Reports/2012/January

Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for the period 1 to 31 January 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. If you have any questions or comments, please drop us a line on this report's talk page.

Program activities

Expert outreach

11th Wikipedia Birthday cake

• Girl Geeks, Bristol, 11th Wikipedia Birthday (cake!)

Other activities

• Microgrants approved this month include ...

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

• Monmouthpedia
  • Wikipedia launches new QR code project to document daily life in Monmouth, UK Qrcodepress.com, 2 January
  • Monmouth becomes the world’s first Wikipedia town monmouthshire.gov.uk, 2 January
  • Wikipedia as travel guide (Croatia) IT Vesti, 2 January
  • Wikipedia names Monmouth for new cultural project, Women in Technology, 3 January
  • Wikipedia brengt dorpsleven in beeld De Morgen (Dutch) 4 January
  • Wikipedia Takes Tourism Mobile business 2 community, 4 January
  • Is Monmouthpedia The Future Of Wikipedia?, TechDirt, 5 January
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  • Council Backs Creation Of Monmouthpedia e-government bulletin, 12 January

• Wikimedia fundraiser
  • Wikipedia raises record $20million in fundraising as annual campaign ends, Metro, 3 January
  • Wikimedia reaches funding targets, fights SOPA, Wired, 3 January
  • Wikipedia attracts $20m from donors, The Times, 3 January
  • Wikipedia meets $20 million fundraising target, TechRadar, 3 Jan
  • Wikimedia raises record-breaking $20m, CivilSociety, 4 January

• PR company and Stella Artois
  • The lobbyists, the Russians, Google and “wife beater”, Tom Watson's blog, 2 January
  • Lobbying company tried to wipe out 'wife beater' beer references, Independent, 4 January
  • Lobby firm tries to get ‘wife beater’ nickname for Stella wiped off Wikipedia entry for beer, Daily Mail, 4 January
  • Stella Artois hires PR firm to get rid of "wife beater" nickname on Wikipedia., Mirror, 5 Jan

Upcoming activities in February

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

For events in March and onwards, please see Events.

Administrative activities

News from the Chief Exec

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

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