Wikimedia UK

Celebrate the human community behind open knowledge in the UK by nominating them for UK Wikimedian of the Year, Partnership of the Year or Up and coming Wikimedian. Join our online Community Celebration on Sun 22 Nov, 11am–1pm. https://ow.ly/Xnof50ZWeSE

It’s Global Media and Information Literacy Week. How do you check if something online is true? Share your tips in the comments 👇

Our position is clear: the #gendergap on #Wikipedia is unacceptable, and we’re determined to tackle it. Women now make up 20.4% of biographies on English Wikipedia, up from 15.5% in 2014. There’s still a long way to go: wikimedia.org.uk/2026/10/clos...

Shortlisted 📸 We were one of the finalists for Partnerships for Impact at this year’s UK Digital Inclusion Awards. Not a win this time, but proud to be recognised for helping make knowledge open to everyone. Thanks #DigitalPovertyAlliance

As part of my Wikimedia residency at The Gazette, we will be holding an online editing event on Saturday, 7 November 2026, from 1–5pm UTC. New and experienced editors welcome! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

Meet Gill Ryan 👋 She runs Perth Women on Wikipedia and this summer she became a beginner again. With a Wikimedia UK project grant, she spent two weeks at a residency in Catalonia working on underrepresented histories. New articles, first Wikidata queries, first edits in three languages 💛

📢 Do you have a scientific image to share? 🧪 🔬 🔭 Join us next Friday 16 October at the Edward Boyle Library to learn how to share them with a global audience via @wikimediauk.bsky.social leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope...

Scottish pals, do you have time for a wee read today? Today is #WeeRead26, Scotland's national celebration of reading. A book, a comic, a recipe, a Wikipedia article… every read counts. Pledge in the reply 👇 salctg.bsky.social

Soap operas, series, fictional characters... Danilo has written 140+ Wikipedia articles on the subjects he loves. That same passion has added 33 women through Women in Red, helping close open knowledge's gender gap. Proud to have him in our Wikimedia UK community 💛

New course for secondary & FE teachers: Thoughtful Media Literacy, a 6-week online course building critical thinking, debate and oracy in partnership with Thoughtful. First 8 places subsidised by us at a special price: https://www.thoughtful.org.uk/our-offer/courses/bespoke-p4c/media-literacy/

Today: the International Day for Universal Access to Information. This year's theme is information integrity in the digital age. AI writes a paragraph in seconds, checking it's true takes a person. Open, human-checked knowledge is the counterweight. What does reliable info mean to you?

Only days left to enter Wiki Loves Monuments UK. Photograph a listed building or monument near you and upload before 30 September. Free, open to all: https://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/

We're proud to be part of the new N-RICH project, exploring how Wikidata and Linked Open Data can act as a shared connective layer for UK cultural heritage, helping collections, data services and research infrastructures connect across institutional boundaries.

Fairness starts with visibility. This International Equal Pay Day, we're reminded that closing the pay gap and closing the gaps in our shared knowledge are part of the same work because you can't value what you can't see.

Event alert!🌟 To mark Int'l Day of Democracy, our Deputy CEO and Dir. of Programmes Daria, sits with Claudia Garád, Chair of Wikimedia Europe to discuss findings from research on resilient civil society in Central Asia. : 🗓️ Fri 15 Sep Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

One of our Heritage Lab fellows used the writing he produced with us as a sample in a successful PhD application! Open-knowledge work builds real skills and networks, not just articles. That's what our fellowship with The Heritage Lab set out to do.

Today marks 60 years of #LiteracyDay. Literacy is more than access to words, it’s also the ability to find, understand and question information. At Wikimedia UK, we champion free knowledge and the information literacy skills people need to navigate our digital world. #OpenKnowledge #Unesco

Galleries, libraries, archives and museums hold some of the UK's richest collections; most of it rarely seen beyond the building. We work with them to release collections under open licence, so they can be seen and reused by anyone, anywhere. A few examples 👇

You don't need to be an expert to make Wikipedia better, just willing. Five ways in: fix a small thing, try a micro-edit, share a skill, welcome a newcomer, or add what's missing. Pick one, start anywhere: https://wikimedia.org.uk/gift-knowledge-your-way

Wiki Loves Monuments UK is back, all September. Photograph a listed building or monument near you and help share the UK's heritage with the world. You don't need a castle: the milestone down your road counts too. Free and open to all: https://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/

We've been shortlisted for the 2026 Digital Inclusion Awards, run by the Digital Poverty Alliance, in the Partnerships for Impact category. Fitting for us: digital inclusion means media and information literacy for all, and open knowledge only reaches more people when we build it together 💪

Any Edinburgh Fringe Festival fans here?? There are a limited number of FREE complimentary tickets for active Wikipedia editors. If you are heading to Edinburgh, this one is for you: meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiHau... @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social @annierau.bsky.social

70 people. 20 articles. 300+ edits in one online session. We recently supported a Wikipedia@25 training led by community organiser Josef Anthony. And it's just one session: editors he's trained have added 4.38M+ words across the projects. https://ow.ly/vHio50ZtQbi

And that's Wikimania 2026 done. Last week Paris welcomed the global Wikimedia community and our team was there to connect, share ideas and bring a bit of it home with us. Swipe through for a few moments from our week 👉

Wikimania Paris starts today! The global Wikimedia community is gathering for five days of talks, workshops and the celebration of 25 years of Wikipedia 🎂 The WMUK team is there all week. Can't make it? You can join online, free, from anywhere 👉 https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Wikimania

Did you know 72 names are inscribed on the Eiffel Tower and not one belongs to a woman? The Eiffel Women campaign, led by our own Ceryl and Dr Lucy R. Hinnie is making sure the 72 women proposed for the tower shine on Wikipedia. It wraps up at Wikimania this month... join the final push!

We're packing our bags (and brushing up our French): see you at Wikimania Paris next week! 🇫🇷 The Content Partnerships Hub is running an in-person Helpdesk on Thursday 23 July, book a slot (https://calendar.app.google/jfuYvU3LTMikZcBr5) or drop by Foyer S2, 10:00–18:00. See you there!

Last call to join Train the Trainer 2026! It's our fully funded programme for anyone who wants to run wikipedia editing events: training in Birmingham, a mentor for your first year, and expenses covered. No expert status needed, just your enthusiasm! https://wikimedia.org.uk/train-the-trainer-2026/

Last Friday we celebrated our birthdays 🎉 Wikipedia turned 25 in January, and Wikimedia UK (us! an independent charity!) turns 15 this November. Congrats again to our Silver Jubilee Award winners: Andy, Kelly, Kirsty, Lucy and Martin 🥂 📸 Simon Crompton-Reid, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Our SandBox Sessions are back: free, online, beginner-friendly workshops on real Wikimedia skills. → 15 Jul: translating articles → 15 Aug: fixing Wikidata references (hands-on) → 16 Sep: the Wikidata toolbox All free. Registration links below 👇

Different reasons, same instinct: open knowledge is worth backing. We asked why people support us: some use Wikipedia daily, some want to push back on misinformation, some simply cherish it. Donate, or share our mission with someone who'd want to help. Thank you either way 💙

Where does a donation to a small charity actually go? For us, into people. We're an independent charity keeping knowledge open here. Your gift funds residencies, edit-a-thons, grants and training, so someone, somewhere, can reach knowledge they couldn't before. Donate, share or follow along.

Did you know Wikimedia UK is a charity? Most people don't. We're an independent UK charity keeping knowledge free and open...15 years in. It's Small Charity Week. Donate, share, or follow along if you can. https://wikimedia.org.uk/support-wikimedia-uk/

Meet Owen Blacker our first in our Our Community series 💜 Chair of the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, he's grown it into a funded org with year-round staff and runs queer editing events in Cardiff. Thank you, Owen, for all you do for the community!

A 1,000-year-old Quran is on Wikipedia's front page. The Isfahan Quran (993 CE) is written in "new style" Kufic: a script that took rare skill. The folio shown is openly licensed by The Khalili Collections The Khalili Foundation featured thanks to WMUK volunteer Martin Poulter 🙌

🚨 Last call for tomorrow's H3DAR Un-Conference in Poole. A participant-led day on the future of UK heritage 3D data with @richardnevell.bsky.social @nebulousflynn.bsky.social, funded with the support of the Heritage Fund. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/h3dar-un-c... #H3DAR #GLAM3D

We're supporting the Feminist Library with two Transfeminist Wikipedia Edit-a-thons this June: our trainers will help you get started. 📍London, Sun 21 & Sat 27 June. Signup here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transfeminist-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-1988494314022?aff=wikimediauk

History has too often left LGBTQ+ lives out of the record. Wiki Loves Pride is changing that: a global push to document and improve LGBTQ+ content on Wikipedia, so our histories stay preserved and free. Because everyone belongs in the record 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️