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New College Lanarkshire: Become a Wikimedian Course
Levi White is an FE Lecturer in Social Sciences at New College Lanarkshire. After working with Wikimedia UK on the West Boathouse's "Play Like a Lassie" project, Levi got in…
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Open call by UK civil society to exempt public interest projects from the Online Safety Bill
Learn about the upcoming bill and add your name to our open letter
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Frequently Asked Questions
Public Interest Projects (PIPS) and the Online Safety Bill
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From editing articles to civic power – Wikimedia and Democracy
Democracies rely on informed citizens to function effectively. Over recent years, new digital technologies have fundamentally altered the creation and consumption of media content, and introduced new challenges to democratic…
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Celebrating The Mixed Museum residency as it comes to an end
The Wikimedian in Residence partnership continued at the Mixed Museum from January to March 2023, building on the initial stage of the residency that began in September. This blog posting…
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VocalEyes and Wikidata: Making accessibility information easily available
VocalEyes plays a vital role in making arts and heritage accessible for blind and visually impaired, D/deaf, hard of hearing, and neurodivergent visitors. They do this in a range of…
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Empowering literacy advocacy: a Wikimedian and certified trainer’s experience at the World Literacy Summit with support from Wikimedia UK
Attending the World Literacy Summit 2023 at Baliol's College in Oxford was a dream come true for me, and it wouldn't have been possible without the accommodation support from Wikimedia…
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Defying easy categorisation: Wikipedia as primary, secondary and tertiary resource
Wikipedia is the world’s largest information source, used daily by millions of individuals around the world – yet such is its uniqueness and dominance that rarely is the question asked:…
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International Women’s Day and the wiki projects
The goal of Wikipedia is to create a world where everyone has access to all available knowledge, but in order to do this, we need to reflect all global viewpoints.…
