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Mozfest 2018 roundup: how Wikimedia UK has been engaging with other Open organisations
Wikimedia UK has been attending Mozilla’s conference in London for a few years now, as we attempt to build deeper … Continue reading “Mozfest 2018 roundup: how Wikimedia UK has been engaging with other Open organisations”
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Green Men & Gargoyles: The Dumfries Stonecarving Project
Scotland Programme Coordinator Sara Thomas is working with tara s Beall, of the Dumfries Historic Buildings Trust, to support their … Continue reading “Green Men & Gargoyles: The Dumfries Stonecarving Project”
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Wikipedia’s photo competition Wiki Loves Monuments announces 2018 winners
The winners of the UK section of the world’s biggest photo contest Wiki Loves Monuments have just been announced, with … Continue reading “Wikipedia’s photo competition Wiki Loves Monuments announces 2018 winners”
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‘Can my business have a Wikipedia page?’
So you’re a business. You’ve got a company that’s number #3 in the UK at making spoons, or something like … Continue reading “‘Can my business have a Wikipedia page?’”
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From Spreadsheet to Wikidata with QuickStatements
By Charles Matthews, Wikimedian in Residence at ContentMine With the end of October, Wikidata’s birthday comes round once more, and … Continue reading “From Spreadsheet to Wikidata with QuickStatements”
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How to run a Wikipedia editathon – for health information professionals at the EAHIL conference
By Ruth Jenkins, Academic Support Librarian at the University of Edinburgh. For some time, Wikipedia has been shown to be … Continue reading “How to run a Wikipedia editathon – for health information professionals at the EAHIL conference”
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Science Source seeks to improve reliable referencing on Wikipedia’s medical articles
Science Source is a new project by ContentMine which builds on their previous work on WikiFactMine , which wanted to ‘make … Continue reading “Science Source seeks to improve reliable referencing on Wikipedia’s medical articles”
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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”
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GB1900 Project Launch: The Historically Open Gazetteer of Great Britain
Earlier this month, I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Project Launch of of GB1900; the first ever … Continue reading “GB1900 Project Launch: The Historically Open Gazetteer of Great Britain”
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OER18, FLOSS UK and CELT Conference Reflections
By Lorna M. Campbell, University of Edinburgh Earlier this spring I was honoured to be invited to keynote at three … Continue reading “OER18, FLOSS UK and CELT Conference Reflections”
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Celtic Knot 2018 – How can Wikidata support minority language Wikipedias
By Delphine Dallison, Wikimedian in Residence at the Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC) At the beginning of July, I … Continue reading “Celtic Knot 2018 – How can Wikidata support minority language Wikipedias”
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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”
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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”
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Tech dive – Alex Monk on implementing secure certificates across Wikimedia domains
Background This report assumes that you know basically what HTTPS is, among other things. ‘We’ is used liberally in this … Continue reading “Tech dive – Alex Monk on implementing secure certificates across Wikimedia domains”
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Register for our AGM and help to shape the future of Wikimedia UK
Our Annual General Meeting is an important opportunity for Wikimedia UK to report to its members on the progress we … Continue reading “Register for our AGM and help to shape the future of Wikimedia UK”
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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”
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