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Hello knowledge enthusiasts! 👋 We've just launched this account for Wikimedia UK - the national chapter of the global wiki movement. We'd be delighted to connect with any Wikimedians and open knowledge...
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We'll be hosting the Wikimedia UK 2023 Community Day online on the Sunday 26th November! Join us for a get-together from 12-2pm to celebrate what our community has achieved in the last year.More...
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The winners of #WikiLovesEarth in #Wales have been announced! Wales had the 2nd highest number of photos submitted, with Germany in 1st place, and the hosting country of Ukraine coming 3rd.With a...
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Over this past year the UK editing community has been as determined as ever to advance open knowledge online. An encyclopaedia is most valuable when it represents us all, and our community strives to...
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An overview of the potential effects of the UK #OnlineSafetyBill from the Law Society of Scotland. Featuring our CEO, Lucy Crompton-Reid, and the Open Rights Group. https://bit.ly/3GcbFX5
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As we wind down the residency with the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, there's still time to join us at the Exeter Phoenix on Wednesday, 4-6pm to share tips, tricks and training over some...
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Happy #GivingTuesday! Thank you to everyone who has donated so far. There’s still time to support editors like Lucy, who are closing the knowledge gaps in underrepresented topics and people on the...
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Openly sharing content to the Wikipedia projects is our bread and butter, but it's important to involve native language speakers where possible. With the help of the Islamic Civilization User Group,...
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We had an extraordinary UK Community Meeting in late November, featuring talks from across our community of volunteers and partners. We had an opportunities fair so you can find out how to get...
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The Connected Heritage project has come to an end after two incredible years. Lucy Hinnie, Digital Skills Wikimedian, has written up some of the highlights from the cultural institutions we worked with...
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From August to November, Evie Moore was our Wikimedian in Residence at Queer Britain, the London-based museum cataloguing Britain's LGBTQ+ history. In this blog, Evie shares some of the milestones and...
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This image has now been reversed on the Wellcome Collection's database, which is where it was originally sourced from. Open knowledge for the win!
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☘️ Save the date, the Celtic Knot Wikimedia Languages Conference is back in September 2024 in Ireland!More info: https://bit.ly/3GKobNGIf you are involved in underrepresented languages on the Wikimedia...
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Yesterday, we sent out our winter 2023 newsletter. Find out about some of our activities over the last few months 🤔 https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Friends'_Newsletter/2023/Issue_03And sign up to receive...
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Happy New Year! 🎉 Thank you to all our volunteers, partners and supporters who made 2023 such a great year. Here's to another with you!
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A recent Court of Appeal case has clarified that there is no new copyright for photographs of 2D artworks that are already in the public domain. Full story in The Art Newspaper:...
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The Delivering Change project by Museums Galleries Scotland is moving into its next phase. This anti-oppression programme is for museums, galleries, and community groups to restructure as organisations...
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On this day in 2001 Wikipedia was made! The Internet would be a very different place without this encyclopaedia, and it's free for everyone, forever. What's your favourite article?#WikipediaDay
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"Universities are centres of knowledge...that generate a wealth of information profoundly relevant to the public sphere. One example of this valuable research is information pertaining to climate...
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Wiki Loves Folklore is on! Join the photography competition to celebrate cultural diversity from around the world through Wikimedia projects.🏴 England: https://bit.ly/3ufZypI🏴 Scotland:...
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