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  1. Pinned Tweet
    18 Oct 2018

    In the today, our executive director writes: "We may not be able to change how society values women, but we can change how women are seen, and ensure that they are seen to begin with. That’s a start."

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  2. Retweeted
    Mar 4

    Very excited to announce our line-up of amazing speakers for the at ! Looking forward to seeing you all in San Francisco on May 14th. 🌉

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  3. Mar 1

    Independent Wikimedia affiliates are doing fascinating work all around the world. Here's one example from France.

    Avec notre aide, des doctorants Lillois enrichissent depuis 9 ans déjà ! Depuis 2009, un partenariat unit et la afin d’amener des doctorants à contribuer. Plus d'infos sur le blog →
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  4. Retweeted
    Feb 28

    "By making this data and media free, students and teachers around the world can use the material for their schoolwork, Wikimedians can illustrate Wikipedia articles, scholars and programmers can analyze the collections."

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  5. Mar 1

    We cannot support an EU Directive that, at its core, aims to radically control the sharing of information online.

    We do not support the EU Directive in its current form.
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  6. Feb 27

    The organizing team and have announced the official theme of Wikimania 2019: "Strengthening each other: Wikimedia, free knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals." The keynote will be given by .

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  7. Feb 26

    A few months ago, people across the world were asked “What is Wikimedia”? Almost no one answered correctly. That's led to this question: should we instead center our brand system around , one of the world’s best-known brands?

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  8. Retweeted
    Feb 20

    Do you have a little spare time on 8 March? Help us bridge the digital divide on ! Join and for our editathon and write the stories of overlooked women! Register online now ➡️

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  9. Feb 20

    With the help of our Developer Advocacy Team, students from around the globe are paired with Wikimedia mentors to compete in Google Code-in.

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  10. Feb 18

    Researchers from trialed a pilot project in the Quechua-speaking regions of to bring to areas with little to no access to the internet.

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  11. Retweeted
    Feb 18

    The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed next Wednesday, February 20, 2019, at 11:30 AM PST/19:30 UTC! Two talks on our program this month: (1/4)

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  12. Retweeted
    Feb 14

    Knowledge Gaps. Knowledge Integrity. Foundations. The Research team just published three white papers with directions to further the 2030 movement strategy goals. Share your feedback and questions:

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  13. Feb 14

    What kind of research that will be necessary to further our 2030 strategic direction of "knowledge equity" and "knowledge as a service"? Here's 's thoughts.

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  14. Feb 13

    The Wikimedia Summit in Berlin has a new name and a strategy-focused aim.

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  15. Retweeted
    Feb 12

    This changes everything! Excited to join and this organization of committed leaders. The movement of free knowledge is one that I am honored to serve.

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  16. Feb 12

    We are thrilled to announce that we've appointed global operations expert Janeen Uzzell as our Chief Operating Officer. Learn more:

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  17. Retweeted
    Feb 11

    gets lots of traffic but we had no idea what JavaScript errors our users were experiencing. This is a little better now, but our recent tooling choice may surprise you...

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  18. Feb 11

    There’s a treasure trove of knowledge, lived experience, and art from over nine decades ago at your fingertips. What will you make?

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  19. Feb 7

    The results showed high support for our mission and strong interest in contributing to Wikimedia projects. There was only one problem: almost no one surveyed understood what Wikimedia actually means.

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  20. Retweeted
    Feb 7

    good and balanced analysis of the overall effect of the proposed directive on access to knowledge online by our friends from :

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  21. Retweeted
    Feb 7

    This is momentous. Zachte's work has told us how to understand this immense project. The stats are foundational for every piece of outreach, technical planning, & research that we do at .

    As Erik Zachte () retires from 10+ years of service to the Wikimedia movement as "the stats master making sense of Wikipedia's massive data trove" (Wired), please join me in celebrating his work 🙌
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