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| == Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU - statement of intent ==
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| Hello everyone. As you may have seen the board discussed the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU at their meeting the weekend past. The Group is a collection of Wikimedia chapters which is looking at ways to improve the regulations regarding copyright in the EU. They have provisionally agreed to sign a collective statement of intent which sets out how the group will work. This is subject to a community discussion period. Please do take a [[Free_Knowledge_Advocacy_Group_EU_statement_of_intent|look at the statement here]] and get involved in the [[Talk:Free_Knowledge_Advocacy_Group_EU_statement_of_intent|discussion here]]. Thank you. [[User:Stevie Benton (WMUK)|Stevie Benton (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Stevie Benton (WMUK)|talk]]) 13:14, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
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| ===The statement has been signed===
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| I am pleased to announce that the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU's statement of intent is fully supported and has been signed by the board of WMUK. --[[User:MichaelMaggs|MichaelMaggs]] ([[User talk:MichaelMaggs|talk]]) 10:49, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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| == Potential MOU and collaboration with the BBC ==
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| Hello everyone. I'm currently exploring how we may be able to develop a working relationship with the BBC. We are discussing various possibilities for collaboration and a memorandum of understanding. Before we go too far I'd like to get an idea of how people feel about working with the BBC. I'd also welcome suggestions for projects we may work on together. There's a [[Potential_memorandum_of_understanding_and_collaboration_with_BBC|page with some notes here]] so please use the associated talk page for the discussion. Thank you. [[User:Stevie Benton (WMUK)|Stevie Benton (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Stevie Benton (WMUK)|talk]]) 13:28, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
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| :If anyone has input on this, by the end of January would be best as WMUK are meeting with the BBC in February. [[User:Richard Nevell (WMUK)|Richard Nevell (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Richard Nevell (WMUK)|talk]]) 16:19, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
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| == QRpedia what next? ==
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| We are now dotting the 'i's and crossing the 't's on QRpedia. The next question is how do we make sure the community benefits from it? Do we need training, events etc. We have already started a FAQ page to help those who want to use it but is there more we can do?
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| Can we get some ideas going?
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| [[User:Jon Davies (WMUK)|Jon Davies (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Jon Davies (WMUK)|talk]]) 15:30, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
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| As Jon implies, this is a good place for us to discuss possible external activities and projects using QRpedia codes that could benefit from WMUK support. Now that WMUK owns the rights in QRpedia, how do we make sure that we get maximum community and public engagement? <small>Following creation of the new [[Engine room]], I have moved the technical and organizational discussion of QRPedia there.<small>--[[User:MichaelMaggs|MichaelMaggs]] ([[User talk:MichaelMaggs|talk]]) 10:35, 21 December 2013 (UTC)</small>
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| : I've been very reliably informed that York City Council are interested in running a city-wide QRpedia project. To my knowledge, there has been no official discussions with WMUK as yet, however, there may be more going on that I'm personally aware of. Given my geographic proximity to York (I'm based in Scarborough) I'd gladly be willing to become involved in such a project were WMUK to support such a project officially. --[[User:Toni Sant (WMUK)|Toni Sant (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Toni Sant (WMUK)|talk]]) 14:42, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
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| I've started [[:meta:QRpedia#Frequently_Asked_Questions|an FAQ section on Meta]], assistance there would be appreciated. There is a scheme coming for Kerala, and we need to make sure QRpedia is in our literature and has a submission for Wikimania. [[User:Jonathan Cardy (WMUK)|Jonathan Cardy (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Jonathan Cardy (WMUK)|talk]]) 11:01, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
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| == Wikipedia Takes UCL ==
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| We are in the process of planning the provision of support for a week-long cluster of events at UCL, which are scheduled to take place during the week commencing Monday 17 February 2014. [[Wikipedia Takes UCL]] is the name that has been picked for this series of activities and a number of WMUK trainers are needed to provide the sort of support we normally give at workshops for new editors, editathons, and other similar events. If you are an accredited WMUK trainer, please consider joining the team of trainers I will be coordinating, even if you're only available for just one session. You can sign-up [[Wikipedia Takes UCL|here]] and make sure you include dates/times you're available. Thank you. --[[User:Toni Sant (WMUK)|Toni Sant (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Toni Sant (WMUK)|talk]]) 15:05, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
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| :If you expressed an interest in helping out at this event, please check the [[Talk:Wikipedia_Takes_UCL#Support_roster|draft support roster on the event's talk page]] and respond accordingly on that page. Thanks. --[[User:Toni Sant (WMUK)|Toni Sant (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Toni Sant (WMUK)|talk]]) 11:10, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
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| == Invitation to Chapters and Photographers for the European Parliament Project 2014 ==
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| Hello everyone, please see the below information regarding a [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikipedians_in_European_Parliament new project on Commons] that's looking to help photograph and record members of the European Parliament. The group working on the project are looking for volunteers to help out with this piece of work and Wikimedia UK will consider providing funding for someone to go and help out. I've copied the below directly from the message originally circulated about the project so that those interested can get full details and context. Wikimedia UK also has equipment that we can loan for use on the project, including camera, lights, lenses and a sound recorder. Please comment below if you're interested, or feel free to email me directly. Thank you. [[User:Stevie Benton (WMUK)|Stevie Benton (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Stevie Benton (WMUK)|talk]]) 11:56, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
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| === Preamble ===
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| Some might have heard about the State Parliament Projects done in Germany and Austria since 2009:
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| A bunch of Wikipedians and photographers meet politicians in the parliament, shoot professional photos, discuss their Wikipedia articles etc. This way hundreds of free licensed, high quality images have been
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| made, Wikipedia articles have been improved. In the latest project at Schwerin (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) we added videos, politicians give a short introduction about themselves, their position and political focus in German and in their mother tongue if different from German. About 20 photographers were able to participate and processes how to work with the parliament's administration, how to interact with the politicians, how to efficiently take a lot of photos in a short time and with good quality have been established.
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| === Next Level: European Parliament ===
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| Now we would like to take this to next level: After contacting the European Parliament I was able to get their approval, the support by the parties and a date! Unfortunately the date is already in February, 3rd to 7th, as we have to use the short time gap between budget deliberations and elections. MEPs only travel to the EP when deliberations are ongoing but then they are also busy with meetings, as soon as the election preperation starts there won't be any time for our project within the next 6 months. Anyway I am sure we can do that - the elections are also a great opportunity to raise awareness on our material we have in Wikipedia and on Commons. It is also an excellent opportunity to bring together volunteers in doing our core work together, maybe we can transfer the idea of Parliament Projects to other countries. Volunteers get the opportunity to learn from each other - the EP is a very challenging project, having more than 700 MEPs to be handled within a few days. And Wikipedia may improve its articles, also by bringing together volunteers from different EU countries. Many MEPs have their articles only in a few of the European languages, some not even in their native language!
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| === Your Chapter Involved ===
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| We are looking forward to get volunteers from as many countries as possible involved in this project. In order to be handle it we need approx. 35 people to help. Obviously the german and austrian photographers are already waiting for it, from past projects they already know what will go on. But there is much more to it: We want your volunteers! Imagine a project where we could bring together volunteers from all 24 language communities in the EU - that is what we are trying!
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| Therefore we ask you for a favour:
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| * please forward this invitation to your local community - you can point them to our project page on Wikimedia Commons:
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| https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikipedians_in_European_Parliament
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| * does your chapter provide travel support for those volunteers in your country who want to participate? Please do so. Your chapter pays for the transportation to / from Strasbourg and the accommodation (around 300 EUR per person for all 6 nights), we take care of the rest (transportation hotel - EP, catering etc.)
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| https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikipedians_in_European_Parliament/Participation
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| * does your chapter have photographic equipment we might need? We could use DSLRs, flash units, background systems, lenses...
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| https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikipedians_in_European_Parliament/Equipment
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| * we would like to supply the volunteers with t-shirts or hoodies with Wikipedia logo or similar - for a unified appearance and to make them visible as volunteers and Wikimedians. Is your chapter (or the WMF?)
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| https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikipedians_in_European_Parliament/Marketing
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| * everyone who likes this project: state your support on the talk page of our grant request to the WMF which should cover the general costs of the project. By this grant request we make sure that each chapter only has to handle local support and can stay within it's budgeted limits and area of operation.
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| ** https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Olaf_Kosinsky/Wikipedians_in_European_Parliament
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| ===Existing online resources===
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| Could we encourage volunteers to first think of uploading public domain/copyright free available media published by institutions such as the [http://www.europarl.org.uk/ European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom], and to check if there are other media packs available to release on request from their off-line archives, before making plans to create amateur new media? My experience with uploading over [[Commons:Category:Images from norden.org uploaded by Fæ|5,000 photographs relating to politicians from the Nordic Region]] was that this provided a plentiful supply of top quality photographs to illustrate Wikipedias in several languages. These photographs cost nothing in travel or equipment and so initial projects of this type are likely to be of incredibly high "bang for the buck" in terms of using the charity's funds.
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| If anyone finds such an archive with several hundred or more media files, and would like my help in a month or two with a mass upload, I would be happy to help out by making this part of my 2014 Faebot batch upload projects as well as claiming this as a success under the European Parliament Project umbrella. Thanks --[[User:Fæ|Fæ]] ([[User talk:Fæ|talk]]) 17:58, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
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| == Scholarship to attend Learning Day and EduWiki Conference 2014 in Serbia == | |
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| To keep the conversation together and make it easier to link to the call and discussion in the future, use the [[Talk:Wikimedia Serbia EduWiki Conference 2014 Scholarship]] page there.
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| ==Looking for a Wikimedia Training Coordinator==
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| Wici Cymru and Wikimedia UK are looking for a Wales Coordinator to develop the Wicipedia Cymraeg and English Wikipedia in Wales through encouraging and training new editors via our Llwybrau Byw - Living Paths Project.
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| The Coordinator must have experience of editing Wikimedia projects (both English and Welsh) and supporting volunteers and training on a professional level. The work will involve organising and delivering training sessions throughout Wales.
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| Fluency in both the Welsh and English language is essential.
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| The post is for 6 months and the successful applicant will be seconded to Wici Cymru who will oversee the work, jointly with WMUK, the employer, and the Welsh Government as financial partner.
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| The post is subject to Wikimedia UK's guidelines and contracts and is for 3 days per week. Further information can be found [[Wikimedia Training Coordinator (Wales)|here]] and application forms are available from: Jon Davies at jon.davies{{@}}wikimedia.org.uk
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| Applications are welcome. The closing date is 10am on the 22nd of January 2013. Applications cannot be accepted after that date. Interviews are planned for the morning of 28th January in Wrexham. Candidates need to be available for this.
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| The successful candidate's salary will be paid for by the Welsh Government. [[User:Richard Nevell (WMUK)|Richard Nevell (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Richard Nevell (WMUK)|talk]]) 16:20, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
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| == "WOW!" Will in Other Words ==
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| [[File:Othello Q2 TP 1630.jpg|thumb|Othello]]
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| I'd like your thoughts on how to develop a project based on Shakespearean text.
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| As part of the Living Paths Project, I recently met [http://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/academic/artshumanities/ltm/cheesmant/ Dr. Tom Cheesman] and others at Swansea University. I'd like to suggest a WikiProject titled '''"WOW!" Will in Other Words!''' which will use crowd sourcing to gather and organise reliable metadata for versions of Shakespeare’s works in languages other than English. I'm not sure if this should be part of the existing [[:w:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject Shakespeare]] (may kick-start it!) or a brand new one?
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| Tom Cheesman's website www.delightedbeauty.org crowd-sources Shakespeare translations; it's a self-made Google site which displays around 180 versions, in over 30 languages, of one rhyming couplet from Shakespeare’s Othello (1604). As he told me, ''"This one couplet is a great challenge for translators, because of its ambiguity, its punning wordplay and its controversial implications regarding race, gender and political power. Each version expresses a different interpretation, making a fascinating study in re-translation-mutation-adaptation … or ‘versioning’. There can be no ‘straight translation’ of Shakespeare’s language."' I do believe that a WikiProject could develop this site in magnificent, way!
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| The second part of this projectwould be based on www.delightedbeauty.org/vvv demonstrates innovative, experimental interactive tools for exploring collections of comparable texts, working with 37 versions of one scene from Othello. This project was [http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-09/13/shakespeare-translation-comparison reviewed by Wired] in Septemebr 2012. Tools include a time-map showing the historical and geographical spread of German-language Othello versions: at http://othellomap.nand.io/.
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| The Project would attempt to answer such questions as:
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| #How many languages has Shakespeare been translated into?
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| #What different cultural forms does translation (or “cross-language versioning”) take, in different times, places and languages? When plays are re-versioned as new playscripts, the texts can be ‘faithful’, full versions of the original, but they can also be adaptations of many different kinds, transposing the action to different times and places, reducing and expanding and revising, turning tragedies into farces, histories into satires, and so on. And plays can also be ‘versioned’ as other genres: prose stories, comic strips, films, radio shows, series of paintings, dance shows, etc etc.
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| #What are the trends in popularity of Shakespeare’s different works in different times, places and languages, as measured by publications and performances?
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| #When was Hamlet first or most recently translated into Danish? Or Henry V into Welsh?
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| #In which African languages has Othello been published or performed?
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| #How many Italian versions of Romeo and Juliet have there been, and which are considered the best for reading, or the best for staging?
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| #The Merchant of Venice is on the national school curriculum in China today: 22 million 14-year-olds read the trial scene each year (source p.7). Which of the many Chinese versions are read in classes? Which versions are watched on screen (and who does the subtitling?) Do the various versions interpret Shylock in different ways? (You bet they do – but how different?)
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| Probably 100+ languages have at least one work of Shakespeare. All of his works have been translated at least once into all the “major” European and Asian languages. In most “major” and some “lesser” languages, all or many of his works have been re-translated, re-adapted or re-versioned several times, even over and over again.
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| German has possibly the greatest number of Shakespeare versions, of all languages. Tom guesstimate around 5,000 items, growing by around 50 year on year. A bibliography published in 2003 includes around 2,000 printed items, and does not claim to be complete for the period covered (to 2000). From the past c. 250 years, we have around 70 published versions of the entire set of 154 Sonnets; hundreds of published versions of single sonnets or selections (over 200 versions of Sonnet 66 are collected in a recent anthology); around 60 versions of the Complete Plays (±37 plays); probably 120+ published versions of Hamlet; up to 80 versions of the 10 next most popular plays; numerous revised editions of many versions; hundreds of audiovisual releases (radio, film, tv, audiobooks); dozens of theatrical productions at major public theatres each year (each using a different version); scores more amateur productions each year; production-associated scripts; and assorted other versions. Since 2000, no fewer than eight new German versions (translations/adaptations) of Othello have been added to the theatrical script agencies’ catalogue (www.theatertexte.de).
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| And that's just one language. I might be wrong, but I do believe this could be one hell of a project! Any takers?
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| [[User:Robin Owain (WMUK)|Robin Owain (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Robin Owain (WMUK)|talk]]) 23:36, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
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| : Robin, we should consider making this one of the Education activities WMUK supports in 2014-15. As you know, Dr Cheeseman has already contacted me about this and he had hoped to come to EduWiki last November to discus possible developments, but couldn't make the dates in the end. I'll contact him to follow-up and copy you in since it's clear that a substantial amount of constructive discussion has occurred in the interim. I have a feeling that this is something that some members of TaPRA (the Theatre & Performance Research Association) will find interesting. We're supporting a Wikipedia workshop for them soon, so the timing is probably just about right this time. Thanks! --[[User:Toni Sant (WMUK)|Toni Sant (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Toni Sant (WMUK)|talk]]) 14:49, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
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| == Wikis for all - how to improve accessibility. ==
| | [[File:WCCWiki4.jpg|thumb|A {{wp|kanban board}} at the Women in Classical Studies editathon at Senate House, London]] |
| [[File:Disability_symbols_2.png|thumb]] | | I just saw the newsletter with a picture of the {{wp|kanban board}} used at the Women in Classical Studies editathon. What a great idea! It helps people share what they are working on. Helps to avoid edit conflicts. Enables organisers to list all the articles that have been improved. It could possibly work well for a recap session at the end too, where people talk about the changes they made. |
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| This paper has been written by Carol Campbell a trustee of Wikimedia UK. She is very interested in 'getting the ball rolling' on issues around accessibility on Wikipedia and all other wikis. She is fairly certain that this is not the first time these issues have been raised but would like to commit to bringing together people interested in finding answers to some of the challenges she is raising. Please add your names below and offer any background or insights you may have. Thanks. [[User:Jon Davies (WMUK)|Jon Davies (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Jon Davies (WMUK)|talk]]) 15:45, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
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| :Please assure Carol that many people have already done a great deal of work on this area over several years. I suggest we are careful not to duplicate existing work or fail to take into account previous research. As a starting point I suggest contacting those leading {{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject_Accessibility}}, those behind the developments at [[:mw:Accessibility]] and forming a library of existing research to reference and review against such as [http://www.thirdageonline.eu/project-tao-2/software-development/mediawiki-accessibility-enhancements/ MediaWiki – Accessibility Enhancements]. --[[User:Fæ|Fæ]] ([[User talk:Fæ|talk]]) 16:27, 13 January 2014 (UTC) | | : Hi [[User:Yaris678|Yaris678]], I was the lead trainer at the [[ wikipedia:Meetups/UK/Institute_of_Classical_Studies_Jan_2017 |Women in Classical Studies editathon]]. I saw the kanban in an [https://www.instagram.com/p/BClfaSjhVdG/ Instagram post] for an [[wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism|Art+Feminism]] editathon. It worked much better than expected - a fantastic indicator of the [https://youtu.be/bAWxTPZZNrg?t=2m27s achievements of the day].[[User:Eartha78|Eartha78]] ([[User talk:Eartha78|talk]]) 19:02, 3 February 2017 (GMT) |
| ::Hi Fae, I agree we should build on existing work and communities. Some of this is also about style guide stuff (which is a point you've raised elsewhere). I started to collect together [http://people.kmi.open.ac.uk/knight/2013/12/making-mediawiki-accessible/ mediawiki accessibility resources on my blog], it's interesting to see where some projects seem to have stalled, and where there may be gaps in attention (see Carol's comment). If we can support existing work that'd be great, if we can continue development then that's positive too! [[User:Sjgknight|Sjgknight]] ([[User talk:Sjgknight|talk]]) 16:48, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
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| | ::Cool. So how did you use it? Did you get people to brainstorm a load of post-its of articles to look at, at the beginning of the day? Did you just say 'if you have an idea, stick it on the board'? Did you come with the post-its filled out already? [[User:Yaris678|Yaris678]] ([[User talk:Yaris678|talk]]) 10:25, 11 February 2017 (GMT) |
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| == 1st June is Global Sharing Day ==
| | ::: The group were quite well prepared prior to the editathon. They had identified a number of articles to create - some had already done the research and started to writing in their sandbox. When we began the second part of the editathon they each committed to an article, wrote it on a sticky note and stuck it to the wall! Moving the notes from left to right was surprisingly motivating and a good excuse to stretch ones legs. Also used the sticky notes for an evaluation exercise at the end of the session. [[User:Eartha78|Eartha78]] ([[User talk:Eartha78|talk]]) 18:27, 16 February 2017 (GMT) |
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| Hello everyone. I had a really interesting conversation with some people who are developing [http://www.thepeoplewhoshare.com/global-sharing-day/ Global Sharing Day] (link is to old website, new one coming soon). Essentially, it is a global celebration of sharing and the "sharing economy". This year I think it would be great for Wikimedia UK to take part in this celebration as sharing is at the very heart of what we do. Some of the ideas I've had so far include an open day on 1st June where we all bring along some food, share lunch together and then teach each other new skills. We could also have an editathon on the topic. I also think it would be worthwhile delivering a training and editing session to some of the groups taking part in the event. I'd love to hear any suggestions you may have on how we can mark Global Sharing Day as a celebration of what we all do. Thoughts please! [[User:Stevie Benton (WMUK)|Stevie Benton (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Stevie Benton (WMUK)|talk]]) 18:20, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
| | ::::Thank you Eartha78. That is really interesting. I will use this next time I do an editathon. [[User:Yaris678|Yaris678]] ([[User talk:Yaris678|talk]]) 09:39, 19 February 2017 (GMT) |
| ::Sharing is great, we all agree, but please read the discussion first at the Engine Room as the company behind this appears to be a commercial venture and so we need to give it more thought before endorsing this day. Perhaps we could have a sharing day without aligning ourselves with this particular effort? Of course you could argue that every day is a sharing day for us already. [[User:Philafrenzy|Philafrenzy]] ([[User talk:Philafrenzy|talk]]) 14:30, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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| ::The company behind Global Sharing Day have now confirmed they are a for-profit commercial venture. --[[User:Fæ|Fæ]] ([[User talk:Fæ|talk]]) 12:10, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
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| ==The third human editor to exceed a million edits on the English language Wikipedia== | | == Wikimedia UK's plans for 2018 - community consultation == |
| In the last few days [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:EDITS User:Waacstats has become the third editor] other than bots ever to contribute over one million edits on a single project. Immediately afterwards he overtook Rich Farmbrough, and he now has the second highest edit count on the English language Wikipedia.
| | [[File:Programmes Consultation Video - Wikimedia UK.webm|centre|thumb|800x800px|Watch our video about our plans for 2018]] |
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| Apparently [[w:User:Waacstats|Waacstats]] is in Wales, so I would like to suggest that we invite him to our next AGM and present him with an award for being the third editor ever to achieve this milestone. Perhaps Rich would be willing to make the presentation? [[User:Jonathan Cardy (WMUK)|Jonathan Cardy (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Jonathan Cardy (WMUK)|talk]]) 09:03, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
| | Wikimedia UK is in the process of writing our proposal to the Wikimedia Foundation for funding during 2018/19. The deadline for the bid is 1st October after which it is assessed by staff at the Foundation, there is an opportunity for community feedback and questions, and the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) meet to consider proposals and make recommendations about grants. |
| :Note that there is no authoritative list for edit counts. Other lists exist on projects other than the English Wikipedia, such as [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:F%C3%A6/Userlist this Commons list] of active contributors. I would be cautious about making general claims about all projects. --[[User:Fæ|Fæ]] ([[User talk:Fæ|talk]]) 10:02, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
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| ::Sorry Fae, I didn't notice that you had also made the million on Commons. Very happy to broaden my proposal to mark your milestone as well. That means that other than Koavf, three of the four highest edit counts that I'm aware of are from people in the UK! It is certainly possible that people on some of the other major versions of wikipedia have also passed this milestone, but I'd be surprised if they were in the remit of the UK chapter. [[User:Jonathan Cardy (WMUK)|Jonathan Cardy (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Jonathan Cardy (WMUK)|talk]]) 11:16, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
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| :::Yes, passed the million a while back; nobody noticed. I celebrated by having a tea break. With bot edits I have more than 3.5m edits, you should imagine there are "bot" writers who have made around 10m. --[[User:Fæ|Fæ]] ([[User talk:Fæ|talk]]) 11:37, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
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| ==Giant meetup for all UK Wikimedians==
| | As 2018/19 is the final year of our 2016 - 2019 strategy, our programme for next year is in many ways a continuation of our activities in 2017 and falls under three key strands: |
| Reference above. Definitely give him something. Even better, why not invite every active Wikimedian in the UK to an event of some kind and give them a membership application at the door (or free membership for a year just for turning up?) There are about 2000 who say they are in the UK. Including 83 in N.I., 319 in Scotland and 136 in Wales. [[User:Philafrenzy|Philafrenzy]] ([[User talk:Philafrenzy|talk]]) 11:03, 16 January 2014 (UTC) Add extra ideas here:
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| == Wikimedia UK and Cancer Research UK to recruit Wikimedian in Residence ==
| | # Diverse content and contributors |
| | # Promoting open knowledge |
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| Hello everyone. I thought you might like to know that Wikimedia UK has teamed up with Cancer Research UK to recruit a Wikimedian in Residence. The exciting new role will include teaching Cancer Research UK’s scientists to edit the website as well as researching how cancer patients use the site to access information and helping to make information on its pages as easy as possible to understand. They will also support Wikipedians already editing its cancer science pages. You can find more details of the role, including how to apply, on our blog - https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/01/wikimedia-uk-and-cancer-research-uk-to-take-cancer-information-to-the-next-level/ [[User:Stevie Benton (WMUK)|Stevie Benton (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Stevie Benton (WMUK)|talk]]) 14:23, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
| | These strands are directly related to our three strategic goals, which are to: |
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| :This is excellent news, and UK-based Wikipedians with a background in science should consider having a look at the [https://cancer-research-uk-jobs.tal.net/vx/appcentre-External/brand-2/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/4/opp/482-Wikipedian-in-Residence/en-GB job description]. Jfdwolff 20:08, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
| | * Increase the quality and quantity of coverage of subjects that are currently underrepresented on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects |
| :Excellent news. Well done. [[User:Jayen466|Andreas]] [[User talk:Jayen466|JN]] 11:24, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
| | * Contribute to the development of open knowledge in the UK, by increasing understanding and recognition of the value of open knowledge and advocating for change at an organisational, sectoral and public policy level |
| ::Thanks for your comments folks. We're really excited about this and it will have a great impact on important content. [[User:Stevie Benton (WMUK)|Stevie Benton (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Stevie Benton (WMUK)|talk]]) 16:02, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
| | * Support the use of the Wikimedia projects as important tools for education and learning in the UK |
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| | We would welcome input from the UK community into our plans for next year - which we are still shaping - and have created a short video to highlight our programme strands which you can watch [https://youtu.be/56s3Ch7sHbQ here]. You can give us feedback on our programme anytime, but if you’d like your views to be taken into account in our submission to the Wikimedia Foundation for funding, please do comment below by Friday 29th September. If you’d prefer to get in touch by email, feel free to contact me on lucy.crompton-reid@wikimedia.org.uk. |
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| == Open Coalition Project Co-ordinator ==
| | There are several questions in particular that I’d like to ask: |
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| Hello everyone. As you may be aware, for some time Wikimedia UK has been working with organisations such as Creative Commons and Open Knowledge Foundation to build closer working relationships across the open sector. We're now looking for a project co-ordinator to help take this work forward. It's a six month, part-time role and you can find [[Open_Coalition_Project_Co-ordinator|all of the details here]]. Please do get in touch if you'd like more information. The closing date is Monday 3 February. Thank you! [[User:Stevie Benton (WMUK)|Stevie Benton (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Stevie Benton (WMUK)|talk]]) 17:07, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
| | * Is there anything that Wikimedia UK should be doing more of, or new activities that we should consider, in 2018/19? |
| | * What work would you like to see us continue? |
| | * Is there anything you think we should do less of or stop doing? |
| | * How would you like to be involved in Wikimedia UK’s programme next year? |
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| :''Discussion about this post is at [[Engine_room#Recruitment_-_Discussion_removed_from_Water_cooler#Open_Coalition_Project_Co-ordinator]]'' --[[User:Fæ|Fæ]] ([[User talk:Fæ|talk]]) 19:13, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
| | With many thanks indeed for your input. |
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| | [[User:LucyCrompton-Reid (WMUK)|LucyCrompton-Reid (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:LucyCrompton-Reid (WMUK)|talk]]) 13:39, 21 September 2017 (BST) |
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| ==[http://wikisym.org/os2014/ OpenSym 2014]== | | == ACTRIAL and new users creating new pages at events == |
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| WikiSym has changed it's named to OpenSym and this year it will take place on 27th – 29th August in Berlin. It's an annual symposium about open collaboration. The list of tracks includes:
| | Some thoughts on {{wp|WP:ACTRIAL}} and our events: |
| | *It makes sense to encourage new users to work in {{wp|Wikipedia:Drafts|Draft: name space}}. |
| | *This doesn't change the fact that it is worth asking people to create an account in advance (and to remember their password!) |
| | *We have to expect that some people won't create an account and most of those who have won't be auto-confirmed - this is OK. |
| | *If there are admins present at the event, they can make new users confirmed.... although I wouldn't stress over it - there is no harm in the Draft: name space. |
| | *All the above is less of an issue if we take the approach of [[#Training from the back of the room]] described above. If the group is split into teams that are deliberately set to have the full spread of ability, we can encourage people to help other team members, including the following: |
| | **Middle-ability people to show the people with no account how to create an account. |
| | **Experienced editors to help newer editors to find a page that might need editing. |
| | **Experienced editors to create pages that other team members are interested in editing. |
| | You could even get admins to confirm accounts of non-confirmed people in their team, but it might actually be better to not do that. If the experienced people in the team have actually created the article then at least we know it is in their contributions and so they can steward the article towards improvement. e.g. 1. the day after the event, they might go back to the article and tidy it up, 2. if the article gets tagged for deletion, they are better able to discuss it and improve it, whereas a new user may feel bitten. |
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| *Open access research
| | [[User:Yaris678|Yaris678]] ([[User talk:Yaris678|talk]]) 14:44, 25 September 2017 (BST) |
| *Open data research
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| *Open education resources research
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| *Free, libre, and open source software research
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| *IT-driven open innovation research
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| *Wikipedia research
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| *Wikis and open collaboration
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| They issued a call for papers last week so if you're interested, the [http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/ page on their website] about submissions has more details including the array of deadlines for different tracks. [[User:Richard Nevell (WMUK)|Richard Nevell (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Richard Nevell (WMUK)|talk]]) 13:06, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
| | :Obvious question, where do we find data on how many non-autoconfirmed users and IPs actually make pages that satisfy Wiki Criteria? [[Special:Contributions/82.132.237.141|82.132.237.141]] 15:31, 26 September 2017 (BST) |
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| | ::[[:meta:Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Analysis and proposal|According to WMF research]], of the 1,180 articles created every day on the English Wikipedia, about 7% are by non-autoconfirmed editors. [[User:Richard Nevell (WMUK)|Richard Nevell (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Richard Nevell (WMUK)|talk]]) 16:55, 2 October 2017 (BST) |
| | :Thanks for your input Yaris678. Working in Draft: or User: space is probably going to be integral to dealing with this. I've not used Draft: much myself, but I'm keen on getting people to use their sandbox to prepare material and then copy it over. It does mean a chunk of the pages people work on aren't copied over the to the mainspace but that's a reasonable trade-off. [[User:Richard Nevell (WMUK)|Richard Nevell (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Richard Nevell (WMUK)|talk]]) 16:59, 2 October 2017 (BST) |
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| == Going somewhere? Check for 'missing' images ==
| | :The [[#Training from the back of the room]] sounds like a really interesting idea, I'm interested in this kind of collaborative/peer learning process. Sadly for the bulk of editathons I manage, this wouldn't be applicable, as I'm generally working with a whole bundle new users, trying to advocated for further use in their organisations. [[User:Lirazelf|Lirazelf]] ([[User talk:Lirazelf|talk]]) 14:07, 3 October 2017 (BST) |
| | ::Thanks Lirazelf. I guess you'll have to rely on the first four bullets - especially the draft namespace. I think it would be useful to have a non-new user move the drafts across. Preferably during the training session, so people can see their work "live" on Wikipedia, which will create excitement. Ideally, well before the end of the training so that people can continue to edit their articles in main space - seeing that this is a normal thing to do is important. |
| | ::I fringe benefit of this approach is that each article edited will be in the contributions list of at least one non-new user. That way, they can "steward" the article to a certain extent. This will be particularly important if the article is nominated for deletion - having someone who knows the ropes will help to get the article in a position to keep - and help to argue that it should be kept. But more generally it will be useful, to keep the article quality up. |
| | ::[[User:Yaris678|Yaris678]] ([[User talk:Yaris678|talk]]) 12:59, 19 October 2017 (BST) |
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| [[File:Mount Melleray Abbey (geograph 3381465).jpg|thumb|alt=A towering 19th-century monastery|Mount Melleray Abbey (geograph 3381465)]] Having a play with some tools, I've just come across Wiki ShootMe! which allows you to search (coordinates or placename) geographic areas for articles associated with those areas that have no images e.g. http://toolserver.org/~magnus/wikishootme/index.html?autorun=1&language=en&lat=52.15&lng=-7.85&distance=10&art=Cappoquin '''Mostly I just wanted to share''' (there's so much going on it's hard to keep track of)! Also, | | ==Wiki Loves Monuments UK 2017 awards announced== |
| # if anyone else has cool tools it'd be great to hear about them,
| | [[File:The Derelict West Pier of Brighton.jpg|thumb|1st prize: The derelict West Pier in Brighton, by Matthew Hoser]] |
| # if people have ideas about how we could use, promote, and support tools that'd be good too,
| | I am very pleased to be able to announce the 2017 award winners for Wiki Loves Monuments in the UK. |
| # I was wondering how easy it'd be to play with e.g. Open Street Maps to map these articles & browse that way (or if that exists?).
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| On '2' obviously there's scope for WLM/WikiTakes, but maybe we could also drop links like this onto event pages as a simple activity to engage people and remind people of the tools. (Incidentally the photo is from geograph.ie cross-loaded semi-automatically into Commons. I probably have one myself somewhere (grandmother from the area)) [[User:Sjgknight|Sjgknight]] ([[User talk:Sjgknight|talk]]) 16:47, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
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| | First place goes to '''Matthew Hoser''' for his image of the derelict West Pier in Brighton. |
| :Though Simon used a tool to do a one-off transfer of the example image, 4 years ago the vast majority of nearly 2 million UK Geograph images were transferred by Multichill's clever GeographBot as a large project, which become controversial and has yet to be re-run due to the difficulties of categorization of the resulting backlog. One of the projects that WMUK is now supporting is adding sensible location categories to all Geograph images (such as a County name) and we'll be looking again at an exercise Multichill experimented with a couple of years back to take this down to, say, the UK "village" level, something that my work with the Ordnance Survey open data makes far more accurate since the earlier experiments (in a way that does not exist for most other countries!). Multichill approached me recently about running GeographBot again for a refresh, and I hope in a few months time to make a joined up smart workflow so that the images can appear with more helpful categories than the last time.
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| :Being millions of images, rather than thousands or even a hundred thousand, it's the sort of extremely large project that seems daunting and can burn out volunteers (it has taken me more than a full year of helping Faebot plod away mostly unnoticed to add categories across the whole of the UK). I think it's also the sort of thing that WMUK should be seen to find ways of encouraging or funding local projects, competitions and "gamification" (as well as wikishootme, have a look at [http://tools.wmflabs.org/faebot/cgi-bin/toolFacebookFunfair.py Facebook Funfair] which makes a game out of an otherwise dull maintenance job). --[[User:Fæ|Fæ]] ([[User talk:Fæ|talk]]) 17:46, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
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| :::Cool! Thanks for the additional info Fae [[User:Sjgknight|Sjgknight]] ([[User talk:Sjgknight|talk]]) 17:59, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
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| On '1', there's also [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Unvisited_app Unvisited], an Android app. I've not used it myself as it doenst seem to support older Android versions, but looks good.--[[User:Rhyswynne|Rhyswynne]] ([[User talk:Rhyswynne|talk]]) 15:15, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
| | In second place was '''Paul Stümke''', who captured the Glenfinnan Viaduct at Loch Shiel. |
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| == Spare beds for Wikimania ==
| | Third was '''Oliver Tookey''' for the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea. |
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| | The special prize for the best image taken in Scotland was awarded to '''Keith Proven''' for Smailholm Tower. |
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| We are thinking about how we can spread our resources for Wikimania 2014 and one way is finding supporters who will offer a bed or even a sofa, to people attending Wikimania this year. The cost of accommodation in London can be a deterrent to people. If you could put up someone in London during the period August 5th to 10th could you let [[User:Katie Chan (WMUK)|Katie Chan]] know by emailing {{nowrap|katie.chan{{@}}wikimedia.org.uk}}. She will start a database with preference e.g. non smokers etc. Thanks [[User:Jon Davies (WMUK)|Jon Davies (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Jon Davies (WMUK)|talk]]) 10:11, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
| | The special prize for the best image taken in Wales went to '''Sterim64''' for Craig-y-mor. |
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| | You can see all of these images, and the other stunning pictures that were awarded Highly Commended status [[Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2017_in_the_United_Kingdom/Winners|at Wikimedia Commons]]. |
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| == Training the Trainers Cardiff ==
| | Many congratulations to all of our prizewinners, and thanks to all who volunteered to help make the contest a success: contestants, judges, reviewers and Wikimedians in many roles. Thanks also for the kind support we received from the International team, from our friendly staff at Wikimedia UK, and from our 2017 prize sponsors, Wikimedia UK and Archaeology Scotland. [[User:MichaelMaggs|MichaelMaggs]] ([[User talk:MichaelMaggs|talk]]) 07:43, 31 October 2017 (GMT) |
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| Hi all, we've had a last minute drop out for [[Training the Trainers/February 2014 event]] in Cardiff this weekend. If anyone reading this are interested in the open spot, please let me know by calling 07885980534. -- [[User:Katie Chan (WMUK)|Katie Chan (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Katie Chan (WMUK)|talk]]) 17:28, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
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| == Initiatives for 2014 ==
| | Looks like BT wants to push more people to faster internet where it has fiber: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-bt-group-broadband/bt-incentivises-operators-to-move-customers-to-faster-broadband-idUKKBN1KE0LR |
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| I had some ideas for significant initiatives that would be interesting to do this year, that WMUK might be able to support. I could amplify their effect significantly with Wikimania, which I am organising. I'd be interested in comments or, better yet, co-conspirators - please feel free to weigh in on the talk page: [https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_UK%27s_2014_Strategy 2014 Initiatives].
| | Is someone monitoring the trend of average internet speed and the impact it has on user activity in the Wikimedia projects? [[User:Nemo bis|Nemo bis]] ([[User talk:Nemo bis|talk]]) 08:43, 24 July 2018 (BST) |
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| [[User:EdSaperia|EdSaperia]] ([[User talk:EdSaperia|talk]]) 00:16, 30 January 2014 (UTC) | | ::Hi [[User:Nemo bis|Nemo bis]], I'm not sure that our small charity has the capacity to do something like this, or how it might benefit us. You are welcome to expand on why you think this would be a good idea if you like. [[User:John Lubbock (WMUK)|John Lubbock (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:John Lubbock (WMUK)|talk]]) 12:29, 2 April 2019 (BST) |
