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Celebrating #WCCWiki at 50!
In July 2021, #WCCWiki marked an important milestone. The initiative, designed to improve the online representation of those who identify as women and non-binary, held its fiftieth Wikipedia editathon. Since…
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Towards a National Collection
TOWARDS A NATIONAL COLLECTION: WIKIMEDIA UK AND PARTNERS WORKING TOWARDS INCREASED AND DIVERSIFIED ENGAGEMENT
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Wikimedia UK receives funding to boost digital development in heritage organisations
Wikimedia UK, the national charity for the global Wikimedia movement is among the successful organisations awarded funding by The National Lottery Heritage Fund Digital Skills for Heritage initiative, to raise…
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A message to our supporters in lockdown
I hope that you and your loved ones are safe and well during the current crisis. I think if there is a silver lining to this horrible situation it’s that…
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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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GB1900 Project Launch: The Historically Open Gazetteer of Great Britain
Earlier this month, I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Project Launch of of GB1900; the first ever historical gazetteer of the entirety of Great Britain, capturing the…
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OER18, FLOSS UK and CELT Conference Reflections
Earlier this spring I was honoured to be invited to keynote at three open knowledge conferences in the UK and Ireland, which presented a great opportunity to highlight the work…
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Talking to Creative Commons’ Ryan Merkley about CC Search and Structured Data on Commons
CC Search beta was launched in February. This new tool incorporates ‘list-making features, and simple, one-click attribution to make it easier to credit the source of any image you discover.’…
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A weekend at MozFest
I recently spent the weekend at Mozfest, the annual Mozilla conference, held in Greenwich.
