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Wikimedia UK’s 2019 Annual General Meeting – election results and more
Thank you to all members who attended our AGM on Saturday or voted by proxy. We had an excellent response from eligible voting members, receiving 91 votes in total -…
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The first Wikimedia + Education conference
In April 2019 the Basque Wikimedians User Group hosted the first Wikimedia + Education conference in Donostia. Using Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia projects in education is nothing new. There is…
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#WikipediaDay – Wikipedia turns 18
January 15 is the anniversary of the day on which Wikipedia was launched in 2001. I first got involved with Wikipedia in 2011, when I volunteered at a party organised…
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WikiCite conference 2018
Imagine a world in which anyone could use an open citation database to support free knowledge, with rich information about every citable source.
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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,…
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Register for our AGM and help to shape the future of Wikimedia UK
Our Annual General Meeting is an important opportunity for Wikimedia UK to report to its members on the progress we have made in the past year, and to hear from…
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A look back at the 2018 hackathon in Barcelona
Wikimedia UK staff couldn’t be in Barcelona at the end of May for the annual Wikimedia hackathon - we had our own events to organise with Amnesty International in London…
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Nominate your Wikimedian of 2018
It has come to that time of year when we’re taking in nominations for Wikimedian of the Year, 2018!
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#100womenwiki – A global Wikipedia editathon in partnership with the BBC
On 8th December 2016, Wikimedia communities around the world held a multi-lingual, multi-location editathon in partnership with the BBC to raise awareness of the gender gap on Wikipedia, improve coverage…
