Hello everyone,
At the AGM on Saturday we announced the winners of the 2021 UK Wikimedian
of the Year Awards.
*UK Wikimedian of the Year*
*Cobra 3000* won the award for their efforts supporting the Scots
Wikipedia. They have been a key part of the wiki, organising editathons
which not only improved content but fostered a community of editors working
together. Having people within a community who can step up and organise is
invaluable, and those efforts mean that Scots Wikipedia is improving ever
*Honourable Mention* goes to *Ian Watt* who is a tremendously active
volunteer and advocate for open knowledge, working with Commons, Wikidata,
and Wikipedia. Over the last year he has run public-facing workshops and
editathons, and he is hosting and supervising an Edinburgh University
post-grad student running a mass transcription of the Register of Returned
Criminals (1869-1939).
*Up-and-Coming Wikimedia of the Year*
Awarded jointly to *Abd Alsattar Ardati* and *Lucy Moore*. Abd is one of
Wikimedia UK's accredited trainers and has been proactive in helping his
university engage with Wikimedia; his efforts have helped WMUK adapted to
the methodology of online training. Lucy is another excellent advocate for
Wikimedia - she has organised events at her place of work and encourages
people in the museum and archaeology sectors to work with Wikimedia; she is
also an active editor and writes articles addressing Wikipedia's content
imbalances.
*Partnership of the Year*
*London College of Communication* won the award for the Decolonising
Wikipedia Network was set up in 2020 involving students and staff to
improve Wikipedia's coverage of under-represented topics. The Student
Changemakers (who had a prominent role in leading the decolonisation
efforts) were powerful advocates for the project and presented to staff and
fellow students. The successful project will expand over the next academic
year to include the whole of University of Arts, London, of which LCC is a
part.
*Honourable Mention* goes to the *Scotland, Slavery and Black History
project at the University of Edinburgh*. History students were invited to
improve public knowledge of Scotland’s Black history, and to help make
Scotland’s deep connections to Atlantic slavery better understood. They
have provided videos on their reflections on this work to local Edinburgh
secondary schools who are also interested in Dundas and improving black
history on Wikipedia.
Kind regards,
Richard
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Richard Nevell
Programme Coordinator and Connected Heritage Project Lead
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