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== Friends newsletter/2022/Issue 2 ==
We’re feeling the festival theme of Wikimania this month, as we’ve got lots of fantastic people and projects we’re working with. See the stunning results of the Wiki Loves Earth photography competition, which ran across Ireland and Wales. Watch the Celtic Knot videos on building communities around indigenous languages. Meet our new trustees, who were elected to the board in July. And find out more about the fantastic projects run by our community.
 
== Summer events round up ==
[[File:Wikimania 2022 UK Community Festival poster.png|alt=Wikimania 2022 UK Community Festival poster|thumb|Wikimania 2022 UK Community Festival poster]]
 
=== Wikimania ===
We took part in [[wmania:2022:In-person_events/London|Wikimania 2022]] as one of the satellite events. Over the 12th and 13th August we met at Newspeak House in London to listen to a number of talks from our community, run wiki-clinics, training, editing events and other workshops, and celebrate the UK Wikimedian of the Year Awards. It was such a treat to see many of our community members in person, and a great chance to reconnect. The UK's 2022 Award Winners were as follows:
 
* Wikimedian of the Year: Lucy Moore (Winner), James Boyes (Honourable Mention)
* Partnership of the Year: The Women's Classics Committee or WCCwiki (Winner), National Galleries of Scotland and the Fruitmarket Gallery (Honourable Mention)
* Up and Coming Wikimedian: Kirsty Ross (Winner), Karen Bowman (Honourable Mention)
 
See the list of talks and watch some of them on the meta page [[wmania:2022:In-person_events/London|here]].
 
=== Annual General Meeting ===
At our virtual AGM on Saturday 9th July, all three candidates who stood for election received support from the majority of voting members, and will be joining the Board of Trustees for Wikimedia UK. These are:
 
* Adrian Beidas (currently member of the Audit and Risk Committee)
* Sangeet Bhullar (Trustee since 2019, standing for re-election as per our Articles)
* Vivian Wineman
All the ordinary resolutions proposed by the board were supported. There were no special resolutions.
 
Four new Honorary Memberships were awarded to the following recipients, for their significant contribution to the work of the charity:
 
* Josie Fraser
* Melissa Highton
* Magnus Manske
* Nick Poole
[[File:CKC2022 banner with text.jpg|alt=Celtic Knot 2022 poster|thumb|File:CKC2022 banner with text.jpg]]
 
=== Celtic Knot ===
The [[m:Celtic_Knot_Conference_2022|Celtic Knot Wikimedia Language Conference]] aims to bring people together to share their experiences of working on sharing information in minority and minoritised languages on the Wikimedia projects. Our aim is to help people learn how to direct the flow of information across language barriers and support their communities. As in previous years we had a strong focus on Wikidata and its potential to support languages.
 
The people working on growing and maintaining their communities (on Wikipedia, but also Wikisource or Wikidata) met to learn from and support each other on topics like community growth, technical tools, or collaboration with partners.
 
Driven by the vision of Wikimedia UK, and supported by local partners and fellow Wikimedia chapters, Celtic Knot conference has now taken place for six years running, including two online events. In each of the first five years, the conference  spotlighted a language or language family, with participants learning more about the cultural context as well as the state of the Wikimedia projects in these languages. The 2022 edition - led by Wikimedia UK with support from Wikimedia Deutschland - introduced a broader approach, with an emphasis on skills development for a diverse group of participants. You can watch the video pool on Meta.
 
== Climate and environment ==
[[File:Connemara October.jpg|alt=Connemara October|thumb|File:Connemara October.jpg]]
 
=== Wiki Loves Earth ===
Wales and Ireland took part in the Wiki Loves Earth photography competition in 2022. The aim of the event is to highlight the conservation areas of the participating countries, with the goal to encourage people to photograph these sights, and to put them under a free licence which can then be re-used not only on Wikipedia but everywhere by everyone.
 
* Partners: The Welsh Government, all three National Parks: Eryri (Snowdonia), Pembrokeshire and the Brecon Beacons, Ramblers (Cymru), Natural Resource Wales, Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd and Llên Natur.
* 5,040 photos taken of Welsh nature
* 528 photos of Irish nature
 
=== COP27 ===
Building on the Wikimedia events delivered around COP26, we are now planning activities for COP27 in November. We will be collaborating with The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC) on an online editathon, following the event led by Richard Nevell and Ian Watt for COP26.
 
=== DecarboN8 ===
The challenge of reaching net zero carbon by 2050 requires decarbonising transport with systems-level solutions. DecarboN8 brings together researchers, policymakers, innovators and communities to collaborate on rapidly implementing these solutions. They work across four themes to produce high-quality evidence in the form of case studies, policy briefs and academic publications. We are providing support to a network of universities, local authorities, and companies to get this information on the Wikimedia projects. So far 1.47K words have been added to Wikipedia articles.
 
=== Climatepolicyradar ===
A not-for-profit holding the largest database of climate policies, Climatepolicyradar act as a resource for policy makers who are looking for information on a wide range of environmental policies. We are in discussions with them to contribute their data to expand Wikidata with detailed climate policy information, and also find ways Wikidata can feed back into their own work of influencing policy.
 
=== Natural History Museum ===
The Natural History Museum’s Data Portal has 5,181,555 photographs of their collection of 80 million specimens. The photos are openly licensed, and we’ve been working with the museum to upload the collection to Wikimedia Commons. Almost every plant and animal type is represented, showing the history of 4.5 billion years of life on earth, and our solar system.
 
== Knowledge equity ==
[[File:Festival of Empire 1911 from Candian House.jpg|alt=Festival of Empire 1911 from Candian House|thumb|Festival of Empire 1911 from Candian House]]
 
=== Decolonising Wikipedia Network ===
Since November 2020, the Decolonising Wikipedia Network has been supporting students and staff to play an active role in the decolonisation of knowledge, and editing Wikipedia as a form of knowledge activism. The [https://decolonisingwikipedianetwork.myblog.arts.ac.uk/ network's website] contains examples of Wikipedia editing done by students and staff, and resources for editors who would like to try decolonising Wikipedia sessions. It also includes videos of discussions about London's colonial history, with a number of guest speakers from organisations with knowledge that's not yet represented on Wikipedia, for example the National Archives, the London Metropolitan Archives, and UCL's project on British slavery. The Data Science students have also contributed a video on how to look into the topic with a data science lens.
 
=== Vocal Eyes ===
A member of our Programmes Team has joined a crowdsourcing project to collect information on how accessible heritage sites are for the blind and partially sighted. The group is collecting data at present, and when they have completed their research it will be shared on Wikidata.
 
=== Manar al-Athar photo archive internship ===
The Manar al-Athar photo archive contains images from archaeological sites in the Middle East and North Africa. For a one week period at the end of June, two student interns added links to the archive to Wikipedia. This had the benefit of directing readers to a valuable online resource. The archive is interested in repeating the activity in the future.
 
== Science Museum Group (SMG) Wikimedian in Residence ==
With the project winding up we are looking at final reporting and a sense of what’s been achieved, changed and the challenges we’ve faced. This report will produce a set of recommendations for the Science Museum Group for changes after the project. In this quarter we’ve succeeded in having more image collections released on open licences compatible with Wikimedia projects.
 
We’ve been working with Dr Alice White of the Wellcome Trust on uploading images from the Medicine Galleries which are the property of the Wellcome but on long term loan to SMG. This represents the difficult challenge of expressing ownership and copyright status clearly. But also, ensuring the metadata and descriptions are appropriate, considering the religious or sacred nature of some of the objects photographed.
 
== Connected Heritage ==
The Connected Heritage team continues to deliver an outstanding series of webinars and editathons.
 
Leah delivered a workshop for the '''Workers’ Educational Association (WEA)''' as part of their Routes of Social Change project, which highlights the social history of North East England. The WEA were one of the earliest organisations to become involved with Connected Heritage, and the aim of the workshop was to repurpose some of the research conducted through the project. The team is also planning a workshop for '''Wheal Martyn Clay Works'''. During this month we had conversations with the '''Mixed Museum''' about building on our successful collaborations. We will be proceeding with a mini-Wikimedian in Residence project with the Mixed Museum, picking up in the second half of 2022.
 
There were interesting conversations with librarians at '''King’s College London''' and '''University College London'''. King’s College is especially interested in sharing images on Wikimedia Commons, and we will provide support including instructional information we have prepared for partners, and tools to measure impact. If a strong under-represented heritage angle emerges, especially with a focus on gender, we may provide further active support. The UCL librarians are interested in wide-ranging work including Wikidata activities.
 
Leah and Lucy represented the Connected Heritage project at the '''Museum Tech''' conference hosted at the Museum of London on 30th June. With support from the comms team, Leah and Lucy developed a [[commons:File:Connected_Heritage_brochure_(June_2022).pdf|leaflet]] to use at the event and had useful conversations about the project. Two project partners - the Mixed Museum and Queer Britain - were represented amongst speakers at the conference. The CH team also delivered a workshop as part of DCDC 2022 in July building on the template used at previous events, with a new focus on Wikimedia Commons information.
 
== British Library Wikimedian in Residence ==
[[File:Lotus Sutra Or.8210 S.1058.jpg|alt=Lotus Sutra Or.8210 S.1058|thumb|File:Lotus Sutra Or.8210 S.1058.jpg]]
 
=== Lotus Sutras ===
Lucy Hinnie, Wikimedian in Residence at the British Library, and Stella Wisdom, Digital Curator at the Library, have been working with staff to upload images of the [[commons:Category:Lotus_Sutras_from_Stein_Collection,_British_Library|Lotus Sutra]] to Wikimedia Commons. The project had an intern from UCL relabelling images, Xiaoyan Yang, whose blog you can read [https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2022/06/working-with-wikidata-and-wikimedia-commons-poetry-pamphlets-and-lotus-sutra-manuscripts.html here].
 
=== Bookbindings ===
Library staff are pursuing copyright permissions from the Library to get more images up onto Commons. Lucy has suggested that the Lotus Sutras project style could be replicated to get the bindings on Wikidata. Both projects are ongoing.
 
== Scotland ==
 
=== Virtual volunteering with the National Galleries of Scotland ===
[[File:Drummond Castle by Susan Fletcher, about 1907.png|alt=Drummond Castle by Susan Fletcher, about 1907|thumb|265x265px|Drummond Castle by Susan Fletcher, about 1907]]In collaboration with the National Galleries of Scotland, we have launched a new virtual volunteering project. The five volunteers we’ve recruited will create and improve articles about women connected to the Scottish Collection at the galleries. Artists such as Susan Fletcher, featured here.
 
=== Scots Wikipedia ===
Writing Drives for the Scots Wikipedia took place in May and July. In collaboration with the Scots Language Centre, we focused on Scottish inventions and notable buildings, and the Scots articles related to them. Since August 2020 we've run 11 editathons, engaging 115 editors, and editing over 3200 articles.  
==<nowiki>#</nowiki>ChangeTheStory ==
We partnered with Care International UK and Women In Red to highlight the gender gap on Wikipedia. As the Lionesses won the UEFA cup, we were spreading the word that only 6% of Wikipedia’s biographies on footballers were about women. As part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, we are focusing our effort on female stand up comedians and performers.
 
== Global movement ==
 
=== UK government to protect internet access in Russia ===
On the 30th May, the UK government made a major decision to protect access to the free and open internet within Russia. The government exempted transactions that enable civilian telecommunications and news media services from sanctions against Russia. The decision comes off the heels of an open letter that we signed alongside allies like AccessNow, Article 19, Open Rights Group, among others, urging the UK government to protect access to the global, open internet for the Russian people.
 
=== United Nations Economic and Social Council access ===
The Wikimedia Foundation gained accreditation to UN ECOSOC (United Nations Economic and Social Council), which will allow the Wikimedia movement to more closely contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.[[File:Chatham Dockyard, No. 3 slip roof.jpg|alt=Chatham Dockyard, No. 3 slip roof|thumb|File:Chatham Dockyard, No. 3 slip roof.jpg]]
 
== Wiki Loves Monuments ==
We will again be taking part in [[commons:Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022/Participating_countries|Wiki Loves Monuments]] from 1st-30th September. This is the biggest photography competition in the world and we hope to be able to count on massive participation again this year. The aim of the contest is to ask the general public—readers and users of Wikipedia, photographers, hobbyists, etc.—to take pictures of cultural heritage monuments and upload them to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
 
== Join us ==
We’re very grateful to and proud of the network we’ve built around our chapter. You can support the governance of the charity by becoming a [[Membership|member]] or [[donate]] to us online. We have a new [https://wikimedia.org.uk/volunteer-roles/ volunteering form] on our website, which you can fill out to get involved in some of the projects we do.
 
We’re also on social media if you prefer to chat there, we always appreciate new followers and sharers of our news; [https://twitter.com/wikimediauk Twitter], [https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK Facebook], [https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/ Instagram] and [https://www.linkedin.com/company/wikimedia-uk/mycompany/?viewAsMember=true LinkedIn]. You can also follow our [https://wikimedia.org.uk/news/ blog], which has more details on some of the activities mentioned in the newsletter.

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