[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia UK monthly report - October 2013
Stevie Benton
stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk
Wed Dec 4 17:05:16 UTC 2013
Hello everyone,
Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly
report<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports> for
the period 1st to 31st October 2013. If you want to keep up with the
chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our
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page<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Talk:Reports/2013/October&action=edit&redlink=1>
.
For those who prefer to view the report on wiki you can see it at
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October
Thanks and regards,
Stevie
Contents [hide <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#>]
- 1 Program activities<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#Program_activities>
- 1.1 Community<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#Community>
- 1.1.1 Microgrant
outcome<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#Microgrant_outcome>
- 1.2 GLAM
activities<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#GLAM_activities>
- 1.3 Education & expert
outreach<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#Education_.26_expert_outreach>
- 1.4 Training
wiki-skills<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#Training_wiki-skills>
- 1.5 Technology<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#Technology>
- 1.6 Other
activities<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#Other_activities>
- 1.6.1 Wiki Loves
Monuments<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#Wiki_Loves_Monuments>
- 1.6.2
Microgrants<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#Microgrants>
- 1.7 UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects &
activities)<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#UK_press_coverage_.28and_coverage_of_UK_projects_.26_activities.29>
- 1.8 Blog posts this
month<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#Blog_posts_this_month>
- 1.9 Upcoming activities in October and
November<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#Upcoming_activities_in_October_and_November>
- 1.9.1
October<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#October>
- 2 Administrative
activities<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#Administrative_activities>
- 2.1 Board
activities<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#Board_activities>
- 2.2 News from the Chief
Exec<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#News_from_the_Chief_Exec>
- 2.3 Communications<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#Communications>
- 2.4 New
Staff<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#New_Staff>
- 2.5 Fundraising and
Membership<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#Fundraising_and_Membership>
- 2.6 Visitors to the office this
month<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/October#Visitors_to_the_office_this_month>
Program activities
Community
The first Leeds meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Leeds/1> started
the month off with 6 signups. Meetups also took place in
London<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/74>
, Oxford <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Oxford/9>,
Manchester<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Manchester/20>,
and Edinburgh <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Edinburgh_4>.
GLAM activities
October was a busy month for GLAM with multiple events for Ada Lovelace
day, and a variety of other subjects from Breast cancer and Railways to
paleontologists and the Bloomsbury group.
Geographically our program included our first editathon in York and a virtual
event <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Pearson_Wikipedia_Editathon_Oct_2013>
where
most participants were not in UK.
Education & expert outreach
The afternoon in the same venue saw a Women in Science editathon,
introduced by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, FRS and by Oxford's CIO, Anne
Trefethen. It was supported by Martin in his Jisc capacity, but with vital
assistance from Doug Taylor <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/User:RexxS> and Dan
Garry <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/User:Deskana>. An almost entirely
female group of 22 attendees, with a broad age range, created seven
articles and improved fourteen
more<http://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/adalovelace/2013/10/21/editathon-success/>,
and there was genuine enthusiasm for further involvement with Wikipedia.
Bodelian Libraries' Liz McCarthy (whose books were incredibly useful on the
day) and IT Services' Kate Lindsay wrote articles for *Guardian Higher
Education Network*<http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2013/oct/15/ada-lovelace-day-wikipedia-editathon>
and for the university's online magazine *Oxford
Today*<http://www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk/news/2013-10-19-celebrating-women-science>
about
the value of writing about women in STEM on Wikipedia.On Ada Lovelace Day,
Oxford University hosted the first of a series of workshops on using
Wikimedia to link Research Impact and Open
Education<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador/Research_impact_and_open_education>,
delivered by Martin Poulter as part of the Jisc/Wikimedia UK
partnership<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador>.
The three-hour event attracted fourteen attendees, including
lecturers/tutors, support staff, and one museum staff. Nine people signed
up to the Wikimedia UK list of academic contacts, who are being followed up
with. Requests have come from more universities for these workshops, and
though the project plan is for six, the total will likely exceed that.
The Bodleian Libraries also hosted a guest blog post by
Martin<http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/23things/wikipedia-learning-by-sharing-knowledge/>
as
part of its "23 things" online course.
Martin had a brief slot in a Jisc Digital Media webinar about finding audio
and video resources for
education<http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/surgery/session/finding-and-using-audio-and-video-resources>
which
is archived on the JDM site. He discussed some of the strengths and
weaknesses of Wikimedia Commons, and took part in a discussion about the
value of freely reusable content. Other participants were highly
complimentary about Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement.
Training wiki-skills
Software Alliance Wales (SAW; based at Swansea University), have agreed to
train their own trainers in wiki-skills. They will then train others in all
parts of Wales. Each course member will be given a general outlook of
Wikipedia and will then create a village stub-article on Wikipedia, in
English or in Welsh; part two then looks at Infoboxes. It's possible that
this may be the first time for an independent body in Britain to teach
wiki-skills.
Technology
The Technology Committee<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Technology_Committee>
met
on 22nd October; it was the committee's fourth full meeting and the minutes
are available online<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings/Minutes_22_October_2013>
.
Other activities
Wiki Loves Monuments
The jury <http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/meet-the-jury> consisted of
three people with diverse backgrounds. Steve Cole has more than 40 years of
experience of heritage photography and has worked with the Royal Commission
on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) and English Heritage; David
Iliff is a semi-professional photographer and regularly contributes to the
Featured Picture process; and Alex Linghorn is a professional travel
photographer and has travelled to more than 40 countries capturing images
of culture and heritage.Submissions to Wiki Loves Monuments closed at 23:59
on Monday 30th September. With 12,000 photos from the UK, October was spent
judging them. A team of volunteers systematically looked through all the
photos to compile a long-list for the final jury. After several passes they
produced a long list of nearly 500 images for consideration by the jury.
The three-man jury met at the end of the month and settled on the winners.
The top three were selected, with seven Highly Commended images, and one
selection for Best Documentary image. The winners can be seen
here<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:UK_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_winners_2013>
.
Microgrants
Information about microgrants that are currently running, and how to submit
a microgrant application of your own, are at
Microgrants/Applications<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Microgrants/Applications>
.
UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities)
Ada Lovelace and Wikipedia's Women -
http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2013/oct/15/ada-lovelace-day-wikipedia-editathon
Ada Lovelace Day 2013 - from nerd cabaret to womenifying Wikipedia -
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/15/nerd-cabaret-wikipedia-ada-lovelace-day-2013?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487
BBC Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 (featuring Daria Cybulska) discussing Ada
Lovelace Day and Wikipedia - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03cmt4n
BBC - Wikipedia probe into paid-for 'Sockpuppet' entries -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24613608
Vice.com - is the PR industry buying influence over Wikipedia? -
http://www.vice.com/read/is-the-pr-industry-buying-influence-over-wikipedia
Wall Street Journal - Wikipedia probes suspicious promotional articles -
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/10/21/wikipedia-probes-suspicious-promotional-articles/
Independent - Wikipedia: We have blocked 250 'sock puppets' for biased
editing of our pages -
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/wikipedia-we-have-blocked-250-sock-puppets-for-biased-editing-of-our-pages-8895112.html
Guardian - Wikipedia cracks down on 'paid advocacy editing and
sockpuppetry' -
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/22/wikipedia-ban-sock-puppet-pr
PR Week - New Wikipedia editing furore provokes CIPR ire -
http://www.prweek.com/article/1217351/new-wikipedia-editing-furore-provokes-cipr-ire
Daily Dot - The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet army -
http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/wikipedia-sockpuppet-investigation-largest-network-history-wiki-pr/
The Register - Wikipedia sockpuppetry probe puts a sock in hundreds of
accounts -
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/21/wikimedia_foundation_blocks_hundreds_of_accounts_due_to_sockpuppetry/
Ars Technica - Wikipedia editors, locked in battle with PR firm, delete 250
accounts -
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/wikipedia-editors-locked-in-battle-with-pr-firm-delete-250-accounts/
Washington Times - Click capitalism: PR firms cash in cleaning up clients’
Wikipedia pages -
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/21/money-to-pr-firm-can-buy-good-image-on-wikipedia/
Social Times - Wikipedia Continues To Clash With Wiki-PR In Losing Battle -
http://socialtimes.com/wikipedia-continues-to-clash-with-wiki-pr-in-losing-battle_b137036
Time Magazine - Wikipedia Bans 250 Users for Posting Paid, Promotional
Entries -
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/21/wikipedia-bans-250-users-for-posting-paid-promotional-entries/
Venture Beat - Wikipedia shuts down 250 accounts as part of investigation
against paid ‘sockpuppets’ -
http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/21/wikipedia-shuts-down-250-accounts-as-part-of-investigation-against-paid-sockpuppets/#IajM4aiTXx7idJyh.99
Zeit Online - Wikipedia geht gegen bezahlte Manipulation vor (in German) -
http://www.zeit.de/digital/internet/2013-10/wikipedia-lobbyismus-sperrung-nutzer
Digital Journal - Wikipedia editors report high numbers of paid-for
articles - http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/360726
Kenyan Standard - Wikipedia probe into paid-for 'sockpuppet' entries -
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000095994&story_title=wikipedia-probe-into-paid-for-sockpuppet-entries&pageNo=2
New Statesman - Keeping Wikipedia working is wearing some editors down -
http://www.newstatesman.com/2013/10/keeping-wikipedia-working-wearing-some-editors-down
Slate (in French) - WIKI-PR, L'ENTREPRISE QUI FAUSSE WIKIPEDIA POUR
PROMOUVOIR SES CLIENTS -
http://www.slate.fr/life/79142/wikipedia-entreprise-relations-publiques
MSN Now - Wikipedia tries to fix the problem of allowing anyone to edit
articles -
http://now.msn.com/wikipedia-cracks-down-on-sock-puppet-network-non-neutral-editing
Philip Sandifer - Wikipedia Goes All-In on Transphobia -
http://www.philipsandifer.com/2013/10/wikipedia-goes-all-in-on-transphobia.html
Blog posts this month
- Introducing Scotland’s first
Wikimedian-in-Residence<http://scot.okfn.org/2013/10/01/introducing-scotlands-first-wikimedian-in-residence/>
(1
October)
- The morning after the month
before<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/10/the-morning-after-the-month-before/>
(4
October)
- Wikimedia at the Mining
Institute<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/10/wikimedia-at-the-mining-institute/>
(8
October)
- Introducing our two new
trustees<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/10/introducing-our-two-new-trustees/>
(9
October)
- Wikimedia UK & York Museums Trust appoint Wikimedian in
Residence<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/10/wikimedia-uk-york-museums-trust-appoint-wikimedian-in-residence/>
(14
October)
- Celebrating Ada Lovelace
Day<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/10/celebrating-ada-lovelace-day/>
(15
October)
- Wikipedia: Learning by sharing
knowledge<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/10/wikipedia-learning-by-sharing-knowledge/>
(18
October)
- Governance review – interim review and progress
report<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/10/governance-review-interim-review-and-progress-report/>
(21
October)
- Breast cancer information on Wikipedia: making it even
better<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/10/breast-cancer-information-on-wikipedia-making-it-even-better/>
(24
October)
- Saying ‘bonjour’ to Wikimedia
France<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/10/saying-bonjour-to-wikimedia-france/>
(29
October)
- Announcing the winners of the Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest in
the UK<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/10/announcing-the-winners-of-the-wiki-loves-monuments-photo-contest-in-the-uk/>
(30
October)
Activities in October
October
- *03* - Ada Lovelace Festival of Wikipedia
workshop<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s_History/Ada_Lovelace_Festival_of_Wikipedia_workshop>,
London & Edinburgh
- *04* - Harnessing the Energy WES Conference
2013<http://www.wes.org.uk/energy#Programme> -
Wikimedia UK present to talk about engaging with Wikipedia
- *05* - Ada Lovelace Festival of Wikipedia
workshop<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s_History/Ada_Lovelace_Festival_of_Wikipedia_workshop>,
Southampton
- *05* - First Leeds meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Leeds/1>
- *09* - GLAM working group meeting
- *11–12* - OpenGLAM conference <http://openglam2013.pl/home/english>,
Poland. Wikimedia UK represented by Daria Cybulska to promote chapter's
GLAM work
- *11* - Presentation to the Office of National Statistics at the
Department of
Education<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/ONS_Presentation_London>,
London
- *11* - Medical Research Council Women in Science
event<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/MRC,_Royal_Society,_Wikimedia_UK_Women_in_Science_Wikipedia_edit-a-thons>,
London
- *13* - London meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/74>
- *13* - Oxford meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Oxford/9>
- *14* - Wikipedia training for the Office of National
Statistics<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/ONS_Training,_Newport>
- *15* - Using Wikimedia to link research impact and open
education<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador/Research_impact_and_open_education>
-
workshop for staff in Oxford University
- *15* - Women in Science Oxford Editathon: Ada Lovelace Day
2013<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_University_of_Oxford/AdaLovelaceDay2013>,
Oxford University
- *17* - Ada Lovelace Day London 2013 Conway
Hall<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s_History/Ada_Lovelace_Day_London_2013_Conway_Hall>
- *19* - editathon - Bloomsbury
Festival<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Literature/Bloomsbury_Group_editathon>
-
London
- *19* - Trowel Blazers: Women in archaeology, palaeontology and
geology<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Trowel_Blazers_event> -
Natural History Museum - London
- *19* - editathon - National Railway
Museum<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Railways/National_Railway_Museum_editathon>
-
York
- *20* - Manchester
meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Manchester/20>
- *22* - Breast Cancer Care editing
session<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Breast_Cancer_Care_editing_session>
-
London
- *25–27* - Joint MozFest
session<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Joint_Mozfest_proposal>
- *26* - Wikimedia 'pitch' at Library Camp
Glasgow<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Library_Camp_Glasgow_2013>,
Mitchell Library
- *26* - Trevor Johnson hosting a stand for WikiProject RISC
OS<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:WikiProject_RISC_OS>
at RISC OS London show<http://www.riscoslondonshow.co.uk/exhibitors.php>
- *27* - Manchester Girl Geeks Wikipedia editing
workshop<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_Girl_Geek_Dinner/Manchester_October_2013>
to
link with the Manchester Science Festival
- *27* - Edinburgh
meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Edinburgh_4>
- *28* - Kingston University Women in Science
event<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Kingston_University_Women_in_Science_event>
- *30* - Martin Poulter taking part in Jisc Digital Media
webinar<http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/blog/entry/jisc-digital-media-webinar-for-october-finding-and-using-audio-and-video-re>
on
"Finding and Using Audio and Video Resources"
For events in December 2013 and onwards, please see
Events<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events>
.
Administrative activities
Board activities
In October the WMUK board co-opted two new trustees, Carol Campbell and
Kate West, bring the number of members up to seven. Carol is a former
charity CEO who has worked in the hospice sector, the arts, a special
school and a cathedral and Kate is an operations and resource management
professional and has worked for a variety of high-profile, non-profit
organisations. Their terms run until the end of September 2015.
News from the Chief Exec *For information on Jon's activities this month,
see News from the Office
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/News_from_the_Office/Posts>.*
Communications
Please see the above links to relevant press coverage received in October
and blog posts published during the same period.
Aside from the regular comms work, the main driver of our external
relations work this month was developing relations with other local and
international groups of shared interest. This included the chapter being
represented (by staff and volunteers) at the Open Government Partnership
Summit, and presenting a session at MozFest. This work is ongoing and will
continue into the new year.
If you're interested in getting more involved with our communications or
have any questions or comments, please email Stevie Benton –
stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk
New Staff
Stuart Prior <https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/User:Stuart_Prior_(WMUK)>
joined
the team on the 24th, his role will be to assist with the fundraising and
organisation of the upcoming Wikimania 2014 in August.
Fundraising and Membership Fundraising
This month, we received £125 in one-off donations, with 5 individual
donations. The average donation amount was £25 - 80% 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 4634 successful direct debits this month, bringing in a total of
£18,282.77
Membership
Please see Membership/numbers by
status<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Membership/numbers_by_status>
Visitors to the office this month
- Michelle Brook, Open Knowledge Foundation
- Brian McNeil
- User:Thryduulf
- Nik Speller, Rare Corporates
- The Wikimania volunteer team
- Hannah Jones
- Jasbir Saund
- Simon Knight
- Kate Walsh and Carol Campbell
- Peter Williams
- Emmanuel Engelhart
- Rupert Thurner
- Anisha Tailor from the Physiological Society to discuss outreach
- Sarah Burnett from BCS Women before joint event
- Dhaval Vyas
- Leutha
- Dan Garry (Deskana)
--
Stevie Benton
Communications Organiser
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@StevieBenton
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