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Unwrap the joy of giving: Open knowledge for all

Support our campaign to Give the Gift of Knowledge this festive season.

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Photo of two billy goats butting heads on a cliff face in the Ogwen Valley, located in the Eryri National Park. The goats have shaggy white and black fur and long horns which are locked together.
Winning image for Wiki Loves Earth in Wales, 2023, captured by Rufus Davies. The filename for this image on Commons is File:The Crazy Fighting Goats of the Ogwen Valley.jpgCC BY-SA 4.0

The winners of Wiki Loves Earth 2023 in Wales

By Robin Owain, Programme Manager for Wales For the second year running, Wales had the second highest number of photos … Continue reading “The winners of Wiki Loves Earth 2023 in Wales”

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Photo of a group of people at the 2022 Community Festival, collaged green toned images from Wikimedia Commons with text overlaid reading: Wikimedia UK 2023 Community Meeting
Photo from the 2022 Community Festival by Tammy Gede, collaged with images from Commons. Full details: File:WMUK Get Involved header.pngCC BY-SA 4.0

Wikimedia UK 2023 Community Meeting

We’d like to invite our members and wider UK community to the Wikimedia UK 2023 Community Meeting, taking place on … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK 2023 Community Meeting”

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Train the Trainer 2023 – call for participants

Would you like to share your passion for Wiki editing by running Wikipedia editing events to train new editors and … Continue reading “Train the Trainer 2023 – call for participants”

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Outreach to celebrate and preserve cultural heritage with The Swadhinata Trust

The Swadhinata Trust is a London-based secular Bengali heritage organisation that works to promote Bengali history and culture in the … Continue reading “Outreach to celebrate and preserve cultural heritage with The Swadhinata Trust”

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Photo of Rupal Karia

Wikimedia UK welcomes Rupal Karia as Outreach and Community Coordinator

By Rupal Karia, Outreach and Community Coordinator at Wikimedia UK I am really excited to join Wikimedia UK and am … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK welcomes Rupal Karia as Outreach and Community Coordinator”

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Christopher Saxton's map of Devon, 1575, published 1590.
Christopher Saxton's map of Devon, 1575, published 1590.

Residency at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum

By Dr Lucy Hinnie, Resident at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Connected Heritage Project Lead Since early 2023 I … Continue reading “Residency at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum”

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Black and white photo of a group of British women at the 2nd international conference held by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom conference in 1919
One of the images uploaded as part of the course: File:British delegation at the 2nd international conference held by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom conference, Zurich, 1919.jpg

New College Lanarkshire: Become a Wikimedian Course

Levi White is an FE Lecturer in Social Sciences at New College Lanarkshire.  After working with Wikimedia UK on the  West Boathouse’s “Play … Continue reading “New College Lanarkshire: Become a Wikimedian Course”

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Source image by Diliff, An image of the Palace of Westminster, London, during blue hour.
Source image by Diliff, An image of the Palace of Westminster, London, during blue hour.CC BY-SA 2.0

Open call by UK civil society to exempt public interest projects from the Online Safety Bill 

Learn about the upcoming bill and add your name to our open letter

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Frequently Asked Questions

Public Interest Projects (PIPS) and the Online Safety Bill

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Wikipedia+Democracy: The impact of Wikimedia UK's information literacy work on citizen engagement, with photo of Greenpeace activists
Wikipedia+Democracy: The impact of Wikimedia UK's information literacy work on citizen engagement, with photo Greenpeacebelomonte. Author: Roosewelt Pinheiro/Agência Brasil. CC BY 3.0 BR

From editing articles to civic power – Wikimedia and Democracy

By Daria Cybulska, Director of Programmes and Evaluation at Wikimedia UK Democracies rely on informed citizens to function effectively. Over … Continue reading “From editing articles to civic power – Wikimedia and Democracy”

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Wikimedia UK and The Mixed Museum logos surrounded by an image from the museum of black GIs WW2 stationed in Ireland, and Illustration from Medical Botany, and Haeckel Discomedusae 8 cleanup
WMUK and The Mixed Museum logos surrounded by File:"Negro soldiers draw rations at the camp cook house at their station in Northern Ireland. Detachments of Negro troops we - NARA - 535544.jpg, File:Illustration from Medical Botany, digitally enhanced from rawpixel's own original plates 120.jpg, File:Haeckel Discomedusae 8 cleanup.jpg

Celebrating The Mixed Museum residency as it comes to an end

By Leah Emary, Wikimedian in Residence at The Mixed Museum and Connected Heritage Project Lead Introduction and Overview The Wikimedian … Continue reading “Celebrating The Mixed Museum residency as it comes to an end”

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Screenshot of the VocalEyes Wikidata entries, with text saying Wikidata & VocalEyes overlaid.
Screenshot of the VocalEyes Wikidata entries in the UK, with text saying Wikidata & VocalEyes overlaid.

VocalEyes and Wikidata: Making accessibility information easily available

By Richard Nevell, Programme Manager for Wikimedia UK VocalEyes plays a vital role in making arts and heritage accessible for … Continue reading “VocalEyes and Wikidata: Making accessibility information easily available”

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James Cochran, Professor of Applied Statistics at the University of Alabama, presenting at the World Literacy Summit 2023 in the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, UK, on April 3, 2023.
James Cochran, Professor of Applied Statistics at the University of Alabama, presenting at the World Literacy Summit 2023 in the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, UK, on April 3, 2023.

Empowering literacy advocacy: a Wikimedian and certified trainer’s experience at the World Literacy Summit with support from Wikimedia UK

By Bukola James, Volunteer Wikimedian Attending the World Literacy Summit 2023 at Baliol’s College in Oxford was a dream come … Continue reading “Empowering literacy advocacy: a Wikimedian and certified trainer’s experience at the World Literacy Summit with support from Wikimedia UK”

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Defying easy categorisation: Wikipedia as primary, secondary and tertiary resource

By Caroline Ball, Trustee of Wikimedia UK Abstract Wikipedia is the world’s largest information source, used daily by millions of … Continue reading “Defying easy categorisation: Wikipedia as primary, secondary and tertiary resource”

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