Blog

• 21.12.2021
• • Wikinews

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”

• 10.12.2021
• • Science
  • Wikimedian in Residence

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”

• 25.11.2021
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Education
  • Events
  • Staff
  • Training
  • UK community
  • Wikipedia

Would you like to receive training on how to deliver Wikipedia editing events? Wikimedia UK are now inviting expressions of … Continue reading “Train the Trainer 2022 – call for participants”

• 22.11.2021
• • Connected Heritage
  • Cultural partnerships
  • Events
  • Libraries
  • Training
  • Wikimedia Commons

By Dr Lucy Hinnie, Digital Skills Wikimedian at Wikimedia UK. As we begin to look towards 2022, and move towards … Continue reading “Three months of Connected Heritage”

• 19.11.2021
• • Board
  • Events
  • Knowledge Equity
  • Policy
  • Staff
  • Strategy
  • UK community

Last week I had the pleasure of facilitating an online meeting for members of our community to help shape the … Continue reading “Talking strategy with Wikimedia UK’s community”

• 26.10.2021
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Diversity
  • Knowledge Equity
  • Licences
  • Wikimedia Commons
  • Wikipedia

Written by the Punjabi Wikimedians User Group UK based Punjabi writer and photographer, Amarjit Chandan opened up images from his archive. Aside … Continue reading “UK based Punjabi artist opens up his archive”

• 12.10.2021
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Cymru
  • Diversity
  • Events
  • Inter-chapter
  • Knowledge Equity
  • Wales

By Robin Owain, Wales Programme Manager for Wikimedia UK Wikiproject Palestine-Wales was a month-long editathon, which took place in August … Continue reading “2021 Palestine-Wales editathon”

• 04.10.2021
• • Diversity
  • Events
  • Gender gap
  • Knowledge Equity
  • Training
  • Wikipedia

On the 12th October, an international 24 hour editing marathon will start in Aotearoa New Zealand to improve the coverage … Continue reading “Ada Lovelace day 24 hour global editathon”

• 29.09.2021
• • Board
  • Staff

By Lucy Crompton-Reid, Chief Executive of Wikimedia UK On 16th March 2020, the UK Prime Minister asked the nation to … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK returns to the office, but trials a new way of working”

• 24.09.2021
• • Connected Heritage
  • Cultural partnerships
  • GLAM network
  • GLAM-WIKI
  • Libraries
  • Other open groups
  • Training

As part of the National Lottery funded Digital Skills for Heritage initiative, Wikimedia UK is running webinars to showcase what … Continue reading “Connected Heritage webinars”

• 22.09.2021
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Gender gap
  • Knowledge Equity
  • Other open groups

By Dr Victoria Leonard, FRHistS In July 2021, #WCCWiki marked an important milestone. The initiative, designed to improve the online … Continue reading “Celebrating #WCCWiki at 50!”

• 21.09.2021
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Education
  • GLAM network
  • GLAM-WIKI
  • Libraries
  • Other open groups
  • Scotland

TOWARDS A NATIONAL COLLECTION: WIKIMEDIA UK AND PARTNERS WORKING TOWARDS INCREASED AND DIVERSIFIED ENGAGEMENT £14.5m awarded to transform online exploration … Continue reading “Towards a National Collection”

• 01.09.2021
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Cymru
  • Just for fun
  • Uncategorized
  • Wales
  • Wikimedia Commons

By Robin Owain, Wales Programme Manager at Wikimedia UK This year Wales took part in the international photography competition ‘Wiki … Continue reading “Competition Winners, Wiki Loves Earth, Wales”

• 20.07.2021
• • Cultural partnerships
  • GLAM network
  • Scotland

Over the course of lockdown in Scotland, we’ve seen a variety of responses to the conditions of the pandemic reflected … Continue reading “Virtual Volunteering with the National Galleries of Scotland”

• 14.07.2021
• • Annual General Meeting
  • Board
  • Cultural partnerships
  • Events

By Katie Crampton, Communications and Governance Coordinator We had a wonderful Annual General Meeting and Community Day on Saturday, and … Continue reading “Our 2021 AGM and Community Day”

• 18.06.2021
• • Just for fun
  • Uncategorized

As Small Charity Week draws to a close we send our Thanks and Appreciation to every single Wikimedia UK Volunteer. … Continue reading “Thank You To Each and Every Amazing Volunteer!”

• 12.06.2021
• • Events
  • Fundraiser

By George Colbourn, Fundraising Development Coordinator at Wikimedia UK This year, Wikimedia UK is taking part in ‘Small Charity Week’, an annual … Continue reading “Small Charity Week – celebrating the big impact of small charities”