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Nov 16, 2021

There is more to the internet than Big Tech platforms run by multinational corporations. We should know. Join us in calling on European lawmakers to take a more nuanced approach to internet regulation and ensure the #DSA protects

: wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/11/1

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I Look For the Weirdest and Wildest Things on Wikipedia. Here’s What I’ve Learned.

Jan 29

When was the last time you fell down a Wikipedia rabbit hole? �?�🕳️ Wikipedia super fan Annie Rauwerda turned her fascination with fun and obscure articles into

@depthsofwiki

, an Instagram account with over half a million followers.

vice.com

From a tortoise that saved his species by having lots of sex to killings attributed to a Frank Sinatra song, “Depths of Wikipedia” digs up the most bizarre Wiki facts.

Wikimedia Education

@WikimediaEdu

Jan 25

Happy Tuesday, friends! �?�️ Do you have stories, ideas, tools, or programs that you want to share with the education community in the

Wikimedia México and 9 others

movement? Use our community showcase & connection space during #EduWikiWeek2022 to highlight your work. meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education

Creating a Culture of Online Safety: Wikipedia’s Security team rises to new cyber challenges

Jan 28

We are living in a time with the greatest number of threats to free and open-source knowledge. This #DataPrivacyDay, learn how we're getting ahead of these challenges and fostering a culture of security, with support from

@CraigNewmark

Philanthropies.

medium.com

You don’t recognize how important security systems are until they are broken…

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@josephseddon

Jan 13

Huge shout out to the

Foundation legal team. wikimediafoundation.org/about/transpar

Wiki Workshop 2022

@wikiworkshop

Jan 27

📢We are beyond excited to announce our keynote speaker at #WikiWorkshop2022: Lawrence

@lessig

! More info here: wikiworkshop.org/2022/#speakers

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Jan 27

The building of bridges between Wikimedia and libraries often takes a lot of experimentation and adaptation to local conditions. Explore how the #1Lib1Ref ("One Librarian, One Reference") campaign has evolved in Romania over the years, via

@subsublibrary

#1Lib1Ref Journal: Healing “professional trauma” in postcommunist Romanian libraries

Librarians editing Wikipedia pages during at 1lib1ref event organized at The Metropolitan Library in Bucharest in 2018, CC BY-SA 4.0 It’s that time of year when Wikimedians and librarians across th…

shares the story of one of Australia’s longest running and most successful Wikipedia equity projects, the Australian Paralympic History Project. responsible for over 1000 new

AUS Paralympic Team and Paralympics Australia CEO

pages.

The Right to a Healthy Environment is the most recent human right to be recognized by the

@UN

– and it is also the focus of the #WikiForHumanRights 2022 campaign. We need your help to organize it. Learn more.

Join #WikiForHumanRights2022 Upcoming Regional Support/Conversation Hours

Group Photo from #WikiForHumanRights December 14th conversation hour The #WikiForHumanRights Campaign, in collaboration with United Nations Human Rights and the UN Environment Programme, is back an…

WikiDonne

@WikiDonne

Jan 12

Filling the #gendergap is not only a quantity question, but is also about quality. Three women & LGBT+ articles written by user LorManLor during our campaigns

@WikiFolklore

and

@InterwikiWomenC

were recognized as Good articles in Italian

Wikimedia Foundation and 9 others

and have now the silver star >

What is your favorite photo? 👉🏽 See all the winners.

medium.com

It’s all about the beauty in the details with the Wiki Loves Earth 2021 photo contest

You can almost sense the stillness on a beach in Portugal, feel the fog rolling past the hills in Turkey’s Pontic Mountains, and experience…

10: The United Arab Emirates took part in the contest for the first time this year and placed on the winner’s list with this special shot. A flamingo is caught in mid-flight in Ras Al Kohr wildlife sanctuary, its lean body poised while searching for a spot to land. 📷 Srivath

9: A common frog simultaneously blends in and stands out amongst the auburn leaves on the ground. It stares out with orange eyes in Germany’s Palatinate Forest. One of the jurors says that “the focus of the photographer to capture the moment is extraordinary.” 📷 Stephan Sprinz

8: A feral pigeon emerges from the trees in Chitwan National Park in Nepal. The photographer captures the perfect, mid-flight moment as the rain showers around them and their subject. 📷 Mildeep

7: Baya weavers, known for their elaborate woven nests, hover around their homes. The photo seems to be captured amid the action — two wings are still flapping, another’s beak is latching open, maybe to let out a bellow or fix its nest? Nevertheless, a stunning moment. 📷 Mildeep

6: Three female Sika deer discover they are being watched in their snowy terrain, located in the Kremenets Mountains National Nature Park in Western Ukraine. The photo depicts a calm environment, one that seems almost separate from humans entirely. 📷 Byrdyak

5: A leaf beetle peeks through a hole in its food to say hello. The details of the photo stand out clearly to the observer. The delicate precipitation on the leaf, the bright green of the plant, and the sharp yellow of the beetle create a sharp contrast of colors. 📷 Mildeep

4: Carrhotus xanthogramma, known as jumping spiders, takes shelter in between the leaves of a plant. Taken in the Acquerino Cantagallo Natural Reserve in Italy, these spiders enjoy warm environments, their preferred habitat found in brushes, and tree trunks. 📷 Andrea Fabiani Ph

3: Dipsas, a small to medium-sized, non-venomous snake, stares back with its captivating eyes. Taken in Brazil’s Serra do Mar State Park, one of the international jurors explains this photo: “the snake’s eyes snatches the eye so you can’t look away”. 📷 RafaelMenegucci

2: A brown-throated sunbird latches onto the stem of a flower, its colorful feathers creating a contrast against the reds, yellows, and greens of its meal. The jury notes how the sharp colors capture any observer to look twice. 📷 Domzjuniorwildlife

1: An Arianta arbustorum, a medium-size land snail, carefully balances itself on a dandelion flower in the Ropsha Forest, located in Russia. One of the international jurors praises this photo as “wonderful, very sharp, with a wonderful color palette” 📷 Мария Обидина

The annual

photography competition produces some of the most beautiful and awe-inspiring photos of Earth, its nature, animals, and more. See some of the incredible 2021 winners in this thread ⬇️👀 (All photos CC BY-SA 4.0)

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It’s all about the beauty in the details with the Wiki Loves Earth 2021 photo contest

You can almost sense the stillness on a beach in Portugal, feel the fog rolling past the hills in Turkey’s Pontic Mountains, and experience…

On this day 20 years ago, MediaWiki—the software that powers

and so many other websites—was released. With support for 300+ languages and the ability to handle the world's largest websites, we can't wait to see the next 20.

mediawiki.org

MediaWiki

A lot to do here by

Foundation and the many volunteers to make

@wikipedia

more representative. Very glad

@womendonews

has taken on the mission of creating/enhancing Wikipedia profiles of notable women journalists. You (anyone) can help in this: mailchi.mp/ec98244cd698/w

Meet Carolyn McLeod (

@CarolynWMcLeod

), 👩🏼‍🏫 & feminist philosopher and bioethicist

@WesternU

. She is also the Chair

@PhilWestern

. New

article at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_M

Jan 24

Did you know that Wikimedia editors can freely use a whole host of reliable information sources? It is called

@WikiLibrary

, and it is now easier to access than ever.

The Wikipedia Library: Accessing free reliable sources is now easier than ever

Active editors can now make use of a cross-publisher search platform and a new interface design for The Wikipedia Library, which provides free access to research materials to improve your ability t…

Wikimedia México

@Wikimedia_mx

Jan 10

👇 Conoce los 5 pilares para que

sea una enciclopedia libre y confiable. w.wiki/4eKM

Jan 24

"Editors recognize all of the common climate denial myths, and most editors have a good feeling for misinformation red flags."—Femke Nijsse, Volunteer

Editor. Check out what editors are doing to combat climate misinformation ⬇️ bbc.com/news/blogs-tre

Jan 24

What is the history behind everything around you? If you enter your location on Wikipedia Around, it will share

Let’s hear it for achievable goals.

articles with places, events, and points of interests near you. Check it out in this

@nytimes

newsletter. 👇

nytimes.com

The New Year Begins

Jan 22

Have you ever needed to see an improvement in the functionality of the Wiki software? Do you have an idea for a new tool to make the platforms more usable and functional? Participating in the Community Wishlist Survey is just the way to make that happen.

What improvements in Wikimedia platforms would you like to see? Help the Wikimedia Foundation to...

Have you ever needed to see an improvement in the functionality of the Wiki software? Do you have an idea for a new tool to make the platforms more usable and functional? Should an existing tool be…

The Wikipedia Library/1Lib1Ref - Meta

The Wikipedia Library

@WikiLibrary

Jan 13

#1Lib1Ref celebrates the overlapping mission of librarians and Wikimedia to foster a more informed public. And you don’t need to be a librarian to join in that celebration! Anyone who has a passion for free knowledge and facts can join #1Lib1Ref.

meta.wikimedia.org

Jan 21

After spending two months speaking with 275 people from 55 countries,

@MaryanaIskander

shares the five "puzzles" that will shape her incoming priorities as the Wikimedia Foundation's new CEO.

Puzzles and Priorities: Reflections from Maryana’s Listening Tour

Maryana Iskander Four months ago today, I introduced myself as the incoming CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation. Two weeks following my first letter to you below, I launched a two-month listening tour.…

wikimediatech

@wikimediatech

Jan 14

Congratulations to Quarry, winner of the Developer category of the #CoolestToolAward! Quarry is a public querying interface for WikiReplicas, a set of live replica #SQL databases of public

Wikis. #OpenSource

#1Lib1Ref aims for every librarian to add one reference to

, but you don't have to be a librarian to participate. Want to be part of a global free knowledge movement? Now is your chance! More info 👉 w.wiki/44X

Wikimedians of the Caribbean

@wikicari

Jan 18

In honor of #MLKDay & in celebration of #Wikipedia day this week, join us this Saturday, Jan 22, 10AM EST, for the first

@WikiCari

#WikiEditorsLounge w/

@AfroCROWDit

on Civil and Human Rights. Edit w/a live

coach office hour style free! SignUp: docs.google.com/forms/d/1kaMGW

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afrocrowd.org

@afroCROWDit

· Jan 17

Did you know: #Wikipedia was founded on #MartinLutherKingJrDay January 15, 2001. Held on the third Monday of January, that year #MLKDay fell on Dr. King's actual birthday. We observe & honor King's continuing, unfinished legacy today & every day. #KnowledgeEmpowers #Access4all RT

UC San Diego Extension

@UCSDExtension

Jan 6

Calling all #scicomms writers! Great stories need great storytellers, and there are hundreds of #WomeninSTEM who need their stories told. Raise awareness about these wonderful role models and their work with our how-to guide to editing

How to Help Increase Women's Representation in STEM

articles.

extension.ucsd.edu

Wikipedia is a great way to help raise the profile of women in STEM. And you can help by editing or writing articles about them.

Jan 20

As EU lawmakers prepare to vote on the #DigitalServicesAct today, we urge them to adopt policies that promote and protect participation in digital society, as well as online civic spaces like