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• 12.12.2014
• • Wikipedia

In October, English Heritage made 84 of their publications freely available online through the Archaeological Data Service . The ADS has been running … Continue reading “English Heritage and the Archaeological Data Service: What does it mean to Wikipedia?”

• 05.12.2014
• • Academia
  • Uncategorized
  • Wikipedia

By Nuša Farič, UCL, Centre for Health Informatics & Multiprofessional Education (CHIME) Half of the editors working on Wikipedia’s 25,000 … Continue reading “Who writes Wikipedia’s health and medical pages and why?”

• 28.11.2014
• • Board

This post was written by Michael Maggs, Chair of Wikimedia UK On behalf of the Wikimedia UK board I am … Continue reading “Final report on Wikimedia UK governance released”

• 26.11.2014
• • Fundraiser
  • Uncategorized

This post was written by D’Arcy Myers, Wikimedia UK interim Chief Executive As the interim CEO for Wikimedia UK I … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK response to Wikimedia Foundation funding allocation”

• 21.11.2014
• • Scotland
  • Wales
  • Wiki Loves Monuments
  • Wikimedia Commons

Have you seen the UK winners of the 2014 Wiki Loves Monuments competition? Wiki Loves Monuments is the global photography contest … Continue reading “The winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 in the UK”

• 14.11.2014
• • Diversity
  • Events

This post was written by Roberta Wedge, Gender Gap Project Worker Ada Camp is a weekend-long event bringing together women … Continue reading “AdaCamp Berlin 2014 – a summary account”

• 12.11.2014
• • Education

This post was written by Lorna Campbell and was originally published here . Re-used under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License  Last … Continue reading “A review of EduWiki Conference 2014”

• 06.11.2014
• • Policy

The UK’s Intellectual Property Office  last week announced the launch of a new orphan works licensing scheme . This allows individuals and institutions wishing to use a work of intellectual … Continue reading “Response to the new IPO orphan works licensing scheme”

• 05.11.2014
• • Events
  • Other open groups

This post was written by Stuart Prior, Fundraising Assistant I recently spent the weekend at Mozfest , the annual Mozilla conference, held … Continue reading “A weekend at MozFest”

• 04.11.2014
• • Policy

On 23rd October Wikimedia UK board member Alastair McCapra took part in a debate at the Cambridge Union about the … Continue reading “Debating the “Right to be Forgotten””

• 03.11.2014
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Events

This post was written by Rachel Beaumont of the Royal Opera House and published here . Used with kind permission. You can … Continue reading “ROH Editathon: Improving Wikipedia’s entries on dance”

• 30.10.2014
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Wikimedian in Residence

This post was written by Joe Sutherland. John Cummings is not one to shy away from large-scale projects. Fresh from … Continue reading ““It’s a great way to engage a wider audience”: John Cummings and the Natural History Museum and Science Museum”

• • Other open groups
  • Policy

The Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU (FKAGEU) , of which Wikimedia UK is a member, has this week published a paper on copyright reform  across the European Union. This is … Continue reading “Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU publishes copyright reform paper”

• 29.10.2014
• • Wikipedia

There has been an interesting story circulating on the internet this week about a young Scottish amateur footballer, Fraser Hobday , who had a longer Wikipedia article than Brazilian World Cup … Continue reading “What does Fraser Hobday tell us about notability on Wikipedia?”

• 24.10.2014
• • Academia
  • Wikipedia

This post was written by Dr Martin Poulter, Wikimedia UK volunteer and Wikipedian As part of Open Access Week , I’d like to … Continue reading “Using Wikipedia to open up science”