I think there are three options, 1) an editathon in the run up to the election, possibly with Full Fact, to try to ensure Wikipedia contains accurate information about the main Parties, key politicians etc, 2) An editathon on the day/night of the election - although I appreciate Ed's point about the practicalities of that given that results come in overnight, or 3) an event following the election when we will have the results to work with. I do wonder if people might have a bit of election fatigue afterwards? Or perhaps that's just me and Brenda. If there are any trainers/volunteers who are particularly interested, do let us know. All best, Lucy On 21 April 2017 at 18:15, John Lubbock <john.lubbock(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0991 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*

I think we should do one before. I suggested Sunday 7th May, and Ed has said we can use Newspeak House. So we need a trainer now. Anyone keen? John On 24 April 2017 at 08:33, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:

I would not be able to be in London but may contribute from home as results come in – more likely come online early the following day. I would also agree that this should be onwiki to reach a wider audience. There is already some discussion about when “dissolution” actually occurs (1 minute past midnight on the night of 3 May) and the edits needed to MPs articles at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Politics_of_the_Un… Rod From: Wikimediauk-l [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of leutha(a)fabiant.eu Sent: 26 April 2017 18:01 To: John Lubbock; UK Wikimedia mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposed election night editathon Hi all, I would like to make several suggestions: 1. Checkout the General Election 2015 Editathon wikipedia page <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetups/UK/General_Election_2015_Editathon> : the aim was clearly stated: "We will endeavour to ensure that Wikipedia is up to date with the UK General Election <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_general_election_2015> results by the morning of 8th May." We had a link up with cy-wiki. There is a short video about the event and we and sponsorship from Cybersalon and used the basement in Development House. This worked well, even though we did have the Green Party try and persuade us to move somewhere else, somewhat ineffectively. If such an arrangement is to be repeated, the room should be booked soon, and a member of staff identified who would be happy to be present for the night. I did this in 2015, and I must admit it was great fun: a sociable way to stay up all night on election night and to contribute towards the sum of "the sum of all human knowledge"! There is little point in seeing it as a "training event" as those present were generally all experienced editors. But we did basically succeed with our aim, even if early birds coming on line the next morning also made an important contribution. I would be interested in being involved ifsomeone could arrange a venue and some support re snacks pizza etc. 2. As regards any event before hand, it would seem useful to check the timetable <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2017#Timetable> . As 11 may is the deadline for the delivery of candidate nomination papers, it would make sense to have any event after this. 3. We should keep in touch with people who already have built up experience working on UK elections. I know I found Bondegezou <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bondegezou> very helpful back in 2015. 4. At the risk of sounding hopelessly old-fashioned, it would seem to me be a good idea to move as much of this discussion onto Wikipedia itself as possible, to see how any event which is organised can best fit in with the existing activities of the community. all the best, Fabian Tompsett, aka Leutha On 24 April 2017 at 11:42 John Lubbock &lt;john.lubbock(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; wrote: I think we should do one before. I suggested Sunday 7th May, and Ed has said we can use Newspeak House. So we need a trainer now. Anyone keen? John On 24 April 2017 at 08:33, Gordon Joly &lt;gordon.joly(a)pobox.com&gt; wrote: On 21/04/17 18:15, John Lubbock wrote: What about if we simply did a politics themed editathon after the election when the results had come in and we had something to work with? With NPOV of course! Gordo _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk _____ <http://www.avg.com/internet-security> AVG logo This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/internet-security>

A database? Like, say, Wikidata? ;) Chris

Yes, I'm sure that's the right kind of solution for on the day and most of the potential use cases. I'd imagine that all of the data gathered would be within scope for Wikidata, though I'm not sure whether Wikidata yet has good structures to record constituency-level election data. It would be great if it did. Chris

John My vote (haha) would be for Election Night itself, and Newspeak House is fine with me. I would definitely attend. Edward (Edwardx) <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On 27 April 2017 at 11:12, John Lubbock &lt;john.lubbock(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; wrote:

On 28 April 2017 at 15:13, Harry Mitchell &lt;hjmwiki(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: The usual early night stuff is sort out the smaller parties that don't have articles and improve the ones that do. -- geni

John Thanks for your timely reminder. From previous postings, Fabian and I (at least) would be up for an election night editathon. As I've mentioned before, there are 29 MPs not standing again, so based on the 2015 constituency results and the 10pm exit polls, we can start Draft: pages for probable new MPs, ready to go live when the actual constituency results come in. MPs not standing again https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2017#Members… best wishes Edward (Edwardx) <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On 1 May 2017 at 14:01, John Lubbock &lt;john.lubbock(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; wrote:

Thank you for organising that John. Fabian and I are both due to be attending the next London meet-up, on Sunday 14 May, so we could discuss it all then. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/118 best wishes Edward (Edwardx) On 4 May 2017 at 11:28, John Lubbock &lt;john.lubbock(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; wrote:

good work! On 3 May 2017 at 17:47, Ed Hand &lt;edwardxx(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: -- Roger Bamkin *0771 9790901* 01332 702993 Google+:Victuallers Skype:Victuallers1 Flickr:Victuallers2

On 05/05/17 11:56, John Lubbock wrote: That'll be the WMUK Prague Faction and the WMUK Vienna Branch? :-) Gordo

Hey all, here's the event page on Facebook. Please let me know if you're coming by listing your attendance. https://www.facebook.com/events/1419398211460956 John On 1 June 2017 at 16:10, John Lubbock &lt;john.lubbock(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; wrote:

John As promised, here is a first rough draft of the WP page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetups/UK/General_election,_June_2… Everyone is most welcome to add to and improve it! Edward On 1 June 2017 at 18:11, John Lubbock &lt;john.lubbock(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; wrote:

I may join remotely , for the evening, as I am working the nexterm day. On 5 Jun 2017 3:27 pm, "John Lubbock" &lt;john.lubbock(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; wrote:

I attended the same event as Fabian, and agree with all his comments. It was a fun night, and we could do even better this time.. We already have 25 MPs not standing again, so that's up to 25 new bios we'll need: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2017#Members… Based on the 2015 results plus the exit polls, we should have a very good idea who will win in each of those seats, and can start the draft pages accordingly, ready to go live as soon as the individual results are in. Have we ever had an editathon where we started more than 25 articles? 25 is plenty. Along with Fabian, I'd be happy to be a trainer on the night, if any training is needed. Edward Hands (Edwardx on WP) On 26 April 2017 at 18:01, &lt;leutha(a)fabiant.eu&gt; wrote: <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>