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(in Inglis) WMUK Wikimedian of the Year Awards 2025
[eedit soorce]Hi folks! We are excited to announce that nominations are open for the 2025 UK Wikimedian of the Year Awards.
We are asking you to nominate individuals and organisations that have contributed toward advancing open knowledge in 2024/25.
The categories for this year are:
- UK Wikimedian of the Year (Individual)
- Partnership of the Year (Organisation)
- Up and Coming Wikimedian (Individual)
We are looking for people and partnerships within the Wikimedia UK community who have really impressed you with their open knowledge work, in 2024/25. We are particularly keen to hear about people and organisations who delivered projects addressing our strategic themes of Knowledge Equity, Information Literacy, and Climate and Environment.
Nominations will be judged by members of the Community Development Committee and winners will be announced at the Community Celebration on Saturday 15th November 2025 (Save the date, we'd love to see you there!).
You can read about last year's winners here.
You can submit two nominations per category. Use this Google Form to submit your nominations. Nominations close on 22nd October. Sara Thomas (WMUK) (tauk) 15:30, 6 October 2025 (UTC)
Have your say: vote for the 2025 Board of Trustees
[eedit soorce]Hello all,
The voting period for the 2025 Board of Trustees election is now open. Candidates are running for two (2) seats on the Board.
To check your voter eligibility, please visit the voter eligibility page.
Learn more about them by reading their application statements and watch their candidacy videos.
When you are ready, go to the SecurePoll voting page to vote.
The vote is open from October 8 at 00:00 UTC to October 22 at 23:59 UTC.
Best regards,
Abhishek Suryawanshi
Chair, Elections Committee
MediaWiki message delivery (tauk) 04:48, 9 October 2025 (UTC)
(in Inglis) Join Us for Wikimedia UK’s Online Community Celebration – 15 November 2025
[eedit soorce]We’re delighted to invite you to Wikimedia UK’s Online Community Celebration, taking place on Saturday 15 November, from 11am to 1pm.
This online gathering will celebrate the achievements of our incredible community over the past year, recognise outstanding contributions through the UK Wikimedian of the Year Awards, and showcase inspiring projects from across the UK through a series of lightning talks.
Over the past month, we’ve reached out to community members for talk proposals, and we’re thrilled with the lineup we now have! So much remarkable work happens behind the scenes in our movement, and this event is a chance to shine a light on those efforts and celebrate them together.
Following the lightning talks, we’ll present the annual UK Wikimedian of the Year Awards. You can find out more about the awards here. Nominations are open until 22 October.
This celebration is open to everyone, both Wikimedia UK members and anyone interested in learning more about Wikimedia’s work in the UK and getting involved.
Tickets are free, the event will be held on Zoom, and you can reserve your tickets now through Eventbrite.
We can’t wait to celebrate with you! Sara Thomas (WMUK) (tauk) 09:53, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
Help us decide the name of the new Abstract Wikipedia project
[eedit soorce]Hello. Please help pick a name for the new Abstract Wikipedia wiki project. This project will be a wiki that will enable users to combine functions from Wikifunctions and data from Wikidata in order to generate natural language sentences in any supported languages. These sentences can then be used by any Wikipedia (or elsewhere).
There will be two rounds of voting, each followed by legal review of candidates, with votes beginning on 20 October and 17 November 2025. Our goal is to have a final project name selected on mid-December 2025. If you would like to participate, then please learn more and vote now at meta-wiki. Thank ye!
Seeking volunteers to join several of the movement’s committees
[eedit soorce]Each year, typically from October through December, several of the movement’s committees seek new volunteers.
Read more about the committees on their Meta-wiki pages:
Applications for the committees open on October 30, 2025. Applications for the Affiliations Committee, Ombuds commission and the Case Review Committee close on December 11, 2025. Learn how to apply by visiting the appointment page on Meta-wiki. Post to the talk page or email cst
wikimedia.org with any questions you may have.
For the Committee Support team,