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We regret to announce that the UK Tax Authorities have rejected our application to be recognised as a charity for tax purposes, arguing that the production of an encyclopedia does not consist of "promoting education". The Board continue to believe that our purposes are charitable and are looking into ways of appealing this decision. | We regret to announce that the UK Tax Authorities have rejected our application to be recognised as a charity for tax purposes, arguing that the production of an encyclopedia does not consist of "promoting education". The Board continue to believe that our purposes are charitable and are looking into ways of appealing this decision. | ||
This news has been [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/27/wikipedia_charity_not/ covered] in the Register and a [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_charity_application_rejected draft news story] was created in wikinews. | |||
;Wikipedia Loves Art | ;Wikipedia Loves Art | ||
The chapter supported the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WLART Wikipedia Loves Art]" photography contest in February and since then the participating museums have been hard at work checking each photograph for compliance with the copyright rules and awarding bonus points for particularly good images. They have now started to announce winners and we hope to be able to announce the winners from the Victoria & Albert museum shortly. | The chapter supported the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WLART Wikipedia Loves Art]" photography contest in February and since then the participating museums have been hard at work checking each photograph for compliance with the copyright rules and awarding bonus points for particularly good images. They have now [http://www.flickr.com/groups/wikipedia_loves_art/ started to announce winners] and we hope to be able to [announce the winners from the Victoria & Albert museum shortly. | ||
[[User:AndrewRT|AndrewRT]] 12:06, 1 May 2009 (UTC) | [[User:AndrewRT|AndrewRT]] 12:06, 1 May 2009 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 13:10, 1 May 2009
Don't know if it's too late, but could we have two more sections:
- HMRC decision
We regret to announce that the UK Tax Authorities have rejected our application to be recognised as a charity for tax purposes, arguing that the production of an encyclopedia does not consist of "promoting education". The Board continue to believe that our purposes are charitable and are looking into ways of appealing this decision.
This news has been covered in the Register and a draft news story was created in wikinews.
- Wikipedia Loves Art
The chapter supported the "Wikipedia Loves Art" photography contest in February and since then the participating museums have been hard at work checking each photograph for compliance with the copyright rules and awarding bonus points for particularly good images. They have now started to announce winners and we hope to be able to [announce the winners from the Victoria & Albert museum shortly.
AndrewRT 12:06, 1 May 2009 (UTC)