Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-16 Thread Gordon Joly
On 17/09/12 02:09, Andreas Kolbe wrote: Jimbo has commented on his talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Gibraltarpedia.2C_Wikimedia_UK_and_concerns_about_paid_editing_and_conflicts_of_interest_within_Wikimedia_UK Andreas So nice to agree with Jimbo. Paid work a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-16 Thread Richard Symonds
it's very late, so I'll keep this short until I'm in work tomorrow; but the 'in kind support' amounts to a few dozen A4 'learn to edit' leaflets, nothing more. Anyone worldwide can ask for them, and we'll send them out by post to anyone who wants them for a 'learn to edit' session. That's perfectly

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-16 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Jimbo has commented on his talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Gibraltarpedia.2C_Wikimedia_UK_and_concerns_about_paid_editing_and_conflicts_of_interest_within_Wikimedia_UK Andreas ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wik

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-16 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 16/09/12 20:02, Thomas Dalton wrote: > >> Since Roger is, I understand, being paid by the Government of >> Gibraltar to work on GibraltapediA, I think this constitutes paid >> editing. >> > And in no way conflicts with his legal status as a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-16 Thread Gordon Joly
On 16/09/12 20:02, Thomas Dalton wrote: Since Roger is, I understand, being paid by the Government of Gibraltar to work on GibraltapediA, I think this constitutes paid editing. And in no way conflicts with his legal status as a Trustee? Gordo ___ Wi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-16 Thread Deryck Chan
I don't see any problem with Roger's position. In the one case you cited below, Roger has trespassed a DYK rule, was shouted at for violating the rule rather than his own conflict of interest, and retracted his own review. Paid editing and editing with a conflict of interest is not forbidden by W

[Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

2012-09-16 Thread Thomas Dalton
It has come to my attention that Roger Bamkin has been editing articles on Gibraltar: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?limit=100&tagfilter=&title=Special%3AContributions&contribs=user&target=Victuallers&namespace=0&tagfilter=&year=&month=-1 and nominating and reviewing them a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-09-16 Thread Chris Keating
> > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Annual_Conference_2012_AGM_Minutes#Discussion_over_the_voting_process > > It says there that there was going to be an EGM before September 2012 to > decide on how future board election would be held. Is there any word on > that? > I think the short answer is "no".

[Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-09-16 Thread Thomas Dalton
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Annual_Conference_2012_AGM_Minutes#Discussion_over_the_voting_process It says there that there was going to be an EGM before September 2012 to decide on how future board election would be held. Is there any word on that? ___

[Wikimediauk-l] Gibraltarpedia

2012-09-16 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Panyd raised some conflict-of-interest concerns related to Gibraltarpedia that may merit discussion here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Potential_abuse_of_DYK A. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http:/

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] FDC members

2012-09-16 Thread Andrew Gray
Possibly of interest - one of the members is Mike Peel. - Andrew. -- Forwarded message -- From: *Patricio Lorente* Date: Sunday, 16 September 2012 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] FDC members To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org. Dear friends: I just posted the initial composition of the F