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# Public relations | # Public relations | ||
# Supporting [[ | # Supporting [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team|Wikipedia v1.0]] | ||
# Running campaigns in universities and schools encouraging students and academics to edit | # Running campaigns in universities and schools encouraging students and academics to edit | ||
# Installing new tool servers in Kennisnet that we would have (some) control over (probably no legal issues with this) | # Installing new tool servers in Kennisnet that we would have (some) control over (probably no legal issues with this) | ||
# Giving sessions at teacher training "top-up" days on the responsible use of Wikipedia (et al.) in the classroom | # Giving sessions at teacher training "top-up" days on the responsible use of Wikipedia (et al.) in the classroom | ||
# Working with the community to increase coverage of e.g. historical sites | # Working with the community to increase coverage of e.g. historical sites | ||
# Employing developers | # Employing developers | ||
# Hosting an annual UK Wiki-conference, combined with AGM. [[/AGM|Details]] | # Hosting an annual UK Wiki-conference, combined with AGM. [[Meetings/2010 AGM|Details]] | ||
# Sourcing and digitising public domain works located in the UK (e.g. documents, books, pictures, ...) | # Sourcing and digitising public domain works located in the UK (e.g. documents, books, pictures, ...) | ||
# Encouraging the release of new and currently copyrighted works under free licenses | # Encouraging the release of new and currently copyrighted works under free licenses | ||
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# Hosting/funding a local mirror ("squid server") of the Wikimedia websites, subject to legal issues regarding libel law | # Hosting/funding a local mirror ("squid server") of the Wikimedia websites, subject to legal issues regarding libel law | ||
# Supporting the German Chapter owned, Amsterdam located toolserver, subject to charitable restrictions and considerations of libel law | # Supporting the German Chapter owned, Amsterdam located toolserver, subject to charitable restrictions and considerations of libel law | ||
# Events along the style of [[: | # Events along the style of [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes The City|Wikipedia Takes The City]]? | ||
# Supporting projects in [[ | # Supporting projects in [[wikipedia:Languages of the United Kingdom|minority languages native to the United Kingdom]], accessing public funds that are available to promote these languages | ||
# Using our name to get into areas that would otherwise be hard to get into (museam backrooms bits of industrial archology) or doing much the same for major document collections. | # Using our name to get into areas that would otherwise be hard to get into (museam backrooms bits of industrial archology) or doing much the same for major document collections. | ||
# Using the name to pursuade people doing significant digitalisation projects to release these under a free license | # Using the name to pursuade people doing significant digitalisation projects to release these under a free license | ||
Revision as of 23:44, 6 March 2009
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This is a preliminary list of ideas that have been suggested; please add yours too and add your comments on the ideas. If you want to turn an idea into a proposal, please see the proposals page.
- Public relations
- Supporting Wikipedia v1.0
- Running campaigns in universities and schools encouraging students and academics to edit
- Installing new tool servers in Kennisnet that we would have (some) control over (probably no legal issues with this)
- Giving sessions at teacher training "top-up" days on the responsible use of Wikipedia (et al.) in the classroom
- Working with the community to increase coverage of e.g. historical sites
- Employing developers
- Hosting an annual UK Wiki-conference, combined with AGM. Details
- Sourcing and digitising public domain works located in the UK (e.g. documents, books, pictures, ...)
- Encouraging the release of new and currently copyrighted works under free licenses
- Stimulate research into the use of wikipedia as an educational and communication tool. Seek academic partners to further this aim and bid for research funds.
- Donating back to WMF, subject to charitable restrictions
- Hosting/funding a local mirror ("squid server") of the Wikimedia websites, subject to legal issues regarding libel law
- Supporting the German Chapter owned, Amsterdam located toolserver, subject to charitable restrictions and considerations of libel law
- Events along the style of Wikipedia Takes The City?
- Supporting projects in minority languages native to the United Kingdom, accessing public funds that are available to promote these languages
- Using our name to get into areas that would otherwise be hard to get into (museam backrooms bits of industrial archology) or doing much the same for major document collections.
- Using the name to pursuade people doing significant digitalisation projects to release these under a free license
- Persuade a newspaper to reuse content from Wikinews, possibly regularly?