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Recording heritage sites in danger with Wikipedia
I was scrolling Twitter when I came across a video of a fighter in Syria wasting ammunition to destroy an ancient Byzantine building.
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Aaron Morris at WiciMon! Promoting the Welsh language with WikiWales
Hi, I’m Aaron Morris and I was appointed WiciMôn Project Officer nearly two years ago. I’m based at the offices of Menter Iaith Môn, the project organisers, at Llangefni, Anglesey,…
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Celtic Knot 2018
The Wikipedia language conference is back, and it’s coming to Wales.
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3000 new articles added to the Welsh Wicipedia
The Welsh language Wicipedia is the most viewed website in the Welsh language, and articles about health related issues are among the most frequently viewed. And yet only around 2%…
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Get involved: WikiProject Social Housing in the United Kingdom
There’s been a lot of discussion over the past six months about housing policy in the UK, and the rumblings of discontent about the housing crisis that is particularly affecting…
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Press release: National Library of Wales appoints first ever permanent Wikimedian at a UK cultural institution
From 1 August, the National Library of Wales will employ the UK’s first permanent Wikimedian. As National Wikimedian, Jason Evans will make Wikipedia and its sister projects a core aspect…
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Increasing diverse content on Wikimedia projects with UK music festivals and labels
I’ve been doing some outreach to various UK music festivals and labels to encourage them to release content on their artists and to consider giving Wikimedia community members press passes…
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Wikimedia UK and National Library of Scotland announce new Gaelic post
The Gaelic language is to be promoted through one of the world's most popular websites thanks to a new role based at the National Library of Scotland.
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The Welsh Gender Equilibrium: Welsh becomes the biggest language Wikipedia to achieve gender balance!
In the last few years many editathons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women. Many new Women editors have been trained at the History Department…
