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Category Archives: Wikipedia
Whatever happened to Henry Wheeler of Bath: tailor, naval signalman, and Desert Island Discs castaway?
Andy Mabbett wonders what became of Henry Wheeler, a wartime “Desert Island Discs” castaway, about whom little is known. Continue reading
Posted in Wikipedia
Tagged Bath, BB, Desert Island Discs, Rotterdam, Royal Navy, wikipedia, World War II
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Help Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons by transcribing small pieces of text
Andy Mabbett invites you to help Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons by transcribing small pieces of text, such as those on images of foundation stones and signposts. Continue reading
Posted in ideas, volunteering, Wikipedia
Tagged foundation stones, gravestones, tasks, text, transcribe, transcription, volunteer, Wikimedia Commons, wikipedia
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What have I been up to, lately?
A round-up of some of Andy Mabbett’s recent activities. Continue reading
Posted in about me, Birmingham, local government, social media, Wikipedia
Tagged Andy Mabbett, Birmingham, BostinCamp, BrewCamp, GalleryCamp13, GLAM, GLAMWiki, Institution of Civil Engineers, Library of Birmingham, Lincoln, local government, Museum Association, New Art Gallery Walsall, OatCakeCamp, OpenStreetMap, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Shropshire County Archives, Si Whitehouse, social media, SotM!3, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Archives and Heritage Service, Walsall, Wikimedia, Wikimedia Commons, WikimediaUK, wikipedia, Wikipedian in Residence
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For I’m a Jolly Good Fellow (of the RSA)
Andy Mabbett has accepted the nomination to become a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Continue reading
Posted in about me, humour, open data, social media, Wikipedia
Tagged FRSA, open data, Royal Society, Royal Society of Arts, RSA, social media, The Strand
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My interview, about Wikipedia, with Jamillah Knowles, for BBC Radio 5 Live’s ‘Outriders’
Andy Mabbett was interviewed, about Wikipedia, by Jamillah Knowles, for BBC Radio 5 Live’s ‘Outriders’. Continue reading
Posted in about me, Wikipedia
Tagged Andy Mabbett, bbc, Jamillah Knowles, jemimah_knight, Outriders, pigsonthewing, QRpedia, Radio 5 Live, Staffordshire Archives and Heritage Service, The King of Rome, twitter:user=jemimah_knight, Twitter:user=pigsonthewing, wikipedia, Wikipedian in Residence
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Open Up Your Content – a piece written for Hyperlocal West Midlands
Andy Mabbett wrote about Open Content for the Hyperlocal West Midlands unconference. Continue reading
Posted in hyperlocal, local government, social media, Wikipedia
Tagged Creative Commons, Dan Slee, flickr, hyperlocal, Hyperlocal West Midlands, HyperWM, Kate Sahota, Liz O'nions, moral rights, open content, open licence, redistribute, remix, reuse, revise, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Si Whitehouse, Twitter:user=808kate, twitter:user=danslee, Twitter:user=siwhitehouse, unconference, wikipedia
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Requesting open-licensed, open-format recordings of the voices of Wikipedia subjects for Wikimedia Commons
Andy Mabbett asks people who are the subject of Wikipedia biographies to provide a short recording of their spoken voice, under an open licence. Other people can contribute sound recordings to Wikimedia Commons, too. Continue reading
Posted in ideas, open data, Wikipedia
Tagged Andrew Gray, audio, British Library, free content, media, Ogg Vorbis, open content, open licence, sound, Voice intro project, Wikimedia Commons, wikipedia
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