All,
Any of you near the WMUK office this evening might find the following a
good opportunity for photographs:
http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2012/05/08/expect-gunfire-and-explosions-ne…
The Honourable Artillery Company are doing a free barbecue and display of
various military equipment and tactics from the 17th century to the present
day. The museum will be open, and there'll be various displays with cannon,
muskets, rifles and - of course - the cavalry. I may drop by myself and see
if I can grab a few photos.
All the best,
Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992
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Folks,
Jon has very kindly offered to open up the office the WMUK office on the Sunday morning after the AGM (that's the 13th) for a planning meeting to discuss a London bid for Wikimania 2014 if there is demand.
If you're interested in attending the meeting (you won't be committing yourself to anything just by attending), please sign up at this page: https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2014/Planning_meeting.
If you know of anybody not on this list who might be interested, by all means forward this email.
Further details will be posted when they're known (assuming there is demand for such a meeting); any questions in the meantime to me please.
Sincerely,
Harry Mitchell
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Hi all,
I've created a mailing list to bring together our education contacts
and volunteers who are interested in helping educational projects.
Long overdue, I know. Despite the name, Wikiversitans and other
Wikimedians are very much welcome.
The mailing list home page and subscription instructions are here:
<https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=WIKIPEDIA-INTEREST-GROUP>
Messages are publicly archived and the list membership is open for
review, *but* it's possible to set an option to hide your email
address from the review.
The description follows:
For anyone in the UK wanting to implement or support educational
projects that use Wikipedia or its sister projects such as Wikibooks
and Wikiversity. The list can be used for announcements of relevant
activities, and offers or requests for help in making things happen.
It is a UK-focused list, not meant to duplicate the global Wikimedia
in Education mailing list.
To keep down traffic, the list is intended mainly for announcements
rather than discussion: if you want list members' perspectives on a
topic, create a post on a blog, forum or wiki and post the link.
We have much to discuss: September's EduWiki Conference, Wikimedia
UK's education strategy and recruitment of education staff, creating
publicity materials to credibly set out how Wikimedia UK and Wikipedia
can support educators, and setting up an Ambassador network in the UK.
<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2012>
<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_strategy>
The principles of Good Faith Collaboration that we use in creating
Wikipedia also apply in this mailing list.
<https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=WIKIPEDIA-INTEREST-GROUP>
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Dr Martin L Poulter
Board member/ Trustee, Wikimedia UK http://uk.wikimedia.org/
Wikipedia contributor
http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter
Musician
http://myspace.com/comapilot
Person http://infobomb.org/
The Shire Hall's professionally produced dramatisation of the Chartist
Trial is today's Wikimedia Commons Media of the Day.
Not an *amazing* accolade, granted, but the video is very interesting and
very professional. The Chartists were early proponents of suffrage - votes
for all men, regardless of wealth or class. They were a bit before their
time, and were executed for their views. The video is well worth watching!
All the best,
Richard
I understand that the Wikimania jury have given or will soon be giving
feedback to all the unsuccessful bids. Would the bid teams be willing
to share that feedback with the rest of us so that we can incorporate
it into our plans for the future?
Thanks!
Nothing for bristol yet.
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I understand that the Wikimania jury have given or will soon be giving
feedback to all the unsuccessful bids. Would the bid teams be willing
to share that feedback with the rest of us so that we can incorporate
it into our plans for the future?
Thanks!
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Hey all,
Not sure who is responsible for this, or whether it is a known issue..
but donate.wikimedia.org.uk is throwing up a "Are you sure you want to
visit this site" error (yup that red error page!) in Google Chrome due to
an SSL certificate error.
The certificate is signed for directdebit.wikimedia.org.uk, not
donate.wikimedia.org.uk, so the browser considers it untrusted.
Cheers,
Tom
Members of this list might be interested to know that Wikimania 2013 will be held in Hong Kong.
I'm sure I can speak for everyone when I say congratulations to Hong Kong, and heartfelt commiserations to the London team, who have put a great deal of effort into the bid.
See James' post to wikimania-l: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2012-May/003491.html
Harry
Hi folks,
Just a quick reminder that the second Coventry meetup is this Sunday (the 6th).
Coventry is nice and accessible from all over the Midlands, and from London and Manchester (in fact, you can get from Euston to Coventry in under an hour on the train), so those of you who don't live in the back of beyond have got no excuse! ;)
I hope to see some of you there!
Best,
Harry