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• 14.04.2014
• • Events

As a part of Wikimedia UK’s continued efforts to support the Wikimedia community the the UK, we regularly offer scholarships … Continue reading “Conference scholarships”

• 08.04.2014
• • Diversity
  • Events
  • Wikipedia

This post was written by Althea Greenan of the Women’s Art Library at Goldsmiths College How did the Wikipedia editathon come about … Continue reading “Improving Wikipedia coverage of women artists”

• 04.04.2014
• • Events
  • Wikimania

This post was written by Matthew Wood, Wikimania / Wikimedia UK volunteer As many will no doubt be aware of … Continue reading “Wikimania – Submission deadline expires with a blaze of proposals”

• 02.04.2014
• • Fundraiser

This post was written by Katherine Bavage, Wikimedia UK Fundraising Manager ‘Imagine a world in which every single human being … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK is now a member of the Fundraising Standards Board”

• 31.03.2014
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Events
  • Wikimedian in Residence

This post was written by Pat Hadley, Wikimedian in Residence at York Museums Trust A volcanologist, watercolourist, botanist and forger….walk … Continue reading “The unusual suspects…”

• 28.03.2014
• • Academia

This post was written by Dr Martin Poulter, Jisc Wikimedia ambassador Wikipedia welcomes expert contributions, and is one of the … Continue reading “Publishing scholarly papers with, and on, Wikipedia”

• 25.03.2014
• • Higher Education
  • Wikipedia

This post was initially published by Lorna Campbell of Cetis and is republished here under its CC-BY licence “We are all publishers now, publishing has never been … Continue reading “What I know is…”

• 21.03.2014
• • Wikimania

Wikimania, the annual global conference of the Wikimedia movement, comes to London this year for the first time. The conference … Continue reading “Wikimania – ten days to submit your session proposal”

• 20.03.2014
• • Staff

This post was written by Stevie Benton, Wikimedia UK’s Head of External Relations They say that the passage of time … Continue reading “Reflections on two years in post”

• 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”