User talk:Hughcharlesparker/2009

Wikimedia UK Newsletter - January 2009 Issue
Summary: We lead with the exciting news that we are now recognised as Wikimedia UK by the Wikimedia Foundation. This means that we can shortly open a bank account and approve membership applications. Planning is also underway for a new website and for the upcoming Annual General Meeting. Meanwhile, we continue to support Wikipedia Loves Art, which will launch on 1st February and the bid to hold Wikimania 2010 in Oxford, and bring news of recent and upcoming meet-ups.

In this month's newsletter:
 * WMF approval and chapter formation process
 * New website
 * Annual General Meeting
 * Wikipedia Loves Art
 * Oxford Wikimania bid
 * Meet-ups

''Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL.''

Delivered by Mike Peel (talk) 20:03, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK Newsletter - February 2009 Issue
Summary: The chapter is now up and running, and we have now opened our bank account. We have a new website, and are putting plans in place for the first Annual General Meeting. Meanwhile, February has seen the successful Wikipedia Loves Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum, bidding to host Wikimania 2010 has opened, and the Government's Intellectual Property consultation has closed. We also bring the regular news of meet-ups, and a new feature highlighting press coverage of Wikimedia in the UK.

In this month's newsletter:
 * 1) Chapter formation process
 * 2) Website
 * 3) Annual General Meeting
 * 4) Wikipedia Loves Art
 * 5) Oxford Wikimania bid
 * 6) IP consultation
 * 7) Meet-ups
 * 8) News coverage

''Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL.''

Delivered by Mike Peel (talk) 20:07, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK Newsletter - March 2009 Issue
Summary: With everything in place for the chapter, other than charity status, we have organised the first Annual General Meeting - your chance to influence the chapter's future and stand for the board. The bid to hold Wikimania 2010 in Oxford is coming on nicely. We also bring you the usual details of meet-ups and news coverage, and details of how to propose a project, and possibly get funding.

In this month's newsletter:
 * 1) Chapter formation process
 * 2) Annual General Meeting and Board elections
 * 3) Oxford Wikimania bid
 * 4) Project funding
 * 5) Meet-ups
 * 6) News coverage

''Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL.''

Newsletter delivered by Mike Peel (talk) 18:24, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK Newsletter - April 2009 Issue
Summary: Wikimedia UK has held it's first AGM! The AGM included numerous speakers talking about a wide range of topics, ranging from collaboration with the BBC to reaching out around the world with Wikipedia on a DVD! A number of official actions were also taken - including the passing of six Resolutions, the election of the new seven-person Board, and the first new Board meeting! Also this month, an overview of the Chapters meeting in Berlin, of which two of our number were present, and details of the upcoming meetups this month!

In this month's newsletter:
 * 1) Annual General Meeting
 * 2) New Board
 * 3) Chapters Meeting
 * 4) Meet-ups

''Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL.'' —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skenmy (talk • contribs) 19:25, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK Newsletter - May 2009 Issue
Summary: Whilst our application to HMRC has not yet been successful, we're after your views on the proposed New Chapters' Agreement, your suggestions for a Wikimedia UK conference next year and your ideas for initiatives to start! We also bring you updates on Wikipedia Loves Art, Other Chapters' Activities, Meet-ups and Press coverage.

In this month's newsletter:
 * 1) HMRC Application Status
 * 2) New Chapters' Agreement
 * 3) Wikimania 2010 (and beyond!)
 * 4) Initiatives
 * 5) Wikipedia Loves Art
 * 6) Other Chapters' Activities
 * 7) Meet-ups
 * 8) Press coverage

''Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL.''

Delivered by Mike Peel (talk) 20:25, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK Newsletter - June 2009 Issue
Summary: This month, we have details on our response to HMRC, updates on our Initiatives and Membership drives, as well as our regular sections on Press Coverage, Upcoming Meetups, and activities from the other WMF Chapters around the globe. We're also pleased to announce that we now have a Paypal account! We also want your input on the future of this newsletter - get involved! We are hoping to get the July issue out very early in July in order to fit with our new distribution schedule, so don't be surprised to see two newsletters in quick succession.

In this month's newsletter:
 * 1) HMRC Response
 * 2) Initiatives
 * 3) Membership Drive
 * 4) PayPal
 * 5) Press Coverage
 * 6) Other Chapters' Activities
 * 7) Meet-ups
 * 8) Newsletter Feedback

''Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL.''

Wikimedia UK Newsletter - July 2009 Issue
Summary: This month, we bring exciting news about our Wikimedia Foundation Grant, as well as news on our chapter Initiatives (get involved!) and our opt-out of Phorm. We also talk about Business Cards, a recent interview of our Secretary for use in university courses and Wikimania 2013 - which seems a long way off! We also include our regular features of chapter activities from around the globe, press coverage, and meetups!

In this month's newsletter:
 * Wikimedia Foundation Grant
 * Chapter Initiatives
 * Phorm
 * Business Cards
 * Wikimania 2013
 * Wikipedia in universities
 * Other Chapters' Activities
 * Press Coverage
 * Meet-ups

''Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL.''

'' Delivered by Mike Peel (talk) 20:13, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Notability of political parties
Can you help me please? On the discussion page of the list of political parties you say that pretty much everyone is agreed that "The electoral register is a reliable source (obviously), and any party listed on it gets an entry on this page" I have tried untill i am blue in the face to get someone else to add Best of a Bad Bunch to the list of parties. Partly because I did not want to be charged with self promotion and partly because i dont really know what i am doing. Absolutely no one offered to help. In desperation I tried to edit it myself. A day later my edit had been undone by someone that clearly has not read the discussion page on the grounds of notability and self promotion. I have asked for help on the discussions page weeks ago..... not a peep. I have tried to find help on freenet chat and no one has the guts to undo the deletion because of the numnber of stupid barnstars the deleter has got on his user page. I am about at the point now where i am going to do that myself and get involved in a do/undo war that i can not possibly win and all i am trying to do is update an out of date list. There has to be a better way. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.5.92.33 (talk) 11:21, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

I have just realised that i was not logged in when i left that message. andylear —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andylear (talk • contribs) 16:26, 23 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi Andylear. Sorry for the delay - I'm not on wikipedia that much these days.


 * In the discussion you're referring to, at Talk:List of political parties in the United Kingdom, I said that I thought an entry in the electoral register was enough to get listed on that page. I no longer think that's true, since all one has to do to get added to the electoral register is send a few quid to the electoral commission.  I think to meet Wikipedia's notability criteria, you'd have to find at least one other third-party source as well.  --Hugh Charles Parker (talk - contribs) 10:59, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK Newsletter - August 2009 Issue
Summary: Our Initiatives are starting to be developed - please get involved! In this newsletter, we also announce the results and prizes for Wikipedia Loves Art, and we bring you the latest on our Charity status application, in addition to our regular features on Other Chapters' Activities, recent Press Coverage and recent and upcoming Meet-ups.

In this month's newsletter:
 * Initiatives
 * Wikipedia Loves Art prizes
 * Charity status update
 * Other Chapters' Activities
 * Press Coverage
 * Meet-ups

''Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL.''

Delivered by Mike Peel (talk) 08:30, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (File:XtrilogyDVD.jpg)
 Thanks for uploading File:XtrilogyDVD.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. FileBot (talk) 06:18, 21 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I didn't upload it, I shrunk it because it was too big as an non-free file. I've left a bug report at User talk:FileBot.  --Hugh Charles Parker (talk - contribs) 10:47, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK Newsletter - September 2009 Issue
Summary: This month, our Initiatives Director explains our Initiatives, we update you on our Membership (including some new benefits for members!), keep you informed on our Charity Status application, and update you with our regular sections regarding Other Chapters' Activities, Press Coverage, and UK Meet-ups!

In this month's newsletter:
 * Initiatives
 * Membership
 * Charity status update
 * Other Chapters' Activities
 * Press Coverage
 * Meet-ups

''Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL.''

Delivered by Mike Peel (talk) 12:34, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Josephine Harrison


The article Josephine Harrison has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * only assertion of notability as a candidate who... definitely didn't win. So to be mentioned for sure in the constituency article, but no evidence of meriting her own

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing  will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Saalstin (talk) 16:09, 5 October 2009 (UTC)