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• 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”

• 24.10.2012
• • Uncategorized

Today Wikimedia UK and the Wikimedia Foundation are announcing the appointment of Compass Partnership  to produce the review and report on the … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK and Wikimedia Foundation appoint independent reviewer”

• 19.10.2012
• • Wikipedia

This post was written by Wikimedia UK Associate Dr Martin Poulter Misconceptions about health are common throughout the world. For … Continue reading “Bringing evidence-based medicine to the world”

• 13.10.2012
• • Board

Wikimedia UK’s Board of Trustees met on Tuesday 8 October to discuss recent events, review strategy and evaluate where we … Continue reading “A message from the Wikimedia UK Board”

• 09.10.2012
• • Cultural partnerships

1 October marked the first anniversary of Wikimedia UK’s ongoing partnership with Herbert Art Gallery and Museum , the longest-running GLAM partnership in the UK … Continue reading “One year on: 12 months working with the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum”

• 28.09.2012
• • Uncategorized

Over the past six months, a Wikimedia UK trustee led two Wikipedia-related projects, Monmouthpedia and Gibraltarpedia, in a way that … Continue reading “Joint statement from Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK”