On 9 Mar 2012, at 14:32, Tom Morris wrote: > On 9 March 2012 13:48, Charles Matthews <charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com>

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I think there are probably enough page 3 photos on commons already, don't you? ;-) Richard Symonds Office & Development Manager Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 207 065 0992 -- Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, a Charitable Company Registered in England and Wales, No: 6741827. Charity No:1144513 Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. Wikimedia UK is the local chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. On 09/03/2012 15:52, Deryck Chan wrote: On Mar 9, 2012 2:35 PM, "Michael Peel" <michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/who-are-the-commons-moles-cha… > > > > Headline: "Who are the Commons moles changing Wikipedia entries?" > > > > My initial thought was "Commons people aren't allowed to edit > > Wikipedia?" (and also something along the lines of "well, we know > > Commons people like their 'nude or semi-nude women with Muppets', but > > even so, calling them 'moles' seems a bit harsh!"). > > > > Then I grokked that it was the House of Commons, not Wikimedia Commons. > > > > Too much time at the coal face, methinks. > > I thought exactly the same thing, followed by "ooh, there's a Wikimedia Commons article on page 3 of the Independent! Fantastic!". Should have known better. ;-) What I read: "There's a Wikimedia Commons picture on page 3!" Anyone takers on Commons for the challenge? ;) _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing listwikimediauk-l@wikimedia.orghttp://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

On second thoughts/read-through, I want to retract my previous email. I skim-read through Tom's email, and was thinking more in terms of 'Wikimedia Commons' vs ''Commons' in terms of 'House of Commons', and hence there being high-profile visibility for the Wikimedia sister projects. I was _not_ replying in terms of the 'Page 3' interpretation as per the newspaper that goes under the name of 'The Sun', which I think is fundamentally sexist and ethically wrong. Mike On 9 Mar 2012, at 16:03, Deryck Chan wrote: *from* Commons! ;) richard.symonds(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: don't you? ;-) Company 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, operate wrote: charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/who-are-the-commons-moles-cha… >> > > >> > > Headline: "Who are the Commons moles changing Wikipedia entries?" >> > > >> > > My initial thought was "Commons people aren't allowed to edit >> > > Wikipedia?" (and also something along the lines of "well, we know >> > > Commons people like their 'nude or semi-nude women with Muppets', but Commons. Wikimedia Commons article on page 3 of the Independent! Fantastic!". Should have known better. ;-) takers on Commons for the challenge? ;) _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

On 9 March 2012 13:48, Charles Matthews &lt;charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com&gt; wrote: So, the best thing about this story is that it's about two years out of date. An acquaintance of mine did a funny article back in 2010 on Parliamentarians editing Wikipedia. http://www.tomscott.com/wikiparliament/ It's like the Indie story but with better jokes. -- Tom Morris <http://tommorris.org/> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org