By Lucy Crompton-Reid | With a decision on whether or not Wikipedia will be considered a category 1 service under … Continue reading "Wikimedia UK and the Online Safety Act: A deep dive into the story so far"
arrow_forward High Court’s ruling on the Wikimedia Foundation‘s challenge to the UK Online Safety Act Categorisation Regulations Update: On Monday 11 … Continue reading "Wikimedia UK Statement: Online Safety Act Categorisation Regulations"
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A call to action has been made to the UK’s cultural heritage sector to build a unified digital collection, or … Continue reading "Unlocking the potential of digital collections – a call to action"
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Sheila McKechnie Foundation (SMK) in collaboration with Wikimedia UK, have launched an open access toolkit which empowers people to campaign … Continue reading "Announcing the Changemakers’ Toolkit: your go-to, free training resource for campaigners, activists, and changemakers of all kinds"
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Last week I had the pleasure of facilitating an online meeting for members of our community to help shape the … Continue reading "Talking strategy with Wikimedia UK’s community"
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By John Lubbock, Wikimedia UK Communications Coordinator There are currently 1144 admins on the English language Wikipedia, of whom 501 are active as editors , though not … Continue reading "Does Wikipedia have enough administrators?"
arrow_forwardLast week there were two letters to The Times newspaper on the issue of copyright reform and freedom of panorama. … Continue reading "The Freedom to Photograph must be upheld – letters to The Times"
arrow_forwardEvery day, millions of Europeans are breaking copyright law. Due to an obscure rule known as Freedom of Panorama, those … Continue reading "UK at risk of losing Freedom of Panorama"
arrow_forwardThis post was written by Stevie Benton, Head of External Relations This morning I attended the launch of Open Up! … Continue reading "Report from the Speaker’s Commission on Digital Democracy"
arrow_forwardThe UK’s Intellectual Property Office last week announced the launch of a new orphan works licensing scheme . This allows individuals and institutions wishing to use a work of intellectual … Continue reading "Response to the new IPO orphan works licensing scheme"
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