Main Page: Difference between revisions

From Wikimedia UK
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Update events list)
(Updated blog post)
Line 3: Line 3:
|advert=
|advert=
|blog post=  
|blog post=  
;New blog “planet” for UK Wikimedians
;2013 – what can we learn from what people read on Wikipedia?


[[File:Photo-like_view_of_Earth_is_based_largely_on_observations_from_MODIS.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Not this kind of planet - but a blog aggregator]]
[[File:Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg|thumb|right|200px|Logo of Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia]]


''This post was written by Harry Burt, a Wikimedia UK volunteer''
Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia, has today released its statistics listing the most read articles of 2013, offering a unique insight into what got us thinking and talking last year.


Wikimedia UK is pleased to announce the creation of https://planet.wikimedia.org.uk – a blog “planet” (combiner) that allows visitors to see the total blogging output of the UK’s Wikimedians and open content advocates in a single easy-to-bookmark feed.
For the English language version of the site television was the biggest area of interest. This was the year of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad Breaking Bad] (3rd most viewed), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walking_Dead_(TV_series) The Walking Dead] (11th), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones Game of Thrones] (12th) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bang_Theory The Big Bang Theory] (17th). Perhaps more than ever before, there is a great hunger among the telly-addict public to learn more about their favourite shows and stars.


This new project mirrors a longer-established programme of the [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home Wikimedia Foundation] to create a Wikimedia planet for every language. By comparison, the UK blog planet benefits from a more restrictive geographical emphasis on the United Kingdom, providing an outlet for topical commentators from across the country, regardless of the language they choose to blog in.
The figures do throw up some surprising numbers. The article about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook Facebook] (1st) was viewed over 30 million times, although probably this is because web users were typing it into the Wikipedia search by mistake! The same could be said for the articles about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google Google] (5th), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki] (7th), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] (8th) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo! Yahoo!] (14th). Although nobody is quite sure why [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-force G-force] (4th) was read by over 17 million people.


Recommendations for new blogs to aggregate (either in their entirety or individual categories) are very welcome; bloggers interested in getting more exposure for their blog posts should contact Stevie Benton (stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk). Current contributors include Wikimedia UK itself; Andrew Gray, former Wikimedian-in-Residence at the British Library; and Andy Mabbett, former Wikimedian-in-Residence and a Wikipedia contributor since 2003.
As ever, there was great interest in those who died in the past year. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2013 article listing deaths in 2013] (2nd) and that on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela Nelson Mandela] (16th) attracted considerable attention.


<span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/01/new-blog-planet-for-uk-wikimedians/ <nowiki>[</nowiki>...<nowiki>]</nowiki>]</span>
The figures from other language versions of the site are equally revealing. Who would have thought that the most viewed article in Spanish would be about the humble @ symbol?
 
<span class="plainlinks">[https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/01/2013-what-can-we-learn-from-what-people-read-on-wikipedia/ <nowiki>[</nowiki>Continues...<nowiki>]</nowiki>]</span>


|events=<!--Aim to have between 8 and 10 events listed to avoid this section taking up too much or to little space-->
|events=<!--Aim to have between 8 and 10 events listed to avoid this section taking up too much or to little space-->

Revision as of 17:08, 8 January 2014

Cymraeg | English

Cymraeg | English

Wikimedia UK

Open knowledge for all

Our website

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.

Volunteer

Contact us

General inquiries: infoatwikimedia.org.uk
Media: pressatwikimedia.org.uk

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.

More contact details

Get Involved

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

Join Wikimedia UK

Members play a key role in shaping the future of the Chapter. Membership is open to all and costs just £5 a year.

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

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

Volunteer

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

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

Project grants

Request a project grant to help you with your editing or outreach activities on any Wikimedia project.

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

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

Для української мови Вікіпедії ласка, відвідайте http://uk.wikipedia.org; для Вікімедіа Україна відвідайте http://ua.wikimedia.org
For the Ukrainian language Wikipedia please visit http://uk.wikipedia.org; for Wikimedia Ukraine please visit http://ua.wikimedia.org

Want to suggest changes to the content and presentation of this page? Comment on the talk page, or experiment at the Sandbox

Retrieved from "https://dev.wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=49767"