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EduWiki 2012: Wikipedia as an educational resource, now and in the future
What do Dictator novel, Implicit self-esteem and Nuclear energy policy in the United States have in common? Each of these Wikipedia articles has been improved by university students in exchange…
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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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Pic for victory! We team up with The National Archives to bring war art to public domain
We've recently been working with our friends from The National Archives to bring a collection of 2,000 or so war art images into the public domain. This is the result…
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Technological landmark for award-winning Birmingham Moor Street station
The below press release was issued to railway-related media over 28 and 29 May for immediate release. It's likely to be published over the course of the next month or…
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Welcome to the world’s first Wikipedia town
You've probably heard the saying, “In theory, Wikipedia shouldn’t work, but in practice it does.” Three of the things that contribute to make Wikipedia work are topic-specific WikiProjects (“let’s write…
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Wikimedia UK and British Library unveil latest Wikipedian in Residence
Wikimedia UK is very happy to announce the UK's latest Wikipedian in Residence. Andrew Gray will be based at the British Library's main site in St Pancras, London from today.
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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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Changes to the Wikimedia UK board – A message from Roger Bamkin
One year on from our previous AGM, I have decided to stand down as Chair of Wikimedia UK. I'm becoming a consultant and as I'm proposing to take Monmouthshire County…
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Wikimedia UK’s Communications Organiser
We're happy to announce our fourth employee at the UK chapter - Stevie Benton. Stevie will be taking on the communications role for the charity. He has worked in non-profit…
