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The story of Ada Lovelace, the Royal Society and Wikimedia UK
The imagination of the Wikimedia UK community was first ignited by the idea of the Ada Lovelace Day in May 2012. When we found out about it, we immediately decided…
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EduWiki 2012 – a review
The first week of September saw the first EduWiki Conference at the University of Leicester, England, bringing together educators and Wikimedians for two days to talk about the Wikipedia Education…
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Wikipedia Takes Coventry – the winners!
This blog post was written by Wikimedia UK volunteer and event organiser, User:Rock drum
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Teaming up with Mozilla for an editathon
Mozilla UK have been supportive to Wikimedia UK since they opened their Mozilla Spaces venue in June 2012, allowing us to use their space in central London a few times…
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Germans shoot Edinburgh – The Edinburgh Photography Workshop 2012, a joint UK-German venture.
Participating in Wikimedia's projects is not just about editing Wikipedia. Many Wikipedia articles have images, but not many people understand how they get there. Images on Wikipedia are provided by…
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Wikimedia UK and JISC join forces for World War One editathon
The history of the World War One inevitably attracts a great deal of attention and interest, especially on Wikipedia. That's why Wikimedia UK and JISC teamed up for our first…
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EduWiki 2012: Wikipedia as an educational resource, now and in the future
What do Dictator novel, Implicit self-esteem and Nuclear energy policy in the United States have in common? Each of these Wikipedia articles has been improved by university students in exchange…
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UK attendees attending WikiConference India 2011
This Friday, the first WikiConference India will take place in Mumbai. The three day event will see over 600 participants discussing a wide range of topics related to Wikipedia, and…
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WikiConference India travel grants
Wikimedia UK welcomes proposals from Wikimedians in the UK community intending to travel to join the WikiConference India. Priority will be given to those with Wikimedia experience to share, links…
