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Defying easy categorisation: Wikipedia as primary, secondary and tertiary resource
By Caroline Ball, Trustee of Wikimedia UK Abstract Wikipedia is the world’s largest information source, used daily by millions of … Continue reading “Defying easy categorisation: Wikipedia as primary, secondary and tertiary resource”
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International Women’s Day and the wiki projects
By Katie Crampton, Communications Coordinator at Wikimedia UK The goal of Wikipedia is to create a world where everyone has … Continue reading “International Women’s Day and the wiki projects”
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March is Wiki micro-internship month at The Mixed Museum and Manar al-Athar
By Leah Emary, Wikimedian in Residence at the Mixed Museum In March 2023, university students from Queen Mary University London … Continue reading “March is Wiki micro-internship month at The Mixed Museum and Manar al-Athar”
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Wikimedia UK at SOOCon23
By George Colbourn, Fundraising Coordinator at Wikimedia UK The State Of Open Conference brings together organisations, communities and advocates of … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK at SOOCon23”
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The Mixed Museum: an overview of the residency
By Leah Emary, Wikimedian in Residence at the Mixed Museum and Connected Heritage Project Lead at Wikimedia UK As a … Continue reading “The Mixed Museum: an overview of the residency”
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Train the Trainer Dec2022 Feedback
By Esma Gjertsen, Volunteer Coordinator at Wikimedia UK We organised the most recent iteration of our Train the Trainer (TtT) … Continue reading “Train the Trainer Dec2022 Feedback”
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Poems championing free knowledge inspired by University of Leeds students
To celebrate Wikipedia’s 22nd birthday on Sunday 15 January, the University of Leeds is sharing poems inspired by conversations between … Continue reading “Poems championing free knowledge inspired by University of Leeds students”
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Events for cultural diversity in visual art
As part of the World Festival of Cultural Diversity , the Khalili Foundation is supporting two in-person editathon events in January to diversify Wikipedia’s representation of visual … Continue reading “Events for cultural diversity in visual art”
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The Archaeology Data Service and Wikidata
By Dr Richard Nevell, Programme Coordinator for Wikimedia UK I’m a big fan of the Archaeology Data Service (ADS). Its online library is … Continue reading “The Archaeology Data Service and Wikidata”
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Knowledge equity – Giving Tuesday is your chance to expand and diversify knowledge online
November 29th sees the return of Giving Tuesday, where for 24 hours, Wikimedia UK will be calling on the generosity … Continue reading “Knowledge equity – Giving Tuesday is your chance to expand and diversify knowledge online”
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Welcome Tatjana Baleta, Wikimedia Visiting Fellow for climate
The need for reliable information online about our climate is more apparent than ever. Which is why Wikimedia UK launched … Continue reading “Welcome Tatjana Baleta, Wikimedia Visiting Fellow for climate”
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New partnership delivers Wikimedia UK’s first-ever residency for climate
As things stand, there are large gaps in information about climate change on Wikipedia, and the content we do have … Continue reading “New partnership delivers Wikimedia UK’s first-ever residency for climate”
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Train the Trainer 2022/23 call for interest
We are designing our next Train the Trainer (TtT) course, and looking forward to hearing from interested volunteers. TtT trains … Continue reading “Train the Trainer 2022/23 call for interest”
arrow_forwardA new mini Wikimedian in Residence at The Mixed Museum
A new Wikimedia Residency is starting this month, in mini format. One of our Connected Heritage Digital Skills Wikimedians, Leah Emary, will … Continue reading “A new mini Wikimedian in Residence at The Mixed Museum”
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Wales moves up to second place in Wiki Loves Earth
By Robin Owain, Programme Manager for Wales at Wikimedia UK This year, in Wiki Loves Earth , editors from all over Wales went out into protected … Continue reading “Wales moves up to second place in Wiki Loves Earth”
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Taking the long view – my 10 years at Wikimedia UK
By Daria Cybulska, Director of Programmes and Evaluation at Wikimedia UK My adventure with the Wikimedia movement started in 2012, 10 … Continue reading “Taking the long view – my 10 years at Wikimedia UK”
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