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On 7 March, Jimmy attended the [http://www.ftconferences.com/digitalmedia Financial Times Digital Media conference 2012], and gave a number of interviews to the media. Resulting press coverage included: | |||
* [http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2012/03/07/ftmedia12-jimmy-wales-on-paid-for-app-possibilities-for-wikipedia/ #ftmedia12: Jimmy Wales on the power of Wikipedia’s free access ethos], Journalism.co.uk, 7 March | |||
* [http://blogs.ft.com/tech-blog/2012/03/wikipedia-facebook-like-button/#axzz1ojxTqvPe Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales dislikes Facebook buttons], Financial Times, 7 March | |||
* [http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/03/07/oukin-uk-wikipedia-politics-idUKTRE8260UZ20120307 Wikipedia avoids politics after copyright victory], Reuters, 7 March | |||
; MP and House of Commons edits to Wikipedia articles | |||
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism investigated the edits that had been UK Members of Parliament, and the House of Commons, had been making to Wikipedia. WMUK was kept in the loop during this investigation. The resulting news articles included: | |||
* [http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/03/09/wikipedia-bob-crow-the-lord-of-the-rings-and-notable-djs/ Wikipedia: ‘Bob Crow, The Lord of the Rings and Notable DJs’], The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 9 March | |||
* [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/who-are-the-commons-moles-changing-wikipedia-entries-7545991.html Who are the Commons moles changing Wikipedia entries?], Independent, 9 March | |||
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9132758/MPs-Wikipedia-pages-changed-from-inside-Parliament.html MPs Wikipedia pages 'changed from inside Parliament'], Telegraph, 9 March | |||
* [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2112616/MPs-staff-make-10-000-changes-Wikipedia-pages-bid-hide-embarrassing-information.html How MPs are tweaking their Wikipedia pages in bid to hide embarrassing information], Daily Mail, 9 March | |||
= Administrative activities = | = Administrative activities = | ||
== Board meetings == | == Board meetings == | ||
; Exec meeting | ; Exec meeting | ||
Revision as of 20:04, 10 March 2012
Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for March 2012. 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. To see what we have planned in coming months, please visit our events page. If you have any questions or comments, please drop us a line on this report's talk page.
Program activities
Community
On 11th at Pendrel's Oak.
On 24th at The Richard John Blackler
Education
- Bright Club
On the 1st, Mike Peel spoke at Bright Club Manchester on Wikipedia and 'Histories'. Bright Club is a "thinking person's comedy club", combining comedy with scientific public outreach. Mike focused on how Wikipedia articles all have 'View History' pages that show every change made to that article, as well as mentioning the article on Toilet paper orientation, guidelines such as WP:BEANS and WP:DICK, recent Fox News coverage of Wikipedia, and vandalism to biographies of living people.
- Geological Society training event
30th March, Burlington House, London.
GLAM
- See also the This Month in GLAM UK report for this month.
- Hack on the Record
‘Hack on the Record’ at the National Archives (24th-25th)
- Coventry History Editathon (31st)
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry.
Technology
Miscellaneous
- Interviews with Jimmy Wales
On 7 March, Jimmy attended the Financial Times Digital Media conference 2012, and gave a number of interviews to the media. Resulting press coverage included:
- #ftmedia12: Jimmy Wales on the power of Wikipedia’s free access ethos, Journalism.co.uk, 7 March
- Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales dislikes Facebook buttons, Financial Times, 7 March
- Wikipedia avoids politics after copyright victory, Reuters, 7 March
- MP and House of Commons edits to Wikipedia articles
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism investigated the edits that had been UK Members of Parliament, and the House of Commons, had been making to Wikipedia. WMUK was kept in the loop during this investigation. The resulting news articles included:
- Wikipedia: ‘Bob Crow, The Lord of the Rings and Notable DJs’, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 9 March
- Who are the Commons moles changing Wikipedia entries?, Independent, 9 March
- MPs Wikipedia pages 'changed from inside Parliament', Telegraph, 9 March
- How MPs are tweaking their Wikipedia pages in bid to hide embarrassing information, Daily Mail, 9 March
Administrative activities
Board meetings
- Exec meeting
On 3rd, in Manchester - Agenda
- Board meeting
On 27th, by telephone - Agenda
Fundraising and Budgeting
Global movement
- Chapters meeting
The Chapters' Conference took place at the annual German Wikimedia Conference in Berlin on 30th March to 1st April. Jon, Roger and Fæ attended.