Blog

• 07.01.2025
• • Diversity
  • Events
  • Gender gap
  • Other open groups

By Athina Petsou, volunteer and student The “Revisiting Cyberfeminism” event took place in Berlin from December 7th to 8th, 2024, … Continue reading “Revisiting cyberfeminism”

• 01.01.2025
• • Just for fun

New Year New Edit!  As we close the door on 2024, what are your Wiki New Year’s Resolutions for 2025? … Continue reading “Wiki Resolutions 2025”

• 20.12.2024
• • Cymru
  • Events
  • Ireland
  • Languages
  • Scotland

By Richard Nevell, Programme Manager for Wikimedia UK In late September, Wikimedians from as far away as Malaysia gathered in … Continue reading “Looking back at the 2024 Celtic Knot Conference”

• 17.12.2024
• • Just for fun
  • UK community

By Dr Richard Nevell, Programme Manager for Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK organises the UK Wikimedian of the Year Awards to … Continue reading “The 2024 UK Wikimedian of the Year Awards”

• 12.12.2024
• • Events
  • UK community

On Saturday 23rd November we were thrilled to host our 2024 Community Celebration. It was a chance for our community … Continue reading “WMUK 2024 Community Celebration – videos and resources”

• 09.12.2024
• • Academia
  • Education
  • Higher Education
  • Training

By the Durham Wiki Volunteering Project The Wikimedia Project at Durham University has been a remarkable journey of collaboration, learning, and … Continue reading “Durham University Wikimedia Project – students supporting students”

• 28.11.2024
• • GLAM network
  • GLAM-WIKI
  • Libraries
  • Museums
  • Policy
  • Research

A call to action has been made to the UK’s cultural heritage sector to build a unified digital collection, or … Continue reading “Unlocking the potential of digital collections – a call to action”

• 27.11.2024
• • Training
  • UK community

By Rupal Karia, Outreach and Community Coordinator for Wikimedia UK We currently have 62 trainers in 33 different locations across … Continue reading “Developing community leaders – investing in our Trainers”

• 15.10.2024
• • Libraries
  • Staff

Wikimedia UK is excited to announce our relocation to new offices at the prestigious British Library. The new office space … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK moves into new offices at the British Library”

• 14.10.2024
• • Events
  • UK community

Sign up to attend We’d like to invite our members and wider UK community to the Wikimedia UK 2024 Community Celebration , taking place on Saturday 23rd November, 11-1pm. … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK Community Celebration 2024”

• 01.10.2024
• • Events
  • UK community

We are excited to announce that nominations are open for the 2024 UK Wikimedian of the Year Awards.  We are … Continue reading “Wikimedian of the Year Awards 2024 – nominations now open”

• 19.09.2024
• • Events
  • Inter-chapter
  • Staff
  • UK community
  • Wikimania

Wikimania is an annual conference where Wikimedians and open knowledge advocates can meet to share knowledge, network, and learn from … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK at Wikimania 2024”

• 21.06.2024
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Diversity
  • Knowledge Equity

Earlier this year, the Commonwealth Faith Festival , a partnership between the Commonwealth and the Khalili Foundation to foster peace-building through faith, was … Continue reading “Let’s culturally diversify the Internet”

• 29.05.2024
• • Staff

We’re very pleased to introduce Wikimedia UK’s new Head of Development and Communications, Belvin Tawuya. Belvin will oversee the development, … Continue reading “Welcome Belvin Tawuya, our new Head of Development and Communications”

• 17.05.2024
• • Research
  • Wikipedia

Nick Sheppard, Open Research Advisor at Leeds University and winner of Wikimedian of the Year Award 2023, and Martin Poulter, … Continue reading “New guidance for researchers on Wikimedia and open research”