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• 21.02.2017
• • Wikipedia

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?”

• 02.02.2017
• • Higher Education
  • Scotland
  • Wikipedia
  • Wikisource

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”

• 30.01.2017
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Diversity
  • GLAM network
  • Scotland
  • Wikimedian in Residence

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”

• 27.01.2017
• • Academia
  • Cultural partnerships
  • Education
  • Higher Education
  • Uncategorized

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”

• 25.01.2017
• • Wikipedia

We are just over a week into the second annual #1lib1ref campaign, where we “imagine a world where every librarian … Continue reading “The first week’s highlights from #1lib1ref”

• 20.01.2017
• • Academia
  • Cultural partnerships
  • Wikidata

This article is by:  Dr Martin Poulter, Wikimedian In Residence at the University of Oxford  – This post was originally published on the Oxford University Museums blog . There is a site that lets users create … Continue reading “Wikidata: the new hub for cultural heritage”

• 06.01.2017
• • Training
  • Wikipedia

By John Lubbock The learning curve when you start editing Wikipedia and its sister projects can be steep. To help … Continue reading “So you’ve decided to become a Wikipedia editor…”

• 23.12.2016
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Events
  • Gender gap
  • Uncategorized
  • Wikipedia

By Lucy Crompton-Reid, Chief Executive, Wikimedia UK On 8th December 2016, Wikimedia communities around the world held a multi-lingual, multi-location … Continue reading “#100womenwiki – A global Wikipedia editathon in partnership with the BBC”

• 16.12.2016
• • Cymru
  • Diversity
  • Gender gap
  • Wales

  In the last few years many editathons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women. … Continue reading “The Welsh Gender Equilibrium: Welsh becomes the biggest language Wikipedia to achieve gender balance!”

• 05.12.2016
• • Diversity
  • Gender gap

BBC to partner with Wikipedia editors in a global 12 hour ‘edit-a-thon’ The BBC has today announced a collaboration with … Continue reading “BBC 100 Women: Is the internet sexist?”

• • Wiki Loves Monuments
  • Wikimedia Commons

Every year thousands of people from across take part in the world’s largest photography competition. After a hiatus in 2015, … Continue reading “Wiki Loves Monuments 2016: follow up and thank you!”

• 01.12.2016
• • Research
  • Wikidata
  • Wikipedia

If you are curious about the languages and cultures of the world, follow Wikidelta on Twitter. It’s an unofficial and experimental account which is an attempt to discover what could be unique in each of the languages of Wikipedia.

• • Uncategorized

Os ydych chi’n chwilfrydig am ieithoedd a diwylliannau’r byd, dilynwch Wicidelta ar Twitter. Cyfrif answyddogol ac arbrofol ydy e sy’n ymgais i ddarganfod yr hyn a allai fod yn unigryw ym mhob un o ieithoedd Wicipedia.

• • Cultural partnerships
  • Cymru
  • Diversity
  • Uncategorized

Blog by Robin Owain, Wikimedia UK Manager In December 1996 I uploaded around 150 of my published poems on a … Continue reading “Wicipedia Cymraeg: A few milestones”

• 30.11.2016
• • Uncategorized

Cape Town, 28th November 2016 – Music and dance are the very beat of this vibrant continent. It is therefore … Continue reading “Wiki Loves Africa competition focuses on Music and Dance”