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Board update
Wikimedia UK is sad to announce that Joscelyn Upendran has stepped down as a Trustee.
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EduWiki kicks off amid great anticipation
There's excitement in the air in Leicester this morning as our EduWiki Conference gets under way. Academics from three continents are meeting with Wikipedians and opinion-formers to discuss the use…
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Three months as a Wikipedian in Residence at the British Library
Over the past two years, Wikimedia UK has been working with the British Library. These have involved a series of editing events and tours through 2011-12, and partnerships between curators…
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Teaming up with Mozilla for an editathon
Mozilla UK have been supportive to Wikimedia UK since they opened their Mozilla Spaces venue in June 2012, allowing us to use their space in central London a few times…
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Wikimedia UK, Wicipedia Cymraeg and the National Eisteddfod
The National Eisteddfod is Wales’ primary cultural event of the year with a history stretching back over 800 years. It includes all the major cultural institutions in Wales and this…
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Gibraltar’s biggest website is now CC-BY-SA for Gibraltarpedia
The discovergibraltar.com website has invited Gibraltarpedians to use its content as a resource for the Gibraltarpedia project and Wikipedia. This comes as a result of presentations made by Roger Bamkin…
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Germans shoot Edinburgh – The Edinburgh Photography Workshop 2012, a joint UK-German venture.
Participating in Wikimedia's projects is not just about editing Wikipedia. Many Wikipedia articles have images, but not many people understand how they get there. Images on Wikipedia are provided by…
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Wikimedia UK elects a new Chair
The Board of Wikimedia UK today announced the appointment of Chris Keating as its new Chair. This appointment is effective immediately.
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A message from Jon Davies, Chief Executive of Wikimedia UK
This morning I have been in discussion with Ashley Van Haeften.
