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Articles tagged: blogs[edit]
Blog WikiIndaba 2017: A continent gathers to chart a path forward
2017-02-27
A report from the second WikiIndaba conference, with summaries of several presentations.
Blog Why I proofread poetry at Wikisource
2016-06-15
Poetry: “it is the stuff of the soul; it speaks to the body, the mind, and the spirit alike.” Sonja Bohm worked for years to get all of Florence Earle Coates’ poetry online, and now proofreads poetry on the English Wikisource, the free library. We asked why.
Blog Growing hashtags: Expanding outreach on Wikipedia
2016-04-01
Using hashtags to track the results of Wikimedia outreach.
Blog It “revolutionized the way German-speaking people inform themselves about the world”: Fifteen years of the German Wikipedia
2016-03-16
A Deutschland anniversary.
Blog The new alchemy: turning online harassment into Wikipedia articles on women scientists
2016-03-09
By night, she smites trolls on the Internet with positive punishment: for each harassing email she receives, one Wikipedia article on a woman in science is created.
Blog Wikimedia Foundation details requests to alter or remove content in new Transparency Report
2016-03-02
The WMF reports on incoming requests.
Blog Wiki Loves Africa brings the continent’s fashion to the world
2016-02-24
Wiki Loves Africa photo competition focuses on continent’s varied fashion traditions from north, south, east, and west.
Blog Antonin Scalia and the editor tracking his legacy
2016-02-17
The American Supreme Court justice's impact on the life of a Wikipedia editor
Blog Wikimedia Foundation removes The Diary of Anne Frank due to copyright law requirements
2016-02-10
An unfortunate overreach.
Blog Fifteen years ago, Wikipedia was a very different place: Magnus Manske
2016-01-20
Fifteen years ago, Wikipedia was a very different place: A talk with MediaWiki developer : Magnus Manske.
Blog Inside the game of sports vandalism on Wikipedia
2016-01-13
Jeff Elder talks sports vandalism on the Wikimedia blog
Blog Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland urge Reiss Engelhorn Museum to reconsider suit over public domain works of art
2015-11-25
The suit concerns copyright claims related to 17 images of the museum’s public domain works of art.
Blog How Wikipedia responds to breaking news
2015-08-19
Wikipedia is capable of covering news like any news agency.
Blog The Hunt for Tirpitz
2015-08-12
During World War II, the German battleship Tirpitz was a major threat to Allied convoys travelling across the North Atlantic and Arctic Sea.
Blog Get help editing Wikipedia with the new “Co-op” mentorship program
2015-08-05
What if there was a gathering place on Wikipedia for newer editors to find a mentor?
Blog Wikimedia Foundation releases third transparency report
2015-07-15
The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce the release of our latest transparency report.
Blog These Texans are on a quest to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of their state’s revolution
2015-07-01
Like many editors of the world's largest encyclopedia, Karanacs was browsing the site's articles and found that they were of relatively poor quality—and that the traditional narrative she'd learned was not necessarily accurate.
Blog 7,473 volumes at 700 pages each: meet Print Wikipedia
2015-06-24
After six years of work, a residency in the Canadian Rockies, endless debugging, and more than a little help from my friends, I have made Print Wikipedia.
Blog Making Wikipedia’s medical articles accessible in Chinese
2015-06-10
The Medical Translation Project, an ambitious attempt to improve and translate Wikipedia’s medical content from English into other languages, began in 2012.
Blog How Wikipedia covered Caitlyn Jenner’s transition
2015-06-03
Caitlyn Jenner—the American hero of the 1976 Olympics, a film actor, and prominent member of Keeping Up with the Kardashians—may now be the most famous openly transgender person in the world.
Blog How many women edit Wikipedia?
2015-05-06
This section was published in error and has been removed from circulation.
Blog Single-User Login provides access to all wikis
2015-04-15
Later this month, everyone will be able to use the same user name on every wiki, thanks to Single-User Login.
Blog The Wikipedia Library Team reflects on its new Visiting Scholars program
2015-03-25
A university gives a top Wikipedia editor free and full access to the university library's entire online content—and the Wikipedia editor, who is unpaid and not on campus, then creates and improves Wikipedia articles in a subject area of interest to the institution.
News and notes WikiWomen's History Month—meetups, blog posts, and "Inspire" grant-making campaign
2015-03-11
The community has arranged a number of commemorative initiatives focused on the gender gap, under the banner "WikiWomen's History Month".
Blog Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps
2015-03-04
Black History Month is celebrated annually in the United States in February, to commemorate the history of the African diaspora. For this occasion, Wikipedians worked together to honor black history and to address Wikipedia's multicultural gaps in the encyclopedia, hosting Wikipedia edit-a-thons throughout the United States, from February 1 to 28, 2015.
Blog Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation
2015-02-25
Editor's note: the Blog will be a recurring Signpost section that will highlight a recent post from the Wikimedia blog, run by the Wikimedia Foundation. This week's installment is written by Philippe Beaudette, the Foundation's Director of Community Advocacy, and focuses on planning for the future of the Wikimedia movement.
In the media Amazon Echo; EU freedom of panorama; Bluebeard's Castle
2014-11-12
"Technology media outlets are abuzz after the November 6 unveiling of the Amazon Echo, an Internet-connected voice command device"; "The EUobserver talks (November 4) with Dimitar Dimitrov (User:Dimi z) about the lack of freedom of panorama in some European Union countries and its implications for Wikimedia projects"; "Scott Cantrell, classical music critic for the Dallas Morning News, recounts efforts to verify an uncited claim in the Wikipedia article for the Béla Bartók opera Bluebeard's Castle."
Discussion report Article incubator, dates and fractions, medical disclaimer
2014-01-01
Current discussions on the English Wikipedia and around the Wikimedia movement include...
Discussion report Draft namespace, VisualEditor meetings
2013-12-25
Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...
Discussion report Usernames, template data and documentation, Main page, and more
2013-12-18
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Discussion report Musical scores, diversity conference, Module:Convert, and more
2013-12-04
Recent discussions on the English Wikipedia include...
Discussion report Commas, draft namespace proposal, education updates
2013-11-13
Commas, Draft namespace proposal, education updates, and more: Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...
Discussion report Sockpuppet investigations, VisualEditor, Wikidata's birthday, and more
2013-11-06
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Discussion report More discussion of paid advocacy, upcoming arbitrator elections, research hackathon, and more
2013-10-23
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Discussion report Ada Lovelace Day, paid advocacy on Wikipedia, sidebar update, and more
2013-10-16
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Discussion report References to individuals and groups, merging wikiprojects, portals on the Main page, and more
2013-10-02
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Discussion report Arbcom election procedures, Wiki Loves Monuments, Privacy policy, FDC, and more
2013-09-04
As mentioned in "In the news" on Wikipedia's main page, the Library of Birmingham in the United Kingdom has opened. This interior photo was taken a week before opening. The article reports that the library "has been described as the largest public library in the United Kingdom, the largest public cultural space in Europe, and the largest regional library in Europe."
Discussion report Skyscrapers, Gibraltar DYKs, Four Award, Secure login, and more
2013-08-21
A new post in the WMF blog describes Assistant Professor Amy E. Hughes' experience in the Wikimedia Education Program with a two term graduate class on Western theater history.
Discussion report Wikivoyage, reliable sources, music bands, account creators, and OTRS
2013-08-14
Recent discussions on the English Wikipedia include...
Discussion report Civility policy, geographic names, CheckUser and Oversighter candidates, and more
2013-08-07
CheckUser and Oversighter candidates, and more: Recent discussions on the English Wikipedia include...
Recent research Article promotion by collaboration; deleted revisions; Wikipedia's use of open access; readers unimpressed by FAs; swine flu anxiety
2011-08-29
In the news Free culture conference, "The Register" retracts accusations, students blog about Wikipedia, and more
2010-10-11
WikiScanner WikiScanner tool creates "minor public relations disasters" for scores of organizations
2007-08-20
Western Civ blog Students in Western Civilization course find editing Wikipedia frustrating, rewarding
2007-04-30
Mixed blog reactions Wikipedia prompts compliments, analysis, and call to action from blogs
2005-07-11