Hi Sara Looks good, hope you are well and had a good weekend. Wikimania should be interesting.
Did I miss a reply to the sandbox session I proposed... maybe I did it wrong. Were there a lot? The session with the Church of Scotland went well. They are to consider changing their licensing. Stuart was there from the SMP and very helpful. Last time we spoke you said I was being impatient over the progress at getting better access to their Flickr account. etc... but that was some time ago. Where do you think we stand? Are we waiting on them? cheers Roger On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 at 17:36, Sara Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there folks! > > Delighted to announce that the first of our *Sandbox Sessions* will take > place on Saturday 30th August, 5pm UK time (ie, UTC+1) > > *Using Duplicity: Create Missing Wikidata Items from Wikipedia > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:WMUK_Sandbox_Sessions/Using_Duplicity_30.08.2025>* > will > be run by Josef Anthony, a Wikimedia volunteer and contributor with > experience in Wikidata, Wikipedia, and technical projects within the > Wikimedia movement. Josef recently led the Wikidata project Revitalising > UK History > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Revitalizing_UK_History/Project_Report>, > supported by a Wikimedia UK volunteer grant. > > This one hour session will introduce the Wikidata tool Wikidata:Duplicity > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Duplicity>, which helps identify Wikipedia > articles that do not have a Wikidata item, and match them to an existing > item or create a new one. > > The session will be hands-on and beginner-friendly, with time to explore > the tool together and make real contributions. It’s ideal for editors who > are curious about Wikidata but unsure where to start, or for anyone who > wants to improve Wikidata coverage using content that already exists in > English Wikipedia. > > The event will be held on Zoom, and you can sign up using your Wikimedia > account here. > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:WMUK_Sandbox_Sessions/Using_Duplicity_30.08.2025> > Please do feel free to share this with anyone you feel might be interested! > > All the best, > Sara > > -- > Dr Sara Thomas > Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK > 07803 505 172 > *My pronouns are she/her, and my name is pronounced like this. > <https://namedrop.io/sarathomas> * > https://wikimedia.org.uk/home/scotland/ > <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland> > *I work part time, my usual days are Monday - Thursday.* > > <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/> > > > *Wikimedia UK* <https://wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for > the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. > > Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk>, Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK>, LinkedIn > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/496119>, and Instagram > <https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/>. > > Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513 (England & Wales) SC048644 > (Scotland). Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Scotland, Registered No. 6741827. > > Registered Office c/o British Library, Room 46018, 96 Euston Road, > London, NW1 2DB > > Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The > Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate > Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Roger Bamkin *0771 9790901* 01835 864317 Jedburgh, Scotland
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