On 3 June 2014 15:48, Andy Mabbett wrote:
> I'm pleased to report that Birmingham City Council have agreed to my
> suggestion that they apply an open licence to the videos of their
> meetings:
>http://www.birmingham.public-i.tv/core/portal/home
:-O :-D AMAZING WORK!
Please write up a blog
You're on moderation because you have (a) moderated your posting
behaviour here, where you are on moderation (b) continued to post in
this manner elsewhere, where you are not on moderation.
This strongly suggests that moderation is the only thing keeping your
posting behaviour acceptable.
Remembe
On 30 July 2014 11:16, Harry Burt wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Andy Mabbett
> wrote:
>> I have just created:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Unsuccessful_candidates_in_United_Kingdom_elections
>> Please help to populate, and eventually subdivide, it. Andy Mabbett
> Are y
We don't know yet for sure what the disappeared page is.
I would advise caution before spreading it across the Net and back.
Remember that Wikipedia is *big and scary* to people outside it. It's
quite possible this is something that really doesn't belong in a BLP,
but the subject doesn't quite kno
I suspect taking renewals and back dues at the door will be well worth while ...
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On 07/08/2014, Gordon Joly wrote:
> On 07/08/14 14:05, Andy Mabbett wrote:
>> A notice about your membership status has been automatically included at
>> the bottom of every newsletter sent out by WMUK in the
A pile of people blushingly renewed ... including me.
RESOLVED: that WMUK get better at nagging us!
On 13 August 2014 21:42, Andy Mabbett wrote:
> Whoops. I sent this to the wrong list...
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Andy Mabbett
> Date: 13 August 2014 11:13
> Subject: Ne
I noticed this:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge-host-Wikipedia-website-8216-Wikimeet/story-22945215-detail/story.html
Just a short local press story noting there's a wikimeet happening.
It strikes me that wikimeets in general might be worth sending press
releases about. Get interested m
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articles
On 9 October 2014 15:05, Stevie Benton wrote:
> Hello everyone.
>
> As a part of a project that we're developing to participate in the Science
> Museum Lates event in November, I'm looking for a selection of quirky
> Wikipedia articles - th
Newslines' self-publicisng comments have reached the point of being
flagkilled as spam on Hacker News, fwiw.
On 3 January 2015 at 11:18, leu...@fabiant.eu wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Thanks to Simon for the link. I noticed a comment by Mark Devlin, founder of
> Newslines. I started writing a response,
It's a long-running banned troll making trouble.
On 9 January 2015 at 10:04, Gordon Joly wrote:
>
>
> wikimedi...@googlegroups.com
>
> When did this happen (last few days?)?
>
> Why? I thought the policy was to use Mailman inside the wikimedia.org
> domain (see below) for all mail lists!
>
> Gord
Owen Blacker's blog post on Medium:
https://medium.com/vantage/freedom-of-panorama-is-under-attack-6cc5353b4f65
The Times headline is *superlative*. If only the Times wasn't paywalled ...
On 24 June 2015 at 13:45, Richard Nevell
wrote:
> I think Stevie Benton is working on a letter to MEPs. As
rwarded message ------
From: David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2008/12/6
Subject: Wikipedia quietly censored by Internet Watch Foundation
To: Open Rights Group open discussion list
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Cc: Mike Godwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Cary Bass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
2008/12/6 Paul Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 8:43 PM, David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> you need to try the link, and if it doesn't work, contact your
>> ISP and ask WTF.
> HTTP 404 error on Eclipse Internet for page and image
2008/12/6 geni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Internet watch foundation are not the authorities. They also don't
> tell sites if they are Flagged (see their FAQ). We only found out due
> to a chance information leak and the shear size of the site
> highlighting some technical issues in the filtering.
Th
2008/12/6 Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 2008/12/6 joseph seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> May i point out that atm wiki uk ltd is in no way officially affiliated with
>> WMF atm, it wouldnt be a professional move to
>> make a statement.
> Indeed, at this point "WMUK" refers to WER Ltd. not W
2008/12/7 AndrewRT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Dec 6, 11:12 pm, "Alison Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>> Addendum. The IWF state they have an appeals process, though I can't find
>> further details in their FAQ. They are also associated with CEOP whom
>> invited me earlier this year to talk
It's now mainstream. IWF representative to be present. I look forward
to dropping in the line "Wikipedia smells of hammers." ([[Brass Eye]])
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I think the BBC make everything available on their site for a week.
Someone recording it and putting up an ogg would be nice!
2008/12/7 John Reaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Will this be available online anywhere (either as a live stream or
> archived)?
>
> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008
2008/12/7 Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 2008/12/7 David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> I think the BBC make everything available on their site for a week.
>> Someone recording it and putting up an ogg would be nice!
> Nice, sure, but isn't that i
WIN!!!
2008/12/5 Andrew Turvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi all,
>
> Just to keep you up to date regarding Gift Aid. I spoke to the HMRC
> Charities Unit today and asked them when we should expect a response. They
> said they are currently taking between 6-8 weeks so we should expect to hear
> around
2008/12/7 AndrewRT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> It seems the IWF are getting so much flak they've put a front page
> statement on their website:
> http://www.iwf.org.uk/media/news.249.htm
So who thinks they'd issue a press release accusing Amazon of
distributing child porn if it were Amazon being bloc
2008/12/8 River Tarnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> geni:
>> Hmmp they stonewalled which is to be expected and did it fairly well.
> but they claimed that they didn't filter Amazon because they didn't know about
> it (rather than because Amazon would sue them). since they obviously do know
> about it
I can't do it, I'm doing Channel 4 *and* More4. Anyone? Please email me :-)
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2008/12/8 K. Peachey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> If it has been posted to the discussion already i'm sorry, heres a link to
> the discussion http://www.bathrobecabal.org/bbcinterview.mp3
Yeah, they pushed it to last in the programme. I didn't manage to work
in the words "smells of hammers" or even "h
2008/12/8 David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Still need someone. Alison definitely can't, unfortunately. We have an
> actual clueful reporter at Sky!
>
>
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2008/12/8 Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 2008/12/8 David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>> Still need someone. Alison definitely can't, unfortunately. We have an
>>> actual clueful reporter at Sky!
> If it weren't for this stinking cold, I might
2008/12/8 Andrew Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 2008/12/8 David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> 2008/12/8 Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>> 2008/12/8 David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>>>> Still need someone. Alison definitely can'
2008/12/8 Theresa Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> What do you need someone for? And when do you need them?
To appear on Sky News on telly and talk about this. I'm leaving the
office now, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ASAP if you can do it.
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2008/12/9 Cormac Lawler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> But he did get to use the word "ham-fisted", which he'd been gagging to say
> on air all day, and at which his face made a discernible twinkle. :-)
> Cormac
The C4 interviewer REALLY WANTED the word "hamfisted" in there. Fine by me ;-)
The process
We did a great job on this IWF thing. I did well on radio and TV (if I
say so myself) and the WMF spoke softly and pointed out a fascinating
assortment of big sticks in the background, and the IWF blinked.
*does victory dance on the skulls of the IWF*
I'd like to say, though, I need more backup
2008/12/10 Michael Peel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 10 Dec 2008, at 08:50, David Gerard wrote:
>> But we need people in London who are confident they can represent
>> Wikipedia/Wikimedia and talk in soundbites on telly at a few hours'
>> notice. Anyone?
> Are
2008/12/10 Gordon Joly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Radio interviews are done over the phone, or in a studio, or a radio
> car. I assume that people in Cambridge (for example) could get into
> the Cambridge studio (BBC)?
Something like that. In a pinch they're usually happy with a good
landline, or (s
2008/12/10 Theresa Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I'm literally a few hundred yards down the road from the BBC in
> Portland Place and would be happy to do interviews provided that a) I
> know what I was supposed to say, there needs to be a planned and
> coordinated response to anything like this
2008/12/11 Thomas Dalton :
> But to what extent is David (and you) in them as a representative of
> WMUK as opposed to as a WMF press contact? I believe David was a WMF
> press contact before WMUK was created, so how many in the media
> updated their directories to add that extra job title?
None
There's a reason I bend over backwards to put the word "volunteer" in
my title every single time. (Of course C4 went with "David
Gerard/Wikipedia", but telly's like that.)
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2008/12/13 Andrew Gray :
> 2008/12/13 Gordon Joly :
>>>I seem to recall a certain Wiki Wednesday where Sue was late and I did a
>>>"vamp until ready" talk for a half-hour... ho hum.
>> It was memorable!
> Was that the one where David called "also, give us money" every time
> there was a pause fo
2008/12/14 AndrewRT :
> There are advantages in having in person meetings as well, though - it
> gives us an opportunity to discuss things more informally and get to
> know each other more that you can with an online meeting.
For an AGM, a meeting in person may be appropriate, for all the social
2008/12/14 AndrewRT :
> The general consensus among the Board was that we shouldn't really get
> involved as we didn't yet have chapter status. Individuals were
> encouraged to do what they could but the Board decided to stay stum
> itself and leave David and others to take the lead. Is everyone
>
2009/1/5 Andrew Cates :
>>>They do, however, need to be set up by the donor
>>> which makes it less likely people will do so.
> Damn right. SOs can only be set up online for people with some types
> of bank accounts. I haven't done a standing order in decades and the
> charity I work for doesn't
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#FYI:_Be_Unlimited_and_02_proxying_again_through_single_IP
Not sure what's being filtered. I'm sure someone will try to work it out.
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2009/1/7 geni :
> 2009/1/7 David Gerard :
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#FYI:_Be_Unlimited_and_02_proxying_again_through_single_IP
>> Not sure what's being filtered. I'm sure someone will try to work it out.
> Been tr
2009/1/12 Michael Bimmler :
> I am very happy to be able to confirm to you that the Wikimedia
> Foundation's Board has passed its resolution of approval for Wikimedia
> UK v2 (Wiki UK Limited), which at the same time revokes the
> recognition of Wikimedia UK v1 (WER).
*champagne*
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2009/1/12 Thomas Dalton :
> Now we are an official chapter, we should be able to get our own site
> on WMF servers - we'll have a lot to do transferring things over to
> that site. The current site, wikimedia.org.uk, will need to be
> redirected as well.
There's a bug filed asking for space on t
2009/1/16 Thomas Dalton :
> 2009/1/16 Chris Down :
>> There was a thread about this at AN/I a little while ago - I believe Mr.
>> Godwin contacted them and they said they had no involvement.
>> Are you sure of this? I know the register says it, but shouldn't we double
>> check?
> That was ISPs bl
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From: Rob Myers
Date: 2009/1/19
Subject: [ORG-discuss] Fwd: [Openlab] [OT] [DMRN-LIST] Unlocking Audio
2 conference: registration & call for papers
To: Open Rights Group open discussion list
"This conference is a key event exploring the use of sound recor
Call from the BBC. I'll be doing a short spot on Chris Evans'
drivetime show on Radio 2 this evening about flagged revisions.
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2009/1/27 David Gerard :
> Call from the BBC. I'll be doing a short spot on Chris Evans'
> drivetime show on Radio 2 this evening about flagged revisions.
Well, that was pleasantly bland! I tried to set out the arguments for
and the worries against without being *too* dull and n
2009/1/27 George D. Watson :
> I just listened to it - you did a good job of explaining such a complex
> feature to 'outsiders', and probably boosted our reputation too.
> Well done!
And hopefully didn't offend those against it. (I'm all for it, but
quite understand the objections.)
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2009/2/8 Thomas Dalton :
> By observing the author's post-modernist application of Kafkaesque
> imagery we can see that the integral of sine squared x dx is a
> reduction reaction of a transition metal, which results in the organ
> becoming entirely vestigial in all extant species. Since energy is
2009/2/10 Owen Blacker :
> http://econsultancy.com/blog/3268-q-a-ian-grant-of-encyclopaedia-britannica-uk
> Ian Grant is the MD of Britannica UK, responsible for the EMEA regions. I've
> been talking to Ian about how EB has adapted to the internet, the threat
> from Wikipedia, and its plans for th
2009/2/10 AndrewRT :
> Just out of interest, which other number would you have prefered? Keep
> the current 5 or expand to 9?
Five to seven at a *maximum*. Parkinson wrote a good essay on this.
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2009/2/17 Andrew Cates :
> Fair enough. Not sure if this will still exist in future years. I will
> stick something in for the charity then with a clean conscience that I
> am not competing with Wikimedia UK.
Wikipedia for Schools getting somewhere with this would certainly
advance the interests
2009/2/19 Al Tally :
> At the bottom of each email on this list, it still gives the old URL to the
> meta page, instead of to http://uk.wikimedia.org. Can this be fixed?
It's the msg_footer option in Mailman. Should be better on this message ...
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,100097,39616171,00.htm
I added a very pointed comment indeed.
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2009/2/20 Al Tally :
> 2009/2/20 Mark (Markie)
>> comment seems to have been deleted? doesnt show at the bottom and this
>> _was_ the link:
>> http://www.zdnet.co.uk/talkback/0,101161,39616171-39001105c-20100584o,00.htm
> Strange. David did you delete it?
No, I certainly didn't. Looks like
2009/2/20 Al Tally :
> Oh dear. Well, mind posting what you wrote here? I read it, but closed the
> tab...
I didn't save it myself! I've left another comment asking WTF happened
to the first one and asking if they want to phone me for verification.
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2009/2/20 David Gerard :
> 2009/2/20 Al Tally :
>> Oh dear. Well, mind posting what you wrote here? I read it, but closed the
>> tab...
> I didn't save it myself! I've left another comment asking WTF happened
> to the first one and asking if they want to p
2009/2/20 geni :
> 2009/2/20 Brian McNeil :
>> I have not, and would not, actively seek out child pornography. However, I
>> have a clue about how the modern Internet works. Any semi-intelligent
>> publisher of child pornography is going to use things like hidden services
>> on Tor. The IWF has ze
2009/2/20 Thomas Dalton :
> Many of the problems are with that list. The list contains html pages,
> not images (at least, not exclusively), and not even the right html
> pages (they never blocked the [[Image:...]] page). If the government
> ran it, they would be accountable, IWF aren't.
The Tod
2009/2/20 David Gerard :
> 2009/2/20 David Gerard :
>> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,100097,39616171,00.htm
> http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/20/1439246
Oh, and is anyone in Cambridge looking for work?
http://jobs.cambridge-news.co.uk/jobs/show_job.asp?i
2009/2/23 Peter Coombe :
> Thought people might be interested in a new BBC story on the IWF, some
> ISPs are not bothering with their filter since they too see it as
> ineffective - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7904607.stm
> (And of course people without any technical knowledge are jumpin
http://wwwp.coventry.ac.uk/d/1195/$/a/5232
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2009/3/8 Thomas Dalton :
> Have you looked at non-free venues? A function room in a pub probably
> wouldn't cost all that much, we don't need much more than that. B'ham
> is better located than Manchester.
Function rooms in pubs are frequently free if you ask nicely.
Certainly WMUK v1 never paid
2009/3/12 Gordon Joly :
> And was anybody asking the BBC about the use of Open Standards?
The main problem in the discussions I had was there wasn't a whole lot
we could do for each other, except convince the BBC to release
something - ANYTHING - under a proper free licence. This was almost
impo
2009/3/12 Gordon Joly :
> At 22:17 + 12/3/09, David Gerard wrote:
>>2009/3/12 Gordon Joly :
>>> And was anybody asking the BBC about the use of Open Standards?
>>The main problem in the discussions I had was there wasn't a whole lot
>>we could do for eac
2009/3/18 Thomas Dalton :
> 2009/3/18 joseph seddon :
>> I think having two areas is a good idea plus voting cards to avoid
>> confusion.
>> Discussion amoungst members should be as free flowing as possible but
>> directed
>> by the chair. If non-members wish to add to the discussion, they must be
2009/3/22 Gordon Joly :
> This whole project has really been thought through...
It got a bucketload of images, so it achieved its aims ;-p
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http://wwmm.ch.cam.ac.uk/blogs/murrayrust/?p=1409
WMUK might want to get in there somewhere.
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2009/3/25 Sean Whitton :
> That is however off-topic. It would be fantastic to teach people to
> use Wikipedia properly at a young age. Then we wouldn't have so much
> misunderstanding when it comes to using it for coursework later on, at
> GCSE level. So this sounds good.
I look forward to twen
2009/3/25 Sean Whitton :
> This is precisely my point. The press are obsessed with it and it is
> increasingly used for commercial purposes. But it will be interesting
> to see how long it lasts.
> Maybe the draft review mentioned it because Number Ten has a Twitter
> feed and so they wanted to cu
2009/3/25 Thomas Dalton :
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7962912.stm
> "The Guardian said the draft review requires primary school children
> to be familiar with blogging, podcasts, Wikipedia and Twitter as
> sources of information and forms of communication."
> It looks like there may be
2009/4/17 Oldak Quill :
> Someone on the board of directors with an @wikimedia.org.uk address
> should send an e-mail to website-exclus...@webwise.com opting-out
> wikimedia.org.uk . Webwise just need to know that the organisation
> that owns the domain is making the request.
Needs to be the adm
http://glow-london.blogspot.com/2009/04/glow-in-april.html
That's this London.
I can't make it, but someone probably should.
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2009/4/24 David Gerard :
> http://glow-london.blogspot.com/2009/04/glow-in-april.html
> That's this London.
As opposed to the one in Ontario? I meant, of course, this Monday.
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2009/4/24 Thomas Dalton :
> 2009/4/24 Andrew Turvey :
>> Excuse my stupid question, but what's a open source writer? A Linux
>> programmer?
> Or does it mean people that blog, etc., about open source stuff?
Since Glyn Moody set it up, presumably those.
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2009/4/25 Thomas Dalton :
> The case is about an attempt to form a charity to research inventing a
> new alphabet for writing English which would have 40 characters and be
> easier to use. The judge concluded that increasing knowledge is not
> the same as education, which is entirely correct. The
2009/4/27 Andrew Turvey :
> As David Cameron's such a fan, should we sent him a membership form! :)
And Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg, of course ;-)
Keeping resolutely nonpartisan is important, of course.
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2009/4/27 Thomas Dalton :
> Maybe, but does anyone read The Register other than for BOFH and case
> studies on bad journalism?
The hardware reviews are nice if a bit press-releasy ...
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2009/4/27 Steve Bowbrick :
> I took some pictures, which are here:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/bowbrick/sets/72157617359600152/
Cool :-) Wanna make those CC-by-sa? Then a relevant selection can be
put on Commons.
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2009/4/27 Sky Cheng :
> Here I also want you to write a review on our software,EASEUS Partition
Kicked off list, ^...@easeus.com added to the rejection filters. We
apologise for this commercial break.
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2009/4/27 James Farrar :
> By the way, David, I noticed yesterday that your name was not on the list ;-)
*cough* I must get around to actually joining WMUKv2 ;-p
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Has James sent a Phorm opt-out email for wikimedia.org.uk yet? I ask
because wm.de and wm.fr have just opted out too.
The canonical web address is now http://uk.wikimedia.org , but opting
out provides a nice public message. For publicity purposes, I'd
suggest the Board agree it should be opted out
2009/4/28 James Forrester :
> Assuming all goes well, I'm about not to be (at least for
> wikimedia.co.uk; if that works, we'll do .org.uk immediately
> thereafter). Not sure about timings etc.
Oh yes, any and all!
> Happy to undertake any action which the Board requests of me, of course. :-)
2009/4/28 Andrew Turvey :
> When the Board discussed it last we said we'd wait until WMF decided - but
> the feeling was in favour of opting out.
> I've added it to http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2009-05-05/Agenda
> Let me know if you think it needs to be dealt with before then.
I'd say a
2009/4/30 Michael Peel :
> A number of other chapters have already opted out. I would be very
> surprised if WMUK didn't, although I'm still unconvinced that opting
> out will actually do anything...
Opting-out is onerous and flawed. But the opt-out campaign is proving
very effective publicity a
User:Stifle is representing Wikipedia in a live radio debate on
NewsTalk Radio (Ireland) tonight at 7pm. His first live media
experience. Wish him luck :-)
You can stream it from http://newstalk.ie/ . (The 32kbps WinAmp stream
worked fine for me in VLC.)
(forwarding to wmuk-l for interest ... we
2009/5/9 Cary Bass :
> David Gerard wrote:
>> (forwarding to wmuk-l for interest ... we don't have an .ie
>> list yet, do we?)
> I would love to see one get started, notably as I'll be visiting Ireland on
> holiday with my partner in August; and wouldn't min
2009/5/9 David Gerard :
> User:Stifle is representing Wikipedia in a live radio debate on
> NewsTalk Radio (Ireland) tonight at 7pm. His first live media
> experience. Wish him luck :-)
> You can stream it from http://newstalk.ie/ . (The 32kbps WinAmp stream
> worked fine for me in
2009/5/19 Thomas Dalton :
> 2009/5/19 Joe Anderson :
>> I find it amazing that thee aren't free pictures of our
>> representatives. In the US, pictures of Senators and Representatives
>> are Public Domain.
> Pretty much all government stuff is PD in the US, here is is all Crown
> Copyright. Very
http://www.wired.co.uk/wired-magazine/archive/2009/05/features/the-hidden-censors-of-the-internet.aspx
Including background stuff on the magic that Mike Godwin actually did.
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2009/5/21 geni :
> 2009/5/20 David Gerard :
>> http://www.wired.co.uk/wired-magazine/archive/2009/05/features/the-hidden-censors-of-the-internet.aspx
> And a number of direct lies from the IWF.
You really should add your post as a comment on the article. My
comment went up, pointin
2009/5/31 :
> Just to let you know, our case was mentioned in a "Charity News
> Alerts" new story dealing with HMRC delays.
> http://www.charityfinance.co.uk/home/content.php?id=2838&pg=15&cat=58
I see no mention at that link ...
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2009/5/31 David Gerard :
> 2009/5/31 :
>> Just to let you know, our case was mentioned in a "Charity News
>> Alerts" new story dealing with HMRC delays.
>> http://www.charityfinance.co.uk/home/content.php?id=2838&pg=15&cat=58
> I see no mention at th
2009/7/7 Andrew Turvey :
> A few opportunities are coming up for members who may be willing to speak on
> behalf of the chapter in lunchtime meetings, conferences etc or as
> interviewees. We will sometimes, but not always, be able to pay for travel
> and subsistence expenses.
Just volunteered.
On 11/07/2009, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> I imagine the user in question has no choice but the fight the case,
> since he doesn't have the power to fix the alleged infringement (the
> commons community may decide to remove them, but our community tends
> to be of the opinion that we shouldn't bow
2009/7/11 David Gerard :
> It gets better: the editor they sent the threat to is an American.
> So, to recap: A UK organisation is threatening an American with legal
> action over what is unambiguously, in established US law, not a
> copyright violation of any sort.
> I can't
2009/7/11 Dahsun :
> Perhaps the air would be slightly clearer if Wikimedia UK were to make
> Freedom of Information Act requests to the NPG and other Publicly funded
> galleries for the highest def digital photos they have available of any
> artworks in their possession.
WMUK getting directl
2009/7/11 Sam Blacketer :
> Why are my posts not appearing on this list when I am a list subscriber?
You're subscribed as @gmail.com but are now sending from
@googlemail.com. I've added a whitelisting for the @googlemail.com
address.
Others with this problem can solve it easily by subscribing t
As in, not the NPG, but museums who are actually willing to do a deal,
get works out as CC by-sa if not PD with a great big credit, etc.
Anyone in the UK actually done this?
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2009/7/12 Andrew Turvey :
> The Victoria and Albert Museum worked with us on the Wikipedia Loves Art
> project - that involved licensing photographs of their work under CC-BY-SA.
Yep. Who worked on that from our side?
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