Indeed. Delivery is relatively easy - there are several bots on various wikis already dedicated to delivering various newsletters.
What I'd really like to see is a newsletter for the UK community and not just the chapter, which the current reports cover to an extent. Having such a newsletter delivered in a Signpost-style format every month could go a long way towards getting more people involved and increasing the profile/understanding of the chapter among the editing communities. Harry Mitchell
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________________________________ From: joseph seddon life_is_bitter_sweet@hotmail.co.uk To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, 19 November 2012, 0:39 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK October report - contributions wanted
I this thats a very good idea :)
Its simple enough that even I could set up something to do that and if there is a desire to I would be happy to do the delivery.
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Message: 1 Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 16:43:50 +0000 From: Andreas Kolbe jayen466@gmail.com To: UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK October report - contributions wanted Message-ID: CAHRTtW_U+ec_mnbbbck1Amd+hzy1d4C_Qp=6TQd2X43rz6aWMQ@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Charles Matthews < charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com> wrote:
I was going to wait for other views. But the underlying, fundamental need is to have a vehicle for growing the involved UK community. Inviting brainstorming from this list misses that point, in my view. Those who are prepared to wade through the threads on this list are probably already quite involved. :Likewise those who are active on the GLAM front. The crying need is to get beyond preaching to the converted
Would it be feasible to deliver a WMUK newsletter the way the Signpost is delivered, i.e. to subscribers' talk pages in Wikipedia (and perhaps other projects)?
The WMUK website and mailing list are a bit of a walled garden. Visibility of a WMUK newsletter on talk pages in Wikipedia and other projects might get new people involved.
Andreas
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