Wikimedia UK
@wikimediauk.bsky.social
Supporting Wikipedia and the Wikimedia community in the UK | #openknowledge for all! #OpenAccess #OER | https://linktr.ee/wikimediauk
Wikimedia UK has been awarded a grant of £56,198 from National Lottery Heritage Fund towards our ‘UK Heritage 3D Data at Risk: Developing a Strategy for Long Term Access & Storage’ project. The grant will help ensure future access to the UK’s 3D heritage data.
More info: tinyurl.com/3ma28psr
More info: tinyurl.com/3ma28psr
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Wikimedia UK has been awarded a grant of £56,198 from National Lottery Heritage Fund towards our ‘UK Heritage 3D Data at Risk: Developing a Strategy for Long Term Access & Storage’ project. The grant will help ensure future access to the UK’s 3D heritage data.
More info: tinyurl.com/3ma28psr
More info: tinyurl.com/3ma28psr
We’re proud of our community: the volunteers, partners and advocates who bring this mission to life everyday. Join us as we celebrate the incredible people shaping the Wikimedia movement at our online #CommunityCelebrationDay 2025.
Sat 15 November |. 11 am - 1 pm.
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/2t4xtrw
Sat 15 November |. 11 am - 1 pm.
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/2t4xtrw
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We’re proud of our community: the volunteers, partners and advocates who bring this mission to life everyday. Join us as we celebrate the incredible people shaping the Wikimedia movement at our online #CommunityCelebrationDay 2025.
Sat 15 November |. 11 am - 1 pm.
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/2t4xtrw
Sat 15 November |. 11 am - 1 pm.
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/2t4xtrw
Members of the Wikimedia UK team joined other professionals and volunteers from around the world to explore how galleries, libraries, archives and museums can collaborate through open knowledge at the recent #GLAMWiki 2025 in Portugal. Here’s Lucy Hinnie enjoying a very special screen print! 😊
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Members of the Wikimedia UK team joined other professionals and volunteers from around the world to explore how galleries, libraries, archives and museums can collaborate through open knowledge at the recent #GLAMWiki 2025 in Portugal. Here’s Lucy Hinnie enjoying a very special screen print! 😊
We’re delighted to share Wikimedia UK’s Strategic Report for 2024/25. Our latest report highlights stories of impact, external evaluation findings, and the voices of our communities as we continue shaping a more open and informed society.
Read the report: tinyurl.com/4dkxpvue
Read the report: tinyurl.com/4dkxpvue
October 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
We’re delighted to share Wikimedia UK’s Strategic Report for 2024/25. Our latest report highlights stories of impact, external evaluation findings, and the voices of our communities as we continue shaping a more open and informed society.
Read the report: tinyurl.com/4dkxpvue
Read the report: tinyurl.com/4dkxpvue
We’re delighted to welcome Lucy Yu as the new Chair of Wikimedia UK’s Board of Trustees, following her appointment on 18 September 2025. Lucy succeeds Monisha Shah, who stepped down in June after four years of dedicated service
Read more here: tinyurl.com/4yfmsjta
#leadership #charity
Read more here: tinyurl.com/4yfmsjta
#leadership #charity
September 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
We’re delighted to welcome Lucy Yu as the new Chair of Wikimedia UK’s Board of Trustees, following her appointment on 18 September 2025. Lucy succeeds Monisha Shah, who stepped down in June after four years of dedicated service
Read more here: tinyurl.com/4yfmsjta
#leadership #charity
Read more here: tinyurl.com/4yfmsjta
#leadership #charity
To address the under-representation of female polymaths on Wikipedia today, Wikimedia UK is proud to partner with the The DaVinci Network on an edit-a-thon where participants will learn how to edit on #Wikipedia & expand information on female polymaths.
Register here: tinyurl.com/h8y48v86
Register here: tinyurl.com/h8y48v86
September 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
To address the under-representation of female polymaths on Wikipedia today, Wikimedia UK is proud to partner with the The DaVinci Network on an edit-a-thon where participants will learn how to edit on #Wikipedia & expand information on female polymaths.
Register here: tinyurl.com/h8y48v86
Register here: tinyurl.com/h8y48v86
Save the date, Celtic Knot is back!
Join the online Celebration Day on
23 Sept | 1–4pm (BST/IST) Featuring talks, workshops & community catch-up Free and open to all!
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/6npr6k8w More info: tinyurl.com/54s6jx28
#CelticKnot
Join the online Celebration Day on
23 Sept | 1–4pm (BST/IST) Featuring talks, workshops & community catch-up Free and open to all!
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/6npr6k8w More info: tinyurl.com/54s6jx28
#CelticKnot
August 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Save the date, Celtic Knot is back!
Join the online Celebration Day on
23 Sept | 1–4pm (BST/IST) Featuring talks, workshops & community catch-up Free and open to all!
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/6npr6k8w More info: tinyurl.com/54s6jx28
#CelticKnot
Join the online Celebration Day on
23 Sept | 1–4pm (BST/IST) Featuring talks, workshops & community catch-up Free and open to all!
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/6npr6k8w More info: tinyurl.com/54s6jx28
#CelticKnot
Exciting opportunity for a FT Wikimedian in Residence & Research Visibility Champion to join LSE Library’s Digital Scholarship and Innovation Group for 2 years, working with both the Metadata and Open Research Services teams.
More info: tinyurl.com/WMUK-LSE
More info: tinyurl.com/WMUK-LSE
August 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Exciting opportunity for a FT Wikimedian in Residence & Research Visibility Champion to join LSE Library’s Digital Scholarship and Innovation Group for 2 years, working with both the Metadata and Open Research Services teams.
More info: tinyurl.com/WMUK-LSE
More info: tinyurl.com/WMUK-LSE
On Monday 11 August, the UK High Court dismissed the Wikimedia Foundation's legal challenge of the Online Safety Act's categorisation thresholds, which could see Wikipedia designated as a category 1 service. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4y4xt2tv
August 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
On Monday 11 August, the UK High Court dismissed the Wikimedia Foundation's legal challenge of the Online Safety Act's categorisation thresholds, which could see Wikipedia designated as a category 1 service. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4y4xt2tv
#Wikimania 2025 is now in full swing in Nairobi, #Kenya. Today, our CEO attended a session on shrinking civil spaces across the world and joined others in discussing solutions. The annual conference brings together the global #community of volunteers behind #Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
August 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
#Wikimania 2025 is now in full swing in Nairobi, #Kenya. Today, our CEO attended a session on shrinking civil spaces across the world and joined others in discussing solutions. The annual conference brings together the global #community of volunteers behind #Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
We’re proud to partner with Black Cultural Archives through Wikimedia Foundation’s latest round of Equity Fund grants. This collaboration will bolster efforts to share & protect Black 🇬🇧 history, increase access to vital collections & explore ethical knowledge sharing approaches
tinyurl.com/3kzadbxe
tinyurl.com/3kzadbxe
July 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
We’re proud to partner with Black Cultural Archives through Wikimedia Foundation’s latest round of Equity Fund grants. This collaboration will bolster efforts to share & protect Black 🇬🇧 history, increase access to vital collections & explore ethical knowledge sharing approaches
tinyurl.com/3kzadbxe
tinyurl.com/3kzadbxe
Join us for a #Wikipedia editing workshop on Sun 29 June.
The focus will be on adding more information on some of the women featured in Women from Hackney’s History Volumes 1 and 2, but participants will be able to focus on other areas of personal interest.
More info: lnkd.in/esYcFMHw
The focus will be on adding more information on some of the women featured in Women from Hackney’s History Volumes 1 and 2, but participants will be able to focus on other areas of personal interest.
More info: lnkd.in/esYcFMHw
June 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Join us for a #Wikipedia editing workshop on Sun 29 June.
The focus will be on adding more information on some of the women featured in Women from Hackney’s History Volumes 1 and 2, but participants will be able to focus on other areas of personal interest.
More info: lnkd.in/esYcFMHw
The focus will be on adding more information on some of the women featured in Women from Hackney’s History Volumes 1 and 2, but participants will be able to focus on other areas of personal interest.
More info: lnkd.in/esYcFMHw
Proud of our collaboration last Friday with WMLGBT+ and the National Library of Wales on a Trans + History Week Edit-a-thon at Cardiff Central Library. We celebrated the contributions of Trans people in Wales by improving the coverage of notable individuals & events.
Read more: tinyurl.com/WMUKTrans
Read more: tinyurl.com/WMUKTrans
May 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Proud of our collaboration last Friday with WMLGBT+ and the National Library of Wales on a Trans + History Week Edit-a-thon at Cardiff Central Library. We celebrated the contributions of Trans people in Wales by improving the coverage of notable individuals & events.
Read more: tinyurl.com/WMUKTrans
Read more: tinyurl.com/WMUKTrans
Byw ger Caerdydd? Dewch i ddysgu sut i olygu Wicipedia ar gyfer wythnos Hanes Traws +! Byddwn ddysgu sut i olygu Wikipedia (neu Wicipedia Cymraeg) a gwella cynnwys am hanes pobol Traws yng Nghymru a mwy. Am fwy o wybodaeth ewch i
tinyurl.com/yete8fx4
tinyurl.com/yete8fx4
April 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Byw ger Caerdydd? Dewch i ddysgu sut i olygu Wicipedia ar gyfer wythnos Hanes Traws +! Byddwn ddysgu sut i olygu Wikipedia (neu Wicipedia Cymraeg) a gwella cynnwys am hanes pobol Traws yng Nghymru a mwy. Am fwy o wybodaeth ewch i
tinyurl.com/yete8fx4
tinyurl.com/yete8fx4
Live near Cardiff? Why not come and learn how to edit Wikipedia for Trans + History week? We’ll be teaching the basics of editing Wikipedia and improving coverage of Trans history on English, Welsh or other language wikis. Learn more or sign up at tinyurl.com/yete8fx4
April 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Live near Cardiff? Why not come and learn how to edit Wikipedia for Trans + History week? We’ll be teaching the basics of editing Wikipedia and improving coverage of Trans history on English, Welsh or other language wikis. Learn more or sign up at tinyurl.com/yete8fx4
eSIMs for Gaza, a project proposal to the World Summit on the Information Society that we supported, has been nominated for the WSIS Prizes 2025! The proposal was among 360 initiatives selected from 1000 submissions. Public voting is now open until 30 Apr. Vote for us here: tinyurl.com/2ttm376j
April 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
eSIMs for Gaza, a project proposal to the World Summit on the Information Society that we supported, has been nominated for the WSIS Prizes 2025! The proposal was among 360 initiatives selected from 1000 submissions. Public voting is now open until 30 Apr. Vote for us here: tinyurl.com/2ttm376j
We'll soon be honouring Monisha Shah’s impactful tenure as she steps down as Chair of our Board this June. Monisha’s #leadership has been instrumental in guiding us through a period of strategic growth, increased #community engagement, and strengthened #governance.
More info: tinyurl.com/bderch3e
More info: tinyurl.com/bderch3e
April 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We'll soon be honouring Monisha Shah’s impactful tenure as she steps down as Chair of our Board this June. Monisha’s #leadership has been instrumental in guiding us through a period of strategic growth, increased #community engagement, and strengthened #governance.
More info: tinyurl.com/bderch3e
More info: tinyurl.com/bderch3e
Our Mini Wiki campaign invites all to the world of Wiki, esp those with limited time who want to contribute to #openknowledge. Throughout Apr, we’ll be looking at the freely accessible images on #WikimediaCommons
More: tinyurl.com/2s4c5yuh
#photography #miniwiki #wikilovesearth #wikilovesmonuments
More: tinyurl.com/2s4c5yuh
#photography #miniwiki #wikilovesearth #wikilovesmonuments
April 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Our Mini Wiki campaign invites all to the world of Wiki, esp those with limited time who want to contribute to #openknowledge. Throughout Apr, we’ll be looking at the freely accessible images on #WikimediaCommons
More: tinyurl.com/2s4c5yuh
#photography #miniwiki #wikilovesearth #wikilovesmonuments
More: tinyurl.com/2s4c5yuh
#photography #miniwiki #wikilovesearth #wikilovesmonuments
🎵Have you heard these Scottish folk songs? https://buff.ly/3ESI8UJ
🎤How about the Welsh Cerdd Dant? https://buff.ly/4gOG5hX
The Wiki Loves Folklore competition runs until the end of March, join us!
🏴 https://buff.ly/3X5Fh1a
🏴 https://buff.ly/415e0Nl
Image: Gŵyl Cerdd Dant Hen Golwyn, 1958
🎤How about the Welsh Cerdd Dant? https://buff.ly/4gOG5hX
The Wiki Loves Folklore competition runs until the end of March, join us!
🏴 https://buff.ly/3X5Fh1a
🏴 https://buff.ly/415e0Nl
Image: Gŵyl Cerdd Dant Hen Golwyn, 1958
February 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🎵Have you heard these Scottish folk songs? https://buff.ly/3ESI8UJ
🎤How about the Welsh Cerdd Dant? https://buff.ly/4gOG5hX
The Wiki Loves Folklore competition runs until the end of March, join us!
🏴 https://buff.ly/3X5Fh1a
🏴 https://buff.ly/415e0Nl
Image: Gŵyl Cerdd Dant Hen Golwyn, 1958
🎤How about the Welsh Cerdd Dant? https://buff.ly/4gOG5hX
The Wiki Loves Folklore competition runs until the end of March, join us!
🏴 https://buff.ly/3X5Fh1a
🏴 https://buff.ly/415e0Nl
Image: Gŵyl Cerdd Dant Hen Golwyn, 1958
🌍🎉 Happy International Mother Language Day! Let’s celebrate the beauty of our diverse languages and cultures by joining our Mini Wiki challenge for February – more info on our blog https://buff.ly/4jCdMWr
#MotherLanguageDay #CelebrateDiversity
#MotherLanguageDay #CelebrateDiversity
February 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🌍🎉 Happy International Mother Language Day! Let’s celebrate the beauty of our diverse languages and cultures by joining our Mini Wiki challenge for February – more info on our blog https://buff.ly/4jCdMWr
#MotherLanguageDay #CelebrateDiversity
#MotherLanguageDay #CelebrateDiversity
Have you heard of the Mabinogion manuscripts? The ancient Welsh stories cover folklore and mythology in the oral tradition.
The Wiki Loves Folklore competition is running throughout Feb-Mar, celebrating diverse cultures from around the world 🏴 https://buff.ly/4aI4rbU
#Wales #folklore #mythology
The Wiki Loves Folklore competition is running throughout Feb-Mar, celebrating diverse cultures from around the world 🏴 https://buff.ly/4aI4rbU
#Wales #folklore #mythology
February 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Have you heard of the Mabinogion manuscripts? The ancient Welsh stories cover folklore and mythology in the oral tradition.
The Wiki Loves Folklore competition is running throughout Feb-Mar, celebrating diverse cultures from around the world 🏴 https://buff.ly/4aI4rbU
#Wales #folklore #mythology
The Wiki Loves Folklore competition is running throughout Feb-Mar, celebrating diverse cultures from around the world 🏴 https://buff.ly/4aI4rbU
#Wales #folklore #mythology
Wikipedia's Did You Know section today features the article on 'An African Song or Chant from Barbados', which was nominated for inscription on UNESCO's Memory of the World International Register.
https://buff.ly/40wJWKs
#Africa #music #UNESCO #MemoryoftheWorld
https://buff.ly/40wJWKs
#Africa #music #UNESCO #MemoryoftheWorld
February 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Wikipedia's Did You Know section today features the article on 'An African Song or Chant from Barbados', which was nominated for inscription on UNESCO's Memory of the World International Register.
https://buff.ly/40wJWKs
#Africa #music #UNESCO #MemoryoftheWorld
https://buff.ly/40wJWKs
#Africa #music #UNESCO #MemoryoftheWorld
✨ Wiki Loves Folklore is a-go! 🧚
From seasonal celebrations to fairy tales, WLF is a global media contest celebrating diverse folk cultures around the world.
UK locations:
🏴 https://buff.ly/4jF68L2
🏴 https://buff.ly/4aBLpDK
🏴 https://buff.ly/4aI4rbU
#culture #heritage
From seasonal celebrations to fairy tales, WLF is a global media contest celebrating diverse folk cultures around the world.
UK locations:
🏴 https://buff.ly/4jF68L2
🏴 https://buff.ly/4aBLpDK
🏴 https://buff.ly/4aI4rbU
#culture #heritage
February 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
✨ Wiki Loves Folklore is a-go! 🧚
From seasonal celebrations to fairy tales, WLF is a global media contest celebrating diverse folk cultures around the world.
UK locations:
🏴 https://buff.ly/4jF68L2
🏴 https://buff.ly/4aBLpDK
🏴 https://buff.ly/4aI4rbU
#culture #heritage
From seasonal celebrations to fairy tales, WLF is a global media contest celebrating diverse folk cultures around the world.
UK locations:
🏴 https://buff.ly/4jF68L2
🏴 https://buff.ly/4aBLpDK
🏴 https://buff.ly/4aI4rbU
#culture #heritage
We're launching Mini Wiki this month! It’s for when you don’t have much time on your hands, but still want to keep contributing to open knowledge.
Every month we will be showcasing different mini wiki tasks you can get involved in for you to dip into.
https://buff.ly/4jCdMWr
Every month we will be showcasing different mini wiki tasks you can get involved in for you to dip into.
https://buff.ly/4jCdMWr
February 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We're launching Mini Wiki this month! It’s for when you don’t have much time on your hands, but still want to keep contributing to open knowledge.
Every month we will be showcasing different mini wiki tasks you can get involved in for you to dip into.
https://buff.ly/4jCdMWr
Every month we will be showcasing different mini wiki tasks you can get involved in for you to dip into.
https://buff.ly/4jCdMWr
Jason Evans has been championing the wiki projects at @librarywales.bsky.social for ten years now!
In this blog he reflects on Wikimedia UK's collaboration with the library, and how it's built a sustainable future for Welsh culture online through open access.
https://buff.ly/40EkKBY
#welsh #GLAM
In this blog he reflects on Wikimedia UK's collaboration with the library, and how it's built a sustainable future for Welsh culture online through open access.
https://buff.ly/40EkKBY
#welsh #GLAM
January 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Jason Evans has been championing the wiki projects at @librarywales.bsky.social for ten years now!
In this blog he reflects on Wikimedia UK's collaboration with the library, and how it's built a sustainable future for Welsh culture online through open access.
https://buff.ly/40EkKBY
#welsh #GLAM
In this blog he reflects on Wikimedia UK's collaboration with the library, and how it's built a sustainable future for Welsh culture online through open access.
https://buff.ly/40EkKBY
#welsh #GLAM