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• 20.09.2012
• • Board

Wikimedia UK is pleased to announce the appointment of Saad Choudri to its Board of Trustees. This appointment is effective … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK appoints Saad Choudri to its Board”

• 14.09.2012
• • Academia
  • Events
  • Higher Education

The first week of September saw the first EduWiki Conference at the University of Leicester, England, bringing together educators and Wikimedians for two … Continue reading “EduWiki 2012 – a review”

• 13.09.2012
• • Events
  • Wikimedia Commons

This blog post was written by Wikimedia UK volunteer and event organiser, User:Rock drum On Saturday 1 September, local Wikimedians … Continue reading “Wikipedia Takes Coventry – the winners!”

• 07.09.2012
• • Board

Wikimedia UK is sad to announce that Joscelyn Upendran has stepped down as a Trustee. “It is with great regret … Continue reading “Board update”

• 05.09.2012
• • Academia
  • Higher Education

There’s excitement in the air in Leicester this morning as our EduWiki Conference gets under way. Academics from three continents are meeting … Continue reading “EduWiki kicks off amid great anticipation”

• 03.09.2012
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Wikimedian in Residence

Over the past two years, Wikimedia UK has been working with the British Library . These have involved a series of editing … Continue reading “Three months as a Wikipedian in Residence at the British Library”

• 30.08.2012
• • Events
  • Other open groups

Mozilla UK have been supportive to Wikimedia UK since they opened their Mozilla Spaces venue in June 2012, allowing us to use … Continue reading “Teaming up with Mozilla for an editathon”

• 15.08.2012
• • Wales

The National Eisteddfod is Wales’ primary cultural event of the year with a history stretching back over 800 years. It includes all … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK, Wicipedia Cymraeg and the National Eisteddfod”

• 13.08.2012
• • Gibraltarpedia
  • QR codes

The discovergibraltar.com website has invited Gibraltarpedians to use its content as a resource for the Gibraltarpedia project and Wikipedia. This comes as … Continue reading “Gibraltar’s biggest website is now CC-BY-SA for Gibraltarpedia”

• 09.08.2012
• • Events
  • Inter-chapter
  • Scotland
  • Wikimedia Commons

Post by Peter Weis Participating in Wikimedia’s projects is not just about editing Wikipedia. Many Wikipedia articles have images, but … Continue reading “Germans shoot Edinburgh – The Edinburgh Photography Workshop 2012, a joint UK-German venture.”

• 02.08.2012
• • Board

The Board of Wikimedia UK today announced the appointment of Chris Keating as its new Chair. This appointment is effective … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK elects a new Chair”

• • Board

This morning I have been in discussion with Ashley Van Haeften. Ashley is keen that there should be no division … Continue reading “A message from Jon Davies, Chief Executive of Wikimedia UK”

• 31.07.2012
• • Board
  • Uncategorized

The Daily Telegraph ran an article  online today referring to Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK. The story tells how Mr … Continue reading “A response to The Daily Telegraph article”

• 30.07.2012
• • Wales
  • Wikipedia

You may think that Wikimedia UK focuses solely on the English Wikipedia. However, we seek to support all language Wikipedias, … Continue reading “Working with the Welsh language Wikipedia”

• 19.07.2012
• • Events
  • Jisc

The history of the World War One inevitably attracts a great deal of attention and interest, especially on Wikipedia. That’s … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK and JISC join forces for World War One editathon”