Hi folks, Just to let you know that registration is now open for another of our Sandbox Sessions - *a Wikisource Transcribe-a-thon*, led by Dr Martin Poulter!
The event will take place on Thursday 20 November, 18:00 - 20:00 UTC. <https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Event:WMUK_Sandbox_Sessions/Wikisource_Transcribe-a-thon_20.11.25> *About the event*: This event will introduce Wikisource: a community that is building a huge library of freely available texts. Together we will transcribe a pamphlet or paper and explore how 1) contributing to Wikisource can be a rewarding hobby and 2) how transcribe-a-thon events can be part of a campaign to highlight kinds of literature and knowledge. *About the presenter:* Dr. Martin Poulter is a trainer for Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikisource who helps professionals, students, and newcomers to share open knowledge. He has held Wikimedia-related placements at the Khalili Foundation, the Bodleian Libraries and the educational charity Jisc. You can register for this event here <https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Event:WMUK_Sandbox_Sessions/Wikisource_Transcribe-a-thon_20.11.25>- we'll send the Zoom link out through the events extension, so please make sure that you've got "Allow other users to email me" enabled in Preferences > User profile. If you'd rather not have that enabled then please let me know by email off-list. Hope to see you there! 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.*
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