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Wikimedia Research Newsletter, November 2016
Privacy risks as perceived by Tor users and Wikipedians, and other recent research... Read more
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Introducing Montage, the web platform used to help judge the world’s largest photo competition
Imagine, for a moment, organizing and judging a competition with a quarter of a million contestants. How do you prescribe a standard process without recommending standard tools, and how do you build standard tools without a standard process? This year, the international team of Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) organizers set out to quash this chicken-and-egg problem.... Read more
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Death, politics, and Vincent van Gogh: 2016 as seen through the lens of Wikipedia
Which English Wikipedia articles were edited most in 2016? Find out what captured editors’ interests.... Read more
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Wikipedia will talk to you: Wikispeech
The development of Wikispeech, a new MediaWiki extension, has started, and by 2017 Wikipedia should be able to talk to you. The project will bring together existing language resources and develop a functioning text-to-speech solution for Swedish, English and Arabic.... Read more
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Community digest: Wiki Loves Earth winner helps promote free knowledge in Serbia; news in brief
Čedomir Žarković’s first-place photo in the international Wiki Loves Earth photo competition made him into a viral star in Serbia. In addition, this week’s news in brief includes results of Wiki Women Prize and the Archives Challenge, registration for Wikimedia Poland winter meeting is open, Afilliations Committtee calls for volunteers and more.... Read more
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News on Wikipedia: Wikipedians track the Dakota Access Pipeline
The Dakota Access Pipeline has been the subject of significant controversy in recent months. Wikipedians are chronicling the story as it unfolds with neutral and factual information.... Read more
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Twelve community-led projects awarded Project Grants
Selected from a field of 22 applications, the projects focus on software, offline outreach, and online organizing.... Read more
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Winning photos in world’s largest photography contest reveal a world of monuments—and the volunteers who love them
The top fifteen photos of Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 reveal a world of monuments, lovingly depicted by volunteers.... Read more
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Community digest: Wiki Loves Africa, because Wikipedia is a place for everyone; news in brief
Wiki Loves Africa is back with ‘music and dance’ as a theme for this year’s competition. Grab your camera and get ready to document the culture of this splendid continent. In addition, this week’s news in brief includes Wikipedia content gets ready for a trip to the moon, Wikimania scholarship committee is open for volunteers, and more. ... Read more