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💚 What are the effects of climate change on health in the UK? ➡️ Check out the new #Wikipedia article on this topic, created by NIHR's Wikipedian in residence Adam Harangozó in collaboration with Tatjana Baleta Global Systems Institute, who brought together climate & health experts from across

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Join us at Brixton Library on the 24th Feb to contribute LGBTQ+ history to Wikipedia from books and materials, learn about articles, images and other media and help us to rebalance information and build representation! bit.ly/42HMpVb #queerhistory #LGBTQIA #Brixton

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🌟 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. bit.ly/40REW4j #WomenInScience #GirlsInSTEM

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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ow.ly/kEkK50UXUjS #myth

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ow.ly/kEkK50UXUjS 

#myth
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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, images and help us to rebalance information. ow.ly/ksT350UXICM #LGBTQIA #queerhistory #Brixton #library

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What if TikTok and Wikipedia had a baby? Great article from Shira Ovide on the latest homegrown experiment using our favourite encyclopaedia 🫶 with mentions of depths of wikipedia! and Molly White in there too! washingtonpost.com/technology/202… #Wikitok #TikTok #algorithm

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🎵 Have you heard these Scottish folk songs? tinyurl.com/fvcj57hf 🎤 How about the Welsh Cerdd Dant? tinyurl.com/yyr6hb37 The Wiki Loves Folklore competition runs until the end of March, join us! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ow.ly/wmRR50UXUjU 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ow.ly/kEkK50UXUjS #folklore #music

🎵 Have you heard these Scottish folk songs? tinyurl.com/fvcj57hf

🎤 How about the Welsh Cerdd Dant? tinyurl.com/yyr6hb37

The Wiki Loves Folklore competition runs until the end of March, join us!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ow.ly/wmRR50UXUjU
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ow.ly/kEkK50UXUjS

#folklore #music
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🌍🎉 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 bit.ly/4hkSueM #MotherLanguageDay #CelebrateDiversity

🌍🎉 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  bit.ly/4hkSueM

#MotherLanguageDay #CelebrateDiversity
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⚽ 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. tinyurl.com/yc5s2k4n Heart of Midlothian FC #Edinburgh

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📣We have an exciting opportunity for researchers to develop multimedia stories focussing on under-represented histories. We’ve partnered with The Heritage Lab to bring together UK GLAMs, India-based collections & emerging South Asian scholars. More info: tinyurl.com/y324paty

📣We have an exciting opportunity for researchers to develop multimedia stories focussing on under-represented histories. We’ve partnered with The Heritage Lab to bring together UK GLAMs, India-based collections & emerging South Asian scholars.

More info: tinyurl.com/y324paty
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Croeso i Gemma Coleman, Cydgysylltydd Rhaglen Cymru (ac Ieithoedd)! We're delighted to have Gemma on our team! Gemma will be helping people access & share their knowledge in any of the multitude of languages spoken in Wales and the UK. tinyurl.com/bdnbyyrx #Wales #Cymru

Croeso i Gemma Coleman, Cydgysylltydd Rhaglen Cymru (ac Ieithoedd)!

We're delighted to have Gemma on our team! Gemma will be helping people access & share their knowledge in any of the multitude of languages spoken in Wales and the UK.

tinyurl.com/bdnbyyrx

#Wales #Cymru
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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 👏 tinyurl.com/4hhfyetj #WomensHistoryMonth #MiniWiki #IWD

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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. tinyurl.com/ywrmpp8w #WomensHistoryMonth #IWD #Edinburgh

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A group of editors supported by WMUK recently met in Wales & created articles on art, gender & feminism. They joined other global activists under the umbrella campaign ‘Art & Feminism', which has helped host events in many locations like Ghana, Brazil, USA, Armenia & India.

A group of editors supported by WMUK recently met in Wales & created articles on art, gender & feminism. They joined other global activists under the umbrella campaign ‘Art & Feminism', which has helped host events in many locations like Ghana, Brazil, USA, Armenia & India.
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Our latest Community Leaders Survey report is out! It reflects the views of those who help us deliver our strategic aims - our volunteers and key contacts at partner orgs, such as educational institutions and Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums. ow.ly/TLpw50VjNwt

Our latest Community Leaders Survey report is out! It reflects the views of those who help us deliver our strategic aims - our volunteers and key contacts at partner orgs, such as educational institutions and Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums.
ow.ly/TLpw50VjNwt
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The Europe De-STUB-athon 2025 kicks off Apr 1st and runs throughout the month. It involves reviewing short Wikipedia articles (stubs) & bolstering them with more info. Sponsored by Wikimedia UK in collab with the Open Knowledge Association. Details: tinyurl.com/4fpj6zrb

The Europe De-STUB-athon 2025 kicks off Apr 1st and runs throughout the month. It involves reviewing short Wikipedia articles (stubs) & bolstering them with more info. Sponsored by Wikimedia UK in collab with the Open Knowledge Association.

Details: tinyurl.com/4fpj6zrb
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We’re still open for applications from researchers from across UK GLAM for our Digital Heritage fellowship in collab with The Heritage Lab. S. Asian scholars will work closely with UK GLAMs that have India-focussed collections. Deadline: 31 Mar Details: tinyurl.com/2nyj6uw3

We’re still open for applications from researchers from across UK GLAM for our Digital Heritage fellowship in collab with The Heritage Lab. S. Asian scholars will work closely with UK GLAMs that have India-focussed collections.

Deadline: 31 Mar
Details: tinyurl.com/2nyj6uw3
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We'll soon be bidding farewell to Monisha Shah as she steps down as Chair of our Board this June. Her #leadership has been pivotal in guiding us through a period of strategic growth, increased #community engagement, & strengthened #governance. More info: tinyurl.com/bderch3e

We'll soon be bidding farewell to Monisha Shah as she steps down as Chair of our Board this June. Her #leadership has been pivotal in guiding us through a period of strategic growth, increased #community engagement, & strengthened #governance.

More info: tinyurl.com/bderch3e
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Proud of our recent collaboration with WMLGBT+ and the National Library of Wales on a Trans + History Week Edit-a-thon. We celebrated the contributions of Trans people in Wales by improving the coverage of notable individuals & events. Read more: tinyurl.com/WMUKTrans

Proud of our recent collaboration  with WMLGBT+ and the National Library of Wales on a Trans + History Week Edit-a-thon. We celebrated the contributions of Trans people in Wales by improving the coverage of notable individuals & events.
Read more: tinyurl.com/WMUKTrans
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Thank you to all the amazing trainers from Wikimedia UK for their insights at our training session yesterday. We started adding more details of the fascinating women featured in hackneysociety.org/publications/w… join us! #hackney #history #women #wikipedia

Thank you to all the amazing trainers from <a href="/wikimediauk/">Wikimedia UK</a> for their insights at our training session yesterday.  We started adding more details of the fascinating women featured in hackneysociety.org/publications/w… join us!
#hackney #history #women #wikipedia