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• 17.03.2014
• • Wikipedia

Peter Murray-Rust is a chemist at the University of Cambridge and a vocal campaigner for open knowledge. He will be speaking at … Continue reading “Wikipedia and the Digital Enlightenment”

• 13.03.2014
• • Technology

This post was written by Tom Morton, Wikimedia UK developer Wikimedia UK’s main websites are now available over IPv6 . For … Continue reading “IPv6 enabled on Wikimedia UK’s websites”

• 12.03.2014
• • Uncategorized

Today is the 25th anniversary of the founding of the world wide web. The BBC reported that Sir Tim Berners-Lee has used this landmark to … Continue reading “On a Bill of Rights for the world wide web”

• 10.03.2014
• • Strategy

This post was written by Michael Maggs, Chair of Wikimedia UK I am very pleased to be able to announce … Continue reading “Announcing Wikimedia UK’s new five year strategy”

• 07.03.2014
• • Education

This post was initially published on the Jisc Inform website here Wikipedia is meant to be a starting point, not a final source of knowledge. It is permanently incomplete and evolving, … Continue reading “Ten ways educators can use Wikipedia”

• 06.03.2014
• • Uncategorized

This post was written by Jon Davies, Wikimedia UK Chief Executive A few months ago I wrote a critical review … Continue reading “Thank you seem to be the hardest words”

• 28.02.2014
• • Uncategorized

This post was written by Dr Martin Poulter, Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador To influence education institutions, we need to speak their … Continue reading “Crowdsourcing: the wiki way of working”

• 25.02.2014
• • Events
  • Wikimedian in Residence

This post was written by John Byrne, Wikimedian in Residence at the Royal Society I’m now a month and a … Continue reading “Royal Society to host Wikipedia events”

• 20.02.2014
• • Education

Wikimedia Serbia (WMRS) is organising an EduWiki Conference which will be held in Belgrade on Monday 24 March 2013. A Learning Day , a … Continue reading “Preparing for the Wikimedia Serbia EduWiki Conference”

• 19.02.2014
• • Training

Wikimedia UK is the Wikimedia chapter covering the United Kingdom. We exist to help collect, develop and distribute freely licensed … Continue reading “Invitation to tender – Train the Trainers 2014”

• 18.02.2014
• • Uncategorized
  • Wikipedia

This post was written by Dr Martin Poulter, Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador What are the building blocks or “atoms” of Wikipedia? … Continue reading “One sentence on Wikipedia: a microcosm of information literacy”

• 14.02.2014
• • Strategy

Wikimedia UK is continuing to consult Wikimedians on the charity’s strategic planning for 2014-19. There are some key components of … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK strategy consultation – two weeks remaining!”

• 13.02.2014
• • Other open groups

Our friends at OpenStreetMap are working to collaboratively create a global, openly licensed map that’s free for everyone to use. They … Continue reading “Interested in helping improve OpenStreetMap?”

• 10.02.2014
• • Events

Wikimedia UK is to collaborate with the esteemed Royal Society of Chemistry this March for Wikipedia training session and editathon . The Royal Society of Chemistry is a learned … Continue reading “Wikipedia training at the Royal Society of Chemistry”

• 07.02.2014
• • Wikimedia Commons

This post was written by Stuart Prior, Wikimania Liaison Once again, it’s time for Wikimedia Commons’ Picture of the Year . This really does showcase the … Continue reading “Vote for your picture of the year…”

• 06.02.2014
• • Events

This post was written by John Cummings (Wikimedia UK volunteer) and Emily Humble (Zoological Society of London) The Wonder Women of Natural History Wikipedia editathon was held … Continue reading “Wonder Women of Natural History editathon”