Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet survey

Hi all, I'll be closing the survey shortly, so if you want to fill it in but haven't yet, then please do so today! Thanks, Mike > On 20 Sep 2015, at 18:32, Michael Peel wrote: > > Hi all, > > The survey is now live at: > https://www.surveymo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New Chief Executive starts today

> On 9 Oct 2015, at 15:57, Gordon Joly wrote: > > On 09/10/15 15:56, Gordon Joly wrote: >> That's probably a job for User:A.N.Other ... (editing Apples and Pears >> article)... > > OOPS. Don't trust me to edit anything! > > "Apples and Snakes" To avoid potential future problems: Lucy, please

[Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

Hi all, I've just discovered that this week is 'Get Online Week', see: http://getonlineweek.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Online_Week It's too late for this week, but for next year perhaps we should think about offering some sort of 'intro to Wikipedia' courses? Probably more 'how to re

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

Hi all, It's worth remembering that editathons weren't originally intended to recruit new editors - they were aimed at bringing together experienced editors with knowledgable people (e.g. museum creators) to improve Wikipedia articles using the knowledge of both groups. The change to focus on n

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK website certificate

I no longer get the warning message when I try to access wikimedia.org.uk - so it looks like it's fixed! Well done Tom! Thanks, Mike > On 16 Oct 2015, at 13:54, Thomas Morton wrote: > > Thanks John. > > SO I think I might have nailed it... anyone care to independently test? > > Tom > > On F

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Get Online Week

Hi Fabian/Leutha, It would need some sort of working group arrangement, whether that's a wikiproject or otherwise. The crucial factors are identifying who is interested in helping with this type of project, and making sure that the relevant stakeholders from the other charities/groups are also

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia IE] Bylaws Consultation-2 weeks left

Hi all, Wikimedia Ireland are currently working on writing their bylaws - see below. Although Irish law is, of course, different from UK law, I'm forwarding this in case anyone here has the time and interest to have a look through and give them some helpful suggestions. Thanks, Mike > Begin f

[Wikimediauk-l] international Libre Graphics Meeting 2016, London

Hi all, This might be of interest to people in London, or active with graphics software: http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2016/call-for-participation/ "The eleventh annual international Libre Graphics Meeting 2016 will take place Fri

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Reminder about the PARTY tomorrow!

Hi Lucy, I hope the party goes well. :-) Sadly, it's cost-prohibitive to attend an evening event in London from the north of the UK, perhaps next time it could be an afternoon event, or held at a more central location, instead? Thanks, Mike > On 15 Jan 2016, at 11:35, Lucy Crompton-Reid > wr

[Wikimediauk-l] Next meetups in the North-West: Manchester 23 Jan, Liverpool 27 Feb

Hi all, There are two wikimeets planned in the north-west this month and next, namely: Manchester: Saturday 23 January https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Manchester/32 Liverpool: Saturday 27 February https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Liverpool/18 Please come along if you're in the area

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] ? template press release for local press

There was an old system for WMUK press releases at: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Press_releases but I don't think that's been used for a number of years now. There might be something there that could be salvaged. Thanks, Mike > On 21 Feb 2016, at

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet survey results

Hi all, I'm pleased to announce the results of the wikimeet survey that ran late last year. The summary and full details are now on Meta at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/UK_Wikimeet_survey_2015 The key results from the survey that should affect future wikimeets are: - Organising wikimeets in

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What Volunteer Equipment should we buy?

> On 22 Jul 2016, at 10:54, geni wrote: > > > > On 21 July 2016 at 23:53, Katie Chan > wrote: > > > It's not so much the need for a bigger one, but rather another one. There's > currently one for the 3 cameras that can use it. Personally, there's events I > can ce

[Wikimediauk-l] WMUK office move - alternative locations?

Hi all, From recent-ish WMUK board minutes [1], it looks like WMUK has to move offices in the near future. I hope that this is being seen as an opportunity for WMUK, and the fact that the minutes indicate that other fellow-traveller organisations are being approached with regards options is ver

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Could Wikimedia UK keep an eye on which museums are going to close and give us the heads up?

It's worth noting that there have been Wikimedia events at several of these museums in the past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Queen_Street_Mill_Museum/event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Q

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

It's possible to follow the edits through the hashtag, at: http://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags/search/100Womenwiki Maybe help interact with the new users there? There are already a few problematic usernames being used... (e.g., User:BBC100) T

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC 100 Women and Wikimedia

An interesting question that could do with a speedy response (and maybe a copyright release email from the BBC to OTRS) has been posted at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:100_Women_(BBC)#Is_it_not_a_copyright_violation_to_publish_this_list.3F Thanks, Mike > On 8 Dec 2016, at 11:37, Lucy Crom

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia developers discussion

Back in the day (a few years ago) there was a UK tech mailing list. Sadly it became disused. Things were also posted on the WMUK wiki - again, sadly, those pages are now disused. They were nice while they lasted. Thanks, Mike > On 17 Jan 2017, at 13:34, Fæ wrote: > > I'm still trying to under

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Media enquiry from the BBC re editing/vandalism

It's not the first time this kind of thing has happened: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/03/peking-duk-fan-infiltrates-backstage-by-fooling-security-guard-with-wikipedia-edit

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Guardian obituaries feed

Hi Andy, How about something like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel/Guardian_obits There seem to be some redlinks showing up there! Other sources might be a bit more difficult to incorporate. E.g., the Independent's

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Guardian obituaries feed

> On 26 Feb 2017, at 20:14, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > On 26 February 2017 at 21:33, Michael Peel wrote: > >> How about something like this: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel/Guardian_obits > > Wow. Yes, exactly that. Thank you. > > The pr

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK policy updates - consultation

Hi Lucy, I've added a few comments to the google docs - sorry for not quite meeting your deadline. I see that the new volunteers policy removes a key phrase that was often used in WMUK's past: "staff should only do things that volunteers either cannot do or do not want to do". That's OK - perh

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] CC licenses for PhD theses

I remember looking into CC-licensing my PhD thesis back in 2009-10, and found that it wasn't possible as I had to include a copyright statement in it that included restrictions that weren't compatible with CC licenses (without the copyright statement, I couldn't have submitted it to the universi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Designs for T shirts

> On 22 May 2017, at 10:25, Gordon Joly wrote: > > On 20/05/17 01:42, John Lubbock wrote: >> . Wikimedia Nederland does one with a the Wikimedia logo as a >> stroopwafel, a Dutch caramel biscuit. > > > Perhaps I should explain a little more about this sweet Dutch snack. > > https://commons.wi

[Wikimediauk-l] uk.wikimedia.org is no more

It looks like uk.wikimedia.org just got turned off and redirect to wikimedia.org.uk , as per https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T170005 . This was long overdue as the last part of moving over to wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/ and I'm just mentioning it in case anyone wonders where it went. (And I was so

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Annual Report and Accounts

That's an excellent turn-around to see. :-) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMUK_membership_over_time.jpg Thanks, Mike > On 15 Jul 2017, at 09:44, Lucy Crompton-Reid > wrote: > > Yes, and today :) > > On 15 July 2017 at 12:39, Gordon Joly > wrote: > On

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM

Hi all, My thruppence: 1p: There are things that can be learnt from how WMF board elections are run, and also elections for other UK charities. A clear process that lets members cast votes online ahead of the AGM (instead of / in addition to proxy votes) would be very good. Being able to parti

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Odd? Peter Tatchell aritcle.

> On 26 Jul 2017, at 12:06, Gordon Joly wrote: > > On 26/07/17 09:07, geni wrote: >> Template vandalism on. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Official_URL >> >> If you are still getting issues purge the page. > > Thanks. Now fixed. > > * > > This template is for use in infobo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Open-licensed images of UK MPs are coming!

Here's a list of MPs with the images that are set on Wikidata, and also their commons categories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel/MPs (Using Listeria - so also thanks to Magnus.) Thanks, Mike > On 27 Jul 2017, at 17:01, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > On 27 July 2017 at 16:10, Magnus Man

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Grŵp Defnyddwyr Cymuned Wicimedia Cymru

Forwarding from wikimedia-l, where there’s some discussion happening about this. Presumably WMUK’s consent was obtained first, per the chapter’s agreement? Thanks, Mike > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Kirill Lokshin > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Grŵp Defnyddwyr Cymuned Wicimedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 153, Issue 7

Hi John, I think you’re sending emails in HTML format, which come through to the list OK as an individual email, but HTML-formatted emails are removed from the digest ("An HTML attachment was scrubbed”). So there are two options: change to using plain text format for the emails you send to the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyright of the the Wikimedia UK blog!

Try wp-admin -> ‘Appearance’ -> ‘Editor’, select ‘Theme Footer' on the right, and edit the info there. Make a backup of the changes, though, as they will be lost if you later update the theme. You might want to consider adding a CC-BY-SA license while you’re there. ;-) For screenshots of the pr

[Wikimediauk-l] GDPR?

I haven’t spotted any emails from WMUK about this yet, are they coming soon or is everything already OK here? Thanks, Mike ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https:/

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] GDPR?

rt of the Wikimedia UK community and please let us know if you have any questions. The Wikimedia UK team" > On 22 May 2018, at 22:48, Michael Peel wrote: > > I haven’t spotted any emails from WMUK about this yet, are they coming soon > or is everything already OK her

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Historic Prisons database

> On 18 Jul 2018, at 22:26, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > On 18 July 2018 at 16:44, Magnus Manske wrote: > >>> A heads up that there is a new database of historic (c19th) >>> English prisons: > >> I am importing the list here: >> https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/catalog/1505 > > Is anyone

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK Wiki

It’s a http vs https configuration issue: https://qrpedia.org works http://qrpedia.org does not work. Thanks, Mike > On 5 Feb 2019, at 09:56, John Lubbock wrote: > > Hi all, QRpedia seems to be working for me. The only problem appears to be a > prob

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK's 2019 AGM - agenda, board elections, voting papers & lightning talks

Hi Katie and all, I’ve just noticed that the proxy vote is given by default to the chair of the meeting. However, the WMUK board chair, Josie Fraser, is also standing in the election. It doesn’t seem right for proxy votes to be cast by a person who is standing in the election - is there a way t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK's 2019 AGM - agenda, board elections, voting papers & lightning talks

Thanks Michael, that resolves my concern. Thanks, Mike > On 10 Jul 2019, at 20:40, Michael Maggs wrote: > > Hello Mike > > I'll be taking the chair during the election portion of the AGM, and in that > role I'll be responsible for the proxy votes. > > Mic

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] British Museum makes 1.9m images available under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

This is a difficult problem to solve. Remember that the WMUK was talking with the British Museum way back in 2009/2010, which led to the first Wikipedian in Residence. That they are now using a CC licence is a good step forward, however I suspect the ’NC’ difficulty is related to the existence o

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] British Museum, copyright and public domain images

Hi Fae, The reuse seems to be by the British Library, not the British Museum, here. Asking them for £400 seems a bit odd/steep (https://twitter.com/Faewik/status/1293503130987122688). Thanks, Mike > On 12 Aug 2020, at 13:05, Fæ wrote: > > Dear Lucy, > > It's just over 3 months ago that your

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Request for a volunteer to upload Councillor photos to Commons

Hi all, The files are now at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Politics_of_the_London_Borough_of_Lambeth Anyone interested in improving their categorisation and adding them to articles/Wikidata it

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Draft copy for our Annual Report

Begin forwarded message: > From: Stevie Benton > Subject: Draft copy for our Annual Report > Date: 28 March 2012 15:00:43 GMT+01:00 > To: office > > Hello everyone, > > Draft copy for our Annual Report is now available for editing and comment on > our wiki here > [http://uk.wikimedia.org/w

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK may not take on a task that volunteer could do.

The latter - although there's more nuances than that. E.g. even if someone volunteered to bank cheques (which can happen - I used to do that several years back), it's still better for staff to do it for accountability reasons. The full description is at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_Po

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Livetweeting the Battle of Arras (1917)

Nice. :-) Was this spontaneous on their part, or was there behind-the-scenes discussions here? Thanks, Mike On 29 Mar 2012, at 18:33, Chris Keating wrote: > Oh, don't worry, we do! And we're not alone - many of the digital staff > working in various institutions are very open to this, as are

[Wikimediauk-l] "Guest Post: Librarians meet Wikipedians: collaboration not competition!"

On the UK Web Focus blog, written by Simon Bains from John Rylands Library in Manchester, including talking about the 'Wikilounge' that Fiona ran at the library, and the plans for a future pilot project that we're currently talking about: http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/guest-post-li

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List archives

Well, I think that Edward has given an apt demonstration of the problems that we're facing here. I'll say that I was the one that made the archives for this list restricted to subscribers only. I took this course of action because the list archives were being data mined with the aim of harassin

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] National Maritime Museum archive

>From an astronomy point of view, I'm very interested in this collaboration. I'm not sure about latitude, but there's a very interesting topic on longitude that could be worked on, namely John Harrison's clocks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison Decent pictures/illustrations of all of h

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Nice link

The BBC have been using content from Wikipedia for quite a few years (hence why it still says GFDL on it rather than CC-BY-SA - that does need updating). My favourite example is BBC Wildlife, e.g. see the bottom of: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Arctic_Fox Thanks, Mike On 13 Apr 2012, at 09:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Nice link

For background, see: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/faq#why_is_bbc_using_wikipedia Thanks, Mike On 13 Apr 2012, at 09:29, Michael Peel wrote: > The BBC have been using content from Wikipedia for quite a few years (hence > why it still says GFDL on it rather than CC-BY-SA - that does need up

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [glam] How eBay could help Wikimedia Commons get more open-licensed images

Sorry, ignore that email - I clicked the wrong button in the moderation queue. (Kelly's not subscribed to this list.) Mike On 15 Apr 2012, at 21:17, Kelly Peck wrote: > please remove me from this list. > > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Andy Mabbett > wrote: > I've just blogged: "How eBay

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge meetup 20 May

On 19 Apr 2012, at 21:15, Charles Matthews wrote: > On 19 April 2012 19:51, Deryck Chan wrote: >> Seems to be an unusual timing to me - I thought Cambridge meetups usually >> try to avoid being too close to major London Wikimedia events? > > You'll have noticed how much harder it has got to sch

[Wikimediauk-l] Call for talk proposals for WikiConference UK 2012

Hi all, If you are interested in talking at WikiConference UK 2012 / the WMUK AGM at the Science Museum in London on 12 May, then please submit a talk proposal at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2012/Talk_Submissions The deadline for submitting a proposal is the 1 May. Thanks, M

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ob Comments about our Chief Exec

On 21 Apr 2012, at 21:24, Thomas Morton wrote: > The Chapter and the UK community are distinct, certainly. And this list does > get a lot of use for Chapter business - less so for general community issues. I'm not sure why the two of you are trying to draw this line in the sand, since I don't

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [cultural-partners] Museums Showoff is coming to London on Wednesday night

Forwarding for the info of those in or nearby London... Thanks, Mike Begin forwarded message: > From: Andy Mabbett > Subject: [cultural-partners] Fwd: Museums Showoff is coming to London on > Wednesday night > Date: 23 April 2012 17:40:13 GMT+01:00 > To: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners co

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Call for talk proposals for WikiConference UK 2012

in touch although it is probably short notice now. > > Best, > Daria > > > > On 21 April 2012 11:04, Michael Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > If you are interested in talking at WikiConference UK 2012 / the WMUK AGM at > the Science Museum in London

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Call for talk proposals for WikiConference UK 2012

Hi all, This is a reminder that if you want to give a talk at WikiConference 2012, the deadline is the end of tomorrow (1 May): http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2012/Talk_Submissions Thanks, Mike On 21 Apr 2012, at 11:04, Michael Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > If you are i

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] So who knows about their local wifi?

On 1 May 2012, at 00:01, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 30 April 2012 23:52, Roger Bamkin wrote: >> Hi Thomas, the legal position is far from clear. I'm hoping to get a steer >> on current custom and practice. I see that lots of wifi's have tick boxes >> for T&c's why? >> >> Am I happy to take

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Olympic mascots on Commons

Trademark and copyright law are two separate things - you can release the copyright on something whilst keeping the trademark. See: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trademark#Trademark_law Thanks, Mike On 1 May 2012, at 18:54, Chris Keating wrote: > I imagine the mascots are trademarks, and th

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Olympic mascots on Commons

I meant to add before clicking 'send': I imagine that's what OGL does, release the copyright but not the trademark (as is standard for free licenses). Mike On 1 May 2012, at 18:58, Michael Peel wrote: > Trademark and copyright law are two separate things - you can release t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Two technical questions

On 2 May 2012, at 13:43, Jon Davies wrote: > 1. Anyone know of an open source equivalent of Survey Monkey? Note that CiviCRM can be used for surveys, e.g. see: http://civicrm.org/blogs/kurund/using-civicrm-profile-survey Mike ___ Wikimedia UK mailing

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2013 - winner announced

Indeed - we were originally planning to have multiple rooms available at the conference, but somewhere along the line there was a miscommunication and we only ended up with one room, hence only having one track. The Wikimania discussion was one of the things that had to be cut back (given that t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] SSL error

Yes, it's a known issue that I haven't gotten to the bottom of yet. Basically we have two SSL certificates for the two subdomains, but the server assumes that one of them is the default one and uses that for all of the subdomains. I suspect we need to buy a wildcard SSL certificate to cover the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Post AGM pub

I'm sure the Science Museum staff will know (scientifically and quantifiably!) all of the best pubs in the nearby area - try asking them for an expert recommendation? ;-) Mike On 9 May 2012, at 16:34, Stevie Benton wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Just thought I'd drop a line to see if anyone has

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] (semi-OT) WMUK should probably not do any balloon releases, OK?

On 25 May 2012, at 08:13, Chris Keating wrote: > > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Andy Mabbett > wrote: > *cough* > > On 24 May 2012 22:57, wrote: > > The evidence suggests that were we to try it we'd soon hear what a bad idea > > it was... > > > > We might release some balloons und

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK's coolest projects

Bear in mind that the request here is for the 3 coolest projects, and that the audience is going to be Wikimania attendees (i.e. mostly Wikimedians), presumably with the hope of getting them to do similar projects in their countries. So as cool as things like direct debits are, I don't think the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK's coolest projects

Hi all, I've set up a page on the wiki for voting, at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_coolest_projects Please visit that page and vote. :-) I've tried to include everything that's been mentioned in this thread, but please add anything I've missed (and short descriptions of each project also

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK's coolest projects

Hi all, Many thanks to everyone that voted. :-) The winners were: 1) MonmouthpediA 2) World War 1 editathon 3) Wikipedian in Residence at the British Library Thanks, Mike On 8 Jun 2012, at 18:03, Michael Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > I've set up a page on the wiki for voti

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser

On 11 Jun 2012, at 12:28, Katie Chan wrote: > On 11/06/2012 10:51, Gordon Joly wrote: >> On 11/06/12 10:20, James Farrar wrote: >>> >>> For those who weren't there, I think the answer to that was that as a >>> charity we're exempt from the normal limited company requirement for >>> the name to e

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser

Welcome Katherine! I'm looking forward to meeting you at the board meeting at the end of the month! When you have the time, I would recommend having a look at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2012 for the starting pages for the 2012 fundraiser (kicking off in November), and: http://met

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What is in a name?

Indeed - it's standard practice nowadays to be 'Wikimedia' rather than 'Wikipedia'. If only someone had made this argument when people were coming up with names right at the start of the projects... (The bigger issue here is why 'Wikimedia Commons' rather than 'Wikipedia Multimedia', etc...) T

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] donate.wikimedia.org.uk has an SSL error

Thanks for the reminder of this. I've implemented a work-around for now (moving direct debit processing over to donate.wikimedia.org.uk and switching to only having SSL on that subdomain) - we'll get a better solution in place before the next fundraiser. Please could you check that it's working

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] donate.wikimedia.org.uk has an SSL error

On 17 Jun 2012, at 09:16, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 15/06/12 09:25, Michael Peel wrote: >> >> Thanks for the reminder of this. I've implemented a work-around for now >> (moving direct debit processing over to donate.wikimedia.org.uk and >> switching to o

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Recruiting for the Developer

Hi all, So, there are many questions here, and I'm afraid that I don't have the time to answer them all right now in the detail they deserve. :-( So this is a reply to some of the key aspects, and I'll try to follow up on the others when I have a bit more time available. I'm very aware that th

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Developer post

SSL *is* fixed, or at least the issue has been worked around. The issue here is the long-term maintenance of SSL, to ensure that it continues to work and can be quickly fixed if it breaks, and can be extended as needed - particularly during the critical fundraising period. Having a staff member

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Draft Communications Bill

On 1 Jul 2012, at 21:00, Tom Morris wrote: > On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 8:19 PM, David Gerard wrote: >> On 1 July 2012 19:44, Gordon Joly wrote: >> >>> So, USA and Europe. But not the UK. >> >> Yes. Rest assured the WMF is not so foolish as to base anything in the UK. >> > > None of which will

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Draft Communications Bill

On 1 Jul 2012, at 21:58, Tom Morris wrote: > On Sunday, 1 July 2012 at 21:22, Michael Peel wrote: >> Are you volunteering? I don't believe that we have WMUK staff or trustee >> time that can be put towards leading a discussion of the details and >> implications th

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Edinburgh photography workshop

We have CiviCRM, which includes CiviEvents, set up and running on the WMUK server... Mike On 11 Jul 2012, at 10:14, Richard Symonds wrote: > it's on a system which we have full control over, although the servers are > run by Google, obviously! The difference is that we have some control over

[Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK

Hi all, I'm sending this statement on behalf of the WMUK Board: -- As some members of Wikimedia UK will know, our Chair, Ashley Van Haeften, user name Fae, has been the subject of sanctions by the Arbitration Committee of the English Wikipedia (Arbcom), the volunteer committee that exists to p

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK merchandise

On 27 Jul 2012, at 08:26, David Gerard wrote: > On 27 July 2012 16:20, Thomas Dalton wrote: >> On 27 July 2012 13:59, David Gerard wrote: > >>> We should consider that this isn't merchandise for sale, but giveaway >>> swag - chapters can't sell merchandise (yet), just give it away. (Go >>> vis

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK merchandise

On 27 Jul 2012, at 09:14, Andy Mabbett wrote: > On 27 July 2012 17:04, Michael Peel wrote: > > [Of Wikimedia-UK merchandise] > >> The question is more, is it worthwhile doing and/or pushing for? Is there >> a market, and sufficient benefit for the projects? > &

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK merchandise

On 27 Jul 2012, at 09:38, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 27 July 2012 16:26, David Gerard wrote: >> I vaguely recall someone saying the chapter agreement didn't allow it, >> but I'm sure WMUK would be most pleased for me to be wrong :-) > > The chapters agreement doesn't. It falls under the trademar

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] University WiR job description

I don't have a copy of it, sorry. Mike On 31 Jul 2012, at 04:20, Roger Bamkin wrote: > Chris, Panyd wrote one for Manchester Uni which I can't trace but Mike Peel > may have a copy of. This may be useful I believe she is still in USA > > R > > On 28 July 2012 11:34, Chris Keating wrote: > I'

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Request from Open Rights Group

So, the word 'we' is rather innocuously dangerous. :-) To clarify Jon's comment that: > In our case we felt that SOPA/PIPA was relevant and went as far as to black > out the English Wikipedia for a day. 'We' the editing community (all >1000 that !voted online) felt SOPA/PIPA was relevant, and

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Request from Open Rights Group

On 3 Aug 2012, at 09:06, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 03/08/12 15:46, Michael Peel wrote: >> >> 'We' the editing community (all >1000 that !voted online) felt SOPA/PIPA was >> relevant, and blacked out the site. 'We' the charity communicated the >>

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A message from Wikimedia UK

On 5 Aug 2012, at 18:34, WilliamH wrote: > I find it odd that Ashley grasped the incompatibility of his position before > the rest of the board did, and more to the point, that they only did grasp it > after he stepped down. {{citation needed}}. I'm curious to know why you think this? Thanks,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A message from Wikimedia UK

On 6 Aug 2012, at 08:11, WilliamH wrote: > Because the blog post response to The Daily Telegraph article wrote that > "“The Board is united in the view that this decision does not affect his role > as a Trustee of the charity." > > Then again my conclusion was only an inference based on a sequ

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] (offlist) Training coffee morning 12 August

that may exist. Thanks, Mike On 8 Aug 2012, at 12:29, Charles Matthews wrote: > On 8 August 2012 11:13, Michael Peel wrote: >> Hi Charles, >> >> You realise you sent this to the public mailing list, right? Did you mean to >> make your home address public? &g

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] (offlist) Training coffee morning 12 August

Sorry - that email was meant to be cc'd to wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org not to the whole mailing list! Mike On 8 Aug 2012, at 22:07, Michael Peel wrote: > I've asked WMF ops to remove the post, but be aware that it's a complex > process to remove it from the li

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Business cards

On 10 Aug 2012, at 12:10, David Gerard wrote: > On 10 August 2012 12:06, Thomas Dalton wrote: > >> The problem, then, is Richard's wording in his email. Recalling them >> because of a mistake that was pointed out by a board member is >> different from recalling them because a board member obje

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Business cards

On 10 Aug 2012, at 19:58, Andy Mabbett wrote: > On 10 August 2012 10:00, Jon Davies wrote: > >> Nice discussion guys but... >> >> There was a technical issue that was rightly pointed out that did present a >> possible risk to the charity. > > How so? (I did ask the what the issue was, in pri

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Admin help needed to whitelist URL on en.WP

On 12 Aug 2012, at 17:04, Andy Mabbett wrote: > On 12 August 2012 16:38, Thehelpfulone wrote: >> On 7 August 2012 14:54, Andy Mabbett wrote: >>> >>> P.S. I've added a whitelist request: >>> >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki_talk:Spam-whitelist&pe=1&#maketheshift.us

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Admin help needed to whitelist URL on en.WP

Local blacklist. Fixed thanks to the amazing Rock Drum. :-) Mike On 14 Aug 2012, at 20:07, Richard Symonds wrote: > Global blacklist... > > Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK > > On Aug 14, 2012 7:50 PM, "Michael Peel" wrote: > > On 12 Aug 2012, at 17:04, An

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Photos of politicians?

It's worth taking a look at what Wikimedia Deutschland did with regards photographing German MPs, see e.g.: http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wikipedia_in_Parliament (There is presumably a video of their presentation somewhere, but I'm not sure where…) Thanks, Mike On 12 Sep 2

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

On 18 Sep 2012, at 09:52, Gordon Joly wrote: > Whilst there may be no precise misdemeanor, can we assume that our charity > (Wikimedia UK) follows and applies the Nolan Principles to all Trustees? > > http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/parlment/nolan/nolan.htm The Nolan Prin

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

On 18 Sep 2012, at 11:19, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 17/09/12 20:34, Chris Keating wrote: >> and will provide a firm basis for the growing use of Wikipedia-linked QR >> codes in future. > > > This issue has always been on my mind. The use of a code requires a method to > decode and prod

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Wikimeet, November 11th and Wikimedia UK 4th Anniversary.

On 2 Oct 2012, at 14:33, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 02/10/12 14:21, Jon Davies wrote: >> Ask Mike Peel about a special project grant. > OK. Mike, what say you? Sounds good, but please can you ask me via a microgrant application, with a budget request and breakdown? http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Daily Telegraph error

On 3 Oct 2012, at 12:12, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 3 October 2012 11:15, Andrew Turvey wrote: >> I though this was a largely accurate article without any major errors. Far >> better than most media articles! > > The main body of the article is very good. The summary at the top is > simplified

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Annual accounts

Hi Andrew, An unsigned version of the accounts are on the wiki: https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2011-12_Annual_Accounts.pdf and our auditors have the version signed by me and John for them to add their signature to it. I'm waiting for some information from Saad before I can file the form with

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal of trustees collective responsibility

On 7 Oct 2012, at 22:37, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 7 October 2012 22:34, Roger Bamkin wrote: >> Classically the board tried to get a >> consensus on all matters. > > That's the problem right there. A fear of disagreement. Far better to > make a half-decent majority decision than fail to make a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: Drinks with Sue Gardener, Garfield, Asaf & WMUK

On 9 Oct 2012, at 16:27, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 09/10/12 14:31, David Gerard wrote: >> Media storms were fun when I was >> the only person on hand to do telly ... > Like I said, move the offices to Salford. That doesn't really make much difference when it comes to media. It's very easy for me

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