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Meet our new Membership and Fundraising Officer
I’m Katie Crampton and I’ve started as Wikimedia UK’s Membership, Fundraising and Operations Assistant, and I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself.
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Saying hello: a new residency with the Scottish Libraries and Information Council
I’m Sara Thomas, aka ], and I’m delighted to have taken up the role of Wikimedian in Residence with the Scottish Library and Information Council, from now until February 2019.…
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Press release: National Library of Wales appoints first ever permanent Wikimedian at a UK cultural institution
From 1 August, the National Library of Wales will employ the UK’s first permanent Wikimedian. As National Wikimedian, Jason Evans will make Wikipedia and its sister projects a core aspect…
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Congratulations to our Wikimedians Of The Year!
Every year Wikimedia UK holds the UK Wikimedian of the Year Awards at our Annual General Meeting to recognise the work of the vibrant community that our charity depends on.…
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An introduction from Agnes Bruszik, WMUK’s new Programme Evaluation Assistant
I would like to take this opportunity to greet all of you and to introduce myself very briefly. My name is Agnes Bruszik and I am replacing Karla Marte while…
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Welsh music is No.1 on Commons
Article by Jason Evans, Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Wales
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How Wikipedia found itself at the centre of a major corruption scandal in Pakistan
On the early morning of July 11th, as a controversy developed in Pakistan over the release date of a Microsoft typeface, Calibri, unidentified individuals (both supporters and opponents of the…
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Thank you to everyone who volunteers for Wikimedia UK
In 2016 volunteers gave us a massive 20,000 hours of their time, from running events and teaching people how to edit to organising the UK branch of the world's largest…
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Bunhill Fields: Wikimedia, gamification and richer media content
I really like Magnus Manske’s WikiShootMe tool. It visualises Wikidata items, Commons photos and Wikipedia articles on an OpenStreetMap. Wikidata items are shown as red if they have no photo…
