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Wikimedia UK Newsletter

July 2009 Issue

Summary:

In this month's newsletter:

Wikimedia Foundation Grant

Wikimedia UK is please to announce that our bid for a £5,000 grant towards the start-up of our chapter has been approved! This has a number of benefits to the chapter, including, but not limited to, funding for our Initiatives, and the possibility of applying for charitable status direct to the Charity Commission. Work has begun on filling out the necessary forms to apply direct to the Charity Commission, and details of our Initiatives are below!

Chapter Initiatves

Phorm

Business Cards

Wikimania 2013

Technology in Education

Other Chapters' Activities

Press Coverage

The Guardian covered the use of unattributed passages from Wikipedia articles in the upcoming book Free by Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine, uncovered by The Virginia Quartely Review
The Times covered the case of a New York Times journalist whose kidnapping was hushed up by Wikipedia office actions so that his ransom price wasn't increased.
The Telegraph and The Register reported that the Crown Prosecution Service is encouraging the use of Wikipedia by the UK police force.

Meet-ups

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