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Wikimedia Highlights from January 2015
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- Wikipedia turns 14, receives prestigious Erasmus Prize 2015
- Civility, Wikipedia, and the conversation on Gamergate
- How high school student Jack Andraka used Wikipedia to research a new test for cancer
- Wellcome Library donates 100,000 medical images to Wikimedia Commons
- Senior citizens learn to edit Wikipedia in the Czech Republic
- Try Content Translation: A quick way to create new articles from other languages
- Weekly edit-a-thons help create new articles about women and literature in Sweden
(The Wikimedia Highlights issues from some recent months have not been distributed via this notice, but can be found in the archive.)
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Wikimedia Highlights from February 2015
[edit]- Love on the Wikis
- A WikiLove story
- Who links to Wikipedia?
- What is Wikipedia Zero? (VIDEO)
- Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation
- Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps
- Wiki Loves Africa photo contest announces winning pictures
A new reference tool
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Wikimedia Highlights from March 2015
[edit]- Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA to challenge upstream mass surveillance
- Womens History Month
- Growing free knowledge through open data
- Raspberry Pi in Masekelo: Bringing Wikipedia to a school without electricity
- Wikimedia Foundation adopts Open Access Policy to support free knowledge
- Welcome new members of Wikimedia Foundation
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Wikimedia Highlights from April 2015
[edit]- New features on Wikipedia iOS app help readers access, explore, and share knowledge
- Wiki Learning holds massive edit-a-thon at Tec de Monterrey in Mexico City
- The first Wikipedia TV spots and awareness campaign in Cameroon (VIDEO)
- Celebrity photographer Allan Warren shares the big shots on Wikipedia
- Introducing the new Wikipedia store
- A Wikimedian asks European Parliament members for copyright reform
- Join Wiki Loves Earth 2015: help capture our natural heritage
The Wikipedia Library needs you!
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Wikimedia Highlights from May 2015
[edit]- Meet the Inspire grantees working to increase gender diversity on Wikimedia
- A dark side of comedy: John Oliver asks TV viewers to vandalize Wikipedia articles on U.S. politicians
- Fundraising made in Germany: lessons learned by Wikimedia Deutschland
- Editing the Uzbek Wikipedia: Kamarniso Vrandečić
- First ever WikiArabia conference gathers Wikipedians in Tunisia to connect and share experiences
- Wikimania and the differences between online and offline cultures
Wikimedia Highlights from June 2015
[edit]- These Texans are on a quest to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of their state’s revolution
- Securing access to Wikimedia sites with HTTPS
- 7,473 volumes at 700 pages each: meet Print Wikipedia
- Record featured article author recommends five Wikipedia articles
- How English Wikipedia covered Caitlyn Jenner’s transition
- Preserving Wikipedia citations for the future: Geoffrey Bilder
Wikimedia Highlights from July 2015
[edit]- Konkani Wikipedia goes live
- “Becoming involved in making the changes you want to see”: Leigh Thelmadatter
- Wikidata, coming soon to a menu near you
- Wikimedians urge the EU to protect freedom of panorama
- ACLU files amended complaint on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation
- Get the latest Wikipedia updates easily with IFTTT
Wikimedia Highlights from August 2015
[edit]- Hundreds of “black hat” English Wikipedia accounts blocked following investigation
- The Hunt for Tirpitz
- My life as an autistic Wikipedian
- Content Translation updates from Wikimania 2015
- Using Wikipedia to preserve indigenous languages of Colombia
- When cultural heritage gets a digital life
Wikimedia Highlights from August 2015
[edit]- Hundreds of “black hat” English Wikipedia accounts blocked following investigation
- The Hunt for Tirpitz
- My life as an autistic Wikipedian
- Content Translation updates from Wikimania 2015
- Using Wikipedia to preserve indigenous languages of Colombia
- When cultural heritage gets a digital life
Wikimedia Highlights from September 2015
[edit]- Drone photography of Versailles
- Wikimedia project milestones: Swedish Wikipedia hits 2 million
- What I Learned: Wikipedia Education Program in Argentina
- In September, we love monuments
- Reimagining the Wikimedia Foundation’s grants
- Wikipedia’s very active editor numbers have stabilized—delve into the data with us
- Should I pay for a Wikipedia article?
Wikimedia Highlights from October 2015
[edit]- Wikipedia’s global impact recognized with Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award ceremony
- Creating change one step at a time: Miguel Zuñiga Gonzalez
- Your October milestones include Wikidata’s 15 millionth item
- District court grants government’s motion to dismiss Wikimedia v. NSA, appeal expected
- Making Chinese Wikipedia more ethnologically diverse
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Wikimedia Highlights from December 2015
[edit]- Wikipedia celebrates 15 years of free knowledge
- Fifteen years ago, Wikipedia was a very different place: Magnus Manske
- Making our pageview data easily accessible
- In brief
Wikimedia Highlights from January 2016
[edit]- Content Translation tool has now been used for 50,000 articles
- Who edits Wikipedia?
- “Wikipedia is a testament to what we can create together as a global community”: Sara Mörtsell
- In brief
Wikimedia Highlights from March 2016
[edit]- The new alchemy: turning online harassment into Wikipedia articles on women scientists
- New completion suggester helps you find what you need on Wikimedia sites
- Jimmy Wales tells South by Southwest that community is key to Wikipedia’s future
- In brief
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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!
[edit]Hello, Dick Bos. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.
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