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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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Reflections on Roberta’s internship as it comes to an end
In 2019 Wikimedia UK, Archaeology Scotland and The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland recruited a graduate intern through the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities Internship programme . … Continue reading “Reflections on Roberta’s internship as it comes to an end”
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Women in Red Edinburgh internship – celebrating notable women of Edinburgh
This post was written for the Women in Red blog by their intern, Laura Rose Wood. We launched the internship with Women in Red … Continue reading “Women in Red Edinburgh internship – celebrating notable women of Edinburgh”
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My first week as the new Wikimedia Training Intern
Hannah Rothmann is an intern at Edinburgh University, training with our Wikimedian in Residence who is based there, Ewan McAndrew. Hannah wrote this post for the University’s blog.
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Just one week left to sign up for our 2020 AGM!
We’re gearing up for this year’s Annual General Meeting with just over a week to go until the event! On … Continue reading “Just one week left to sign up for our 2020 AGM!”
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Wikidata and Aberdeen – a virtual hackathon
Introduction by Sara Thomas, Wikimedia UK’s Scotland Programme Coordinator. Over Easter weekend I attended a virtual hackathon, hosted by Code … Continue reading “Wikidata and Aberdeen – a virtual hackathon”
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A message to our supporters in lockdown
By Lucy Crompton-Reid, Wikimedia UK’s Chief Executive. I hope that you and your loved ones are safe and well during … Continue reading “A message to our supporters in lockdown”
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Nick Poole becomes Chair of Wikimedia UK’s Board
By Lucy Crompton-Reid, Wikimedia UK’s Chief Executive. Wikimedia UK is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Chair of … Continue reading “Nick Poole becomes Chair of Wikimedia UK’s Board”
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My first steps in the Wikimedia world – interning with Wikimedia UK & Archeology Scotland
In 2019 Wikimedia UK, Archaeology Scotland and The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland recruited a graduate intern through the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities Internship programme . … Continue reading “My first steps in the Wikimedia world – interning with Wikimedia UK & Archeology Scotland”
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Growing our volunteer community in Scotland
In 2019 we hired Dr Sara Thomas as our Scotland Programme Coordinator. As Sara’s expanded our reach across Scotland, the … Continue reading “Growing our volunteer community in Scotland”
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Remote working the Wikimedia UK way
Blog by Sara Thomas, Wikimedia UK’s Scotland Programme Coordinator Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, it’s likely that more and more … Continue reading “Remote working the Wikimedia UK way”
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