[Wikimediauk-l] London Wikimedia Academy on the 13th! Invite the Academics you know!

2011-04-06 Thread Alex Stinson
Hello All, As Vinesh, the president of the Imperial College London Wikipedians, mentioned in a previous e-mail, we will be holding a London Wikipedia Academy next Wednesday on the 13th. The discussion is going to focus on Wikipedia and Academia and how they fit together, especially looking at Wiki

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-06 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 6 April 2011 00:36, Andrew Turvey wrote: > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Andrew West wrote: >> >> Not all candidates provided their wikimedia/wikipedia user name.  I >> happen to know who Roger Bamkin is, and can guess who Ashley Van >> Haeften is, but it would be very helpful if the wiki-i

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-06 Thread Andrew West
On 6 April 2011 00:36, Andrew Turvey wrote: > > I remember back in 2008 when Wikimedia UK was relaunched there was a > debate about whether people involved in the chapter should have to > disclose their online identities. In the end most people did but the > conclusion was that it shouldn't be man

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-06 Thread Deryck Chan
May I suggest that candidates are allowed to answer Q3 on this mailing list, rather than on the WMUK wiki, should they so desire? I understand that candidates should disclose their usernames if they want to refer to their on-wiki experience. However, I don't think it's necessary to do so on a publ

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-06 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 6 April 2011 13:39, Deryck Chan wrote: > May I suggest that candidates are allowed to answer Q3 on this mailing list, > rather than on the WMUK wiki, should they so desire? > I understand that candidates should disclose their usernames if they want to > refer to their on-wiki experience. Howeve

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-06 Thread Kwan Ting Chan
On 06/04/2011 12:36, Thomas Dalton wrote: While it doesn't make much sense to have a binding rule that says board member candidates have to reveal their online identity (I'm not even sure such a rule is legally possible - who is appointed is a decision for an AGM and a past AGM can't bind a futu

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-06 Thread Andrew West
On 6 April 2011 13:39, Deryck Chan wrote: > > May I suggest that candidates are allowed to answer Q3 on this mailing list, > rather than on the WMUK wiki, should they so desire? > I understand that candidates should disclose their usernames if they want to > refer to their on-wiki experience. Howe