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• 21.06.2010
• • Wikimedia Commons

Picture of the Year 2009 – Sikh pilgrim at the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) in India Each year the Wikimedia … Continue reading “Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2009”

• 16.06.2010
• • Wikipedia

For the next two months, starting at midnight last night, the English Wikipedia will be testing a new tool, called … Continue reading “Pending Changes trial on the English Wikipedia”

• 14.06.2010
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Wikimedia Commons

In February 2010 we ran Britain Loves Wikipedia – encouraging people to visit 20 museums across the UK to take photographs for Wikipedia, … Continue reading “Britain Loves Wikipedia pictures on Commons”

• 08.06.2010
• • Cultural partnerships

 Back stage at the British Museum. More photos from the day. Following from the successful Backstage Pass event held at the British Museum on 4 June, attended … Continue reading “Featured Article prizes from the British Museum”

• 17.05.2010
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Events

Image via Wikipedia Wikimedia UK and the British Museum would like to invite all Wikipedians to a very special event taking … Continue reading “Backstage pass @ British Museum”

• 15.05.2010
• • Uncategorized

The Wikimedia chapters, including Wikimedia UK, have issued the following open letter. Wikimedia UK thinks it is extremely important that … Continue reading “Wikimedia Foundation board member candidates wanted”

• 09.05.2010
• • Fundraiser

Wikimedia UK host the global Wikimedia Fundraising Summit in Bristol May 14-16 – HP Labs Bristol & The Watershed offer … Continue reading “Wikimedia Fundraising Summit, Bristol, May 14”

• 25.02.2010
• • Events
  • Other open groups

This year Wikimedia UK is partnering with the Open Knowledge Foundation in the organisation of the 2010 Open Knowledge Conference (“OKCon”), an interdisciplinary conference … Continue reading “Call for Proposals – Wikimedia track at the Open Knowledge Conference 2010”

• 17.02.2010
• • Uncategorized

The Wikimedia UK board has been putting together a budget for the next year (You can see this, and help … Continue reading “Call for proposals for Wikimedia UK initiatives”

• 10.02.2010
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Wikimedia Commons

Sailing on Ullswater—the six millionth file on Wikimedia Commons. Credit: James Hearton. Around 250,000 images from the Geograph British Isles Project have recently been uploaded to … Continue reading “Wikimedia Commons reaches 6 million files with the upload of 250,000 Geograph images”

• 28.01.2010
• • Cultural partnerships

Join Wikipedia in photographing and celebrating Britain’s cultural heritage in museums, galleries and archives nationwide 29 January 2010, UK: ‘Britain … Continue reading “Britain Loves Wikipedia”

• 03.01.2010
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Wikimedia Commons
  • Wikipedia

3 January 2010, UK: The Portsmouth-based Mary Rose Trust have released a number of photographs relating to the salvaged sixteenth-century warship Mary Rose onto Wikipedia. … Continue reading “Mary Rose Trust releases photographs onto Wikipedia”

• 31.12.2009
• • Wikimedia Commons
  • Wikipedia
  • Wikisource

31 December 2009, UK What do Howard Carter , discoverer of the famed tomb of King Tutankhamen, novelist Ford Madox Ford , and sexologist Havelock Ellis all … Continue reading “Wikipedia celebrates Public Domain Day on 1st January”

• 30.11.2009
• • Fundraiser

Wikimedia UK, in conjunction with the Wikimedia Foundation, recently started its first fundraiser. So far we have raised over £9,000 … Continue reading “Support Wikimedia UK – Donate now!”

• 20.11.2009
• • Wikipedia Loves Art

Image via Wikipedia ( PD ) Earlier this year, a Wikipedia Loves Art event – a free content photography contest – was held at the … Continue reading “Wikipedia Loves Art at the V&A – Photos on Commons”

• 10.09.2009
• • Events

Wikimedia UK and the Open Knowledge Foundation are partnering to run the 2010 Open Knowledge Conference, planned to be held … Continue reading “Open Knowledge Conference & WMUK AGM”

• 02.09.2009
• • Wikimedia Commons

A mosaic of 1,200 of the 5 million media files, forming the Wikimedia logo 2 September 2009, The Internet: Wikimedia … Continue reading “Milestone: 5 Years, 5 Million Media Files on Wikimedia Commons”