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- Thanks very much Marek, much appreciated Mrjohncummings (talk) 15:16, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
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[edit]John, I've left a reply to your message on my talk page -- Marek.69 talk 15:28, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
QR codes and Monmouthapedia
[edit]I just happened to notice Monmouthapedia and the idea looks great. I don't think I'll be able to help too much, as I'm in the US (closer to Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania than Monmouth County, New Jersey). I have been messing around a bit with QR codes displayed outside, and have a couple of suggestions.
- 1st - your idea of working with local organizations is absolutely necessary for permanent postings of QR codes, but if folks are skeptical perhaps a temporary posting might work during a holiday or fete. I believe you can get numbers of views from the QRpedia people.
- 2nd - for permanent placement some sort of plastic or weatherized version of the QR code should be used. After a wet summer here, I've found out that codes printed on paper, even if covered in transparent tape on both sides, look like they will last forever, until a soaking rain hits.
All the best on this project! Let me know any way I can help.
Smallbones (talk) 16:17, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Hey Smallbones
Thanks very much for your encouragement and advice. The thing that jumps out at me that if you might be interested in is translation or development of the articles in languages other than English. If you can speak any other languages, or know anyone who would be interested then that would be great. I notice a lot of the existing articles in the area including the one for Monmouth are pretty underdeveloped in pretty much anything other than English.
Many thanks
John Mrjohncummings (talk) 18:40, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Re: Adopt-a-user
[edit]Hey John. I am a little short on time at the moment, but I am more than happy to help in any way possible. You seem to be doing great so far; let me know what problems you encounter and I shall try to be of assistance. Many regards, - Jarry1250 [Weasel? Discuss.] 21:42, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Jarry1250 Thanks very much, I've had a lot of people helping me to get over the starting line, I'll be sure to keep you in mind if I reach any impasses.
Many thanks
John Mrjohncummings (talk) 19:31, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
re: your message
[edit]John, I've left you another reply on my talk page -- Marek.69 talk 20:44, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Sandbox
[edit]It is a very bad idea to develop articles from scratch in the (article) namespace. That is why I have moved Duke of Beaufort Iron Bridge to User:Mrjohncummings/sandbox. Come up to London some time, eg. for meta:Meetup/London/51 or any second Sunday to meet Marek69, Tom Morris and myself in person. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 23:49, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks Rhaworth, I think I'll come up to the next Wikipedia meetup. John Mrjohncummings (talk) 10:30, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
Monmouthpedia
[edit]I'm all for new initiatives, but I think your efforts to promote Monmouthpedia on the Monmouth page are a bit WP:SPAMmy. Has the idea been publicised in independent local media at all? If so, we could link to that from the article on the town - but, due weight would mean that it would be some way down the article, not in the introduction. Wikipedia articles are not the place to promote new ideas, however worthwhile they may be. Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:11, 4 November 2011 (UTC) (of Chepstow)
- Hmm... Having read as much as I can, I'm still none the wiser as to what this is, or why it might be useful. Blurbs that don't know the difference between "its" and "it's" don't inspire me with confidence, but I hope I'll be proved wrong. Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:06, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi John, I would avoid adding GLAM activities in article space, if the events are notable then uninvolved people can judge notability more accurately than those involved in the GLAM programme can. However, I would encourage creating pages on outreach:GLAM and consider creating a collaboration area as a project page on Wikipedia in the same style as WP:GLAM/BL, perhaps something like WP:GLAM/Wales might be realistic? If you email User:Rock drum you would get some practical help and advice on how to use the different collaboration areas. Cheers --Fæ (talk) 21:42, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
re: your message
[edit]Hi John, I've left a reply to your message on my talk page -- Marek.69 talk 19:56, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
I've left you another reply -- Marek.69 talk 20:24, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
Welcome, my new friend :o) 20:28, 4 December 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.201.43.233 (talk) Hey, copy your name to me friends list on my user page.
Monmouthpedia (again)
[edit]Starting a new thread as we've moved on from the earlier discussion. Have you (or your contacts) considered the question of notability as it applies to these proposed articles. It occurs to me that what may be notable to local residents may not necessarily be notable in terms of WP's overall requirements, and it could be a waste of effort if people were to contribute articles on - say - individual buildings if editors elsewhere in the world then sought to delete them on notability grounds. Has that been considered? Ghmyrtle (talk) 14:55, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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Yes we've been talking about this quite a lot, it will be interesting to see what happens, we're going to play it by ear as we go through the articles to which ones pass and which ones don't get made (or get put to the bottom of the pile). Fortunately a lot of things in Monmouth are very old so have had notable pasts, It's up to the article creators to decide based on their own knowledge and notability whether they want to write something. I find notability in Wikipedia probably the least straight forward and the most open to interpretation and personal interest, there are examples of this everywhere e.g Wikipedia:WikiProject_U.S._Roads, List of Casio Calculators and List_of_handgun_cartridges. Also in different languages notability guidelines have different rules and interpretations and sometimes it's not called notability at all Notability_in_Wikipedia, I think there will always be people arguing for both sides Deletionism_and_inclusionism_in_Wikipedia.
Feel free to add any others possible articles you think would be good to consider doing.
All the best
--Mrjohncummings (talk) 15:55, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
- I think it may be worth adding a health warning as some of the subjects do look "iffy" with regard to notability, however I'm surprised how may links there are. I intended to add to this list all the notable people with any association to Monmouth from Who's Who ..... and I had to give up after I'd just added those with a surname beginning with B. The last time we ran succussful events like this one we got 100 extra article in English at both the British Museum and Derby Museum. I would think we can find 100 new subjects in a town if we can find 100 in one museum. However I will add a health warning! Victuallers (talk) 16:24, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
- Fine. Looking good (though someone should persuade User:Philbly to read his talk page...). Ghmyrtle (talk) 17:06, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
- With regards to the notability issues, perhaps you could consider setting up a dedicated MediaWiki site that you have ultimate control over? You could even use this site as a staging ground and migrate over only the best articles. Just a thought. :) Foomandoonian (talk) 16:23, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
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Wikiproject QRpedia
[edit]I started "Wikiproject QRpedia". Please join. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:47, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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Hi John! :) Saw your message and will gladly give your more info about the university but this is slightly too public a domain :) Yes, collaborations sound good! Keep me updated? Noopur28 (talk) 21:59, 11 December 2011 (UTC) |
Also I forgot that you don't check Meta :P
Here was my response "P.s can you tell me what university you did your undergraduate in? I'm seriously considering moving to India
Hey John! I was just there and was waiting but I guess crowds swallow people :) Paris was not as great as I imagined, it was raining. Wikimania really depends on scholarship and more importantly if I get some work done before that. Yes, working together sounds like a fine idea :) Thanks for the musician names. The university I told you about is the one where I study now! It's called Jawaharlal Nehru University. I think it's ranked as the best in India."
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Statue Henry V Monmouth
[edit]Hi John. Two thoughts. Firstly, the title. It should be, at the very least, Statue of Henry V, Monmouth, or even Statue of King Henry V, Monmouth. But it can be easily moved - not a problem. Again though I'm a little bit worried about notability. Are there sufficient independent reliable sources specifically about the statue to justify a standalone article? Or, would it be better if fuller references were made in articles on Shire Hall, Monmouth, and the sculptor Charles Peart (which doesn't currently exist, but could be created). I'd favour developing articles on those two, rather than a small stubby article on the statue itself, but I'm not sure how that would fit in with your plans for the project. I worry about a large number of very short articles being created. Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:50, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hey
- Yes I agree the title could be changed to something a little more snappy, I'd suggest it to User:Buckholt. As with a lot of these new articles I don't know enough about the statue so I'm not in a position :to say either way on it's notability. I guess it could be folded in together with another article at some later date if it doesn't develop much, it's only been 1 day. Charles Peart is already on the planned :articles list.
- --Mrjohncummings (talk) 12:04, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
- Sorry, for some reason I thought you'd started the article. I'll make the suggestion to User:Buckholt, or move it myself. As a general point, my advice would be to expand text in existing articles first, and then see if a new article is justified, rather than starting a new article and then thinking about merging it. Again, I'll make that point to Buckholt. Cheers, Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:09, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
QRpedia article in Welsh
[edit]Merry Christmas: cy:QRpedia! Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:40, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
From a wiki telephone near you (?)
[edit]Well done for the very interesting five minutes, with Roger, at 07:54 on "Good Morning Wales" today! Martinevans123 (talk) 19:32, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks very much, there's been so much press today [1]
- Yes and you get this BBC news story too [2]! Martinevans123 (talk)
In the news
[edit]I am writing about Monmouthpedia for the January 9 signpost. Since you started it, I was wondering if you could show me the best sources for it. It's here - Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-01-09/In the news. Great project by the way. SL93 (talk) 00:20, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks very much, do you mean press coverage? Here's the list, we've now got Monmouthpedia.org and we got 16,800 views on the 29th of December. Please let me know if you need anything else, I'm happy to help in any way I can.
- Best wishes
- Mrjohncummings (talk) 00:39, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for the list. :) SL93 (talk) 00:41, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
- And I will see if I can add in the page views. This is my first signpost article and I'm not sure if only outside sources can be used. I will post on the talk page of someone more experienced with it or email them. SL93 (talk) 00:44, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
- Mrjohncummings (talk) 00:39, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Schools
[edit]I thought (half-heartedly!) about starting an article on Monmouth Comprehensive School, but then thought it would be much better if the kids at the school starting putting it together themselves. Has anyone contacted the school about being involved in the project? It would seem an ideal opportunity. The other schools' articles could do with some improvement as well, but the Comp definitely needs an article. Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:11, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
- Hey
- The Comprehensive and Haberdashers and they are both interested, going to the Wikimeet in London on the weekend to ask about working with schools, would be nice to get some more wikipedians involved. --Mrjohncummings (talk) 15:56, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
Monmouth Heritage Trail
[edit]Now, can I find anything about the Angel Inn, to complete your list before I go to bed? I do like a challenge. Incidentally, the text on the Heritage Trail mentions Cornwall House but it's not on the list and I can't see it in the Blue Plaque document - although that being in Welsh only doesn't help. An error somewhere? KJP1 (talk) 00:04, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
- You are a one man army, have the blue plaque trail in front of me, no mention of Cornwall House. It's half a residential house now and half the Monmouth Beacon newspaper. You could ask Philbly he was involved in writing the trail book.
--Mrjohncummings (talk) 00:20, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
- Well, your Heritage Trail list is complete. But some of the articles are desperately weak, and won't survive on Wikipedia on notability grounds unless you can get some people with detailed, and verifiable, local knowledge to add to them. The verifiability part is key. When I started on Wikipedia, I couldn't get my head round the need to reference everything I wrote and some of your enthusiasts have the same problem. It's difficult, as you really want the enthusiastic contributors, but they have to understand that material that is well sourced is the key to Wikipedia's credibility. Thanks for the invite to tea and cakes. I don't live near Monmouth anymore but spent my childhood there and have a strong affection for the place. Sorry for the essay and all the very best with the MonmouthpediA project. KJP1 (talk) 00:51, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
Troy House
[edit]Done a bit of a re-write/wikification of this article, and the house is very important architecturally/historically. Shall I put the MonmouthpediA template on the talkpage or is it a little outside of your scope? Its great to see how some of the articles are developing. Best regards. KJP1 (talk) 17:07, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
- Hey :)
- Yes please put the template on, I think it's close enough, it's quickly becoming Monmouthandsurroundingareapedia. I'm sure some local people will be able to add some more photos.
- Best wishes --Mrjohncummings (talk) 18:54, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi John, I saw that you requested access to AWB and then I saw that your request was accidentally archived by a bot without granting you access. Now you are using Catscan I feel sure you will like AWB for making clean lists. I made a request in your name to restore your request User_talk:KingpinBot#AWB_request_for_mrjohncummings. Happy listmaking! Jane (talk) 09:26, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Jane
- Thanks very much, that's very kind of you. Mrjohncummings (talk) 10:03, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Images
[edit]Re River Wye: I'm sure you've read WP:PERTINENCE.... I think it's more important to have images that supplement the text, rather than ones that just look pretty... but I won't revert you! Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:52, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
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| For your efforts in Wikipedia:GLAM/MonmouthpediA and taking the initiative to encourage detailed coverage of Monmouth. If each town had a John Cummings wikipedia would be several eons better off!! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:24, 14 March 2012 (UTC) |
- Super, thanks so much, my first barnstar :) You're very kind, looking at a list of what you've done is mind boggling Mrjohncummings (talk) 18:38, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
- Quite welcome!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:33, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
- Super, thanks so much, my first barnstar :) You're very kind, looking at a list of what you've done is mind boggling Mrjohncummings (talk) 18:38, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
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[edit]You may want to contribute to the discussion at User talk:Stemonitis#Wyastone Leys. Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:05, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
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heritage trail
[edit]I'll keep testing it, it works OK on my phone if I have it on its side. Do feel OK to fiddle. Creating a small version that doesnt work (an image map) that you click on and gives you the big one is possible. Is that an advantage? I think the table looks pretty but I find that just using mouse over of the map gives me that functionality. If we can get this working well then we can translate it easily. Oh and I had a look at how many listed buildings we havt done .... there are dozens and dozens! Oh and 300? thats a pretty credible totalVictuallers (talk) 22:58, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Cool, is there a list of listed buildings somewhere? Mrjohncummings (talk) 23:23, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Can you take a look at this page please, and leave any comments you may think fit. Thanks. Llywelyn2000 (talk) 05:19, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Monmouthpedia video
[edit]Hello John,
Not sure if you remember me, I'm the guy from Wikimedia Canada, I was in Amsterdam for the GLAMcamp... Anyway, I saw your presentation about QRpedia and I was very interested. I start to work on a collaboration with Montréal city, and I wanted to show them the video. Since Montréal is in the French part of Canada, I tried to subtitle the video, but I'm having hard time to get words sometimes.
Do you think it would be possible for you to make an English transcription, it would be easier to translate afterwards.
Thanks in advance, Benoit Rochon (talk) 23:17, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Benoit
- Yes I remember you, you'd be very welcome to show the video. I have tried to do the subtitles using the program but the video keeps crashing. I will give it another go later on with a different browser. If you know anyone who would like to translate some articles into French we have a competition on till next weekend here. Mrjohncummings (talk) 12:09, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
- Hello John, no need to use universalsubtitles.org, just this page is perfect! I LOOOOVE your accent, but I'm having trouble to understand clearly; I'm more used to English speakers in Canada/US!
Right now I'm having trouble to understand the phrase at 1:07.Ooooh, I just read your transcription, and he say : "great boon"... good to know! Also as soon as you finish the English trascription, I will fit the phrases with time stamps... that way Franch, Spanish German, etc. will be able to translate very easily. Thank you very much for your help. Benoit Rochon (talk) 14:34, 14 April 2012 (UTC)- I tried to continue the transcription with my poor understanding of the UK accent! It's not perfect, but at least this might help you a little. So if you have a minute, you might want to fill the blanks, and most importantly, correct my probable mistakes. Thank you again, Benoit Rochon (talk) 15:49, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
- Yes I remember you, you'd be very welcome to show the video. I have tried to do the subtitles using the program but the video keeps crashing. I will give it another go later on with a different browser. If you know anyone who would like to translate some articles into French we have a competition on till next weekend here. Mrjohncummings (talk) 12:09, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
- Hey, finished the English transcription, hope it's of use :) Mrjohncummings (talk) 19:09, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Done Mister John Cummings- Video
- Commons:TimedText:Monmouthpedia video revised.ogv.fr.srt
- Commons:TimedText:Monmouthpedia video revised.ogv.en.srt
- Commons:File:Monmounth video French subs.ogv (subtitles embedded)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCHTaoaHV_4 (subtitles embedded on YouTube)
- http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/videos/D98yppC1t4EJ/info/monmouthpedia-a-wikipedia-project/ (submit this link to other languages village pumps in order to have more translations)
- Challenge
- fr:Wikipédia:Le Bistro/16 avril 2012#MonmouthpediA, le challenge ! (and I will keep on resubmit every day)
Thanks for helping with transcriptions ! Good luck, and more importantly BRAVO for MonmouthpediA... a great project, you've inspired me with your Amsterdam's presentation, to do it in my home town! Take care. Benoit Rochon (talk) 13:42, 16 April 2012 (UTC)- +++ German and Spanish. Benoit Rochon (talk) 15:26, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
- Amazing, thanks so much, good luck, if you want any advice with your project let me know. I will be doing a document in the next month or two that outlines what we did and what we found helpful when setting it up.
- Good luck. Mrjohncummings (talk) 15:55, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
- For sure I will need your advice, you're the only one who had the guts to do that huge project! Tomorrow, I have a meeting with the leader of the 4 biggest intitutions in Montreal (botanical garden, insectarium, planetarium and biosphere of Montreal)... it's not the whole city yet, but it's a start! About the document you will create, I can help you to put it in PDF / translate in French; besides your video and the media coverage, this will obviously help me with this canadian QRpedia project. Once again, félicitation man! Benoit Rochon (talk) 17:11, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
- FYI, the video transcription in Spanish is done :
- Benoit Rochon (talk) 21:19, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
- For sure I will need your advice, you're the only one who had the guts to do that huge project! Tomorrow, I have a meeting with the leader of the 4 biggest intitutions in Montreal (botanical garden, insectarium, planetarium and biosphere of Montreal)... it's not the whole city yet, but it's a start! About the document you will create, I can help you to put it in PDF / translate in French; besides your video and the media coverage, this will obviously help me with this canadian QRpedia project. Once again, félicitation man! Benoit Rochon (talk) 17:11, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
- +++ German and Spanish. Benoit Rochon (talk) 15:26, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
Wonderful, thanks very much, I will have to look at subtitling on WIkipedia a bit more, will be really useful especially for the videos that one of the museums is donating. Mrjohncummings (talk) 22:32, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
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Quick question
[edit]Hi there! I hope to be at Monmouth this weekend, would you just tell me the exact location and time everyone is meeting? I've only been a few times to Monmouth and the last time was about September 2010. Also, living and working in the south-west of England, I'm due to start work 1800 which means I'd have to leave 1630 at the latest. It will still be worth it I hope, what do you say? Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 04:28, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Evlekis
The Wikimeet and Wikimedia UK board meeting are taking place at the Shire Hall, Monmouth, the wikimeet is also turning out to be a editathon (12-5pm). I think we will go to Monmouth Museum and possibly the library too. If you click on the globe in the infobox of the Shire Hall article there's a map.
See you Saturday :) Mrjohncummings (talk) 17:10, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Dear John, I know I should be grateful to the volunteers who have set the thing up, but I really can't see myself staying for longer than a couple of hours, and I'm sure most of the people who are travelling from any distance would prefer to have a chance to meet during daylight hours. So it would be really useful to know what times - even roughly - you are planning to do these things. Deb (talk) 17:20, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Deb The places are all a 2 minute walk from each other and all free entry, the plan is to use the Shire Hall room as the base and then go to other places as and when people want to. If people are paralysed by indecision then I'll draw up a timetable, I was thinking people could do 5 minute presentations on things they're interested in if they want, this would probably need a fixed time. Mrjohncummings (talk) 22:38, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Flaming hoop image on Dog agility
[edit]I have reverted your addition of the image showing a dog jumping through a flaming hoop. If this image is to be added to the article (and I don't think it should be) it should be made very clear that it is not and never has been a standard or optional obstacle in any agility venue.
Again: I don't think it should be added. I invite discussion on the article's talk page. Mark Shaw (talk) 19:44, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
- I was going to revert it. It's nothing to do with agility. There may have been agility at that show as well, but that doesn't mean it should be in the show. Nothing to do with obedience either. Dougweller (talk) 20:18, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
Newport Rising video clip
[edit]The video clip an excellent idea. But my play always stops abrubtly at 57 seconds, so I get to see none of the trial. Any ideas? Do I need to download it to see the full clip? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:45, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- It's the first of I think 8 video clips that are going to be uploaded by the Shire Hall in Monmouth, it should be longer than 57 seconds, I downloaded it and it plays fine, I have problems once it's run out of info and needs to buffer it wont restart, think it's a problem within Wikipedia. Once all 8 are uploaded I might glue them together to make 1 long one. Mrjohncummings (talk) 20:52, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- I see. Thanks for the info. I was running it in Java and wondered if that had any effect. How do you get around copyright fair use restrictions? Martinevans123 (talk) 20:55, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- The Shire Hall commissioned and own the copyright for the videos and chose to donate them to Wikimedia, no fair use needed :) Mrjohncummings (talk) 20:56, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- Also I checked Mediawiki bugzilla, there's a couple of high importance bugs regarding video that cover all the stuff we are having problems with so should be sorted sooner rather than later. Mrjohncummings (talk) 21:32, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- That's very reassuring (I think!). Personally, I'd like to see a lot more video clips. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:36, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
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AFD
[edit]Just checking you're aware of the discussion here. Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:34, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, I'll have a look. Mrjohncummings (talk) 15:27, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Improving the Monmouthpedia article
[edit]First of all, John, congratulations on the huge success of the project launch. You have literally put Monmouth on the internet map. I would however strongly suggest that you and your collaborators should now devote some of your time and energy to improving the Monmouthpedia article which is very rudimentary at the moment. For a start, substantial improvements could be made by including some of the information now hidden in Wikipedia:GLAM/MonmouthpediA. In addition, there have been so many press reports over the past few days that more of the reactions and explanatins could also be included. It would also be useful to encourage your multilingual community to start on other language versions of the page. Some practical details for users on how to use their smart phones in the town would also be useful (perhaps together with basic technical requirements). Finally, I have been wondering whether you have been working with Europeana on this. They have similar goals and could no doubt provide support, collaborators and even resources. You could, for example, contact Jill Cousins. - Ipigott (talk) 09:51, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Ipigott, I think there's a COI issue with the MonmouthpediA article. I've been advising those close to the subject to let others improve it. There are over 250 newspaper or similar stories in the last week and these should be a good source (they are not all wrong!). I have put some comments on the other language versions as they chose a picture that was my "artists impression" and not the real thing. Could you improve the article?
- We did get a sort done through the Europeanna database by David Haskiya for Monmouth related resources but the usual issue of license prevented us from exploiting them. We have found that the easist route is to get the images before they are aggregated (via local museum) although WMUK has spoken to Welsh cultural leads and in the past Europeanna about releasing more resources. Victuallers (talk) 22:21, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
- As you may have noticed, I have indeed been making some additions to the article and will continue to do so. It would be great if we could report on user reactions too. I hope that some of them will also be reported in the press soon rather than just on blog sites. There are in fact far more than 250 articles. Here in Luxembourg, for instance, you received wide coverage in the French and German press and in Denmark, coverage was also wide. The problem is that if you search for news with Google or Yahoo, the hits are usually limited to English if you have an English-language computer or phone. You only get the "foreign" hits if you change the language set up. Anyway, in regard to Europeana, I was not just thinking of access to existing resources but rather in terms of encouraging wider participation of local residents of towns across Europe in a project along similar lines. I may be moving too fast but it seems to me that many of those in the library and museum communities – in countries like Norway and Denmark for a start – might like to launch their own local initiatives using QR coding. I was also wondering whether a tie-up with Geocaching would be feasible. I've noticed that in many countries the rapidly expanding number of Geocaching articles are written in both the local language and English. Have you been able to make use of these in Monmouth? Would you like me to sound things out or would you like to take it on yourself? I would in any case be interested to hear your views on the matter. - Ipigott (talk) 12:06, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
- Oh I see. I know Jill Cousins is aware of QRpedia (a bit) as I met here at a Europeana conference in Vienna when Monmouth was just a glint in our eyes. Ive only read about geocaching but I'd be intrigued to see it mixed up with our wiki town. Is there an enthusiast who might be interested. Obviously we coulds hide stuff either in the real world, the virtual or in the QR codes that portal between those two worlds. My Skype address is Victuallers1. I'm busy until Saturday.
- No rush to reply but just to take an example, Geocaching has the following description on St Peter's Church, Dixton: "St. Peter's is situated on the banks of the River Wye, just north of Monmouth. This attractive whitewashed building dates back to at least the 12th Century, though was probably a holy site before then. The Book of Llandaff refers to the existence of a church, or monastery, on this site in about 735, when it was already described as an "old church" (henllan). Later charters refer to its fishing rights on the River Wye. At that time, it was dedicated to the Welsh saint Tydiwg, or Tadeocus.The Welsh name of the parish, Llandydiwg, and ultimately the name Dixton, derives from that of the saint." See here. You can that this is actually taken from Wikipedia but there are very many original entries which cannot be found in Wikipedia. Tiny villages often have a dozen or more Geocaching sites. The advantage of working with Geocaching is that their project has been based on GPS and smart phones from the beginning. I'm not very keen on discussing this over the phone but you are welcome to contact me directly by email. Write to ipigott at yahoo dot com. - Ipigott (talk) 17:04, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Bees for Development
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Hi. Currently at GAR. Badly needs photos of grounds and house/interiors. Any chance you or somebody could visit sometime?♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:48, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, will give them a call and see if I can go and take some pictures Mrjohncummings (talk) 21:12, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
That would be great. If you could ring them and say its a Good Article and was part of the Monmouthpedia project they might even let you in the house to take photos. We could use photos of all of the features mentioned in the article including the lake and boathouse, streams and gardens/walls and drive, gate houses etc aside from the main house exterior and interior of course.
Still waiting for those photos!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:39, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Yes, sorry, not been around Monmouth much the last 2 months, am here till Friday, will try to get up there --Mrjohncummings (talk) 15:39, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
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Photos
[edit]Hi John. Any shots of your recent trip we could use over at Commons? Thanks, --Gibmetal 77talk 2 me 23:14, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
- No probs. Let me know when you do and I can help categorise them. --Gibmetal 77talk 2 me 23:15, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Presentation at Wikimania 2012/Tech@State:Wiki.Gov
[edit]John - I'm organizing the Tech@State:Wiki.Gov part of Wikimania 2012 and wanted to have a presentation on Monmouthpedia in our session on Local Wikis. Roger indicated in an email a few weeks ago that you would give the presentation. Are you planning on presenting? If so, I'd like to discuss with you. Please contact me at hayestw@state.gov. Thanks. Twhayes (talk) 19:43, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Geoffrey of Monmouth Challenge
[edit]Hello! July the 1st passed, I was wandering, is the participation period prolonged? --Istvánka (talk) 19:00, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
- Hi
- I have just closed it, I'm in America for two weeks with little internet access until now. Thank you so much for all your contributions :)
- Mrjohncummings (talk) 02:39, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi, I would just like to check possible failure of communication channels: I had responded to your messages twice via e-mail (from tchorisko@gmail.com to john.cummings@monmouthpedia.org) and I have not received any reply so far. Did you recieve my e-mails?
Thank you for your work for the Wikimedia movement! --Tchoř (talk) 08:38, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
Gibraltar navboxes
[edit]Hi John, I have some concerns regarding the above.
I think there are just too many Plants in the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens to display in a navbox. Same goes for Template:Flora and fauna in Gibraltar. They're near impossible to navigate. I think it will make more sense to use categories instead. Template:People and Gibraltar will be tricky because there's a fine line as to who is considered Gibraltarian (see List of Gibraltarians). Not everyone born in Gibraltar is automatically Gibraltarian, besides the term was coined in the 1920s so it cannot be used to describe people born in Gibraltar before then anyway. This template could also get pretty large... The Template:Military in Gibraltar overlaps with the History, Buildings and Places navboxes so this one may be obsolete. A Template:Fortifications of Gibraltar navbox may be useful though...
Please take this as constructive criticism! :) --Gibmetal 77talk 2 me 23:01, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
- Hi John--sorry, but why? The template is now so big that it's impossible to read, and it's flooded with redlinks, making it very difficult to use as a navigational tool. I'm not going to revert since you and Gibraltar are pretty close, but I don't think it is a helpful edit. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 19:20, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
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[edit]Can you say how may gibpedia images we have? ie What total should we quote for the competition on day 2? Victuallers (talk) 22:05, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:25, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
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[edit]Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:GLAM/GibraltarpediA Fram (talk) 09:03, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
John - for interest
[edit]- I had to prepare this quite quickly - copy for you
It could be that you were unaware of my declared conflicts of interest, however it wasn't your job to be aware, however they were well known. Wikimedia UK were managing this. They said, Roger "... has not voted in any Wikimedia UK decisions about Monmouthpedia since the start of his consultancy relationship with MCC or on any decisions about Gibraltarpedia or QRpedia."[1] Wikimedia UK made monthly reports to the Wikimedia Foundation detailing all significant events. They web cast their board meetings. They had little or no secrets.
Over the past ten months, Roger Bamkin, a Wikimedia UK trustee led two Wikipedia-related projects, Monmouthpedia and Gibraltarpedia. Both of these projects were based on QRpedia which is a service that has been offered free to the movement via Wikimedia UK. As part of this award winning work, the Foundation signed a trademark agreement with Monmouthshire County Council[2] and later with the Government of Gibraltar.[3] Wikimedia UK were well aware of the trustee's commercial involvement[4] in both cases and the Foundation as part of due diligence would have found that out by talking to the trustee, Wikimedia UK or the people they were signing the agreement with. Roger stood again for the board and made it clear that he was a paid consultant of Monmouthshire County Council working on Monmouthpedia in his statement to the members. He was re-elected. Roger has received no payments apart from expenses from Wikimedia UK. He has helped create two projects which align with Wikimedia UK's vision and they have only had to contribute a minority financial contribution.
Coincidentally this is the same trustee who led the Wikimedia UK board to become a registered charity[5] and to obtain fundreds of thousands of pounds worth of gift aid. Roger Bamkin stood down as chair here when he took "Monmouthshire County Council (Wikimedia UK partners for the Monmouthpedia project) as a client".[4]
The recent edits on the Gibraltarpedia project are shown here. There are just the additions being made to the English Wikipedia. In the last several weeks volunteers have added 200 new articles in many languages despite a campaign to delete articles on the English Wikipedia. (Most of the new articles are not in English)
As a result of the action of the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia UK have "agreed" to not take part in the fundraiser this year. Question:If it hadn't been for this investigation then would WMUK have been welcomed to join the fundraiser?
Before this action was taken the following press release was issued[1]
regards Roger Bamkin
Notes
[edit]- QRpedia was shortlisted by the UK as best phone application
- Monmouthpedia was voted the world's coolest wikiproject by the World membership present at the annual conference
- Gibraltarpedia is the first time that the Foundation has signed a trade mark agreement with a Government.
- On the left hand side of this page you will see some of the languages who have been contacted and many involved in the projects described here.
References
[edit]Hi. Any chance you could take some photos of this, including the interior?♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:11, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Look forward to seeing them. Streets in Gibraltar. Started this. Please help improve by finding reliable sources about the roads and photographs.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:46, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
By hook or by crook the rock hotel photos will be up tomorrow. I created a special notices section for asking for photos and help on articles here if you think of a better place to put it please move it (I think it's in a bit of a backwater at the moment. Mrjohncummings (talk) 14:27, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, as they say a photo is worth a 1000 words. It would be great if you could encourage a Geograph type project for Gibraltar and surrounding area to try to photograph it in great detail. Like a metre grid square for it or something and draw up a grid square with photos like geograph documenting it. See what the other Gibraltarpedia folks and the Gib government think. I did propose a globl geograph project about 2 years back but nothing has happened unfortunately.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:35, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
Going to arrange a photography day here soon, also just doing leaflets to give out to help people upload to commons. Every third person here is walking round with a dslr. A geograph type thing would be a very interesting idea and probably very possible apart from the MOD bits. Mrjohncummings (talk) 14:52, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
- Have a look in my commons uploads :) Mrjohncummings (talk) 14:40, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
List of GibraltarpediA plaque sites
[edit]Hi John. Here is the list I was telling you about. Could you add it to the project page, not sure were best to place it? Thanks, --Gibmetal 77talk 2 me 11:22, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
- Done and done, that table is great, exactly what we need. I've made it into a separate page and transcluded it as a collapsible table so we can put it more than one place if needed. Mrjohncummings (talk) 11:33, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks, I've just updated it too. Doesn't seem to be collapsible though...
- What's the next step? Are we ready to start producing the first batch of plaques? --Gibmetal 77talk 2 me 11:45, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
- Could be you're not logged in or something? It starts off collapsed on mine and then you click to expand. As for plaques I'm getting a few more prototypes done (can show you in person) and then I think we're good to go :) Mrjohncummings (talk) 14:37, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for the photos, will look shortly! In regards to plaques would Flat Bastion Road, Europa Road get one on a wall near the road sign or something?♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:44, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
- Don't know, maybe we'll have to do different sorts of plaques for different types of things, need to do some prototypes to work out what looks and works best. Mrjohncummings (talk) 14:47, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Photo request
[edit]Hello, do I understand it right you could be the person to take photograph for fi:Gibraltar College of Further Education ? TIA, --Tappinen (talk) 19:32, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
- Someone is taking some today, should have them uploaded later on :) Mrjohncummings (talk) 12:49, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you for your assistance in this ! Another request: a photo of The Little Synagogue (91 Irish town) would be welcome in fi:Gibraltarin Pieni synagoga, and of course a colour picture of the Great Synagogue ( Engineer Lane 47). The source says it ..."features colorful tiles, wrought-iron balustrades, dark wooden furnishings, and marble floors". --Tappinen (talk) 20:12, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
- Will do them today if they're open, they're on the way back to my house :) Mrjohncummings (talk) 10:55, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
- Brilliant ! TIA, --Tappinen (talk) 16:36, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
- Will do them today if they're open, they're on the way back to my house :) Mrjohncummings (talk) 10:55, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
- No luck with the photos, can't seem to find them open, have sent email requests to various people, don't hold your breath.... Any others wanted? --Mrjohncummings (talk) 12:25, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: September 2012
[edit]- From the team: Results of the This Month in GLAM survey (part 2)
- UK report: GLAMcamp London; brief news
- Spain report: Edit-a-thons in Spain
- Italy report: Smithsonian Institution, Brooklyn Museum and WikiAfrica
- Germany report: WikiCon; GLAMcamp London; Science 2.0
- Sweden report: Sweden report
- Switzerland report: Botanical Garden Lausanne;CERN
- India report: Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 in India
- Mexico report: Edit-a-thon at the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana
- Africa report: A month in Africa's GLAMs
- Open Access report: Open Access per default; Open Access Media Importer tests finished; Preparations for Open Access Week
- Calendar: October's GLAM events
Islamic Gibraltar
[edit]Take a look at User:Prioryman/Islamic Gibraltar - any thoughts before I put it into article space?
I'd really like to include a picture of the Moorish baths at the Gibraltar Museum but I'm afraid the pictures we have currently aren't up to scratch. Is there any chance that the museum might be able to provide a decent photo? Prioryman (talk) 10:52, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
- That looks brilliant, the museum have given me permission to take photos (they have a no photos by the public policy), will take some tomorrow. :) Mrjohncummings (talk) 14:38, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
Trafalgar Cemetery challenge
[edit]This Sunday is the Battle of Trafalgar commemoration day - there will be an annual commemoration event in Trafalgar Cemetery. It would be great if we could get a 5x expansion done in time for the article to be ready for DYK for that day. Could you see what you can do with it? Also, is there any chance you might be able to take some photos of the event? Prioryman (talk) 23:37, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
- I was with Rosie Fernandez when she filmed a short video of the cemetery last week which might be of use to you in your quest Prioryman. She has just moved one of her vids to ogg so this one should follow Victuallers (talk) 09:20, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
- Yes and yes, I'll find out some information and pictures on the event and will try to get some interest in improving the article. Mrjohncummings (talk) 11:23, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Started those hospitals within 5 minutes of you listing them..♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:19, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
- Are you a real person or an artificial intelligence? Mrjohncummings (talk) 17:24, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
- Some photos of the Trafalgar Cemetery Parade are up, more coming tomorrow. Mrjohncummings (talk) 21:26, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
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GIbraltarpediA Introduction
[edit]Hello John, thanks for the quick pedia intro :) --Elvis-1234 (talk) 14:55, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
hello
[edit]--BellancaCruz (talk) 14:55, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Geese
[edit]Since you liked geese I just thought I'd have a gander at this Gibraltarpedia--Razopa (talk) 14:55, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi
[edit]--Ysebtaoui (talk) 14:55, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Hello
[edit]--Elaine D'Amato (talk) 14:56, 23 October 2012 (UTC) hello again!
Hello!
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Thanks for the workshop!
--Chrisgomila (talk) 14:56, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi :)
[edit]--ASilva10 (talk) 14:56, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi John!
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Hi --Gibmartin (talk) 14:56, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi , i need information on ict support for art
[edit]--Westsideart (talk) 14:57, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi john
Hello
[edit]Thanks for the workshop lol --GibMandy (talk) 14:57, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
hello
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Hi --Gibmartin (talk) 14:58, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi , i need information on ict support for art
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Hi john
linking videos to wiki pages
[edit]i have a television series about adventure, nature and live music in gibraltar and the surrounding areas . how do I link it to wikipedia so that everyone can see what exiting stuff can be done around gib? p.s i could link it to the Gibraltar broadcasting site but is it possible to just link the episodes?
Hi
[edit]Hi --Gibmartin (talk) 14:59, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Re-hello
[edit]Hiyas. This is Kevin Guerrero from the Gibraltar College. Thank you for your talk today, it was interesting getting your perspective on things and picking up a few new tips I didn't know. I originally posted this in your sandbox by accident. Oops. Sorry!
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Photos
[edit]Great work on the photos, John - keep them coming!
I'm planning to start a piece on the Fortifications of Gibraltar – they were really my main focus of interest when I visited, with Clive Finlayson's eponymous book serving as a guide. There are a couple of things that you could do that would be really useful. First, I imagine that the Garrison Library and Gibraltar Museum is likely to have old maps of the fortifications (19th century and earlier). If there's any chance of getting digital copies, that would be great. Second, we really need better (higher-resolution) pictures of the 1865 model of Gibraltar in the museum. We do have pictures like File:Gibraltar Model 1865 (10).jpg but they are relatively low-res. Ideally I'd like to have some close-up views of key areas of the defences, especially the main bastions and gates. I've learned that the Royal Engineers apparently have a similar period model in Chatham, which I'm trying to track down.
On another front, I'm interested in covering the Calpe Hunt. There is a map in the museum, on the wall above a staircase I believe, showing the area in the Campo where the hunt was active. Do you think there's any chance of getting a copy of that, and possibly some photos of the museum's collection of hunt-related artefacts? Prioryman (talk) 00:15, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
- Hi
- Sorry I missed your message, I'll get them next week (the libraries aren't open on a weekend)
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[edit]Please take a look at continuing discussion (and special request from me!) here. Anne (talk) 22:42, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- I tried to find some of your photos this morning, but I wasn't successful. I've never learned how to properly navigate Wikimedia. What is the best way to find your photos? Thank you. Anne (talk) 15:40, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
- Hey Anne, very sorry I missed this message, the best way to see what photos I've uploaded is to look at my uploads on commons here --Mrjohncummings (talk) 00:00, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi
[edit]Hey, John. Sorry for the very late reply, I kinda mistook your message for an automated one, heh. :P The model of the neanderthal skull is awesome. We have a sort of clearing house for reconstructions in Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Paleoart review, btw. It ensures that the reconstructions are accurate enough for inclusion. However, since I'm not familiar with photogrammetry, you may not need to do that in this case. The reconstructions vetted there are those made without access to the actual physical fossils, and that is obviously not the case with photogrammetry. Anyway I'm afraid I'm a bit too busy with some WP:PALEO stuff at the moment, so no time for more Gibraltar articles. If you have access to more fossils from the Gibraltar Museum though, it would be nice to have pictures of them for possible future articles.-- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 18:08, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
- Hi
- Sorry I missed this message, I'm working on some fossils at the moment at Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, I'll upload them soon. I'm writing a guide of how to create these at the moment, it's not hard when you know how.Mrjohncummings (talk) 00:42, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
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[edit]Pardon for my broken English. As the twitter site is blocked in china, I cannot email the address using the link on the left of the screen under toolbox on your userpage. Could you tell me your email address? and then i can tell you my address by it. my email address at google is myzhangm#gmail.com(please change '#' to '@'). Thanks.--Tianyamm2 (talk) 09:05, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
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Re: Thanks
[edit]No problem, wish I would have had more time to dedicate to the project though. Thanks to you for starting MonmouthpediA without which I wouldn't have gotten the idea of doing something similar in Gibraltar :) --Gibmetal 77talk 2 me 10:15, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
The GLAM Logo Barnstar
[edit]John, Thank you for the barnstar. I really appreciate it. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:16, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
- You're very welcome :) Mrjohncummings (talk) 23:44, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. I've stubbed a few churches in Category:Churches in Gibraltar. Need expansion, you've probably gone home now. Just because the competition is over does this mean that Gibraltarpedia is, or is it intended to be an ongoing thing and plaques gradually added?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 13:36, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
- Dear Dr B
- Nice work on the churches (and everything else), I've ask Toromedia to take some pictures since I'm back in the UK. I hope GibraltarpediA will continue, we aim to put up the plaques fairly soon, when weather allows really, we've got a collapsible table of planned plaques on the front page of Gibraltarpedia. Mrjohncummings (talk) 00:14, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Pie chart
[edit]Very nice pie chart! Can you stick the project's logo in the middle? --Gibmetal 77talk 2 me 22:38, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
Done Mrjohncummings (talk) 22:10, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi John, I thought you might like to know that I'm aiming to have Gibraltar's first FA ready by 11 April - see my comments at User talk:Prioryman#Moorish Gibraltar GA?. I'd be interested in your views. Prioryman (talk) 13:38, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
My first draft of History of Gibraltar is now pretty much done - it's currently just over 9,000 words. I will be going through it to polish it up and add extra references where necessary, but could you please (1) let me have some feedback and (2) add any links where you think they might be pertinent? I've got a GA reviewer lined up and I intend to submit it for GA next weekend, with a view to getting it to GA status by the end of this month and to get it through FAC by the end of March, in time for the 11 April tercentenary of the Treaty of Utrecht. Prioryman (talk) 23:01, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
- First FA in English! (We had one in Finnish) Brilliant Victuallers (talk) 08:30, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
- Amazing, suggestions would be to link to the Gibraltar 1 and Gibraltar 2 articles and check if any more links could be made to other articles, and maybe add a few more illustrative photographs (e.g Europa Point), possibly add a few more places to Key locations in modern Gibraltar. I will ask staff at the Gibraltar Museum for their input, if there is anything specific you don't have an image of please say. Mrjohncummings (talk) 10:37, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks, both of you - I'm pretty much happy with it as it is now, actually, so I'll nominate it for GA today. Tyson and I have both been adding links. I think we've probably got enough images - however, it would definitely be useful if the Museum staff could have a look through it and let me know if I've got anything wrong! Prioryman (talk) 22:54, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
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Nice videos! I added all the ones I could find a wiki article for. Good find! Victuallers (talk) 08:38, 16 April 2013 (UTC) |
- Thanks very much, there's about 200 more and they're adding more videos to the channel at the moment, it's just a case of bandwidth really, I'm using a Firefox pluging called BYTubeD - Bulk YouTube video Downloader which can dowload every video from a specific user. Would be cool to have a program that sideloaded videos rather than having to download them and them upload them again, dont know if this is possible though, maybe through a cloud storage service like dropbox or google drive. Will have a look. Mrjohncummings (talk) 09:35, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
Chadwick's neutron detector
[edit]I wonder if you can help me? I'm looking for a photograph of Chadwick's neutron detector for the article on James Chadwick. It is in the Science Museum in London. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:09, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
- Hi, yes of course, I'll try to get one on Tuesday, I'm working on releasing some images, we took some images at Blythe House small object stores, lots of images here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Blythe_House,_Science_Museum_small_objects_storage Mrjohncummings (talk) 17:55, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
- Any luck? We might be able to put it on the front page. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:39, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
- Afraid not, might be able to get it early next week (away from the museum till then), will try my best Mrjohncummings (talk) 11:02, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
- Chadwick. Neutron detector. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:49, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
- Afraid not, might be able to get it early next week (away from the museum till then), will try my best Mrjohncummings (talk) 11:02, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
- Any luck? We might be able to put it on the front page. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:39, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
- Hi, yes of course, I'll try to get one on Tuesday, I'm working on releasing some images, we took some images at Blythe House small object stores, lots of images here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Blythe_House,_Science_Museum_small_objects_storage Mrjohncummings (talk) 17:55, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi Hawkeye, sorry for not getting back to you, the neutron detector is being stored in a store away from the museum the other side of London in Blythe House, getting access is difficult, even for me as someone who works at the museum. I'm putting together a proposal for the museum to release the images it has of it's objects in storage to commons so that people can easily access them and add them to articles etc. The current system is not really very helpful at all, the museum have released a few videos as trial which is a promising start, also the National Media Museum (another part of the Science Museum Group) have recently released 100s of images under an open license which I've moved over to commons from flickr today.
Mrjohncummings (talk) 19:58, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
- In that case, tell them this: that the humble neutron detector represents the golden age of British science. That when it was made in 1932, there were no less than nine Nobel Prize winners working at the Cavendish Laboratory: Thomson (Physics, 1906), Rutherford (Chemistry, 1908), Aston (Chemistry, 1922), Chadwick (Physics, 1935), Wilson (Physics, 1927), Blackett (Physics, 1948), Cockcroft (Physics, 1951), Walton (Physics, 1951) and Kapitsa (Physics, 1978). That they didn't do their research with multi-million dollar accelerators, they did it with simple but ingenious gadgets literally made from string and sealing wax like the neutron detector. And that it ought to be on display. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:45, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
- I couldn't agree more. I've got this idea that you could use Wikipedia to not only give people information in their own language in museums (something museums don't really have the capacity to do most of the time) but also to show people objects not on display and take them to parts of the museum that are not accessible by the public, both the Science Museum and Natural History Museum can only show a few % of their collection (NHM has something like 70 million specimens). I've built a prototype for the Natural History Museum, the Last Impressions section works fairly well (with some gaps). The links for the objects use QRpedia so it redirects you to the article in your browser's language meaning people can walk round the museum in Korean or French or whatever either actually there or virtually. Mrjohncummings (talk) 21:25, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
Science on Wikipedia
[edit]Hi John, I've noticed that science writing on Wikipedia is often just not as accessible as it could be, and I have been wondering for a while what is to be done about this besides just rewriting everything myself. Wikipedia's science writing in general could surely be greatly improved by greater awareness of the best ways to structure information, and especially how to introduce a topic. This is something I'd hope and expect to see people from the science museums naturally taking a lead on if they're contributing to Wikipedia, but I find myself at a loss for how best to engage the wider Wikipedia community in the project. As Wikimedian in Residence for two of London's science museums, I wondered if you might have any ideas about this?
To give you an idea where I'm coming from, this advice from Everything2 represents the most important lesson I ever learned about writing for a wider audience:
- Start with an introduction which enables the reader to understand what they are going to be reading about. What's so good about this thing? What will it do for me? Why is it important?
- Always bear in mind that it's easy to forget the limits of people's understanding. Be careful when using scientific terminology in your introduction to your topic - you dont want to lose your audience before you've even begun. You need to remember that science is like a foreign language to many people. Put yourself in their shoes - remember that they are reading this because they want to learn, so try to explain in language they will understand.
Cheers!
- Oolong (talk) 21:16, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Oolong
- Sorry for the long time in replying, I wanted to have something to show you when I did, I agree that scientific articles on Wikipedia are not wonderfully helpful for a general audience. I'm hoping there are ways to address this, I think one way would be to better link Wikipedia with it's sister projects, Wikiversity especially (it may even help more people to contribute to it) and possibly even other open knowledge projects like Khan Academy.
- I think videos may be a really nice way of addressing some of these issues, Im hoping to do some videos with people in the museums talking about their specialisms soon. Today the Science Museum released these 3 videos under an open license, I think they're very nice indeed.
- All the best
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[edit]Hello Mrjohncummings, You have written before for the newsletter This Month in GLAM. I see the UK is missing regarding the edition about April 2013, do you perhaps have any idea what GLAM activities were done in the UK in April? Can you perhaps write about those? Or do you know who I can ask to write about it? Thanks! (Deadline of the April edition is 8 May.) You can start writing at the page outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom. If you wish to be informed by e-mail next time, please write me at this page. You can reach me the best at nl-wiki talk page. Greetings - Romaine (talk) 08:03, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
- PS: Certainly also about GLAM-WIKI in London would be nice to read about that. Romaine (talk) 08:19, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
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[edit]Please don't do it. The link is not sufficiently relevant and non-propomotional for any of the articles. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 20:00, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi. I commented regarding the videos at WT:MED. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 10:54, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
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I couldn't help noticing the Muybridge (sp?) photo series that you've uploaded, especially the baseball batter. I'm not sure that he uses modern technique, but it looks similar. It also looks dangerous - do you know what a foul tip is? I also know that these series are often put together into gifs (I don't know how), but see the following
So how do we put the batter into motion?
All the best.
Smallbones(smalltalk) 03:27, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
You mean like this?
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I can make faster ones as well if they're useful? Mrjohncummings (talk) 12:11, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
- WOW! Almost perfect (just slightly faster would be perfect). This is one of the great things about Wikipedia: folks like you! See Batting (baseball). The motion makes a couple of things very clear: it's almost a modern swing - except the footwork is almost non-existant (front foot should lift slightly and move forward - driving off the back leg) and he swings down rather than level or slightly up. Also the suspense of a possible foul tip is incredible, though Muybridge probably didn't realize what he was doing.
- All the best.
- Smallbones(smalltalk) 14:26, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
- These seem a bit better, plus the fist one had a bit of one of the images cut off
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Hello. I am ready to cause chaos and misinformation. --Willkragh (talk) 14:47, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello from training
[edit]Thanks for the training session!
Hello from training
[edit]Thanks for the training session!--B82mo (talk) 14:47, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks!
[edit]Thanks for a useful talk!
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Hello John
[edit]We are learning such a lot today!
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Hi John
[edit]Thanks for the training!--Eamalathas (talk) 09:49, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi there --HelenPietkiewicz (talk) 09:50, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
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Hello!
[edit]Hi John! --Bennyplo (talk) 10:30, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello--Marionadebarcelona (talk) 10:30, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello
[edit]Thanks for today!--Wikisym (talk) 10:30, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
IC Wikipedia Workshop
[edit]Hi John, good Workshop today!--Elialonso (talk) 10:30, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
course on 6/06/13
[edit]Hello John,
--Akulacka (talk) 10:31, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi John
[edit]Hi John --Tk106 (talk) 10:31, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
This is Tim Kimber from the Dept of Computing. Thanks for your talk at the workshop today.
Hello John
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Hello from Claudia
[edit]I'm talking to you now --MountainGoat3 (talk) 10:33, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello
[edit]I am Dr. Sujit Bhattacharya attendee of the Wikipedia course at Imperial.
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hello
[edit]Hello John! --Gn209 (talk) 10:34, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello
[edit]Nice to see you--Adamu 2013 (talk) 10:36, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Query about Notability
[edit]Dear John,
Nice meeting you this morning and the seminar was very interesting and useful. Further to my query on notability, it would be much appreciated if you can check the following page and see if you can remove the notability comment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPRIT_project
Thanks, --Bennyplo (talk) 13:38, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Nice to meet you
[edit]I am glad I had the opportunity to show you around AMNH a bit, and it was very interesting listening to your ideas! Invertzoo (talk) 01:19, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
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50 images from the Science Museum collection
[edit]The Science Museum in London have agreed to release 50 of it's images (at a medium resolution) under a Wikimedia compatible license. Do you have anything in particular you need that they have? Feel free to give me a list if you like. The 2 websites that the images would be available from are:
- http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/
- http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/ (has to say copyright Science Museum)
I'm hoping this is the start of something larger but could just be a one off so am trying to come up with a most wanted list. Please leave your suggestions below (linking to specific pages) --Mrjohncummings (talk) 23:44, 17 June 2013 (UTC)