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2013 2014

South Coast Wikimeet

Would it be OK to add this meetup to the events list on WMUK's main page?

I do not have the privileges to make this addition.

Best Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 00:01, 21 October 2014 (BST)

Hi Marek,

I have added the event to the Events page. You can edit that page too.

Events get copied across from the Events page to the Main Page every so often.

Yaris678 (talk) 04:46, 21 October 2014 (BST)

I did add it but then I realized that far more from Events needs to be copied over to cover all of November, which would make the Main Page much longer in the right-hand coloum. So I would suggest leaving it for now and copying over late November events nearer the time. CT Cooper · talk 15:57, 21 October 2014 (BST)

Thank you Yaris and Chris. :-) Marek.69 ^talk 00:49, 23 October 2014 (BST)

Problems with images on this wiki

Hello everyone. We are currently experiencing some problems with images on this wiki. It has been raised as a bug with our developers and we hope it will be fixed soon. Thanks for your patience. Stevie Benton (WMUK) (talk) 13:49, 10 November 2014 (GMT)

For reference, the bug is here. You don't need an account to view Bugzilla, but do if you want to leave a comment. Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 14:38, 10 November 2014 (GMT)

Hello again. This issue seems to be resolved but if anyone has any problems please do let us know. Thank you. Stevie Benton (WMUK) (talk) 09:59, 11 November 2014 (GMT)

Move from Bugzilla to Phabricator

According to WMF Tech News, this change is going to happen on 21st November. How will it impact us? --MichaelMaggs (talk) 18:35, 17 November 2014 (GMT)

I don't think it will directly as bugzilla.wikimedia.org.uk is hosted by Wikimedia UK, separately from the Foundation's installation. Tech Com have briefly discussed whether it's worth switching from Bugzilla to Phabricator so we have the same process as the Foundation. The feeling was that until there is clarity on how our IT work is managed, it may not be worth putting much time into but we can certainly spend more effort in making sure Bugzilla is being used effectively as a project management tool. Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 10:57, 18 November 2014 (GMT)

Q3 report card

A summary of how Wikimedia UK is doing against its KPIs is now available. If you want more detail, there's a link at the top of the page to the charity's report to the FDC. Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 10:51, 18 November 2014 (GMT)

Posting of 2014 AGM minutes

Have the minutes for the 2014 Annual General Meeting been posted? The meeting was a long time ago now so they probably should have been. I can't presently locate them. Also, the 2013 AGM Minutes are still categorised as awaiting approval, though as far as I'm aware they were approved at the 2014 AGM. CT Cooper · talk 23:08, 18 November 2014 (GMT)

My apologies not they have not yet been posted, though they should have been. We have had some problems getting minutes out in a timely way in recent months and I hope to be able to get AGM minutes out fairly shortly. This is not the usual timeframe and I know it's not good enough. The delay in getting minutes out has been reflected in the reduced transparency score the Board recorded in its recent self-assessment. Mccapra (talk) 13:59, 20 November 2014 (GMT)

Thank you for your quick response. I don't need them urgently, I was just curious as to where they were. I look forward to seeing the minutes posted soon though. CT Cooper · talk 16:19, 20 November 2014 (GMT)