Recording heritage sites in danger with Wikipedia
I was scrolling Twitter when I came across a video of a fighter in Syria wasting ammunition to destroy an … Continue reading "Recording heritage sites in danger with Wikipedia"
arrow_forwardCategory: Wikimedia Commons
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"
arrow_forward
UK Election Maps shared on Open Licenses are added to Commons
One account I follow on Twitter which produces very useful political maps is @ElectionMapsUK. I saw the account tweeting recently … Continue reading "UK Election Maps shared on Open Licenses are added to Commons"
arrow_forward
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"
arrow_forward
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"
arrow_forward
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?"
arrow_forward
US Second World War propaganda films migrated to Commons
Victor Grigas, a video producer and storyteller who has worked with the Wikimedia Foundation for a number of years, posted on … Continue reading "US Second World War propaganda films migrated to Commons"
arrow_forward
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"
arrow_forward
Increasing diverse content on Wikimedia projects with UK music festivals and labels
I’ve been doing some outreach to various UK music festivals and labels to encourage them to release content on their … Continue reading "Increasing diverse content on Wikimedia projects with UK music festivals and labels"
arrow_forward
Bunhill Fields: Wikimedia, gamification and richer media content
I really like Magnus Manske’s WikiShootMe tool. It visualises Wikidata items, Commons photos and Wikipedia articles on an OpenStreetMap. Wikidata items … Continue reading "Bunhill Fields: Wikimedia, gamification and richer media content"
arrow_forward