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Non-Western Art and Artists Heavily Under-Represented on Wikipedia
New research identifies a strong fixation on the Western canon in Wikipedia’s coverage of visual arts, but offers ways towards … Continue reading “Non-Western Art and Artists Heavily Under-Represented on Wikipedia”
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Spotlight on Wales for International Photography Competition
Upload your photographs during June to be in with a chance of winning country and international prizes. This year Wales … Continue reading “Spotlight on Wales for International Photography Competition”
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Human Rights and the role of digital literacy
By George Colbourn, Fundraising Development Coordinator at Wikimedia UK The accelerating use of digital technology means that it now plays … Continue reading “Human Rights and the role of digital literacy”
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What does decolonisation mean for Wikipedia?
By Richard Nevell, Project Coordinator at Wikimedia UK Wikipedia is a magnificent tool for sharing knowledge with an enormous reach. … Continue reading “What does decolonisation mean for Wikipedia?”
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Welcome to the British Library’s new Wikimedian in Residence
By Lucy Hinnie , Wikimedian in Residence at the British Library, on Twitter at BL_Wikimedian Hello, I’m Dr Lucy Hinnie and I’ve just … Continue reading “Welcome to the British Library’s new Wikimedian in Residence”
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Wikimedia UK receives funding to boost digital development in heritage organisations
Wikimedia UK, the national charity for the global Wikimedia movement is among the successful organisations awarded funding by The National … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK receives funding to boost digital development in heritage organisations”
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Women EmpowerED: Wikipedia Editathon
By Sarah Lappin, final year computer science and artificial intelligence student at the University of Edinburgh, and President for Edinburgh … Continue reading “Women EmpowerED: Wikipedia Editathon”
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The wiki gender gap and Women’s History Month
By Lucy Crompton-Reid, Chief Executive of Wikimedia UK. Wikipedia’s vision is a world in which everyone has access to the … Continue reading “The wiki gender gap and Women’s History Month”
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Introducing George Colbourn – our new Fundraising Development Coordinator
In January we started the year as we mean to go on, by ensuring that Wikimedia UK is sustainable for … Continue reading “Introducing George Colbourn – our new Fundraising Development Coordinator”
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Editing Wikipedia: Stars, robots and talismans honours course
By Glaire Anderson, Senior Lecturer in Islamic Art at the University of Edinburgh. I have steered my students away from Wikipedia … Continue reading “Editing Wikipedia: Stars, robots and talismans honours course”
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London College of Communications – decolonisation through Wikipedia
Written by the London College Communications Teaching Hub for their blog . Back in April and May we collaborated with London … Continue reading “London College of Communications – decolonisation through Wikipedia”
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Introducing Natasha Iles, our new Head of Development and Communications
In October we recruited for a role that we have long known will be critical to the sustainability of Wikimedia … Continue reading “Introducing Natasha Iles, our new Head of Development and Communications”
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Happy Birthday Wikidata!
It’s Wikidata’s 8th birthday today, and we’re incredibly proud of Wikipedia’s lesser known little sister. Twenty years ago an incredible … Continue reading “Happy Birthday Wikidata!”
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Scots Wiki – moving forward
By Dr Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Coordinator As Wikimedia UK, we work to support language communities living in, or connected … Continue reading “Scots Wiki – moving forward”
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Education booklet – Imperial College London
Extract from the Education booklet case study, written by Wikimedia UK and University of Edinburgh. Earlier this year we produced … Continue reading “Education booklet – Imperial College London”
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Introducing Mapping the Scottish Reformation: Clerics, Manuscripts, and Open Data
Between 1560 and 1689, there were some 1,100 parishes in Scotland, each one served by a minister who, ideally, preached … Continue reading “Introducing Mapping the Scottish Reformation: Clerics, Manuscripts, and Open Data”
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Online training for online trainers – a response to COVID-19
By Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Coordinator. At the beginning of the lockdown period in the UK, the Programmes Team, along … Continue reading “Online training for online trainers – a response to COVID-19”
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