User talk:Jonathan Cardy (WMUK)


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Knole

Thank you for your messages, Jonathan - much appreciated. I'm going to be looking at Wiki shortly, so would appreciate all the guidance I can get! One of my friends works in the cultural sector and has had lots of dealings with Wikipedia both in terms of writing and editing articles, so he has explained the absolute requirement of neutrality and external sources.

I'm sure the NT would be more than happy to work with Wikipedians - if you like I can put you in touch with the Marketing Manager at Knole who would, I think, be the best bet for advice on this? I realise Wiki is NOT a marketing / advertising tool (see above!) BUT all info passes through this department in terms of research, etc.

Hope I am able to get my signature correct - again, please bear with me as this is my second post on Wiki - I will get the hang of it!

Thank you again,

LynnMP1969 (talk) 17:37, 25 June 2013 (UTC)User:Lynn Hickson (LynnMP1969)[reply]

Thanks Lynn, we generally prefer to deal with the curators rather than the marketers. Would that be possible? Jonathan Cardy (WMUK) (talk) 16:31, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Afternoon, Jonathan. Sorry, I meant that she would be the best person to talk to as she knows everyone - she knows how the NT / Knole works, the different departments, etc, so she can very much direct you to the right people for Wiki collaboration. Please let me know if you'd like her contact details to discuss how it all works at the organisation - I'm afraid as a volunteer I really don't have this information. Look forward to hearing from you, and many thanks again. LynnMP1969 (talk) 17:28, 27 June 2013 (UTC)Lynn[reply]

Thanks Lynn. My Email address is Jonathan.Cardy at Wikimedia.org.uk. I would be happy to talk to her. Jonathan Cardy (WMUK) (talk) 10:52, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about Thursday

I completely failed to attend on Thursday. That's utterly stupid of me. I thought it was today and during the day. You can't have assumptions without "ass", and I seem to have been an utter ass this week in making assumptions without checking the wiki. If it's any consolation, I was lying on my sofa in agonising pain on Thursday, so I probably wouldn't have made it. I hope the editathon went well! —Tom Morris (talk) 06:53, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tom, you were missed, but in a nice way, we thought you'd have enjoyed it, and luckily there were no great IT problems other than our failure to find the delete key on the office's small Samsung PC. Glad you are feeling better and hope perhaps to see you tomorrow along with one of the other people who couldn't make it because of illness - perhaps there is a bug around? ϢereSpielChequers 07:03, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ada's Angel Award

Ada Lovelace Award
Thank you for all of the effort you put into the Ada Lovelace events in October 2013. This is an award for coordinating the Conway Hall event in UK and for inspiring people to join the edit-a-thon --Daria Cybulska (WMUK) (talk) 14:06, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Signpost

Hey Jonathan, I took your note you put in this week's ITM and moved it into "News and notes", which will be put on-wiki shortly! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:41, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I did the same thing this week; see Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-04-23/News and notes#In brief. I hope that's alright! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 16:59, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Clontarf Editathon

Hi, Jonathan. I've signed up for this. I am an experienced editor but I have absolutely no experience in editathons. I have two questions I want to ask you – a general and a specific question.

  1. When a large number of people are editing at the same time, how do you avoid edit conflicts? Especially when two or more people want to add a substantial amount of content to the same paragraph or section that covers the same ground but is differently worded and referenced, how do you resolve that?
  2. Having read the article, I believe that it is in extremely poor condition, and needs to be re-written from scratch rather than simply added to or referenced. Would if be better for me to (a) announce this at the start, and you could then brainstorm or, alternatively, assign different sections to people to write, (b) bring my re-write as a text file and do it at the start, rather than overwrite all the minor edits that people will be doing to the existing article, or (c) do my re-write in advance, with an appropriate notice on the talk page, so that it will be the new text that you will be starting off with? My instinct is to do the last, but it feels a bit like cheating to do a major re-write before the editathon starts. Regards, Scolaire (talk) 11:06, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Scolaire, we now have User:Mrjohncummings attending as well as you, he has run such events before and I'm sure the pair of you should be sufficient for the number of new editors signing up. We learned the hard way over edit conflicts, the first editathon that I went to was at the British Museum re the Hoxne Hoard, we had twenty or so people collaborating on one article. What we now do is have several articles involved in an editathon, and we try to go for cafe style seating so that each small table collaborates on one article. Don't restrain yourself about editing in advance, we certainly aren't trying to limit this to stuff happening in those three hours. The only thing I would request is that you don't start any redlinked ones in advance as starting an article is a great training exercise for newbies. Jonathan Cardy (WMUK) (talk) 12:08, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That's fine. I'll restrict myself to editing the main article. Thanks for the prompt response. Scolaire (talk) 17:03, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to participate

Hello Jonathan Cardy (WMUK), On the German-language Wikipedia the community has introduced a system for several years in what users conform that they have met other users in real life. This system was created to create more trust between users and thus creating a better and nicer place to work on the wiki. On the German-language Wikipedia it is a huge success and I translated almost everything of this tool in English so that also users from other Wikipedias can use it. It only makes sense to sign up into the system if you have met at least three other users in person. We have met and you have been several occasions where you have met other Wikimedians, so that shouldn't be a problem. You can sign up for the tool, after three other users confirm they have met you, you can confirm other users yourself. About this system, more information can be found at Wikipedia:Personal acquaintances. In the green section are the instructions. On Wikipedia:Personal acquaintances/Participants will grow a list of participants who are active in the English speaking parts of the world. It would be great if would you sign up! :-) Greetings - Romaine (talk) 15:43, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

PS: On the German-language Wikipedia, everything is translated into English, but you need perhaps to set your preferences on English to show it in this language. Romaine (talk) 15:43, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Portsmouth meetup #2

Further to our earlier discussion, coordination of a museum or other visit to coincide with the second Portsmouth meetup will happen at m:Talk:Meetup/Portsmouth/2. Chris McKenna (WMUK) (talk) 15:47, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Kathleen Courtney listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Kathleen Courtney. Since you had some involvement with the Kathleen Courtney redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. gobonobo + c 18:54, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Journals question

Which journal should I try for if I want access to the archives of the Los Angeles Times? There are a number of LA-related articles I think could be improved with access to those. pbp 00:18, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Purplebackpack89, I'm afraid the colonies are a little outside my expertise. May I suggest you file a query at Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Journals? It may take a few days but if anyone here knows they will probably be watchlisting that page. Jonathan Cardy (WMUK) (talk) 18:02, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Meetup invite


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Pelican Books

Hello. Would it be possible to have Kempe, Helen Kerr. The Pelican Guide to Old Homes of Mississippi: Columbus and the North. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company. 1977.? I requested it and just seen that you are in charge of an agreement with Pelican Books...Is that the same publisher and could they send me a PDF? Very useful to add more referenced content about historical houses in North Mississippi. Please ping me or reply on my talkpage (or e-mail me). Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 02:57, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Wikipedians who have been given a Pelican book has been nominated for discussion

Category:Wikipedians who have been given a Pelican book, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. VegaDark (talk) 04:02, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]