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Since 2008, the Wikimedia Foundation Communications team has used the Wikimedia blog to share updates and accomplishments from the Foundation, including software releases, updates to critical...
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Workshop of the German support team
Wikipedia Support Team meeting in the office of Wikimedia Germany Over the first weekend of December, the German-language support team met in Berlin for their second workshop of 2012. Commonly...
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Wiki Loves Monument exhibition in Polish central rail station
This post is available in 2 languages: English • Polski English The winning pictures from the Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 photo contest have been presented in an open exhibition at the largest railway...
View ArticleWikimedia engineering December 2012 report
Major news in December include: The launch of an alpha, opt-in version of the VisualEditor to the English Wikipedia, a project more complex than it appears; A research study on the use of the Article...
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A passion for encyclopedias: interview with Italian Wikipedia editor Elitre
This post is available in 2 languages: English • Italiano English “When I was a child I was already very passionate about encyclopedias: the idea of discovering new things every day was very...
View ArticleA more efficient translation interface
De mica en mica s’omple la pica i de gota en gota s’omple la bota. —a Catalan proverb During its most recent development sprint, the Wikimedia Foundation’s Language Engineering team continued to...
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Mobile Beta: a sandbox for new experimental features
The Ellora Caves in India – uploaded via mobile! In the fall of 2012, the Wikimedia Foundation’s mobile team released a new interface to Wikimedia mobile sites, adding a navigation layer that allows...
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Wikimedia Argentina’s educational booklet now also in Guarani language
This post is available in 2 languages: Español • English English “Vikipetã mbo’eha kotýpe”, the new Guarani version of Wikipedia in the classroom Wikimedia Argentina, the first Wikimedia chapter in...
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New look makes it even easier to get engaged in the WikiWomen’s...
The new and improved WikiWomen’s Collaborative wikipage The WikiWomen’s Collaborative is a space in the world of Wikimedia that was created by women involved in Wikimedia projects – either as...
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Remembering Aaron Swartz (1986-2013)
Aaron Swartz at a Boston Wikipedia meetup in 2009 Aaron Swartz was found dead in his New York apartment Friday, an apparent suicide. Aaron was a prolific hacker and a free culture activist. He was also...
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