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Supporting the Turkish Wikimedia community from the UK
By John Lubbock, Communications Coordinator As many of you know, Wikipedia has been blocked in Turkey since 2017. While it’s … Continue reading “Supporting the Turkish Wikimedia community from the UK”
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Copyright for Wikimedia photographers in the UK
By UK Wikimedian and copyright enthusiast Geni Spoiler:Its a terrible broken system which is part of the reason Wikipedia went copyleft in … Continue reading “Copyright for Wikimedia photographers in the UK”
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Wiki Loves Monuments UK 2019 winners announced
Wiki Loves Monuments UK, part of the world’s biggest photographic contest, has announced the winners of this year’s competition. The … Continue reading “Wiki Loves Monuments UK 2019 winners announced”
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Samhuinn at the University of Edinburgh
So, the University of Edinburgh have been awfully busy when it comes to all things Witchcraft recently. Wikimedian in Residence … Continue reading “Samhuinn at the University of Edinburgh”
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Arabic Wikipedia is growing fast – here’s why
By John Lubbock, Wikimedia UK Communications Coordinator I met recently with Faisal Saeed al-Mutar, an Iraqi refugee in the US, … Continue reading “Arabic Wikipedia is growing fast – here’s why”
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“Masterpieces of the World” – A Landmark Partnership between Wikimedia UK and the Khalili Collections
Wikimedia UK is launching a landmark partnership with the UK-based Khalili Collections – one of the greatest and most comprehensive … Continue reading ““Masterpieces of the World” – A Landmark Partnership between Wikimedia UK and the Khalili Collections”
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Does Wikipedia have enough administrators?
By John Lubbock, Wikimedia UK Communications Coordinator There are currently 1144 admins on the English language Wikipedia, of whom 501 are active as editors , though not … Continue reading “Does Wikipedia have enough administrators?”
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Wikimedia UK’s 2019 Annual General Meeting – election results and more
Wikimedia UK AGM 2019 – image by Jwslubbock CC BY-SA 4.0 2019 board elections and resolutions Thank you to all members … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK’s 2019 Annual General Meeting – election results and more”
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Wikimedia UK announces Wikimedian and Partnership of the Year
At Wikimedia UK’s 2019 Annual General Meeting on Saturday we awarded our prizes for Wikimedian and Partnership of the Year. … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK announces Wikimedian and Partnership of the Year”
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Wikipedia for Peace at Europride Vienna
Earlier this month I took some time out from my Edinburgh work to travel to Vienna to take part … Continue reading “Wikipedia for Peace at Europride Vienna”
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How Wikimedia UK is working with the music industry to improve Wikipedia
By John Lubbock, Communications Coordinator at Wikimedia UK Why should the music industry engage with Wikipedia? Firstly, they already do, … Continue reading “How Wikimedia UK is working with the music industry to improve Wikipedia”
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University of Edinburgh win higher education award for innovative use of Wikimedia in the curriculum
Wikimedia UK is very pleased to announce that our partners at the University of Edinburgh have been awarded the Innovative … Continue reading “University of Edinburgh win higher education award for innovative use of Wikimedia in the curriculum”
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Libraries, Librarians & Wikimedia: a round up of our favourite things for the CILIPS Annual Conference 2019
This is a blog in two parts – the first is some session recommendations for the CILIPS conference, and the … Continue reading “Libraries, Librarians & Wikimedia: a round up of our favourite things for the CILIPS Annual Conference 2019”
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Conway Hall collections helping to improve Wikipedia
Last weekend Conway Hall in central London hosted a Wikipedia editathon to improve pages on Wikipedia about 19th century pamphleteers … Continue reading “Conway Hall collections helping to improve Wikipedia”
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Education in Wales and Wikipedia
By Robin Owain, Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Wales has always had more than its fair share of ministers of religion, … Continue reading “Education in Wales and Wikipedia”
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Self-harm and the internet
Following a recent news report in a tabloid paper, which criticised websites including Wikipedia for not taking seriously enough the … Continue reading “Self-harm and the internet”
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New Wikimedian in Residence at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
By Jeff Sanders, Project Manager for Dig It! based at The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland . AN ANCIENT SOCIETY (WITH FRESH IDEAS) 1780: a time before the … Continue reading “New Wikimedian in Residence at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland”
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