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The Wikimedia UK chapter was set up as '''Wiki Educational Resources Limited''', a company limited by guarantee. On 28 August 2008 it was announced that the Company was to be wound up immediately. As such, the chapter 'Wikimedia UK' will now need to be re-started by a new group of editors and others; please see [[Wikimedia UK v2.0]] for more information.


{{Wikimedia UK}}

'''[http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ Wikimedia UK]''' is the [[local Wikimedia chapter|Wikimedia chapter]] in the United Kingdom. The current incarnation of this chapter is [[Wikimedia UK v2.0]].

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An earlier attempt at a UK chapter was set up as '''Wiki Educational Resources Limited''', a company limited by guarantee. On 28 August 2008, it was announced that the Company was to be wound up immediately, as it had not got as far as it had hoped.

==Objects==
*to enable, assist, promote and promulgate wider participation in the creation, dissemination and expansion of information and educational resources covering the world's knowledge and languages to all persons, everywhere;
*to further the development of electronic, printed, and other resources required to support such participation;
*to produce, publish and develop, or cause to be produced, published and developed, information resources, whether in printed, electronic, or other forms;
*to make use of or encourage the use of information resources for the advancement of education;
*to encourage the adoption of practices and policies to widen education, participation and dissemination of information worldwide; and
*to undertake and carry on any other business which may seem to the Company capable of being conveniently carried on in connection with any of the above specified objects, or calculated directly or indirectly to enhance the value of or render profitable any of the Company's property or rights.
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{{Chapters}}
==Website==
==Website==
The website for Wiki Educational Resources Limited is located at http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/
The website for the chapter is located at http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/

== Miscellany ==
=== Domains ===
The chapter's domain, presently registered to James F., is '''http://wikimedia.org.uk/''' and all chapter email and websites are under this domain.

The following domains also exist but are '''''not''''' used nor controlled by the Chapter in any way.
* http://wikipedia.co.uk - owned by Bomis, redirect to the English Wikipedia
* http://wikipedia.org.uk - owned by Chris Brooking, redirect to the English Wikipedia
* http://wikimedia.co.uk - owned by James F., non-responsive on port 80


=== Mailing list ===
=== Mailing list ===
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Note this is for discussion of the Wikimedia in the UK - for general discussion of the English language Wikipedia, see [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l Wikien-l].
Note this is for discussion of the Wikimedia in the UK - for general discussion of the English language Wikipedia, see [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l Wikien-l].


==People interested in supporting a local chapter==
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==Archive of Meetings==
Please see [[Wikimedia UK/People interested in supporting a local chapter]].


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==Meetings==
===Next meeting (post-incorporation)===
EGM in 2008. See also [[Future UK meetups]]

Directors meetings: happen regularly, both in person and online.

===Past meetings (pre-incorporation)===
* [[Wikimedia UK/October 9th meeting in London|9th October 2005: London]]
* [[Wikimedia UK/October 9th meeting in London|9th October 2005: London]]
* [[Wikimedia UK/October 16th meeting on IRC|16th October 2005: IRC]]
* [[Wikimedia UK/October 16th meeting on IRC|16th October 2005: IRC]]
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==See also==
==See also==

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{{Chapters}}
*[[Wikimedia and UK charity law]]
*[[Wikimedia and UK charity law]]
*[[Wikimedia UK/Gift Aid]]
*[[Wikimedia UK/Gift Aid]]
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*[[Possible projects of Wikimedia UK]]
*[[Possible projects of Wikimedia UK]]


[[Category:Wikimedia UK| ]]
[[Category:Wikimedia UK v1.0| ]]

Latest revision as of 07:21, 20 September 2023

Wikimedia UK v2.0
Legal
Constitution
Wikimedia and UK charity law
Organisation
Business Plan
Timeline
Board meetings
Membership
Newsletter
Mailing list
Facebook group
Wikimedia UK v1.0
MoA - AoA - Gift aid
People - Possible projects
Membership of Wikimedia UK
Future UK meetups
Website

Wikimedia UK is the Wikimedia chapter in the United Kingdom. The current incarnation of this chapter is Wikimedia UK v2.0.

An earlier attempt at a UK chapter was set up as Wiki Educational Resources Limited, a company limited by guarantee. On 28 August 2008, it was announced that the Company was to be wound up immediately, as it had not got as far as it had hoped.

Objects[edit]

  • to enable, assist, promote and promulgate wider participation in the creation, dissemination and expansion of information and educational resources covering the world's knowledge and languages to all persons, everywhere;
  • to further the development of electronic, printed, and other resources required to support such participation;
  • to produce, publish and develop, or cause to be produced, published and developed, information resources, whether in printed, electronic, or other forms;
  • to make use of or encourage the use of information resources for the advancement of education;
  • to encourage the adoption of practices and policies to widen education, participation and dissemination of information worldwide; and
  • to undertake and carry on any other business which may seem to the Company capable of being conveniently carried on in connection with any of the above specified objects, or calculated directly or indirectly to enhance the value of or render profitable any of the Company's property or rights.
Chapters (37)
Thematic organizations (2)
Wikimedia user groups (152)

Website[edit]

The website for the chapter is located at http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/

Miscellany[edit]

Domains[edit]

The chapter's domain, presently registered to James F., is http://wikimedia.org.uk/ and all chapter email and websites are under this domain.

The following domains also exist but are not used nor controlled by the Chapter in any way.

Mailing list[edit]

Note this is for discussion of the Wikimedia in the UK - for general discussion of the English language Wikipedia, see Wikien-l.

People interested in supporting a local chapter[edit]

Please see Wikimedia UK/People interested in supporting a local chapter.

Meetings[edit]

Next meeting (post-incorporation)[edit]

EGM in 2008. See also Future UK meetups

Directors meetings: happen regularly, both in person and online.

Past meetings (pre-incorporation)[edit]

See also[edit]

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