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| Wikimedia UK puts out several '''press releases''' each year. These are put out via [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/ our blog] and by email (if you want to receive them, please [[contact us]]). Previous press releases are below. | | Welcome to the Wikimedia UK press page. This page is intended to be a first port of call for journalists and reporters with an interest in the work of the charity. |
| ;<span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/05/welcome-to-the-worlds-first-wikipedia-town/ Welcome to the world’s first Wikipedia town]</span>
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| :'''16 May 2012:''' You've probably heard the saying, "In theory, Wikipedia shouldn't work, but in practice it does." Three of the things that contribute to make Wikipedia work are topic-specific WikiProjects ("let's write about a town"), Wikimedia chapters ("let's organise throughout the United Kingdom"), and unique ideas ("let's use QR codes to share content"). This week these three things successfully came together to create Monmouthpedia, "The World’s First Wikipedia Town" in Monmouth, Wales.
| | ==About us== |
| ;<span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/02/british-library-is-looking-for-a-wikimedian-in-residence-6-months/ British Library is looking for a Wikimedian In Residence (6 months)]
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| : '''9 February 2012:''' The British Library is recruiting an experienced Wikipedia editor with a good understanding of Wikimedia and GLAM projects. The post has funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the programme of activities will be run as part of the on-going partnership with Wikimedia UK.
| | Wikimedia UK is the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapter Wikimedia chapter] covering the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom]. We are a charity that supports and promotes Wikimedia projects, such as Wikipedia. We also exist to help collect, develop and distribute freely licensed knowledge (and other educational, cultural and historic material). |
| ;<span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/01/wikimedia-uk-raises-over-1-million/ Wikimedia UK raises over £1 million]</span>
| | We do this by bringing the Wikimedia community in the UK together, and by building links with UK-based cultural institutions, universities, charities and other bodies. We also represent UK-based Wikimedians to the [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home Wikimedia Foundation] and the global Wikimedia movement. |
| :'''10 January 2012:''' Wikimedia UK is delighted to announce that it has raised over £1 million in the recent annual Wikimedia fundraiser. This is our highest ever fundraising total – a truly remarkable 81% increase on the £560,000 raised in Autumn 2010. Over 43,000 people contributed. This year also saw the widest variety of fundraising messages.
| | While [[Office|our office]] is based in the Shoreditch area of London we have volunteers throughout the UK, working on projects as diverse as editing Wikipedia, building relationships with GLAM institutions, advocating on behalf of the open knowledge movement, delivering training and hosting editing workshops. |
| ;<span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/11/charity/ Charity Status for the world’s favourite encyclopaedia – and a milestone for Charity Law]</span>
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| : '''5 November 2011:''' Today the Charity Commission has approved Wikimedia UK, the UK membership organisation supporting Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, as a registered charity. The news comes shortly before the launch of this year’s global Wikimedia fundraiser. Starting on 14th November, Wikimedia UK aims to raise £1 million to support Wikipedia and its sister projects.
| | ==Press releases, blog posts and social media== |
| ; <span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/04/ten-million-free-media-files-and-counting/ Ten million free media files and counting]</span>
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| : '''16 April 2011:''' Ten is turning out to be the number of the year for Wikimedia. First, the Wikimedia Foundation celebrated the tenth anniversary of Wikipedia in January, and now Wikimedia Commons – the library of images, sound files, and videos that constitutes an integral component of Wikipedia’s user experience – has logged its 10,000,000th file.
| | We issue several press releases every year when there's something particularly newsworthy related to Wikimedia UK and / or Wikimedia projects. If you'd like to be included on our distribution list please email [mailto:press@wikimedia.org.uk press@wikimedia.org.uk] |
| ;[[Press releases/Cancer Research UK teams up with Wikipedia to improve online cancer information|Cancer Research UK teams up with Wikipedia to improve online cancer information]]
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| :''' 28 March 2011:''' Cancer Research UK focuses on improving quality of existing Wikipedia pages and adding more up-to-date and accurate information. Wikipedia authors (Wikipedians) hold a 'Wikipedia Workshop' to teach Wikipedia's culture to cancer experts.
| | [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/ Our blog] is often a good place to go to get details about some of our projects and initiatives. Blog posts are written by several volunteers and staff and are a useful way to keep in touch with the activities of the charity. A selection of our favourite posts from the last few months is below but more stories, images and video are added on a regular basis so do check back often or subscribe. |
| ;[[Press releases/Derby Museums and Wikipedia join forces|Derby Museums and Wikipedia join forces]]
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| :''' 14 January 2011:''' Derby Museums has today announced that it has become the first regional museum service in the UK to formally join forces with Wikimedia UK to help improve Wikipedia’s content.
| | Wikimedia UK is also active on Twitter ([https://twitter.com/wikimediauk @wikimediaUK]) and Facebook ([https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK www.facebook.com/wikimediauk]) |
| ;[[Press releases/Wikimedia UK raises £500,000 in shortest fundraiser ever|Wikimedia UK raises £500,000 in shortest fundraiser ever]]
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| :''' 10 January 2011:''' Incredible. Every year the Wikimedia movement sets a fundraising goal that it knows will be a stretch. They have to do it, because the Wikimedia websites and movement keep growing. Wikipedia is now the fifth most-visited website in the world, but our staff, infrastructure and budget are just a fraction of that of any other top 10 website. | |
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