WikiCite conference 2018
By Jason Evans, National Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales Imagine a world in which anyone could use an … Continue reading "WikiCite conference 2018"
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Mozfest 2018 roundup: how Wikimedia UK has been engaging with other Open organisations
Wikimedia UK has been attending Mozilla’s conference in London for a few years now, as we attempt to build deeper … Continue reading "Mozfest 2018 roundup: how Wikimedia UK has been engaging with other Open organisations"
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From Spreadsheet to Wikidata with QuickStatements
By Charles Matthews, Wikimedian in Residence at ContentMine With the end of October, Wikidata’s birthday comes round once more, and … Continue reading "From Spreadsheet to Wikidata with QuickStatements"
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Science Source seeks to improve reliable referencing on Wikipedia’s medical articles
Science Source is a new project by ContentMine which builds on their previous work on WikiFactMine , which wanted to ‘make … Continue reading "Science Source seeks to improve reliable referencing on Wikipedia’s medical articles"
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A multilingual infobox for Wikimedia Commons categories | By Mike Peel
Mike Peel is a UK Wikimedian who is running a session on the development of multilingual infoboxes on Wikimedia Commons … Continue reading "A multilingual infobox for Wikimedia Commons categories | By Mike Peel"
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Tech dive – Alex Monk on implementing secure certificates across Wikimedia domains
Background This report assumes that you know basically what HTTPS is, among other things. ‘We’ is used liberally in this … Continue reading "Tech dive – Alex Monk on implementing secure certificates across Wikimedia domains"
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A look back at the 2018 hackathon in Barcelona
Wikimedia UK staff couldn’t be in Barcelona at the end of May for the annual Wikimedia hackathon – we had … Continue reading "A look back at the 2018 hackathon in Barcelona"
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Structured Data on Commons is the most important development in Wikimedia’s usability
By John Lubbock, Communications Coordinator Wikimedia Commons is one of the most important sources of Creative Commons licensed media online. … Continue reading "Structured Data on Commons is the most important development in Wikimedia’s usability"
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Talking to Creative Commons’ Ryan Merkley about CC Search and Structured Data on Commons
CC Search beta was launched in February. This new tool incorporates ‘list-making features, and simple, one-click attribution to make it easier to credit … Continue reading "Talking to Creative Commons’ Ryan Merkley about CC Search and Structured Data on Commons"
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Wikipedia over Tor? Alec Muffett experiments with an Onion Wikipedia site
Alec Muffett, a director of the Open Rights Group and an ex-Facebook, now Deliveroo software engineer, has created a Wikipedia … Continue reading "Wikipedia over Tor? Alec Muffett experiments with an Onion Wikipedia site"
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