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• 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”

• 23.10.2014
• • Open Coalition

  This guest blog is an interview with Bekka Kahn, Open Coalition Project Co-ordinator, and Beatrice Martini of Open Knowledge. … Continue reading “Guest post: MozFest 2014 – Spotlight on “Community Building””

• 22.10.2014
• • Diversity

This post was written by Sarah Staniforth, Wikipedian and Wikimedia UK volunteer Tuesday 14th was this year’s Ada Lovelace Day, … Continue reading “Ada Lovelace Day – a women in science editathon”

• 21.10.2014
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Uncategorized
  • Wikimedian in Residence

This post was written by Pat Hadley and Daria Cybulska and was written with excerpts from the final case study report   With three large, … Continue reading “Spotlight on the residency – York Museums Trust WIR 2013-14”

• 17.10.2014
• • Board

Wikimedia UK is pleased to announce that Gill Hamilton has been co-opted to the charity’s Board of Trustees. This is … Continue reading “Gill Hamilton joins Wikimedia UK Board”

• 08.10.2014
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Wikimedian in Residence

This post was written by Joe Sutherland Established in 1660, the Royal Society is dedicated to preserving and promoting science expertise. From … Continue reading ““There’s a lot of benefit both ways”: John Byrne and the Royal Society”

• 02.10.2014
• • Staff

Under the pressure of getting our funding application to the Wikimedia Foundation’s FDC in yesterday morning I suddenly realised it was my … Continue reading “Thoughts after three years”