I&#39;m really pleased to announce that our first World War I - themed Editathon will be held on June 16th.<div><br></div><div>We&#39;re running this event in partnership with JISC, the UK Government&#39;s <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">expert body on digital technologies for education and research. It will be a great opportunity to work closely with experts on military history from academia to improve Wikipedia articles on this really important topic, and I hope it will be a really successful start to Wikimedia UK&#39;s World War I Centenary outreach work.</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">I&#39;d encourage anyone with an interest in World War I and military history in general to sign up, and please spread the word to anyone you know who&#39;s interested in the subject!</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">Find out more, and sign up, here:</span></div>
<div><a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_I/World_War_I_Editathon">http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_I/World_War_I_Editathon</a>
</div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Chris </div><div>(User:The Land)</div>