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Supporting Wikipedia and the Wikimedia community in the UK | #openknowledge for all! #OpenAccess #OER | linktr.ee/wikimediauk

Joined August 2009
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The Hackney Society@HackneySociety
8 Jul 2025
Curious about how Wikipedia works? Join our Wikipedia Editing Workshop on Sun, 3rd August, 1:15–4:15 pm at Hackney Archives, E8 3BQ. Learn to edit articles with help from Wikimedia UK. Beginners welcome. Free sign up here: tickettailor.com/events/hack… #HackneySociety #Wikipedia
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The Hackney Society@HackneySociety
19 Jun 2025
Join our Wikipedia workshop to uncover untold stories of Hackney women. Sun 29 June | 1:15–4:15PM Hackney Archives, E8 3BQ Bring a laptop (support provided) lnkd.in/eUQbUAr5 #WikimediaUK #HackneyHistoryFestival #Hackney_Society
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Wikimedia UK retweeted
John L@jwsal
20 Jun 2025
If you support what Wikipedia does in the UK, @WikimediaUK can always use your donations.
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Hackney History Festival@HackneyHistFest
19 May 2025
Thank you to all the amazing trainers from @wikimediauk for their insights at our training session yesterday. We started adding more details of the fascinating women featured in hackneysociety.org/publicati… join us! #hackney #history #women #wikipedia
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Proud of our recent collaboration with WMLGBT and the National Library of Wales on a Trans History Week Edit-a-thon. We celebrated the contributions of Trans people in Wales by improving the coverage of notable individuals & events. Read more: tinyurl.com/WMUKTrans
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We'll soon be bidding farewell to Monisha Shah as she steps down as Chair of our Board this June. Her #leadership has been pivotal in guiding us through a period of strategic growth, increased #community engagement, & strengthened #governance. More info: tinyurl.com/bderch3e
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We’re still open for applications from researchers from across UK GLAM for our Digital Heritage fellowship in collab with The Heritage Lab. S. Asian scholars will work closely with UK GLAMs that have India-focussed collections. Deadline: 31 Mar Details: tinyurl.com/2nyj6uw3
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The Europe De-STUB-athon 2025 kicks off Apr 1st and runs throughout the month. It involves reviewing short Wikipedia articles (stubs) & bolstering them with more info. Sponsored by Wikimedia UK in collab with the Open Knowledge Association. Details: tinyurl.com/4fpj6zrb
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Our latest Community Leaders Survey report is out! It reflects the views of those who help us deliver our strategic aims - our volunteers and key contacts at partner orgs, such as educational institutions and Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums. ow.ly/TLpw50VjNwt
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A group of editors supported by WMUK recently met in Wales & created articles on art, gender & feminism. They joined other global activists under the umbrella campaign ‘Art & Feminism', which has helped host events in many locations like Ghana, Brazil, USA, Armenia & India.
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Call out for Edinburgh editors! Join the University of Edinburgh for their International Women's Day event tomorrow at 1pm. It's a social and supportive workshop to write some brilliant women onto Wikipedia. tinyurl.com/ywrmpp8w #WomensHistoryMonth #IWD #Edinburgh

Imagine a gender equal world - help write women onto Wikipedia for IWD!

Join us to in a social and supportive workshop to write some brilliant women onto Wikipedia for International Women's day 2025

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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 👏 tinyurl.com/4hhfyetj #WomensHistoryMonth #MiniWiki #IWD

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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. tinyurl.com/bdnbyyrx #Wales #Cymru
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📣We have an exciting opportunity for researchers to develop multimedia stories focussing on under-represented histories. We’ve partnered with The Heritage Lab to bring together UK GLAMs, India-based collections & emerging South Asian scholars. More info: tinyurl.com/y324paty
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⚽ 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 women’s football, then we'll dive into editing with help from Dr Sara Thomas. tinyurl.com/yc5s2k4n @JamTarts #Edinburgh
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🌍🎉 Happy International Mother Language Day! Let’s celebrate the beauty of our diverse languages and cultures by joining our Mini Wiki challenge for February – more info on our blog bit.ly/4hkSueM #MotherLanguageDay #CelebrateDiversity
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

ALT 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
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🎵 Have you heard these Scottish folk songs? tinyurl.com/fvcj57hf 🎤 How about the Welsh Cerdd Dant? tinyurl.com/yyr6hb37 The Wiki Loves Folklore competition runs until the end of March, join us! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ow.ly/wmRR50UXUjU 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ow.ly/kEkK50UXUjS #folklore #music
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

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What if TikTok and Wikipedia had a baby? Great article from Shira Ovide on the latest homegrown experiment using our favourite encyclopaedia 🫶 with mentions of @depthsofwiki and @molly0xFFF in there too! washingtonpost.com/technolog… #Wikitok #TikTok #algorithm

What if TikTok and Wikipedia had a baby?

WikiTok is an internet rabbit hole that will actually make you smarter.

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There's one week to go until the LGBTQ editathon at @brixtonlibrary! Learn how to make a quick easy edit, contribute LGBTQ history from books and materials, images and help us to rebalance information. ow.ly/ksT350UXICM #LGBTQIA #queerhistory #Brixton #library
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Have you heard of the Mabinogion manuscripts? The ancient Welsh stories cover folklore and mythology in the oral tradition. The Wiki Loves Folklore competition is running throughout Feb-Mar, celebrating diverse cultures from around the world 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ow.ly/kEkK50UXUjS #myth
A painting of Ceridwen by Christopher Williams (1910), showing a woman in a red dress with dark brown hair

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