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Oxford Wikimedia Meetup Number 46
Date and time: Sunday 22 January 2017. 1.00 pm onwards.
Location: The Four Candles, 51 George Street, Oxford, OX1 2BE.
Attendees
Add your name to this list if you can make it to our forty-sixth meeting. Note that people of all ages and all Wikimedia projects are welcome!
Please also invite any Oxford Wikimedia people you know (or have had wiki dealings with) – spread the word!
- Redrose64 (talk; at English Wikipedia) 23:57, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
- Hopefully. Thryduulf (talk: meta · en.wp · wikidata) 01:27, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
- --Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 23:09, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
- Maproom (talk) 12:19, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
- This time, I hope to be able to make it! − Pintoch (talk) 11:16, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
Hello everyone, Redrose64, Thryduulf, Rubbish computer, Maproom, Pintoch, sorry to tag you all but I have an important request for Wikipedians based in Oxford. I am a member of the Wikiproject Ancient Egypt, and I have been in touch lately with both the Wikimedia UK foundation and the Ashmolean museum concerning an item in their collection, of which we need a photography. This item is an ancient Egyptian scarab bearing the only known attestation of pharaoh Sekheperenre. According to the museum curator and legal advisors, the museum can only release a photography of the seal under fair use licence, which is not sufficient to upload and use on Wikipedia. The only other alternative is that someone goes to the museum to take a picture of the scarab. Thus, I am looking for an Oxford-based Wikipedian willing to go to the museum, find the scarab (I will soon have the info on its exact location but it is currently on display) and upload the photography on Wikicommons. Please let me know if one of you or someone you know is/would be willing to do this for the sake of Wikipedia. I then will provide the photograph with further details on the artefact. Iry-Hor (talk) 15:36, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
Apologies
Agenda
Informal chitchat with no set agenda.
If you have some ideas for discussion topics, please put them below.
About the meet up
A social gathering for Wikimedia enthusiasts, where we...
- Drink coffee and/or beer and some of us have Sunday lunch.
- Chat about Wikipedia and any other topics we fancy.
- Exchange books, maps and other source materials.
Mainly a casual social event. You can expect to meet some very keen Wikipedians; however, this is also an open invitation to anyone interested in finding out more about Wikipedia, other Wikimedia projects, projects re-using Wikipedia, and other collaborative wiki projects. Feel free to come along and raise these discussions over a beer. Alcohol consumption is optional.
Location
The Four Candles is a Wetherspoons pub (Coordinates: 51.7534°, -1.2620°), the name based on the memorable Two Ronnies comic sketch Four Candles. Wifi and food are available.
How to spot us
It's usually easy to find us, look for anyone with a laptop out or a Wikipedia T-shirt, lapel badge or similar. We aim to secure one of the two bench seats behind the stairs, but failing that we'll probably be at one of the high tables between the stairs and the entrance. Bear in mind that we could be upstairs.
Getting there
George Street is in the centre of Oxford not far from the station and very close to the bus station and (for millionaires) the Worcester Street car park.
The nearest railway station is Oxford (10 minutes walk) with frequent services from various places including: Banbury; Birmingham New Street; Didcot; London Marylebone; London Paddington; Oxford Parkway; Reading; Southampton Central; and Worcester Shrub Hill. Didcot is served by trains from various places including: Bristol Temple Meads; and Swindon.
Express coach services also run from Victoria and other points in London to central Oxford, on the "Oxford Tube". Stay on the coach all the way to Gloucester Green, it's just across the road from The Four Candles, which you can see out of the right-hand side of the coach just as it turns into Chain Alley/Gloucester Green.
There are Park-and-Ride car parks at points around the Oxford Ring Road, served by buses along main roads into the centre, on routes 300 (Redbridge - City Centre - Pear Tree) and 400 (Seacourt Oxford railway station - City Centre - Thornhill). The nearest stops are:
- A5 on George Street (Route 300 inwards from Pear Tree and outwards to Redbridge), which is almost outside the front door
- B1 on George Street (Route 300 inwards from Redbridge and outwards to Pear Tree), which is right opposite
- D1 on Park End Street (Route 400 inwards from
SeacourtOxford railway station, outwards to Thornhill) - D5 on Park End Street (Route 400 inwards from Thornhill, outwards to
SeacourtOxford railway station) - E5 on Castle Street (Route 400 inwards from Thornhill, outwards to
SeacourtOxford railway station) - M3 on Castle Street (Route 400 inwards from
SeacourtOxford railway station, outwards to Thornhill)
Stop B1 is also served by buses from Oxford railway station: route 7 from stop R5; routes 14/14A from stop R4. The same routes operate back to the railway station from stop A5.
Reconstruction of the bridge at the south end of Oxford railway station means that the eastern end of Botley Road is closed from 11 April 2023 until at least August 2026 (Oxford Mail). As a result, bus route 400 is running as a split service: Seacourt – Osney Island; and Oxford railway station (stop R1) – City Centre – Thornhill. More information on bus route changes.
On Sundays there is car-parking from £5 in some streets about 1 mile from the centre (e.g. Norham Gardens), and for few pounds more, a little further in. You may need to hunt for a space. Car-parking in town is almost prohibitive for any significant length of time. A temporary congestion charge for cars applies from 29 October 2025.