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The metamorphosis of Wiki Loves Butterfly
The so-called “Butterfly Wikimedian” created Wiki Loves Butterfly, a two-year effort to improve Wikimedia’s coverage of butterflies in West Bengal.... Read more
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How the discovery and sharing of trusted information have evolved
The Wikimedia Foundation recently hosted three “brown bag” discussions with experts on the evolving history of knowledge sharing.... Read more
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Editing to change the world: Vinicius Siqueira
Vinicius Siqueira has been contributing to Wikipedia for a decade, during which he has made thousands of edits online and led successful offline initiatives to train fellow students to edit. ... Read more
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It’s time to protect the public domain!
The public domain is an important pillar of free knowledge, creativity and innovation and an indispensable counterweight to exclusive rights on intellectual property. Yet, unlike exclusive rights, it is not adequately protected.... Read more
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Why I was the Visiting Wikimedian at Wikimedia Germany
David Saroyan is the Project Manager of Wikimedia Armenia. Through Wikimedia Germany’s Visiting Wikimedian program, he helped plan the 2017 Wikimedia Conference, held earlier this year in Berlin.... Read more
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Community digest: Egypt Wikimedians encourage Arabic Wikipedia newcomers with a writing contest; news in brief
By joining the Wikimedia Egypt Prize contest, 30 beginner editors have developed their editing skills and created nearly 500 new articles on the Arabic Wikipedia. In addition, this week’s news in brief includes updates about Wikidata, education program in the Basque, Wiki Loves Earth and more. ... Read more
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Why, after twelve years, I still write about hurricanes and tropical cyclones on Wikipedia
Andrew Hink was convinced that he would be a meteorologist. Billy Joel changed those plans, but Hink’s interest in weather never disappeared.... Read more
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Wikimedia Research Newsletter, March 2017
Utopian bubbles: Can Wikipedians create value outside of the capitalist system?
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Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA: Why we’re here and where we’re going
The Wikimedia Foundation’s mission is to support the communities of readers and contributors who share and consume information on Wikipedia and the other free-knowledge projects. Privacy and anonymity are crucial to the free sharing of knowledge. Mass surveillance erodes our privacy and individualism, and undermines our expressive and associational freedoms. ... Read more
