Events

1. Wikipedia

   Share your photos of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves on Wikipedia to inspire the world

   

   On World Environment Day, UNESCO and Wiki Loves Earth have partnered to create Wiki Loves Earth Biosphere Reserves, a competition to create photographs free for everyone to use and to enrich Wikipedia.... Read more

2. Affiliates

   At Berlin conference, affiliates, staff, and board work side by side

   

   At the Wikimedia Conference, Foundation staff joined nearly 100 recognized and active movement affiliates from around the world to discuss building communications within the movement and growing to reach new audiences.... Read more

3. Community

   Wikipedia’s 15th birthday inspires Bangla translators; Odia-language Women’s History Month edit-a-thons

   

   Bangla-language Wikipedians translated about 600 articles for their language’s Wikipedia; Odia-language Wikimedians hosted their second annual Women’s History Month edit-a-thon.... Read more

4. Technology

   Wikimedia Hackathon finds in Jerusalem a fertile ground for experimentation

   

   The first non-European Wikimedia Hackathon was a smashing success, as were the nearby WikiArabia meetups in Amman and Ramallah.... Read more

5. Wikipedia

   Europeana Art History Challenge begins

   

   With 40 languages, 30 countries, and hundreds of artworks, the Europeana Art History Challenge has now begun—the largest ever GLAM-Wiki competition and the first to highlight Wikidata.... Read more

6. Community

   2,200 articles and counting in the Central and Eastern European Wikipedia writing contest

   

   Over 2,200 articles about Central and Eastern Europe have already been improved as part of a large and ongoing writing contest.... Read more

7. Community

   Went on vacation, took photos, won awards

   

   Over the end of the year holiday, people went on vacation. Wikimedistas de Colombia asked them to take some photos along the way.... Read more

8. Community

   Presenting the winners of the European Science Photo Competition

   

   Overall, the contest involved 40 countries, over 2,200 people, and nearly 10,000 images.... Read more

9. Community

   Bonjour, hola, and hello: editors gather for the Art+Feminism edit-a-thon

   

   The global edit-a-thon enters its third year with events in two dozen countries on six continents.... Read more

10. Events

    Wikimedia Foundation and the Internet Law & Policy Foundry co-host privacy event

    

    A privacy panel earlier this month touched on consumer privacy, the EU-US privacy shield, and “big data,” among other topics.... Read more