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• 13.07.2012
• • Wikipedia

As around 1,000 international Wikimedians gathered in Washington, D.C, for Wikimania 2012 , an historic landmark was reached today as the English language Wikipedia recorded … Continue reading “English language Wikipedia hits 4 million articles!”

• 12.07.2012
• • Gibraltarpedia
  • QR codes

Tyson Lee Holmes was with friends when he read about ‘Monmouthpedia, the World’s First Wikipedia Town.’  His first thought was, … Continue reading “Volunteer’s efforts win Gibraltar the right to be the first Wikipedia ‘city’”

• 10.07.2012
• • Wikipedia

The Russian language Wikipedia is blacked out today in response to a proposed law “on information”. The decision was taken … Continue reading “Russian language Wikipedia blacked out for 10 July protest”

• 06.07.2012
• • QR codes

St Paul’s is the first church in the world to utilise innovative QRpedia technology Visitors and worshippers at St Paul’s … Continue reading “World first for St Paul’s Church, Birmingham”

• 04.07.2012
• • Fundraiser
  • Staff
  • Uncategorized

We are really pleased to introduce our latest member of staff Katherine Bavage to the Wikimedia community as the Fundraising Organiser of Wikimedia UK . … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK welcomes Katherine to the team”

• 03.07.2012
• • Uncategorized

We recently published our annual report for the period 2011-12. It’s available as an optimised PDF here and also in print (for a … Continue reading “What did you think of our annual report?”

• 26.06.2012
• • Education
  • Events

What do Dictator novel , Implicit self-esteem and Nuclear energy policy in the United States have in common? Each of these Wikipedia articles has been improved by university students in exchange … Continue reading “EduWiki 2012: Wikipedia as an educational resource, now and in the future”

• 23.06.2012
• • Wikipedia

David Gerard, a prominent Wikipedian and Wikimedia UK volunteer, took part in a live debate on the relationship between Wikipedia … Continue reading “UK Wikipedian debates Wikipedia’s relationship with PR industry”

• 18.06.2012
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Wikimedia Commons

We’ve recently been working with our friends from The National Archives to bring a collection of 2,000 or so war art images into … Continue reading “Pic for victory! We team up with The National Archives to bring war art to public domain”

• 29.05.2012
• • QR codes

The below press release was issued to railway-related media over 28 and 29 May for immediate release. It’s likely to … Continue reading “Technological landmark for award-winning Birmingham Moor Street station”

• 16.05.2012
• • Cultural partnerships
  • QR codes
  • Wales

You’ve probably heard the saying, “In theory, Wikipedia shouldn’t work, but in practice it does.” Three of the things that … Continue reading “Welcome to the world’s first Wikipedia town”

• 03.05.2012
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Wikimedian in Residence

Wikimedia UK is very happy to announce the UK’s latest Wikipedian in Residence. Andrew Gray will be based at the British Library’s … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK and British Library unveil latest Wikipedian in Residence”

• 24.04.2012
• • Academia
  • Research
  • Wikipedia

According to recent research that has been shared with Wikimedia UK, use of Wikipedia for medical information is almost universal among … Continue reading “Doctors use, but don’t rely totally on, Wikipedia”

• 17.04.2012
• • Board

One year on from our previous AGM, I have decided to stand down as Chair of Wikimedia UK. I’m becoming a … Continue reading “Changes to the Wikimedia UK board – A message from Roger Bamkin”

• 19.03.2012
• • Staff

We’re happy to announce our fourth employee at the UK chapter – Stevie Benton. Stevie will be taking on the … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK’s Communications Organiser”