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A guide to the past: hillforts and Wikimedia
Hillforts are enormous archaeological sites dotted around Britain and Ireland. There are some of the most impressive remains from prehistory. Just five years ago the best guess for how many…
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Wikipedia Collaboration of Dental Schools
It has been over a year and a half since Dundee Dental School first established the Wikipedia Editing Project, a student-led effort with the intent of improving dental articles on…
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#1lib1ref at the University of Edinburgh
I’ve been interested in Wikimedia projects since taking part in the University of Edinburgh’s Women and Medicine editathon in February 2015, when I wrote an article on the Scottish doctor…
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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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WMUK and National Library of Scotland are hiring a Gaelic Wikipedian
Wikimedia UK and the National Library of Scotland are advertising for a Gaelic Wikipedian to help promote the Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia, Uicipeid.
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OER16: Open Culture
In April 2016 the University of Edinburgh will host the international Open Educational Resources Conference, OER16, which is coming to Scotland for the first time in its seven-year history. OER16…
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How to fix your museum’s Wikipedia page: an FAQ
This post was written by Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in Residence at Museum Galleries Scotland
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Next steps for Scottish Residency
This post was written by Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in Residence, Museums Galleries Scotland
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Wiki Club: using Wikipedia as platform to shout about Scotland’s Heritage
This article was first published in Archaeology Scotland’s membership magazine and is reproduced with kind permission. Written by Doug Rocks-Macqueen, Cara Jones, Jeff Sanders and Leigh Stork.
