Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Falklands

2012-08-21 Thread Chris Keating
: > Has anyone else noticed that the Falkland Islands are participating in > Wiki Loves Monuments this year, but as part of Wikimedia Argentina? > I hadn't - what makes you think they are? Chris ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Falklands

2012-08-21 Thread Richard Symonds
The list of monuments at http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Monumentos_de_la_Provincia_de_Tierra_del_Fuego,_Ant%C3%A1rtida_e_Islas_del_Atl%C3%A1ntico_Sur - includes Port Darwin, Fox Bay, Goose Green, Stanley, Pebble Island, and a few more. I think it's been imported straight from the Argentine nati

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Falklands

2012-08-21 Thread Deryck Chan
I think one possible course of action from here is to pre-emptively notify Wikimedia Argentina of the issue of Falklands being on the list. WP:BEANS may be a concern but I hope they'll be reasonable. On 21 August 2012 12:45, Richard Symonds wrote: > The list of monuments at > http://es.wikipedia.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Falklands

2012-08-21 Thread HJ Mitchell
Well there's an idea for the 2013 activity plan! A couple of C-130s and some parachutes...   Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ Phone: 024 7698 0977 Skype: harry_j_mitchell From: Richard Symonds To: Wikimedia UK mailing list Sent: Tuesday, 21 August 201

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Falklands

2012-08-21 Thread Richard Symonds
At £2k for a non-commercial flight, it could be quite tricky to get /anyone/ down there. Even sending cargo is quite expensive. From South America, it's about £500. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http:

[Wikimediauk-l] Falklands

2012-08-21 Thread Harry Burt
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Richard Symonds wrote: > The list of monuments at > http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Monumentos_de_la_Provincia_de_Tierra_del_Fuego,_Ant%C3%A1rtida_e_Islas_del_Atl%C3%A1ntico_Sur > - includes Port Darwin, Fox Bay, Goose Green, Stanley, Pebble Island, and a > few

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Falklands

2012-08-21 Thread David Gerard
On 21 August 2012 12:54, Richard Symonds wrote: > At £2k for a non-commercial flight, it could be quite tricky to get /anyone/ > down there. Even sending cargo is quite expensive. From South America, it's > about £500. Are there any Wikimedians in the Falklands? I'm sure WMUK can lend them its

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Falklands

2012-08-21 Thread Richard Symonds
Not yet. Needs sensitive handling, I think - and mailing list discussions aren't very sensitive! 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 21 August 2012 12:58,

[Wikimediauk-l] Draft WMUK submission on the Communications Data Bill

2012-08-21 Thread Stevie Benton
Hello everyone, Joscelyn Upendran, one of our Trustees, has been working on a draft submission to the Communications Data Bill. This is now on the UK wiki at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submission_on_Communications_Data_Bill Please do read through this and feel free to leave your comments *on th

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Falklands

2012-08-21 Thread Lodewijk
Hi, We have discussed this issue quite up front actually - and decided to follow our usual path. Wiki Loves Monuments is based on what countries recognize as monuments - in this case the national heritage board of Argentina. We don't want to selectively shop in such a list, as that would be origin

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Falklands

2012-08-21 Thread Richard Symonds
Thanks for the clarification Lodewijk! We'll see what we can do at this end to smooth over any problems, if they occur. FWIW, the UK listed buildings on the Falkland islands are here: http://www.falklands.info/background/listedb.html - I'm sure we've got some falkland islanders around somewhere..

[Wikimediauk-l] Clarification as regards the South Atlantic

2012-08-21 Thread fabian
Dear all, I would suggest that participants in this public list reflect somewhat before making comments. I have looked through the link which was sent and done some research: 1) I could not find any evidence to show that Wikimedia Argentina (http://www.wikimedia.org.ar) are involved in WLM, or in