Hello everyone,
I hope you are well. This month's mini wiki focuses on languages and adding
structured data to the thousands of images submitted for this year's Wiki
Loves Monuments Competition.
Shwmae Sumae Day <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shwmae_Sumae_Day> on 15th
October is a day marked each year in Wales to celebrate and promote the
Welsh language. UNESCO declared 2022-2032 the International Decade of
Indigenous Languages
<https://www.unesco.org/en/decades/indigenous-languages>, and one of
Wikimedia UK’s strategic aims is to support the development of indigenous
and other underrepresented languages on Wikimedia projects to ensure
indigenous languages continue to exist and thrive online.
There are just a handful of recorded examples of Welsh on Lingua Libre. So
why not record bite size audio recordings on Lingua Libre
<https://lingualibre.org/wiki/LinguaLibre:Main_Page> to help build an
openly-licensed resource in Welsh - or any other indigenous and
underrepresented language?
It’s simple to start using. It will present you with a word to read aloud,
before moving on to the next. The recordings are automatically uploaded
onto Wikimedia Commons, and can then be used on Wiktionary, or to
illustrate proper nouns on Wikipedia articles. They can also be used as
pronunciation guides for language students. You just need your Wikimedia
Commons login to get started.
Adding Structured Data to Wiki Loves Monuments Images
Nearly 10,000 images were shared by participants in this year’s Wiki Loves
Monuments competition in the UK! All of these images are shared on an open
license and can be used to illustrate content on Wikipedia and make
articles more instructive and engaging for the reader.
Adding structured data to these images helps to improve data quality,
usability and increases the possibility of discovering these images. You
can add structured data to the images shared using this new tool
<https://isa.toolforge.org/campaigns/416>.
We’d love to hear from you on your experience of using Mini Wiki. If you
have an idea for a task that you would like the UK community’s help with
that is quick and simple, then email rupal.karia(a)wikimedia.org.uk.
Best wishes,
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Rupal Karia (she/her)
Outreach and Community Coordinator
*My pronouns are she/her and my name is pronounced like this
<https://namedrop.io/rupalkaria>*
Working hours - Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 9-5pm
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Hello!
We are excited to announce that *nominations are open for the 2025 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 2024/25.
The categories for this year are:
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UK Wikimedian of the Year (Individual)
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Partnership of the Year (Organisation)
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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
2024/25. 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 15th November 2025 (Save the date, we'd love to see you there!).
You can read about last year's winners here:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/2024/12/2024-uk-wikimedian-year-awards/
You can submit two nominations per category. Use this Google Form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVy7AmH0qRRZmQ-QHtYKKCBZY0O40JZN9…>
to submit your nominations. Nominations close on 22nd October.
Best wishes,
--
Rupal Karia (she/her)
Outreach and Community Coordinator
*My pronouns are she/her and my name is pronounced like this
<https://namedrop.io/rupalkaria>*
Working hours - Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 9-5pm
[image: https://wikimedia.org.uk/donate/] <https://wikimedia.org.uk/donate/>
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