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March is Wiki micro-internship month at The Mixed Museum and Manar al-Athar
In March 2023, university students from Queen Mary University London and the University of Oxford will learn how to edit Wikipedia and upload to Wikimedia Commons as a part of…
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Wikimedia UK at SOOCon23
The State Of Open Conference brings together organisations, communities and advocates of open data, technology and knowledge. This year, Wikimedia UK was excited to attend SOOC23, where we spoke with…
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The Mixed Museum: an overview of the residency
As a part of the Connected Heritage project at Wikimedia UK, I have been embedded at the Mixed Museum one day a week as a Wikimedian in Residence since September.…
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Train the Trainer Dec2022 Feedback
We organised the most recent iteration of our Train the Trainer (TtT) course in 2022 in the first week of December.
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Poems championing free knowledge inspired by University of Leeds students
To celebrate Wikipedia’s 22nd birthday on Sunday 15 January, the University of Leeds is sharing poems inspired by conversations between two poets, postgraduates in the Faculty of Biological Sciences, and…
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Events for cultural diversity in visual art
As part of the World Festival of Cultural Diversity, the Khalili Foundation is supporting two in-person editathon events in January to diversify Wikipedia’s representation of visual art.
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The Archaeology Data Service and Wikidata
I’m a big fan of the Archaeology Data Service (ADS). Its online library is packed with digitised articles, books, and reports. Looking in from the outside I have seen its…
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Knowledge equity – Giving Tuesday is your chance to expand and diversify knowledge online
November 29th sees the return of Giving Tuesday, where for 24 hours, Wikimedia UK will be calling on the generosity of our supporters to raise funds for our work in…
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Welcome Tatjana Baleta, Wikimedia Visiting Fellow for climate
The need for reliable information online about our climate is more apparent than ever. Which is why Wikimedia UK launched our first climate-focused residency in partnership with GSI at the…
