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There's one week to go until the LGBTQ+ editathon at Brixton Library! Learn how to make a quick easy edit, contribute LGBTQ+ history from books and materials, learn about articles, images and other media and help us to rebalance information and build representation.
This morning we delivered an introduction to Wikidata to British Library staff. Wikimedia UK has been based at the Library for a month now 👏
This morning's training has us appreciating the vibrant environment of the Library. The move here will foster our staff's creativity and innovation, while being a strategic location to enable better connection with partners, volunteers, and the public.
Have you heard of the Mabinogion manuscripts? The Welsh stories were from the 12th-13th centuries, covering folklore and mythology in the oral tradition.
The Wiki Loves Folklore competition is running throughout Feb-Mar, celebrating diverse cultures from around the world.
In the UK, England, Scotland and Wales are taking part:
🏴 https://ow.ly/uq2F50UXUjV
🏴 https://ow.ly/wmRR50UXUjU
🏴 https://ow.ly/kEkK50UXUjS
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, so you can dip in whenever you have time.
The theme for February is translation and folklore, to celebrate international mother tongue day and Wiki Loves Folklore.
#Wikipedia #WikimediaCommons #volunteering #translation #folklore
🌟 Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🎉🔬
Why not join us next month at AK Bell Library in Perth to honour the incredible women of Perth's history, breaking barriers and inspiring the next generation.
✨ 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.
In the UK, England, Scotland and Wales are taking part:
🏴 https://bit.ly/4aB0PbB
🏴 https://bit.ly/4aCQ1cS
🏴 https://bit.ly/3CE8adF
The Glasgow Buildings Preservation Trust have made a video on how to do a Wiki Walk, with a great explanation about what works for Wikimedia Commons 🚶📸🏘️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaLLwSs9lHs
#architecture #photography #scotland #openlicense #wikimediacommons
What if TikTok and Wikipedia had a baby?
Great article from @Shira@journa.host on the latest homegrown experiment using our favourite encyclopaedia 🫶 with mentions of @depthsofwiki@bird.makeup and @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io in there too!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/14/wikitok-scroll-wikipedia-pages/
Join us at Brixton Library on the 24th Feb to help add LGBTQ+ lives and history to Wikipedia.
Learn how to make a quick easy edit, contribute LGBTQ+ history from books and materials, learn about articles, images and other media and help us to rebalance information and build representation!
It's Women's History Month and we've got a brand new set of Mini Wiki tasks for you to sink your teeth into!
From adding categories to de-orphaning articles, March's mini tasks will help close the Wiki gender gap 👏
Jyne us in sortin oot an impruivin the Scots Wiki, 6pm today!
Thare ur 2495 articles on the wiki thit are still tagged as needin thair Scots sortit. Mony o thaim are juist a coople o lines lang, so we'v got a really guid opportunity here tae dae a big dent in that nummer!
🏴 Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!
🌼 Pwy sy’n cael pryd o fwyd traddodiadol Cymreig heddiw?
🍲 Ydych chi’n gwisgo cenhinen neu genhinen Pedr?
Mae’r dathliad tymhorol hwn yn berffaith ar gyfer cystadleuaeth "Wiki Loves Folklore", cystadleuaeth sy'n dathlu diwylliannau gwerin o gwmpas y byd. Ychwanegwch eich lluniau!! https://ow.ly/kEkK50UXUjS
(English) Happy St David's Day! This seasonal celebration is perfect for the Wiki Loves Folklore competition, add your photos.
https://ow.ly/kEkK50UXUjS
Croeso i Gemma Coleman, Cydgysylltydd Rhaglen Cymru (ac Ieithoedd)!
We're delighted to have Gemma on our team as Wales (and languages) Programme Coordinator. With 13 years experience in the sector, Gemma will be helping people access and share their knowledge in Welsh, English or any of the multitude of languages spoken in Wales and the UK today.
⚽ Come along to the HMFC museum on Fri 7th March 12-5pm to help make footballing history!
Fiona Skillen will be giving a short talk on the history of women’s football, then we'll dive into editing with help from Dr Sara Thomas.
🌍🎉 Happy International Mother Language Day! Let’s celebrate the beauty of our diverse languages and cultures by joining our Mini Wiki challenge for February – translate articles, record a word with Lingua Libre, or check the accuracy of existing translated articles.
🌐✨More info on our blog https://bit.ly/4hkSueM
Wikimedia UK has been supporting the heritage sector to share their knowledge for many years, so the news of redundancies at English Heritage is a blow. Everyone loses from this loss of knowledge and expertise; not just visitors — including school groups — but also Wikipedia, which relies on high quality, independent sources.
Check out Sara Thomas' section in the first Wiki Learn News of 2025! Wiki Learn offers courses that support Wikimedians in developing key skills and knowledge. Sara's been using it in our Train the Trainer programme.
Live near Cardiff? / Byw ger Caerdydd?
Join us to learn how to edit Wikipedia for Trans + History week / Dewch i ddysgu sut i olygu Wicipedia ar gyfer wythnos Hanes Traws +!
We’ll be teaching the basics of editing Wikipedia & improving coverage of Trans history on English, Welsh or other language wikis. / Byddwn ddysgu sut i olygu Wikipedia (neu Wicipedia Cymraeg) a gwella cynnwys am hanes pobol Traws yng Nghymru a mwy.
Learn more at / Am fwy o wybodaeth ewch i
https://tinyurl.com/5dduzevu
Call out for Edinburgh editors! Join the University of Edinburgh for their International Women's Day event tomorrow at 1pm. It's a social and supportive workshop to write some brilliant women onto Wikipedia.
🎵 Have you heard these Scottish folk songs? https://tinyurl.com/fvcj57hf
🎤 How about the Welsh Cerdd Dant? https://tinyurl.com/yyr6hb37
These are the kind of entries we're seeing for the Wiki Loves Folklore competition, running until the end of March to celebrate diverse folk cultures around the world.
🏴 https://ow.ly/wmRR50UXUjU
🏴 https://ow.ly/kEkK50UXUjS
Image: Gŵyl Cerdd Dant Hen Golwyn, 1958, from the National Library of Wales. No known copyright.
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.
The song (manuscript pictured) was originally sung by enslaved West Africans in sugar-cane plantations in Barbados.
The article was created by Martin Poulter, resident at the Khalili Collections: https://bit.ly/3WJ5XVf