Afternoon folks,
Do you have an idea for a Wiki-learning session? Have you found something
that you’d like to share with other Wikimedians, or an idea that you’d like
to try out? And would you like some help from Wikimedia UK in sharing it?
In response to feedback from the community around having opportunities to
improve Wiki-skills, and connecting with other community members, and as
part of the overall training package for 2025, we’re excited to introduce a
new strand of event programming, called Community Sandbox Sessions.
We’re looking to programme up to 6 virtual events over the next year, which
would be open to all members of the UK community, and supported by
Wikimedia UK. We’re asking community members to propose sessions that
you’d like to lead.
The type or format of any event is open; but we’d like to encourage
proposals which go beyond the traditional Wikipedia editathon - for
example:
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Here’s a cool Wikidata tool I’ve found, let’s try it out
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Wikisource transcribe-a-thon
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A talk on how to run backstage pass events
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Here’s how I got this article to Featured Article status
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Let’s add images from this collection to Wikipedia
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A mobile meeting where we take pictures of our local area for Wikimedia
Commons
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Minoritised language work - eg: adding Wikidata labels
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Building a worklist & finding reliable sources for future events
Events can take place throughout the year, and can also be on an evening or
weekend. Suggested duration is an hour, but longer (or shorter!) events
could be considered. We’re suggesting that these events are online in the
first instance, to reach the widest possible audience, and all events
should of course be run in line with the Wikimedia UK Safe Space policy.
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Safe_Space_Policy>
Support WMUK can offer:
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Advice on refining your format
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Setting up of Event Registration
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Event promotion through UK listings & mailing lists
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Hosting on the WMUK Zoom account / Google Meet
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Friendly space support from a WMUK staff member (or volunteer) during
the event
This is very much an experiment, and we hope that the format will allow
community members to share knowledge and skills, and get to know other UK
Wikimedians, as well as test out new ideas! If you’d be interested in
running a session, please submit a proposal here.
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGmjZstJXQSMe9V8FyurYHEMbSthS2BrO…>
The initial deadline for submitting proposals is Tuesday 20th May.
If you have any questions, give me a shout (off-list if you prefer, to save
folks' inboxes).
All the best,
Sara
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Hi there folks,
Wanted to flag this event:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects which may
be of interest to folks on this list, particularly those who are interested
in how Wikidata is integrated into other projects, and how it can help
other projects.
There's space on the talk page to suggest sessions, a few interesting ones
there already...
All the best,
Sara
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Dr Sara Thomas
Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
07803 505 172
*My pronouns are she/her, and my name is pronounced like this.
<https://namedrop.io/sarathomas> *
https://wikimedia.org.uk/home/scotland/
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland>
*I work part time, my usual days are Monday - Thursday.*
<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/>
*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 No.1144513 (England & Wales) SC048644
(Scotland). Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Scotland, Registered No. 6741827.
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NW1 2DB
Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The
Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate
Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
Hello everyone,
A huge thank you and well done to everyone who has participated in the Mini
Wiki tasks so far.
We have just released April's edition for anyone who would like ideas on
quick and simple ways to contribute to Wikimedia projects or would like to
learn about a new tool.
April's edition is focused on tasks that can be easily done with the images
submitted for the various international photography competitions like Wiki
Loves Earth and Wiki Loves Monuments. Have a look and have a go!
https://wikimedia.org.uk/2025/02/time-contribute-open-knowledge-quick-wiki-…
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/2025/02/time-contribute-open-knowledge-quick-wiki-…>
Please remember to use the #wmuk in your edit summary (when possible) so we
can keep track of all the incredible ways you are participating in
Wikimedia projects.
And if you would like to share with us how you are getting on with Mini
Wiki. we'd love to hear from you.
Best wishes,
Rupal Karia (she/her)
Outreach and Community Coordinator
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Hello everyone,
Wiki Loves Earth, the photography competition themed around the natural
world, gets underway in a couple of months. We've been involved previously
and this year we are looking to have all four constituent countries of the
UK take part.
To help with that we are looking for volunteers to lead or help with the
competition in England and Scotland. The Wales competition will be led by
our Wales Coordinator, and we are working with Wikimedia Community Ireland
on the Northern Ireland competition. We have prepared an outline of what is
involved:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m2GrEB1YR0LMgq6JtJJV3Udp3zWw9EDR/view?usp=…
If you are interested in organising the competition, you can message the
WMUK programmes team at programmes(a)wikimedia.org.uk
Kind regards,
Richard Nevell
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Programme Manager
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Hello everyone,
The industrial Dr. Blofeld has organised the European Destubathon, which
begins on 1 April and runs throughout the month.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Europe/The_European_Des…
There's always space for more participants, so do sign up whether you think
you might be able to contribute one article or you're planning on making a
tilt for the top prize for most overall destubs.
As a reminder, to destub an article you need to make sure it has more than
1,500 characters of prose (so excluding references, infobox, categories,
and lists). With 50 countries to write about, each with its own prize,
there's plenty of choice.
Good luck!
Richard
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Programme Manager
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Wikimedia UK is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open
knowledge movement.
Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513.Company Limited by
Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827.
Registered Office: Wikimedia UK, The British Library, Level 4, Room 46018, 96
Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB
Hi

(Aberdeen Wiki Meetup Logo by Watty62 based on the Aberdeen City Flag with superimposed WP, WC and WD logos)
We’re kicking off a new Wiki Meetup in Aberdeen, starting on Monday 28th April.
We hope to make this early evening session monthly, or at least bi-monthly. We’ll see what the appetite is.
If you are going to be around in Aberdeen that day, and fancy joining us, please add your wiki username to this page please: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Aberdeen/1
This will be a relaxed, social session with tea coffee and snacks (thanks to Wikimedia UK’s generosity). We’ll be using the downstairs space of Code The City’s new HQ.
We will work out together how we want this to operate. Some people have already signed up and have expressed an interest in some creating small projects. The agenda will be driven by the attendees.
Hope to see you there
All the best
Ian
Ian Watt
ianwatt(a)gmail.com
Dear UK Wikimedians,
If you happen to be in London on the 10th of March, please join us at
Newspeak House where Dr Denny Vrandečić
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_Vrande%C4%8Di%C4%87> will give an
update on Wikifunctions <https://www.wikifunctions.org/>, the newest
Wikimedia sister project. He will explain the project's goals, how
Wikifunctions can be used, where the project is now with more than 2000
functions, and where it is headed: the planned usage in Wikipedia and
towards a multilingual Wikipedia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia>, where everyone can
contribute to the knowledge commons.
Denny is Head of Special Projects at the Wikimedia Foundation, founder
of Wikidata and Semantic MediaWiki, and was previously an elected member of
the Board of Trustees of the WMF.
Unfortunately the event will not be accessible remotely. Please register if
you plan to attend: https://lu.ma/4rtmw5ch.
*Edward Saperia*
Dean of Newspeak House <http://www.nwspk.com>