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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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Puzzle globe symbol for Wikipedia 20CC0

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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Women editing Wikipedia at the BBC 100 Women editathon - Image by BBCCC BY-SA 4.0

International Women’s Day and the wiki projects

By Katie Crampton, Communications Coordinator at Wikimedia UK The goal of Wikipedia is to create a world where everyone has … Continue reading “International Women’s Day and the wiki projects”

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The Mixed Museum and Wikimedia UK logosCC BY-SA 4.0

March is Wiki micro-internship month at The Mixed Museum and Manar al-Athar

By Leah Emary, Wikimedian in Residence at the Mixed Museum In March 2023, university students from Queen Mary University London … Continue reading “March is Wiki micro-internship month at The Mixed Museum and Manar al-Athar”

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Wikimedia UK staff with Jimmy Wales and Wikimedia Deutschland staff at SOOCon23
Jimmy Wales and staff from Wikimedia UK and Wikimedia Deutschland at SOOCon23CC BY-SA 4.0

Wikimedia UK at SOOCon23

By George Colbourn, Fundraising Coordinator at Wikimedia UK The State Of Open Conference brings together organisations, communities and advocates of … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK at SOOCon23”

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The Mixed Museum and Wikimedia UK logos, surrounded by A peach plant (Prunus persica); flowering and fruiting stems, and Haeckel Discomedusae 8 cleanup, both from the Wellcome Collection.CC BY-SA 4.0

The Mixed Museum: an overview of the residency

By Leah Emary, Wikimedian in Residence at the Mixed Museum and Connected Heritage Project Lead at Wikimedia UK As a … Continue reading “The Mixed Museum: an overview of the residency”

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Train the Trainer Dec2022 Feedback

By Esma Gjertsen, Volunteer Coordinator at Wikimedia UK We organised the most recent iteration of our Train the Trainer (TtT) … Continue reading “Train the Trainer Dec2022 Feedback”

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Poems championing free knowledge inspired by University of Leeds students

To celebrate Wikipedia’s 22nd birthday on Sunday 15 January, the University of Leeds is sharing poems inspired by conversations between … Continue reading “Poems championing free knowledge inspired by University of Leeds students”

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Poster for editathons for the World Festival of Cultural Diversity, with background File:Khalili Foundation Circle Peace.jpgCC BY-SA 3.0

Events for cultural diversity in visual art

As part of the World Festival of Cultural Diversity , the Khalili Foundation is supporting two in-person editathon events in January to diversify Wikipedia’s representation of visual … Continue reading “Events for cultural diversity in visual art”

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Excavations at Hitcham in 2007. Photo by the Portable Antiquities Scheme. Available at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Excavations_at_Hitcham_2_(case_study).jpgCC BY

The Archaeology Data Service and Wikidata

By Dr Richard Nevell, Programme Coordinator for Wikimedia UK I’m a big fan of the Archaeology Data Service (ADS). Its online library is … Continue reading “The Archaeology Data Service and Wikidata”

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Knowledge equity – Giving Tuesday is your chance to expand and diversify knowledge online

November 29th sees the return of Giving Tuesday, where for 24 hours, Wikimedia UK will be calling on the generosity … Continue reading “Knowledge equity – Giving Tuesday is your chance to expand and diversify knowledge online”

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Welcome Tatjana Baleta, Wikimedia Visiting Fellow for climate

The need for reliable information online about our climate is more apparent than ever. Which is why Wikimedia UK launched … Continue reading “Welcome Tatjana Baleta, Wikimedia Visiting Fellow for climate”

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University of Exeter and Global Systems Institute logos with Commons files: A bird, possibly a tropical kingfisher. Coloured etching by Wellcome V0022370. T. Green, The universal herbal. Wellcome L0025492. Six butterflies, including a swallowtail, fritillary and nor Wellcome V0022525.CC BY-SA 4.0

New partnership delivers Wikimedia UK’s first-ever residency for climate

As things stand, there are large gaps in information about climate change on Wikipedia, and the content we do have … Continue reading “New partnership delivers Wikimedia UK’s first-ever residency for climate”

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Train the Trainer 2022/23 round two. Images: Early flight 02561u and Illustration of Atropa Belladonna Wellcome L0076923CC BY-SA 4.0

Train the Trainer 2022/23 call for interest

We are designing our next Train the Trainer (TtT) course, and looking forward to hearing from interested volunteers. TtT trains … Continue reading “Train the Trainer 2022/23 call for interest”

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The Mixed Museum and Wikimedia UK logos, surrounded by A peach plant (Prunus persica); flowering and fruiting stems, and Haeckel Discomedusae 8 cleanup, both from the Wellcome Collection.CC BY-SA 4.0

A new mini Wikimedian in Residence at The Mixed Museum

A new Wikimedia Residency is starting this month, in mini format. One of our Connected Heritage Digital Skills Wikimedians, Leah Emary, will … Continue reading “A new mini Wikimedian in Residence at The Mixed Museum”

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