Reports/2013/October

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Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for the period 1st to 31st October 2013. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our blog, join a UK 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

Community

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Microgrant outcome

GLAM activities

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Technology

The Technology Committee met on 22nd October; it was the committee's fourth full meeting and the minutes are available online.

Other activities

Wiki Loves Monuments

The UK's logo for Wiki Loves Monuments


Microgrants

Information about microgrants that are currently running, and how to submit a microgrant application of your own, are at Microgrants/Applications.

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

Ada Lovelace and Wikipedia's Women - http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2013/oct/15/ada-lovelace-day-wikipedia-editathon

Ada Lovelace Day 2013 - from nerd cabaret to womenifying Wikipedia - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/15/nerd-cabaret-wikipedia-ada-lovelace-day-2013?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487

BBC Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 (featuring Daria Cybulska) discussing Ada Lovelace Day and Wikipedia - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03cmt4n

BBC - Wikipedia probe into paid-for 'Sockpuppet' entries - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24613608

Vice.com - is the PR industry buying influence over Wikipedia? - http://www.vice.com/read/is-the-pr-industry-buying-influence-over-wikipedia

Wall Street Journal - Wikipedia probes suspicious promotional articles - http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/10/21/wikipedia-probes-suspicious-promotional-articles/

Independent - Wikipedia: We have blocked 250 'sock puppets' for biased editing of our pages - http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/wikipedia-we-have-blocked-250-sock-puppets-for-biased-editing-of-our-pages-8895112.html

Guardian - Wikipedia cracks down on 'paid advocacy editing and sockpuppetry' - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/22/wikipedia-ban-sock-puppet-pr

PR Week - New Wikipedia editing furore provokes CIPR ire - http://www.prweek.com/article/1217351/new-wikipedia-editing-furore-provokes-cipr-ire

Daily Dot - The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet army - http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/wikipedia-sockpuppet-investigation-largest-network-history-wiki-pr/

The Register - Wikipedia sockpuppetry probe puts a sock in hundreds of accounts - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/21/wikimedia_foundation_blocks_hundreds_of_accounts_due_to_sockpuppetry/

Ars Technica - Wikipedia editors, locked in battle with PR firm, delete 250 accounts - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/wikipedia-editors-locked-in-battle-with-pr-firm-delete-250-accounts/

Washington Times - Click capitalism: PR firms cash in cleaning up clients’ Wikipedia pages - http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/21/money-to-pr-firm-can-buy-good-image-on-wikipedia/

Social Times - Wikipedia Continues To Clash With Wiki-PR In Losing Battle - http://socialtimes.com/wikipedia-continues-to-clash-with-wiki-pr-in-losing-battle_b137036

Time Magazine - Wikipedia Bans 250 Users for Posting Paid, Promotional Entries - http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/21/wikipedia-bans-250-users-for-posting-paid-promotional-entries/

Venture Beat - Wikipedia shuts down 250 accounts as part of investigation against paid ‘sockpuppets’ - http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/21/wikipedia-shuts-down-250-accounts-as-part-of-investigation-against-paid-sockpuppets/#IajM4aiTXx7idJyh.99

Zeit Online - Wikipedia geht gegen bezahlte Manipulation vor (in German) - http://www.zeit.de/digital/internet/2013-10/wikipedia-lobbyismus-sperrung-nutzer

Digital Journal - Wikipedia editors report high numbers of paid-for articles - http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/360726

Kenyan Standard - Wikipedia probe into paid-for 'sockpuppet' entries - http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000095994&story_title=wikipedia-probe-into-paid-for-sockpuppet-entries&pageNo=2

New Statesman - Keeping Wikipedia working is wearing some editors down - http://www.newstatesman.com/2013/10/keeping-wikipedia-working-wearing-some-editors-down

Slate (in French) - WIKI-PR, L'ENTREPRISE QUI FAUSSE WIKIPEDIA POUR PROMOUVOIR SES CLIENTS - http://www.slate.fr/life/79142/wikipedia-entreprise-relations-publiques

MSN Now - Wikipedia tries to fix the problem of allowing anyone to edit articles - http://now.msn.com/wikipedia-cracks-down-on-sock-puppet-network-non-neutral-editing

Philip Sandifer - Wikipedia Goes All-In on Transphobia - http://www.philipsandifer.com/2013/10/wikipedia-goes-all-in-on-transphobia.html

Blog posts this month

Upcoming activities in October and November

October

For events in December 2013 and onwards, please see Events.

Administrative activities

Board activities

News from the Chief Exec

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


Communications

Please see the above links to relevant press coverage received in October and blog posts published during the same period.

If you're interested in getting more involved with our communications or have any questions or comments, please email Stevie Benton – stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk

Fundraising and Membership

Fundraising

This month, we received £xx in one-off donations, with 5 individual donations. The average donation amount was £xx - xx% of these donors have had Gift Aid Declarations made and matched with their records. If anyone would like a full (but anonymised) csv file with more information, please get in touch with katherine.bavageatwikimedia.org.uk and let her know your requirements.

There were xx successful direct debits this month, bringing in a total of xx

Membership

Up to 31st October 2013:

  • xx new (membership commenced in preceding three months) and current members - with xx new join-ups in October.
  • xx 'grace' members (membership within six months after date membership should be renewed)
This adds up to xx members who were eligible to vote

Visitors to the office this month

  • Michelle Brook, Open Knowledge Foundation
  • Brian McNeil
  • User:Thryduulf
  • Nik Speller, Rare Corporates
  • The Wikimania volunteer team
  • Hannah Jones
  • Jasbir Saund
  • Simon Knight
  • Kate Walsh and Carol Campbell
  • Peter Williams
  • Emmanuel Engelhart
  • Rupert Thurner
  • Anisha Tailor from the Physiological Society to discuss outreach
  • Sarah Burnett from BCS Women before joint event
  • Dhaval Vyas
  • Leutha
  • Dan Garry (Deskana)


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