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• 20.12.2012
• • Wikipedia

That’s how poet Sir John Betjeman once famously described the picturesque town of Stamford, Lincolnshire. Wikimedians recently had the chance … Continue reading “New editor training in “the finest stone town in England””

• 14.12.2012
• • Wikimedia Commons

You may have heard that Wikimedia Commons , the media file repository which makes available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content, … Continue reading “Wikimedia Commons reaches 15 million files!”

• 12.12.2012
• • Wikipedia

James Forrester of the Wikimedia Foundation made the below announcement about the first stage implementation of a visual editor for … Continue reading “Wikipedia’s Visual Editor comes one step nearer”

• 11.12.2012
• • Uncategorized

Wikimedia UK notes that Nick Clegg MP, Deputy Prime Minister, has today spoken out against the draft Communications Data Bill . Mr Clegg has said that the plans … Continue reading “Communications Data Bill under threat”

• 03.12.2012
• • Diversity
  • Events

This post was written by Daria Cybulska, Wikimedia UK’s Events Organiser “It’s easier than you think!” “We can do it!” … Continue reading “Manchester Girl Geeks help to share the world’s knowledge”

• 30.11.2012
• • Uncategorized

This post was written by Katherine Bavage, Wikimedia UK’s Fundraising Organiser As the Fundraising Organiser for Wikimedia UK there is … Continue reading “Thank you to our supporters – an an exclusive event for donors”

• 29.11.2012
• • Fundraiser

UK-based users of Wikipedia will notice fundraising banners across the site for the next few weeks as the Wikimedia Foundation … Continue reading “Wikimedia Foundation begins its annual Wikipedia banner fundraiser”

• 26.11.2012
• • Events
  • Uncategorized

After much review it has been decided that Wikimedia UK’s Annual General Meeting and our WikiConference will take place at Lincoln College Deans Sport and Leisure Centre in Lincoln on Saturday 8 June … Continue reading “Lincoln to host Wikimedia UK AGM and WikiConference 2013”

• 22.11.2012
• • Staff

We’re really happy to be able to welcome Richard Nevell to our team. Richard has joined us to provide valuable … Continue reading “Introducing Richard Nevell, our latest Wikimedia UK staff member!”

• 21.11.2012
• • Board

This post was written by Keith Smith from Compass Partnership As indicated in a previous Wikimedia UK blog post we as Compass Partnership have been invited … Continue reading “Community Consultation on Wikimedia UK Governance”

• 19.11.2012
• • Staff

Wikimedia UK is pleased to announce that we have appointed two contractors to take over the running of our technical … Continue reading “Announcing the appointment of two technology contractors”

• 12.11.2012
• • Wikipedia

This morning  The Times  ran a story about how staff at the public relations firm RLM Finsbury edited the Wikipedia article on  Alisher Usmanov … Continue reading “In response to today’s news articles in The Times and The Daily Telegraph about PR editing of Wikipedia”

• 05.11.2012
• • Uncategorized

It’s four years to the day since Wikimedia UK was incorporated. In that time, we’ve achieved many great things. We’ve … Continue reading “Happy birthday to us! WMUK turns 4 today”

• 01.11.2012
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Wikimedian in Residence

The Wikimedia UK GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) working group is now ready to find UK institutions willing to … Continue reading “We’re looking for Wikipedians in Residence!”

• 26.10.2012
• • Diversity
  • Events

26 October, by Daria Cybulska   The imagination of the Wikimedia UK community was first ignited by the idea of the Ada … Continue reading “The story of Ada Lovelace, the Royal Society and Wikimedia UK”

• 25.10.2012
• • Staff

October 25th, by Hasina Khatun So, the time has come for me to say goodbye to Wikimedia UK. Being WMUK’s … Continue reading “Hasina says goodbye to Wikimedia UK”