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.

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Past events

2018

August

• 02 - Getting started with Wikipedia workshop - Digital Skills training at the University of Edinburgh library, 11-14pm
• 12 - London meetup
• 16 - Wikiproject Women in Red meetup at the University of Edinburgh Library - Room 1.11, 2-7pm.
• 19 - Oxford meetup

September

• 01 - Bristol meetup
• 01–30 - Wiki Loves Monuments 2018
• 05 - Wiki Loves Monuments talk at the SLIC Digital Champions meeting by SLIC Wikimedian in Residence
• 09 - London meetup
• 10–16 - Doors Open Days in Glasgow - great opportunity for Wiki Loves Monuments
• 10 - Doors Open Day Editathon at the City of Glasgow College
• 14 - Getting started with Wikipedia workshop - Editing using the new Visual Editor interface -Room 1.08, Meeting Suite, first floor, Edinburgh University Main Library 10:30am-12.30pm
• 16 - Oxford meetup
• 18 - Scottish Castles Editathon with Dig It!, Riverside Museum, Glasgow
• 19 - Reproductive Biology Hons. students at the University of Edinburgh being the Wikipedia research assignment for its 4th iteration
• 19 - Intro to Wikipedia for Librarians at the Falkirk Library by SLIC Wikimedian in Residence
• 20 - Women's Classical Committee editathon at UCL
• 21 - Scottish Castles Editathon with Dig It!, Engine Shed, Stirling
• 21 - Translation Studies MSc students at the University of Edinburgh begin the Wikipedia translation assignment for its 5th iteration.
• 23 - Digitising Africa In The Dancehall: A Wikipedia Intervention, Africa Centre, Southwark
• 26 - Reproductive Biology Hons. students at the University of Edinburgh being the Wikipedia research assignment - 5th iteration
• 27–28 - What I Know Is 2: a 2-Day International Conference on Data Literacy, Open Data and Knowledge-Building Communities at the University of Stirling
• 29–30 - Doors Open Days in Edinburgh - great opportunity for Wiki Loves Monuments
• 29 - Cambridge meetup and ScienceSource workshop

October

• 05 - Intro to Wikimedia talk at the LocScot Committee meeting in Dunfermline by SLIC Wikimedian in Residence

• 08 - Digital Science Hub: Women and Diversity in Science – 5 – 9pm, London
• 08 - Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon at Cardiff University 4pm - 7pm, Cardiff.
• 09 - Stemettes Hub: Diversity in STEM (girls aged 15+) – Tuesday 9th October, 5-8pm, London
• 09 - Zebra Partnership Hub: Women and Diversity in the Arts, Business & Social Entrepreneurship – 1 – 9pm, Manchester
• 09 - Code Hub: Diversity in Technology – 7 – 10pm, Milton Keynes
• 09 - Ada Lovelace Day at the University of Edinburgh's College of Science of Engineering - Celebrating Women in STEM (at the JCMB building).
• 13 - Amnesty Scotland Activists Conference, Dundee. Workshop with Sara Thomas - BRAVE: Wiki-editing for Human Rights Defenders
• 20 - Cambridge Wikidata Workshop
• 23 - Digital Humanities Edit-a-thon at Digital Humanities Labs, Exeter University, 12pm - 2.30pmm Exeter
• 25 - Learning on the Open Web Conference, Coventry University
• 31 - Wikidata Witchcraft data hack for Halloween and Wikidata's 6th birthday. University of Edinburgh, Teaching Studio LG.07, David Hume Tower

November

• 13 - Edinburgh Gothic for Robert Louis Stevenson Day 2018
• 14 - Facts and Fallacies: Cultural Representations of Mental Health. An event for Wellbeing Week
• 17 - Ladies of Quality and Distinction editathon at Birkbeck.
• 24 - Contemporary British Women Artists Editathon @ Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (Trainer: Sara Thomas)
• 29 - Women in STEM wikithon at the Wellcome Library