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[[File:Wikimedia 11th Birthday cake.JPG|thumb|11th Wikipedia Birthday cake]]
[[File:Wikimedia 11th Birthday cake.JPG|thumb|11th Wikipedia Birthday cake]]
* The Girl Geek Dinner group in Bristol celebrated Wikipedia's 11th birthday with a training event/ editathon at the University of Bristol's Virtual Reality Suite. Wikimedia UK provided experienced Wiki editors and a birthday cake. Among the edits was a new stub page for the {{w|Nobel Womens Intiative}}.
* The Girl Geek Dinner group in Bristol celebrated Wikipedia's 11th birthday with a training event/ editathon at the University of Bristol's Virtual Reality Suite. Wikimedia UK provided experienced Wiki editors and a birthday cake. Among the edits was a new stub page for the {{w|Nobel Womens Intiative}}.
== OTRS workshop ==
On 7-8 January we ran an OTRS workshop at the Wikimedia UK offices. As described [[:wikipedia:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-01-09/News and notes|in the Wikipedia Signpost]], "OTRS volunteers handle e-mails sent to the various e-mail addresses for different Wikimedia projects, and their work includes answering questions and concerns from readers, BLP issues, complaints about copyright and permissions to reuse images and text." The workshop was well attended, with over a dozen people coming along from across the UK, and from as far away as Germany (thanks to Wikimedia Deutschland) and the USA (thanks to the Wikimedia Foundation). A couple of attendees wrote up their thoughts on the event: see [http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:Leutha/OTRS Leutha's post], and [http://lyzzy.de/blog/2012/01/london-ist-wie-oberhausen/ Lyzzy's blog post (in German)].


== Technology ==
== Technology ==
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==== Miscellaneous ====
==== Miscellaneous ====
* [http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2012/01/pr-transparency-1-tim-bell/ The PR Transparency Project – Part #1: making an example of Tim Bell], Bloggerheads
* [http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2012/01/pr-transparency-1-tim-bell/ The PR Transparency Project – Part #1: making an example of Tim Bell], Bloggerheads
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zambia/9032769/Zambia-president-assassinated-according-to-Wikipedia-prank.html Zambia president 'assassinated' according to Wikipedia prank], Telegraph, 23 Jan
* [http://www.bristol247.com/2012/01/30/emily-coyte-act-now-to-stop-new-threat-to-freedom-of-online-speech-39824/ Emily Coyte: Act now to stop new threat to freedom of online speech], Bristol 24/7, 30 Jan (regarding ACTA)
* [http://www.bristol247.com/2012/01/30/emily-coyte-act-now-to-stop-new-threat-to-freedom-of-online-speech-39824/ Emily Coyte: Act now to stop new threat to freedom of online speech], Bristol 24/7, 30 Jan (regarding ACTA)
* [http://www.ukzambians.co.uk/home/2012/01/28/zambian-living-south-east-london-uk-near-gatwick-airport-edited-wikipedia-claiming-president-sata-assassination/ Zambian living in South East London, UK near Gatwick Airport edited Wikipedia, claimed President Sata assassination], UKZambians, 28 Jan
* [http://www.ukzambians.co.uk/home/2012/01/28/zambian-living-south-east-london-uk-near-gatwick-airport-edited-wikipedia-claiming-president-sata-assassination/ Zambian living in South East London, UK near Gatwick Airport edited Wikipedia, claimed President Sata assassination], UKZambians, 28 Jan
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*[[Agenda 24Jan12|24 January 2012]] (Executive)
*[[Agenda 24Jan12|24 January 2012]] (Executive)


A particularly important decision this month was the resolution approving our [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fundraising_and_Funds_Dissemination/Wikimedia_UK_statement_of_principles&oldid=3330719 statement on fundraising and funds dissemination principles].
A particularly important decision this month was the resolution approving our [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fundraising_and_Funds_Dissemination/Wikimedia_UK_statement_of_principles&oldid=3330719 statement on fundraising and funds dissemination principles]. Two of our board members will be attending the [[:meta:Finance meeting 2012|Finance meeting]] in Paris in February to continue participating in these discussions, which have already [[:meta:Fundraising and Funds Dissemination|been extensively discussed on Meta]].


We are currently planning a Board Interest Day, to be held in London on 11 February, ahead of the board elections in May. See [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/01/could-you-help-lead-one-of-britains-newest-and-fastest-growing-charities/ our blog post] for more information.
We are currently planning a Board Interest Day, to be held in London on 11 February, ahead of the board elections in May. See [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/01/could-you-help-lead-one-of-britains-newest-and-fastest-growing-charities/ our blog post] for more information.
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:''For information on Jon's activities this month, see ''[[News from the Office/Posts|News from the Office]]''.''
:''For information on Jon's activities this month, see ''[[News from the Office/Posts|News from the Office]]''.''


== Fundraising ==
== Fundraising and Budgeting ==
During the annual Wikimedia fundraiser, we [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/01/wikimedia-uk-raises-over-1-million/ raised over £1 million] for the Wikimedia movement, thanks to over 43,000 UK donors! This was the first year when we were able to offer direct debits and Gift Aid, and we saw a considerable take-up of both.
During the annual Wikimedia fundraiser, we [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/01/wikimedia-uk-raises-over-1-million/ raised over £1 million] for the Wikimedia movement, thanks to over 43,000 UK donors! This was the first year when we were able to offer direct debits and Gift Aid, and we saw a considerable take-up of both.
Our 2012 budget is [[:File:Final budget after January 3rd Board.pdf|now available]], and our [[2012 Activity Plan]] has been updated accordingly. We are looking forward to a very active and exciting year!


== Staff ==
== Staff ==

Revision as of 22:07, 31 January 2012

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

GLAM activities

One of the images donated by Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry

Education projects

Martin Poulter, along with two members of Wikipedians at Imperial College, visited Oxford University on 27th January to train fourteen graduate students in basic Wikipedia editing. This is part of the Free Speech Debate project led by Prof. Timothy Garton Ash, which is creating its own multilingual site at http://freespeechdebate.com and also improving Wikipedia articles. The target articles, which participants will improve over the coming weeks, are "Freedom of speech" in Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu.

The Free Speech Debate project was launched by a public talk featuring Jimmy Wales and Timothy Garton Ash. Despite being streamed online, it filled up the lecture theatre and an overflow room. Wikipedia, and its blackout the previous day, were the main focus of discussion. One Twitter comment described the event as a "love fest for Wikipedia". Prof. Ash acknowledged this, saying that the success of the encyclopedia's was something for other crowdsourcing projects to learn from.

Expert outreach

11th Wikipedia Birthday cake
  • The Girl Geek Dinner group in Bristol celebrated Wikipedia's 11th birthday with a training event/ editathon at the University of Bristol's Virtual Reality Suite. Wikimedia UK provided experienced Wiki editors and a birthday cake. Among the edits was a new stub page for the Nobel Womens Intiative.

OTRS workshop

On 7-8 January we ran an OTRS workshop at the Wikimedia UK offices. As described in the Wikipedia Signpost, "OTRS volunteers handle e-mails sent to the various e-mail addresses for different Wikimedia projects, and their work includes answering questions and concerns from readers, BLP issues, complaints about copyright and permissions to reuse images and text." The workshop was well attended, with over a dozen people coming along from across the UK, and from as far away as Germany (thanks to Wikimedia Deutschland) and the USA (thanks to the Wikimedia Foundation). A couple of attendees wrote up their thoughts on the event: see Leutha's post, and Lyzzy's blog post (in German).

Technology

Other activities

  • Microgrants approved this month include ...

SOPA

This month's major news story was the English Wikipedia blackout against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) that took place on 18 January. The blackout was a community decision; Wikimedia UK supported the community's decision, and explained it to the media and public. Roger Bamkin, Jon Davies, David Gerard, Martin Poulter and Steve Virgin gave many interviews to the media, supporting the Wikimedia Foundation's media communications led by Jimmy Wales, Sue Gardner and Jay Walsh. WMUK also put out two blog posts: [1] [2]

Newspaper coverage
Radio
TV
UK Wikimedian blogs

More information

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

Monmouthpedia

Wikimedia fundraiser

PR company and Stella Artois

Oxford free speech project

Related to http://freespeechdebate.com/

= Orange making Wikipedia available data-free in Africa and the Middle East

Android App

Miscellaneous

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

Board activities

Board meetings

A particularly important decision this month was the resolution approving our statement on fundraising and funds dissemination principles. Two of our board members will be attending the Finance meeting in Paris in February to continue participating in these discussions, which have already been extensively discussed on Meta.

We are currently planning a Board Interest Day, to be held in London on 11 February, ahead of the board elections in May. See our blog post for more information.

News from the Chief Exec

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

Fundraising and Budgeting

During the annual Wikimedia fundraiser, we raised over £1 million for the Wikimedia movement, thanks to over 43,000 UK donors! This was the first year when we were able to offer direct debits and Gift Aid, and we saw a considerable take-up of both.

Our 2012 budget is now available, and our 2012 Activity Plan has been updated accordingly. We are looking forward to a very active and exciting year!

Staff

This month the chapter began recruiting for a Communications Organiser and interviews were conducted for the Events Organiser.

Office



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