Events

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The events in the list below may be of interest to Wikimedia UK volunteers and members. The list includes events run by or related to the charity, as well as unconnected Wikimedia or open knowledge events that may be of interest, especially within the UK. You can expect to find Wikimedia UK volunteers at most of these.

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Past events

2019

May

• 02 - m:Meetup/London Wikidata/02
• 03 - Women in Red Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at University of Edinburgh Main Library, Edinburgh
• 07 - m:Meetup/London_Skillshare/2 - learn how to use AutoWikiBrowser at the Wikimedia UK office (18:00-21:00)
• 08 - WCCwiki editing session at the University of Cambridge
• 09 - Women in Scottish Archaeology editathon at Edinburgh Central Library
• 12 - m:Meetup/Cambridge/41; Cambridge meetup.
• 18 - Victorian Blogging Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at Conway Hall, London
• 18 - Extraordinary Women in Engineering: a WES Wikithon at LSE, London
• 19 - Remembering Scotland's Accused Witches, Dunfermline, a one day conference looking at the history of accused witches in Scotland with presentation & workshop from Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh)
• 19 - Joy for Ever: Live Wikithon with Keep It Complex Edit-a-thon on women working in and around John Ruskin at the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
• 20 - "Asking and answering questions with Open data": Wikidata training event hosted by the Jean Golding Institute, University of Bristol
• 20 - "Wiki-Food and Mostly Women": Spend a day diversifying Wikipedia's food-related topics at the British library, London

• 31 - Women in Red Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at University of Edinburgh Main Library, Edinburgh

June

• 01 - Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft
• 03-04 - CILIP's Summer Conference
• 03-04 - HeritageDot Conference, including presentation from Sara Thomas (WMUK)
• 08 - Association of Commonwealth Universities editathon, Edinburgh. More details to be announced. Hosted by Anne-Marie Scott and Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh
• 19 - Learning and Teaching Conference 2019, a one day conference themed on evidencing the value of teaching and learning at the John McIntyre Conference Centre, Edinburgh. Including presentation from Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh)
• 20 - Kirkintilloch Library Local Studies Editathon with East Dunbartonshire Libraries. Sign up on Eventbrite
• 20 - Conectando edit-a-thon 2019: Scottish Encounters with Spanish & Portuguese, Edinburgh. The exhibition runs until 29th June 2019 and we are holding a guided tour and Wikipedia editing event on Thursday 20th June to ensure these stories are available to read online.
• 29 - Portobello Wikipedia Editathon with Gavin Willshaw. Sign up on Eventbrite
• 29 - Wikidata + OSM meetup

July

• 02 - Medieval Wiki Women at Leeds University, Parkinson Building: Cohen Cluster
• 04-05 - Celtic Knot 2019, Wikipedia Language Conference at Exeter University, Penryn, Cornwall.
• 10 - Feminist Writers editathon, Edinburgh. More details to be announced. Hosted by Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh with guest talk by Professor Liz Stanley on the Olive Schreiner Archive