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• 15.06.2015
• • Wikipedia

This post was written by User:Rodw and User:Hchc2009 Everyone knows something about the Magna Carta. Wikipedia’s article about the medieval … Continue reading “The 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta”

• 11.06.2015
• • Advocacy
  • Policy

Every day, millions of Europeans are breaking copyright law. Due to an obscure rule known as Freedom of Panorama, those … Continue reading “UK at risk of losing Freedom of Panorama”

• 09.06.2015
• • Events

This post was written by Wikimedia UK volunteer Emily Sørensen On 15 June, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and artist Cornelia Parker … Continue reading “Cornelia Parker to discuss Wikipedia-inspired Magna Carta artwork with Jimmy Wales”

• 08.06.2015
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Scotland

This post was written by Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in Residence, Museums Galleries Scotland Three conference presentations, seven internal presentations, 22 … Continue reading “Next steps for Scottish Residency”

• 05.06.2015
• • Board
  • Events
  • Strategy

This post was written by Michael Maggs, Chair of Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK needs your help. We want to transform … Continue reading “Volunteering with Wikimedia UK: a call to action”

• 03.06.2015
• • Events
  • Wikipedia

This post was written by Stevie Benton, head of external relations at Wikimedia UK Over the last few months I’ve … Continue reading “Speaking at the Managing Online Reputation conference”

• 01.06.2015
• • Events
  • Uncategorized
  • Wikipedia

This post was written by Dr Martin Poulter, Wikipedia Science Conference lead and Wikimedia UK volunteer One striking theme in … Continue reading “Booking open for Wikipedia Science Conference”

• 27.05.2015
• • Events
  • Uncategorized

This post was written by Stuart Prior, Wikimedia UK Project Co-ordinator Berlin, this year’s host city for the Wikimedia Conference, … Continue reading “Feedback from the Wikimedia Conference”

• 12.05.2015
• • Staff

Statement by D’Arcy Myers, interim chief executive Following on from my statement on 9th March, in which I explained that … Continue reading “Restructure and CEO recruitment update”

• 29.04.2015
• • Higher Education
  • Uncategorized

This guest post was written by Stuart Maitland, Founder, Mediwikis Mediwikis is a platform built on Mediawiki that supports the medical learning … Continue reading “Mediwikis – a collaborative medical learning platform based on Mediawiki”

• 10.04.2015
• • Scotland
  • Wikipedia

This article was first published in Archaeology Scotland’s membership magazine and is reproduced with kind permission. Written by Doug Rocks-Macqueen, Cara … Continue reading “Wiki Club: using Wikipedia as platform to shout about Scotland’s Heritage”

• 31.03.2015
• • Events

March has raced by, and while April is nearly upon us Wikimedia UK has a programme of events for everyone. The month kicks … Continue reading “Looking ahead to April”

• 26.03.2015
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Events

This post was written by Rachel Beaumont of the Royal Opera House and was originally published here . Re-used with kind permission. Try … Continue reading “ROH Students Editathon: Improving Wikipedia’s articles on dance”

• 24.03.2015
• • Research
  • Uncategorized

This post was originally published on the Wikimedia Foundation blog by Dario Tarborelli and Yana Welinder. Re-published under CC-BY 3.0 unported The Wikimedia Foundation is committed to … Continue reading “Wikimedia Foundation adopts Open Access Policy to support free knowledge”

• 19.03.2015
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Wikimedian in Residence

This post was written by Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in Residence at Museums Galleries Scotland As I write this, I’m sitting … Continue reading “Scotland’s second Wikimedian in Residence”