Hello!
We’d like to invite our members and wider UK community to the Wikimedia UK
2024 Community Celebration
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-wikimedia-uk-2024-community-celebrati…>,
taking place on Saturday 23rd November, 11-1pm.
This online get-together will be a celebration of what our community has
achieved in the last year, a recognition of that work through the
Wikimedian of the Year awards, and to showcase some of the incredible work
that has been taking place across the UK.
Over the last month or so, we’ve been reaching out to community members in
a call for lightning talks, and we’re really excited by what we’ve now got
lined up. It’s often the case that there’s a huge amount of work done by
Wikimedians that others just don’t see, so we’re really happy to be able to
highlight some of this activity.
After the lightning talks, we’ll be presenting the annual Wikimedian of the
Year awards - there’s more information about those here
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/2024/10/wikimedian-of-the-year-awards-2024-nominat…>,
and *nominations are open until the 1st November.*
This event is open to both members and non-members of Wikimedia UK, who'd
like to find out more about Wikimedia work in the UK, and who'd like to get
more involved!
Tickets are free, the event will be held on Zoom, and you can reserve your
tickets now through Eventbrite
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-wikimedia-uk-2024-community-celebrati…>
.
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Rupal Karia
Outreach and Community Coordinator
Working hours - Mondays and Thursdays 9-5pm
Wikimedia UK <https://wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the
global Wikimedia open knowledge movement.
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Wikimedia UK is a registered charity in England and Wales No.1144513
and Scotland
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Registered Office C/O Wikimedia UK, Level 4, Room 46018, 96 Euston Road,
London, NW1 2DB
The article on the excellent TV series "A House Through Time":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_House_Through_Time
lacks photos of the featured homes in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (5
Ravensworth Terrace) and Bristol (10 Guinea Street).
Is anyone in a position to take pics, please?
[The Berlin location is also missing a pic, but I have that in hand]
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
Hello everyone,
I hope you're well. Just a little reminder that there are* less than two
weeks to go to **nominate individuals and organisations *that have been
involved with *Wikimedia UK's efforts to advance open knowledge in 2023/24.*
The categories for this year are:
- UK Wikimedian of the Year (Individual)
- Partnership of the Year (Organisation)
- Up and Coming Wikimedian (Individual)
You can nominate using this Google Form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQ8r9lVOMxsHdQWv0MEi3-8UF3Z60dWPv…>.
We're looking forward to announcing the winners at the Online Community
Celebration on 23rd November.
We have an exciting morning planned to showcase and celebrate the work of
the UK Community at the Community Celebration. You can book your
ticket via Eventbrite
here
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-wikimedia-uk-2024-community-celebrati…>
.
Best wishes,
Rupal
Outreach and Community Coordinator
Working hours - Mondays and Thursdays 9-5pm
Wikimedia UK <https://wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the
global Wikimedia open knowledge movement.
Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK>, LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/company/496119>, and Instagram
<https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/>.
Wikimedia UK is a registered charity in England and Wales No.1144513
and Scotland
No. SC048644. Company Limited by Guarantee, Registration No. 6741827.
Registered Office C/O Wikimedia UK, Level 4, Room 46018, 96 Euston Road,
London, NW1 2DB
Dear all,
I am writing to invite you to join us at the launch event for our NEW Map of Scottish Witchcraft and History of Witchcraft in Edinburgh walking tour. This launch event will celebrate 5 years of hard work from various student interns on Version 2 of the Wikidata Interactive Map of Scottish Witchcraft and the new walking tour created in collaboration with Curious Edinburgh. It will end with a Q&A with myself, Wikidata Data Visualisation intern Ruby Imrie and Professor Julian Goodare about the projects.
Where? Lecture Theatre 2.35, Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh - 1 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9EF. The lecture theatre is on the second floor, on the day we will have arrows in order to help direct you.
When? 15:00-17:00
Schedule:
* 3:00 pm – 3:05pm: Welcome from Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence.
*
3:05 pm - 3:25pm: 'In Search of Scotland's accused witches' - Professor Julian Goodare, lecturer in Scottish history at the University of Edinburgh.
* 3:25 pm - 3:40pm: History of Witchcraft walking tour of locations in Edinburgh connected to the Scottish witch trials - Ellie Whitehead, MScR student researcher at the University of Edinburgh and author of Satans Invisible World Discovered: The defence of the supernatural in seventeenth-century Scotland’
* 3.40 pm - 4pm: 'Map of Accused Witches of Scotland v2.0: exploring the witchcraft prosecutions in space AND time' - Ruby Imrie, Comp Science graduate from the University of Edinburgh.
* 4:00pm – 4:30pm: Q&A with all the speakers.
* 4:30 pm – 5pm: Tea and coffee and general mingling/discussion.
* 5pm: Thanks and event close.
Staff and Students get your tickets here: https://www.events.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?event=showEventDetails&scheduleId=748…
Non-Staff and Non-Students get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-in-the-footsteps-of-the-accused-witc…
It would be lovely to see as many of you there as possible to help us to celebrate the launch of these projects! For those that can’t attend, the talks will be recorded. Any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
Best wishes,
Ellie
Assistant Wikimedian in Residence
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ ann an Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336.
Dear all
Wikimedia UK has recently applied for a three year grant from the Wikimedia
Foundation to support our activities from 2025 - 2028. You can read our
proposal here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Ge…>.
The request to WMF represents around 45% of our overall annual budget, with
about 55% to be fundraised from individuals, trusts and foundations and
other sources.
We have also now finalised our strategic framework for 2025 - 2030. This
will be on Wiki imminently but in the meantime, I've attached a pdf of the
one page summary and the full document. Many thanks to those of you who
helped with the creation of the new strategy, which places a stronger
emphasis than previously on community development and health.
With best wishes
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive
Hello,
I hope that you are all doing well.
We are excited to announce that nominations are open for the 2024 UK
Wikimedian of the Year Awards.
We are asking you to nominate individuals and organisations that have been
involved with Wikimedia UK's efforts to advance open knowledge in 2023/24.
The categories for this year are:
-
UK Wikimedian of the Year (Individual)
-
Partnership of the Year (Organisation)
-
Up and Coming Wikimedian (Individual)
We are looking for people and partnerships within the Wikimedia UK
community who have really impressed you with their open knowledge work, in
2023/24. 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.
Nominations will be judged by members of the Community Development
Committee and winners will be announced at the Community Celebration on
Saturday 23rd November 2024.
You can read about last year's winners here:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/2023/12/winners-2023-uk-wikimedianoftheyear-awards/
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/UK_Wikimedian_of_the_Year_2022>
You can submit two nominations per category. Use this Google Form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQ8r9lVOMxsHdQWv0MEi3-8UF3Z60dWPv…>
to
submit your nominations. Nominations close on 1st November.
Best wishes,
Rupal
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Rupal Karia
Outreach and Community Coordinator
Working hours - Mondays and Thursdays 9-5pm
Wikimedia UK <https://wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the
global Wikimedia open knowledge movement.
Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK>, LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/company/496119>, and Instagram
<https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/>.
Wikimedia UK is a registered charity in England and Wales No.1144513
and Scotland
No. SC048644. Company Limited by Guarantee, Registration No. 6741827.
Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5-11 Lavington Street, London
SE1 0NZ
<https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gm…>
.
Dear all
Following a successful AGM on Saturday I'm very pleased to share that *Andrew
Russell* and *Monica Westin* will be joining Wikimedia UK's board of
trustees. I'm also delighted that *Caroline Ball *was re-elected for a
second three year term. You can read their candidate statements here
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2024_Annual_General_Meeting/Candidate_Stateme…>
if you’d like to find out more about them.
All resolutions were passed.
On Saturday we also said thank you, but hopefully not goodbye, to outgoing
trustees *Julian Manieson* and *Rod Ward*.
Many thanks to all those who attended the AGM , or who submitted a proxy
vote.
Best wishes
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive