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| summary = | | summary = The chapter is now up and running, although we are [[#Chapter formation process|waiting on completing the process of opening a bank account]]. We have a [[#Website|new website]], and are putting plans in place for the [[#Annual General Meeting|first Annual General Meeting]]. Meanwhile, February has seen the successful [[#Wikipedia Loves Art|Wikipedia Loves Art]] at the Victoria and Albert Museum, [[#Oxford Wikimania bid|bidding to host Wikimania 2010 has opened]], and [[#IP consultation|the Government's Intellectual Property consultation has closed]]. We also bring the regular news of [[#Meet-ups|meet-ups]], and a new feature highlighting [[#News coverage|press coverage of Wikimedia in the UK]]. | ||
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| s7_content = The London February meet-up relocated to the Victoria & Albert museum to take part in the Wikipedia Loves Art photography contest (see above). We will return to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/London_19 Penderel's Oak] on 8th March. Meetups are also planned over the next couple of months in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge_2 Cambridge], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Manchester_4 Manchester] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Birmingham_3 Birmingham]. | |||
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| | | s8_content = The possible implementation of flagged revisions on the English language Wikipedia has been in the news in the UK, and we've been providing accurate information. Mike Peel was interviewed by BBC Radio Wales' "mousemat", who put together an informative feature. Meanwhile, David Gerard spoke to the ''Daily Mail'' about some vandalism to the article on Alan Titchmarsh [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1131402/Alan-Titchmarsh-insists-hes-sex-guru-web-pranksters-sabotage-Wikipedia-entry.html]. | ||
Other stories this month have included a piece in the ''Sunday Times'' based on an interview with Jimmy Wales [http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article5682896.ece], in which Giles Hattersley claimed that his Wikipedia article had contained several errors - but the ''Daily Telegraph'' noted that Hattersley has no Wikipedia article [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/shane_richmond/blog/2009/02/09/giles_hattersley_admits_wikipedia_error]. Reuters reported on a Conservative Party official altering a Wikipedia article in an attempt to support a claim made by David Cameron [http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKTRE51B3RT20090212]. ''The Independent'' published a article critical of Wikipedia [http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/so-is-wikipedia-cracking-up-1543527.html], but David Mitchell, writing in ''The Observer'', thinks that Wikipedia is "brilliant" [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/22/wikipedia-internet]. | Other stories this month have included a piece in the ''Sunday Times'' based on an interview with Jimmy Wales [http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article5682896.ece], in which Giles Hattersley claimed that his Wikipedia article had contained several errors - but the ''Daily Telegraph'' noted that Hattersley has no Wikipedia article [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/shane_richmond/blog/2009/02/09/giles_hattersley_admits_wikipedia_error]. Reuters reported on a Conservative Party official altering a Wikipedia article in an attempt to support a claim made by David Cameron [http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKTRE51B3RT20090212]. ''The Independent'' published a article critical of Wikipedia [http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/so-is-wikipedia-cracking-up-1543527.html], but David Mitchell, writing in ''The Observer'', thinks that Wikipedia is "brilliant" [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/22/wikipedia-internet]. | ||
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Revision as of 12:22, 24 February 2009
Summary: The chapter is now up and running, although we are waiting on completing the process of opening a bank account. We have a new website, and are putting plans in place for the first Annual General Meeting. Meanwhile, February has seen the successful Wikipedia Loves Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum, bidding to host Wikimania 2010 has opened, and the Government's Intellectual Property consultation has closed. We also bring the regular news of meet-ups, and a new feature highlighting press coverage of Wikimedia in the UK.
In this month's newsletter:
- Chapter formation process
- Website
- Annual General Meeting
- Wikipedia Loves Art
- Oxford Wikimania bid
- IP consultation
- Meet-ups
- News coverage
Chapter formation process
Website
Annual General Meeting
Wikipedia Loves Art
The Wikipedia Loves Art photography contest has been running all this month at fifteen museums globally, including at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The launch event on Sunday 1st February saw at least 30 people come along to the museum, who laid out refreshments, cameras to lend, computers for uploading photos and staff on hand to help. The following Sunday saw the regular "second Sunday" London meet-up relocate to the museum, and half a dozen more people showed up then. So far over 3,000 images have been uploaded to the flickr group, including over 200 from the V&A. You only have a few days left until the end of February to take pictures and upload them - so keep snapping to be in with a chance of winning one of the prizes on offer!
Oxford Wikimania bid
IP consultation
Meet-ups
The London February meet-up relocated to the Victoria & Albert museum to take part in the Wikipedia Loves Art photography contest (see above). We will return to the Penderel's Oak on 8th March. Meetups are also planned over the next couple of months in Cambridge, Manchester and Birmingham.
News coverage
The possible implementation of flagged revisions on the English language Wikipedia has been in the news in the UK, and we've been providing accurate information. Mike Peel was interviewed by BBC Radio Wales' "mousemat", who put together an informative feature. Meanwhile, David Gerard spoke to the Daily Mail about some vandalism to the article on Alan Titchmarsh [1].
Other stories this month have included a piece in the Sunday Times based on an interview with Jimmy Wales [2], in which Giles Hattersley claimed that his Wikipedia article had contained several errors - but the Daily Telegraph noted that Hattersley has no Wikipedia article [3]. Reuters reported on a Conservative Party official altering a Wikipedia article in an attempt to support a claim made by David Cameron [4]. The Independent published a article critical of Wikipedia [5], but David Mitchell, writing in The Observer, thinks that Wikipedia is "brilliant" [6].