Events

Meetings and 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.

If you know of an upcoming event that is not listed, please add it below.

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Past events

2019

July

• 02 - Medieval Wiki Women at Leeds University, Parkinson Building: Cohen Cluster
• 02 - Association of Independent Music editathon at Newspeak House, London (3-7PM) - only open to AIM members
• 03 - "Wikidata for GLAM": talk and training workshop for staff at the University of Oxford
• 04-05 - Celtic Knot 2019, Wikipedia Language Conference at Exeter University, Penryn, Cornwall.
• 10 - Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Events and Workshops/Feminist Writers editathon 2019, Edinburgh. Hosted by Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh with guest talk by Professor Liz Stanley on the Olive Schreiner Archive
• 13 - Wikimedia UK AGM in Bristol
• 22-26 - Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School including a lecture on Wikidata
• 26 - Wikipedia Women in Red workshop at University of Edinburgh Library - creating more biographies of notable women
• 27 - Dumfries Stonecarving Project - Wikipedia Editathon @ Ewart Library, led by Dr Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Coordinator at Wikimedia UK. Facebook event link
• 29 - Dumfries Stonecarving Project - Wikimedia Editing event @ Kings Coffee & Books, led by Dr Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Coordinator at Wikimedia UK. Facebook event link
• 30 - Dumfries Stonecarving Project - Wikipedia Editathon @ Kings Coffee & Books, led by Dr Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Coordinator at Wikimedia UK. Facebook event link. Sign up to take part online here.

August

• 06 - Wikipedia editing workshop for volunteers of the Thames Discovery Programme
• 17 - Code The City Editathon, Aberdeen. Led by Dr Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Coordinator for Wikimedia UK. Booking link for event here.
• 31 - Wikidata London meetup #4 - Learn how to query Wikidata with SPARQL

September

• 21 - Electrifying Women: a WES Wikithon – LSE London

October

• 18 - Museums+Tech conference, British Library, London featuring presentation(s) on Wikidata