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Tech/News/2024/18
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Africa Wiki Women’s 2nd Training Session for the Inspire Inclusion 2024 Campaign: Major Edits on Wikipedia
On April 19, 2024, Africa Wiki Women hosted the 2nd Inspire Inclusion 2024 Campaign. The online session continues with “major edits on Wikipedia.” The training session was led by Muib Shefiu, the F
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Movement Charter 2nd Conversation East and Southern Africa ”Community Perspectives”
THEME: Community perspectives On april 25th april 2024 , from 12 PM UTC to 14PM UTC we had the Conversation on the Wikimedia Movement Charter Discussions for East and Southern Africa communities. A
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Reflecting on the first global open hours of 1Lib1Ref January Campaign 2024
Insights and Improvements The #1Lib1Ref January Campaign of 2024 brought together librarians and Wikimedia community members from diverse backgrounds and experiences from at least 11 countries – Ar
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Nine South Asian language communities come together to document their oral culture via Wikimedia projects
The Indic Oral Culture Project successfully concluded its pilot phase, a collaborative effort to document and preserve the region’s oral heritage with the active participation of local commun
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Enhancing Video Uploads on Wikimedia Commons: facilitating video contests and campaigns
Many Wikimedians concur on the importance of enhancing video content across our wiki projects, which currently remain predominantly text and image-oriented.It’s a topic that has sparked a lot
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Welcoming New Faces to AffCom: Embracing Change and Building Capacity
The Committee Support Team is thrilled to announce the addition of new members and advisors to the Affiliations Committee (AffCom), marking a pivotal moment in our journey towards fostering a stron
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International Museum Day 2024: A call to increase museum coverage on Wikimedia
International Museum Day 2024 poster (JMcRae-WMF, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) This year’s International Museum Day theme, Museums for Education and Research, underscores the importance of
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New Board of Trustees of Wikimedia Spain elected at its last General Assembly 2024
The XIV Ordinary General Electoral Assembly of Wikimedia Spain was held on 13 April, where the new Board of Trustees was elected for the period 2024-2027. This Assembly was held at the Museo Centro
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Building a Better World, One Photo and Edit at a Time: Celebrating Brahim Faraji
Today we Wikicelebrate Brahim Faraji, a longtime Wikimedia volunteer, who ensures that Wikimedia Commons is full of high-quality photographs!
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The first Wikipedia editathon from Antarctica in history
Between January 1st and March 5th, 2024, I was involved in a mission with the Italian National Antarctic Research Program (PNRA) aboard the icebreaker RV Laura Bassi, moving through the Ross Sea, t
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How We Celebrated Open Data Day: Empowering Students with open tools for Climate Action
CC BY:SA 4.0 – Credit Women For Sustainability Africa We were honored to host an exciting workshop in commemoration of the Open Data Day at the University of Environment and Sustainable Devel