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Teaming up with Mozilla for an editathon
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”
arrow_forwardWikimedia UK, Wicipedia Cymraeg and the National Eisteddfod
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”
arrow_forwardGibraltar’s biggest website is now CC-BY-SA for Gibraltarpedia
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”
arrow_forwardGermans shoot Edinburgh – The Edinburgh Photography Workshop 2012, a joint UK-German venture.
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.”
arrow_forwardWikimedia UK elects a new Chair
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”
arrow_forwardA message from Jon Davies, Chief Executive of Wikimedia UK
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”
arrow_forwardA response to The Daily Telegraph article
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”
arrow_forwardWorking with the Welsh language 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”
arrow_forwardWikimedia UK and JISC join forces for World War One editathon
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”
arrow_forwardEnglish language Wikipedia hits 4 million articles!
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!”
arrow_forwardVolunteer’s efforts win Gibraltar the right to be the first Wikipedia ‘city’
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’”
arrow_forwardRussian language Wikipedia blacked out for 10 July protest
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”
arrow_forwardWorld first for St Paul’s Church, Birmingham
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”
arrow_forwardWikimedia UK welcomes Katherine to the team
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”
arrow_forwardWhat did you think of our annual report?
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?”
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