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• 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”

• 25.09.2012
• • Staff

Isabelle, the first Wikimedia UK Intern, has finished her internship on 21 September 2012. Here is a message from her … Continue reading “First ever Wikimedia UK intern waves goodbye”

• 21.09.2012
• • Board
  • Gibraltarpedia
  • QR codes

1. What’s Gibraltarpedia? Gibraltarpedia is a project by the Government of Gibraltar to improve coverage of Gibraltar-related topics on Wikipedia. It … Continue reading “Gibraltarpedia: WMUK press release”

• 20.09.2012
• • Board

Wikimedia UK would like to announce that Roger Bamkin has stepped down as a Trustee. “Roger’s energy and enthusiasm has … Continue reading “Board update”