Reports/2014/May

Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for the period 1st to 31st May 2014. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our blog, join a UK 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

Editathons

Jonathan Cardy assisting at the Royal Society event on the 26th March

Other activities

Project grants

The proposal for funding to support an editathon on 29 May on the topics related to genetics has been approved.

Information about project grants that are currently running, and how to submit an application of your own, are at Project grants/Applications.

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

• Iran blocks Google, Wikipedia: report - Times of India
• Wikipedia, a new perspective on an old problem - Huffington Post
• Wikipedia founder calls European Google ruling "wide sweeping censorship" - CBS
• Chemistry references in the digital age - page 15 of the widely circulated Royal Society of Chemistry newsletter (May edition)
• Hilsborough Wikipedia scandal: 'Strong leads' in hunt for trolls who used Government computer - Mirror
• - How a raccoon became an aardvark - The New Yorker
• 'Strong leads' in hunt for trolls behind Government computer Hillsborough Wiki scandal - Liverpool Echo
• English Wikipedia edited by UK government IPs (in Spanish) - FayerWayer.com

Activities in May

May

For events in June 2014 and onwards, please see Events.

Administrative activities

Communications

The chapter was approached by both Sky News and ITN this month with a view to finding someone to speak about Wikimedia and Wikipedia in relation to the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web. Unfortunately to the story of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, the segment was bumped both times. The approaches show that we are making progress in terms of recognition and awareness.

Please see the above links to relevant press coverage received in January and blog posts published during the same period.

If you're interested in getting more involved with our communications or have any questions or comments, please email Stevie Benton – stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk

Fundraising and Membership

Fundraising

This month, we received £xx in one-off donations, with x individual donations. The average donation amount was £xx - of the donations that were eligible for gift aid, xx% had Gift Aid Declarations made and matched with their records. If anyone would like a full (but anonymised) csv file with more information, please get in touch with katherine.bavageatwikimedia.org.uk and let her know your requirements.

There were xx successful direct debits this month, bringing in a total of £xx

Membership

You can view more detailed membership data here