn how to edit Wikipedia - really exciting," said Wildscreen's Ellie Dart, who has been helping co-ordinate the project. "The idea of our working together has been to help make Wikipedia's wildlife articles more accurate, as well as encouraging more readers to come to ARKive."
She added that no digital images have been used, only text, in the collaboration. ARKive is famous for its beautiful pictures, but these are strictly copyright.
Currently attracting 414 million visitors every month, Wikipedia, part of the San Francisco-based Wikimedia Foundation, aspires to create "a world in which every single human being can share in the sum of all human knowledge."
Volunteer writers and editors round the world co-create the resource, and it's open to anyone to add to or improve it. There are around 100,000 such volunteers, or "Wikipedians", in the UK.
"This is a wiki-friendly city," said Bristolian and enthusiastic Wikimedia UK trustee and Board member Dr Martin Poulter. "We already have great support from Bristol and Bristolians, and things like this Edit-a-thon are an amazing opportunity for anyone with an interest they want to share with the world to get involved.
"We're hoping to have many more free events like this in Bristol, and of course all Bristolians can join in with the Wikipedian community online as well."
http://www.bristolwireless.net/2011/09/lifes-wild-editing-wikipedia/
Life's wild editing Wikipedia
Posted on http://www.bristolwireless.net/2011/09/lifes-wild-editing-wikipedia/ 16/09/2011 by http://www.bristolwireless.net/author/woodsy/ woodsy
Yesterday Bristol Wireless volunteers Jim and your correspondent attended the afternoon session of the two Wiki Wildlife Edit-a-thons ( http://www.bristolwireless.net/2011/09/wildlife-wiki-sessions-in-bristol/ news passim) that were jointly organised by Wikimedia UK http://uk.wikimedia.org/ and Wildscreen http://www.wildscreen.org.uk/ 's ARKive project http://www.arkive.org/ , the Bristol-based digital archive of the world's endangered species, which has kindly donated its text archive on endangered species to help improve and Wikipedia's content.
The event, which was held at Bristol's Watershed http://www.watershed.co.uk/ , started with introductions on the work of Wildscreen and ARKive from Ellie and Helen, after which it was over to Wikipedians Martin Poulter and Andy Mabbett http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/ to introduce Wikipedia and its sister projects.
After any new editors had got themselves set up with a login, Andy then put everyone through a few basic editing exercises, after which we were all let loose on a species of our choice. Jim set about improving the Wikipedia entry for the Black-necked Crane https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Black-necked_Crane , while your correspondent opted for the Gentoo penguin https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Gentoo_penguin (these damn zealous Linux types! Ed.)
In spite of the silence that would have been expected at such an event - apart from the gentle tap on keyboards - there was plenty of noise as people discovered that editing Wikipedia can indeed be fun.
All the time the action was being relayed via Twitter https://twitter.com/ with the #glamarkive hashtag https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23glamarkive by the dedicated social media team of Steve Virgin https://virginonmedia.wordpress.com/ and Christina Zaba https://twitter.com/#!/christinazaba at the back of the room.
A report of the event is also being carried by Bristol247 http://www.bristol247.com/2011/09/16/bristol-wikipedians-taught-to-edit-onl ine-encylopaedia-26319/ , which describes your 'umble scribe as a 'veteran Wikipedian' (can they say that? Ed.) and even quotes him, as follows:
"This is for everyone," said veteran Wikipedian Steve Woods of Bristol Wireless. "So many people use Wikipedia, it's only right that they learn how to edit it too - so that they can put something back into it. There was lots of enthusiasm and positive energy today, which was great to see."
All told, it was a most enjoyable event at which even seasoned 'veterans' such as Andy and myself gained some knowledge.
Searching via the Twitter hashtag mentioned above, I have discovered that the editors for the evening session included BBC people, long-standing and new Wikipedia editors, and a Wildlife Trust staff member. If you can add any more to this very limited information, please feel free use the comments form below
-----Original Message----- From: steve virgin [mailto:steve@mediafocusuk.com] Sent: 16 September 2011 13:55 To: 'wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org' Subject: Bristol 'Wikipedians' taught to edit online encylopaedia
A nice story about the amazing work of PigsontheWing's fantastic work for us in Bristol...
http://www.bristol247.com/2011/09/16/bristol-wikipedians-taught-to-edit-onli ne-encylopaedia-26319/
Wikipedia came to Bristol yesterday to host free workshops on how to edit the worldwide online encyclopaedia - all in the name of saving endangered wildlife.
The Wiki Wildlife Edit-a-thons were organised by Wikimedia UK in collaboration with Wildscreen's ARKive project, the Bristol-based digital archive of endangered species throughout the world.
Hosted at the Watershed, the editing sessions allowed Bristolians and beyond to learn how to set up their own Wikipedia account and play in an online "sandbox", before getting going on making improvements to main pages on the encyclopaedia itself.
"This is for everyone," said veteran Wikipedian Steve Woods of Bristol Wireless. "So many people use Wikipedia, it's only right that they learn how to edit it too - so that they can put something back into it. There was lots of enthusiasm and positive energy today, which was great to see."
For the past 10 weeks, "Wikimedia Outreach Ambassador" Andy Mabbett has been using ARKive's text resources to update Wikipedia articles about endangered species.
The workshops at Watershed focused on improving the 200 texts about wildlife that ARKive shared with Wikipedia as part of the project.
It was great to learn how to edit Wikipedia - really exciting," said Wildscreen's Ellie Dart, who has been helping co-ordinate the project. "The idea of our working together has been to help make Wikipedia's wildlife articles more accurate, as well as encouraging more readers to come to ARKive."
She added that no digital images have been used, only text, in the collaboration. ARKive is famous for its beautiful pictures, but these are strictly copyright.
Currently attracting 414 million visitors every month, Wikipedia, part of the San Francisco-based Wikimedia Foundation, aspires to create "a world in which every single human being can share in the sum of all human knowledge."
Volunteer writers and editors round the world co-create the resource, and it's open to anyone to add to or improve it. There are around 100,000 such volunteers, or "Wikipedians", in the UK.
"This is a wiki-friendly city," said Bristolian and enthusiastic Wikimedia UK trustee and Board member Dr Martin Poulter. "We already have great support from Bristol and Bristolians, and things like this Edit-a-thon are an amazing opportunity for anyone with an interest they want to share with the world to get involved.
"We're hoping to have many more free events like this in Bristol, and of course all Bristolians can join in with the Wikipedian community online as well."
http://blog.arkive.org/2011/09/arkive-on-the-road-wiki-%E2%80%98wildlife-edi tathon%E2%80%99-in-bristol-uk/
http://blog.arkive.org/2011/09/arkive-on-the-road-wiki-%e2%80%98wildlife-ed itathon%e2%80%99-in-bristol-uk/ ARKive on the Road: Wiki 'Wildlife editathon' in Bristol, UK
The world's 5th largest website, Wikipedia, wants to help improve the world's knowledge of http://www.arkive.org/endangered-species/ endangered species, and they have to come to ARKive for help.
ARKive has teamed up with Wikimedia UK to hold a ' http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Wildlife_Bristol Wiki Wildlife Editathon' on Thursday 15 September in The Watershed Media Centre, Bristol, to offer hints and tips on improving existing Wikipedia species texts and to recruit more volunteer editors to help raise awareness of the world's endangered species.
The 'editathon' aims to encourage many new and existing Wikipedia editors to take part in this special event to help improve Wikipedia's text articles on endangered plants and animals, such as the intriguing http://www.arkive.org/indri/indri-indri/ indri and the magnificent http://www.arkive.org/manta-ray/manta-birostris/ manta ray. During the event, participants will use the http://www.arkive.org/ ARKive website with its collection of over 13,800 multimedia species profiles to help with researching and writing the endangered species texts. Wildscreen's team of ARKive Species Text Authors will also be on hand to give tips and advice to participants on writing about the wonderful diversity of life on Earth.
From: steve virgin [mailto:steve@mediafocusuk.com] Sent: 16 September 2011 15:58 To: 'wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org' Subject: RE: Bristol 'Wikipedians' taught to edit online encylopaedia
http://www.bristolwireless.net/2011/09/lifes-wild-editing-wikipedia/
Life's wild editing Wikipedia
Posted on http://www.bristolwireless.net/2011/09/lifes-wild-editing-wikipedia/ 16/09/2011 by http://www.bristolwireless.net/author/woodsy/ woodsy
Yesterday Bristol Wireless volunteers Jim and your correspondent attended the afternoon session of the two Wiki Wildlife Edit-a-thons ( http://www.bristolwireless.net/2011/09/wildlife-wiki-sessions-in-bristol/ news passim) that were jointly organised by Wikimedia UK http://uk.wikimedia.org/ and Wildscreen http://www.wildscreen.org.uk/ 's ARKive project http://www.arkive.org/ , the Bristol-based digital archive of the world's endangered species, which has kindly donated its text archive on endangered species to help improve and Wikipedia's content.
The event, which was held at Bristol's Watershed http://www.watershed.co.uk/ , started with introductions on the work of Wildscreen and ARKive from Ellie and Helen, after which it was over to Wikipedians Martin Poulter and Andy Mabbett http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/ to introduce Wikipedia and its sister projects.
After any new editors had got themselves set up with a login, Andy then put everyone through a few basic editing exercises, after which we were all let loose on a species of our choice. Jim set about improving the Wikipedia entry for the Black-necked Crane https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Black-necked_Crane , while your correspondent opted for the Gentoo penguin https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Gentoo_penguin (these damn zealous Linux types! Ed.)
In spite of the silence that would have been expected at such an event - apart from the gentle tap on keyboards - there was plenty of noise as people discovered that editing Wikipedia can indeed be fun.
All the time the action was being relayed via Twitter https://twitter.com/ with the #glamarkive hashtag https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23glamarkive by the dedicated social media team of Steve Virgin https://virginonmedia.wordpress.com/ and Christina Zaba https://twitter.com/#!/christinazaba at the back of the room.
A report of the event is also being carried by Bristol247 http://www.bristol247.com/2011/09/16/bristol-wikipedians-taught-to-edit-onl ine-encylopaedia-26319/ , which describes your 'umble scribe as a 'veteran Wikipedian' (can they say that? Ed.) and even quotes him, as follows:
"This is for everyone," said veteran Wikipedian Steve Woods of Bristol Wireless. "So many people use Wikipedia, it's only right that they learn how to edit it too - so that they can put something back into it. There was lots of enthusiasm and positive energy today, which was great to see."
All told, it was a most enjoyable event at which even seasoned 'veterans' such as Andy and myself gained some knowledge.
Searching via the Twitter hashtag mentioned above, I have discovered that the editors for the evening session included BBC people, long-standing and new Wikipedia editors, and a Wildlife Trust staff member. If you can add any more to this very limited information, please feel free use the comments form below
-----Original Message----- From: steve virgin [mailto:steve@mediafocusuk.com] Sent: 16 September 2011 13:55 To: 'wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org' Subject: Bristol 'Wikipedians' taught to edit online encylopaedia
A nice story about the amazing work of PigsontheWing's fantastic work for us in Bristol...
http://www.bristol247.com/2011/09/16/bristol-wikipedians-taught-to-edit-onli ne-encylopaedia-26319/
Wikipedia came to Bristol yesterday to host free workshops on how to edit the worldwide online encyclopaedia - all in the name of saving endangered wildlife.
The Wiki Wildlife Edit-a-thons were organised by Wikimedia UK in collaboration with Wildscreen's ARKive project, the Bristol-based digital archive of endangered species throughout the world.
Hosted at the Watershed, the editing sessions allowed Bristolians and beyond to learn how to set up their own Wikipedia account and play in an online "sandbox", before getting going on making improvements to main pages on the encyclopaedia itself.
"This is for everyone," said veteran Wikipedian Steve Woods of Bristol Wireless. "So many people use Wikipedia, it's only right that they learn how to edit it too - so that they can put something back into it. There was lots of enthusiasm and positive energy today, which was great to see."
For the past 10 weeks, "Wikimedia Outreach Ambassador" Andy Mabbett has been using ARKive's text resources to update Wikipedia articles about endangered species.
The workshops at Watershed focused on improving the 200 texts about wildlife that ARKive shared with Wikipedia as part of the project.
It was great to learn how to edit Wikipedia - really exciting," said Wildscreen's Ellie Dart, who has been helping co-ordinate the project. "The idea of our working together has been to help make Wikipedia's wildlife articles more accurate, as well as encouraging more readers to come to ARKive."
She added that no digital images have been used, only text, in the collaboration. ARKive is famous for its beautiful pictures, but these are strictly copyright.
Currently attracting 414 million visitors every month, Wikipedia, part of the San Francisco-based Wikimedia Foundation, aspires to create "a world in which every single human being can share in the sum of all human knowledge."
Volunteer writers and editors round the world co-create the resource, and it's open to anyone to add to or improve it. There are around 100,000 such volunteers, or "Wikipedians", in the UK.
"This is a wiki-friendly city," said Bristolian and enthusiastic Wikimedia UK trustee and Board member Dr Martin Poulter. "We already have great support from Bristol and Bristolians, and things like this Edit-a-thon are an amazing opportunity for anyone with an interest they want to share with the world to get involved.
"We're hoping to have many more free events like this in Bristol, and of course all Bristolians can join in with the Wikipedian community online as well."
The National Archives´ museum tests Wikimedia QR codes http://www.government-news.co.uk/national-archives/201109/the-national-archi ves-museum-tests-wikimedia-qr-codes.asp?utm_source=twitterfeed http://www.government-news.co.uk/national-archives/201109/the-national-arch ives-museum-tests-wikimedia-qr-codes.asp?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=t witter &utm_medium=twitter
From: steve virgin [mailto:steve@mediafocusuk.com] Sent: 16 September 2011 17:37 To: 'wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org' Subject: RE: Bristol Wikipedians taught to edit online encylopaedia
http://blog.arkive.org/2011/09/arkive-on-the-road-wiki-%E2%80%98wildlife-edi tathon%E2%80%99-in-bristol-uk/
http://blog.arkive.org/2011/09/arkive-on-the-road-wiki-%e2%80%98wildlife-ed itathon%e2%80%99-in-bristol-uk/ ARKive on the Road: Wiki Wildlife editathon in Bristol, UK
The worlds 5th largest website, Wikipedia, wants to help improve the worlds knowledge of http://www.arkive.org/endangered-species/ endangered species, and they have to come to ARKive for help.
ARKive has teamed up with Wikimedia UK to hold a http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Wildlife_Bristol Wiki Wildlife Editathon on Thursday 15 September in The Watershed Media Centre, Bristol, to offer hints and tips on improving existing Wikipedia species texts and to recruit more volunteer editors to help raise awareness of the worlds endangered species.
The editathon aims to encourage many new and existing Wikipedia editors to take part in this special event to help improve Wikipedias text articles on endangered plants and animals, such as the intriguing http://www.arkive.org/indri/indri-indri/ indri and the magnificent http://www.arkive.org/manta-ray/manta-birostris/ manta ray. During the event, participants will use the http://www.arkive.org/ ARKive website with its collection of over 13,800 multimedia species profiles to help with researching and writing the endangered species texts. Wildscreens team of ARKive Species Text Authors will also be on hand to give tips and advice to participants on writing about the wonderful diversity of life on Earth.
From: steve virgin [mailto:steve@mediafocusuk.com] Sent: 16 September 2011 15:58 To: 'wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org' Subject: RE: Bristol Wikipedians taught to edit online encylopaedia
http://www.bristolwireless.net/2011/09/lifes-wild-editing-wikipedia/
Lifes wild editing Wikipedia
Posted on http://www.bristolwireless.net/2011/09/lifes-wild-editing-wikipedia/ 16/09/2011 by http://www.bristolwireless.net/author/woodsy/ woodsy
Yesterday Bristol Wireless volunteers Jim and your correspondent attended the afternoon session of the two Wiki Wildlife Edit-a-thons ( http://www.bristolwireless.net/2011/09/wildlife-wiki-sessions-in-bristol/ news passim) that were jointly organised by Wikimedia UK http://uk.wikimedia.org/ and Wildscreen http://www.wildscreen.org.uk/ s ARKive project http://www.arkive.org/ , the Bristol-based digital archive of the worlds endangered species, which has kindly donated its text archive on endangered species to help improve and Wikipedias content.
The event, which was held at Bristols Watershed http://www.watershed.co.uk/ , started with introductions on the work of Wildscreen and ARKive from Ellie and Helen, after which it was over to Wikipedians Martin Poulter and Andy Mabbett http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/ to introduce Wikipedia and its sister projects.
After any new editors had got themselves set up with a login, Andy then put everyone through a few basic editing exercises, after which we were all let loose on a species of our choice. Jim set about improving the Wikipedia entry for the Black-necked Crane https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Black-necked_Crane , while your correspondent opted for the Gentoo penguin https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Gentoo_penguin (these damn zealous Linux types! Ed.)
In spite of the silence that would have been expected at such an event apart from the gentle tap on keyboards there was plenty of noise as people discovered that editing Wikipedia can indeed be fun.
All the time the action was being relayed via Twitter https://twitter.com/ with the #glamarkive hashtag https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23glamarkive by the dedicated social media team of Steve Virgin https://virginonmedia.wordpress.com/ and Christina Zaba https://twitter.com/#!/christinazaba at the back of the room.
A report of the event is also being carried by Bristol247 http://www.bristol247.com/2011/09/16/bristol-wikipedians-taught-to-edit-onl ine-encylopaedia-26319/ , which describes your umble scribe as a veteran Wikipedian (can they say that? Ed.) and even quotes him, as follows:
This is for everyone, said veteran Wikipedian Steve Woods of Bristol Wireless. So many people use Wikipedia, its only right that they learn how to edit it too so that they can put something back into it. There was lots of enthusiasm and positive energy today, which was great to see.
All told, it was a most enjoyable event at which even seasoned veterans such as Andy and myself gained some knowledge.
Searching via the Twitter hashtag mentioned above, I have discovered that the editors for the evening session included BBC people, long-standing and new Wikipedia editors, and a Wildlife Trust staff member. If you can add any more to this very limited information, please feel free use the comments form below
-----Original Message----- From: steve virgin [mailto:steve@mediafocusuk.com] Sent: 16 September 2011 13:55 To: 'wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org' Subject: Bristol Wikipedians taught to edit online encylopaedia
A nice story about the amazing work of PigsontheWing's fantastic work for us in Bristol...
http://www.bristol247.com/2011/09/16/bristol-wikipedians-taught-to-edit-onli ne-encylopaedia-26319/
Wikipedia came to Bristol yesterday to host free workshops on how to edit the worldwide online encyclopaedia all in the name of saving endangered wildlife.
The Wiki Wildlife Edit-a-thons were organised by Wikimedia UK in collaboration with Wildscreens ARKive project, the Bristol-based digital archive of endangered species throughout the world.
Hosted at the Watershed, the editing sessions allowed Bristolians and beyond to learn how to set up their own Wikipedia account and play in an online sandbox, before getting going on making improvements to main pages on the encyclopaedia itself.
This is for everyone, said veteran Wikipedian Steve Woods of Bristol Wireless. So many people use Wikipedia, its only right that they learn how to edit it too so that they can put something back into it. There was lots of enthusiasm and positive energy today, which was great to see.
For the past 10 weeks, Wikimedia Outreach Ambassador Andy Mabbett has been using ARKives text resources to update Wikipedia articles about endangered species.
The workshops at Watershed focused on improving the 200 texts about wildlife that ARKive shared with Wikipedia as part of the project.
It was great to learn how to edit Wikipedia really exciting, said Wildscreens Ellie Dart, who has been helping co-ordinate the project. The idea of our working together has been to help make Wikipedias wildlife articles more accurate, as well as encouraging more readers to come to ARKive.
She added that no digital images have been used, only text, in the collaboration. ARKive is famous for its beautiful pictures, but these are strictly copyright.
Currently attracting 414 million visitors every month, Wikipedia, part of the San Francisco-based Wikimedia Foundation, aspires to create a world in which every single human being can share in the sum of all human knowledge.
Volunteer writers and editors round the world co-create the resource, and its open to anyone to add to or improve it. There are around 100,000 such volunteers, or Wikipedians, in the UK.
This is a wiki-friendly city, said Bristolian and enthusiastic Wikimedia UK trustee and Board member Dr Martin Poulter. We already have great support from Bristol and Bristolians, and things like this Edit-a-thon are an amazing opportunity for anyone with an interest they want to share with the world to get involved.
Were hoping to have many more free events like this in Bristol, and of course all Bristolians can join in with the Wikipedian community online as well.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/620.htm also has the QR codes story on their site: very impressive!
From: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of steve virgin Sent: 16 September 2011 17:47 To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] The National Archives´ museum tests Wikimedia QR codes
The National Archives´ museum tests Wikimedia QR codes http://www.government-news.co.uk/national-archives/201109/the-national-archi ves-museum-tests-wikimedia-qr-codes.asp?utm_source=twitterfeed http://www.government-news.co.uk/national-archives/201109/the-national-arch ives-museum-tests-wikimedia-qr-codes.asp?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=t witter &utm_medium=twitter
From: steve virgin [mailto:steve@mediafocusuk.com] Sent: 16 September 2011 17:37 To: 'wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org' Subject: RE: Bristol Wikipedians taught to edit online encylopaedia
http://blog.arkive.org/2011/09/arkive-on-the-road-wiki-%E2%80%98wildlife-edi tathon%E2%80%99-in-bristol-uk/
http://blog.arkive.org/2011/09/arkive-on-the-road-wiki-%e2%80%98wildlife-ed itathon%e2%80%99-in-bristol-uk/ ARKive on the Road: Wiki Wildlife editathon in Bristol, UK
The worlds 5th largest website, Wikipedia, wants to help improve the worlds knowledge of http://www.arkive.org/endangered-species/ endangered species, and they have to come to ARKive for help.
ARKive has teamed up with Wikimedia UK to hold a http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Wildlife_Bristol Wiki Wildlife Editathon on Thursday 15 September in The Watershed Media Centre, Bristol, to offer hints and tips on improving existing Wikipedia species texts and to recruit more volunteer editors to help raise awareness of the worlds endangered species.
The editathon aims to encourage many new and existing Wikipedia editors to take part in this special event to help improve Wikipedias text articles on endangered plants and animals, such as the intriguing http://www.arkive.org/indri/indri-indri/ indri and the magnificent http://www.arkive.org/manta-ray/manta-birostris/ manta ray. During the event, participants will use the http://www.arkive.org/ ARKive website with its collection of over 13,800 multimedia species profiles to help with researching and writing the endangered species texts. Wildscreens team of ARKive Species Text Authors will also be on hand to give tips and advice to participants on writing about the wonderful diversity of life on Earth.
From: steve virgin [mailto:steve@mediafocusuk.com] Sent: 16 September 2011 15:58 To: 'wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org' Subject: RE: Bristol Wikipedians taught to edit online encylopaedia
http://www.bristolwireless.net/2011/09/lifes-wild-editing-wikipedia/
Lifes wild editing Wikipedia
Posted on http://www.bristolwireless.net/2011/09/lifes-wild-editing-wikipedia/ 16/09/2011 by http://www.bristolwireless.net/author/woodsy/ woodsy
Yesterday Bristol Wireless volunteers Jim and your correspondent attended the afternoon session of the two Wiki Wildlife Edit-a-thons ( http://www.bristolwireless.net/2011/09/wildlife-wiki-sessions-in-bristol/ news passim) that were jointly organised by Wikimedia UK http://uk.wikimedia.org/ and Wildscreen http://www.wildscreen.org.uk/ s ARKive project http://www.arkive.org/ , the Bristol-based digital archive of the worlds endangered species, which has kindly donated its text archive on endangered species to help improve and Wikipedias content.
The event, which was held at Bristols Watershed http://www.watershed.co.uk/ , started with introductions on the work of Wildscreen and ARKive from Ellie and Helen, after which it was over to Wikipedians Martin Poulter and Andy Mabbett http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/ to introduce Wikipedia and its sister projects.
After any new editors had got themselves set up with a login, Andy then put everyone through a few basic editing exercises, after which we were all let loose on a species of our choice. Jim set about improving the Wikipedia entry for the Black-necked Crane https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Black-necked_Crane , while your correspondent opted for the Gentoo penguin https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Gentoo_penguin (these damn zealous Linux types! Ed.)
In spite of the silence that would have been expected at such an event apart from the gentle tap on keyboards there was plenty of noise as people discovered that editing Wikipedia can indeed be fun.
All the time the action was being relayed via Twitter https://twitter.com/ with the #glamarkive hashtag https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23glamarkive by the dedicated social media team of Steve Virgin https://virginonmedia.wordpress.com/ and Christina Zaba https://twitter.com/#!/christinazaba at the back of the room.
A report of the event is also being carried by Bristol247 http://www.bristol247.com/2011/09/16/bristol-wikipedians-taught-to-edit-onl ine-encylopaedia-26319/ , which describes your umble scribe as a veteran Wikipedian (can they say that? Ed.) and even quotes him, as follows:
This is for everyone, said veteran Wikipedian Steve Woods of Bristol Wireless. So many people use Wikipedia, its only right that they learn how to edit it too so that they can put something back into it. There was lots of enthusiasm and positive energy today, which was great to see.
All told, it was a most enjoyable event at which even seasoned veterans such as Andy and myself gained some knowledge.
Searching via the Twitter hashtag mentioned above, I have discovered that the editors for the evening session included BBC people, long-standing and new Wikipedia editors, and a Wildlife Trust staff member. If you can add any more to this very limited information, please feel free use the comments form below
-----Original Message----- From: steve virgin [mailto:steve@mediafocusuk.com] Sent: 16 September 2011 13:55 To: 'wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org' Subject: Bristol Wikipedians taught to edit online encylopaedia
A nice story about the amazing work of PigsontheWing's fantastic work for us in Bristol...
http://www.bristol247.com/2011/09/16/bristol-wikipedians-taught-to-edit-onli ne-encylopaedia-26319/
Wikipedia came to Bristol yesterday to host free workshops on how to edit the worldwide online encyclopaedia all in the name of saving endangered wildlife.
The Wiki Wildlife Edit-a-thons were organised by Wikimedia UK in collaboration with Wildscreens ARKive project, the Bristol-based digital archive of endangered species throughout the world.
Hosted at the Watershed, the editing sessions allowed Bristolians and beyond to learn how to set up their own Wikipedia account and play in an online sandbox, before getting going on making improvements to main pages on the encyclopaedia itself.
This is for everyone, said veteran Wikipedian Steve Woods of Bristol Wireless. So many people use Wikipedia, its only right that they learn how to edit it too so that they can put something back into it. There was lots of enthusiasm and positive energy today, which was great to see.
For the past 10 weeks, Wikimedia Outreach Ambassador Andy Mabbett has been using ARKives text resources to update Wikipedia articles about endangered species.
The workshops at Watershed focused on improving the 200 texts about wildlife that ARKive shared with Wikipedia as part of the project.
It was great to learn how to edit Wikipedia really exciting, said Wildscreens Ellie Dart, who has been helping co-ordinate the project. The idea of our working together has been to help make Wikipedias wildlife articles more accurate, as well as encouraging more readers to come to ARKive.
She added that no digital images have been used, only text, in the collaboration. ARKive is famous for its beautiful pictures, but these are strictly copyright.
Currently attracting 414 million visitors every month, Wikipedia, part of the San Francisco-based Wikimedia Foundation, aspires to create a world in which every single human being can share in the sum of all human knowledge.
Volunteer writers and editors round the world co-create the resource, and its open to anyone to add to or improve it. There are around 100,000 such volunteers, or Wikipedians, in the UK.
This is a wiki-friendly city, said Bristolian and enthusiastic Wikimedia UK trustee and Board member Dr Martin Poulter. We already have great support from Bristol and Bristolians, and things like this Edit-a-thon are an amazing opportunity for anyone with an interest they want to share with the world to get involved.
Were hoping to have many more free events like this in Bristol, and of course all Bristolians can join in with the Wikipedian community online as well.
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From: faenwp@gmail.com Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:29:16 +0100 To: cultural-partners@wikimedia.ch CC: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [cultural-partners] Info: Edinburgh wikimeet on Saturday 1st October
This is great news. Any way we can help remotely?
Kind Regards, Pranav
In a month or so when the jobspec is public you may want to ensure it is widely blogged (esp. on Scottish related culture forums) as there may be many people with relevant Scottish cultural awareness that may not live in the UK currently that might be interested in applying for the 6 month post. Brian has some ideas for an event on 30/9 or 1/10 and I am hoping for e-volunteering opportunities to help, but we are still negotiating at the moment.
In the meantime, we could do with some comments or advice on our teeshirt design. These will be used at our Wikimeet and we will probably arrange a print run next week, so there is time for an alternative design to be considered if anyone wants to have a crack at it. See Brian's current proposed version at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_in_Scotland-4.5%22.png
The design is great - any chance of having the rampant lion in the background to give a more Scottish feel?
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If anyone would like to add an alternative notice to the proposed wikimeet geonotice it would be appreciated. My initial version seems a bit flat. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GEONOTICE#Edinburgh_Wikimeet
It would be a good idea for the notice to go live later today.
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Done; please feel free to tweak.
On 17 September 2011 08:43, Fae faenwp@gmail.com wrote:
If anyone would like to add an alternative notice to the proposed wikimeet geonotice it would be appreciated. My initial version seems a bit flat. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GEONOTICE#Edinburgh_Wikimeet
It would be a good idea for the notice to go live later today.
Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags
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In the meantime, we could do with some comments or advice on our teeshirt design. These will be used at our Wikimeet and we will probably arrange a print run next week, so there is time for an alternative design to be considered if anyone wants to have a crack at it. See Brian's current proposed version at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_in_Scotland-4.5%22.png
Is there an SVG version of that available to allow interested editors to submit tweaks under a separate filename / generally have a play?
-- Harry (User:Jarry1250)
T shirts are great, but please make sure you have multiple sizes and that you cater for women as well as men.
WSC
On 18 September 2011 12:59, Harry Burt harryaburt@gmail.com wrote:
In the meantime, we could do with some comments or advice on our teeshirt design. These will be used at our Wikimeet and we will probably arrange a print run next week, so there is time for an alternative design to be considered if anyone wants to have a crack at it. See Brian's current proposed version at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_in_Scotland-4.5%22.png
Is there an SVG version of that available to allow interested editors to submit tweaks under a separate filename / generally have a play?
-- Harry (User:Jarry1250)
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Agreed, though I suggest we take a tip from previous tee-shirt experiences and buy hardly any small sizes and more XL's...
PS I was kind of assuming that one could get a unisex cut for tee-shirts?
Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags
One of the contentious things at Wikimania has been T shirts and the assumption that girls will be OK with men's T shirts. This year the Israelis managed to get both kinds, probably the first Wikimania to do so, OK the women's ones came a day or so after the men were served. But from conversations I had this was one of the concrete gender gap issues that we could actually do something about. Even if only to drop T shirts and go with something genuinely unisex and one size fits all like coffee mugs or mouse mats.
WSC
On 18 September 2011 13:38, Fae faenwp@gmail.com wrote:
Agreed, though I suggest we take a tip from previous tee-shirt experiences and buy hardly any small sizes and more XL's...
PS I was kind of assuming that one could get a unisex cut for tee-shirts?
Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags
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Or baseball caps, perhaps - that way they're visible in public, but still unisex.
From: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of WereSpielChequers Sent: 19 September 2011 13:16 To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [cultural-partners] Info: Edinburgh wikimeet on Saturday 1st October
One of the contentious things at Wikimania has been T shirts and the assumption that girls will be OK with men's T shirts. This year the Israelis managed to get both kinds, probably the first Wikimania to do so, OK the women's ones came a day or so after the men were served. But from conversations I had this was one of the concrete gender gap issues that we could actually do something about. Even if only to drop T shirts and go with something genuinely unisex and one size fits all like coffee mugs or mouse mats.
WSC
On 18 September 2011 13:38, Fae faenwp@gmail.com wrote:
Agreed, though I suggest we take a tip from previous tee-shirt experiences and buy hardly any small sizes and more XL's...
PS I was kind of assuming that one could get a unisex cut for tee-shirts?
Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags
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