Dear all,
The rich story of the History of Medicine is not nearly covered on Wikipedia - Join us at Surgeons' Hall Museum, Edinburgh to remedy that.
Places are filling up for our History of Medicine Wikipedia event<tinyurl.com/histmed3> on the afternoons of Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th February but it's not too late to book a place.
Join us to celebrate the lives & contributions of women in medicine, over sixty years of Nursing Studies & seventy-five years of the Polish School of Medicine. Unravel myths, discover truths, create & re-write the Wikipedia pages of Scotland’s famous, and infamous, medical figures including gruesome body-snatcher William Burke and intriguing alumni Dr. James Miranda Barry. Come join us for all the fun and gain digital skills, learn how to edit Wikipedia, explore our history and harness the power of the web for public engagement.
With a variety of excellent guest speakers each day, an end of day tour of the Surgeons’ Hall museum after closing time and plenty of refreshments to support you to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of medicine-related content, you’ll learn how to edit and participate in an open knowledge community.
Participants can attend one day or both and will be supported to develop articles of their choice related to the history of medicine. NB: Please bring a laptop along to the event or email me at ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk if you require to borrow one for the event.
Hope to see you there!
Very best regards,
Ewan
Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence
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For those who want some background, this is the RFC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Daily_…
and this is also relevant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Daily…
bccing someone who might not be on this list and might be willing to speak
publicly on this matter.
In any event I'm sure it will be discussed on Sunday at the London Meetup
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/115 - I spotted at least
three of our regulars and irregulars in the RFC discussion.
Jonathan
On 9 February 2017 at 16:07, rodward <rodward(a)rodward.plus.com> wrote:
> Presumably they want someone who can be in London? or could this be done
> remotely?
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> rod
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> On 09.02.2017 15:59, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote:
>
> Hi all
> Just to say that I've just had a chat with the nice man from Newsnight and
> he's still really keen to set up an interview between the lovely Evan Davis
> and an editor, who can talk about the way in which these decisions are
> made. I'm making a few direct phone calls but if this is something you
> think you could do, please get in touch! I'm on 07803 505 169 or just drop
> me an email.
> Cheers
> Lucy
>
> On 9 February 2017 at 15:47, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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>> compare -
>> * not right-wing-ness - e.g. the Times and Telegraph are both serious
>> papers that lean right
>> * in fact - The Sun is not OK and the Times is, even though same politics
>> and same publisher, because one's a tabloid and one's a serious paper
>> * memorise the long lists of egregious falsehoods brought up in the RFC,
>> recite in a calm voice while smiling
>>
>> On 9 February 2017 at 15:45, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> That is literally what the task is, yes :-)
>>>
>>> On 9 February 2017 at 15:41, Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> Hmmm, trying to turn an interview from "zomg! Wikipedia bans the Mail!"
>>>> round to "actually this is all normal and we have some really interesting
>>>> community preferences" sounds.... tricky. ;)
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 1:51 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Usual line is "editorial decision, I'll forward your details to some
>>>>> editors" then email here ;-D
>>>>>
>>>>> sooooo er, editors?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9 February 2017 at 13:45, Lucy Crompton-Reid
>>>>> <lucy.crompton-reid(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>> > Hi all
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thanks very much for flagging this David. I think it would be great
>>>>> if
>>>>> > someone could talk about this from an editor's perspective - in
>>>>> particular
>>>>> > the process of consensus building within the Wikipedia community, as
>>>>> it's
>>>>> > clear many people working in the media don't understand this. If
>>>>> someone
>>>>> > does respond to you directly, please could you let me know?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > The office has had a flood of emails and phone calls which we've been
>>>>> > fielding as best as we can. I'm hoping that when San Francisco wakes
>>>>> up and
>>>>> > comes online they will send me their statement on the issue, which
>>>>> would
>>>>> > help to deal with enquiries.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > All best
>>>>> > Lucy
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On 9 February 2017 at 13:38, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> BBC Newsnight want a Wikipedia editor who can talk about this, for
>>>>> >> tonight. I can't, can anyone else? Email me and I'll forward you the
>>>>> >> email.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> - d.
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Hello all,
Just a reminder that Wiki Loves Monuments is around the corner, andn
coincidently we are looking for input on volunteer equipment. (Specifically
photography and AV equipment)
Here is a list of current equipment we have:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Equipment_Loan_Procedure#Multimedia
We’d ideally strive for some kind of balance between quality and quantity,
but are not averse to a big ticket item if it will facilitate a specific
piece of work.
But ideas suggested to me by volunteers and other Wikimedians so far have
been:
More lapel microphones (to record panel events etc)
Shoulder rig
Video light box.
Filters.
Extra batteries and memory cards.
A bigger telephoto lens
A handy audio recorder
A camera drone
A selfie stick
We have a budget of £1000. If as part of the suggestions, people could also
look at prices and possible good value vendors, that would be helpful
too. Please
reply all here, or alternatively, with suggestions on the wiki.
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Talk:Equipment_Loan_Procedure> Looking to
firm up decisions over the next couple of weeks.
Thanks
--
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Hi all,
I've rather had this event fall in my lap - a friend mentioned she was
helping Bradford council manage the marketing for it's LGBT+ History month
activities, she put me in touch with the local council lead, and they've
agreed to provide a venue for free and help us get new editors along. I'm
working on a collections or archives partner or presence, failing that
we'll rely on online resources. The downside is to fit in with their
availability its come up at short notice.
Having checked in with a couple of regional trained trainers, they were not
available, and currently I'm running the event as the solo wikimedian - far
from ideal both because I'm not a trained trainer (or a hugely experienced
editor) but more importantly, having had to run an Art+Feminism workshop
solo last year, I just know how hard it is to run a high-quality session
for newbies single handed.
Would anyone be prepared to travel and help out? The session is 12 - 3pm on
the 11th of February in a building near both of bradfords city centre
stations or I'm confident I can book a parking space. Travel expenses can
be met by WMUK (with the caveat that there is a limit so at this late
notice that might rule out those of you very far away)
We really don't do a lot in this part of the world at the moment, and there
is no reason we could embed this as a repeat thing - the local Councillor
who is leading the activities programme is keen and they have the
facilities and captive student and resident audiences - they just need the
wikipedians with a will!
Let me know directly and by reply all. I will also share the event page
when I've finished draft (H/t to Fae whose Bishopgate event I've shameless
borrowed) so you can suggest content/sign up as a remote participant/make
better.
Thanks
Kat