On 9 June 2011 12:42, Michael Peel wrote:
> This includes wp.co.uk/wp.org.uk/etc. - does anyone think these would be
> useful for Wikipedia somehow?
> (The deadline for applying is apparently in just under a week's time.)
Hey, why not? Nominet domains cost very little (a few quid a year).
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On 24 June 2011 12:30, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> On 23 June 2011 21:05, Andy Mabbett wrote:
>> With respect, no. We need to persuade our legislators to change
>> copyright law so this doesn't happen.
> Do we? Where does the law actually stand on things like this? My
> understanding is that it is s
On 2 July 2011 10:39, Tom Morris wrote:
> We should be getting more non-Wikipedia people involved and attending
> events: because in-breeding isn't healthy.
And more non-techies, for the same reason.
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On 8 August 2011 09:11, Michael Peel wrote:
> The Guardian have an article today on "British Museum makes the Wikipedia
> connection":
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2011/aug/08/british-museum-wikipedia
> which is based on an interview with Matthew Cock - covering the m
On 8 August 2011 14:40, Michael Peel wrote:
> "I'm writing to you from BBC Radio Scotland's "Newsdrive" programme. We
> spotted an article in today's press about Wikipedia's drive for more female
> contributors and would like to requst an interview with Jimmy Wales. If
> that's not possible,
On 19 September 2011 16:01, Richard Symonds wrote:
> · How quickly we remove advertising from articles, how we spot it,
> etc etc (to cover private benefits)
> · How quickly we remove libel from articles, and what processes we
> have in place to ensure that people aren’t harmed by
On 06/10/2011, Richard Symonds wrote:
> Small point of order though: I was of the understanding that OGL is not
> quite compatible with CC-BY - AFAIK, it's something to do with database
> rights. I'm not an expert on this, though, and am happy to be corrected.
AIUI, CC-by was the preferred opti
On 24 October 2011 16:52, Richard Symonds
wrote:
> and 10,000 people who regularly contribute to them.
Tangential question: how did we calculate this 10,000? (And is this an
official number to use now?)
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On 24 October 2011 18:08, Richard Symonds
wrote:
> Good question, to which I do not presently have the answer. It was used in
> the CEO advertisement too, but I don't have records that stretch back far
> enough to cover the process of choosing that number. Perhaps a member of the
> board can help
On 24 October 2011 19:42, David Gerard wrote:
> Yeah. The last per-country stats I recall were Greg Maxwell's from
> 2007. (Though there may have been some since then.)
Though those told us an interesting thing: ~50% of edits on en:wp are
from the US, ~25% are from the UK. The popu
On 24 October 2011 21:40, Gordon Joly wrote:
> On 24/10/2011 19:45, David Gerard wrote:
>> Though those told us an interesting thing: ~50% of edits on en:wp are
>> from the US, ~25% are from the UK. The populations are 300m and 60m
>> respectively. This means that per head o
On 2 November 2011 10:25, Fae wrote:
> This is a short summary from the meeting I attended last night at
> Westminster Hall representing WM-UK. The PICTFOR[1] meeting was mainly
> attended by politicians, industry experts, publishers, academics and
> lawyers. I hope this might be of interest for
On 6 November 2011 21:12, Chris Keating wrote:
> We'd like thank to our lawyers (Stone King) and to John Byrne and Steve
> Virgin who have carefully navigated our path along this journey. You can
> find out more on our blog -http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/11/charity/
Uh ... whoever wrote tha
On 8 November 2011 19:28, Fraser wrote:
> Could you guys remove my email from the list as i am currently busy with
> other activities.
Removed.
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On 9 November 2011 21:48, Fae wrote:
> Within the organization they are discussing the benefit of
> releasing a selection of high quality images/media of their
> collections, particularly where these would have significant impact on
> Wikipedia article quality, such as their key artefacts (someti
On 9 November 2011 21:57, Fae wrote:
> I'm wondering if this needs to be part of a request page, similar to
> the image request list we started at the BM* (anyone want to set it
> up)? I can't promise a quick response but a good wish-list from our
> community would probably help the internal disc
On 31 December 2011 11:32, Roger Bamkin wrote:
> We have the Archaeological Society "signed up". They tell me that we can
> "have the lot" - they are convinced that CC by SA beats (c) 2011..
HUGE WIN! What was the process of convincing them? That's definitely
one to duplicate!
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On 31 December 2011 21:54, Gordon Joly wrote:
> OK. Sure. So why is Monmouth so different from London (UK)? As a
> project?
Work down to the borough level. Walthamstow has an active historical
society, for instance, who have churned out reams of highly citable
text. Start at the local libra
On 1 January 2012 15:46, Roger Bamkin wrote:
> OK I was maybe exagerating a point. But the point (as you say) is that this
> is interesting as a pilot. If successful then we end up with variations on
> the theme, but if we are to create a scalable model then they will need to
> work without the n
On 14 January 2012 23:22, Fae wrote:
Windows is unreliable rubbish and should not be handed to random
people to use. If it is, it should be wiped and reinstalled each time.
(That means "don't".) It's also a virus magnet in any hands less than
expert.
WMF makes Windows available to staff only on
On 14 January 2012 23:44, Thomas Morton wrote:
> Which is why I recommend something like Chromebook - because it's very hard
> to make it do anything else except web browsing.
Do we have anyone with experience of Chromebooks?
We gave the older teen a netbook with Windows. After the second time
On 14 January 2012 23:47, Michael Peel wrote:
> Can we discuss this on-wiki please? and ideally focus on hardware rather than
> software? ;-)
Get a netbook with 3 yr manufacturer's (not shop's) warranty.
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On 15 January 2012 01:20, Tom Morris wrote:
> Also, we *so* need to get Huggle and AWB ported to Mac/Linux. ;-)
Unlikely, unless you have something that autoconverts .NET to Java or
something for graphical applications. More likely is getting the
requisite bugs in Wine's .NET handling fixed.
Do we have a list of just who people should contact in the UK? People
will ask. (I still don't actually know.)
Have we got even slightly geolocated notices that can have this in them?
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On 17 January 2012 11:09, Harry Burt wrote:
> What is the official UK call to action here?
> Emailing the embassy? Or could you create a Number10-esque petition?
> Or did I miss something else entirely?
I'm wondering too ... we need to know ASAP.
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On 17 January 2012 11:19, Tom Morris wrote:
> On 17 January 2012 11:09, Harry Burt wrote:
>> What is the official UK call to action here?
>> Emailing the embassy? Or could you create a Number10-esque petition?
> 1. Find an American friend.
> 2. Shout at them until they write to their congressma
On 17 January 2012 11:29, Michael Peel wrote:
> I'm really not sure what we can do to help in the UK, though
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Trade ?
Visa, Mastercard, PayPal - all US companies. SOPA can switch British
businesses off like a light.
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On 17 January 2012 12:26, Harry Burt wrote:
> Her Majesty's Government should voice its disapproval of any proposed
> American legislation that would limit the ability of British citizens to
> speak freely on the internet.
Sounds good :-D
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On 17 January 2012 13:16, Harry Burt wrote:
> As of time of writing, the U.S. Congress is currently considering the issue
> of whether to tighten internet policing laws with regard to digital rights
> enforcement. Whilst the overall goal of these pieces of proposed legislation
> (mostly notably th
Anyone who thinks they could represent us and is onhand?
-- Forwarded message --
From: David Gerard
Date: 18 January 2012 08:50
Subject: Anyone available for telly in London?
To: Communications Committee
I'm not (WFH today), and my Skype connection is being shit. (
On 18 January 2012 12:20, Harry Burt wrote:
> Okay, so http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/27728 is now available,
> the product of the earlier conversations on this list and onwiki.
> Thoughts on linking to it in a completely voluntary manner from the blackout
> notice? Time is of the esse
On 19 January 2012 12:16, Andy Mabbett wrote:
> ScotRail has been delivering a comprehensive station re-branding
> programme which began in 2008 and will be complete in 2014.
> There are Brand Guidelines in place for this programme which aims
> to simplify and unify all station brandi
On 19 January 2012 12:35, Charles Matthews
wrote:
> On 19 January 2012 12:23, David Gerard wrote:
>> Does any other station in Scotland have plaques, and are ScotRail
>> eliminating those as well?
> [[WP:DEADHORSE]].
Sorry, I didn't mean in relation to this plaque - I
On 26 January 2012 17:36, Tom Morris wrote:
> I like that The Guardian are scaring people about deletionists.
"The next series of Big Brother is interested in finding a passionate
Wikipedia deletionist. Preferably one with big tits."
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On 27 January 2012 09:04, Andy Mabbett wrote:
> Canon do/ did a compact which worked brilliantly on litre light, Even
> night-club type conditions.
And Fuji do one that does up to ISO 12800 at all, ISO 3200 usably.
But even then, the sensor is rather tiny and noisy - a smaller DSLR or
u4/3 wou
On 13 March 2012 14:43, Anirudh Bhati wrote:
> What next? Knighthood. Sir Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales.
Not a British citizen, would have to be Mr Jimmy Donal Wales, KBE (or
whatever), like Bob Geldof and Bill Gates.
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Is it feasible for the Board to all say today "whatever Tom writes,
WMUK will endorse"?
(I'm sure there are ways for that not to pass constitutional muster,
I'm looking for ways it can ...)
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On 21 March 2012 09:37, Jon Davies wrote:
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_Property_Office_Consultation
> Comments please on this - seems like Tom was spot on.
Looks right to me. Has Tom got time this morning to write up something from it?
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I've tweaked it a bit. There was an unclosed bracket on section 2 and
the last sentence looked stray; please check my change is close to
what you meant.
I'm not sure I understand our section 3.
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I can't actually see the list of admins in Postorious and I'm wondering if
it's just me left as active. We probably need at least three, ideally one
from WMUK. (This is the WM-in-UK list, not the WMUK list, but that way it's
at least part of one person's job!)
Action needed is basically clearing a
u say, it would be great to
>> get an additional volunteer from the community.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Lucy
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 at 13:21, David Gerard wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I can't actually see the list of admins in Postorious and I&#
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