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! style="padding-right: 25px;" | [[File:July 2013 Sphingonet training event (4).JPG|150px|People learning to edit at a workshop for PhD-candidate and post-doc researchers]]
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! style="vertical-align: text-top; text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | If you're already a contributor to the Wikimedia projects but new to the work of the chapter - welcome!
! style="vertical-align: text-top; text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | Wikimedia UK works with volunteers to help them deliver projects that improve the content of Wikipedia and its sister sites. We help them to deliver events, to gain access to cultural and educational materials, and to find new ways to make good use of the projects, such as in higher education. We deliver training sessions for people who would like to learn to edit, and we work closely with partner institutions to provide access to cultural materials that can improve the content of the projects.
 
Wikimedia UK exists to support and promote the Wikimedia projects. We do this by working with volunteers to help them deliver projects that improve the content of Wikipedia and its sister sites. We help them to deliver events, to gain access to cultural and educational materials, and to find new ways to make good use of the projects, such as in higher education. We deliver training sessions for people who would like to learn about editing the projects, and we work closely with GLAM institutions (galleries, libraries, archives and museums) to provide access to cultural materials that can improve the content of the projects.


We encourage the use of open licenses for cultural and educational materials so that they be freely shared. We also offer [[Grants|project grants]] to members of the chapter, to help pay for equipment, source materials and other resources that will help them with their editing or outreach work.  
We encourage the use of open licenses for cultural and educational materials so that they be freely shared. We also offer [[Grants|project grants]] to members of the chapter, to help pay for equipment, source materials and other resources that will help them with their editing or outreach work.  
Experienced Wikimedians are always welcome and we are always grateful for your input and suggestions. If you're interested in volunteering on a specific project that's already established, or you have an idea for a project you would like the chapter to support, please do get in touch via email on {{nowrap|volunteer{{@}}wikimedia.org.uk}}.
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Latest revision as of 17:49, 25 July 2016

People learning to edit at a workshop for PhD-candidate and post-doc researchers Wikimedia UK works with volunteers to help them deliver projects that improve the content of Wikipedia and its sister sites. We help them to deliver events, to gain access to cultural and educational materials, and to find new ways to make good use of the projects, such as in higher education. We deliver training sessions for people who would like to learn to edit, and we work closely with partner institutions to provide access to cultural materials that can improve the content of the projects.

We encourage the use of open licenses for cultural and educational materials so that they be freely shared. We also offer project grants to members of the chapter, to help pay for equipment, source materials and other resources that will help them with their editing or outreach work.

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