Reports/2011/September

Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for the period 1 to 30 September 2011. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our blog, join our mailing list, and/or follow us on Twitter. If you have any questions or comments, please drop us a line on this report's talk page.

Program activities

Education projects

• 1st September - Institute of Physics Workshop

GLAM activities

• On September 8th, the first Wikipedia editing training session at the British Museum, with 9 BM people (after 3 late drop-outs; a mix of curators, curatorial interns and volunteers) and three Wikimedians. See here
• Two ARKive project events, one in the afternoon, the other in the evening, were held in Bristol on 15 September, led by Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing). - see Wiki Wildlife Bristol. A collaboration to improve Wikipedia articles on threatened species - Full information is available at Wikipedia:GLAM/ARKive.
  • Media coverage: Life’s wild editing Wikipedia, Bristol Wireless; Bristol ‘Wikipedians’ taught to edit online encylopaedia, Bristol 24/7; ARKive on the Road: Wiki ‘Wildlife editathon’ in Bristol, UK, ARKive blog.
  • QR Codes at the National Archives: National archives news & GovernmentNews
• 3rd - Mayor of Derby on Webstream to give prizes to Russia, France and Indonesia for Derby Multilingual challenge
• 8th - British Museum internal workshop
• 14th - Workshop for GLAMs at Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
• 27th - Presentation for all staff at the British Library

Other activities

• UK Wikimeets this month: London (11th) and Manchester (17th)
• UK Community IRC meetings
• On 2nd to 3rd, Mike Peel presented at Science Online London in the "How are wikis being used to carry out and communicate science?" session, and also the 'Micro-attribution' session.
• 8th - Steve Virgin and Roger Bamkin talking at TEDx Bristol
• 27th - Manchester Girl Geek Dinner at B-Hive, Manchester. Fiona Apps (User:Panyd) speaking about Women and Wikipedia.

Administration

Board activities

• 18th - In-person executive board meeting - Derby
• You can also find out information about our Board member's recent activities at the draft report page for the board meeting on 11th October.

Recruitment

CEO candidates were in attendance at the 49th London meetup to chat with chapter stakeholders.

• The 49th London Meetup was held at Penderel's Oak Pub, Holborn, London. The final candidates for the Wikimedia UK Chief Executive position were in attendance.
• Richard Symonds, known as Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry on Wikipedia, joined Wikimedia UK as an Office Administrator, until mid-January.

UK press coverage

Press coverage of Wikipedia in UK publications this month included:

• 8th - Wikipedia creator’s keynote speech at radio festival, JournalLive
• 9th - Wikipedia founder wows Cambridge Network audience - "Wikipedia attracts more readers than the top 20 newspapers in the world combined. ", also covered in Cabume (13th)
• 12th - Joan Collins Corrects Wikipedia Entry, Express
• 14th - Johann Hari: A personal apology, Independent. Also covered in The Guardian and Periscope Post.
• 16th - coverage of ARKive event (see above)

Upcoming activities in October

• 1st - Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Backstage Pass
• 5th - Martin Poulter speaking on "Common pitfalls in engaging with Wikipedia" at Bathcamp #26, the Innovation Centre, Bath
• 7th - 13.30-17.00 British Museum internal training workshop.
• 11th - Board meeting
• 13th - 10.00-17.00 British Museum Ice Age art "Behind the Scenes" event.
• 16th - London meetup

For events in November and onwards, please see Events.