Reports/2012/January

Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for the period 1 to 31 January 2012. 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

Other activities

• Microgrants approved this month include ...

UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities)

• Monmouthpedia
  • Wikipedia launches new QR code project to document daily life in Monmouth, UK Qrcodepress.com, 2 January
  • Monmouth becomes the world’s first Wikipedia town monmouthshire.gov.uk, 2 January
  • Wikipedia as travel guide (Croatia) IT Vesti, 2 January
  • Wikipedia names Monmouth for new cultural project, Women in Technology, 3 January
  • Wikipedia brengt dorpsleven in beeld De Morgen (Dutch) 4 January

• Wikimedia fundraiser
  • Wikipedia raises record $20million in fundraising as annual campaign ends, Metro, 3 January
• Wikimedia reaches funding targets, fights SOPA, Wired, 3 January
• Wikimedia raises record-breaking $20m, CivilSociety, 4 January

• PR company and Stella Artois
  • The lobbyists, the Russians, Google and “wife beater”, Tom Watson's blog, 2 January
  • Lobbying company tried to wipe out 'wife beater' beer references, Independent, 4 January
  • Lobby firm tries to get ‘wife beater’ nickname for Stella wiped off Wikipedia entry for beer, Daily Mail, 4 January

Upcoming activities in February

• (To be copied here from Events at the end of this month)

For events in March and onwards, please see Events.

Administrative activities

News from the Chief Exec

For information on Jon's activities this month, see News from the Office.

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