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;A report from the Wikimedia Diversity Conference by Kwaku BBM

''This report was written by Kwaku BBM, a Wikimedia UK volunteer''

[[File:Kwaku at the Diversity conference.jpg|right|250px|Kwaku at the conference]]

I clearly remember when I saw an email announcing an upcoming [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference Wikimedia Diversity Conference] (#DivCon) in Berlin. Although I’m a Wikimedia newbie, I was intrigued. Because I’m driven by two areas which have marginal representation – African British history and British black music. So newbie or not, I was very keen to know what would take place at such a conference.

It would be good, I thought, to see how diversity strategies and arguments play out, as that can only help in my quest to see better representation of my interest areas.

Whilst I love Wikipedia, and use it regularly as an initial research resource, I also believe I should be contributing to its content. My only problem is extreme lack of time. Hence I see my role as editor in the traditional sense of not necessarily just writing, but rather, empowering my communities to be interested in and contribute to the content.

To this end, as part of this year’s British Black Music Month, I co-organised with Wikimedia UK an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_African_diaspora/Black_British_Music_Editathon edit-a-thon in July]. I was most disappointed that many of those who booked didn’t turn up. I however took heart at the conference when I heard the attendance problems at other edit-a-thons organised by other chapters.

<span class="plainlinks">[https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/a-report-from-the-wikimedia-diversity-conference-by-kwaku-bbm/ <nowiki>[</nowiki>Report continues...<nowiki>]</nowiki>]</span>

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'''November'''
* {{event inline|2013|11|12|[[Kings College London Wikipedia editing workshop]]}}
* {{event inline|2013|11|14|[[Expert outreach/Jisc Ambassador/Research impact and open education|Using Wikimedia to link research impact and open education]] - workshop at Humanities Research Institute, the University of Sheffield}}
* {{event inline|2013|11|15|[[Expert outreach/Jisc Ambassador|Martin Poulter]] attending "Spotlight on the Digital – Enhancing Discoverability (An Experts Forum)" in London}}
* {{event inline|2013|11|15|[[:w:Wikipedia:WikiProject_University_of_Oxford/RediscoveringRycote|University of Oxford - Rediscovering Rycote.]]}}
* {{event inline|2013|11|16|Glasgow Women's Library Wikipedia editathon - [[Scottish Women on Wikipedia]] - Bridgeton Library at The Olympia}} ([http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/wikipedia-editathon/])
* {{event inline|2013|11|17|[[:m:Meetup/Oxford/10|Oxford meetup]]}}
* {{event inline|2013|11|20|[[Veterinary Science editathon]], London}}
* {{event inline|2013|11|23|[[:m:Meetup/Belfast/1|Belfast meetup and photo competition]]}}
* {{event inline|2013|11|25|[[MRC, Royal Society, Wikimedia UK Women in Science Wikipedia edit-a-thons| Medical Research Council Women in Science event, Cambridge]]}}
* {{event inline|2013|11|27|[[:w:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Atheism/Conway_Hall_editathon_27/11/13|Conway Hall editathon and photography session]]}}

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