Category: Wikipedia

• 27.06.2014

This post was written by Jon Davies, Wikimedia UK’s Chief Executive I thought I’d share this with you: ‘Dear Jon … Continue reading "The personal touch"

• 11.06.2014

This post was written by Stevie Benton, Wikimedia UK’s head of external relations, was originally published on the Demos blog here A sense that all citizens of … Continue reading "A model for digital democracy"

• 08.05.2014

At the beginning of 2013, User:WormThatTurned applied for a Wikimedia UK microgrant for resources to improve a host of articles related … Continue reading "Wikimedia UK microgrant leads to Wikipedia Featured Article"

• 30.04.2014

This post was written by Stevie Benton, Wikimedia UK’s Head of External Relations Last week a story broke in the … Continue reading "Responding to recent news about vandalism to Wikipedia"

• 08.04.2014

This post was written by Althea Greenan of the Women’s Art Library at Goldsmiths College How did the Wikipedia editathon come about … Continue reading "Improving Wikipedia coverage of women artists"

• 25.03.2014

This post was initially published by Lorna Campbell of Cetis and is republished here under its CC-BY licence “We are all publishers now, publishing has never been … Continue reading "What I know is…"

• 17.03.2014

Peter Murray-Rust is a chemist at the University of Cambridge and a vocal campaigner for open knowledge. He will be speaking at … Continue reading "Wikipedia and the Digital Enlightenment"

• 18.02.2014

This post was written by Dr Martin Poulter, Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador What are the building blocks or “atoms” of Wikipedia? … Continue reading "One sentence on Wikipedia: a microcosm of information literacy"

• 25.01.2014

Stephen Fry wears many hats – wit, television presenter, actor, writer and geek. He now has a new hat to … Continue reading "Stephen Fry records his voice for Wikipedia"

• 24.01.2014

This post was written by Dr Humphrey Southall, Reader in Geography, University of Portsmouth, written with Dr Martin Poulter, Jisc’s … Continue reading "Telling the stories of rural England with Wikipedia"