Wikipedia in the History Classroom
By Charles West, Lecturer of History and Wikipedia Advocate at the University of Sheffield Wikipedia is the largest encyclopedia in the … Continue reading "Wikipedia in the History Classroom"
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Introducing Wikimedia UK’s new Programme Coordinator
By Hannah Evans, Programme Coordinator Hello out there Wikimedia Community… I’m the new Programme Coordinator for the coming year, working … Continue reading "Introducing Wikimedia UK’s new Programme Coordinator"
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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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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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WikiFeed project to create custom newsfeeds from Wikimedia data
Fako Berkers and Edward Saperia have been working together on a project called “WikiFeed”. It’s a framework that allows you … Continue reading "WikiFeed project to create custom newsfeeds from Wikimedia data"
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Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 winners announced!
Wiki Loves Monuments is the world’s biggest photographic competition and takes place every September. Participants take photos of historic places, … Continue reading "Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 winners announced!"
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Meet our new Membership and Fundraising Officer
I’m Katie Crampton and I’ve started as Wikimedia UK’s Membership, Fundraising and Operations Assistant, and I’d like to take this … Continue reading "Meet our new Membership and Fundraising Officer"
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Saying hello: a new residency with the Scottish Libraries and Information Council
By Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in Residence at SLIC I’m Sara Thomas, aka [[user:lirazelf]], and I’m delighted to have taken up … Continue reading "Saying hello: a new residency with the Scottish Libraries and Information Council"
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Press release: National Library of Wales appoints first ever permanent Wikimedian at a UK cultural institution
From 1 August, the National Library of Wales will employ the UK’s first permanent Wikimedian. As National Wikimedian, Jason Evans … Continue reading "Press release: National Library of Wales appoints first ever permanent Wikimedian at a UK cultural institution"
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Congratulations to our Wikimedians Of The Year!
Every year Wikimedia UK holds the UK Wikimedian of the Year Awards at our Annual General Meeting to recognise the … Continue reading "Congratulations to our Wikimedians Of The Year!"
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