Open Data Manager, Libraries, Open Data & Wikimedia. OpenUk Ambassador.
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Jason Evans has been championing the wiki projects at the Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru | The National Library of Wales for ten years now!
In this blog he reflects on Wikimedia UK's collaboration with the library, and how it's built a sustainable future for Welsh culture online through open access.
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#welsh #culture #heritage #languages #cymru #libraries #GLAM
Mae amser yn rhedeg mas i gofrestru ar gyfer ein Hacathon Hanes ar 12 Chwefror. Gyda llwyth o setiau data gwych ar gael bydd hwn yn gyfle gwych i archwilio, ailgymysgu ac ail-dychmygu data treftadaeth ddiwylliannol!
Archwiliwch y setiau data a chofrestrwch 👉https://snarc-llgc.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Hacathon_Hanes_2025
Time is running out to sign-up for our History Hackathon on 12th of Feb. With loads of great datasets available this will be a great oppertunity to explore, remix and reamigine cultural heritage data!
Explore the datasets and sign up! 👉https://snarc-llgc.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Hacathon_Hanes_2025
Join us at Aberystwyth in February for a Cultural Heritage #Hackathon! From Welsh Newspapers and Tithe Maps to Peace Petition, crime and punishment, shipping records and more, we will have tons of data to explore, rework, remix and build on. This will be free event with free lunch for all participants. Sign up now to secure your spot. 👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hacathon-hanes-tickets-1026891830107?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
#Hackathon #cymraeg #opendata #GLAM #datacymru #wikidata #libraries #AI
Ymunwch â ni yn Aberystwyth ym mis Chwefror ar gyfer #Hackathon Treftadaeth Ddiwylliannol! O Bapurau Newydd Cymru a Mapiau Degwm i'r Ddeiseb Heddwch, trosedd a chosb, cofnodion hwylio a mwy, bydd gennym llwyth o ddata i’w archwilio, ail-weithio, ailgymysgu ac adeiladu arno. Bydd hwn yn ddigwyddiad rhad ac am ddim gyda chinio am ddim i bawb sy'n cymryd rhan. Cofrestrwch nawr i sicrhau eich lle. 👉https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hacathon-hanes-tickets-1026891830107?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
Ymunwch â ni yn Aberystwyth ym mis Chwefror ar gyfer #Hackathon Treftadaeth Ddiwylliannol! O Bapurau Newydd Cymru a Mapiau Degwm i'r Ddeiseb Heddwch, trosedd a chosb, cofnodion hwylio a mwy, bydd gennym llwyth o ddata i’w archwilio, ail-weithio, ailgymysgu ac adeiladu arno. Bydd hwn yn ddigwyddiad rhad ac am ddim gyda chinio am ddim i bawb sy'n cymryd rhan. Cofrestrwch nawr i sicrhau eich lle. 👉https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hacathon-hanes-tickets-1026891830107?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
Join us at Aberystwyth in February for a Cultural Heritage #Hackathon! From Welsh Newspapers and Tithe Maps to Peace Petition, crime and punishment, shipping records and more, we will have tons of data to explore, rework, remix and build on. This will be free event with free lunch for all participants. Sign up now to secure your spot. 👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hacathon-hanes-tickets-1026891830107?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
#Hackathon #cymraeg #opendata #GLAM #datacymru #wikidata #libraries #AI
📣 Swydd! - Mae @wikimediauk yn chwilio am person i arwain eu gwaith yng Nghymru ac efo ieithoedd bach a lleafrifol.
📣 Job! - @wikimediauk are looking for someone to lead their work in Wales and with small and minority languages.
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Project_Coordinator:_Wales_&_Languages
🚀 The #LevelingUpDays are starting tomorrow. The first day is all about helping you get started on becoming an editor on Wikidata. We'll have intro sessions as well as a clinic where you can ask all your questions. Check out the schedule: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Leveling_Up_Days_2024
Wikidata has over 4000 Welsh pubs, past and present. It would be great to collaborate with @mapioCymru to ensure that the correct English and Welsh names are recorded
Mae gan Wikidata dros 4000 o dafarndai, presennol a hanesyddol, bydd e'n wych cydweithio efo Mapio Cymru er mwyn cadarnhau'r defnyddir o'r enwau cywir
Os oes gennych chi ddiddordeb yn enwau lleoedd, mapiau a sut mae eu hybu yn effeithiol, dewch i Dafarn yr Iorwerth #Bryngwran i ddarganfod mwy am ein prosiect. Bydd yna gyfle i ychwanegu eich enwau lleol chi i'n map ac i gyfrannu i bodlediad newydd a fydd yn cael ei recordio yng nghwmni Aled Hughes. Os am fod yn rhan o'r digwyddiad, nodwch eich diddordeb isod gydag unrhyw gwestiynau, gyda diolch. #mapioCymru
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NEWYDDION CYFFROUS! Fel rhan o’r gwaith ar y Prosiect Amrywedd, rydym newydd gyrraedd 200 enw ar ein rhestr o bobl sydd angen erthygl yn y #Bywgraffiadur Cymreig.
https://bywgraffiadur.cymru/amrywedd
Pwy ydych CHI'n ei adnabod ar y rhestr?
Hoffech chi ysgrifennu stori eu bywyd?
Cysylltwch â ni drwy DM neu e-bost: rita.singer@llyfrgell.cymru
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EXCITING NEWS! As part of the work on the Diversity Project, we have just reached 200 names on our list of people who need an article in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
https://biography.wales/amrywedd
Who do YOU know on the list?
Would you like to write their life story?
Contact us by DM or e-mail: rita.singer@library.wales
#histodon #Wales #Cymru #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #WomensHistory #QueerHistory #DisabilityHistory
✨ Good news update ✨
On Monday, Tate's Press Office confirmed that Tate will stop applying Creative Commons licences (inappropriately, as I explained in the article) to copyright-free images. Expect to see changes rolled out gradually on tate.org.uk.
Yn cyfrannu at #Wicipedia #Cymraeg? Neu efo diddordeb? Cofrestrwch am y digwyddiad yma yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru ar 12 Chwef. Cinio am ddim a chyfle i gyfrannu at Wicipedia!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cyfrafod-a-golygathon-wikipedia-tickets-772072729317?aff=ebdsshother
Welcome to 2023’s Final #Wikidata Weekly Summary! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2023_12_25 A big thank you to everyone who contributed to the newsletter this year!👏🙏 As we step into 2024, we'd love to hear what changes you would like to see in the newsletter. Share your wishlist here: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Status_updates/Next#What_changes_would_you_like_to_see_in_the_newsletter_in_2024
Honored to be featured in @LuminaryLabs' State of Open Innovation 2023 report. Find out how 100+ leaders are using open innovation to achieve their goals. Learn more and download the report: luminary-labs.com/insight/state-of-open-innovation-2023/ #StateofOI2023 #openinnovation
I was recently interviewed for this great piece on the #onlinesafetybill which, in its current form, threatens the very existence of #Wikipedia in Wales and the rest of the UK .
https://www.codastory.com/newsletters/better-internet-wikipedia/
Cefais fy nghyfweld ar gyfer y darn yma ar yr #OnlineSafetyBill a'r risg mawr i dyfyodol #Wicipedia ...
https://www.codastory.com/newsletters/better-internet-wikipedia/
Hello knowledge enthusiasts! 👋 We've just launched this account for Wikimedia UK - the national chapter of the global wiki movement. We'd be delighted to connect with any Wikimedians and open knowledge advocates on here! #introduction #opendata #wikipedia
A little while in the making, but we finally got the blog about the #Bywgraffiadur Diversity Project up on the website of the National Library of #Wales
And the same message as ever: if you would like to nominate a person who should be recognised through an article in the DWB, get in touch!
https://blog.library.wales/the-diversity-project-of-the-dictionary-of-welsh-biography/
