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• 26.09.2013
• • Events
  • Wiki Loves Monuments
  • Wikimedia Commons

  This post was written by Wikimedia UK volunteer User:Rock drum On 7 September 2013, Wikimedians and amateur photographers gathered … Continue reading “Bringing Chester’s listed buildings onto Wikipedia”

• 17.09.2013
• • Events

This post was written by Dr Martin Poulter as part of the collaboration between Jisc and Wikimedia UK Two projects that provide free … Continue reading “Announcing a veterinary science editathon”

• 16.09.2013
• • Microgrants

Wikimedia UK recently lent its support to an innovative project to record the voices of notable people as an accompaniment … Continue reading “Recording the voices of Wikipedia”

• 13.09.2013
• • Education

Registration has opened for our second conference about education projects, EduWiki . The conference takes place in Cardiff on 1 & … Continue reading “Registration for EduWiki 2013 now open”

• 12.09.2013
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Wikimedian in Residence

Wikimedia UK is delighted to announce that The Royal Society is recruiting a Wikimedian in Residence. This prestigious residency at … Continue reading “The Royal Society recruiting a Wikimedian in Residence”

• 06.09.2013
• • Uncategorized
  • Wiki Loves Monuments
  • Wikimedia Commons

This post was written by Richard Nevell. There are hundreds of local history and archaeology societies in the UK, and … Continue reading “Your local heritage is open to the public”

• 04.09.2013
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Wikimedian in Residence

Wikimedia UK is pleased to announce its new partnership with York Museums Trust (YMT) . The partnership, which was confirmed last week, is to … Continue reading “York Museums Trust recruiting a Wikimedian in Residence”

• 03.09.2013
• • Education

This summer Wikimedia UK embarked on a systematic campaign to raise awareness of the assistance the charity can offer to … Continue reading “Spreading free knowledge on university campuses across the UK”

• 21.08.2013
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Events

This post was written by Jonathan Cardy, Wikimedia UK’s GLAM Organiser We’ve run a few editathons now and we know … Continue reading “Notes from the editathon at Conway Hall, London”

• 16.08.2013
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Scotland
  • Wikimedian in Residence

This post was written by Ally Crockford, Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland My first introduction to … Continue reading “A month as Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland”

• 13.08.2013
• • Wikimania

Wikimania 2013 took place last week in Hong Kong and by all accounts was a great success. Congratulations to everyone … Continue reading “Congratulations and thank you to the Wikimania 2013 team!”

• 12.08.2013
• • Uncategorized
  • Wiki Loves Monuments
  • Wikimedia Commons

All good photography competitions need excellent judges to help select the winners. The volunteer team behind the UK’s participation in … Continue reading “Wiki Loves Monuments recruits distinguished judge”

• 09.08.2013
• • Diversity
  • Events
  • Inter-chapter

The diversity of Wikipedia editors is a topic that is widely discussed, both within the global movement and in the … Continue reading “Wikimedia Chapters to deliver Wikimedia Diversity Conference”

• 07.08.2013
• • Training

This post was written by Edward Hands, Wikimedia UK volunteer Wikipedia trainer. Could “Reanimating Ice-cold Rats” and “Resuscitating Hamsters” inspire … Continue reading “Revitalising Wikipedia coverage of women scientists”

• 05.08.2013
• • Education

This post was written by Dr Toni Sant, Education Organiser Wikimedia UK’s second annual EduWiki conference will take place in Cardiff on 1 and … Continue reading “EduWiki Conference 2013 – Call for proposals”

• 29.07.2013
• • Academia
  • Training
  • Uncategorized

This post was written by Richard Nevell. On 10 July, four trainers from Wikimedia UK travelled to Oxford to meet … Continue reading “Sphingonet and Wikipedia”