[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia UK report, September 2011
Asaf Bartov
abartov at wikimedia.org
Mon Oct 17 16:31:02 UTC 2011
Thanks for a fantastic report!
Asaf
On Oct 15, 2011 4:49 AM, "Michael Peel" <michael.peel at wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:
> Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports>for the period 1 to 30 September 2011. If you want to keep up with the
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> page<http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Reports/2011/September&action=edit&redlink=1>
> .
> This report is also available, complete with pictures, on our website at
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September .
>
> Contents
>
> - 1 Recruitment<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Recruitment>
> - 2 Program activities<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Program_activities>
> - 2.1 Education projects<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Education_projects>
> - 2.2 GLAM activities<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#GLAM_activities>
> - 2.3 Other activities<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Other_activities>
> - 2.4 UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities)<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#UK_press_coverage_.28and_coverage_of_UK_projects_.26_activities.29>
> - 2.5 Upcoming activities in October<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Upcoming_activities_in_October>
> - 3 Administrative activities<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Administrative_activities>
> - 3.1 Board activities<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Board_activities>
> - 3.2 Charitable status<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Charitable_status>
> - 3.3 Fundraising<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Fundraising>
>
> Recruitment
>
> This month we completed our recruitment of our new Chief Exec: Jon Davies<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/welcoming-our-new-chief-executive/>will start work on 1 October. Andrew Turvey, who led the recruitment, blogged
> about the process of recruiting our Chief Exec<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/help-us-choose-our-chief-executive/>;
> one of the last steps in this process was the presence of the final three
> candidates at the 49th London Meetup<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/49>so that the community could provide their input.
>
> Our new full-time Office Administrator<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Office_Administrator>,
> Richard Symonds, known as Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Chase_me_ladies,_I%27m_the_Cavalry>on Wikipedia, started work this month to assist specifically with the
> fundraiser work, and also more generally with WMUK's administrative needs.
> His contract runs until mid-January.
> Program activities Education projects
>
> On the 1st September, Martin Poulter and User:Martinvl<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Martinvl>ran a
> workshop for members of the Institute of Physics<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Physics_Workshop>.
> The event was written up in a blog post<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/wikimedia-uk-at-the-institute-of-physics/>
> .
>
> We funded two scholarships<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiSym_Scholarships>to attend WikiSym
> 2011 <http://www.wikisym.org/ws2011/start> in October 2011. The
> scholarships were awarded to Dr Mark Graham, and Han-Teng Liao, both from
> the Oxford Internet Institute. Following from the visit, they will also
> present about their work at the Wikimedia Foundation offices.
> GLAM activities
>
> Two ARKive project <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/ARKive_project> events
> were held in Bristol on 15 September (one in the afternoon, the other in the
> evening), led by Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pigsonthewing>),
> details of which are at Wiki Wildlife Bristol<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Wildlife_Bristol>.
> These were part of a larger collaboration to improve Wikipedia articles on
> threatened species, full information for which is available at
> Wikipedia:GLAM/ARKive <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/ARKive>.
> The events were covered by a number of local blogs and media organisations.
>
> QRPedia saw extensive media coverage this month, mostly following from the WMF
> blog post about it<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/09/28/qr-codes-wikipedia/>.
> See below for links to the news stories.
>
> A number of other GLAM activities also took place, including:
>
> - 3rd - The Mayor of Derby awarded prizes by a webstream to winners in Russia,
> France and Indonesia<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftoolserver.org%2F%7Epara%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkmlexport%3Farticle%3DWikipedia_talk%3AGLAM%2FDerby%2FMultilingual_Challenge%26usecache%3D1>for the Derby
> Multilingual challenge<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Derby/Multilingual_Challenge>
> - 8th - the first Wikipedia editing training session at the British
> Museum was, with nine BM people present (a mix of curators, curatorial
> interns and volunteers) and three Wikimedians. More details are on the
> Wikipedia project page<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/Ice_Age_art/training>
> .
> - 14th - A workshop for GLAMs<http://museumnetworkwarwickshire.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/something-wiki-this-way-comes-workshop-14th-september/>was run at the Herbert
> Art Gallery and Museum<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Art_Gallery_and_Museum>.
> For more information on this, see the 'This month in GLAM' UK report<http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2011/Contents/UK_report>
> .
> - 27th - A presentation was given to all staff at the British Library
> by Fae and Roger
> - 30th - Fae meet with Museums Galleries Scotland<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museums_Galleries_Scotland>to talk about an upcoming partnership.
>
> Other activities
>
> - UK Wikimeets this month: London<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/London_49>(11th) and
> Manchester <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Manchester> (17th)
> - 2nd-3rd - Mike Peel <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel>presented at Science
> Online London <http://www.scienceonlinelondon.org/> in the "How are
> wikis being used to carry out and communicate science?" session, and also
> the 'Micro-attribution' session.
> - 8th - Steve Virgin and Roger Bamkin presented at TEDx Bristol<http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/2246>
> - 13th - Jimmy Wales uses QRpedia in Indianapolis<http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2011/Contents/USA_report>
> - 14th - Editathon in Barcelona<http://theglamwikiexperience.blogspot.com/2011/09/edit-thon-at-fundacio-joan-miro.html>creates articles to support QRpedia at Foundation Joan Miro
> - 27th - Fiona Apps (User:Panyd<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Panyd>)
> spoke about Women and Wikipedia at Manchester Girl Geek Dinner<http://www.manchestergirlgeeks.com/upcoming-event-girl-geek-dinner-at-b-hive/>at B-Hive, Manchester. A report
> is available on the wiki<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Girl_Geek_Dinner#Girl_Geek_Dinner_2:_Manchester>
> .
> - We have offered travel grants to support UK residents' attendance of
> WikiConference India in November<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/wikiconference-india-travel-grants/>
> .
>
> UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities)
>
> Press coverage of Wikimedia in UK publications this month included:
>
> - 1st - QRpedia and Lori on Indianapolis local radio<http://www.wfyi.org/podcast/newscasts/NEWS_1108310830.mp3>
> - 8th - Wikipedia creator’s keynote speech at radio festival<http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2011/09/08/wiki-creator-s-keynote-speech-at-radio-festival-61634-29384251/>,
> JournalLive
> - 9th - Wikipedia founder wows Cambridge Network audience<http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/article/default.aspx?objid=85087>-
> *"Wikipedia attracts more readers than the top 20 newspapers in the
> world combined. "*, also covered in Cabume<http://www.cabume.co.uk/blog/running-wikipedia-possibly-not-as-easy-as-jimmy-wales-makes-it-look.html>(13th)
> - 12th - Joan Collins Corrects Wikipedia Entry<http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/270706>,
> Express
> - 14th - Johann Hari: A personal apology<http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-a-personal-apology-2354679.html>,
> Independent. Also covered in The Guardian<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/14/johann-hari-apologises-orwell-prize>and Periscope
> Post<http://www.periscopepost.com/2011/09/johann-hari-apologises-for-plagiarism-and-wikipedia-edits-or-does-he/>
> .
> - 15th - QR Codes at the National Archives: National archives news<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/620.htm>&
> GovernmentNews<http://www.government-news.co.uk/national-archives/201109/the-national-archives-museum-tests-wikimedia-qr-codes.asp?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter>
> - 16th - coverage of ARKive event:
> - Life’s wild editing Wikipedia<http://www.bristolwireless.net/2011/09/lifes-wild-editing-wikipedia/>,
> Bristol Wireless
> - Bristol ‘Wikipedians’ taught to edit online encylopaedia<http://www.bristol247.com/2011/09/16/bristol-wikipedians-taught-to-edit-online-encylopaedia-26319/>,
> Bristol 24/7
> - ARKive on the Road: Wiki ‘Wildlife editathon’ in Bristol, UK<http://blog.arkive.org/2011/09/arkive-on-the-road-wiki-%E2%80%98wildlife-editathon%E2%80%99-in-bristol-uk/>,
> ARKive blog.
> - 24th - QRpedia on Spanish Discussion programme<http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/para-todos-la-2/para-todos-2-23-09-11/1205515/>as part of 40 minute programme on Wikipedia - one of three Spanish TV
> interviews
> - 28th - 维基百科推出可能有史以来最酷的QRpedia » 竹筱杰<http://zhuxiaojie.sinaapp.com/?p=2086>QRpedia and also in two other places.
> - 29th - coverage of QRPedia (a project developed by UK wikimedian and
> Terence Eden):
> - Wikipedia launches QR code creation service to assist museum
> visitors <http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/79515/>, PanArmenian
> - QRPedia: Wikipedia makes visiting museums more fun<http://memeburn.com/2011/09/qrpedia-wikipedia-makes-visiting-museums-more-fun/>,
> MemeBurn
> - QRpedia creates multilingual QR codes for Wikipedia articles<http://thenextweb.com/media/2011/09/29/qrpedia-creates-multilingual-qr-codes-for-wikipedia-articles/>,
> The Next Web
> - QRPedia: Wikipedia launches QR code tool for museums<http://www.techworld.com.au/article/402669/qrpedia_wikipedia_launches_qr_code_tool_museums/?fp=16&fpid=1>,
> Australian Techworld
> - Several others that day
> - 30th More coverage of QRpedia
> - How Wikipedia Is Making QR Codes Useful Again<http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/09/how-wikipedia-is-making-qr-codes-useful-again/>
> - 维基百科二维码移动应用 QRpedia，简单并且好用，堪称应用典范！ | TechFrom科技源<http://www.techfrom.com/16401.html>TechFrom and several others that day
>
> Upcoming activities in October
>
> - 1st - Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Backstage Pass<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Backstage_Pass>
> - 1st - Warwick University Freshers fair - Panyd organising stall
> - 1st - Edinburgh meetup<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Edinburgh_3>- run by Fæ and Brian McNeil
> - 1st - Tom Morris attending Over the Air<http://overtheair.org/blog/category/about/about-over-the-air/>at Bletchley Park where Terence Eden did keynote on QRpedia
> - 5th - Martin Poulter speaking on "Common pitfalls in engaging with
> Wikipedia" at Bathcamp #26, the Innovation Centre, Bath<http://bathcamp.org/events/event/open-spirit/>
> - 5th - Roger Bamkin speaking at Europeana Conference at Austrian
> National Library on "WLM, GLAM and QRpedia"
> - 7th - 13.30-17.00 British Museum internal training workshop.
> - 7th - Meeting with Central Midlands Archives, Derby City Council re
> QRpedia
> - 8th - Andy Mabbett - "GLAM and QRpedia" at Library Camp UK in
> Birmingham
> - 8th - Cambridge meetup
> - 11th - Board meeting <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agenda_11Oct11>
> - 13th - 10.00-17.00 British Museum Ice Age art "Behind the Scenes"
> event.
> - 15th - Largest Joan Miro exhibition for 20 years in Barcelona uses 17
> QRpedia codes which access English articles (Oh and some in Catalan)
> - 16th - London meetup<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/50>
> - 16th - EGM - see below
> - 24th - 10.00-18.00 Wikipedia Lounge at The University of Manchester<http://manclounge.eventbrite.com/>
> - 28th - Meeting scheduled in Monmouth to try and launch partnership
> with the town
>
> For events in November and onwards, please see Events<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events>
> .
> Administrative activities Board activities
>
> We held an In-person executive board meeting<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agenda_18Sep11>on 18 September in Derby. Discussions focused on plans for our upcoming EGM
> (see below) and on the induction process for our new chief exec.
>
> Draft reports from board members on their recent activities are available
> on the WMUK wiki <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports_11Oct11> in
> preparation for the next board meeting on 11 October.
> Charitable status
>
> Our application to be recognised as a charity by the UK's Charity
> Commission was significantly progressed this month. We will be holding an Extraordinary
> General Meeting on 16 October 2011 <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/EGM_2011>to pass a special resolution to change our Objects to bring them in line
> with the Charity Commission's view of what a charity is. See our blog post
> on this subject<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/egm-16th-october-help-us-become-a-charity/>for more information.
> Fundraising
>
> In preparation for the upcoming fundraiser, we have run a series of
> fundraising tests this month. The tests and their outcomes are described
> on meta <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011/Local_testing/GB>
> .
>
> We received £3624.73 in paypal donations from 272 donors this month - more
> than twice what we received in August. We have also started accepting monthly
> and quarterly Direct Debits <http://directdebit.wikimedia.org.uk/>: this
> month we recieved eight new Direct Debit instructions, averaging £22/month.
> All but one of these came in during the hour-long fundraising test on 28
> September.
>
> For more information please see our monthly fundraising report at Fundraising
> Report - Monthly Totals 2011<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_Report_-_Monthly_Totals_2011>
> .
>
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