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Sausages and Scholarship: Wikipedia and Digital Literacy - The Economic and Social Research Council is supporting a series of academic seminars on “Digital Policy: Connectivity, Creativity and Rights”, led by Prof. Gillian Youngs of the University of Wales, Newport. Last Friday’s seminar at the University of Leicester invited four representatives from outside academia, including myself for Wikimedia UK. Although the day’s theme was “digital literacy”, the twelve presentations covered a dizzying range of issues, from the legal structures that regulate television, to community journalism, to “sexting”.

Read the full article on blog.wikimedia.org.uk

About Wikimedia UK

The Wikimedia projects are special: they are written and curated by thousands of volunteers. They are also supported by voluntary donations, through Wikimedia UK, the Wikimedia Foundation and other international chapters.

Wikimedia UK is a charity registered in England and Wales that supports and promotes Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects such as Wikimedia Commons. Our mission is to help people and organisations create and preserve open knowledge, and to help provide easy access for all. We do this by supporting volunteer editors and contributors ('Wikimedians'), by working in partnership with cultural and educational institutions, by hosting training sessions and editing events, and by acting to advocate the benefits of open knowledge generally.

There are several ways to get involved in the charity's work. You can become a member for just £5 per year. You can volunteer to work with us in a variety of ways, both online and offline. You can also make a donation (and if you're a UK taxpayer, we can claim Gift Aid). Subscribe to our Friends' Newsletter to stay in touch. Click the buttons below to learn more.


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Upcoming events

December

11th - 52nd London meetup
14th - Exec board meeting
15th - Andy Mabbett talking at CentralTAG on 'Wikipedia, its GLAM collaborations, & how archaeologists can use it to disseminate their work to both specialist & popular audiences'

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Join Wikimedia UK: Membership is open to all and costs just £5 a year. While most members are editors of one (or more!) of the Wikimedia projects, you don't need to be. Members play a key role in shaping the future of the Chapter, by electing the Board and deciding our strategy at the AGM.

Events: We organise dozens of events each year, including meetups, Editathons, "Backstage Pass" events, workshops and conferences. Almost all our events are free of charge and open to the public - why not come along and join in?

We are always interested to hear from new volunteers. If you have an idea you'd like to help make happen, or time and skills you would like to offer Wikimedia UK, please email any member of the Board. What's more, microgrants are also available to help support community initiatives.

Для української мови Вікіпедії ласка, відвідайте http://uk.wikipedia.org; для Вікімедіа Україна відвідайте http://ua.wikimedia.org
For the Ukrainian language Wikipedia please visit http://uk.wikipedia.org; for Wikimedia Ukraine please visit http://ua.wikimedia.org

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-'''Girl Geeks V. Wikimeet – An exercise in real-time collaboration''' - How do you get members of the public involved in Wikipedia? Moreover, how do you get women, a relative minority in the Wikipedia world, interested in editing when the thought had not crossed their minds before? Well, the Bristol Girl Geeks Vs. Wikimedia Event was a great example in how to meet this challenge – and the feedback we gained from the event suggests that this isn’t as difficult as it seems...
+'''Sausages and Scholarship: Wikipedia and Digital Literacy''' - The Economic and Social Research Council is supporting a series of academic seminars on “Digital Policy: Connectivity, Creativity and Rights”, led by Prof. Gillian Youngs of the University of Wales, Newport. Last Friday’s seminar at the University of Leicester invited four representatives from outside academia, including myself for Wikimedia UK. Although the day’s theme was “digital literacy”, the twelve presentations covered a dizzying range of issues, from the legal structures that regulate television, to community journalism, to “sexting”.
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-'''Wikimedia UK''' is the [[:m:Wikimedia chapter|Wikimedia chapter]] covering the [[:wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]. We exist to help collect, develop and distribute freely licensed knowledge (and other educational, cultural and historic material). We do this by bringing the Wikimedia community in the UK together, and by building links with UK-based cultural institutions, universities, charities and other bodies. We also represent UK-based Wikimedians to the Wikimedia Foundation and the global Wikimedia movement.
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-If you share our objectives, why not get involved? You can come along to one of our [[events]], join our <span class="plainlinks">[https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l email discussion list]</span>, and you can [[Membership|become a member]] for just £5.
-Wikimedia UK is a not-for-profit Company Limited by Guarantee. We are supported entirely by voluntary donations (principally through the annual Wikimedia fundraiser). Please note that we are a separate organization from the [[:wmf:|Wikimedia Foundation]], and have no control over <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]</span> or any other <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia Foundation projects]</span>.
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-* 2nd-3rd - <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.scienceonlinelondon.org/ Session at Science Online London]</span>
+* 11th - [[meta:Meetup/London/52|52nd London meetup]]
-* 2nd-4th - <span class="plainlinks">[http://wiki.regiowiki.eu/RegioWikiCamp_2011 RegioWikiCamp Brest (France)]</span>
+* 14th - [[Agenda 14Dec11|Exec board meeting]]
-* 8th - <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/2246 TedxBristol talk]</span>
+* 15th - Andy Mabbett talking at CentralTAG on [http://centraltag.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/dr-web-love-or-how-i-learnt-to-stop-worrying-love-social-media/ 'Wikipedia, its GLAM collaborations, & how archaeologists can use it to disseminate their work to both specialist & popular audiences']
-* 11th - [[m:Meetup/London/49|London Wikimeet]]
-* 14th - <span class="plainlinks">[http://museumnetworkwarwickshire.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/something-wiki-this-way-comes-workshop-14th-september/ Workshop for GLAMs, The Herbert, Coventry]</span>
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