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<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"/> <title>Expert outreach - Wikimedia UK</title> <script>document.documentElement.className="client-js";RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy","wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"46290d32c3c2df6edcc56d40","wgCSPNonce":false,"wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Expert_outreach","wgTitle":"Expert outreach","wgCurRevisionId":151064,"wgRevisionId":151064,"wgArticleId":2348,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Expert Outreach"],"wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Expert_outreach","wgRelevantArticleId":2348,"wgIsProbablyEditable":false,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":false,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en", "pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgVector2022PreviewPages":[],"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":false};RLSTATE={"site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","mediawiki.page.gallery.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles.legacy":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["mediawiki.page.gallery","site","mediawiki.page.ready","skins.vector.legacy.js","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.implement("user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"});});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cmediawiki.page.gallery.styles%7Cskins.vector.styles.legacy&only=styles&skin=vector"/> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""/> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector"/> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.39.8"/> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"/> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1000"/> <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico"/> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/opensearch_desc.php" title="Wikimedia UK (en)"/> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/api.php?action=rsd"/> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikimedia UK Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"/> </head> <body class="mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject page-Expert_outreach rootpage-Expert_outreach skin-vector action-view skin-vector-legacy vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-language-alert-in-sidebar-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-edit-disabled vector-feature-table-of-contents-disabled vector-feature-visual-enhancement-next-disabled"><div id="mw-page-base" class="noprint"></div> <div id="mw-head-base" class="noprint"></div> <div id="content" class="mw-body" role="main"> <a id="top"></a> <div id="siteNotice"></div> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Expert outreach</span></h1> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body"> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikimedia UK</div> <div id="contentSub"></div> <div id="contentSub2"></div> <div id="jump-to-nav"></div> <a class="mw-jump-link" href="#mw-head">Jump to navigation</a> <a class="mw-jump-link" href="#searchInput">Jump to search</a> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-parser-output"><p><b>We are working with scientists, scholars, learned societies and funders to help experts improve Wikipedia and its sister projects, bringing that expertise to the widest possible public.</b> This work complements WMUK's <a href="/wiki/Cultural_partnerships" title="Cultural partnerships">partnerships with galleries, libraries, archives and museums</a> as well as its <a href="/wiki/Education_projects" class="mw-redirect" title="Education projects">support for higher education</a>. </p> <div style="max-width:31em;float:left;margin:0 3em 2em 0"> <h2 style="border: solid 1px #006699; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; font-family:sans-serif; border-spacing: 0; padding: 0.3em; background: #006699; color: #FFFFFF; text-align:center; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Guidance">Guidance</span></h2> <p>We are developing guidance for researchers and public engagement professionals on how Wikimedia can magnify the impact of their work. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_as_a_public_engagement_tool_for_scientists" title="Wikimedia as a public engagement tool for scientists">Wikimedia as a public engagement tool for scientists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_as_a_public_engagement_tool_for_the_arts_and_humanities" title="Wikimedia as a public engagement tool for the arts and humanities">Wikimedia as a public engagement tool for the arts and humanities</a></li></ul> <p>A separate page answers <a href="/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions_for_expert_contributors" title="Frequently Asked Questions for expert contributors">questions we have been asked by potential expert contributors</a>. </p> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:112px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Ten_Simple_Rules_for_Editing_Wikipedia.pdf" class="image"><img alt="Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia.pdf" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Ten_Simple_Rules_for_Editing_Wikipedia.pdf/page1-110px-Ten_Simple_Rules_for_Editing_Wikipedia.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="142" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Ten_Simple_Rules_for_Editing_Wikipedia.pdf/page1-165px-Ten_Simple_Rules_for_Editing_Wikipedia.pdf.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Ten_Simple_Rules_for_Editing_Wikipedia.pdf/page1-220px-Ten_Simple_Rules_for_Editing_Wikipedia.pdf.jpg 2x" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Ten_Simple_Rules_for_Editing_Wikipedia.pdf" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div></div></div></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000941">A guide for expert contributors to Wikipedia published in <i>PLoS Computational Biology</i></a> by a group of Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute scientists (and Wikimedia UK volunteers)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/indepth/47019">Feature article for the <i>Physics World</i> magazine and site</a> (free registration required) by Martin Poulter and Mike Peel</li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <h2 style="border: solid 1px #006699; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; font-family:sans-serif; border-spacing: 0; padding: 0.3em; background: #006699; color: #FFFFFF; text-align:center; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedians_in_Residence">Wikipedians in Residence</span></h2> <div class="floatright"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikipedians_in_Residence_at_GLAMcamp_London.JPG" class="image"><img alt="Wikipedians in Residence at GLAMcamp London.JPG" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Wikipedians_in_Residence_at_GLAMcamp_London.JPG/120px-Wikipedians_in_Residence_at_GLAMcamp_London.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Wikipedians_in_Residence_at_GLAMcamp_London.JPG/180px-Wikipedians_in_Residence_at_GLAMcamp_London.JPG 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Wikipedians_in_Residence_at_GLAMcamp_London.JPG/240px-Wikipedians_in_Residence_at_GLAMcamp_London.JPG 2x" /></a></div> <p>The Royal Society, the Wellcome Trust, and the Arts & Humanities Research Council are among the bodies that have <a href="/wiki/Cultural_partnerships#Wikimedians_in_Residence" title="Cultural partnerships">employed Wikipedians in the UK</a>. Proposals are welcomed from scholarly and cultural institutions. </p> <div class="floatright"><a href="/wiki/File:Jisc_logo.png" class="image"><img alt="Jisc logo.png" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Jisc_logo.png" decoding="async" width="101" height="56" /></a></div> <p>From July 2013 to April 2014, Jisc and Wikimedia UK are <a href="/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador" title="Expert outreach/Jisc Ambassador">jointly supporting a project</a> to encourage a range of audiences (librarians, teachers, researchers and students) within learning and research to engage with Wikimedia UK and Wikimedia projects. This includes <a href="/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador/Research_impact_and_open_education" title="Expert outreach/Jisc Ambassador/Research impact and open education">a programme of workshops in institutions</a> on "Wikimedia: linking research impact and open education". Follow the links for more details. </p><p><br /> </p> <h2 style="border: solid 1px #006699; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; font-family:sans-serif; border-spacing: 0; padding: 0.3em; background: #006699; color: #FFFFFF; text-align:center; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Events_and_training">Events and training</span></h2> <p>Our <a href="/wiki/Category:Expert_Outreach" title="Category:Expert Outreach">Expert outreach events</a> cover a wide range of academic subjects and partner organisations, including universities, scholarly societies and charities. </p><p>Please <a href="/wiki/Contact_us" title="Contact us">contact Wikimedia UK</a> if you would like to run a joint event or if you want a speaker or a guest article. </p><p><br /> </p> <h2 style="border: solid 1px #006699; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; font-family:sans-serif; border-spacing: 0; padding: 0.3em; background: #006699; color: #FFFFFF; text-align:center; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Call_for_volunteers">Call for volunteers</span></h2> <p>Wikimedia UK is seeking volunteers to give introductory talks, promote Wikimedia at conferences or deliver training. We can support travel and subsistence, and we can provide handouts and freebies to distribute. Drop a message to daria.cybulska<a href="/wiki/File:At_sign.svg" class="image" title="@"><img alt="@" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/15px-At_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/23px-At_sign.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/30px-At_sign.svg.png 2x" /></a>wikimedia.org.uk stating your username on Wikimedia projects, where you can travel to and any relevant background. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 90px"><div style="width: 90px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 88px;"><div style="margin:0px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Stigmaphyllon_flower_-_rspb.2013.0960-F1.large-centre.jpeg" class="image"><img alt="Stigmaphyllon flower - rspb.2013.0960-F1.large-centre.jpeg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Stigmaphyllon_flower_-_rspb.2013.0960-F1.large-centre.jpeg/132px-Stigmaphyllon_flower_-_rspb.2013.0960-F1.large-centre.jpeg" decoding="async" width="88" height="120" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Stigmaphyllon_flower_-_rspb.2013.0960-F1.large-centre.jpeg/198px-Stigmaphyllon_flower_-_rspb.2013.0960-F1.large-centre.jpeg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Stigmaphyllon_flower_-_rspb.2013.0960-F1.large-centre.jpeg/264px-Stigmaphyllon_flower_-_rspb.2013.0960-F1.large-centre.jpeg 2x" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 148px"><div style="width: 148px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 146px;"><div style="margin:0px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Anon._-_Vita,_dulcedo,_et_spes_nostra,_salve._(BL_R.M.24.c.9_f._2r).jpg" class="image"><img alt="Anon. - Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. (BL R.M.24.c.9 f. 2r).jpg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Anon._-_Vita%2C_dulcedo%2C_et_spes_nostra%2C_salve._%28BL_R.M.24.c.9_f._2r%29.jpg/219px-Anon._-_Vita%2C_dulcedo%2C_et_spes_nostra%2C_salve._%28BL_R.M.24.c.9_f._2r%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="146" height="120" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Anon._-_Vita%2C_dulcedo%2C_et_spes_nostra%2C_salve._%28BL_R.M.24.c.9_f._2r%29.jpg/328px-Anon._-_Vita%2C_dulcedo%2C_et_spes_nostra%2C_salve._%28BL_R.M.24.c.9_f._2r%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Anon._-_Vita%2C_dulcedo%2C_et_spes_nostra%2C_salve._%28BL_R.M.24.c.9_f._2r%29.jpg/438px-Anon._-_Vita%2C_dulcedo%2C_et_spes_nostra%2C_salve._%28BL_R.M.24.c.9_f._2r%29.jpg 2x" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 88.666666666667px"><div style="width: 88.666666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 86.666666666667px;"><div style="margin:0px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:White_Matter_Connections_Obtained_with_MRI_Tractography.png" class="image"><img alt="White Matter Connections Obtained with MRI Tractography.png" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/White_Matter_Connections_Obtained_with_MRI_Tractography.png/130px-White_Matter_Connections_Obtained_with_MRI_Tractography.png" decoding="async" width="87" height="120" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/White_Matter_Connections_Obtained_with_MRI_Tractography.png/196px-White_Matter_Connections_Obtained_with_MRI_Tractography.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/White_Matter_Connections_Obtained_with_MRI_Tractography.png/261px-White_Matter_Connections_Obtained_with_MRI_Tractography.png 2x" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> </div> </div></li> </ul> </div> <div style="max-width:31em;float:left;margin:0 0 2em 0"> <h2 style="border: solid 1px #006699; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; font-family:sans-serif; border-spacing: 0; padding: 0.3em; background: #006699; color: #FFFFFF; text-align:center; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Expert_views">Expert views</span></h2> <p>"If you're serious about ensuring public engagement in your research then you need to make damn sure your work can be incorporated into Wikipedia. Wikipedia is the most important engagement channel for your research." </p> <div style="font-size:smaller;margin-top:0.2em" class="attribution">—<a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Neylon" class="extiw" title="w:Cameron Neylon">Cameron Neylon</a> (Public Library of Science) <a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_UK_2012-13_annual_review_web_version.pdf" title="File:Wikimedia UK 2012-13 annual review web version.pdf">"Wikimedia UK Annual Review 2012-13"</a></div> "Wikipedia is an illustration of the way that academic work needs to change to benefit from a more educated public, a more networked world, in an age of information abundance. 21st-century scholars should be working with it, not against it."<div style="font-size:smaller;margin-top:0.2em" class="attribution">—<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://fragmentsofamber.wordpress.com/">Amber Thomas</a> (Jisc) <i>Ariadne</i>, November 2012 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue70/thomas">"21st-century Scholarship and Wikipedia"</a></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;margin:0 auto 1em auto"> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Forest_of_synthetic_pyramidal_dendrites_grown_using_Cajal%27s_laws_of_neuronal_branching.png" class="image"><img alt="Forest of synthetic pyramidal dendrites grown using Cajal's laws of neuronal branching.png" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Forest_of_synthetic_pyramidal_dendrites_grown_using_Cajal%27s_laws_of_neuronal_branching.png/80px-Forest_of_synthetic_pyramidal_dendrites_grown_using_Cajal%27s_laws_of_neuronal_branching.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Forest_of_synthetic_pyramidal_dendrites_grown_using_Cajal%27s_laws_of_neuronal_branching.png/120px-Forest_of_synthetic_pyramidal_dendrites_grown_using_Cajal%27s_laws_of_neuronal_branching.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Forest_of_synthetic_pyramidal_dendrites_grown_using_Cajal%27s_laws_of_neuronal_branching.png/160px-Forest_of_synthetic_pyramidal_dendrites_grown_using_Cajal%27s_laws_of_neuronal_branching.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Decomposing_systems_into_overlapping_complexes_from_Tononi%27s_IITC.png" class="image"><img alt="Decomposing systems into overlapping complexes from Tononi's IITC.png" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Decomposing_systems_into_overlapping_complexes_from_Tononi%27s_IITC.png/110px-Decomposing_systems_into_overlapping_complexes_from_Tononi%27s_IITC.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="84" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Decomposing_systems_into_overlapping_complexes_from_Tononi%27s_IITC.png/165px-Decomposing_systems_into_overlapping_complexes_from_Tononi%27s_IITC.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Decomposing_systems_into_overlapping_complexes_from_Tononi%27s_IITC.png/220px-Decomposing_systems_into_overlapping_complexes_from_Tononi%27s_IITC.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:PSM_V52_D494_Frequency_of_suicide_in_England_1872_1876.png" class="image"><img alt="PSM V52 D494 Frequency of suicide in England 1872 1876.png" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/PSM_V52_D494_Frequency_of_suicide_in_England_1872_1876.png/80px-PSM_V52_D494_Frequency_of_suicide_in_England_1872_1876.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="86" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/PSM_V52_D494_Frequency_of_suicide_in_England_1872_1876.png/120px-PSM_V52_D494_Frequency_of_suicide_in_England_1872_1876.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/PSM_V52_D494_Frequency_of_suicide_in_England_1872_1876.png/160px-PSM_V52_D494_Frequency_of_suicide_in_England_1872_1876.png 2x" /></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"It is our hope [to] encourage other scholars to refine and improve Wikipedia articles so they might become the world’s most accurate and trusted reference, in addition to the most well read. Freely open and accessible, Wikipedia can improve clinical care at the bedside for physicians around the world by allowing them access to the latest information, regardless of their ability to pay high fees." </p> <div style="font-size:smaller;margin-top:0.2em" class="attribution">— James Maskalyk, <i>Open Medicine</i>, October 2014 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.openmedicine.ca/article/view/652/565">"Modern Medicine Comes Online"</a></div> <p>"Wikipedia's user-friendly global reach offers an unprecedented opportunity for public engagement with science. Scientists who receive public or charitable funding should therefore seize the opportunity to make sure that Wikipedia articles are understandable, scientifically accurate, well sourced and up-to-date." </p> <div style="font-size:smaller;margin-top:0.2em" class="attribution">—Alex Bateman and Darren Logan (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute), <i>Nature</i>, 9 December 2010 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v468/n7325/full/468765c.html">"Time to underpin Wikipedia wisdom"</a></div> <p>"The key challenge for the scholarly community [...] is to work actively with Wikipedia to strengthen its role in 'pre-research.' We need to build stronger links from its entries to more advanced resources that have been created and maintained by the academy." </p> <div style="font-size:smaller;margin-top:0.2em" class="attribution">—Casper Grathwohl, Oxford University Press, <i>The Chronicle of Higher Education</i>, 7 January 2011 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/125899/">"Wikipedia Comes of Age"</a></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;margin:0 auto 1em auto"> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Scotland.central.geological.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Scotland.central.geological.jpg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Scotland.central.geological.jpg/84px-Scotland.central.geological.jpg" decoding="async" width="84" height="82" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Scotland.central.geological.jpg/126px-Scotland.central.geological.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Scotland.central.geological.jpg/168px-Scotland.central.geological.jpg 2x" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Britain_Before_the_First_World_War_Q104186.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Britain Before the First World War Q104186.jpg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Britain_Before_the_First_World_War_Q104186.jpg/130px-Britain_Before_the_First_World_War_Q104186.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="78" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Britain_Before_the_First_World_War_Q104186.jpg/195px-Britain_Before_the_First_World_War_Q104186.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Britain_Before_the_First_World_War_Q104186.jpg/260px-Britain_Before_the_First_World_War_Q104186.jpg 2x" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Bacon_Great_Instauration_frontispiece.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Bacon Great Instauration frontispiece.jpg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Bacon_Great_Instauration_frontispiece.jpg/55px-Bacon_Great_Instauration_frontispiece.jpg" decoding="async" width="55" height="83" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Bacon_Great_Instauration_frontispiece.jpg/83px-Bacon_Great_Instauration_frontispiece.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Bacon_Great_Instauration_frontispiece.jpg/110px-Bacon_Great_Instauration_frontispiece.jpg 2x" /></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"I think everyone in principle would like to see more integration of Wikipedia and university History, as a way of bringing academic research out of the ivory tower and into public attention, and equipping our students for the digital world." </p> <div style="font-size:smaller;margin-top:0.2em" class="attribution">-Charles West (University of Sheffield), May 2018 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2018/05/wikipedia-in-the-history-classroom/">"Wikipedia in the History Classroom"</a></div> <p>"Perhaps other academic societies and professional bodies can contribute to upgrading and extending Wikipedia entries. [...] [T]he advent of several geoscientific Wikipedians would greatly enhance Wikipedia's geological coverage, to the benefit of all." </p> <div style="font-size:smaller;margin-top:0.2em" class="attribution">—Brian Whalley (University of Sheffield) <i>Ariadne</i>, July 2012 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue69/whalley">"Wikipedia: Reflections on Use and Acceptance in Academic Environments"</a></div> <p>"Wikipedia is one of the great and lasting achievements of this century and typifies the Digital Enlightenment. It epitomises so much – cooperation, democracy, meritocracy, innovation, challenge to authority. It represents the dream of the <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A9die" class="extiw" title="w:Encyclopédie">Encyclopédie</a> of <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Diderot" class="extiw" title="w:Denis Diderot">Denis Diderot</a> and <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_le_Rond_d%27Alembert" class="extiw" title="w:Jean le Rond d'Alembert">Jean le Rond d’Alembert</a>. [...] When the cultural history of this century is written, Wikipedia will have the same place as the Encyclopédie." </p> <div style="font-size:smaller;margin-top:0.2em" class="attribution">—Peter Murray-Rust (University of Cambridge) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/03/wikipedia-and-the-digital-enlightenment/">Blog post</a>, March 2014</div> <table style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;margin:0 auto 1em auto"> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:CMS_Higgs-event.jpg" class="image"><img alt="CMS Higgs-event.jpg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/CMS_Higgs-event.jpg/76px-CMS_Higgs-event.jpg" decoding="async" width="76" height="70" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/CMS_Higgs-event.jpg/114px-CMS_Higgs-event.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/CMS_Higgs-event.jpg/152px-CMS_Higgs-event.jpg 2x" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:SO10.svg" class="image"><img alt="SO10.svg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/SO10.svg/76px-SO10.svg.png" decoding="async" width="76" height="76" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/SO10.svg/114px-SO10.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/SO10.svg/152px-SO10.svg.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:First_neutrino_observation.jpg" class="image"><img alt="First neutrino observation.jpg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/First_neutrino_observation.jpg/90px-First_neutrino_observation.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="70" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/First_neutrino_observation.jpg/135px-First_neutrino_observation.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/First_neutrino_observation.jpg/180px-First_neutrino_observation.jpg 2x" /></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"Dear Wikipedia, I want to thank you and to compliment you on your service. 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