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==Yeonpyeong on Wikipedia by <span class="plainlinks"> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Maproom Maproom] </span>==
{{/Yeonpyeong}}
 
==Visual Arts on Wikipedia by <span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Johnbod Johnbod]</span>==
{{/Visual Arts}}
 
==CIPR Outreach by <span class="plainlinks"> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Steve_Virgin Steve Virgin] </span>==
{{/CIPR Outreach}}
 
==Fundraiser 2010-11 by <span class="plainlinks"> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tango Thomas Dalton] </span>==
 
On 15 November, the Wikimedia movement launched its annual
fundraiser. This fundraiser represents a big step forward for
Wikimedia UK, since this is the first year in which we are taking full
responsibility for collecting donations in the UK. This year, all
donations from within the UK come to us. We plan to donate half of the
money we receive to the Foundation to support the global activities of
the movement and spend the remainder ourselves on activities in the
UK.
 
We are approximately a third of the way through the fundraiser now and
have already raised over £350,000. We aim to raise at least £500,000
and I am optimistic that we can exceed even that target. The more we
raise, the more we will be able to do. You can support the fundraiser
both by donating (just click on the banner at the top of any Wikipedia
article) and by writing your own appeal
[[m:Fundraising_2010/Write_An_Appeal|here]] - we are working with the
Foundation to test lots of different banners and a personal appeal
from you might just be what our donors respond to!
 
===Comments on this feature===
 
==Editor's notes==
If as a reader you find excessive or impenetrable jargon in any
article, let the editor know and we'll print some explanations. BLP = "biography of
living person". Johnbod, he tells me, lives near London and spends (he says) far too
much time contributing to Wikipedia, especially on medieval art. He is too modest
to point out his FAs (Featured Articles). Another UK Wikimedian to be found
recently on the Main Page is User:Colds7ream who has helped the Wikipedia
article International Space Station to FA level, appearing there on 23 October.
 
===Comments===

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