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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. These funded…
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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 demand for volunteers and trainers has increased hugely. Though it’s…
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Leveraging open data at the National Library of Wales
Over 7 years ago the National Library of Wales made the decision not to claim any rights to digital reproductions of public domain works. I was then employed as a…
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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 private collections in the world. Over the course of five…
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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. These awards recognise people and projects which have made a…
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How Wikimedia UK is working with the music industry to improve Wikipedia
Why should the music industry engage with Wikipedia? Firstly, they already do, but often they don’t do it very well, and get content deleted which they add to artists’ pages…
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New Wikimedian in Residence at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
1780: a time before the USA had gained its independence, before the first hot air balloon flights, and before Robert Burns had penned Auld Lang Syne. Also the year in…
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University College London undergraduates will create their own course text using Wikibooks
Professor Carl Gombrich, Programme Director for UCL's new interdisciplinary course, Arts and Sciences (BASc), approached Wikimedia UK early this year to talk about his interest in using a Wikimedia element…
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Celtic Knot 2018 – How can Wikidata support minority language Wikipedias
At the beginning of July, I attended the Celtic Knot 2018 conference at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth organised in partnership with Wikimedia UK. As a Wikidata novice,…
