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• 07.05.2014
• • Cymru
  • Wales
  • Wikimedian in Residence

This post was written by Marc Haynes, Wikipedia Co-ordinator at the Coleg Cymraeg. You can read this post in Welsh here In March, after several years … Continue reading “Six weeks in at the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol”

• 06.05.2014
• • Staff
  • Wikimania

Wikimedia UK is delighted to welcome three new staff to support the delivery of the Wikimania conference. John Cummings, Chris … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK welcomes new starters for Wikimania”

• 01.05.2014
• • Licences
  • Wikimedia Commons

This post was written by Mike Peel I started making my photographs available on Wikimedia Commons under a Creative Commons … Continue reading “What happens when you release photos on Wikimedia Commons?”

• 30.04.2014
• • Wikipedia

This post was written by Stevie Benton, Wikimedia UK’s Head of External Relations Last week a story broke in the … Continue reading “Responding to recent news about vandalism to Wikipedia”

• 23.04.2014
• • Licences
  • Uncategorized
  • Wikimedia Commons

This post was written by Emily Sorensen, Wikimedia UK volunteer, writing in her personal capacity. We live in a unified Europe (i.e. … Continue reading “World Book and Copyright Day: Why copyright laws in Europe need revising”

• 15.04.2014
• • Education
  • Events

In a post entitled Preparing for the Wikimedia Serbia EduWiki Conference published on this blog on 20 February Brian Kelly described how he would attend the Eduwiki … Continue reading “A report from the EduWiki Conference in Serbia”

• 14.04.2014
• • Events
  • Inter-chapter

This piece was written by Stevie Benton, Wikimedia UK Head of External Relations, and is one of a series of … Continue reading “Thoughts on the Wikimedia Conference”

• • Events

As a part of Wikimedia UK’s continued efforts to support the Wikimedia community the the UK, we regularly offer scholarships … Continue reading “Conference scholarships”

• 08.04.2014
• • Diversity
  • Events
  • Wikipedia

This post was written by Althea Greenan of the Women’s Art Library at Goldsmiths College How did the Wikipedia editathon come about … Continue reading “Improving Wikipedia coverage of women artists”

• 04.04.2014
• • Events
  • Wikimania

This post was written by Matthew Wood, Wikimania / Wikimedia UK volunteer As many will no doubt be aware of … Continue reading “Wikimania – Submission deadline expires with a blaze of proposals”

• 02.04.2014
• • Fundraiser

This post was written by Katherine Bavage, Wikimedia UK Fundraising Manager ‘Imagine a world in which every single human being … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK is now a member of the Fundraising Standards Board”

• 31.03.2014
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Events
  • Wikimedian in Residence

This post was written by Pat Hadley, Wikimedian in Residence at York Museums Trust A volcanologist, watercolourist, botanist and forger….walk … Continue reading “The unusual suspects…”

• 28.03.2014
• • Academia

This post was written by Dr Martin Poulter, Jisc Wikimedia ambassador Wikipedia welcomes expert contributions, and is one of the … Continue reading “Publishing scholarly papers with, and on, Wikipedia”

• 25.03.2014
• • Higher Education
  • Wikipedia

This post was initially published by Lorna Campbell of Cetis and is republished here under its CC-BY licence “We are all publishers now, publishing has never been … Continue reading “What I know is…”

• 21.03.2014
• • Wikimania

Wikimania, the annual global conference of the Wikimedia movement, comes to London this year for the first time. The conference … Continue reading “Wikimania – ten days to submit your session proposal”

• 20.03.2014
• • Staff

This post was written by Stevie Benton, Wikimedia UK’s Head of External Relations They say that the passage of time … Continue reading “Reflections on two years in post”