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Help shape Wikimedia UK’s delivery plans for 2017 – 18
Wikimedia UK will soon be applying to the Wikimedia Foundation for an Annual Plan Grant (APG) in 2017 - 18. Longstanding volunteers, members and other stakeholders will be familiar with…
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#Internaut Day – can we learn to stop worrying and love the internet?
The public internet turned 25 today, which means it’s on its third unpaid internship, still living with its parents and has become a cynical nihilist with little hope for the…
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Access All Areas: how can Wikimedia contribute to increasing Open Access publishing?
It's a normal part of an academic’s duties to be asked to peer-review papers for academic journals, something they do as part of their salaried position at a university. Equally,…
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#MoreinCommon at Wikimania 2016
I didn’t expect to be crying through much of the opening speech for Wikimania 2016, given by Jimmy Wales in the rather muggy, and very busy, Gym Palace of Esino…
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Chris Keating steps down from the board of trustees after five years
In the summer of 2010 I saw a banner on Wikipedia asking me to come along to an event at the British Museum.
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Pride in London – photographer Katy on working with Wikimedia UK
My name is Katy. I'm a music photographer, fledgling photo-journalist and writer that has been published in print, worked as a professional and, on Saturday, donated her time and photographs…
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Revised three year strategy following consultation
In particular, there were a number of comments about the draft objectives for the third strategic goal for this period, concerning education and learning. This probably reflected the fact that…
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Supporting our community to create open content: we want your ideas!
As the summer rolls around, there are so many important cultural events which the Wikimedia community can engage with and create content about. The European Football Championships start this week,…
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Speak up for open knowledge and a free internet: Freedom of Panorama Consultation
Think about the state of digital photography 15 years ago, on 22 May 2001 say. It’s about a week after Mark Zuckerberg’s 17th birthday, a few years before Flickr, Instagram…
