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UK Election Maps shared on Open Licenses are added to Commons
One account I follow on Twitter which produces very useful political maps is @ElectionMapsUK. I saw the account tweeting recently that after they had finished all their maps showing the…
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Tech dive – Alex Monk on implementing secure certificates across Wikimedia domains
This report assumes that you know basically what HTTPS is, among other things. ‘We’ is used liberally in this post, and refers to the Wikimedia technical community in general -…
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Register for our AGM and help to shape the future of Wikimedia UK
Our Annual General Meeting is an important opportunity for Wikimedia UK to report to its members on the progress we have made in the past year, and to hear from…
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A look back at the 2018 hackathon in Barcelona
Wikimedia UK staff couldn’t be in Barcelona at the end of May for the annual Wikimedia hackathon - we had our own events to organise with Amnesty International in London…
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Nominate your Wikimedian of 2018
It has come to that time of year when we’re taking in nominations for Wikimedian of the Year, 2018!
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Wikipedia in Higher Education… How students are shaping the open web
Co-authored by Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian In Residence at the University of Edinburgh and Jemima John, 4th year undergraduate student at the University's School of Law and Digital Skills intern
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Aaron Morris at WiciMon! Promoting the Welsh language with WikiWales
Hi, I’m Aaron Morris and I was appointed WiciMôn Project Officer nearly two years ago. I’m based at the offices of Menter Iaith Môn, the project organisers, at Llangefni, Anglesey,…
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Wikipedia in the History Classroom
Wikipedia is the largest encyclopedia in the world, and as the digital revolution continues to unfold, its dominance seems unlikely to be challenged in the near future. The rate at…
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How should the music industry engage with Wikipedia?
If I was a music industry promoter, I would make sure the artists I worked with had accurate Wikipedia pages, because those pages will come at the top of the…
