Hello again, This conversation seems to have ground to a halt. I'm keen to support any work that the community wants to see done to develop a more interesting newsletter but need your input!
Do share some ideas at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/What_would_a_WMUK_Signpost-style_newsletter_look_like%3F Thanks, Stevie On 19 November 2012 15:36, Stevie Benton <[email protected]>wrote: > This is really useful Harry, thank you. > > It's certainly something we can do, assuming there are enough members of > the editing community that want to contribute. We certainly wouldn't go > short of content. > > Thanks, > > Stevie > > > On 19 November 2012 15:31, HJ Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Indeed. Delivery is relatively easy - there are several bots on various >> wikis already dedicated to delivering various newsletters. >> >> What I'd really like to see is a newsletter for the UK community and not >> just the chapter, which the current reports cover to an extent. Having such >> a newsletter delivered in a Signpost-style format every month could go a >> long way towards getting more people involved and increasing the >> profile/understanding of the chapter among the editing communities. >> >> Harry Mitchell >> http://enwp.org/User:HJ >> Phone: 024 7698 0977 >> Skype: harry_j_mitchell >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* joseph seddon <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Monday, 19 November 2012, 0:39 >> >> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK October report - >> contributions wanted >> >> I this thats a very good idea :) >> >> Its simple enough that even I could set up something to do that and if >> there is a desire to I would be happy to do the delivery. >> >> Seddon >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> > Message: 1 >> > Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 16:43:50 +0000 >> > From: Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> >> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <[email protected]> >> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK October report - >> > contributions wanted >> > Message-ID: >> > <CAHRTtW_U+ec_mnbbbck1Amd+hzy1d4C_Qp=6tqd2x43rz6a...@mail.gmail.com> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> > >> > On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Charles Matthews < >> > [email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > I was going to wait for other views. But the underlying, fundamental >> > > need is to have a vehicle for growing the involved UK community. >> > > Inviting brainstorming from this list misses that point, in my view. >> > > Those who are prepared to wade through the threads on this list are >> > > probably already quite involved. :Likewise those who are active on the >> > > GLAM front. The crying need is to get beyond preaching to the >> > > converted >> > > >> > >> > >> > Would it be feasible to deliver a WMUK newsletter the way the Signpost >> is >> > delivered, i.e. to subscribers' talk pages in Wikipedia (and perhaps >> other >> > projects)? >> > >> > The WMUK website and mailing list are a bit of a walled garden. >> Visibility >> > of a WMUK newsletter on talk pages in Wikipedia and other projects might >> > get new people involved. >> > >> > Andreas >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> >> > > > -- > > Stevie Benton > Communications Organiser > Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 > @StevieBenton > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over > Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* > > > -- Stevie Benton Communications Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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