[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Wikimedia UK monthly report, November 2013
Stevie Benton
stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk
Wed Jan 29 12:56:01 UTC 2014
Hello everyone,
Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly
report<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports> for
the period 1st to 30th November 2013. If you want to keep up with the
chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our
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any questions or comments, please drop us a line on this report's talk
page<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Talk:Reports/2013/November&action=edit&redlink=1>.
You can also view the report on wiki at
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/November
Apologies for the delay in publishing this report. We've had some problems
with our database that have prevented us being able to share accurate data.
With regards,
Stevie
Program activities Community
The second Cardiff
wikimeet<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cardiff/2> took
place at the beginning of the month with around twenty Members turning up
as well as a few local non-Members.
GLAM activities BBC Open Content
For the first time, the BBC <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:BBC> have
dipped their toe into open content waters, releasing three extracts from Radio
4 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:BBC_Radio_4> programmes from their
archives, 'Desert Island
Discs<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Desert_Island_Discs> and
'Today <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Today_(BBC_Radio_4)>' under CC-by
licences, as a prelude to releasing around 200 more at an event
London<http://bbcspeakerthon.eventbrite.com/> on
18 January 2014. The donation came at the behest of Wikimedian Andy
Mabbett, who is running the project with the
BBC<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/BBC_voice_project> and
has written about the
initiative<http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/bbc-open-licence-voice-radio-speakerthon/>
on
his blog.
Mining for information
The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical
Engineers<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_of_England_Institute_of_Mining_and_Mechanical_Engineers>
in
Newcastle upon Tyne was the site of an edit-a-thon relating to the
institute's collection. Robert Forsythe delivered a report on the
event<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/1995/>,
which included a tour round the collections, and there was enthusiasm for
the topic, with one attendee travelling from the other side of the country
to be there. The institute is considering a future event based around their
collection so there may be more to come!
Scotland
The Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland organised
an edit-a-thon on the subject of early
photography<https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Early_Photography_in_Scotland_Edit-a-thon>.
Topics included the Edinburgh Calotype
Club<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Calotype_Club>,
the oldest photography club in the world, and participants were able to
access the Library's digital collections. An editing session with the
University of Edinburgh's PhotoSoc is also being considered. In Glasgow an
edit-a-thon was run on the topic of Scottish women on
Wikipedia<https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Scottish_Women_on_Wikipedia>
on
Sunday 16th November. Details of the outcomes can be found
here<https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Scottish_Women_on_Wikipedia#Results>
.
Photography
There was a strong photography theme in November. Building on the success
of Wiki Loves Monuments, a Wiki
Takes<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_London/Wiki_takes_the_Tube>
event
was organised based around London's tube system. The idea was to take
photographs of Grade I and II* listed buildings which weren't covered on
Commons and were within easy reach of tube stations. Towards the end of the
month there was an
edit-a-thon-cum-photography-session<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Atheism/Conway_Hall_editathon_27/11/13>
at
Conway Hall in London, with nine articles created.
Education and expert outreach
The Humanities Research Institute at the University of Sheffield hosted a
workshop on "Wikimedia: linking research impact and open education". This
is part of a series being
delivered<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador/Research_impact_and_open_education>
by
Martin Poulter in universities around the country as part of the
collaboration between Jisc and Wikimedia UK. The goal is to make educators,
researchers and other people in universities aware of ways they can work
productively with the Wikimedia projects, and to get them to commit to
specific "next steps". Among the 27 attendees from across the university
were some MA students in topics such as public engagement and digital
librarianship. Evaluation forms and reflections are written
up<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador/Research_impact_and_open_education#Sheffield>
on
the Wikimedia UK wiki. A quickie version of the workshop also took place at
the EduWiki conference.
Also in his Jisc Wikimedia
Ambassador<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador>
capacity,
Martin attended a day event on "enhancing discoverability" of digital
resources such as scanned documents. He and other speakers shared
perspectives on how to promote the finding and use of small collections of
scholarly digital content in universities and cultural institutions. His
in-person presentation and written briefing are feeding into national
advice which will be published in the coming months. He also spoke to the
Jisc Innovation Group - a meeting of programme directors and managers -
about new developments in Wikimedia and the role of free and open content
in Wikimedia's success.
Following Robin Owain's meeting with Prof. Iwan Davies, Deputy Vice
Chancellor of Swansea University in August, he has now met Dr Tom Cheesman
and Dr Rhys Jones, other lecturers and students representatives. Tom's
WikiProject, hopefully, will use crowd sourcing to gather and organise
knowledge of worldwide versions of the Works of Shakespeare: "WOW!" Will in
Other Words<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Water_cooler#.22WOW.21.22_Will_in_Other_Words>
.
EduWiki Conference 2013
On 1-2 November we have delivered an annual education
conference<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2013>.
To watch a brilliant video summary of the event please visit our wiki.
SpotOn 2013
23 SpotOn conference delegates (10 female and 13 male) attended this
session. We were also able to observe that there were 14 postgraduate
students, while the rest were academics, researchers, or other
non-students.They ran an Introduction to Wikipedia workshop for
newcomers<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/SpotOn_London_2013_Wikipedia_editing_workshop>
on
the second day of the conference and Brian blogged about it
here<http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/facilitating-a-wikipedia-editing-session-the-solo13-experience/>.On
Friday and Saturday, 8 and 9 November, Brian Kelly and Toni Sant attended
the SpotOn conference (formerly known as Science Online), renewing WMUK
presence at this large, high-profile annual event hosted by Nature
Publishing Group, aimed at people interested in how science is carried out
and communicated online.
Photos from the workshop are also available on Wikimedia
Commons<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WMUK_workshop_at_SpotOn2013_London>
.
Technology Other activities Wiki Loves Monuments
Planning for the WLM UK prize giving took place in November. Scheduled for
10th December, the prize giving was part of a community day with a
photography session in the afternoon followed by an open day in the evening.
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>
.
Blog posts this month
- EduWiki Conference 2013 convenes in
Cardiff<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/eduwiki-conference-2013-convenes-in-cardiff/>
(5
November)
- Starting out as the Wikipedian in
Residence<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/starting-out-as-the-wikipedian-in-residence/>
(7
November)
- Wikimedia Diversity
Conference<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/wikimedia-diversity-conference/>
(10
November)
- Open letter for free access to Wikipedia on mobile in South
Africa<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/open-letter-for-free-access-to-wikipedia-on-mobile-in-south-africa/>
(11
November)
- A report from the Wikimedia Diversity Conference by Kwaku
BBM<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/a-report-from-the-wikimedia-diversity-conference-by-kwaku-bbm/>
(14
November)
- Mining information at the Mining
Institute<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/1995/> (19
November)
- In response to the Times Higher
Education<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/in-response-to-the-times-higher-education/>
(21
November)
- Scottish Women on
Wikipedia<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/scottish-women-on-wikipedia/>
(21
November)
- EduWiki: The
Video<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/eduwiki-the-video/> (28
November)
Activities in November, December and January November
- *1* - Cardiff meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cardiff/2>
- *1* - Talk by Pat Hadley <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:PatHadley> to
staff and students of University of York, Department of
Archaeology: *Wikipedia
for Research, Teaching and Impact*
- *1-2* - EduWiki Conference
2013<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2013>
- *2* - Early Photography in Scotland
Edit-a-thon<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Early_Photography_in_Scotland_Edit-a-thon>
-
National Library of Scotland - Edinburgh
- *7* - Ally Crockford <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ACrockford> at
the Grampian Information Annual
Conference<http://www.grampianinfo.co.uk/grampian-information-annual-conference-2013.html>
-
Aberdeen
- *6* - Editathon at the North of England Institute of Mining and
Mechanical Engineers<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Editathon,_North_of_England_Institute_of_Mining_and_Mechanical_Engineers>,
Newcastle upon Tyne
- *9* - SpotOn London 2013 Wikipedia editing
workshop<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/SpotOn_London_2013_Wikipedia_editing_workshop>
- *9* - Wiki takes the
Tube<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_London/Wiki_takes_the_Tube>
- *9* - Cambridge
meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/20>
- *9* - Virtual Learning Environment
workshop<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Virtual_Learning_Environment_workshop>
day *postponed*
- *9-10* - Wikimedia Diversity
Conference<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference>,
Berlin, Germany
- *10* - London meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/75>
- *12* - Women of the Institute of Psychiatry (Kings College London)
editathon<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Kings_College_London_Wikipedia_editing_workshop>
- *14* - Using Wikimedia to link research impact and open
education<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador/Research_impact_and_open_education#Sheffield>
-
workshop at Humanities Research Institute, the University of Sheffield
- *15* - Martin
Poulter<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador>
attending
"Spotlight on the Digital - Enhancing Discoverability (An Experts Forum)"
in London
- *15* - University of Oxford - Rediscovering
Rycote.<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_University_of_Oxford/RediscoveringRycote>
- *16* - Glasgow Women's Library Wikipedia editathon - Scottish Women on
Wikipedia <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Scottish_Women_on_Wikipedia> -
Bridgeton Library at The Olympia
([1]<http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/wikipedia-editathon/>
)
- *17* - Oxford meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Oxford/10>
- *18* - GLAMToolset Steering Group
meeting<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GLAMToolset_project/OutreachSchedule>
- *20* - Veterinary Science
editathon<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Veterinary_Science_editathon>,
London
- *23* - Belfast meetup and photo
competition<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Belfast/1>
- *25* - Medical Research Council Women in Science event,
Cambridge<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/MRC,_Royal_Society,_Wikimedia_UK_Women_in_Science_Wikipedia_edit-a-thons>
- *26* - Tech committee
telecon<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings/Agenda_26_November_2013>
- *26* - Nexters Seminar, Somerset House,
London<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Nexters_seminar,_Somerset_House>
- *27* - Conway Hall editathon and photography
session<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Atheism/Conway_Hall_editathon_27/11/13>
- *30* - Ctrl Alt Change at Imperial
College<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Ctrl_Alt_Change>
event *postponed*
- *30* - 'Wikipedia in your Hands' at Book Week Scotland event, Edinburgh
December
- *01* - Glasgow meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Glasgow/3> to
coincide with The Electron Club's Open Day
Social<http://www.citystrolls.com/>
- *02* - 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 Newcastle University
- *02* - Training session for librarians and archivists at The Glasgow
School of Art<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Training_session_for_librarians_and_archivists_at_The_Glasgow_School_of_Art>
- *03* - Medical Research Council Women in Science event,
Edinburgh<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s_History/The_Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh_2013>
- *03* - Nexters and KPMG
event<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Nexters_and_KPMG_event_3_December_2013>
- *04* - Art Nouveau editathon in
London<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Symbolism_and_Art_Nouveau/London_Editathon>
- *07* - Chester meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Chester/2>
- *07-08* - Board meeting <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Agenda_7Dec13>
(Edinburgh)
- *07* - Evening Board and community social
(Edinburgh)<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/December_2013_Board_and_community_social>
- *08* - London meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/76>
- *09* - British Computer Society Women editathon in
Southampton<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/BCS_Women_Wikipedia_editathon_December_2013>
- *10* - Photography
training<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/December_2013_Photography_Workshop>
at
Wikimedia UK office 1.30-3.30pm
- *10* - WLM awards
ceremony<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/WLM_awards_ceremony> and
Wikimedia UK office open day 4pm - 8pm
- *15* - Oxford meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Oxford/11>
January
- *07* - Tech Com
meeting<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings#2013>
- *12* - London meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/77>
- *18* - Speakerthon: uploading voice samples from the Radio 4 archive
to Wikipedia<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:BBC_voice_project>
- *18* - Women in zoology and natural history editathon at London
Zoo<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/ZSL_Editathon>
- *19* - Oxford meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Oxford/12>
- *25* - Anybody but Burns
editathon<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Anybody_but_Burns_editathon>,
Edinburgh
- *26* - Swansea Editathon and Wiki
training<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Swansea/1>
- *26* - Manchester
meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Manchester/21>
For events in February 2014 and onwards, please see
Events<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events>
.
Administrative activities Board activities
In November the WMUK board co-opted three new trustees, Simon Knight
Padmini Ray Murray, and Joseph Seddon, to bring the number of members up to
ten.
- Simon is a PhD student who has been very active with Wikimedia UK in
education projects including as an EduWiki speaker; his research interests
focus on learning analytics and open content education and cover such
issues as using Wikipedia as a platform to support information literacy. He
acts as the Trustee representative on the Grants and Education Committees.
- Padmini is an academic with significant knowledge of the University
Education field; she lectures at Stirling University on subjects including
social media and participatory technologies. She sits on the GLAM and
Education Committees.
- Joseph is a highly experienced Wikimedian who will be well known to
many in both the UK and wider communities; he was previously a hands-on
director of Wikimedia UK before it became a charity, and has been following
our progress closely and attempting to provide quiet advice ever since. He
sits on the Governance, Technology and GLAM Committees.
Simon and Joseph's terms run until the 2014 AGM, while Padmini's runs until
November 2015.
Communications
Please see the above links to relevant press coverage received in November
and blog posts published during the same period. In other news, the chapter
was represented by volunteers and staf at the Open Government Partnership
which examines the ways that governments can be more open with information
and data. The Free Knowledge Advocacy Group - representing a group of
European Wikimedia chapters, met in London and created their collective
statement of intent. This work is ongoing. A piece of wider work looking at
how Wikipedia could be used in different settings, including young
offenders' institutions, public libraries and places with no internet
access was begun. Stevie presented to a Nexters meetup at Somerset House(a
group of social tech entrepreneurs) about open licences and the Wikimedia
projects.
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
Fundraising and Membership Fundraising
This month, we received £233.00 in one-off donations, with 8 individual
donations. The average donation amount was £29.12 - 75% 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 4829 successful direct debits this month, bringing in a total of
£19465.27
Membership
Up to 30th November 2013 there were 238 members of the charity eligible to
vote.
You can view more detailed membership data
here<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Membership/Numbers>
Membership Brochure
The first brochure in Welsh was published in time for the EduWiki at
Cardiff.
Visitors to the office this month
Visitors this month included members from other Wikimedia chapters in to
discuss Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU, and attendees or speakers that
attended EduWiki 2013 such as Rod Dunican (WMF) and Michal Lester (WMIL).
Other visitors included:
- Kira Kraemer (WMDE) as part of Wikimedia Chapters Dialogue
- Emmanuel Engelhart
- Simon Knight
- User:Thryduulf
- Charles Matthew
- Our insurer on a scheduled visit
- Greyham Dawes
- Padmini Ray Murray
- Theresa Knott
- Chris Keating
- Michael Maggs
- Martin Poulter
- Members of Wikimania 2014 organising team
--
Stevie Benton
Head of External Relations
Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
@StevieBenton
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global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the
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*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal
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