Hello everyone, Apologies for posting this later than I normally do. This month we are promoting small tasks related to Wiki Loves Monuments and the Memory of the World Challenge. You can find further details below or visit the Mini Wiki Blog <https://wikimedia.org.uk/2025/02/time-contribute-open-knowledge-quick/> for more ideas on how you can contribute to open knowledge.
Wiki Loves Monuments is an annual international photo competition, taking place in the month of September in which participants photograph and upload images of historic monuments to be in with the chance of winning prizes. These images are then available for free use on Wikipedia pages and beyond. More details about this year’s annual competition can be found at Wiki Loves Monuments UK <https://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/> You can use the interactive Wiki Loves Monuments map <https://app.wikilovesmonuments.it/en/mappa?geo_context=11> to find historic buildings to photograph to take part in the competition and add images to Wikimedia Commons. You can also add images of scheduled monuments – but these won’t show on the map this year, so you’ll need to add them via the upload wizard – more details can be found here. <https://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/getting-started> …and there are also other mini-tasks for Wiki Loves Monuments! Browse the images submitted for each nation below and see whether any of them may be suitable to illustrate Wikipedia articles. Images make articles more engaging and help to visually illustrate the topic! - England <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2025_in_England> - Wales <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2025_in_Wales> - Scotland <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2025_in_Scotland> - Northern Ireland <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2025_in_Northern_Ireland> Here are some pointers to help you add your image to an article: - Is there a Wikipedia article on the building /monument / region you have photographed where it can be added? - Does Wikipedia have good quality images? It’s fine to replace an image if you are replacing it with a higher quality image. - Include a caption to describe what’s in the image. *Adding Structured Data* You can also add structured data to the image, which helps to improve data quality and usability. Click on the structured data item tab under the image and select edit, or start typing in the search box to get started. For each depicted item in the image, find the appropriate item from Wikidata and select it. *Memory of the World Challenge* The Memory of the World Wiki Challenge <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Memory_of_the_World_challenge_2025> is also running throughout this month. Wikipedia and Wikidata volunteers (in any language) can earn points by improving the representation of the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register to be in with the chance to win some beautiful books as prizes. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Memory_of_the_World_challenge_2025/Prizes> The International Register includes some of the best known documents – Magna Carta, Anne Frank’s Diary, The Rig Veda – and many less-well-known but still important documents, archives and libraries from around the world. As well as writing articles (if you have some more time!), there are other tasks that are short and simple, which help to improve the diversity and representation of these documents on Wikimedia projects. You can add a label to any of these Wikidata items <https://w.wiki/EsRS> in a new language. *Or you can add *a link to an inscription in the Memory of the World International Register (en <https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/grid>, fr <https://www.unesco.org/fr/memory-world/grid>, es <https://www.unesco.org/es/memory-world/grid>) from a relevant Wikipedia article. Without your input, Wikimedia projects wouldn’t exist, thank you! To help us keep track of how Mini Wiki is being used, please use the #wmuk in your edit summary, where possible. We’d love to hear from you on your experience of using Mini Wiki. If you have an idea for a task that you would like the UK community’s help with that is quick and simple, then email [email protected]. -- Rupal Karia (she/her) Outreach and Community Coordinator *My pronouns are she/her and my name is pronounced like this <https://namedrop.io/rupalkaria>* Working hours - Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 9-5pm [image: https://wikimedia.org.uk/donate/] <https://wikimedia.org.uk/donate/> 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 in England and Wales No.1144513 and Scotland No. SC048644. Company Limited by Guarantee, Registration No. 6741827. Registered Office C/O Wikimedia UK, Level 4, Room 46018, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB
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