Dear Wikipedians, Further to the conversation already on this thread I would like to announce the first event our student club is holding. If possible we would love to link up with efforts to engage the Guardian, and are also close to getting the BBC involved so please do send academics our way!
The London Wikipedia Academy is a mini-conference aimed at starting a conversation between academics and Wikipedians in London, moving from ethereal opinions to organised, evidence based, informed discussions. There will be a number of exciting speakers all engaging in a vital conversation for modern higher education. Students, librarians and academics from across London have been invited by the first official student Wikipedia society in the UK, Wikipedians at Imperial College, to meet at their South Kensington campus April 13th<x-apple-data-detectors://0> 545-8pm<x-apple-data-detectors://1>. This unique and original event promises to allow those pro and anti Wikipedia to discuss the key issues around its inevitable use by staff and academics, on every topic that is taught at higher education institutions in the capital. Please register your interest by adding your name or emailing the address at the bottom of this webpage: <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/London_Wikipedia_Academy><http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/London_Wikipedia_Academy>http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/London_Wikipedia_Academy If the above details could be forwarded to relevant mailing lists, or if you would allow and direct us towards the relevant mailing lists, we would be most grateful. We hope to see you there! Vinesh Patel President, Wikipedians at Imperial College Sent from my iPhone On 18 Mar 2011, at 17:34, "Rod Ward" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Its difficult to know who counts as an academic (with usernames & people only declaring what they want to declare on their user pages), & whether you mean editcounts or number of FA, GA etc but thinking about those I interact with who might fit the bill... User:Malleus Fatuorum (Manchester) over 100,000 edits User:Bencherlite (London/Oxford) over 30,000 edits (but also has several alternate accounts ) User:Rodw (me – therefore bias) (Bristol & Somerset) over 50,000 edits But I’m sure there must be others...? Rod From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Peel Sent: 18 March 2011 16:44 To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians Probably in terms of edit count / contributions to Wikipedia. Thanks, Mike On 18 Mar 2011, at 16:42, Deryck Chan wrote: > Do you mean generally top in the academia, or the top UK academic in terms of > Wikipedia edit count? > > On 18 March 2011 16:38, Michael Peel > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > One further question from them, which is a rather interesting one: > > "Is there any way at all knowing who the TOP UK academic author is?" > > Thanks, > Mike > > On 18 Mar 2011, at 16:28, Michael Peel wrote: > > > Thanks for everyone's recommendations; I've passed as many of them on as I > > could. I also talked to them for about 30 mins about my edits to Wikipedia > > (although I keep forgetting how small my enwp edit count is, considering > > how much time I spend on Wikimedia...) and everything that the UK community > > + WMUK's trying to do with education at the moment. > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > On 18 Mar 2011, at 07:28, Michael Peel wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> The Guardian Education Supplement's planning on writing an article on the > >> use of Wikipedia in academia, and they're looking for Wikimedians who are > >> also UK-based academics that they can talk to (and also academics that > >> have an aversion to Wikipedia). If you think you'd fit the bill, or know > >> someone that might, please could you get in touch asap? They need to talk > >> to someone today ideally... > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Mike > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > <mailto:[email protected]> > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > <http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l> > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: <http://uk.wikimedia.org> http://uk.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > <mailto:[email protected]> > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > <http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l> > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: <http://uk.wikimedia.org> http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ________________________________ No virus found in this message. 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