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Our application to HMRC has been covered by [http://www.charityfinance.co.uk/home/content.php?id=2876&pg=15&cat=30 Charity Finance] and [http://thirdsector.co.uk/news/Article/911135/Wikimedias-UK-charity-application-re-examined/ ThirdSector]. | Our application to HMRC has been covered by [http://www.charityfinance.co.uk/home/content.php?id=2876&pg=15&cat=30 Charity Finance] and [http://thirdsector.co.uk/news/Article/911135/Wikimedias-UK-charity-application-re-examined/ ThirdSector]. | ||
Article in the [http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n10/runc01_.html London Review of Books] about Wikipedia | |||
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| s6_content = The Netherlands chapter, Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland, is currently running [http://www.vrijebeelden.nl/ Wiki Loves Art]. | |||
A [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_Japan/en Wikimedia Conference in Japan] is currently being planned. | |||
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* [[w:en:WP:LONDON22|London 22]] - Sunday 14th June @ 13:00 - [[w:Penderel's Oak|Penderel's Oak]] Pub, [[w:Holborn|Holborn]] WC1 | |||
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Revision as of 15:54, 6 June 2009
Summary:
In this month's newsletter:
Press Coverage
Several British newspapers covered a Wikipedia Arbitration Committee ruling banning members of Scientology from editing articles on the subject. [1][2][3]
Our chair, Mike Peel, was interviewed for an Australian newspaper after a mother found explicit vandalism on Wikipedia.
Several blogs carried stories about the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee member who resigned after being exposed as a sockpuppet who had previously been de-sysopped and had edited articles where he had a conflict of interest. [4][5][6]
Our application to HMRC has been covered by Charity Finance and ThirdSector.
Article in the London Review of Books about Wikipedia
Other Chapters' Activities
The Netherlands chapter, Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland, is currently running Wiki Loves Art.
A Wikimedia Conference in Japan is currently being planned.
Meet-ups
- London 22 - Sunday 14th June @ 13:00 - Penderel's Oak Pub, Holborn WC1