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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.
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What does decolonisation mean for Wikipedia?
Wikipedia is a magnificent tool for sharing knowledge with an enormous reach. Its pages are read 20 billion times every month. But like the world around us, it reflects some…
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Women EmpowerED: Wikipedia Editathon
In Summer 2020, I organised my first Wikipedia Editathon as part of the Women in STEM Connect series. With an eye-opening talk, physicist and Wikipedia diversity advocate, Dr Jess Wade…
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The wiki gender gap and Women’s History Month
Wikipedia’s vision is a world in which everyone has access to the sum of the world’s knowledge, but to do this, we must have representation from all the world’s voices.…
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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. These funded…
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Supporting the Turkish Wikimedia community from the UK
As many of you know, Wikipedia has been blocked in Turkey since 2017. While it’s still possible to access the site from Turkey via proxy sites and VPNs, it’s much…
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Arabic Wikipedia is growing fast – here’s why
I met recently with Faisal Saeed al-Mutar, an Iraqi refugee in the US, who set up the organisation Ideas Beyond Borders, whose goal is to make more content accessible online…
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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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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 in the Wikipedia for Peace editathon organized by Wikimedia Austria to…
