Very active editor numbers (>100 edits per month) since the English Wikipedia’s launch in 2001. The thick red line symbolises a five-month moving average. Graph by Joe Sutherland, in the public domain. The English Wikipedia’s population of very active editors—registered contributors with more than 100 edits per month—appears to have…
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Wikipedia’s very active editor numbers have stabilized—delve into the data with us
3 Comments BY Ed Erhart and Aaron Halfaker ON September 25th, 2015
Discover more on Wikipedia with new navigation features for Android app
0 Comments BY Dmitry Brant ON September 10th, 2015
Ever become lost while browsing Wikipedia? The Wikipedia app for Android now includes new navigation features, making it easier than ever to explore the sum of all knowledge.
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Wikimedia’s new developer-friendly trademark guidelines for apps
1 Comment BY Victoria Baranetsky ON August 28th, 2015
Our new app guidelines, based on our Trademark Policy, make it easier than ever to use Wikimedia Foundation trademarks and content in apps. The guidelines are accessible and clearly lay out practical examples for app developers to encourage innovation using Wikimedia material
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Wikimedia strategy consultation shows potential in mobile, rich content, and translations
1 Comment BY Terence Gilbey ON August 27th, 2015
The consultation, conducted in February and March of this year, asked users to answer two questions to help define the Foundation’s strategy and how it should respond to future trends.
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Content Translation updates from Wikimania 2015
2 Comments BY Runa Bhattacharjee ON August 13th, 2015
Many participants were introduced to Content Translation at Wikimania, Mexico and they created their first articles using the tool at the translation sessions.
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My life as an autistic Wikipedian
10 Comments BY Guillaume Paumier ON July 31st, 2015
Two years ago, I discovered that I was on the autism spectrum. As I learned more about myself and the way my brain worked, I started to look at past experiences through the lens of this newly-found aspect. In this essay, I share some of what I’ve learned along the way about my successes, my failures, and many things that confused me in the past, notably in my experiences in the Wikimedia movement.
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Wikidata, coming soon to a menu near you
4 Comments BY John Andersson ON July 21st, 2015
Wikidata hosted a menu challenge for restaurants, around the world, to expand their menus with key information. Participants used wikidata to provided wikidata labels, translations, images and more.
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Content Translation, used in over 10,000 articles, now available on Wikipedias in all languages
1 Comment BY Runa Bhattacharjee ON July 16th, 2015
Content Translation – the new article creation tool has been enabled as a beta-feature on all Wikipedias. Logged-in users can use Content Translation to create a new article by translating from any language. A roundup of the recent developments can be seen on this blog post.
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Get the latest Wikipedia updates easily with IFTTT
1 Comment BY Stephen LaPorte ON July 14th, 2015
Wikipedia’s new Channel on IFTTT makes it easier than ever to share free knowledge.
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5 Comments BY Fabrice Florin ON June 30th, 2015
Keep up with the latest Wikimedia news! Find out when new stories are posted on the Wikimedia blog: subscribe to our new email updates.
Here’s a quick overview on this new feature, how to sign up, and why we created it based on community feedback.
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