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Watch how Wikipedia newbies feel about editing
For the past few months, the “Moodbar” function has invited new users on the English Wikipedia to indicate how they feel about their first editing experiences, and why. Today, the Feedback Dashboard...
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The American Sociological Association (ASA) has started a “Wikipedia Initiative”, inviting its members to enhance Wikipedia articles, and to incorporate Wikipedia editing into their classroom teaching,...
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The #MediaWiki #hackathon in Pune, #India
When good people get together in a friendly, well organised setting like this weekend in Pune, many great things happen. Several MediaWiki developers had come to provide the many people new to...
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WikiWomen Unite!
Are you a woman who edits or is active in the Wikimedia community? Or do you want to contribute to Wikipedia, but you just aren’t sure how to get started? WikiWomen from around the world have come...
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Carleton University hosts its first edit-a-thon, focused on women in science
On September 20, tucked away in a computer lab in the engineering building at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, twelve new Wikipedians learned how to edit Wikipedia. The new editors participated...
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Learning from Wikipedia
Students regularly use Wikipedia, and so do teachers. Whether we’re looking for information related to a class project, seeking an illustration for a paper, or reading background material so we can...
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Wikipedia Club Pune celebrates WikiWomen Day
WikiWomen Day participants Sunday, 28th October 2012, was “WikiWomen Day” in Pune, India. The day brought together women from a variety of educational backgrounds, castes, creeds, religions, and age...
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Writing Malayalam on Wikipedia, just like with pen and paper
Lakshmi Valsalakumari is an IT professional who wants to expand her horizons. She attended the recent Wikimedia Developers Camp in Bangalore and had this story to tell: Lakshmi with Santhosh...
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A simultaneous Spanish Wikipedia editathon from two continents
This post is available in 3 languages: Español • Català • English English In Wikimedia México, we have had success partnering with groups and initiatives that share our values of freedom and the...
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Have a question about Wikipedia? Ask a WikiWoman on January 17!
Wikipedian Dr. Adrianne Wadewitz will participate in the first ever Ask a WikiWoman event on January 17 “What’s it like to be a Wikipedian?” “How did you get started editing?” “How do you make an...
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The Wikimedia train rolls through Poland this summer
This post is available in 3 languages: English • Polski • Español English Wikiexpedtion logo A Polish national railways class EU07 Wikimedia Polska, the Polish Wikimedia Chapter, is about to organize...
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Documenting the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 for Wikimedia
This post is available in 4 languages: English • Svenska • Deutsch • 中文 English I got an idea in May, 2012, as the Eurovision Song Contest was ending and Loreen had just been named the 2012 winner,...
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Wikipedians go to Open Help Conference
Ocaasi, Valeriej, and the wub sprinting at Open Help Conference 2013 What do thoughtful, well-designed, engaging community help systems look like for Wikipedia? What do our help systems have in common...
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Using social media to engage Wikipedia readers and editors in China
This post is available in 3 languages: English • 简体中文 • 正體中文 English Addis Wang’s postcard project Wikipedia editor Addis Wang has developed an approach to spreading awareness of Wikipedia in the...
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Report finds the Wikimedia Foundation to be the largest known Participatory...
Participatory grantmaking works because of committees such as this one. These community members review proposals for funding and help decide what to fund. Photo by Adam Novak, CC-BY-SA-3.0. Because of...
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Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps
For Black History Month, many new Wikipedia articles about black culture were created in edit-a-thons across the United States, such as this at the “BlackLivesMatter” event at the Schomburg Center in...
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This month’s focus: Women in Wikimedia
Women gather for “WikiWomen Day” in Pune, India, to help each other contribute to Wikipedia and increase gender diversity in Wikimedia projects. Photo by Abhishek Suryawanshi, under CC-BY-SA-3.0. This...
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The #100wikidays challenge
You are invited to join the #100wikidays challenge, and create a new Wikipedia article every day for 100 days. This new challenge was started by Wikipedian Vassia Atanassova. Photo by Vassia...
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It’s time for some #tastydata
Take part in the Menu Challenge between May 8 and 27! Image by Offnfopt, CC0 1.0. Sometime when you travel you end up ordering food that is, well, not what you expected. I myself ended up ordering a...
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Wikimania and the differences between online and offline cultures
Wikimedians sometimes interact both online and offline — and these experiences are very different from each other, says anthropologist Lionel Scheepmans. Hackathon photo by Sebastiaan ter Burg, freely...
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