Community digest—”No matter how old you are, you can edit Wikipedia and be recognized for it”
An interview with Tal Zussman, a student who recently received the English Wikipedia's "Editor of the week" award.
Community, Edit-a-thons, Events
0 Comments BY Siân Evans, Jacqueline Mabey and Michael Mandiberg ON March 2nd, 2016
Art+Feminism announces the third annual international Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, with 125 events taking place in over 20 countries on every inhabited continent.
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0 Comments BY Eric Houston ON March 1st, 2016
The race to become the next United States president is intensifying as the two main political parties, the Democrats and Republicans, are holding caucuses and primaries to determine who their candidates will be in the coming two-person general election.
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1 Comment BY Aeryn Palmer and Jim Buatti ON February 29th, 2016
The latest Transparency Report covers the time period from July to December 2015, during which we received 220 alteration or takedown requests, none of which were granted. We also received 25 user data requests, only one of which was granted.
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0 Comments BY Subhashish Panigrahi ON February 28th, 2016
Vasanth S.N. talks about his 10-year long journey as a Wikipedian, the challenges he is facing in his home project (the Kannada Wikipedia), and his plans for the future.
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0 Comments BY Addis Wang ON February 28th, 2016
Wikipedia Connection is Ohio State’s student club. Photo by Kevin Payravi, freely licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. When I was a freshman at the Ohio State University, a school with over 60,000 students, I tried to find a Wikipedia club, but none were out there. I thought to build a…
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4 Comments BY Ed Erhart ON February 26th, 2016
Years ago, Wikipedia was being overrun by a deluge of articles on Pokémon characters and creatures.
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0 Comments BY Jacob Rogers ON February 26th, 2016
In recognition of Fair Use Week, which runs from February 22nd–26th, we’ve highlighted how fair use works on the Wikimedia projects, and how those policies were developed and the unique way that the Wikimedia communities develop guidelines to support the values of the free culture movement.
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0 Comments BY Joe Sutherland ON February 26th, 2016
Political tensions in the UK rise, and Wikipedia’s editors are called into action, as Prime Minister David Cameron announces the date for his country’s in–out referendum on the European Union.
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1 Comment BY Katherine Maher ON February 25th, 2016
On Thursday, February 25, Lila Tretikov announced she will step down from her role as Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. “Two years ago, the Board tasked me with making changes to serve the next generation and ensure our future.” Lila wrote in her email to staff and community. “We’ve…
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0 Comments BY Jeff Elder and Ed Erhart ON February 24th, 2016
“Where do I know them from?” you ask while puzzling over an actress on TV. Out comes your phone, up comes Wikipedia, and there are the facts.
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