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Mark your calendars! Singapore is calling...

@Wikimania

2023 will run from 16-19 August, in person and online. This year's theme is “Diversity. Collaboration. Future.” Get to know more about the Wikimedia movement’s flagship event. ⬇️

Wikimania 2023 dates announced

Mark your calendars! Singapore is calling. Wikimania 2023 will run from 16-19 August, in person and online. This edition’s theme is: “Diversity. Collaboration. Future.” Diversity. Wikimania will be…

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Calling all Wikimedia editors: We need your help to select a 📣 sound 📣 that will be heard whenever people listen to content from

and the other Wikimedia projects on smart devices and more. Play your part now: w.wiki/65Xf #WikiSoundLogo

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

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Dec 7

Aged around 50 at the time of his death, Volodymyr is survived by his 7-year-old son and his parents. If you would like to support Volodymyr’s family financially in helping care for his son, please contact info@wikimedia.org.ua. cc:

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Author of 13 published books, Volodymyr has received multiple literary awards. Since 2010, he created around 100 articles on Ukrainian Wikipedia, which have been viewed more than 150,000 times. He also contributed almost 4,000 edits. (2/3)

We are sad to share that, last week, we received confirmation that Ukrainian writer, activist, and longtime

volunteer Volodymyr Vakulenko had been killed by the Russian army during its invasion of Ukraine. (1/3)

Ukrainian writer and Wikipedian Volodymyr Vakulenko killed by Russian invaders

Early this week, we received confirmation that Ukrainian writer, activist and long-term Wikipedia volunteer Volodymyr Vakulenko had been killed by the Russian army during its invasion of Ukraine. V…

afrocrowd.org

@afroCROWDit

Nov 30

Join us Fri. December 16, 11AM-1:30PM EST to celebredit

on #BlackPioneers, especially those who started their notable work young (you decide what age that is!) and issues important to the world's #youth in support of #WikiVibrance 2022. Sign up: bit.ly/YGABACWikiVib2

Experience some of the world’s most beautiful places with Wiki Loves Earth 2022

Dec 7

A dramatic entrance to an island cave in Portugal, a camouflaged seahorse in Indonesia, and a star-filled sky over a volcanic crater lake Turkey. 🤩 These are just some of the stunning scenes captured by this year's

@WikiLovesEarth

photo contest winners.

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Think about that feeling you get when you are walking through pristine nature. Do you think it can be captured in a single photo?

New features on

are making it easy for everyone to edit, especially those contributing for the first time. Learn more – and get started!

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New Wikipedia editor features make it easy for everyone to contribute

If we want more kinds of people to edit Wikipedia, we need more kinds of ways to edit Wikipedia.

Dec 6

FYI: The Tuesday after the US Thanksgiving holiday is a date for “unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world.” Read more about Giving Tuesday on

GivingTuesday - Wikipedia

, and please consider making a donation. ⬇️

en.wikipedia.org

We are grateful to be listed by

@jhibbets

@opensourceway

alongside 17 other organizations in the open source community. #GivingTuesday has passed, but you can support free knowledge any time.

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Give back to open source on Giving Tuesday

Here are 18 ways to support and donate to free and open source organizations for Giving Tuesday.

Wikimedia Chile

@wikimedia_cl

Dec 6

¡Nos vemos hoy! No te pierdas esta conversación sobre el uso de imágenes sobre violencia de género en proyectos

👉6pm (hora 🇨🇱) Sigue la transmisión en vivo en el canal de Youtube de

@wikimedistas_uy

👩‍💻youtube.com/@Wikimedistasd

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WikiAcción Perú

@wikiaccionperu

Dec 5

Este martes 6/dic, compartiremos nuestra experiencia en el registro de las acciones por el #25N Transmisión en vivo desde el canal de youtube de @wikimedistasuy desde las 4 pm (hora Perú) y 6 pm (hora Uruguay). @WhoseKnowledge @wikimedia_cl

Dec 6

Dear Wikimedia contributors: #WikiSoundLogo voting is open now! You will be selecting a sound that will play whenever people listen to content from

Commons:Sound Logo Vote - Wikimedia Commons

and other Wikimedia projects on smart devices and more. Play your part and vote now.

commons.wikimedia.org

founder

was on

to discuss the UK Online Safety Bill, which will be debated in the House of Commons this week. "The internet is bigger than just the handful of major social media platforms. Internet regulation needs to reflect that reality."

#türkçevikipedi #vikipedi #türkçe #ansiklopedi #gönüllü #doğumgünü #20yıl #kutluolsun

Wikimedia Türkiye

@WikimediaTurkey

Dec 5

Türkçe Vikipedi 5 Aralık 2002'de yayımlanmaya başladı🧑‍💻🖥️🧠📚. Gönüllülerin emeği ile 500bindenfazla Türkçe Vikipedi maddesi üretildi❤️. Türkçe Vikipedi'nin 20. yaşı kutlu olsun!🥳

@wikimedia

Dec 5

Happy 20th birthday, Turkish Wikipedia! Since 5 December 2002, volunteers have added more than 529,000 articles to Vikipedi, the Turkish language edition of Wikipedia.

@WikimediaTurkey

celebrated this incredible milestone last week with the community and, obviously, cake.

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Dec 4

At the end of November, Wikimedia volunteers held a

edit-a-thon at Japan's OYA Soichi Library, which specializes in the cataloging and collection of various magazines. Check out what they learned. ⬇️

Revealing the uniqueness of Oya Soichi Library, a Japanese magazine library through editing...

On November 19 2022, an editathon named “WikipediaOYA” was held at Oya Soichi Library, a Japanese magazine library.

Dec 3

The Latin American and Caribbean Wikimedia community has been a part of the free knowledge movement for over a decade. The 42 countries in the region are home to 38,000 editors, five chapters, and eight user groups. ⬇️

Learning about Wikimedia in Latin America and the Caribbean

With 8% of the global population and 9% of global internet users, the Latin America and Caribbean region were one of the first areas of the movement that began collaborating together with a regiona…

Dec 2

“We hope this process can remain participatory and that we can bring everyone with us on this journey of ensuring that every human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge — openly, inclusively, safely, and equitably.” Learn more ➡️ medium.com/freely-sharing (12/12)

White text on black background. The journey to make Wikipedia's technology more equitable, step 10. Share the journey.

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“There is no such thing as done when it comes to inclusive product development.” (11/12)

White text on black background. The journey to make Wikipedia's technology more equitable, step 9. Reinforce that the work is never “done.”

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“It was important for us to not be anecdotal or provide made-up benchmarks numbers without understanding the context of each team’s available metrics capabilities and relevant platform audiences.” (10/12)

White text on black background. The journey to make Wikipedia's technology more equitable, step 8. Avoid assumptions, and enable teams to establish their own baselines.

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“Seven beta teams at varying phases in their development lifecycle agreed to adopt the Playbook and, for at least one stage of their development, attempt to complete each task in the framework and provide feedback on obstacles, successes, and learnings.” (9/12)

White text on black background. The journey to make Wikipedia's technology more equitable, step 7. Foster a community among a smaller test group.

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“Community and stakeholder engagement is always key, but it’s especially critical in open source environments like the one in which Wikimedia operates.” (8/12)

White text on black background. The journey to make Wikipedia's technology more equitable, step 6. Before testing, get input from your key stakeholders and end users.

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“Process. Strategy. Incentives. Structure. Talent. Tools. With these organized findings, and inspiration from industry leaders, the double diamond and agile methodologies, we were positioned to develop the first draft of our Inclusive Product Development Playbook.” (7/12)

White text on black background. The journey to make Wikipedia's technology more equitable, step 5. Categorize your insights to make them actionable.

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“It is everyone’s shared responsibility to advance DEI. However, to do this work thoughtfully and effectively, there is a responsibility to consult those with professional DEI expertise.” (6/12)

White text on black background. The journey to make Wikipedia's technology more equitable, step 4. Draw on the expertise of DEI professionals.

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“Teams craved cohesion and tangible guidance on how to intentionally build products in an inclusive way, and the permission to take more time to build for a more equitable outcome.” (5/12)

White text on black background. The journey to make Wikipedia's technology more equitable, step 3. Unlock your next steps by sharing insights early, and really listening to reactions.

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“No matter the eagerness to implement, it cannot be impactful without doing the work up front in understanding context.” (4/12)

White text on black background. The journey to make Wikipedia's technology more equitable, step 2. Start with research.

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“Achieving a DEI-centered software development process requires commitment from those who are at the top of the organization. This work entails tough calls of choosing equity over speed.” (3/12)

White text on black background. The journey to make Wikipedia's technology more equitable, step 1. Support from organization leadership is essential.

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Our Lead Product Manager

@ItsJazTanner

shares her journey to develop the framework and the ten things she and the framework working group learned along the way. (2/12)

White text on black background. The journey to make Wikipedia's technology more equitable. 10 things we learned along the way.

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Over the last two years, we have developed a unique framework for equitable and inclusive open source product development – which puts diversity, equity, and inclusion at the center of the technology behind Wikimedia projects, like

The journey to make Wikipedia’s technology more equitable

. 🧵⬇️ (1/12)

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10 things we learned along the way

The Paperclip

@Paperclip_In

Dec 2

We are super excited to announce our association with the Wikimedia Foundation to produce unique and compelling stories for our inspired readers. You can read more about the collaboration to empower knowledge sharing through storytelling in this blogpost. thepaperclip.in/wikimedia-pape

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Fante Wikimedians Community

@FanteCommunity

Dec 1

A program which attempts to groom leadership skills, Wikimedia projects refreshing training, and build soft skill sets among the Fante Wikimedians Community members

Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia

Today

and

presented at the European Parliament. Here's what stood out: 1�?�"Producing information is, and always has been, a political act. So is speaking truth to power"

@a2na

2�?�"

is one of the marvels of the modern world"

There are several Wikimedia communities in Indonesia working to expand access to free knowledge in the country and beyond. How have they evolved in recent years, and what is coming next?

@wikimediaid

shares highlights. ⬇️

Community retention in Indonesia: Our efforts over three years

Gunarta, CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikimedia logo is a work by Neolux, Public domain; Wikipedia logo is trademark of Wikimedia Foundation, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Indonesia (WMID) has bee…

Wiki Movimento Brasil

@wmnobrasil

Nov 23

Está chegando a XX Oficina Wikimedia & Educação! A última oficina do ano será na próxima quarta-feira (30/11), das 14h às 16h, via Google Meet. Participe e traga suas experiências para esse espaço dedicado a educadores interessados no uso das plataformas Wikimedia em sala de aula

Card de divulgação da XX Oficina Wikimedia & Educação. A imagem traz informações sobre data, horário do evento. Além de informações sobre os temas e os convidados desta edição.

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Isaac Olatunde

@Official_Isaaco

Nov 25

Hello folks, on the 12th of Dec. 2022 at 12 PM,

@MaryanaIskander

, the CEO of

would be our guest on the Naija Office Hour. Please register in advance to attend: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist And if you have any questions for her, use the link below: forms.gle/mXy8JVgikVH9mW

Participants and organizers share their perspectives of Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom in Morocco, a program held by

@Wikimedia_MA

that helps educators and students to develop vital media and information literacy skills for the 21st century.

Impressions of the second edition of the “Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom” training in Morocco

Perspectives from the Education team It has been fantastic to see the leadership of the Wikimedia Morocco UG in implementing the “Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom” program. From the p…

Wikimedia Policy

@wikimediapolicy

Learn how self-organised online communities in Ukraine and Czechia counter disinformation. ⚠️RSVP by tomorrow, Nov. 30 👉Dec. 1 @ 12:00 👉Brussels, European Parliament, Room ASP 5E1 👉

@PiratKolaja

@Wikimedia_CR

, @Wikimediaukr

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@PiratKolaja

The COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war in Ukraine. Two epicenters of massive spread of disinformation in very close succession. Super excited to have teamed up with @wikimedia to discuss how to combat disinformation. Make sure to register, so that you can join the debate!

Wikimedia Indonesia

@wikimediaid

Wikimedia Indonesia terus berupaya untuk membuat komunitas Wikimedia lokal mandiri. Beberapa hal yang kami lakukan adalah memberikan dana hibah, mendukung acara keakraban dan pertemuan komunitas, mengadakan konferensi nasional, dan memberikan penghargaan kepada para sukarelawan.

Wikimedia Türkiye

@WikimediaTurkey

Nov 28

Türkçe Vikipedi 20 yıl önce 5 Aralık'ta yayına başladı! 20. yaşı bugün Bilgi Üniversitesi'nde yaptık!🤗🍰🥳

@BiLGiOfficial

@ifbilgi

#pasta #20yaş #kutlama #türkçe #vikipedi #ansiklopedi