Wikimedia UK update
20 December 2016
Welcome to our regular updates!
We hope to produce more regular updates to make you aware of the blogs,
media mentions and projects we have been working on over the past few weeks
and to tell you about things that are coming up soon. Please read some of
the media coverage about our work and help us to get the word out by
sharing our blogposts or articles about our work.
So let’s get straight to it.
Wikimedia UK at the BBC
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by Katy Blackwood CC BY-SA 4.0 - Helen Pankhurst, writer and great
granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst at the BBC editathon
Our partnership with the BBC 100 Women project broke records
Our 12 hour editathon in partnership with the BBC, held at broadcasting
house with the participation of BBC staff in other regional offices, broke
records for the number of new biographies of women created in a single day.
We are very grateful to the BBC of helping us reach a huge global audience
of millions of people to encourage them to edit Wikipedia, especially women
who are currently underrepresented. Look at some of the coverage from the
roundup of media mentions and WMUK blogs below.
Media Mentions
December 6
Television Post: BBC, Wikipedia to encourage more female editors
<http://www.televisionpost.com/news/bbc-wikipedia-to-encourage-more-female-editors/>
BBC to partner with Wikipedia editors in a global 12 hour ‘edit-a-thon’
(INDIA)
<http://tvnews4u.com/bbc-partner-wikipedia-editors-global-12-hour-edit-thon/>
BBC, Wikipedia to encourage more female editors (INDIA)
<http://www.televisionpost.com/news/bbc-wikipedia-to-encourage-more-female-editors/>
BBC 100 Women: Is the internet sexist? (INDIA)
<http://mediainfoline.com/brand/bbc-100-women-is-the-internet-sexist/>
December 7
BBC News: How to join our edit-a-thon
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38219838>
December 8
BBC News: As it happened - Record breaking Wikipedia edit-a-thon
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-38243211>
BBC News: We gave women a better deal on Wikipedia
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-38258154>
BBC News: Season ends with record breaking Wikipedia edit
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-38257462>
BBC Cymru: Bore Cothi <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b083hw9r>
BBC News: Welsh women put their heroines online
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-38248967>
BBC News: The Welsh women the internet forgot
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-38237376>
Mashable: The Wikipedia gap is the gender gap you haven’t heard of
<http://mashable.com/2016/12/08/wikipedia-gender-gap/#yNFJo2KeDOqx>
December 9
ABC Online (Australia): Wikipedia edit-a-thon tackles internet gender gap
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-09/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tackles-internet-gender-gap/8106784>
International Business Times: Fake news 'exploits people's gullibility to
make money' says Wikimedia UK
<http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/fake-news-exploits-peoples-gullibility-make-money-says-wikimedia-uk-1595746>
The Guardian: Where are all the women, Wikipedia?
<https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/09/where-are-all-the-women-wikipedia>
December 12
Four top tips for avoiding fake news from a Wikipedia editor
<http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/four-top-tips-avoiding-fake-news-wikipedia-editor-1596062>
Hundreds of Unrepresented Women Just Got Added to Wikipedia - doesn’t refer
to Wikimedia UK directly
<http://www.elle.com/culture/news/a41387/wikipedia-closes-gender-gap/>
These Kick-ass women have just been (rightly) added to Wikipedia in bid to
balance site’s gender bias
<http://www.thedebrief.co.uk/news/real-life/these-kick-ass-women-have-just-been-rightly-added-to-wikipedia-in-bid-to-balance-sites-gender-bias-20161265918>
Wikimedia UK Blog
Wiki Loves Africa competition focuses on Music and Dance
<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2016/11/wikipedias-competition-and-photographic-celebration-of-africa-focuses-on-music-and-dance/>
Wicipedia Cymraeg: A few milestones
<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2016/12/wicipedia-cymraeg-a-few-milestones/>
Wikidelta: glimpsing unique Wikipedia articles in 284 world languages
<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2016/12/wikidelta-glimpsing-unique-wikipedia-articles-in-284-world-languages/>
Wiki Loves Monuments 2016: follow up and thank you!
<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2016/12/wiki-loves-monuments-2016-follow-up-and-thank-you/>
BBC 100 Women: Is the internet sexist?
<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2016/12/bbc-100-women-is-the-internet-sexist/>
The Welsh Gender Equilibrium: Welsh becomes the biggest language Wikipedia
to achieve gender balance!
<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2016/12/the-welsh-gender-equilibrium-welsh-becomes-the-biggest-language-wikipedia-to-achieve-gender-balance/>
Coming soon…
1Lib1Ref campaign: 15 January - 3 February
Organised by the Wikipedia Library, this campaign is aimed primarily at
librarians. Dr Martin Poulter will be leading two workshops at the Bodleian
Library in Oxford, and there should be other events at libraries and
universities in other parts of the UK. You can view the project page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref> for
1Lib1Ref and keep an eye on our events page
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events> to find out how you can participate.
Wikipedia Day! 15 January
We are hoping to organise a celebration in London for the Wikimedia
community. Check our events page and social media accounts for updates.
Other projects
We are planning events as part of our Kurdish Wikipedia Project, our Middle
Eastern Women project at Queen Mary, as well as a number of events for
students at Edinburgh University. If you would like to organise Wikipedia
training events with us, get in touch and tell us your ideas.
All the best,
John Lubbock, Communications Coordinator
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