Wikipedia has finally been printed! Ever wonder what your favorite Wikipedia article would look like in real life? Well know you can check out the exhibit Print Wikipedia in Denny Gallery (261 Broome Street), New York.

Wikimedia Ukraine needed to start and win a legal case in order to obtain state lists of cultural heritage sites.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities are underrepresented on Wikipedia. In the month of June, help change this by photographing pride parades, LGBT districts and landmarks, and working with us to get your photographs on Wikipedia articles!

Wikipedia was just awarded Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation. The award acknowledges exemplary and internationally recognized cultural, scientific and social achievements.

Here are some of the global news stories covered on Wikipedia this week: the Philae lander awakens from its comet; a MERS outbreak in South Korea kills 19; Flooding in Georgia kills 15 people; Zhou Yongkang sentenced to life in prison; Omar al-Bashir evades arrest for war crimes. This news roundup is a new content experiment for the Wikimedia blog. What do you think about this first example? Please share your comments.

Chemist Tomasz Ganicz, better known as Polimerek on Wikipedia, has been involved with the Polish Wikipedia and the Polish Wikimedia chapter since their inception almost fourteen years ago. He recalls the early days, when there were no articles on chemistry on the Polish Wikipedia — and he had to write the first definitions for an atom, a molecule and an electron.

Here are highlights from across the Wikimedia movement, as reported on the Wikimedia blog in May 2015: the Inspire campaign announced grantees to increase gender diversity in our projects; comedian John Oliver called for political vandalism on Wikipedia; Wikimedia Germany shared best practices for fundraising; we profiled Kamarnio Vrandecic, a prolific Uzbek Wikipedian; WikiArabia held their first conference in Tunisia; and a Wikipedian shared his views about differences between online and offline cultures.

The Wikimedia Foundation is happy to announce that we are implementing HTTPS to encrypt all traffic on Wikimedia sites. With this change, nearly half a billion monthly visitors on Wikipedia and its sister projects will be able to share in the world’s knowledge more securely.

Open Badges are new digital credentials that can recognize an editor’s achievements on a variety of websites — not just on Wikipedia. They can be a powerful tool for engaging more contributors. During the Wikimedia Hackathon in Lyon, a few important steps were taken to make them a reality on projects powered by MediaWiki.

The recent Wikimedia Foundation Board elections engaged 5,100 voters from 183 projects to choose between 21 candidates. Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in these online elections?