Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A V Denham

2012-05-21 Thread Gordon Joly
On 19/05/12 22:44, Thomas Dalton wrote: It seems the biggest challenge for editing workshops is finding suitable topics for people to create articles about (I think a lot of people just edit existing articles, which is much easier). It's particularly difficult for Monmonth since pretty much every

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A V Denham

2012-05-21 Thread WereSpielChequers
106 FAs - that must be close to a record for any one place outside of Chicago. Perhaps the next project should be somewhere where we don't yet have so much featured content, but an easier town to get to than Monmouth? Better yet, the UK chapter could invite bids from Wikimedians who want the Monmo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A V Denham

2012-05-21 Thread HJ Mitchell
Oh, but I would love to see somebody try to stick a plaque on Buckingham Palace without being shot and/or arrested! Harry From: WereSpielChequers To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, 21 May 2012, 13:30 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A V Denham

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A V Denham

2012-05-21 Thread David Gerard
On 21 May 2012 13:42, HJ Mitchell wrote: > Oh, but I would love to see somebody try to stick a plaque on Buckingham > Palace without being shot and/or arrested! 1. Get Jimbo honorary knighthood. 2. Ask nicely. 3. Who knows! - d. ___ Wikimedia UK ma

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A V Denham

2012-05-21 Thread Richard Symonds
The trick is to do it like the chap who did Toynbee Tiles [1] did. That way no-one notices until months later. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toynbee_tiles Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A V Denham

2012-05-21 Thread Roger Bamkin
The Mayor's Office have shown a tinge of interest in the past. Its the stuff below they had difficulty with ... However in general public bodies do not measure up to what Monmouth have done. Monmouth have not linked QR codes to their own web site. They have not tried to justify their last bit of I

[Wikimediauk-l] WMUK Board Report

2012-05-21 Thread Richard Symonds
The 2011 Board Report (as seen at the 2012 AGM) is now online at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_UK_2011_Board_Report.ogv, for those of you who haven't seen it. All the best, Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:

[Wikimediauk-l] Toolserver questions

2012-05-21 Thread Richard Symonds
Is there anyone in the London area who is particularly au fait with Toolserver who would be available for a meeting around late may/early June? We can pay reasonable travel expenses. We're got an organisation interested in getting involved in a partnership of sorts, but we need to work out if it's

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Toolserver questions

2012-05-21 Thread geni
On 21 May 2012 17:28, Richard Symonds wrote: > Is there anyone in the London area who is particularly au fait with > Toolserver who would be available for a meeting around late may/early June? > We can pay reasonable travel expenses. We're got an organisation interested > in getting involved in a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Toolserver questions

2012-05-21 Thread Richard Symonds
No - not quite that technical! Also still very much at a preliminary stage, so if we need German support we'll skype them in or the like - I can't really justify travel expenses from Germany for such a short meeting. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikim

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Toolserver questions

2012-05-21 Thread Tom Morris
On Monday, 21 May 2012 at 17:28, Richard Symonds wrote: > Is there anyone in the London area who is particularly au fait with > Toolserver who would be available for a meeting around late may/early June? > We can pay reasonable travel expenses. We're got an organisation interested > in getting i