Reports/2014/June

Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for the period 1st to 30th June 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

Press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities)

• Is Wikipedia a reliable source for medical advice? - The Guardian
• Letter from Simon Knight to The Psychologist
• Jimmy Wales: UK needs US-style first amendment to protect whistleblowers - The Guardian
• Love and drama at the Wikipedia Conference - New York Magazine
• PR firms outline Wikipedia compliance in joint statement - PR Week
• Education Ministry and Wikipedia collaborate to write content for the internet site - Jerusalem Post
• World Cup 2014: Yuichi Nishimura gets his Wikipedia profile changed after controversial penalty during Brazil's victory over Croatia - The Independent
• PR firms pledge "ethical" use of Wikipedia - BBC News
• The most influential person on Wikipedia is a Swedish botanist, obviously - The Metro
• Wikipedia pops up in bibliographies, and even college curricula - LA Times
• Civil servant fired after Telegraph investigation into Hillsborough Wikipedia slurs - The Telegraph
• Hillsborough - civil servant sacked for Wikipedia slurs - BBC News
• Civil servant sacked for offensive Wikipedia edits on Hillsborough - The Guardian
• Hillsborough Wikipedia edits - civil servant fired for offensive edits - Independent
• Hillsborough Wiki entry civil servant sacked - Sky News
• Hillsborough Wikipedia slurs: Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude's full statement as civil servant is sacked - The Mirror
• Hillsborough - junior civil servant sacked for Wikipedia edits - Herald Scotland
• Dozens more government Wikipedia vandals will never be found, Minister admits - Telegraph
• Wikipedia clamps down on paid editors and sockpuppetry - Wired

Activities in June

February

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

Administrative activities

Communications

Please see the above links to relevant press coverage received in June 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 20 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