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==Partnership of the Year==
==Partnership of the Year==
'''Royal College of Nursing's History of Nursing Forum (HONF) "Nurses in Red"'''
'''Royal College of Nursing's History of Nursing Forum (HONF) "Nurses in Red"'''
The forum established an editing group to improve and create content relating to the history of nursing on Wikipedia - so far they have improved more than 200 articles which have been viewed nearly 4.5 million times. The group's focus is explicitly diversity focused too: nurses have often been from under-represented groups and making their lives and careers more visible on Wikipedia is so important.


'''Honourable Mention - Khalili Collection and Dr. Glaire Anderson of the University of Edinburgh'''
'''Honourable Mention - Khalili Collection and Dr. Glaire Anderson of the University of Edinburgh'''
Glaire has supported two classroom projects where her History of Art students evaluated articles about Islamic Art and Science on Wikipedia and improved them, often embedding beautiful 10th/11th century Caliphate images from the Khalilli Collections on Wikimedia Commons into pages where they might not normally be encountered but will more likely be encountered from now on because these pages are so high level/high traffic comparatively


==Up and Coming Wikimedian==
==Up and Coming Wikimedian==

Revision as of 17:35, 4 December 2023

The UK Wikimedian of the Year Awards recognise the work of the community that collaborates with and supports Wikimedia UK. Each award is for a different type of activity. We are looking for people and partnerships within the Wikimedia UK community who have really impressed you with their open knowledge work, especially in 2022/23.

We are particularly keen to hear about people and organisations who delivered projects addressing our strategic themes of knowledge equity, information literacy, and climate and environment.

For individuals, if you know their Wikimedia username please use that in the nomination. We will not disclose real names without permission.

UK Wikimedian of the Year

Nick Sheppard

Honourable Mention - Ian Pigott

Partnership of the Year

Royal College of Nursing's History of Nursing Forum (HONF) "Nurses in Red"

The forum established an editing group to improve and create content relating to the history of nursing on Wikipedia - so far they have improved more than 200 articles which have been viewed nearly 4.5 million times. The group's focus is explicitly diversity focused too: nurses have often been from under-represented groups and making their lives and careers more visible on Wikipedia is so important.

Honourable Mention - Khalili Collection and Dr. Glaire Anderson of the University of Edinburgh

Glaire has supported two classroom projects where her History of Art students evaluated articles about Islamic Art and Science on Wikipedia and improved them, often embedding beautiful 10th/11th century Caliphate images from the Khalilli Collections on Wikimedia Commons into pages where they might not normally be encountered but will more likely be encountered from now on because these pages are so high level/high traffic comparatively

Up and Coming Wikimedian

Heidi Berg

Honourable Mention - Sophie Whitfield

See also

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