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New partnership delivers Wikimedia UK’s first-ever residency for climate
As things stand, there are large gaps in information about climate change on Wikipedia, and the content we do have … Continue reading “New partnership delivers Wikimedia UK’s first-ever residency for climate”
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Train the Trainer 2022/23 call for interest
We are designing our next Train the Trainer (TtT) course, and looking forward to hearing from interested volunteers. TtT trains … Continue reading “Train the Trainer 2022/23 call for interest”
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A new mini Wikimedian in Residence at The Mixed Museum
A new Wikimedia Residency is starting this month, in mini format. One of our Connected Heritage Digital Skills Wikimedians, Leah Emary, will … Continue reading “A new mini Wikimedian in Residence at The Mixed Museum”
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Wales moves up to second place in Wiki Loves Earth
By Robin Owain, Programme Manager for Wales at Wikimedia UK This year, in Wiki Loves Earth , editors from all over Wales went out into protected … Continue reading “Wales moves up to second place in Wiki Loves Earth”
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Taking the long view – my 10 years at Wikimedia UK
By Daria Cybulska, Director of Programmes and Evaluation at Wikimedia UK My adventure with the Wikimedia movement started in 2012, 10 … Continue reading “Taking the long view – my 10 years at Wikimedia UK”
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Women’s suffrage and the Hunger Strike Medal
Dr Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Coordinator for Wikimedia UK On International Women’s Day, I ran training for long-term Wikimedia UK … Continue reading “Women’s suffrage and the Hunger Strike Medal”
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Wales and international photography competition #WikiLovesEarth
Upload your photographs during June to be in with a chance of winning country and national prizes. This year, for … Continue reading “Wales and international photography competition #WikiLovesEarth”
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Our new Volunteer Coordinator on engaging with the community
By Esma Gjertsen, Volunteer Coordinator at Wikimedia UK I am very excited to join the Wikimedia community as a Volunteer … Continue reading “Our new Volunteer Coordinator on engaging with the community”
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Learn more and get trained with Connected Heritage in 2022
The Connected Heritage team is offering more public, free events and webinars in 2022 as the project progresses. If you … Continue reading “Learn more and get trained with Connected Heritage in 2022”
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First months as The Mixed Museum’s intern
In this post, Anastasia reflects on the process of editing a Wikipedia article, and the challenges it presented. You can … Continue reading “First months as The Mixed Museum’s intern”
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Friends newsletter/2022/Issue 1
Welcome Welcome to the Spring/Summer 2022 newsletter! I hope you have had a good start to the year, and a … Continue reading “Friends newsletter/2022/Issue 1”
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Call for improving Wikipedia’s museum content
International Museum Day 2022 / About 20 Wikimedia Chapters around the world join forces The International Museum Day (IMD) on 18th May is … Continue reading “Call for improving Wikipedia’s museum content”
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Connected Heritage partnerships
We’re pleased to announce the first of our partnerships resulting from our Connected Heritage training. While the webinars are free … Continue reading “Connected Heritage partnerships”
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January Scots writing drive
By Dr Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Coordinator at Wikimedia UK Over the last 18 months we’ve been working with the … Continue reading “January Scots writing drive”
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Friends’ Newsletter/2021/Issue 03
We are working through bugs on the Wikimedia UK wiki site, so are temporarily posting the winter newsletter here. This … Continue reading “Friends’ Newsletter/2021/Issue 03”
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National Institute for Health Research launches Wikimedian in Residence in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
The new Wikimedian in Residence six month post is part of a pilot to help the National Institute for Health … Continue reading “National Institute for Health Research launches Wikimedian in Residence in collaboration with Wikimedia UK”
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