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Upcoming Training for Trainers session in Edinburgh
Wikimedia UK is committed to supporting our volunteers. To encourage them to teach others how to edit Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, we are running a weekend training workshop. This…
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Finding our place in the world of Wikipedia
This post was written by Dr Stephanie Wyse from the Royal Geographical Society (User:Stephaniejwyse)
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A Wikimedian approach to digital democracy – next phase
Recently the Speaker of the House of Commons established a commission to investigate the opportunities digital technology can bring for parliamentary democracy in the UK. This consultation is a public…
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A global editathon – teaching Wikipedia to Barclays
It all started in January when Dave Robertson, who works at Barclays Technology, emailed Jimmy Wales with an idea to get his colleagues at Barclays editing Wikipedia. Not just that,…
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Office for National Statistics and Wikimedia UK work together to improve the public understanding of statistics
This blog post was written by John Cummings, Wikimania support at Wikimedia UK and Andrew Clarke, Head of Social Media at Office for National Statistics.
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Bekka Kahn to co-ordinate the Open Coalition
Wikimedia UK is delighted to announce a new collaborative project, the Open Coalition. This project will be co-ordinated by Bekka Kahn, who will be working out of the Wikimedia UK…
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World Book and Copyright Day: Why copyright laws in Europe need revising
This post was written by Emily Sorensen, Wikimedia UK volunteer, writing in her personal capacity.
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On a Bill of Rights for the world wide web
Today is the 25th anniversary of the founding of the world wide web. The BBC reported that Sir Tim Berners-Lee has used this landmark to call for a bill of…
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Thank you seem to be the hardest words
This post was written by Jon Davies, Wikimedia UK Chief Executive
