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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

2023

January

• 27 - Learn how to edit Wikipedia at WikiProject Women in Red meetup #69- Register on Eventbrite here.

February

• 16 - Connected Heritage & Scottish Jewish Heritage: Wiki Workshop Launch Event (Glasgow & online) book online.
• 17 - LGBTQIA+ Editathon by Connected Heritage - Register on Eventbrite here.
• 23 - Connected Heritage & Scottish Jewish Heritage: Wrap up event (Glasgow & online - see above link for Feb 16 for booking)
• 24 - Learn how to edit Wikipedia at WikiProject Women in Red meetup #70- Register on Eventbrite here.

March

• 18-19 - Code The City CTC28, including Wikipedia Ediatathon more info on their website.
• 20-26 - Scots Wikipedia March Writing Drive zoom sessions Monday & Thursday, edit all week.
• 21 - Become a Wikimedian: Editing Wikipedia - Free course for those living in Scotland from New College Lanarkshire, running 21st March - 6th June. More info and sign up here.
• 31 - Learn how to edit Wikipedia at WikiProject Women in Red meetup #71- Register on Eventbrite here.

April

• 28 - Learn how to edit Wikipedia at WikiProject Women in Red meetup #72- Register on Eventbrite here.

May

• 15-21 - Scots Wiki Writing Drive, May Zoom sessions Monday 15th & Wednesday 17th, book on eventbrite.
• 26 - Learn how to edit Wikipedia at WikiProject Women in Red meetup #73- Register on Eventbrite here.
• 31 - Society for Experimental Biology editathon, 1pm-5pm, online. book on Eventbrite here.

June

• 01 - Society for Experimental Biology editathon, 9am-1pm, online. book on Eventbrite here.
• 30 - Learn how to edit Wikipedia at WikiProject Women in Red meetup #74- Register on Eventbrite here.

July

• 24-30 - Scots Wiki Writing Drive - July - Scottish and Irish Writers. More info on-wiki here.
• 28 - Learn how to edit Wikipedia at WikiProject Women in Red meetup #75- Register on Eventbrite here.

August

• 26 - Wikipedia & Knowledge Activism Workshop - Protests & Suffragettes / Women's History Scotland / WMUK - at the Scottish Oral History Centre, 1pm-5pm. We’ll be focusing on improving, expanding, and creating Wikipedia articles on Suffragists, Suffragettes, Suffrage organisations, and protests across Scotland. More information and booking through Eventbrite.

September

• 02 - Perth Women on Wikipedia - session 1. In-person course at the AK Bell Library, Perth, running every Saturday from 2 September to 7 October. More information and Eventbrite booking on Culture PK's website.
• 04-10 - Scots Wiki September Writing Drive! Sign up on Eventbrite for Zoom session Wed 6 September 18:00-20:00.
• 09 - Perth Women on Wikipedia - session 2. In-person course at the AK Bell Library, Perth, running every Saturday from 2 September to 7 October. More information and Eventbrite booking on Culture PK's website.
• 16 - Perth Women on Wikipedia - session 3. In-person course at the AK Bell Library, Perth, running every Saturday from 2 September to 7 October. More information and Eventbrite booking on Culture PK's website.
• 21 - Protests & Suffragettes, Women's History Scotland and Wikimedia UK - Scottish Suffrage/ttes Editathon, 5-8pm at Uni Glasgow Special Collections. Booking link to follow.
• 23 - Perth Women on Wikipedia - session 4. In-person course at the AK Bell Library, Perth, running every Saturday from 2 September to 7 October. More information and Eventbrite booking on Culture PK's website.
• 27 - Wikithon with Art+Feminism at the Goethe Institut, Glasgow. Sign up here.
• 30 - Perth Women on Wikipedia - session 5. In-person course at the AK Bell Library, Perth, running every Saturday from 2 September to 7 October. More information and Eventbrite booking on Culture PK's website.

October

• 07 - Perth Women on Wikipedia - session 6. In-person course at the AK Bell Library, Perth, running every Saturday from 2 September to 7 October. More information and Eventbrite booking on Culture PK's website.
• 16-22 - Scots Wiki Writing Drive - October - Scottish & Irish Social Venues & Events. More info & Booking link for Zoom sessions on Scots Wiki.
• 28 - Protests & Suffragettes, Women's History Scotland and Wikimedia UK - Scottish Suffrage/ttes Editathon, 12-4pm, Glasgow Women's Library, booking link to follow.

November

• 18 - Protests & Suffragettes, Women's History Scotland and Wikimedia UK - Scottish Suffrage/ttes Editathon, 1-5pm, location tbd. Booking link to follow.

December

• 07,09,10 - Train the Trainer 2023 - email rupal.karia@wikimedia.org.uk for more information and application pack

2022

October

• 12 - Collecting Contemporary Scottish Artists of Colour Editathon National Galleries of Scotland and the Fruitmarket Gallery, Modern 2 (Edinburgh), 12-4.
• 13 - Connected Heritage webinar: sharing cultural heritage online
• 13 - Faversham Society wikithon
• 21 - Connected Heritage & Reimagining Lincolnshire: Black History Month Wikithon Online with University of Lincolnshire Library

November

• 14-20 - Scots Wikipedia Writing Drive - FixScots! on-wiki event page here.
• 25 - Connected Heritage: Leeds City Museum & Wikimedia UK Editathon Thoresby Room, Leeds City Museum, Leeds, LS2 8BH
• 29 - Wikipedia for Beginners, Google UK offices, London

December

• 1 - Potluck Editathon
• 1, 3-4 - Train the Trainer 2022/23
• 15 - Learn how to edit Wikipedia at WikiProject Women in Red meetup #68- Register on Eventbrite here.