Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales names Farkhad Fatkullin as the 2018 Wikimedian of the year.... Read more

The Wikimedia community in Estonia has partnered with several museums in the country to help unveil their collections through Wikimedia projects. The first virtual art exhibition, focusing on art from World War I, saw unprecedented success on the Estonian Wikipedia. In addition, this week’s news in brief include updates about the Wikipedia Library’s newest star coordinator, a WikiGap event... Read more

Tanya Capuano brings deep expertise in technology, organizational strategy, and financial planning and analysis to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees... Read more

First ever Wikimania in sub-Saharan Africa will be held in Cape Town, bringing together more than 700 people to discuss how to improve the diversity of knowledge represented on Wikipedia and Wikimedia sites.
Key participants include Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Katherine Maher, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, as well as notable thought leaders from across Africa and the world.... Read more

Our newly-released transparency report highlights the requests we received in the first half of 2018.... Read more

The Wikimedia Foundation and Switzerland-based Kiwix announce a global collaboration to increase offline access to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia sites. ... Read more

Old televisions are being repurposed to run offline versions of Wikipedia.... Read more

Interviews with Wikimedians from emerging communities from Africa, Asia and Latin America, sharing their experiences of Wikimedia Conference 2018 and what the free knowledge movement means to them.... Read more

How censorship can backfire and conversations can go awry; Wikipedians ‘driven by a sense of mission’, according to researchers.
With contributions by: Tilman Bayer, Bri, Barbara Page, and Maik Stührenberg... Read more