Hello All,

As Vinesh, the president of the Imperial College London Wikipedians, mentioned in a previous e-mail, we will be holding a London Wikipedia Academy next Wednesday on the 13th. The discussion is going to focus on Wikipedia and Academia and how they fit together, especially looking at Wikipedia in the University setting. Please sign up at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/London_Wikipedia_Academy or e-mail Vinesh if you are coming, that way we have a head count, and invite all the academics you know! Below is a more formal invitation from Vinesh that you are more than welcome to forward!

After Mike Peel's great interview with the Guardian several weeks ago, we want to keep the discussion going! [1]

Alex Stinson User:Sadads Campus Ambassador

[1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/mar/29/wikipedia-survey-academic-co...

Formal invite you can forward:

Dear Sir/madam,

I am emailing you to invite you to the London Wikipedia Academy is a mini-conference aimed at starting a conversation between academics and Wikipedians in London, moving from ethereal opinions to organised, evidence based, informed discussions. There will be a number of exciting speakers all engaging in a vital conversation for modern higher education.

Students, librarians and academics from across London have been invited by the first official student Wikipedia society in the UK, Wikipedians at Imperial College, to meet at their South Kensington campus April 13th 545-8pm.

This promises to allow those pro and anti Wikipedia to discuss the key issues around its inevitable use by staff and academics, on every topic that is taught at higher education institutions in the capital.

Please register your interest by adding your name or emailing the address at the bottom of this webpage:

http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/London_Wikipedia_Academy

If the above details could be forwarded to relevant mailing lists, or if you would allow and direct us towards the relevant mailing lists, we would be most grateful.

We hope to see you there!

Vinesh Patel

Year 5 Medicine

President, Wikipedians at Imperial College