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| s6_content = The Netherlands chapter, Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland, is currently running [http://www.vrijebeelden.nl/ Wiki Loves Art].
| s6_content = The Netherlands chapter, Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland, is currently running [http://www.vrijebeelden.nl/ Wiki Loves Art].


A [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_Japan/en Wikimedia Conference in Japan] is currently being planned.
A [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_Japan/en Wikimedia Conference in Japan] is currently being planned, and a [[:Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki-Conference 2009|the 1st Wiki-Conference New York]] is scheduled for July 25-26 2009.


| s7_title = Meet-ups
| s7_title = Meet-ups

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Wikimedia UK Newsletter
June 2009 Issue
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Summary:

In this month's newsletter:

  1. Press Coverage
  2. Other Chapters' Activities
  3. Meet-ups



Press Coverage

Several British newspapers covered a Wikipedia Arbitration Committee ruling banning members of Scientology from editing articles on the subject. [1][2][3]

Our chair, Mike Peel, was interviewed for an Australian newspaper after a mother found explicit vandalism on Wikipedia.

Several blogs carried stories about the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee member who resigned after being exposed as a sockpuppet who had previously been de-sysopped and had edited articles where he had a conflict of interest. [4][5][6] This was also covered by The Independent and Daily Mail, who interviewed our Volunteers Director, Paul Williams.

Our application to HMRC has been covered by Charity Finance and ThirdSector, who both quoted our Secretary, Andrew Turvey.

Article in the London Review of Books about Wikipedia

Other Chapters' Activities

The Netherlands chapter, Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland, is currently running Wiki Loves Art.

A Wikimedia Conference in Japan is currently being planned, and a the 1st Wiki-Conference New York is scheduled for July 25-26 2009.

Meet-ups