Wikipedia:Meetup/London 4

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The fourth London Wikimeet took place on Sunday the 11th of September, 2005, from 13:00 GMT at a pub called "The Archery Tavern" just to the North-East of Lancaster Gate tube station in West London. Discussion was very wide-ranging, but included the perennial concept of creating a UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Comments

Excellent pub, good food and good beer. And no cricket. I believe the afternoon got more productive the drunker we got - David Gerard 12:42, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Surely the lack of cricket would have been a problem. Don't you Aussies keep up with current events? Never mind, I'll take pity on you and let you in on the result - England regained the Ashes by beating Australia 2-1:) jguk 23:34, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Cricket on the telly in the back room! LoopZilla 08:09, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

are there any pictures up yet?

Well the Spotted dick is up, have a few that came out ok are at User:Justinc/MeetupLondon4. Justinc 22:32, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Many missed the drunken attempt at the pub quiz. We came a clear bottom! Secretlondon 15:15, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Oh dear. I think I'm glad that I managed to run away just before that started. :-)

James F. (talk) 17:42, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Very wise decision... Justinc 22:32, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Some of the questions we got wrong -

• how many years it was since Northern Ireland last beat England in an unspecified sport, and who scorred in the most recent match?,
• identify these celebreties (we identified Richard Wilson, Vic Reeves, Marilyn Manson and a couple of others but we got less than half)
• which two people are planning to row the atlantic naked?
• identifying catchphrases - we got a couple, but we didn't know the ones from pre-1980s TV programs.
• Which US state is known as the Badger state?
• Which element comes directly below Tin on the periodic table?
• What is xphobia a fear of. We got logophobia and a couple of others, we didn't get pantophobia or most of the rest.
• What was the hit song from the 2002 film Monsters Inc?
• Which 19th Century operetas was such-and-such a song from

and many others that I can't remember. We did do all of this without cheating though! Thryduulf 23:22, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

If anyone who was lucky enough to make it fancies writing an article for the Signpost, that would be great. Leave a note in the Newsroom, where there's help on how to make an article. the wub "?/!" 11:12, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

I've finally got around to uploading the photos I took at the meetup (sorry its taken so long). However, my memory for names has let me down, and the captions are in need of attention - you can help! All the images are on the commons (follow the big link on this page) and named in the format Wikimeet-London4-Thryduulf-??.jpg, just go ahead and edit the description page. I will spot your edits on my watchlist, but drop me a note on my talk page here or at the commons if you want. Thryduulf 22:16, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Attenders

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wikimedia meetups in London.

1. James F. (talk)
2. Charles Matthews
3. Secretlondon
4. Buffyg
5. IulianU
6. Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke)
7. Theo (Talk)
8. David Gerard
9. User:Arkady Rose
10. William M. Connolley
11. Kate
12. Edward
13. Thryduulf
14. Justinc
15. Solipsist
16. David | Talk
17. max rspct
18. David.Monniaux
19. JFW | T@lk
20. LoopZilla

Shirkers

1. Morwen Talk - who had accidentally arranged a flatwarming party the previous day
2. Vamp:Willow - who was doing something far more important, being glued to The Ashes test series as she had been all summer and was rewarded by England winning them back! Yay!
3. Tony Sidaway | Talk
4. OwenBlacker
5. Jenblower
6. Nicholas

Unknown

1. Oldak Quill
2. Warofdreams - who was in Cardiff, as suspected, but will be in Birmingham for the next meet-up.
3. Dan100 (Talk)
4. Greaterlondoner

Apologies

1. I'll be thousands of miles away between Aug 1st and Jul 31st. I'm in town on Saturday if you want to bring it forward though! :) Joe D (t) 23:30, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
2. I'll most likely be in Berlin. Angela. 23:07, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
3. Sadly I will in fact be chaving it up in Tenerife. -- Francs2000 | Talk 00:01, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
4. I'm working a long night shift on the Saturday, I really don't fancy my chances of making it unless my shift changes or I get fired. Maybe next time though. Rje 03:50, July 28, 2005 (UTC)
5. Sorry, it would be nice but I have other things planned for then. Maybe next time we'll have a meetup OUTSIDE of London for a change (now there's a radical idea) G-Man 16:43, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

   So organise one ;-p - David Gerard 11:27, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

6. Was looking forward to it, but I have other stuff happening all weekend. Curses. Next time. Telsa 10:15, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
7. Determined to make it to a meetup one of these days, unfortunately not likely to be possible this time however. — Trilobite (Talk) 12:48, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
8. Even though I'm not in London I would have come down for this one but I'm going away the next day and need to prepare for that. As per G-Man's suggestion, I'm well up for organising something further <whisper>north</whisper> of London. Cormaggio 18:13, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

   "North" of London, you say? Hmm. So Brighton's out, is it? OK, OK, you twist my arm. How about Watford? :-) James F. (talk) 23:40, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

   How about Wikipedia:Meetup/Birmingham in January? Responses there rather than here are probably best. —Theo (Talk) 10:01, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

9. Will be at The Oval, jguk 09:32, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
10. Would love to, but probably will be working in Edinburgh... Shimgray 12:57, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
11. MrWeeble - Afraid I am away for that weekend. Maybe next time.
12. Busy preparing for university, sorry. Talrias (t | e | c) 01:33, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
13. I'm sorry, same with me too :-( -- Joolz 08:48, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
14. I can't make it this time, but hope to next year :-(, sorry Craigy (talk) 14:07, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
15. Can't make it, but I hope to get to the next one. the wub "?/!" 15:01, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
16. Sorry ... the cricket is just on such a knife-edge that I'm staying to watch it. Go England! --Vamp:Willow 09:54, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
17. Enchanter 23:28, July 19, 2005 (UTC) Sorry, maybe next time!