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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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Nominate your Wikimedian of 2018
It has come to that time of year when we’re taking in nominations for Wikimedian of the Year, 2018! Nominating your Wikimedian of the Year is a great opportunity … Continue reading “Nominate your Wikimedian of 2018”
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Wikipedia in Higher Education… How students are shaping the open web
Co-authored by Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian In Residence at the University of Edinburgh and Jemima John, 4th year undergraduate student at the … Continue reading “Wikipedia in Higher Education… How students are shaping the open web”
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Aaron Morris at WiciMon! Promoting the Welsh language with WikiWales
Hi, I’m Aaron Morris and I was appointed WiciMôn Project Officer nearly two years ago. I’m based at the offices … Continue reading “Aaron Morris at WiciMon! Promoting the Welsh language with WikiWales”
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Wikipedia in the History Classroom
By Charles West, Lecturer of History and Wikipedia Advocate at the University of Sheffield Wikipedia is the largest encyclopedia in the … Continue reading “Wikipedia in the History Classroom”
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How should the music industry engage with Wikipedia?
By John Lubbock, Communications Coordinator If I was a music industry promoter, I would make sure the artists I worked … Continue reading “How should the music industry engage with Wikipedia?”
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Lucy Crompton-Reid on Feminism and Museums
Wikimedia UK Chief Executive Lucy Crompton-Reid has been published in a new book on Feminism and Museums by Museums Etc. Lucy’s chapter is on Wikimedia … Continue reading “Lucy Crompton-Reid on Feminism and Museums”
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Welsh Wikipedia reaches 100,000 articles
Wicipedia Cymraeg , the Welsh Wikipedia has reached 100,000 articles. Welsh Wikipedians have been working hard over the past year to reach … Continue reading “Welsh Wikipedia reaches 100,000 articles”
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