Reports/2011/December

Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for the period 1 to 31 December 2011. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our blog, join our 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

See also the This Month in GLAM UK report for this month.

A contingent of 14 UK Wikimedians attended GLAMcamp Amsterdam.

• A group from the UK attended GLAMcamp Amsterdam, 2-4 December
• Steve Virgin and Roger Bamkin talk on Derby Museum at TedX Bristol in September
• Talking about GLAM, Wikipedia and QRpedia in Amsterdam and Hamburg, Pigsonthewing

Expert outreach

Martin Poulter met with academics and archivists in the area of psychology to discuss a range of events and other activities for Spring 2012 onwards. Martin also spoke at a social media lunch a the Institute of Physics in London, with representatives of various learned societies, to propose training events for their members. There is now an expert outreach section of the WMUK site, explaining what the chapter is doing and why scientists and scholars should get involved.

Other activities

• UK Wikimeets this month: Manchester (10th), London (11th)
• Microgrants approved this month include ...

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

Fund raiser

• • Roger Bamkin on ITalkFM, 5th Dec, Local Engish station in Spain

A QRpedia code mock-up. Used to demonstrate to Monmouth what it will look like.

Press coverage of Wikipedia in UK publications this month included:

Bell Pottinger

• • Bell Pottinger faces claims it offered rogue regimes access to politicians, Guardian, 6 Dec
  • Bell Pottinger, Google and Wikipedia, BBC News, 6 Dec
  • Bosses shocked by 'unethical' and outdated tactics by Bell Pottinger, PRWeek, 6 Dec
  • Wikipedia pulls Bell Pottinger-linked pages, Financial Times, 7 Dec
  • Wikipedia founder attacks Bell Pottinger for 'ethical blindness', Independent, 8 Dec
  • Wikipedia suspends accounts over Bell Pottinger claims, Telegraph, 8 Dec
  • Wikipedia investigates PR firm Bell Pottinger's edits, BBC, 8 Dec
  • The arms company, the oligarch and the ex-PM's sister-in-law: lobby firm's Wikipedia hit list, Independent, 9 Dec
  • Wikipedia Starts Investigation of Bell Pottinger’s Edits, Suspends 10 Accounts, ITProPortal, 9 Dec
  • Lord Bell defends agency after 'underhand, unethical and improper' Independent sting, PRWeek, 13 Dec
  • Call for transparency as agencies slam Bell Pottinger's Wikipedia use, PRWeek, 15 Dec

QRPedia

• • One Small Museum Making a Big Impact: An Interview with Roger Bamkin, MIDEA, 15 Dec
  • QRpedia case study:The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Museum Network Warwickshire, 21 Dec
  • Generate QR Codes ... using QRpedia, Teck.in, Dec 25th

Visual Editor

• • Wikipedia testing new visual editor, Bristol Wireless, 14 Dec
  • Wikipedia simplifies article editing for world+dog, The Register, 14 Dec

SOPA

• • Wikipedia co-founder threatens site 'strike' in protest over anti-piracy bill, Metro, 13 Dec
  • Wikipedia co-founder threatens blackout over anti-piracy law, Telegraph, 13 Dec
  • Wikipedia threatens blackout over privacy law, CNet, 13 Dec
  • Wikipedia threatens blackout over anti-piracy bill, Tech Radar, 13 Dec
  • Jimbo Wales ponders Wikipedia blackout, Register, 13 Dec
  • Web giants appeal to US government to halt Stop Online Piracy Act, V3, 15 Dec
  • Google, Amazon And Others May Go Dark Over SOPA, TechWeek Europe, 30 Dec

Science communication

• • Engage with Wikipedia to share scientific knowledge, SciDev.net, 22 Dec

Monmouthpedia

• • Monmouth chosen for new Wikipedia venture, Monmouthshire Beacon, 29 Dec
  • Monmouthpedia: Wikipedia’s new project covering life in the Welsh town of Monmouth, TheNextWeb, 30 Dec
  • Wikipedia project to cover life in Monmouth, BBC News, 30 Dec
  • Community Wikipedia Scheme “Monmouthpedia” Launched, Gizmodo, 30 Dec
  • Wikipedia vai criar a Monmouthpedia, Sol (Portuguese) 30 December
  • Wikipedia analizará la vida en un pueblo británico, Baquía (Spanish) 30 December
  • Wikipedia launches project dedicated to Monmouth, Digital Spy, 30 December
  • Interview with Mrjohncummings and Victuallers, BBC Radio Wales 30 Dec (54 minutes in)
  • Say it with me: “Monmouthpedia” Marketplace Tech Report 30th December
  • Monmouthpedia: la Wikipedia de un pueblo, La Salle, 30 Dec
  • Town chosen for Wikipedia venture, MyVillage, 30 Dec
  • Coming Soon - Monmouthpedia!, Monmouthshire.gov.uk, 30 Dec
  • Monmouth chosen to star in unique Wikipedia experiment "Western Mail", 31 December
  • Wikipedia project dedicated to Welsh town, Monmouth, T3, 31 Dec

• • Tweets about monmouthpedia

= Miscellaneous

• Deadmau5 victim of death hoax, lf press, 13 Dec

Plus an old news item that was omitted from our previous reports:

• Museum's web challenge winners to be selected, This Is Derbyshire, 2 September

Upcoming activities in January

• (To be copied here from Events at the end of this month)

For events in December and onwards, please see Events.

Administrative activities

News from the Chief Exec

For more information on Jon's activities this month, see News from the Office.

Fundraising

For more information about our participation in this year's fundraiser, see 2011 Fundraiser.

We received £X in donations from N donors via paypal this month, and expect to receive £X from N donors via direct debit over the coming year. We have also received donations by cheque, postal order, Charities Aid Foundation, bank transfer and cash this month. For more information please see the daily Wikimedia fundraising statistics and our monthly fundraising report at Fundraising Report - Monthly Totals 2011.

Staff

Office and Development Manager

Richard Symonds was appointed as our new Office and Development Manager, starting in January 2012.

Events organiser

This month, Wikimedia UK began advertising for an Events Organiser. They will support the work of the grassroots Wikimedian community in the UK and be responsible for the budgeting and resources for Wikimedia events in the UK. Applications close January 10 2012.

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