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A message from Josie Fraser, new Wikimedia UK Chair
I am delighted to have become the new chair of Wikimedia UK at today’s AGM. I was initially elected to … Continue reading “A message from Josie Fraser, new Wikimedia UK Chair”
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How Wikipedia found itself at the centre of a major corruption scandal in Pakistan
Written by Saqib Qayyum – Pakistani Wikimedian On the early morning of July 11th, as a controversy developed in Pakistan … Continue reading “How Wikipedia found itself at the centre of a major corruption scandal in Pakistan”
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Wikipedia Collaboration of Dental Schools
Written by Nour Geres It has been over a year and a half since Dundee Dental School first established the Wikipedia … Continue reading “Wikipedia Collaboration of Dental Schools”
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Increasing diverse content on Wikimedia projects with UK music festivals and labels
I’ve been doing some outreach to various UK music festivals and labels to encourage them to release content on their … Continue reading “Increasing diverse content on Wikimedia projects with UK music festivals and labels”
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Wacky Wiki Races!
By Martin Poulter, Wikimedian-in-Residence at Bodleian Libraries Wikipedia has more than five million articles in its English language version. No article is an island: with … Continue reading “Wacky Wiki Races!”
arrow_forwardThank you to everyone who volunteers for Wikimedia UK
In 2016 volunteers gave us a massive 20,000 hours of their time, from running events and teaching people how to … Continue reading “Thank you to everyone who volunteers for Wikimedia UK”
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Reflections on a Wikipedia assignment – Reproductive Medicine
This was originally posted on Ewan McAndrew’s blog where he writes about his role as the University of Edinburgh’s Wikimedian in Residence Wikipedia … Continue reading “Reflections on a Wikipedia assignment – Reproductive Medicine”
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#WMUKED17 – Wikimedia UK Education Summit: a roundup
By Lucy Crompton-Reid, Wikimedia UK Chief Executive I was delighted to be part of planning and delivering Wikimedia UK’s Education … Continue reading “#WMUKED17 – Wikimedia UK Education Summit: a roundup”
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Guest post: Teaching competition law differently
This post was written by Dr Pedro Telles, Senior Lecturer in Law at Swansea University and originally published on his website . For the … Continue reading “Guest post: Teaching competition law differently”
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Bunhill Fields: Wikimedia, gamification and richer media content
I really like Magnus Manske’s WikiShootMe tool. It visualises Wikidata items, Commons photos and Wikipedia articles on an OpenStreetMap. Wikidata items … Continue reading “Bunhill Fields: Wikimedia, gamification and richer media content”
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Wikipedia Vs Fake News
This article based on the text of Wikimedia UK’s submission to the government’s inquiry into fake news , which was launched in January. A changing … Continue reading “Wikipedia Vs Fake News”
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Why bots are important for Wikipedia
The Guardian recently picked up on a piece of research about the behaviour of bots on Wikipedia in the first 10 years of its … Continue reading “Why bots are important for Wikipedia”
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How do Wikipedia editors decide what are reliable sources?
Over the past few weeks, Wikimedia UK has received a large number of press inquiries related to the Guardian’s article … Continue reading “How do Wikipedia editors decide what are reliable sources?”
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#1lib1ref at the University of Edinburgh
I’ve been interested in Wikimedia projects since taking part in the University of Edinburgh’s Women and Medicine editathon in February … Continue reading “#1lib1ref at the University of Edinburgh”
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Wikimedia UK and National Library of Scotland announce new Gaelic post
The Gaelic language is to be promoted through one of the world’s most popular websites thanks to a new role … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK and National Library of Scotland announce new Gaelic post”
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Wikimedia UK Education Summit #WMUKED17
Blog post by Josie Fraser, educational technologist and trustee of Wikimedia UK If you would like to attend, please sign up on the Eventbrite page . … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK Education Summit #WMUKED17”
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