My first week as the new Wikimedia Training Intern
Hannah Rothmann is an intern at Edinburgh University, training with our Wikimedian in Residence who is based there, Ewan McAndrew. Hannah wrote this post for the University’s blog.
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A message to our supporters in lockdown
By Lucy Crompton-Reid, Wikimedia UK’s Chief Executive. I hope that you and your loved ones are safe and well during … Continue reading "A message to our supporters in lockdown"
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My first steps in the Wikimedia world – interning with Wikimedia UK & Archeology Scotland
In 2019 Wikimedia UK, Archaeology Scotland and The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland recruited a graduate intern through the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities Internship programme . … Continue reading "My first steps in the Wikimedia world – interning with Wikimedia UK & Archeology Scotland"
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Growing our volunteer community in Scotland
In 2019 we hired Dr Sara Thomas as our Scotland Programme Coordinator. As Sara’s expanded our reach across Scotland, the … Continue reading "Growing our volunteer community in Scotland"
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Yorkshire Editathon championing women in STEM
By Katie Crampton, Wikimedia UK Communications & Governance Assistant We kicked off February in collaboration with University of York with … Continue reading "Yorkshire Editathon championing women in STEM"
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How to run a Wikipedia editathon – for health information professionals at the EAHIL conference
By Ruth Jenkins, Academic Support Librarian at the University of Edinburgh. For some time, Wikipedia has been shown to be … Continue reading "How to run a Wikipedia editathon – for health information professionals at the EAHIL conference"
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Wikipedia in Higher Education… How students are shaping the open web
Co-authored by Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian In Residence at the University of Edinburgh and Jemima John, 4th year undergraduate student at the … Continue reading "Wikipedia in Higher Education… How students are shaping the open web"
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Wikipedia and journalism: researching a Fake News site with Wikipedia as a starting point
By John Lubbock, Communications Coordinator I saw a friend on Facebook share an obvious piece of fake news a few … Continue reading "Wikipedia and journalism: researching a Fake News site with Wikipedia as a starting point"
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How should journalists use Wikipedia?
Wikipedia receives about 18 billion page views per month from around 1.4 billion unique devices. While many people use Wikipedia … Continue reading "How should journalists use Wikipedia?"
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So you’ve decided to become a Wikipedia editor…
By John Lubbock The learning curve when you start editing Wikipedia and its sister projects can be steep. To help … Continue reading "So you’ve decided to become a Wikipedia editor…"
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