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* All quiet on the British front.
* All quiet on the British front.
; Blog posts
* [[Blog posts/Geograph images]] - ready to go out? {{discuss}}


; Britain Loves Wikipedia:
; Britain Loves Wikipedia:
* 50 people attended launch event
* [[Press releases/Britain Loves Wikipedia|Press release]] sent out on 29 January. MLA also sent one out about the event. [http://www.mla.gov.uk/news_and_views/press/releases/2010/Public_help_capture_museums_collections]
* http://www.britainloveswikipedia.org/ launched - 1340 visits between 28 and 31 January, and over 200 more this month.
* 50 people attended launch event at the V&A
* 53 photos so far at the V&A (48 pending, 3 approved, 2 tests)
* http://www.britainloveswikipedia.org/ launched - 1340 visits between 28 and 31 January, and over 2400 more this month.
* 56 photos so far at the V&A (50 pending, 3 approved, 3 tests)
* Photographs already approved by the V&A are at http://www.britainloveswikipedia.org/seeshots.php.
* Photographs already approved by the V&A are at http://www.britainloveswikipedia.org/seeshots.php.
* Lots of activity on Twitter about the event: http://www.britainloveswikipedia.org/tweets.html . Now have 110 twitter followers.
* Lots of activity on Twitter about the event: http://www.britainloveswikipedia.org/tweets.html . [http://twitter.com/wikimediauk Wikimedia UK] now has 111 twitter followers.
* Leaflets sent to printers
* Planned improvements to website:
* Planned improvements to website:
** Modifying upload form to remember details entered on previous uploads
** Modifying upload form to remember details entered on previous uploads
** Approval page: potentially have a way for volunteers to help importing official descriptions of objects and adding collection IDs and URLs
** Pages displaying the approved photographs need improving, including viewing only certain museums, themes or photographers, and allowing people to vote on the images
** Pages displaying the approved photographs need improving, including viewing only certain museums, themes or photographers, and allowing people to vote on the images
** Complete code to transfer files onto Wikimedia Commons
** Complete code to transfer files onto Wikimedia Commons
* Urgent actions:
** Leaflets need finishing
* Longer term actions:
* Longer term actions:
** Need to put together the jury for deciding who wins the prizes
** Need to put together the jury for deciding who wins the prizes {{discuss}}
* Started putting together a [[Initiatives/Britain Loves Wikipedia/Diagnosis|diagnosis]] of this year's event, and how it could be done better next year


;Other notes / things not to forget:
;Other notes / things not to forget:
* Two bugs currently with webhost: one for increasing the virtual memory of the host, the other for resolving intermittent network/DNS problems.
* http://www.publicdomainmanifesto.org/node/8 - worth signing? {{discuss}}
* http://www.publicdomainmanifesto.org/node/8 - worth signing?
* Linked data meeting, 22 February {{discuss}}
* Digital content capacity building project, 11 March {{discuss}}
* [http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1411177.pdf Ordnance Survey consultation] - worth replying to? (deadline is 17 March) {{discuss}}
 
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Latest revision as of 21:23, 2 January 2013

Actions
  • MP to investigate moving our wiki at http://uk.wikimedia.org to http://www.wikimedia.org.uk subject to technical feasibility re Single User Logins and hosting, with gb.wikimedia.org as a potential alternative. Once this has been completed, MP to follow up with Wikimedia Ukraine regarding the "uk." website conflict. Go-next-red.svg Carried forward - ongoing, not high priority.
  • MP agreed to investigate moving our OTRS system to one hosted by ourselves to reduce the risk that confidential emails are inappropriately viewed by non-WMUK people or emails are sent in the name of the chapter without approval. Go-next-red.svg Carried forward - ongoing, not high priority.
  • MP agreed to follow up with the foundation his request for detailed statistics on the proportion of UK internet users who use Wikipedia Go-next-red.svg Carried forward (awaiting suggestions of desired statistics)
  • MP will send out the agreed wikinews press release when the story next flares up (Sunday evening was suggested as generally a good time) Go-next-red.svg Carried forward
  • MP volunteered to follow up the photo donation opportunity Go-next-red.svg Carried forward
  • JS and MP will do a timeline and budget for GLAM-WIKI Go-next-red.svg Carried forward
  • MP will forward proof of ID and address to AT for the solicitors Yes check.svg Done
  • MP will arrange access to internal-l and to board.wikimedia.org.uk for Tango Yes check.svg Done
  • MP and JS to arrange the Britain Loves Wikipedia logo/leaflet design Yes check.svg Done
  • MP, TH and SV to approve Britain Loves Wikipedia press release Yes check.svg Done
  • MP, AT and JS to approve Britain Loves Wikipedia rules Yes check.svg Done
Press
  • All quiet on the British front.
Blog posts
Britain Loves Wikipedia
  • Press release sent out on 29 January. MLA also sent one out about the event. [1]
  • 50 people attended launch event at the V&A
  • http://www.britainloveswikipedia.org/ launched - 1340 visits between 28 and 31 January, and over 2400 more this month.
  • 56 photos so far at the V&A (50 pending, 3 approved, 3 tests)
  • Photographs already approved by the V&A are at http://www.britainloveswikipedia.org/seeshots.php.
  • Lots of activity on Twitter about the event: http://www.britainloveswikipedia.org/tweets.html . Wikimedia UK now has 111 twitter followers.
  • Leaflets sent to printers
  • Planned improvements to website:
    • Modifying upload form to remember details entered on previous uploads
    • Approval page: potentially have a way for volunteers to help importing official descriptions of objects and adding collection IDs and URLs
    • Pages displaying the approved photographs need improving, including viewing only certain museums, themes or photographers, and allowing people to vote on the images
    • Complete code to transfer files onto Wikimedia Commons
  • Longer term actions:
    • Need to put together the jury for deciding who wins the prizes Dialog ballons icon.svg Discuss
  • Started putting together a diagnosis of this year's event, and how it could be done better next year
Other notes / things not to forget
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