Afternoon, Harry how did the lightning talk go? Well I hope! Still keen to see some of this written up and on the WMUK blog - I'm happy to help with writing it up if you like?
Also Fae's post reminds me I need to see what capacity OSM has to tag postboxes :D On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 at 13:15 Fæ <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Harry, > > If you are still thinking about it, it would be neat to cover any > experiences you have had in use of the projects for mapping, > successful or not. I play around with OSM, and have remained impressed > at how nicely the editing tools work there. At the 'meta' level we > have a big gap between the idea of navigating or discovering by place > and what Commons/Wikidata/Wikipedia can provide using integrated > methods. > > Three to four years ago the UK chapter was encouraging projects around > geomapping, but the only place I have noticed innovation recently was > last year by Commons enthusiasts on better tools for individual maps; > though there's been a lot of discussion (and investment) within > Wikidata I have not followed. > > Thanks, > Fae > > On 13 July 2017 at 09:31, Harry Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > > There isn't even an *un*written version yet. It's been a long time since > I > > stood up and spoke to a room full of Wikimedians. Also, I didn't think > > anyone else would be interested! Something to occupy me on the journey > > tomorrow! ;) > > > > Harry Mitchell > > http://enwp.org/User:HJ > > +44 (0) 7507 536 971 <+44%207507%20536971> > > Skype: harry_j_mitchell > > > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 9:25 AM, Katherine Bavage > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Harry - that sounds really good! If you've got a written version > anywhere > >> and it isn't on the WMUK blog can you make that a thing for those of us > >> (like me) who sadly won't make it. > >> > >> I have voted by proxy though :) > >> > >> On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 at 09:23 Harry Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> I assumed all the slots would be taken, but I'd be happy to give a talk > >>> if there's space. Let's go with "War Memorials, Wikipedia, and Why You > >>> Should Care", just because I appreciate alliteration. (Hi Nicola! If > you > >>> need more detail, please do email me offlist.) > >>> > >>> Is there somewhere public we can put these things and/or sign up for > the > >>> event in general? I know it's a crazy Wikipedian thing, but it might > inspire > >>> someone else. > >>> > >>> Best, > >>> > >>> Harry Mitchell > >>> http://enwp.org/User:HJ > >>> +44 (0) 7507 536 971 <+44%207507%20536971> > >>> Skype: harry_j_mitchell > >>> > >>> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Lucy Crompton-Reid > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Dear all > >>>> > >>>> There are quite a few places left at Saturday's AGM so please sign up > >>>> here if you'd like to come. As well as the AGM, this is a key > opportunity to > >>>> feed into the final cycle of the global Wikimedia movement strategy > process, > >>>> as there will be a workshop/facilitated discussion on the emerging > strategy > >>>> in the morning. We will be joined, virtually, at this session by > Ravishankar > >>>> Ayyakkannu from the Wikimedia Foundation's Global Reach and > Partnerships > >>>> team, who will give a short summary of the New Voices strategy track > and > >>>> will be available to answer questions during the discussions. > >>>> > >>>> One of the highlights of last year's event for me was the 'lightning > >>>> talks' session, but so far this year we only have one person signed > up. > >>>> Please consider giving a lightning talk and sharing some of your wiki > >>>> wisdom! Talks should generally be about five minutes long, although of > >>>> course if we don't have many people signed up the timings will be a > bit more > >>>> relaxed. You can sign up by emailing [email protected] > with > >>>> your name and a title for your talk. > >>>> > >>>> I'm looking forward to seeing many of you at Senate House Library on > >>>> Saturday. > >>>> > >>>> Best wishes > >>>> Lucy > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > >>>> Lucy Crompton-Reid > >>>> > >>>> Chief Executive > >>>> > >>>> Wikimedia UK > >>>> > >>>> +44 (0) 207 065 0991 <+44%2020%207065%200991> > -- > [email protected] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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