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A guide to the past: hillforts and Wikimedia
What is the Atlas of Hillforts? Hillforts are enormous archaeological sites dotted around Britain and Ireland. There are some of … Continue reading “A guide to the past: hillforts and Wikimedia”
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Talking to Creative Commons’ Ryan Merkley about CC Search and Structured Data on Commons
CC Search beta was launched in February. This new tool incorporates ‘list-making features, and simple, one-click attribution to make it easier to credit … Continue reading “Talking to Creative Commons’ Ryan Merkley about CC Search and Structured Data on Commons”
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Wikipedia over Tor? Alec Muffett experiments with an Onion Wikipedia site
Alec Muffett, a director of the Open Rights Group and an ex-Facebook, now Deliveroo software engineer, has created a Wikipedia … Continue reading “Wikipedia over Tor? Alec Muffett experiments with an Onion Wikipedia site”
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Help reduce the #GenderGap and win prizes in the Women in Red World Contest
WikiProject Women in Red is holding a biographical article creation contest throughout the month of November. They aim to create 2000 new biographical articles … Continue reading “Help reduce the #GenderGap and win prizes in the Women in Red World Contest”
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WikiFeed project to create custom newsfeeds from Wikimedia data
Fako Berkers and Edward Saperia have been working together on a project called “WikiFeed”. It’s a framework that allows you … Continue reading “WikiFeed project to create custom newsfeeds from Wikimedia data”
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Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 winners announced!
Wiki Loves Monuments is the world’s biggest photographic competition and takes place every September. Participants take photos of historic places, … Continue reading “Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 winners announced!”
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Meet our new Membership and Fundraising Officer
I’m Katie Crampton and I’ve started as Wikimedia UK’s Membership, Fundraising and Operations Assistant, and I’d like to take this … Continue reading “Meet our new Membership and Fundraising Officer”
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Wiki Project Med Foundation launches Wikipedia hosting mini WiFi computer to distribute medical information
In 2017, the world passed the 50% mark in the number of people in the world who have access to … Continue reading “Wiki Project Med Foundation launches Wikipedia hosting mini WiFi computer to distribute medical information”
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Libraries Week – how librarians can help improve Wikipedia
Wikipedia’s greatest strength is the sheer number of people who contribute information to it. Every month the collective effort of … Continue reading “Libraries Week – how librarians can help improve Wikipedia”
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Get involved: WikiProject Social Housing in the United Kingdom
By John Lubbock, Wikimedia UK Communications Coordinator There’s been a lot of discussion over the past six months about housing … Continue reading “Get involved: WikiProject Social Housing in the United Kingdom”
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People of the Enlightenment: an opportunity for Wikipedians
By Dr Martin Poulter, Wikimedian in Residence, Bodleian Libraries Oxford A major scholarly database is offering free access to selected … Continue reading “People of the Enlightenment: an opportunity for Wikipedians”
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Saying hello: a new residency with the Scottish Libraries and Information Council
By Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in Residence at SLIC I’m Sara Thomas, aka [[user:lirazelf]], and I’m delighted to have taken up … Continue reading “Saying hello: a new residency with the Scottish Libraries and Information Council”
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Press release: National Library of Wales appoints first ever permanent Wikimedian at a UK cultural institution
From 1 August, the National Library of Wales will employ the UK’s first permanent Wikimedian. As National Wikimedian, Jason Evans … Continue reading “Press release: National Library of Wales appoints first ever permanent Wikimedian at a UK cultural institution”
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Congratulations to our Wikimedians Of The Year!
Every year Wikimedia UK holds the UK Wikimedian of the Year Awards at our Annual General Meeting to recognise the … Continue reading “Congratulations to our Wikimedians Of The Year!”
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An introduction from Agnes Bruszik, WMUK’s new Programme Evaluation Assistant
Dear All, I would like to take this opportunity to greet all of you and to introduce myself very briefly. My name … Continue reading “An introduction from Agnes Bruszik, WMUK’s new Programme Evaluation Assistant”
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Welsh music is No.1 on Commons
Welsh Record company releases seven thousand sound clips to Wikimedia Commons on an open licence. Article by Jason Evans, Wikimedian … Continue reading “Welsh music is No.1 on Commons”
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