Blog

• 08.02.2018
• • Cymru
  • Diversity
  • GLAM network
  • Science
  • Wales

Volunteers at the National Library of Wales have been translating important health articles from English into Welsh – image by Jason … Continue reading “3000 new articles added to the Welsh Wicipedia”

• 31.01.2018
• • Wikimedia Commons

Victor Grigas, a video producer and storyteller who has worked with the Wikimedia Foundation for a number of years, posted on … Continue reading “US Second World War propaganda films migrated to Commons”

• 21.12.2017
• • Research
  • Scotland
  • Wikidata
  • Wikimedian in Residence
  • Wikipedia

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”

• 09.12.2017
• • Open Coalition
  • Other open groups
  • Technology
  • Wikimedia 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”

• 27.11.2017
• • Research
  • Technology
  • Uncategorized
  • Wikipedia

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”

• 07.11.2017
• • Gender gap

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”

• 06.11.2017
• • Uncategorized

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”

• 01.11.2017
• • Uncategorized
  • Wiki Loves Monuments

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!”

• 31.10.2017
• • Staff
  • Uncategorized

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”

• 25.10.2017
• • Education
  • Technology

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”

• 13.10.2017
• • Libraries

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”

• 09.10.2017
• • Academia
  • Cultural partnerships
  • Diversity

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”

• 22.09.2017
• • Academia
  • Licences

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”

• 24.08.2017
• • Uncategorized

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”

• 01.08.2017
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Cymru
  • Diversity
  • GLAM network
  • Uncategorized
  • Wales
  • Wikipedia

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”