Here's a call to all Wikimedia UK members interested in attending Jimmy Wales's talk on the 10th Birthday of Wikipedia in Bristol on January 13th. 12-1pm http://www.bristol.ac.uk/pace/public-lectures/wikipedia10/ Although the event is advertised as fully booked there are some tickets just for Wikimedia UK members still available. Though it is a limited number so first come first served. Anyone interested needs to contact me on steve.virgin(a)wikimedia.org.uk or via this email address: steve(a)mediafocusuk.com The event is free...just need to get yourself there... Below is a map of where the event is being held http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl You'll need train tickets from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/ OR a coach to town - the bus station is about 10 mins walk from the venue http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/ if you cannot make it the Board are busy trying to finalise arrangements for the event to be Live Streamed over the Internet...sorry won't know the URL before this Wednesday at the earliest Spread the word & get involved in some way... Happy Christmas & Prosperous New Year Steve -----Original Message----- From: wikimediauk-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Michael Peel Sent: 20 December 2010 12:22 To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] [PRESS] Jimmy Wales: 'It's not about how many pages. It's about how good they are' "The Monday Interview: As Wikipedia celebrates 10 years as an unrivalled source of knowledge, its founder talks to Ian Burrell": http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jimmy-wales-its-not-about- how-many-pages-its-about-how-good-they-are-2164840.html Mike _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Thanks martin :-) -----Original Message----- From: wikimediauk-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Martin Poulter Sent: 20 December 2010 13:37 To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Bristol - Jimmy Wales Talk for 10th Birthday On Mon, 20 Dec 2010, steve virgin wrote: I think you meant to post this link: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&… ,+University+of+Bristol,+Bristol&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=16.575836,39.5 06836&ie=UTF8&hq=University+Of+Bristol&hnear=University+Of+Bristol,+Victoria +Rooms,+Queens+Rd,+Clifton,+Bristol,+Avon+BS8+1SA,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.4569 48,-2.608395&spn=0.008517,0.01929&z=16 -- Dr Martin L Poulter ICT Manager, The Economics Network Based at the ILRT, University of Bristol: http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ The full experience: http://infobomb.org/ Wikipedia contributor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter Bias research: http://biasandbelief.wordpress.com/ Comedy music: http://www.myspace.com/glandscape Community blog: http://doodznchyx.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

In case anyone's interested, I've had a conference submission accepted for the Open Educational Resources conference in Manchester this May. http://www.ucel.ac.uk/oer11/ The ambiguity of the title is deliberate. Title: Wikipedia and Higher Education: Beat them or join them? Conference Theme: Collaboration and communities Abstract: Max. 350 words The presenter works on OER projects in Higher Education, and also in a voluntary capacity for Wikipedia, which aims to bring the world's knowledge to all of humanity. Both efforts are worthwhile, but their reach and impact is very different. I will argue that Wikipedia and its related projects have achieved enormous impact due to cultural factors that are only evident "behind the scenes". These cultural factors, including very high degrees of risk tolerance and individual empowerment, are largely alien to present-day Higher Education and become more so as universities become increasingly managerial. Some attempts to improve on the Wikipedia model, such as Citizendium, lack this special ingredient and enjoy considerably less impact. Universities have entirely different strengths from Wikipedia, but cannot put off the decision of whether they will try to compete with it, work with it for the common good, or work in a complementary way. If they want to be more wiki-like, they need to realise that this is not a matter of mere technological change, or even of individual practice. -- Dr Martin L Poulter ICT Manager, The Economics Network Based at the ILRT, University of Bristol: http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ The full experience: http://infobomb.org/ Wikipedia contributor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter Bias research: http://biasandbelief.wordpress.com/ Comedy music: http://www.myspace.com/glandscape Community blog: http://doodznchyx.wordpress.com/