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Volunteer SusunW’s interest in unheard voices brought her to

— where, for the last nine years, she has focused on improving articles about women, gender, ethnicity, science, disability, immigration, and more. Read her story: wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/03/1 #OpenTheKnowledge

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International writing competition “Feminism and Folklore” aims to increase the number of

articles related to folk culture and women in folklore. This year's contest is running until 31 March. w.wiki/6HyN 📷 Depiction of the Aztec goddess Itzpapalotl

Depiction of the Aztec goddess Itzpapalotl.

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Peer learning is “a great way to continue lifelong learning and improve one’s skills and knowledge in the Wikimedia movement.” Read how Wikimedians in Kwara, Nigeria, helped to implement the Let's Connect Peer Learning Program.

Let’s Connect goes local: The Kwara experience

Phil Collin’s quote on learning correlates with the value of Let’s Connect – A peer learning program and the benefits that go with it as Learners and Sharers are challenged and supporte…

Lucy Moore

@lucyajmmoore

Mar 24

SusunW is one of the most amazing and tenacious editors! Her passion for gender studies really drives

@WikiWomenInRed

's focus there and she's super helpful

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Volunteer SusunW’s interest in unheard voices brought her to @Wikipedia — where, for the last nine years, she has focused on improving articles about women, gender, ethnicity, science, disability, immigration, and more. Read her story: wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/03/1 #OpenTheKnowledge

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@whoseknowledge@whoseknowledge.social on Mastodon

@WhoseKnowledge

Mar 24

"Every edit makes a difference." Earlier this month, we were featured in the #OpenTheKnowledge series

@wikimedia

with our #VisibleWikiWomen campaign. Learn more about it and how we're coming together to create the internet we can all see ourselves in 👩🏾‍💻

Whose Knowledge? — A movement for inclusive representation on Wikipedia

While three-quarters of the world’s online population today comes from the Global South (Asia, Africa, and Latin America) and nearly half are women, most public knowledge online has been written by…

Smithsonian and Wiki: Open & Equitable Knowledge

How can we reach 1 billion+ people with knowledge? Listen to our CEO

taking the

stage with

and

from the Smithsonian (

@SIAmericanWomen

) for a panel discussion on how to #OpenTheKnowledge #SXSW

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SXSW 2023 Schedule | The Smithsonian and Wikipedia were founded on the same principles as the original Web – to be an equalizer of information access regardless of background, class, or identity....

Wikimania

@Wikimania

Hi, Folks! ✨ Wikimania 2023 provides opportunities for in-person and virtual participation. Which one suits you best? 6 days left to submit your brilliant program submissions. Apply now w.wiki/6Paj!

Wikipedia

It is Ramadan! During this month of prayer, reflection, and communion, Muslims worldwide fast from dawn to sunset. Before fasting, they eat a meal early in the morning, called suhur. Learn more about this feast. ⬇️ رمضان كريم

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Join us tomorrow at #Mozfest for a roundtable on opening up AI/ML.

@ZWarso

will show our mapping of mechanisms that can be used. And we'll be joined by

@aditi_suranaa

(

@Dcode_EU

), Isaac Johnson (

) and our fellow Nadia Nadesan schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/SDTAZJ

There are only a few days left to join

@WikiFolklore

! 📸 The international photo contest celebrates the world's folk traditions and cultures – festivals, music, cuisine, rituals, and more. To get you inspired, here's a recap of the last five years. ⬇️

History In The Making — Five Years And Counting In Projecting World’s Intangible Heritage Globally

Wiki Loves Folklore is back for a fifth year. Read on to learn more.

Safety, inclusion, and eliminating harassment are front and center in the enforcement guidelines for the Wikimedia Universal Code of Conduct. Learn more ⬇️

Making Wikipedia Safer: Enforcement Guidelines for Wikimedia Universal Code of Conduct provide a...

21 March 2023 – The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, has unanimously approved enforcement guidelines for the …

Mar 21

Learn more about the Universal Code of Conduct and its enforcement guidelines with this primer ⬇️

Making Wikipedia Safer: Enforcement Guidelines for Wikimedia Universal Code of Conduct provide a...

21 March 2023 – The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, has unanimously approved enforcement guidelines for the …

6️⃣: What's next? We will be working alongside volunteers from Wikimedia communities to set up proactive and responsive measures, like training/guidance, defining violations, and pathways to address violations.

5️⃣: Why is this happening? All Wikimedia websites need a welcoming environment. The UCoC will help rectify the scrutiny, pressure, or harassment faced by many contributors on our platforms, particularly those who are already underrepresented on our sites.

4️⃣: Who will be impacted by the UCoC? The guidelines will apply to everyone who interacts and contributes to online and offline Wikimedia projects and spaces. It does not apply to readers who passively consume Wikimedia content.

3️⃣: Who approved this? Earlier this year, a Wikimedia-wide vote ended with 76% of volunteers supporting the UCoC enforcement guidelines. On 21 March, the Wikimedia Board of Trustees passed a resolution to ratify these revised guidelines.

2️⃣: Where did it come from? A UCoC was a recommendation that emerged from a multi-year process to establish a strategy and vision that would guide the Wikimedia movement through 2030.

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Movement Strategy - Meta

1️⃣: What is the UCoC? It's a universal baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire Wikimedia movement and all its projects, building on previous guidelines separately enacted across disparate projects.

The Wikimedia community and Board of Trustees have approved enforcement guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC): a global policy for addressing negative behavior on Wikimedia sites. Here's a thread on what this is and how it came to life. 🧵

Making Wikipedia Safer: Enforcement Guidelines for Wikimedia Universal Code of Conduct provide a...

21 March 2023 – The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, has unanimously approved enforcement guidelines for the …

Last week

anti-disinformation expert

@toutlereste

joined the Italian Embassy in the U.S. (

@ItalyinUS

) to discuss "Trust, Truth, & Influence in the Digital Age” as part of the #DigitalDiplomacy series. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=nqYMx6

Do you want to host a session at #Wikimania2023? If you have an idea for a workshop, a discussion, a performance, or more, now is the time to apply! Session submissions for Wikimania 2023 are open until 28 March. Learn more, via

@Wikimania

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Be part of the Wikimania 2023 program!

Do you want to host a session at Wikimania 2023? Session submissionsare open until Tuesday, March 28!

We support

's mission to provide universal access to knowledge. They make millions of books, texts, and archival materials available for all. And when more knowledge is open for anyone to access, share, and contribute to, we all benefit.

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@internetarchive

Mar 20

LAWSUIT NEWS

We’re standing up for the digital rights of all libraries today in court! At 1pm ET, the Southern District of New York will hear oral argument in Hachette v. Internet Archive. Here's how to participate: blog.archive.org/2023/03/17/her

#EmpoweringLibraries

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Six years after its inaugural event in March 2018, over 100,000 new

How Wikipedia helps keep the internet open

articles have been created as a result of WikiGap efforts. Learn more about #WikiGap's efforts to #OpenTheKnowledge: wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/03/0

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“Every article on

leverages thousands of software tools for its creation, editing, and maintenance.” Our Senior Developer Advocate Srishti Sethi (

@srish_aka_tux

) dissects the technology ecosystem of Wikimedia projects. Read in

@OpenSourceWay

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opensource.com

Wikipedia embodies the spirit of the original vision of the internet, and you can be a part of it.

Mar 18

Content proposals for the first LGBTQI+ centered conference in the history of Wikimedia events are open! The Queering Wikipedia Conference (QW2023) will be held in May, both online and offline. Learn more, via

and

⬇️

International Science Council

@ISC

Mar 17

📢 Join the ISC and the

Building Special Projects on Wikipedia - International Science Council

Foundation for a discussion on how editors - and researchers - can mobilize to create content around special themes on #Wikipedia. 📅 30 March 2023 🕑 13:00 – 14:15 UTC | 14:00 – 15:15 CET Register now ⬇️

council.science

30 March 2023 | 13:00 – 14:15 UTC | 14:00 - 15:15 CET

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📷 1️⃣ First place, by Roman.ubl, CC BY-SA 4.0. 2️⃣ Second place, by Stephan Sprinz, CC BY-SA 4.0. 3️⃣ Third place, by Eyimzan, CC BY-SA 4.0. 4️⃣ Fourth place, by Roman.ubl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Blackbirds are sitting on the stone and looking away at the Nordufer Wittow Rügen (nature reserve in Germany) with a beautiful gray background.

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A charming yellow-blue view of wind turbines on the German north-sea coast.

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Two cute ducks confidently walking on the road near human civilization.

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A beautiful white swan near the Rhine surrounded by rocks.

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To raise awareness of nature protection and human impacts on nature, international photo competition

@WikiLovesEarth

opened up a special subcategory for #Wiki4HumanRights. Take a look at this year's winners as we get ready for Wiki Loves Earth 2023!

Wiki Loves Earth 2022 presents the winners of the special nomination “Human rights and environment”!

In 2022, Wiki Loves Earth international photo contest supported the initiative Wiki4HumanRights, in partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human…

Smithsonian and Wiki: Open & Equitable Knowledge

What do

and

have in common? A lot! Learn how both are collaborating to create free and open resources for and with the public:

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Mar 16

Correction: Scholarships are no longer available, but grants are open if you are not able to travel and want to organize a local, in-person event. Sorry about the confusion!

Anyone who wants to contribute to Wikimedia’s technical areas can join – as code creators, maintainers, translators, designers, technical writers, and other technical roles. For more information about the #wmhack, make sure you follow

! (3/3)

This year's Hackathon will be held in Athens, Greece. Scholarships will be available – the deadline to apply is next Monday, 20 March. (2/3)

The Wikimedia Hackathon 2023 will happen between 19 and 21 May! The event is a space for the technical community to come together and work on technical projects, learn from each other, and make new friends. (1/3)

Organizing a Wikimedia Hackathon 2023 satellite event

The Wikimedia Hackathon is finally taking place in person this year in Athens, Greece, between May 19-21. This year’s edition focuses on inviting and bringing together people who already cont…

EveryBooksItsReader 2023 - Meta

Calling all readers:

volunteers are editing all things literary for the month of April! Here’s how you can join them by participating in the #EveryBookItsReader campaign.

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Viquipèdia

@Viquipedia

Mar 16

🎉🎂 Avui la Viquipèdia en català fa 22 anys! Aviat arribarem a la fita col·lectiva dels 750.000 articles. 📢 Ara cal, més que mai, que navegueu en català i prioritzeu els clics en aquesta llengua perquè no quedi amagada als cercadors. Seguiu-nos i llegiu-nos, per molts anys!

Cartell commemoratiu dels 22 anys de la Viquipèdia en llengua catalana.

(Wikimedia Commons, domini públic)

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Wikimedia projects rely on open, flexible copyright policies to ensure that knowledge can be accessed freely. We will apply for official observer status again at the coming WIPO General Assembly meeting in July. Learn more about our efforts. ⬇️ (4/4)

Wikimedia Foundation blocked once again by China for accreditation to World Intellectual Property...

14 March 2023, San Francisco, CA, USA – Yesterday, the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, was rejected for accreditation to the World In…

“The Wikimedia Foundation, and the global free knowledge movement that it supports, offer crucial insight into the laws and policies that regulate accessing, remixing, and sharing information online,” said Stephen LaPorte, General Counsel at the Wikimedia Foundation. (3/4)

China wrongly claimed that the organization spreads disinformation through Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. This accusation is inaccurate and fundamentally misrepresents the Wikimedia model, which prioritizes neutrality and requires citations to reliable sources. (2/4)

The Wikimedia Foundation's application for observer status at

@WIPO

, the

@UN

agency for intellectual property, was blocked again by China. Read the thread to learn more. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)

Flags of WIPO member states on display at the WIPO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Text says “The Wikimedia Foundation was blocked once again for accreditation to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)”.

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