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Bringing evidence-based medicine to the world
This post was written by Wikimedia UK Associate Dr Martin Poulter
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Working with the Welsh language Wikipedia
You may think that Wikimedia UK focuses solely on the English Wikipedia. However, we seek to support all language Wikipedias, with a focus on those that originate from, or are…
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English language Wikipedia hits 4 million articles!
It's taken a huge, ongoing collaborative effort to reach this point and everyone involved in the project can feel a warm glow of satisfaction.
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Russian language Wikipedia blacked out for 10 July protest
The Russian language Wikipedia is blacked out today in response to a proposed law "on information". The decision was taken by around 300 members of the Russian language Wikipedia community…
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UK Wikipedian debates Wikipedia’s relationship with PR industry
David Gerard, a prominent Wikipedian and Wikimedia UK volunteer, took part in a live debate on the relationship between Wikipedia and the PR industry this week.
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Doctors use, but don’t rely totally on, Wikipedia
According to recent research that has been shared with Wikimedia UK, use of Wikipedia for medical information is almost universal among a sample of doctors. Many of them praise its…
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Why Wikipedia was blacked out for a day
Below is an opinion piece written by Steve Virgin, a UK Wikipedian. It was originally published in the New Statesman.
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Wikimedia UK community supports worldwide Wikipedia black-out
This is a statement issued by Roger Bamkin, Chair of Wikimedia UK:
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Wikimedia UK at the Institute of Physics
On Thursday 1st September, two Martins from Wikimedia UK (MartinPoulter and Martinvl) visited the Institute of Physics building in London to train IoP members in contributing to Wikipedia. This was…
