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Friends’ Newsletter/2021/Issue 03
We are working through bugs on the Wikimedia UK wiki site, so are temporarily posting the winter newsletter here. This … Continue reading “Friends’ Newsletter/2021/Issue 03”
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National Institute for Health Research launches Wikimedian in Residence in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
The new Wikimedian in Residence six month post is part of a pilot to help the National Institute for Health … Continue reading “National Institute for Health Research launches Wikimedian in Residence in collaboration with Wikimedia UK”
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Train the Trainer 2022 – call for participants
Would you like to receive training on how to deliver Wikipedia editing events? Wikimedia UK are now inviting expressions of … Continue reading “Train the Trainer 2022 – call for participants”
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Three months of Connected Heritage
By Dr Lucy Hinnie, Digital Skills Wikimedian at Wikimedia UK. As we begin to look towards 2022, and move towards … Continue reading “Three months of Connected Heritage”
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Talking strategy with Wikimedia UK’s community
Last week I had the pleasure of facilitating an online meeting for members of our community to help shape the … Continue reading “Talking strategy with Wikimedia UK’s community”
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This is a test … November 2023 WordPress 6.4.1 Test of setting published status.
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UK based Punjabi artist opens up his archive
Written by the Punjabi Wikimedians User Group UK based Punjabi writer and photographer, Amarjit Chandan opened up images from his archive. Aside … Continue reading “UK based Punjabi artist opens up his archive”
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2021 Palestine-Wales editathon
By Robin Owain, Wales Programme Manager for Wikimedia UK Wikiproject Palestine-Wales was a month-long editathon, which took place in August … Continue reading “2021 Palestine-Wales editathon”
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Ada Lovelace day 24 hour global editathon
On the 12th October, an international 24 hour editing marathon will start in Aotearoa New Zealand to improve the coverage … Continue reading “Ada Lovelace day 24 hour global editathon”
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Wikimedia UK returns to the office, but trials a new way of working
By Lucy Crompton-Reid, Chief Executive of Wikimedia UK On 16th March 2020, the UK Prime Minister asked the nation to … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK returns to the office, but trials a new way of working”
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Connected Heritage webinars
As part of the National Lottery funded Digital Skills for Heritage initiative, Wikimedia UK is running webinars to showcase what … Continue reading “Connected Heritage webinars”
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Celebrating #WCCWiki at 50!
By Dr Victoria Leonard, FRHistS In July 2021, #WCCWiki marked an important milestone. The initiative, designed to improve the online … Continue reading “Celebrating #WCCWiki at 50!”
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Towards a National Collection
TOWARDS A NATIONAL COLLECTION: WIKIMEDIA UK AND PARTNERS WORKING TOWARDS INCREASED AND DIVERSIFIED ENGAGEMENT £14.5m awarded to transform online exploration … Continue reading “Towards a National Collection”
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Competition Winners, Wiki Loves Earth, Wales
By Robin Owain, Wales Programme Manager at Wikimedia UK This year Wales took part in the international photography competition ‘Wiki … Continue reading “Competition Winners, Wiki Loves Earth, Wales”
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Virtual Volunteering with the National Galleries of Scotland
Over the course of lockdown in Scotland, we’ve seen a variety of responses to the conditions of the pandemic reflected … Continue reading “Virtual Volunteering with the National Galleries of Scotland”
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