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Sep 13

It's the sound of facts. Inspiration. Knowledge. We're looking for a 📣 sound 📣 that will be heard whenever people listen to content from Wikimedia projects, such as

, on smart devices and more. Help us find it. Play your part: soundlogo.wikimedia.org #WikiSoundLogo

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The Paperclip

@Paperclip_In

Oct 5

The flash of a brilliant blue and a dazzling roll in the sky can hardly describe the aura of this prophetic bird of Dussehra. This fortune-teller once even helped CV Raman challenge the Tyndall Effect. Yet this exquisite bird faces an existential crisis. A thread. 1/19

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We asked the world what they think the #WikiSoundLogo should be... and the world listened! Now, you can hear a random sampling of qualifying submissions, get your groove on, and get inspired. LISTEN ⬇️

Wikimedia Sound Logo - The Sound of All Human Knowledge

We asked the world what they think our sound logo, The Sound of All Human Knowledge, should be—and the world listened. Now you can listen to qualifying submissions, get your groove on and get...

What is the sound of all human knowledge?

Provo Music Magazine

@provomusicmag

Sep 30

What is the sound of all human knowledge? And do you have the ability to create it?

@wikimedia

would like to know. Read more: provomusicmagazine.com/2022/09/30/wha #Provo #Utah #ProvoUtah #Music #IndieMusic #Wikipedia #Wikimedia

provomusicmagazine.com

And do you have the skill to create it?

Wikimedia España

@wikimedia_es

Sep 16

¿Te imaginas cómo puede ser el sonido de todo el conocimiento humano? Igual es muy ambicioso, pero la La Fundación

invita a crear El Sonido que represente a la suma del conocimiento humano 📅 Plazo: Hasta el 10 de octubre de 2022

Escuchando la llamada – empieza el concurso para el sonido de Wikimedia

Los proyectos Wikimedia son una invitación para todo el mundo a compartir la suma de todo el conocimiento humano. Pero ahora invitamos al mundo a crear El Sonido que represente a la Suma del Conoci…

Oct 4

Have you ever felt the righteous joy of arguing with a friend and being proven right with

? We are looking for a sound that represents that feeling. A sound logo, for all of Wikimedia. And you can play your part: soundlogo.wikimedia.org #WikiSoundLogo

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wikimediatech

@wikimediatech

Sep 28

The fourth edition of #CoolestToolAward is looking for nominations! What is the coolest #Wikimedia related tool & what makes it so awesome? Nominate your favourite tools until October 12! The top tools will be showcased in an online event: meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_T

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Ahmed Zidan

@zidanism

Sep 15

Attn audio aficionados out there! The cool guys

are inviting applicants to submit human sounds (1-4 seconds) that can be a “sound logo” for the movement, and sum up “the sound of all human knowledge.” How cool is that? 🤩 Deadline: Oct. 12

Wikimedia Sound Logo - The Sound of All Human Knowledge

Sound helps shape our perception and how we learn about the world around us. Some sounds are quite simple to identify, like the sound of a rocket launch or the sound of waves crashing against the...

Oct 3

In 2009, the world was introduced to the WikiReader, a gadget with the sole purpose of letting you read

A ragtag community is keeping this aughts Wikipedia gadget alive

anywhere, anytime. It has been off the market since 2014 – but it isn't really gone, explains

(of

) in

The WikiReader, a single-purpose gadget that holds all 6.5 million articles on English Wikipedia, launched in 2009.

Milena Velástegüi Auz

@AuzMilena

Sep 16

El movimiento

está buscando un sonido que identifique el contenido de sus proyectos, incluyendo la

. ¿Quieres participar? Más información: soundlogo.wikimedia.org/es #WikiSoundLogo

Logo sonoro Wikimedia - Cuál es el sonido de todo el conocimiento humano

El sonido influye en nuestra percepción y en el conocimiento del mundo que nos rodea. Algunos sonidos son muy sencillos de identificar, como el sonido del lanzamiento de un cohete o el de las olas...

Oct 2

Wikimedians! Would you like to learn about organizing impactful campaigns that bring in the next generation of contributors, while also making connections with peers around the world? The Organizer Lab might just be for you. 🙂

Announcing the Organizer Lab beta! Join the first cohort of training for Topics for Impact campaigns

Have you ever wondered how campaigns like #1lib1ref, Art+Feminism or Wiki Loves Folklore got started? In the last few years, the Movement Strategy process has emphasized the critical importance of …

Wikimedia México

@Wikimedia_mx

Sep 27

¿Aún no te animas a participar en la convocatoria de la Fundación

"El sonido de todo el conocimiento humano"? Aquí puedes leer sobre las etapas del concurso y tal vez encuentres un poco de inspiración. �?� #WikiSoundLogo 🔊 wikimediafoundation.org/es/2022/09/13/

Kristin Gourlay

@kristingourlay

Sep 16

Coolest contest ever.

@wikimedia

wants a sonic ID, something that will identify content from

, etc. Something better than hearing "according to Wikipedia" on Alexa. Something that says, "here's the sound of all human knowledge."

Wikimedia Sound Logo - The Sound of All Human Knowledge

Sound helps shape our perception and how we learn about the world around us. Some sounds are quite simple to identify, like the sound of a rocket launch or the sound of waves crashing against the...

Фонд Wikimedia розпочав конк�?р�?, �? яком�? треба �?творити «зв�?к �?�?іх люд�?ьких знань» • Mezha.Media

Oct 1

Have you heard? Creators from around the world are submitting entries to the #WikiSoundLogo contest! Want to learn more about why Wikimedia is exploring sonic branding? Check out the piece from

@MezhaMedia

mezha.media

В о�?танні роки компанії працюють не тільки над віз�?альним, але й над зв�?ковим �?тилем, який �?тає ча�?тиною їхнього бренда. Згадати хоча б вже такий звичний

Die

-Bewegung ist auf der Suche nach einem Sound, der Inhalte aus ihren Projekten, einschließlich

, identifiziert. Du möchtest mitmachen? Erfahre mehr darüber: soundlogo.wikimedia.org #WikiSoundLogo

Wikimedia Foundation, ACLU, and Knight Institute Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to NSA’s...

Oct 1

In the litigation, we are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (

@ACLU

), the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University (

@knightcolumbia

), and Cooley LLP (

@cooley_llp

). Learn more ⬇️ (3/3) #ForFreeKnowledge

wikimediafoundation.org

The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia, petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court today to review a challenge to the National Security Agency’s (NSA) mass surveillance of Americans…

This is the reason why we petitioned the US Supreme Court to review a challenge to the

@NSAGov

's mass surveillance of international web communications, internet messages, and private emails. (2/3)

grid.news

NSA and ACLU may face off in the Supreme Court over Wikipedia

At the heart of the case is a question about how broadly the government can invoke state secrets privilege to block civil cases from moving forward.

“We’ve always seen mass surveillance as a really significant threat to the privacy and free expression rights not just of Wikimedia users, but internet users in general.”—Our Senior Legal Manager

@jdbuatti

@gridnews

. 🧵⬇️ (1/3)

grid.news

NSA and ACLU may face off in the Supreme Court over Wikipedia

At the heart of the case is a question about how broadly the government can invoke state secrets privilege to block civil cases from moving forward.

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is running a #logo #contest. Wanna try your skills out? �?�💪�?

Wikimedia Sound Logo - The Sound of All Human Knowledge

Sound helps shape our perception and how we learn about the world around us. Some sounds are quite simple to identify, like the sound of a rocket launch or the sound of waves crashing against the...

Sep 30

The Sakizaya Wikimedia community decided to bravely “climb the mountain of Wikipedia”, only to find allies on the other side, with the same mission of strengthening their Indigenous culture and languages online. Revisit their journey. ⬇️

Are there still mountains beyond the 3rd Wikipedia ridgeline?

That was the question Tuku Tiway Sayuen asked in his Wikimania presentation about the Sakizaya community. The tribes of Hualien City warned against venturing beyond the third ridgeline in the west …

La Fundación

invita a crear "El Sonido" que represente a la suma del conocimiento humano. Un sonido, como la gota de agua de TED, que nos evoque los proyectos Wikimedia. 📅 Plazo: Hasta el 10 de octubre de 2022

Escuchando la llamada – empieza el concurso para el sonido de Wikimedia

आंदोलन एक �?सी ध्वनि की तलाश में ह�? जो

सहित उनकी परियोजनाओं से सामग्री की पहचान करे। अपनी भूमिका निभाना चाहते ह�?ं? और जानें: soundlogo.wikimedia.org/hi #WikiSoundLogo

विकिमीडिया ध्वनि लोगो - सर्व मानवों के ज्ञान की ध्वनि

ध्वनि हमारी धारणा, और हम अपने आसपास की द�?निया के बारे में क�?से सीखते ह�?ं, को आकार देने में सहायता करती ह�?। क�?छ ध्वनियों को पहचानना काफी आसान होता ह�?, ज�?से रॉकेट लॉन्च की ध्वनि या किनारे से टकराती...

“[

] is accepting submissions for a sound logo to identify Wikimedia properties when its puzzle-globe logo can’t, like when a voice assistant answers a question.” #ICYMI, we’re looking for our signature sound.

@TheHustle

has more. #WikiSoundLogo

thehustle.co

Why Wikipedia wants its own sound - The Hustle

The Wikimedia Foundation is holding a contest for an original sound logo to identify when its info is used.

Wikimedia Policy

@wikimediapolicy

Sep 13

Every month we share developments from around the world that shape people’s ability to participate in the free knowledge movement. In case you blinked this month, here are the topics that have kept the

Global Advocacy team busy.

Don’t Blink: Public Policy Snapshot for August 2022

Welcome to the “Don’t Blink” series! Every month we share developments from around the world that shape people’s ability to participate in the free knowledge movement. In case you blinked this mont…

Sep 29

Staff and volunteers represented the Wikimedia movement at the 2022

@RightsCon

, hosted by

@AccessNow

. Now, they share their views on the experience and how Wikimedia projects are closely connected to discussions on human rights in online spaces.

Takeaways from RightsCon �?22: A Conversation with Wikimedians

From top left to right. Alex Stinson by Sebastiaan ter Burg, �?Humans of the Commons at the Creative Commons Global Summit 2018’ on 13 April 2018, available via Commons, CC BY 2.0; Luisina Ferrante …

Emily (Hodkins) Maicon

@MeemsMeOn

Love this call for entry!

Why Wikipedia wants its own sound - The Hustle

wants a sound! So what does knowledge sound like anyway? #sonicbranding is sooo important yet often unconsciously goes unnoticed. thehustle.co/09142022-Wikip via

@TheHustle

thehustle.co

The Wikimedia Foundation is holding a contest for an original sound logo to identify when its info is used.

Melle Kromhout

@MelleKromhout

Sound people, pay attention:

is asking for submissions for a Wikimedia sound logo: the sound of all human knowledge? #WikiSoundLogo #SoundStudies

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Wikipedia

Sep 13

Have you ever asked a smart device a question? If yes, you probably got an answer from Wikipedia without knowing it. People deserve to know where their info is coming from. That’s why @Wikimedia launched the #WikiSoundLogo competition. Play your part: soundlogo.wikimedia.org

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US courts must stop shielding government surveillance programs from accountability | Patrick Toomey...

Sep 28

Read the full analysis of the issue ⬇️ (4/4)

theguardian.com

The NSA’s surveillance of Americans’ internet use raises serious constitutional concerns, but the government claims a lawsuit against the program would compromise �?state secrets’

“Unless the supreme court steps in, the state secrets privilege will continue to be a �?get out of jail free’ card for the government – enabling it to violate the constitution with impunity by invoking secrecy.”—

and

(3/4)

Upstream surveillance is a practice where the

@NSAGov

monitors international web communications, internet messages, and private emails of American citizens – violating the privacy rights of

US courts must stop shielding government surveillance programs from accountability | Patrick Toomey...

users worldwide (2/4)

Last month, we petitioned the US Supreme Court to review a challenge to the

@NSAGov

's “Upstream” mass surveillance. Now, our case representatives

@ACLU

and

@knightcolumbia

explain in

@guardian

why the surveillance raises constitutional concerns. (1/4)

theguardian.com

The NSA’s surveillance of Americans’ internet use raises serious constitutional concerns, but the government claims a lawsuit against the program would compromise �?state secrets’

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EIMBⓗ

@EmsieLeij

I played my part and entered the Sound of All Human Knowledge contest—a collaborative effort to find a sound logo for

projects, like

soundlogo.wikimedia.orgWikimedia Sound Logo - The Sound of All Human KnowledgeSound helps shape our perception and how we learn about the world around us. Some sounds are quite simple to identify, like the sound of a rocket launch or the sound of waves crashing against the...

. Learn more ⬇️ #WikiSoundLogo

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Codecademy

@Codecademy

Sep 26

Cool job alert! Olga Vasileva is the Lead Product Manager for

, the nonprofit that hosts

. Here are the coding skills that will help you be a successful Product Manager and tips for contributing to Wikimedia projects. bit.ly/3UwLmAL

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How to search for images you can (legally) use for free

Sep 28

Need an image for a project, but can't find one?

@verge

lists different ways of searching for free images – including on Wikimedia Commons, a collaborative media repository that contains over 87 million free-to-use media files.

theverge.com

Here’s how you can find copyright-free images online.

Wikimedia Chile

@wikimedia_cl

🎶¡Atención Wikimedistas! El movimiento

@wikimedia

está buscando el sonido que represente la suma del conocimiento humano, y que identifique todo el contenido de sus proyectos. ⬇️¿Te interesa participar? Conoce los detalles aquí:

Escuchando la llamada – empieza el concurso para el sonido de Wikimedia

“

has received a community support grant from Wikimedia. The group tells us how the grant is distributed to promote various mission-aligned programs in Nigeria.” w.wiki/5j6h

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WikiCiv

@Wikimedia_CIV

Sep 21

@WikimediaNG a reçu une subvention de soutien communautaire de Wikimedia. Le group nous explique comment est repartie la subvention pour promouvoir divers programmes alignés sur la mission au Nigeria. diff.wikimedia.org/2022/09/20/wik

Could

be the perfect sidekick for your next vacation? 🏖️

@AFARMedia

explains how Wikipedia is one of a couple “ultimate travel planning tools.”

afar.com

Why Google Flights and Wikipedia (Yep!) Are a Traveler’s Best Friends

If used correctly, these two websites can be the ultimate travel planning tools.

WikiResearch

@WikiResearch

Sep 26

📢Are you a Wikimedia researcher, or interested in becoming one?