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!

We've teamed up with First News, the UK's award-winning children's news brand (and 20 this year!), on a new lesson exploring how Wikipedia works and how to evaluate online information. Part of our free Wiki in Schools toolkit. Thanks to our Education Lead Dr Sally Latham 👇

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

H3DAR Un-Conference: Shaping the Future of UK Heritage 3D Data

This is a one-day event for UK based people about 3D heritage data

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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 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

It's Volunteers Week and this post is for every volunteer editing, training, translating, photographing, and showing up across the UK. Thank you, none of this works without you ❤️

Today's classrooms need teachers ready to tackle misinformation, AI, online bias. We've partnered with @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social on a new media literacy course for educators. Interested? Register your interest here: https://www.thoughtful.org.uk/our-offer/courses/bespoke-p4c/media-literacy/

Join us in Cardiff for an evening of queer Welsh history, community, and editing 🌈 As part of Wiki Loves Pride, we’ll be creating and improving articles about Welsh LGBTQ+ history, people, and culture with Wikimedia LGBT+ and The Queer Emporium. Get your ticket here: https://ow.ly/BI7M50Z1vA4

This Sunday is IDAHOBIT 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ At 14:00 UTC, our Topics for Impact Coordinator Lucy Hinnie @yclepit.bsky.social joins writer and historian Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social for a Wikimedia LGBT+ panel on the intersections of LGBT+, GLAM and open knowledge. @wmlgbt.org @museumbums.bsky.social

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ IDAHOBIT 2026! 🎙️ Community Panel 17 May | 14:00 UTC A conversation featuring Jack Shoulder and Lucy Hinnie. 💻 Edit-a-Thon 22 May | 16:00 UTC 🔗 Join us! w.wiki/Murf @jackshoulder.bsky.social @museumbums.bsky.social @yclepit.bsky.social @wikimediauk.bsky.social #IDAHOBIT2026 #Wikimedia

The AI-BRIDGES Symposium comes to Senate House on 28–29 May: two days bringing together institutions, open knowledge platforms, AI developers, researchers and funders. Proud to be supporting this one. Registration closes 21 May 🔗 https://ai-bridges.org/2026/02/13/symposium/

Wikimedia UK and Wikimedia Sverige have signed a five-year MOU with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to expand access to reliable information on food and agriculture through Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. Richard Nevell, Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK

Wiki Loves Earth 2026 is open. The world's largest nature photography competition runs 1 May–31 July. Your photos can join a freely licensed record of the planet's natural heritage on Wikimedia Commons and illustrate Wikipedia articles read by millions.

Not everyone wants to edit Wikipedia and that's okay! Wikipedia turned 25 this year, and Wikimedia UK (us!) turns 15 later on. There are lots of ways to support open knowledge that don't involve editing. Get involved, your way: wikimedia.org.uk/gift-knowledge-your-way

We're delighted to join forces with the FAO and Wikimedia Sverige on this important initiative to expand public access to reliable information on food, agriculture and related topics.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations@fao.org · 3mo ago

On #WorldBookDay 2026, @fao.org, @wikimediauk.bsky.social and @wikimediase.bsky.social join forces to support open knowledge and contribute to a stronger, healthier information ecosystem. Read more 🔗 https://bit.ly/4crkAVw And watch here 🎥 https://bit.ly/4sUPx9w #OpenAccess

On World Book and Copyright Day, we're celebrating a new partnership 🎊 We're marking the day with news of a new MOU with @FAO, formalising five years of work with Wikimedia UK and wikimediase.bsky.social to share food security content on Wikipedia and Commons.

#EarthDay is a reminder that access to knowledge isn’t neutral: it’s necessary. As the climate crisis accelerates, the need for reliable, up-to-date and unbiased information has never been more urgent.

The AI-BRIDGES Symposium is coming to London: 28–29 May at Senate House. Free, two days, limited spaces. Please register here: https://ai-bridges.org/2026/02/13/symposium/