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Weβre proud of our community: the volunteers, partners and advocates who bring this mission to life everyday. Join us as we celebrate the incredible people shaping the Wikimedia movement at our online #CommunityCelebrationDay 2025.
Sat 15 November |. 11 am - 1 pm.
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/2t4xtrw
Members of the Wikimedia UK team joined other professionals and volunteers from around the world to explore how galleries, libraries, archives and museums can collaborate through open knowledge at the recent #GLAMWiki 2025 in Portugal. Hereβs Lucy Hinnie enjoying a very special screen print! π
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Weβre delighted to share Wikimedia UKβs Strategic Report for 2024/25. Our latest report highlights stories of impact, external evaluation findings, and the voices of our communities as we continue shaping a more open and informed society.
Read the report: tinyurl.com/4dkxpvue
Weβre delighted to welcome Lucy Yu as the new Chair of Wikimedia UKβs Board of Trustees, following her appointment on 18 September 2025. Lucy succeeds Monisha Shah, who stepped down in June after four years of dedicated service
Read more here: tinyurl.com/4yfmsjta
#leadership #charity
To address the under-representation of female polymaths on Wikipedia today, Wikimedia UK is proud to partner with the The DaVinci Network on an edit-a-thon where participants will learn how to edit on #Wikipedia & expand information onΒ femaleΒ polymaths.
Register here: tinyurl.com/h8y48v86
Save the date, Celtic Knot is back!Β
Join the online Celebration Day on
23 Sept | 1β4pm (BST/IST)β¨Featuring talks, workshops & community catch-upβ¨Free and open to all!
π Register: tinyurl.com/6npr6k8wβ¨ More info: tinyurl.com/54s6jx28
#CelticKnot
Exciting opportunity for a FT Wikimedian in Residence & Research Visibility Champion to join LSE Libraryβs Digital Scholarship and Innovation Group for 2 years, working with both the Metadata and Open Research Services teams.
More info: tinyurl.com/WMUK-LSE
On Monday 11 August, the UK High Court dismissed the Wikimedia Foundation's legal challenge of the Online Safety Act's categorisation thresholds, which could see Wikipedia designated as a category 1 service. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4y4xt2tv
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#Wikimania 2025 is now in full swing in Nairobi, #Kenya. Today, our CEO attended a session on shrinking civil spaces across the world and joined others in discussing solutions. The annual conference brings together the global #community of volunteers behind #Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
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Weβre proud to partner with Black Cultural Archives through Wikimedia Foundationβs latest round of Equity Fund grants. This collaboration will bolster efforts to share & protect Black π¬π§ history, increase access to vital collections & explore ethical knowledge sharing approaches
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Wiki entries on medical & health-related topics are generally accurate & reliably sourced. However, other aspects arenβt so straightforward. Adam HarangozΓ³ shares insights from his experience as Wikimedian In Residence at the National Institute for Health & Care Research:
More: tinyurl.com/2c2xjhbm
Join us for a #Wikipedia editing workshop on Sun 29 June.
The focus will be on adding more information on some of the women featured in Women from Hackneyβs History Volumes 1 and 2, but participants will be able to focus on other areas of personal interest.
More info: lnkd.in/esYcFMHw
Proud of our collaboration last Friday with WMLGBT+ and the National Library of Wales on a Trans + History Week Edit-a-thon at Cardiff Central Library. We celebrated the contributions of Trans people in Wales by improving the coverage of notable individuals & events.
Read more: tinyurl.com/WMUKTrans
Byw ger Caerdydd? Dewch i ddysgu sut i olygu Wicipedia ar gyfer wythnos Hanes Traws +! Byddwn ddysgu sut i olygu Wikipedia (neu Wicipedia Cymraeg) a gwella cynnwys am hanes pobol Traws yng Nghymru a mwy. Am fwy o wybodaeth ewch i
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Live near Cardiff? Why not come and learn how to edit Wikipedia for Trans + History week? Weβll be teaching the basics of editing Wikipedia and improving coverage of Trans history on English, Welsh or other language wikis. Learn more or sign up atΒ tinyurl.com/yete8fx4
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eSIMs for Gaza, a project proposal to the World Summit on the Information Society that we supported, has been nominated for theΒ WSIS Prizes 2025! The proposal was among 360 initiatives selected from 1000 submissions. Public voting is now open until 30 Apr. Vote for us here: tinyurl.com/2ttm376j
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We'll soon be honouring Monisha Shahβs impactful tenure as she steps down as Chair of our Board this June. Monishaβs #leadership has been instrumental in guiding us through a period of strategic growth, increased #community engagement, and strengthened #governance.
More info: tinyurl.com/bderch3e
Our Mini Wiki campaign invites all to the world of Wiki, esp those with limited time who want to contribute to #openknowledge. Throughout Apr, weβll be looking at the freely accessible images on #WikimediaCommons
More: tinyurl.com/2s4c5yuh
#photography #miniwiki #wikilovesearth #wikilovesmonuments
It's Women's History Month and we've got a brand new set of Mini Wiki tasks for you to sink your teeth into!
From adding categories to de-orphaning articles, March's mini tasks will help close the Wiki gender gap π
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#WomensHistoryMonth #MiniWiki #IWD
π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ Happy St David's Day!
πΌ Are you wearing a leek or daffodil?
This seasonal saintβs day is perfect for the Wiki Loves Folklore competition, which celebrates diverse folk cultures around the world. Add your photos!
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#StDavid
π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ Dydd GΕ΅yl Dewi Hapus!
πΌ Ydych chiβn gwisgo cenhinen neu genhinen Pedr?
Mae Dydd GΕ΅yl Dewi yn berffaith ar gyfer cystadleuaeth "Wiki Loves Folklore", cystadleuaeth sy'n dathlu diwylliannau gwerin o gwmpas y byd. Ychwanegwch eich lluniau!!
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#StDavid
Croeso i Gemma Coleman, Cydgysylltydd Rhaglen Cymru (ac Ieithoedd)!
We're delighted to have Gemma on our team! Gemma will be helping people access & share their knowledge in any of the multitude of languages spoken in Wales and the UK.
https://buff.ly/4kvzJY3
#Wales #Cymru
A black and white photograph from 1958 of a woman playing a harp while looking at a sheet of music held by a man, with two women singing the Cerdd Dant at a festival
π΅Have you heard these Scottish folk songs? https://buff.ly/3ESI8UJ
π€How about the Welsh Cerdd Dant? https://buff.ly/4gOG5hX
The Wiki Loves Folklore competition runs until the end of March, join us!
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Image: GΕ΅yl Cerdd Dant Hen Golwyn, 1958
Poster featuring a Chromolithograph of a seated Indian woman wearing a blue saree looking at a pocket watch (held in her left hand) and a book in her lap, supported by her right hand.
Weβre teaming up with @wikimediauk.bsky.social ( itβs now Insta-official too π₯²) to bring fresh perspectives, & uncover untold stories related to South Asian collections housed in UK-based #GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums).
More here β¬οΈ
www.theheritagelab.in/open-knowled...
β½ Come along to the HMFC museum on Fri 7th March 12-5pm to help make footballing history!
Fiona Skillen will be giving a short talk on the history of womenβs football, then we'll dive into editing with help from Dr Sara Thomas.
https://buff.ly/3QqHAIt
#edinburgh #womensfootball #wikipedia
Text reading: 'Mini Wiki, easy ways to edit' on a purple background with images from Wikimedia Commons of a man holding binoculars and a blue statue with their arm raised
ππ Happy International Mother Language Day! Letβs celebrate the beauty of our diverse languages and cultures by joining our Mini Wiki challenge for February β more info on our blog https://buff.ly/4jCdMWr
#MotherLanguageDay #CelebrateDiversity
Join us next week at the LGBTQ+ editathon in Brixton Library! Learn how to make a quick easy edit, contribute LGBTQ+ history from books and materials, learn about articles, images and other media and help us to rebalance information.
https://buff.ly/4hQ4VyJ
#LGBTQIA #queerhistory #Brixton #library
Last chance to book! FREE Webinar: Data Transparency and AI, Wednesday, 19 Feb, 16:00 β exploring the gap between data transparency & AI development. Discover how we can bridge the gap and advance responsible AI practices! Register now:https://bit.ly/3Cuy3Ne
#DataTransparency #AI #ResponsibleAI
Great to listen to our Chief Exec, Lucy Crompton-Reid, on our hybrid working model here at Wikimedia UK. Lucy shares examples of putting wellbeing at our policies and discusses how working with the open knowledge community has inspired how we operate.
Thanks Maren π«Ά
#hybridworking #staff #office
