Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Plaques

2012-08-06 Thread Guy Hamilton
om To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Plaques So Monmouth plan to put up twice as many plaques as London next year ... On 6 August 2012 23:13, Roger Bamkin wrote: I suspect the cost is not for the plaque, but for the installation and permission etc. But anyway - let

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Plaques

2012-08-06 Thread Roger Bamkin
So Monmouth plan to put up twice as many plaques as London next year ... On 6 August 2012 23:13, Roger Bamkin wrote: > I suspect the cost is not for the plaque, but for the installation and > permission etc. But anyway - lets see if it wiorks ! > > > On 6 August 2012 23:06, Richard Symonds > wr

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Plaques

2012-08-06 Thread Roger Bamkin
I suspect the cost is not for the plaque, but for the installation and permission etc. But anyway - lets see if it wiorks ! On 6 August 2012 23:06, Richard Symonds wrote: > Have just checked: we do have a contact there. We'll get it to you > tomorrow. > > Richard Symonds > Wikimedia UK > 0207 065

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Plaques

2012-08-06 Thread Richard Symonds
Have just checked: we do have a contact there. We'll get it to you tomorrow. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 6 August 2012 22:56, Andy Mabbett wrote:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Plaques

2012-08-06 Thread Richard Symonds
I've got a contact at the National Trust, but I think it's a regional contact, rather than a national one... I don't think we've got any at English Heritage. I've cced in Fae, who should know if we have any English Heritage contacts! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Plaques

2012-08-06 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 6 August 2012 22:37, Richard Symonds wrote: > QRpedia plaques were less than £100 each (I forget the exact figure). Add > 20% for losses, repairs, updates, breakages (this is central London)... > Andy, would you be willing to get in touch with English Heritage? Yes; do we have a contact there?

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Plaques

2012-08-06 Thread Richard Symonds
QRpedia plaques were less than £100 each (I forget the exact figure). Add 20% for losses, repairs, updates, breakages (this is central London)... Andy, would you be willing to get in touch with English Heritage? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Plaques

2012-08-06 Thread David Gerard
On 6 August 2012 22:02, Andy Mabbett wrote: > On 6 August 2012 21:52, Richard Symonds > wrote: >> "Just under half of the blue plaques currently shortlisted to go up in >> London are being scrapped due to funding cuts. >> Perhaps it would be prudent for WMUK to step in, and fund some QRpedia >>

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Plaques

2012-08-06 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 6 August 2012 21:52, Richard Symonds wrote: > "Just under half of the blue plaques currently shortlisted to go up in > London are being scrapped due to funding cuts. > Perhaps it would be prudent for WMUK to step in, and fund some QRpedia > plaques? +1 I'm happy to be involved in any proje