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<center><big><big><b><span class="plainlinks">[https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2020/12/stars-robots-talismans-honours/ Editing Wikipedia: Stars, robots and talismans honours course]</span></b></big></big></center>
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''By Katie Crampton, Communications and Governance Assistant at Wikimedia UK''
''By Glaire Anderson, Senior Lecturer in Islamic Art at the University of Edinburgh''


It’s Wikidata’s 8th birthday today, and we’re incredibly proud of Wikipedia’s lesser known little sister. Twenty years ago an incredible idea was made reality in the form of a democratic encyclopedia built from the bottom up, all by volunteers with no corporate influence or advertisement.
I have steered my students away from Wikipedia for years, envisioning my role as a teacher to show students how to carry out ‘real’ research. But this year convinced me it was time to change my attitude, and so for 2020’s Fall term I put editing Wikipedia at the heart of Stars, Robots and Talismans: Science, Magic and Medieval Islamic Visual Culture, my fourth-year Honours module.


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<center><big><big><b><span class="plainlinks">[https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2020/10/scots-wiki-moving-forward/ Scots Wiki – moving forward]</span></b></big></big></center>
<center><big><big><b><span class="plainlinks">[https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2020/11/london-college-communications-decolonisation/ London College of Communications – decolonisation through Wikipedia]</span></b></big></big></center>
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''By Dr Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Coordinator''
''Written by the London College Communications Teaching Hub''


As Wikimedia UK, we work to support language communities living in, or connected to the UK. This translates to a range of projects, including Scots Wikipedia.  
Back in April and May we collaborated with London College of Communications students and staff around decolonising Wikipedia, building on work they’ve been doing to decolonise the curriculum. As part of that we are looking at a partnership with a focus on decolonisation, the visibility and credibility of under-represented figures connected to teaching and research across their subject disciplines.


Up until recently, there were only a relatively small number of regular, active editors of sco.wiki. However, as of the end of August, that has most definitely changed.
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<center><big><big><b><span class="plainlinks">[https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2020/10/imperial-college-london/ Education booklet: Imperial College London]</span></b></big></big></center>
<center><big><big><b><span class="plainlinks">[https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2020/11/introducing-natasha-iles/ Introducing Natasha Iles, our new Head of Development and Communications]</span></b></big></big></center>
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''Extract from the Education booklet case study, written by Wikimedia UK and University of Edinburgh.''
''Natasha Iles, Head of Communications and Development and Wikimedia UK''


Earlier this year we produced a booklet with the University of Edinburgh, bringing together a collection of case studies from across the UK in order to provide insight into the use of the Wikimedia projects in education. It is our belief that the Wikimedia projects are a valuable tool for education, and that engagement with those projects is an activity which enriches the student experience as much as it does the open web itself.
In October we recruited for a role that we have long known will be critical to the sustainability of Wikimedia UK’s vital work. Having a Head of Development and Communications gives us a strategic approach to our public image, fundraising, and external outreach.


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Revision as of 14:29, 17 December 2020

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Wikimedia UK

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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.

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