As I recall, the objections were in part that we have most of this
material already on Commons (via Geograph), but badly organised. I
don't know if that's changed, or if we've got a better idea of what's
out there...

- Andrew.

On 16 January 2013 16:45, HJ Mitchell <hjmitchell@ymail.com> wrote:
> Well we have a list of Grade I listed buildings in every county. I'm sure it
> would be easy enough to have a bot do the same for Grade II* and Scheduled
> Ancient Monuments, and that gives us a ready-made target list. How much more
> organisation is needed, beyond creating the necessary project pages on the
> relevant wikis and getting the word out?
>
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> From: Thomas Morton <morton.thomas@googlemail.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2013, 16:31
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WikiConference 2013 Speakers
>
> Excellent suggestions, thanks, I will look into it.
>
> A WLM speaker would be great... last year it was mentioned, but only as a
> plea for someone to step forward and organise the UK effort.
>
> I looked into what it would take but it seems a larger job than I'd have
> time for given my other committements - is there noone from the GLAM side of
> things who can take it on??
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 15 January 2013 21:11, Lodewijk <lodewijk@effeietsanders.org> wrote:
>
> If the UK would be participating in Wiki Loves Monuments this year, would
> that be an angle to search a keynote? (national or European) I doubt someone
> from the international team would qualify as a ''keynote'' (maybe regular
> though?) but someone from Heritage England or even one of the European
> umbrella organizations (Europa Nostra, Europeana) could do something?
>
> Just a thought,
>
> Lodewijk
>
>
> 2013/1/15 Jon Davies <jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk>
>
> AGM 8th of June with more activities on the 9th.
>
> On 15 January 2013 11:21, Joe Filceolaire <filceolaire@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> date?
> On Jan 15, 2013 11:19 AM, "Thomas Morton" <morton.thomas@googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Morning Everyone,
>
> As you might know, the 2013 conference will be in Lincoln, organised by the
> Conference Committee with support from the office.
>
> With the venue chosen, we now need to figure out an exciting programme. A
> lot of this is in the planning stage and we will be releasing more
> information later, however one of the first thing we need to do is figure
> out some keynote speakers.
>
> Later in the year we will be calling for papers and speakers from within the
> community, right now we are focusing on finding one or two "big names" who
> have something relevant to say.
>
> As this is your concert we need to know who you want to hear from!
>
> It could be anyone; from celerities, to politicians, to activists. We're
> looking for intriguing suggestions, people with a unique perspective.
>
> Some initial suggestions have been made, please please do suggest further
> ideas here on the mailing list, by emailing myself or posting on this page:
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013/Speakers
>
> Regards,
> Tom
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