Blog

• 05.11.2011
• • Board
  • Strategy

Today the Charity Commission has approved Wikimedia UK, the UK membership organisation supporting Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, as … Continue reading “Charity Status for the world’s favourite encyclopaedia – and a milestone for Charity Law”

• 27.10.2011
• • Strategy

There was a record-breaking turnout of UK Wikipedians on Sunday 16th October for the 50th London Meetup and an Extraordinary … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK one step closer to charitable status”

• 01.10.2011
• • Strategy

Wikimedia UK has just published its 2012 Activity Plan . Please have your say! The Activity Plan is an outline of the work … Continue reading “Our plans for 2012”

• 26.09.2011
• • Staff

I am delighted to announce that we have offered the position of Chief Executive to Jon Davies and he has … Continue reading “Welcoming our new Chief Executive”

• 25.09.2011
• • Strategy

As you all know, since Wikimedia UK was founded, one of our goals has been to become a Registered Charity. … Continue reading “EGM 16th October – Help us become a charity!”

• 20.09.2011
• • Events
  • Inter-chapter

Wikimedia UK welcomes proposals from Wikimedians in the UK community intending to travel to join the WikiConference India. Priority will … Continue reading “WikiConference India travel grants”

• 13.09.2011
• • Wikimedia Commons
  • Wikipedia

On Thursday 1st September, two Martins from Wikimedia UK ( MartinPoulter and Martinvl ) visited the Institute of Physics building in London to train IoP members in contributing to Wikipedia . This … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK at the Institute of Physics”

• 06.09.2011
• • Staff

At the AGM in April it was agreed that professionalising Wikimedia UK and recruiting our first permanent staff would be one of our … Continue reading “Help us choose our Chief Executive”

• 22.08.2011
• • Diversity
  • Events

By Fiona Apps (Wikipedia User:Panyd) How do you get members of the public involved in Wikipedia? Moreover, how do you get women, … Continue reading “Girl Geeks V. Wikimeet – An exercise in real-time collaboration”

• 16.07.2011
• • Staff

Wikimedia UK is hiring its first ever Chief Executive. We are looking for a high-calibre individual who will play a … Continue reading “Could you be Wikimedia UK’s first Chief Executive?”

• 06.07.2011
• • Training

Wikimedia UK Launches its University of Bristol Outreach Ambassador in the heart of the BBC Digital Village On Monday 4th … Continue reading “Second Wikipedia Training Day at BBC Bristol”

• 28.06.2011
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Events

On Friday 24th June we had our first UK GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) networking day. The aim was … Continue reading “GLAMcamp London”

• 15.06.2011
• • Board
  • Strategy

This weekend, Wikimedia UK board members made strategic decisions about the future of the chapter, at a two-day long, face-to-face … Continue reading “Shaping the future of Wikimedia UK”

• 03.06.2011
• • Wikipedia

We all know how to use Wikipedia, right? Just do a search in your favourite search engine, and the relevant … Continue reading “Six unorthodox ways to use Wikipedia”

• 28.05.2011
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Events

Lewis Carroll, one of many authors with unique photographs, papers and publications held in the collections. Wikimedia UK together with … Continue reading “British Library English and Drama editathon”

• 22.05.2011
• • Cultural partnerships

GLAM – Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums. Wikimedia – the organisation behind Wikipedia, its image library Commons and many more … Continue reading “Launching our new GLAM Outreach Taskforce”

• 16.05.2011
• • Cultural partnerships
  • QR codes
  • Wikipedia

For the last two weeks Wikimedia UK has been running a competition in partnership with the Derby Museum. So far, … Continue reading “Join the Wright Challenge!”