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Celebration Wiknic - In person opportunities during Wikimania UK
by Natasha Iles 29 Jul '21

29 Jul '21

Dear all I am sharing this information, it is still being developed/ refined and welcome your thoughts, feedback and offers to host events! During Wikimania 2021 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2021> we are looking to facilitate in-person meet ups, based on Wiknics <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic>. These would be an opportunity to: - Bring our community together at a series of friendly picnic events. - A relaxed opportunity for community members & families, and those new to the community to come together and celebrate Wiki at 20/ Wikimania and get to know each other. We are in the process of confirming a couple of events, with an open invitation to you to host and arrange a Wiknic across the 5 days of Wikimania 2021 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2021>. To support and facilitate Wiknics, Wikimedia UK will deliver: - Hosting guidance - Promotional material templates - Event souvenirs - Grants for refreshments. To even contemplate in person activity, I have completed the Foundation Risk Assessment. Of course if any local or national Covid-19 guidance changes and means in-person events cannot go ahead we will support people to move their Wiknic online. As mentioned these plans are still in development. It would be wonderful to hear your thoughts, suggestions or offers to host an event. Best wishes Natasha -- Natasha Iles MCIOF (Dip) Head of Development & Communications Wikimedia UK <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/> *Wikimedia UK <https://beta.wikimedia.org.uk/>* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513.Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gm…> .

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72 hour Wikipedia Editathon for European Researchers' Night (24-26 September)
by Kirsty Ross 20 Jul '21

20 Jul '21

Hi all! The Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Network for Open Knowledge (IDEA Network for short!) is based at the University of St Andrews. It aims to make Wikipedia a more inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible place for all forms of knowledge. From midnight on Thursday 23rd September to midnight on Sunday 26th September, we will be running a 72 hour EU wide Wikipedia Editathon. This is all part of EXPLORATHON, Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night. In order to be in good shape for the Editathon, we are offering this series of editing training session (you only need to attend one!). It is open to all researchers and anyone with an interest in improving the world's largest encyclopedia! As this is a Europe-wide event, each training session is targeted at a particular country, but feel free to book into a session that works for you and your diary. During this training session, we will primarily be focusing on areas of Wikipedia with underestimated individuals, namely Women in Red for different disciplines, as well as cross-translating between Wikis, and adding images to the Wiki Loves Monuments competition. However, if there are particular pages that you are passionate about improving then please do go for it! * 9am-1pm, Tuesday 24 August (registration link<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158700889633>) * 9am-1pm, Tuesday 31 August (registration link<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158707322875>) * 9am-1pm, Tuesday 7 September (registration link<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158708037011>) * 9am-1pm, Tuesday 14 September (registration link<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158710682925>) * 10am-2pm, Tuesday 21 September (registration link<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158711370983>) Any questions, just drop me an email (ksrh1(a)st-andrews.ac.uk<mailto:ksrh1@st-andrews.ac.uk>). Feel free to spread the word! Explorathon is funded by the European Commission under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions programme - grant agreement No 101036101 All the best Kirsty Dr Kirsty Ross (she/her) Public Engagement Officer Public Engagement with Research (PER) team School of Biology Willie Russell Labs, Potato Avenue, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST

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Upcoming Wikithons hosted by The Devil's Porridge Museum
by Laura Noakes 19 Jul '21

19 Jul '21

Hello all, We at The Devil's Porridge Museum have been running our Miracle Worker Research Project for the last couple of months, working with remote volunteers to uncover the untold histories of munitions workers at HM Factory Gretna during WW1. We now want to put this research on Wikipedia. To do this we are hosting three Wikithons in September, October and November this year. I know this is a touch early, but we'd really appreciate it if you shared these events to anyone interested, or signed up yourselves! Here are the Eventbrite events for the Wikithons: * https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/163512453149 [https://cdn.evbuc.com/images/141747627/273331247603/1/logo.20210715-145039]<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/163512453149> The Miracle Workers Wikithon #1<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/163512453149> Join The Devil's Porridge Museum in celebrating the munitions workers at World War One! www.eventbrite.co.uk * https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/163518477167 [https://cdn.evbuc.com/images/141747627/273331247603/1/logo.20210715-145039]<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/163518477167> The Miracle Workers Wikithon #2<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/163518477167> Join The Devil's Porridge Museum in celebrating the munitions workers at World War One! www.eventbrite.co.uk * https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/163519430017 You can also find our project page on Wikipedia here: Wikipedia:GLAM/DevilsPorridge - Wikipedia<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/DevilsPorridge> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/DevilsPorridge> Wikipedia:GLAM/DevilsPorridge - Wikipedia<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/DevilsPorridge> Welcome. The Devil's Porridge Museum began The Miracle Workers Project in January 2021. Generously funded by The Dumfries and Galloway Costal Communities Benefit Fund, this project aims to find out more about the people who worked at H. M. Factory Gretna during World War One. 30,000 people worked at the factory during the war, but no extant list of all employees exists and the Museum is ... en.wikipedia.org Please do get in touch if you have any comments or questions! Best wishes, Laura Noakes (pronouns: she/her) Research Assistant The Devil's Porridge Museum @lauranoakes<https://twitter.com/lauranoakes> Please note that I work Sunday - Thursday. To find out more about The Miracle Workers research project, click here<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-56523307>.

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UK Wikimedian of the Year Awards
by Richard Nevell 13 Jul '21

13 Jul '21

Hello everyone, At the AGM on Saturday we announced the winners of the 2021 UK Wikimedian of the Year Awards. *UK Wikimedian of the Year* *Cobra 3000* won the award for their efforts supporting the Scots Wikipedia. They have been a key part of the wiki, organising editathons which not only improved content but fostered a community of editors working together. Having people within a community who can step up and organise is invaluable, and those efforts mean that Scots Wikipedia is improving ever *Honourable Mention* goes to *Ian Watt* who is a tremendously active volunteer and advocate for open knowledge, working with Commons, Wikidata, and Wikipedia. Over the last year he has run public-facing workshops and editathons, and he is hosting and supervising an Edinburgh University post-grad student running a mass transcription of the Register of Returned Criminals (1869-1939). *Up-and-Coming Wikimedia of the Year* Awarded jointly to *Abd Alsattar Ardati* and *Lucy Moore*. Abd is one of Wikimedia UK's accredited trainers and has been proactive in helping his university engage with Wikimedia; his efforts have helped WMUK adapted to the methodology of online training. Lucy is another excellent advocate for Wikimedia - she has organised events at her place of work and encourages people in the museum and archaeology sectors to work with Wikimedia; she is also an active editor and writes articles addressing Wikipedia's content imbalances. *Partnership of the Year* *London College of Communication* won the award for the Decolonising Wikipedia Network was set up in 2020 involving students and staff to improve Wikipedia's coverage of under-represented topics. The Student Changemakers (who had a prominent role in leading the decolonisation efforts) were powerful advocates for the project and presented to staff and fellow students. The successful project will expand over the next academic year to include the whole of University of Arts, London, of which LCC is a part. *Honourable Mention* goes to the *Scotland, Slavery and Black History project at the University of Edinburgh*. History students were invited to improve public knowledge of Scotland’s Black history, and to help make Scotland’s deep connections to Atlantic slavery better understood. They have provided videos on their reflections on this work to local Edinburgh secondary schools who are also interested in Dundas and improving black history on Wikipedia. Kind regards, Richard -- Richard Nevell Programme Coordinator and Connected Heritage Project Lead <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uks-2021-agm-tickets-157215827773?…> Wikimedia UK <https://beta.wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513.Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5-11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gm…>.

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Result of yesterday's AGM
by Lucy Crompton-Reid 11 Jul '21

11 Jul '21

Dear all Many thanks to those of you who attended Wikimedia UK's online AGM yesterday. For those who weren't there, I wanted to let you know that the following three candidates received the most votes in the trustee election and will therefore be appointed (or in Rod's case, reappointed) to the board: Caroline Ball <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2021_Annual_General_Meeting/Candidate_Stateme…> Julian Akodoye Manieson <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2021_Annual_General_Meeting/Candidate_Stateme…> Rod Ward <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2021_Annual_General_Meeting/Candidate_Stateme…> With huge thanks to all six candidates who put themselves forward for the board of trustees this year. At the meeting, Nick Poole also announced that following his departure from the board (at the end of the meeting, which marked six years since he was elected as a trustee), Lorna Campbell would be stepping in as Interim Chair until October. Nick also welcomed our new co-opted trustee and Chair Elect, Monisha Shah <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Board#Monisha_Shah> (who introduced herself to the meeting). The four resolutions proposed by the board were unanimously supported. I will be in touch separately about the Wikimedian of the Year awards and Honorary Memberships, however I wanted to update you as soon as possible about the outcome of the trustee election and our Chair Elect. Best wishes Lucy Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/> Wikimedia UK <https://beta.wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513.Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gm…> .

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AGM zoom link and voting instructions
by Katie Crampton 10 Jul '21

10 Jul '21

Hi all An email was just sent out to all eventbrite sign-ups for tomorrow's AGM with the Zoom link, and instructions on what to expect for live online voting. If you did not receive an email and think you should have, please let me know asap. You must be signed up to the eventbrite to receive these emails. Please register here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uks-2021-agm-tickets-157215827773> if you plan to attend and have not done so already. Looking forward to seeing many of you there! Best wishes Katie -- Katie Crampton (she/her) Communications & Governance Coordinator <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uks-2021-agm-tickets-157215827773?…> Wikimedia UK is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513.Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gm…> .

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Wikimedia UK Strategic Report 2020/21
by Natasha Iles 09 Jul '21

09 Jul '21

Dear all We are pleased to share the Wikimedia UK <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Wikimedia_UK_Strategic_Report_2020-21.pdf>Strategic Report 2020/21 <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Wikimedia_UK_Strategic_Report_2020-21.pdf> . This report reflects the second year of our current strategy, a year shaped in many ways by the advancing Covid-19 pandemic. As ever, we are indebted to the generous dedication and support of the community which threads through the focus and delivery of our work. Best wishes Natasha -- Natasha Iles MCIOF (Dip) Head of Development & Communications Wikimedia UK <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uks-2021-agm-tickets-157215827773?…> *Wikimedia UK <https://beta.wikimedia.org.uk/>* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513.Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gm…>

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Global block importer
by Deryck Chan 08 Jul '21

08 Jul '21

Hi all, I've just tried to edit the WMUK wiki to add a few internal links to the 2020 AGM minutes but saw that I was blocked due to a block imported by the global block importer. I had logged in. On further investigation I realised that there's a WM global softblock on my IP range, but the WMUK wiki imported it as a hardblock. Can this be adjusted? --Deryck

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AGM voting pack
by Katie Crampton 05 Jul '21

05 Jul '21

Hi all Yesterday we sent out voting packs for the 2021 AGM to all members, including a link to proxy forms. If you haven't received an email and think you should have, please let me know. Best wishes Katie -- Katie Crampton (she/her) Communications & Governance Coordinator <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/> Wikimedia UK <https://beta.wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513.Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gm…> .

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Speakers at our AGM this Saturday
by Lucy Crompton-Reid 05 Jul '21

05 Jul '21

Dear all The Wikimedia UK staff team and trustees are looking forward to welcoming you to our Community Day and Annual General Meeting this Saturday 10th July. The event starts at 11am and will finish at 3.30pm with the announcement of our newly elected trustees. If you haven’t yet signed up to attend, please register on our eventbrite page <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uks-2021-agm-tickets-157215827773> . We are particularly looking forward to hearing the designer and entrepreneur George Oates in conversation with our outgoing Chair of Trustees, Nick Poole. George has a long career at the intersection of culture, technology and open, and created Flickr Commons in 2008 to share hidden treasures from the world's public photography archives. Nick Poole has built an international profile as a cultural sector leader and advocate for open knowledge, and is currently Chief Executive of CILIP, the UK’s library and information association, as well as the Chair of Trustees at Wikimedia UK. Nick and George will be exploring the themes of open knowledge, community building, culture and scale, drawing on their past and current experiences and responding to questions from the online audience to ensure a lively and thought-provoking discussion. The day will also include the following lightning talks: Lorna Campbell on the representation of HIV/AIDS activism on Wikipedia Jason Evans on the National Library of Wales Places of Wales project Dr Martin Poulter and Waqas Ahmed on their visual arts bias research Dr Kirsty Ross on the IDEA Network at the University of St Andrews Nominations for 2021’s *Wikimedian and UK Partnership of the Year*, which will be presented on the day, close on Wednesday 7th July. If there is an individual or organisation that you think deserves recognition, please nominate them here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekDMMRJjTIG0axC2oQZ7pMFi-5snTty5y…> . With best wishes Lucy -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/> Wikimedia UK <https://beta.wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513.Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gm…> .

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