Category Archives: wikimedia foundation

times-they-are-a-changin’

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Liam Wyatt

After nearly a year down,  my blog is finally alive again! My “GLAM Fellowship” with the Wikimedia Foundation concluded at the end of 2011, and as a result the beginning of 2012 has seen lots of changes for me, so I … Continue reading →

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Clamour for GLAMour

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Liam Wyatt

A couple of weeks ago it was announced on the Wikimedia Foundation blog, that I had been given a one year fellowship to focus on Cultural Partnerships within the Wikiverse – informally known as “GLAM fellow”. Not surprisingly, I think … Continue reading →

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Let the Fundraiser begin

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Liam Wyatt

This is the first time I’ve visited the Wikimedia Foundation offices in their current location. It’s always lovely to be able to see a physical manifestation of the Wikiverse (be it at a meetup or Wikimania etc.) but to see … Continue reading →

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Storytelling

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Liam Wyatt

A couple of days ago I spent some time talking with the good people at Fenton Communication who were selected to help the Wikimedia Foundation in the Credibility Campaign. The purpose of this campaign relates somewhat to a post I … Continue reading →

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Fundraising Structure

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Liam Wyatt

Questions: Should Wikimedia Chapters fundraise? How should the money raised be distributed between and amongst the Wikimedia Foundation and the Chapters? Assuming that running this thing we call the Wikimedia Movement costs money, lots of money, the question follows – … Continue reading →

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silly little vision things

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Liam Wyatt

Whilst I try to pull my thoughts together post-wikimania here are a couple of silly little things I picked up. 1) I was trying to work out what the minimum standard is of what everyone in the Wikimedia world agrees … Continue reading →

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Charity? Really?!

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Liam Wyatt

In the last few weeks I’ve been laughed at several times. Openly, with ridicule. When introduced to new people they invariably ask me what I do and so I try to explain as quickly as I can the difference between … Continue reading →

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A beginning

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Liam Wyatt

Thanks to the efforts of Brianna and Tawker I now have a functional website. It is with pleasure that I can now declare that ceci EST un blog! And, since I’ll be talking almost exclusively about Wikimedia related things I’ve … Continue reading →

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