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''This post was written by Graeme Arnott ([[wikipedia:User:Oswin_Oswald|User:Oswin Oswald]]) and originally published [http://whynotedtechblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/glasgow1-wikimedia-meetup.html here]''
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[[File:Glasgow Meetup 1.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Attendees of the first ever Glasgow Meetup on Sunday 12 May 2013.]]
You can follow us on Twitter (<span class="plainlinks">[http://twitter.com/wikimediauk @wikimediauk]</span>) or Like us on Facebook (<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK WikimediaUK]</span>).
I’ve done a little bit of editing on Wikipedia but not much. I don’t really have much confidence on it but I’ve now got a new user name I now feel better about contributing on a regular basis. (I was using my own name which increased the pressure not to publicly mess up). I’m going to do the P2P University’s School of Open course '[https://p2pu.org/en/courses/49/writing-wikipedia-articles-the-basics-and-beyond/ Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics and Beyond]' when it starts in July (for European times).


Anyway, getting back to the story. Whilst assembling the material for the TMA presentation I happened to find out that the very first Wikimedia meet up in Glasgow was taking place a fortnight or so before the TMA’s hand-in date, and this was too good an opportunity to miss. Eleven of us met in the [[wikipedia:John Moore (British Army officer)|Sir John Moore]] pub on Argyle Street on 12th May and I think it went really well, although you wouldn’t know it from my expression in this picture :-).
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It transpired that the pub’s name was not insignificant. Dan and Julia looked up Wikipedia to get some background on Sir John Moore and found out that he was a Glaswegian who had first seen action for the British Army in the American War of Independence. One of his postings in the 1790s was to the West Indies under a certain Sir Ralph Abercromby. Now, bizarrely the Sir Ralph Abercromby is the pub where Wikimedia hold their meetups in Manchester. How odd is that? Was there then some strange hand guiding the choice of these pubs? If so, what was the pattern and what did it signify? Were these pubs in these similar ex-industrial cities effectively hyperlinked in a way reminiscent of psychogeographic ley lines? Were we like the people on Borges’ map only now were we living on a Wikipedia article? Was the fact that Wikimedia held their meetups on the territory of these one time opponents of liberation a tongue-in-cheek comment on web freedom? Perhaps the solution lay with a certain Richard John Blackler the gentleman after whom the Wetherspoon’s pub is named and where the Liverpool Wikimedia meetups are held. Would he also be a representative of the imperialist redcoats?
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'''May'''
We are always interested to hear from new [[volunteer|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 get in touch on volunteering{{@}}wikimedia.org.uk
* {{event inline|2013|05|24|[[w:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Oxford/QueenVictoriasJournals|Queen Victoria's Journals University of Oxford editing day]]}}
* {{event inline|2013|05|24|end=26|[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Events/Amsterdam_Hackathon_2013 Amsterdam Hackathon]}}
* {{event inline|2013|05|25|[[Academic Dress editathon]], London}}
* {{event inline|2013|05|28|[[Education Committee]] conference call}}


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* {{event inline|2013|06|03|[[Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 3 June Wikipedia training]]}}
* {{event inline|2013|06|08|[[WikiConference UK 2013]] & [[2013 AGM]], Lincoln}}
* {{event inline|2013|06|08|[[IT Development/Progress meetings/08 June 2013|Technology Committee]] - Time tbc UTC+1 (BST) in person at [[WikiConference UK 2013]]}}
* {{event inline|2013|06|09|[[m:Meetup/London/70|London meetup]]}}
* {{event inline|2013|06|19|[[IRC office hours]]}}
* {{event inline|2013|06|22|[[:w:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject Ballet/Royal Opera House editathon|Editathon at the Royal Opera House]]}}


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Latest revision as of 16:21, 30 October 2024

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Wikimedia UK

Open knowledge for all

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If you'd like to see what Wikimedia UK is working on, our website is the best place for our community of volunteers, donors and members to stay up to date.

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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You can follow us on Twitter (@wikimediauk) or Like us on Facebook (WikimediaUK).

You can also sign up to the email discussion list for the Wikimedia community in the UK.

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Join Wikimedia UK

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Events

We organise dozens of events each year, including meetups, editing events, "Backstage Pass" events at museums, workshops and conferences.

Icon from Font Awesome by Dave Gandy - http://fortawesome.github.com/Font-Awesome, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0

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Participate in one of our ongoing outreach projects, working with the cultural and education institutions of the UK.

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Donate to Wikimedia UK to keep Wikipedia running free from advertising and support our work getting more people and institutions working with Wikipedia and its sister projects.

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 get in touch on volunteeringatwikimedia.org.uk



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