Charity collaboration empowers campaigners and activists with the new Changemakers' Toolkit! We've collaborated with the Sheila McKechnie Foundation to develop an open access toolkit which empowers citizens and civil society to campaign more effectively.
Delighted to see Lucy Moore in The Guardian for her incredible achievement of creating a Wikipedia page for at least one woman from every country! ๐ฉ๐
Wikipedia is one of the most visited health resources on the internet, but how do we ensure it has reliable information? Adam Harangozo, Wikimedian in Residence at NIHR, tells us how the residency is disseminating medical research onto the encyclopaedia. https://bit.ly/48OtdEI
Job alert! We're hiring for a Head of Communications and Development. Bring your fundraising or comms experience to Wikimedia UK, the national chapter for the global Wikimedia movement. Details here: https://bit.ly/3UAniiZ
Ryan Mcdonald won first place for Wiki Loves Earth in Northern Ireland, with this stunning shot of a waterfall in Tollymore Forest Park ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland's beautiful natural world was documented by over 300 photographers in 2023!
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
"No, this is not an indecent proposal. It's an idea to add a little feature to Nupedia. Jimmy Wales thinks that many people might find the idea objectionable, but I think not. "Wiki," pronounced \wee'-kee, derives from a Polynesian word, "wikiwiki," but what it means is a VERY open, VERY publicly-editable series of web pages".
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 based on human rights principles. https://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/project/delivering-change/
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: https://bit.ly/3TFxM00
โ๏ธ Save the date, the Celtic Knot Wikimedia Languages Conference is back in September 2024 in Ireland!
More info: https://bit.ly/3GKobNG
If you are involved in underrepresented languages on the Wikimedia Projects, please help us design the program by filling the community survey until January 21st: https://bit.ly/3GKo3Oc
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 across the UK ๐ https://bit.ly/3T99fAd
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 involved, plus there were awards ๐
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, Martin Poulter discovered that this Arabic manuscript describing how to treat a tarantula bite with a pomegranate had been uploaded backwards, making it impossible to read. The image has now been reversed on Commons: https://bit.ly/417Wnw1
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
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 make sure the Wikimedia projects do just that.
Find out how: https://bit.ly/3G7Vn1q #givingtuesday
Quote graphics made with images from the Khalili Collections, available on Wikimedia Commons: https://bit.ly/49G77pj