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The 2022 edition of is open! This year's theme is Home and Habitat. Get your camera, take photos of *your* Africa, and upload entries until 15 April.
Learn more about #WikiLovesAfrica: wikilovesafrica.net📷 Mohamed Elfatih Hamadien, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Thanks to an edit-a-thon organized by , Spanish Wikipedia readers can now learn about "trailblazing labor activist and politician" María Jesús Guirado.
Learn more about the event and its impact.
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Kumasi are you ready? 🤗
I am pleased to invite you to the Twi translatewiki workshop on Saturday, 19th February 2022.
Register here: bit.ly/TWI-WIKI
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#WikiGap's addressing of 's gender gap is "more than just an event: it has grown to be a movement in itself," says , from .
If you are interested in hosting an event and making a difference, take a look.
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With , , and artists, we're expanding the visual representation of Black, Indigenous, and people of color on and beyond. Learn how #WikiUnseen is advancing knowledge equity and making hidden figures seen 👇🏽 #OpenTheKnowledge
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This #BlackHistoryMonth, help create and improve articles about Black women on . New and seasoned editors alike are invited to join all month long!
👉🏿 Learn how you can help: w.wiki/4n3R
📷 WomenArtistUpdates, (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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In 2021, 34 countries and territories joined in, including the United Arab Emirates and Wales for the first time.
📷 Fifth place: Adyagustian, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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WLE aims to highlight the conservation and protected areas of its participating countries.
📷 Fourth place: Engin Tavlı, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Held from May to June, WLE is organized by volunteers in the Wikimedia community.
📷 Third place: Nojos88, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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WLE is an annual contest that produces some of the most beautiful and awe-inspiring photos of Earth, its nature, animals, and more.
📷 Second place: Dario.brollo, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Portugal, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Indonesia are the stage for the winning images of the 2021 (WLE) photography competition, in the "Landscapes" category.
📷 First place: Luis Afonso, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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For #WikiUnseen, we invited , an illustrator from NY, to recreate the likeness of May Miller—an American poet, educator, and the most widely published female playwright of the Harlem Renaissance.
See her face, know her story: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Miller
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Love Culture? ♥️ Share Culture! 🤲
📢 Calling all artists! Today, we're excited to launch #CCSharesCulture, our new Open Culture Remix Art Contest, to celebrate #BetterSharing of cultural heritage throughout the world.
ℹ️ More info👉 bit.ly/3BhWF6G
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"The Wikimedia community doesn't speak about truth and falsehoods. They speak about verifiability, neutral point of view, and original research."
Learn how disinformation is tackled on , via our Kate Levan & , with .
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"We all have something to say and to contribute to Wikipedia," says Executive Director of , Mónica Bonilla-Parra, and librarian and doctoral student David Ordóñez.
For them, it's writing Colombian women scientists into .
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🦉Final stats of the #1lib1ref campaign in Catalan ():
We've DOUBLED our last year's record!
4.425 references added!!
(2.172 in 2021)
6th most active language of the world.
THANK YOU ALL!!!
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquiproj
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Read about Feminism and Folklore, a writing competition from 1st February till 31st March on with the theme of Folk, Women and LGBTQ at Diff Blogs.
diff.wikimedia.org/2022/02/15/tak
#wikimediablogs #FeminismAndFolklore2022
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We’re kicking off the week with good news: we’re launching the first-ever State of the Internet’s Languages report next week, on Feb 23! 🙌🏾
Here's what you need to know about our project with and , with contributions in 13 languages, + how you can join us 🧵
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In partnership with , we are presenting a workshop about the global climate crisis called “Race to Net Zero.” You can join the interactive, team-building session and be a part of the discussion. Learn how.
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“Amplifying Black and Diverse Histories” is the Goal of Wikimedia’s New “Wiki Unseen” Collaboration with Global Artists ow.ly/m5i650HS7of
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ICMY the video of our Jan 18th event with marking the 10th anniversary of ’s blackout to protest the dangerous SOPA/PIPA bills in US Congress is now online! vimeo.com/667914403/ebaa cc
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In the name of pushing ill-conceived proposals to address online harms, policymakers around the world are putting fundamental human rights at risk. Our legal team explains why this is happening and how it could impact .
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We protect and promote access to knowledge. Like many knowledge spaces, lacks visual representation — esp. of Black, Indigenous & ppl of color.
To change that, started a project w/ and . Discover #WikiUnseen ⬇️
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A recent survey showed that only 19% of Black women in the US felt represented on (vs. 60% of white men).
This #BlackHistoryMonth, learn more about this research and how we're working to improve equity on Wikimedia projects.
#OpenTheKnowledge
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We invited Esther Griffith, a visual artist based in Trinidad and Tobago, to create two portraits of historical figures whose images are missing from Wikipedia’s pages: Mercedes Richards and Asquith Xavier. Here are her thoughts about #WikiUnseen
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"Who will write our story for us if we don't?"
The 2022 Africa Wiki Challenge aims to close the content gap about African culture on and the web. Running from 23 May to 30 June, you can help organize the event, with .
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Creator of carves rubber stamps depicting concepts from different world cultures and then vectorizes them.
Have an iconic hobby of your own? Show us a unique craft you've made with icons and you could win a membership! buff.ly/34vUAaS
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For everyone with a question about and how it works, the Czech Republic's () Wikiclubs and Wikiporadnas provide answers.
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From first drafts to final art, we asked Esther Griffith, a visual artist based in Trinidad and Tobago, to document her journey to illustrating railroad worker Asquith Xavier for #WikiUnseen.
See the steps of her creative process below.
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Today is UN Day for Women in Science. To give women in science their rightful place in history and 🇸🇪 embassies in 🇨🇭🇩🇪🇦🇹 plan an editathon for articles on women in science in . Join the movement! #Wikigap More information here: bit.ly/3HMzrba
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We are calling for recommendations & input to select the next round of Equity Fund grantees.
The fund is an effort to break down the barriers to free knowledge experienced by Black, Indigenous, and communities of color around the world. #OpenTheKnowledge
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Like many other knowledge spaces, has a problem: it lacks visual representation, especially when it comes to Black, Indigenous, and people of color. To change that, we are starting a new initiative with and : #WikiUnseen.
unseen.wikimedia.org
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A new collaboration between Wikimedia's St. Petersburg user group and the Academy of Digital Technologies will train young people on how to use wiki technology. This can "become the basis of a person's career," says Reda Kerbouche of the user group.
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The has announced project #WikiUnseen.
A project that is highlighting Black people and others from the global majority who changed the world, but whose pictures could not be easily found.
Learn more unseen.wikimedia.org
Credit: Berlin Rosen for WMF CC BY SA 4.0
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Sending so much love to the #communications department for launching #WikiUnseen today in collaboration with and talented #artists from across the globe.
Check it out! It's beautiful ?
#BHM #OpenTheKnowledge #comms4good
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See their faces. Know their stories. This is #WikiUnseen: a project that is highlighting Black people and others from the global majority who changed the world, but whose pictures could not be easily found. Learn more: unseen.wikimedia.org
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This #BlackHistoryMonth, we've proudly partnered with and to launch #WikiUnseen and help visualize Black history by expanding the visual representation of people of African decent on and beyond.
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