Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet survey

Hi, Great idea Mike! The Leeds wikimeet was pretty white and male apart from Katherine Bavage. That was partly what prompted my suggestion that the forthcoming York meet be moved to a cafe rather than a pub. I'm also hoping to get some uptake from t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet survey

On 15/05/15 12:10, Pat Hadley wrote: > > Great idea Mike! The Leeds wikimeet was pretty white and male apart from > Katherine Bavage. LOL. Now, if you all watched W1A last night you know that the BBC has to match the demographic (BAME, LGBTI) outside the BBC. So, should wikimeeters not wor

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet survey

> Of course, it’s not mandatory to drink while in a pub. ;) > > Joe > > -- > *Joe Sutherland* > http://jossu.co.uk Yes, but I had a birthday party in a pub and a Muslim friend refused to join us. Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet survey

Well the cafe does serve booze. P On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Gordon Joly wrote: > > > Of course, it’s not mandatory to drink while in a pub. ;) > > > > Joe > > > > -- > > *Joe Sutherland* > > http://jossu.co.uk > > Yes, but I had a birthday party in a pub and a Muslim friend refu

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Why I love Wikisource

On 13 May 2015 at 12:33, Martin Poulter wrote: > It's absolutely within my remit, and it looks like I will be making > tutorial videos about this and other topics.I hope the interest I create > among Oxford GLAMs will lead to training events or transcribe-a-thons: It's > early days yet. There wil

[Wikimediauk-l] Web We Want Festival, 30-31 May - volunteers?

Hello everyone, Wikimedia UK will be hosting a stand at the Web We Want Festival At London's South Bank on 30 & 31 May. This is a really good opportunity to speak about the Wikimedia projects and the chapter. I wonder if anyone is interested in volunteeri

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet survey

On Thu, 14 May 2015, Gordon Joly wrote: London Wikimeets date back to June 2004. And if anyone wants to see some youger looking regulars, there are photos from early meets 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/London_1 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Thryduulf/Wikimeets/L

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Advice re wp workshop - COI, BLP & ? Paid editing

Thanks to everyone who responded on this thread. I have started an onwiki page for this event and starting to work on content etc - see https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Exeter_University_July_2015 and edits there or comments on the talk page would be very welcome. During/after the event I will al

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet survey

- On 15 May, 2015, at 15:51, Chris McKenna cmcke...@sucs.org wrote: > On Thu, 14 May 2015, Gordon Joly wrote: > >> London Wikimeets date back to June 2004. > > And if anyone wants to see some youger looking regulars, there are photos > from early meets Even _I_ looked younger eleven years a