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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

Trans + History Wikipedia Editathon / Golygathon Hanes Traws

Come learn how to edit Wikipedia for Trans + History week / Dewch i ddysgu sut i olygu Wicipedia ar gyfer wythnos Hanes Traws +

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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.

https://tinyurl.com/ywrmpp8w

#WomensHistoryMonth #IWD #Edinburgh

Imagine a gender equal world - help write women onto Wikipedia for IWD!

Join us to in a social and supportive workshop to write some brilliant women onto Wikipedia for International Women's day 2025

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 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

Commons:Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 in Wales - Wikimedia Commons

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 👏

https://tinyurl.com/4hhfyetj

#WomensHistoryMonth #MiniWiki #IWD

Short on time but still want to contribute to Open Knowledge? Quick and easy ways to get involved and stay involved in the Wiki world - WMUK

By Rupal Karia, Outreach and Community Coordinator for Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is launching a new campaign in February, Mini … Continue reading "Short on time but still want to contribute to Open Knowledge? Quick and easy ways to get involved and stay involved in the Wiki world"

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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.

https://tinyurl.com/bdnbyyrx

#Wales #Cymru #WikimediaUK #languages #wiki

🎵 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.

#folklore #music #songs

Category:Scottish folk songs - Wikipedia

⚽ 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.

https://tinyurl.com/yc5s2k4n

#edinburgh #womensfootball #wikipedia

Wikithon for International Women's Day – Hearts

Join the Heritage Team in the Hearts Museum on Friday, March 7th to help make footballing history.   A part of the National Lottery Heritage Fund Project, the Maroon Mile, we are undertaking a Wikithon for International Women's Day to help close the gender gap. Only 9-16% of Wikipedia's editors identify as women. This

🌍🎉 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

#MotherLanguageDay #CelebrateDiversity

Short on time but still want to contribute to Open Knowledge? Quick and easy ways to get involved and stay involved in the Wiki world - WMUK

By Rupal Karia, Outreach and Community Coordinator for Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is launching a new campaign in February, Mini … Continue reading "Short on time but still want to contribute to Open Knowledge? Quick and easy ways to get involved and stay involved in the Wiki world"

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What if TikTok and Wikipedia had a baby?

Great article from @Shira on the latest homegrown experiment using our favourite encyclopaedia 🫶 with mentions of @depthsofwiki and @molly0xfff in there too!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/14/wikitok-scroll-wikipedia-pages/

#Wikipedia #Wikitok #TikTok #algorithm

What if TikTok and Wikipedia had a baby?

WikiTok is an internet rabbit hole that will actually make you smarter.

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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.

https://tinyurl.com/38axcxu3

#LGBTQIA #queerhistory #Brixton #library

Wikipedia LGBTQ+ Edit-a-thon

Join us at the library to help add LGBTQ+ lives and history to the world’s largest online encyclopaedia.

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