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  1. 52 minutes ago

    Volunteer and pro-bono photographers let's goooo!

    Replying to @jesswade @EdgeDawn @WikiCommons
    Or surely can arrange for a volunteer photographer to come over and make a portrait.
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    5 hours ago

    y'day hosted an extraordinary discussion on racism in the UK scientific community ft. three of the UK's most distinguished . 👉you can read more about them over on . , ,

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  3. 5 hours ago

    With stories of sexism in the tech industry as frequent as they are, let's not forget who we owe so much to on this 😠🖥️➗🙌

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  4. 5 hours ago

    Wikimedian in Residence at Edinburgh Uni, , has written this great blog for With so many of our events around the gender gap on Wiki, we take this opportunity to celebrate a STEM rockstar seriously 🧪🖥️🧮🙌

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    6 hours ago

    Dr. Jess Wade made the resolution to make a Wikipedia page every day to highlight the often underacknowledged work of women, LGBT+ and scientists of colour. In this talk, Jess addressed why talking about diversity in physics is still so essential

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    Sep 15

    Why is so important in one terribly inaccurate photo:

    As points out if enough of us click the feedback button we might get this fixed....
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    Oct 5

    "Introducing Mapping the Scottish Reformation: Clerics, Manuscripts, & " Guest post by on blog on mapping all of Scotland’s ministers between 1560 and 1689 in Wikipedia's sister project .

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    Oct 2

    2020, the world's largest photo competition,comes to an end for another year. 📸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏 Well done Scotland, you smashed it! Double last year's tally.

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    Oct 2

    The September editathon wi is fínishit, an here ur the results. Aw hings consídert, a hink it went weel!

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    Oct 2

    This is the second editathon that has organised, supported by - it's important to support the community in the long term to develop the wiki. So pleased with the results - more editors editing regularly is what we need. :)

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    The September editathon wi is fínishit, an here ur the results. Aw hings consídert, a hink it went weel!
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    Sep 30

    Since the site explaining the competition and how to take part is down, we're extending the deadline by 24 hours so you'll have more time to take part

    At the last gasps, we've had a hiccup with our website. You can still upload images directly to the competition via the interactive map
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    Sep 29

    This week on , archivist Karen Sayers tells us more about a lockdown project, working with . The project aimed to develop staff skills on Wikimedia, as well improving Special Collections' presence on Wikipedia & Wikidata.

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    Sep 15

    Thread: Part of the work did with our grant in 2019-20 to increase the use of Welsh by using was… (to be continued)... 1/4

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  14. Sep 18

    New opportunity! for Wikimedian in Residence at the , contributing & improving content, data, and metadata, across the Wikimedia family of platforms. Fixed term, part time, can be based in Boston Spa or St Pancras.

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    Sep 17

    Work with to create online training for cataloguers & metadata managers to use . Make the links between resources & collections. & create a richer search & discovery experience.

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    ££s for librarians in Wales! We have ring fenced £8000 of our Kathleen Cooks fund for librarians this year! & £1500 for SIGs to organize events (including virtual) So librarians of Wales, what will you do?
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    Sep 14

    83% of Londoners from a black ethnic background are registered, compared to 94% of eligible White British Londoners. All voices must be heard, so now at

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    Sep 16

    Women in War & Peace: getting started as a new editor see with

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    Sep 16

    Last night's adventures....New pictures added of Hazelwood House, one of the first buildings in Glasgow with a domestic electricity supply, and now a Catholic retreat and conference centre.

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    Sep 16

    I feel privileged to have been part of the licensing review advisory group for on behalf of and delighted by the outcome - a change in policy which will enable more people to access more of our collective heritage

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    on understanding our open licence: Making the outputs from your project publicly open to engagement, use and reuse means more people can connect with UK than ever before.
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    Sep 16

    This Fri 2pm I'll be failing to 'Haud my Wheesht' alongside a great line-up of speakers for We'll be discussing the perception of women in the heritage sector, & I'll be sharing on & why we work w/ & 👉

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    Wanna know who is on the panel for ’Haud yer wheesht, wumman!’ 18th Sept? 1st up we have - a socially-engaged artist, researcher, & heritage consultant based in Dumfries/Glasgow, working with diverse communities on durational projects to recover.
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