That’s how poet Sir John Betjeman once famously described the picturesque town of Stamford, Lincolnshire. Wikimedians recently had the chance … Continue reading "New editor training in “the finest stone town in England”"
arrow_forwardJames Forrester of the Wikimedia Foundation made the below announcement about the first stage implementation of a visual editor for … Continue reading "Wikipedia’s Visual Editor comes one step nearer"
arrow_forwardThis morning The Times ran a story about how staff at the public relations firm RLM Finsbury edited the Wikipedia article on Alisher Usmanov … Continue reading "In response to today’s news articles in The Times and The Daily Telegraph about PR editing of Wikipedia"
arrow_forwardThis post was written by Wikimedia UK Associate Dr Martin Poulter Misconceptions about health are common throughout the world. For … Continue reading "Bringing evidence-based medicine to the world"
arrow_forwardYou may think that Wikimedia UK focuses solely on the English Wikipedia. However, we seek to support all language Wikipedias, … Continue reading "Working with the Welsh language Wikipedia"
arrow_forwardAs around 1,000 international Wikimedians gathered in Washington, D.C, for Wikimania 2012 , an historic landmark was reached today as the English language Wikipedia recorded … Continue reading "English language Wikipedia hits 4 million articles!"
arrow_forwardThe Russian language Wikipedia is blacked out today in response to a proposed law “on information”. The decision was taken … Continue reading "Russian language Wikipedia blacked out for 10 July protest"
arrow_forwardDavid Gerard, a prominent Wikipedian and Wikimedia UK volunteer, took part in a live debate on the relationship between Wikipedia … Continue reading "UK Wikipedian debates Wikipedia’s relationship with PR industry"
arrow_forwardAccording to recent research that has been shared with Wikimedia UK, use of Wikipedia for medical information is almost universal among … Continue reading "Doctors use, but don’t rely totally on, Wikipedia"
arrow_forwardBelow is an opinion piece written by Steve Virgin, a UK Wikipedian. It was originally published in the New Statesman . Over … Continue reading "Why Wikipedia was blacked out for a day"
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