Blog

• 06.07.2011
• • Training

Wikimedia UK Launches its University of Bristol Outreach Ambassador in the heart of the BBC Digital Village On Monday 4th … Continue reading “Second Wikipedia Training Day at BBC Bristol”

• 28.06.2011
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Events

On Friday 24th June we had our first UK GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) networking day. The aim was … Continue reading “GLAMcamp London”

• 15.06.2011
• • Board
  • Strategy

This weekend, Wikimedia UK board members made strategic decisions about the future of the chapter, at a two-day long, face-to-face … Continue reading “Shaping the future of Wikimedia UK”

• 03.06.2011
• • Wikipedia

We all know how to use Wikipedia, right? Just do a search in your favourite search engine, and the relevant … Continue reading “Six unorthodox ways to use Wikipedia”

• 28.05.2011
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Events

Lewis Carroll, one of many authors with unique photographs, papers and publications held in the collections. Wikimedia UK together with … Continue reading “British Library English and Drama editathon”

• 22.05.2011
• • Cultural partnerships

GLAM – Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums. Wikimedia – the organisation behind Wikipedia, its image library Commons and many more … Continue reading “Launching our new GLAM Outreach Taskforce”

• 16.05.2011
• • Cultural partnerships
  • QR codes
  • Wikipedia

For the last two weeks Wikimedia UK has been running a competition in partnership with the Derby Museum. So far, … Continue reading “Join the Wright Challenge!”

• 01.05.2011
• • Board

Wikimedia UK’s new board held its first meeting last Tuesday. There are a lot of exciting opportunities this year and … Continue reading “Hello from the new Wikimedia UK Board”

• 16.04.2011
• • Wikimedia Commons

Ten is turning out to be the number of the year for Wikimedia. First, the Wikimedia Foundation celebrated the  tenth anniversary of … Continue reading “Ten million free media files and counting”

• 14.04.2011
• • Events

Wikimedia UK’s Annual Conference and AGM is this weekend. This is an opportunity for all Wikimedians in the UK to have their say about … Continue reading “Your Chapter, Your Say!”

• 13.02.2011
• • Wikipedia

The Wikipedia Contribution Team was founded in 2010 to help with the Wikimedia Fundraiser and to help encourage people to edit and build community spirit. … Continue reading “Join the Wikipedia Contribution Team in their Recruitment Drive”

• 21.01.2011
• • Board

Next year is set to be another big year of growth for Wikimedia UK: we have just raised over £500,000 in the Wikimedia Annual … Continue reading “Could you lead Wikimedia UK to success?”

• 15.01.2011
• • Events

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales delivered his only UK lecture at Bristol University on Thursday as part of a tour to … Continue reading “Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales visits Bristol”

• 11.01.2011
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Events

Wikimedia and British Library join forces to improve content relevant to the Library on Wikipedia The British Library, home to … Continue reading “British Library hosts 2-day Wikimedia Editathon”

• 10.01.2011
• • Wikipedia

This week Wikipedia is celebrating its tenth birthday. To mark this momentous occasion, people all over the world are gathering at … Continue reading “Wikipedia turns ten this week!”