Your internet is under threat. Here’s why you should care about European...
You can also read this post in Spanish and in French. Back in 2001, the European Parliament came together to pass regulations and set up copyright laws for the internet, a technology that was just...
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What took place during the movement strategy discussions at Wikimania 2018
The Wikimedia 2030 Strategy Process is about addressing complex challenges and seizing the opportunities for the Wikimedia movement, now and in the future. It is a process initiated by the Wikimedia...
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Many faces of Wikibase: Rhizome’s archive of born-digital art and digital...
Rhizome, an arts organization in New York City, was one of the early adopters of Wikibase, having been using it since 2015 for its archive of born-digital art and digital preservation activities....
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Introducing global preferences across Wikimedia wikis
There are a lot of Wikimedia wikis. Wikipedia is the best-known of them all, but there’s also Commons, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wiktionary, and more. Also, each of these sites is available in multiple...
View ArticleWhy Wikipedia has an article on Doria Ragland, mother of Meghan Markle
Last May, Prince Harry, fifth in line to the British throne, married Meghan Markle, an American actress and activist. The event captivated millions upon millions of people for several weeks, and many...
View ArticleAfter a catastrophic fire at the National Museum of Brazil, a drive to...
On 2 September, disaster struck the National Museum of Brazil: a massive fire devastated the building and its extensive holdings. Centuries of cultural heritage, including recordings of dead languages...
View ArticleEditatona wins the 2018 FRIDA award
You can read this post in the original Spanish on Wikimedia Mexico’s blog. Editatona, Wikimedia Mexico’s initiative to reduce the gender gap on Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects, won the 2018 Premio del...
View Article1Lib1Ref spreads to the Southern Hemisphere and beyond
#1Lib1Ref is an annual campaign where librarians and other contributors to Wikipedia add references to improve statements with the ultimate objective of improving the reliability of Wikipedia. In 2018,...
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The anatomy of search: Variation under nature
A galloping overview Let’s first get a bird’s-eye view of the parts of the search process: text comes in and gets processed and stored in a database (called an index); a user submits a query; documents...
View ArticleWhat we learned from surveying 4,000 members of the Wikipedia and Wikimedia...
Each year, the Wikimedia Foundation surveys the volunteer communities who edit Wikimedia sites for their input on a variety of topics that, in turn, help Foundation staff make decisions about how to...
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