As 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"
arrow_forwardThis is a statement issued by Roger Bamkin, Chair of Wikimedia UK: As I am sure you know, the English … Continue reading "Wikimedia UK community supports worldwide Wikipedia black-out"
arrow_forwardOn Thursday 1st September, two Martins from Wikimedia UK ( MartinPoulter and Martinvl ) visited the Institute of Physics building in London to train IoP members in contributing to Wikipedia . This … Continue reading "Wikimedia UK at the Institute of Physics"
arrow_forwardWe all know how to use Wikipedia, right? Just do a search in your favourite search engine, and the relevant … Continue reading "Six unorthodox ways to use Wikipedia"
arrow_forwardFor the last two weeks Wikimedia UK has been running a competition in partnership with the Derby Museum. So far, … Continue reading "Join the Wright Challenge!"
arrow_forwardThe Wikipedia Contribution Team was founded in 2010 to help with the Wikimedia Fundraiser and to help encourage people to edit and build community spirit. … Continue reading "Join the Wikipedia Contribution Team in their Recruitment Drive"
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