[Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Program to the United Kingdom

2010-11-19 Thread Alex Stinson
Hello Wikimedia UK, I am Alex Stinson (User:Sadads), an American student from James Madison University (JMU) and a Wikipedia Campus Ambassador ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ambassadors). I am also a member of the Wikipedia Ambassador Steering Committee and soon will be a Wikipedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Helping with museum signs

2011-02-04 Thread Alex Stinson
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 12:57 AM, geni wrote: > On 4 February 2011 12:36, Tom Morris wrote: > > I told a mate of mine, Terence Eden, a mobile technologist who writes > > frequently on his blog about how to do QR codes properly, about this > > thread. > > > > He's put up a post on his blog with so

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] National Maritime Museum collaboration

2011-02-26 Thread Alex Stinson
useful for scholarship. That would also be useful for vetting of Wikipedia facts, instead of the content being inserted once, it could be refered to for verifiability for however long it is needed. Alex Stinson User:Sadads ___ Wikimedia

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

2011-04-06 Thread Alex Stinson
! After Mike Peel's great interview with the Guardian several weeks ago, we want to keep the discussion going! [1] Alex Stinson User:Sadads Campus Ambassador [1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/mar/29/wikipedia-survey-academic-contributions Formal invite you can forward: Dear Sir/

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] - a reply and a suggestion on diversity in the membership basis

2011-04-20 Thread Alex Stinson
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Isabell Long wrote: > On 20 Apr 2011, at 15:29, Fae wrote: > > Some folks might have missed that one member taking part at the > > conference is 12 years old and a well established and respected > > Wikipedian. > > Hah, I didn't realise that—great! That makes me

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] - a reply and a suggestion on diversity in the membership basis

2011-04-20 Thread Alex Stinson
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 20/04/2011 17:09, Alex Stinson wrote: > > > Please participate! Some of the most interesting Wikipedians I have met > are the younger ones amongst us. Also, we youth have a lot more time on our > hands with a lot less

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Wikipedia Academy, podcast feature

2011-04-30 Thread Alex Stinson
Thats great Charles! Alex On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Charles Matthews < charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > There is a short feature by Harriet Vickers, who was there on 13 April, > now available from http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/ as episode 81 (i.e. a > week ago, not their Royal we

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] British Library English and Drama event for Wikip/medians // Saturday 4 June 2011

2011-05-11 Thread Alex Stinson
c class or lower, with an emphasis not on their actual implications and meaning but rather on plot summaries and characters summaries, both largely unimportant in the grand scheme of literary criticism and secondary analysis of literature. I am excited to participate! Alex Stinson On Wed, May 11

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge meetup 21 May

2011-05-17 Thread Alex Stinson
and arriving part way through. I know New York does similar structure for events. It seems have something exclusive tied into the meetup (such as a tour or event) sometimes draws more people. Alex Stinson ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools projects

2011-06-01 Thread Alex Stinson
ually helping a couple of high school professors integrate the Ambassador program techniques into AP Classes (similar to IB) in the fall in Virginia, when I go back to the states. Alex Stinson On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Thomas Morton wrote: > Hey all, > > What is the status of

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools projects

2011-06-01 Thread Alex Stinson
"High school professors." Yikes! Meant teachers, not professors. I thought I fixed that in a second read. Been working with universities for too long. Tom, that sounds like something that could really use some development in the way of documented techniques or presenting the information. You may w

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools projects

2011-06-01 Thread Alex Stinson
; (i.e. quit the vandalism). > > Is there a place on Outreach where discussion of education/teaching > materials is happening? > > Tom > > On 1 June 2011 17:15, Alex Stinson wrote: > >> "High school professors." Yikes! Meant teachers, not professors. I though

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] two-letter UK domains: any use?

2011-06-09 Thread Alex Stinson
Definitely should be on top of wm.org.uk, you could use that for the shortened url for the Wikimedia UK page, Alex On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > It's worth grabbing them to prevent anyone else getting them and > misusing them, if nothing else. As David says, the cost is

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New blog post: Shaping the future of Wikimedia UK

2011-06-20 Thread Alex Stinson
of volunteers not just the US Foundation, I would imagine), and also gets other organizations talking about Wikipedia. Alex Stinson User:Sadads ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Letters to the Editor

2011-06-23 Thread Alex Stinson
Awesome! Alex On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Gordon Joly wrote: > > > FYI > > > > > http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=416608 > > > Gordo > > -- > > Gordon Joly > gordon.j...@pobox.com > http://www.joly.org.uk/ > Don't Leave Space To The Professionals! >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Some statistics about Wikimania 2011

2011-07-25 Thread Alex Stinson
stuffs - Chance to get other Free Knowledge communities more engaged, or at least in better contact, with Wikimedia Alex Stinson ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimania-l] hosting it in the UK - was Some statistics about Wikimania 2011

2011-07-30 Thread Alex Stinson
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 4:16 AM, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 27/07/2011 10:57, Thomas Morton wrote: > > > > Just one question; why 2014? 2013 isn't bid until the end of this > > year, if I am reading it correctly, so we still have a decent amount > > of time to put together a bid for that...? No rush