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The official account of the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates @Wikipedia.
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And don't forget that there are several short news items at the bottom! blog.wikimedia.org/2018/02/09/com…
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The third and final lead story this week is how Wikiquote is being used in hospitals in Argentina.
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Second up, the Odisha state government has announced that two of its major departments will now license their digital content under @CreativeCommons licenses. This move comes after a slew of work done by volunteer Odia Wikimedia editors.
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(As of last October, there were over 800 articles on male Mexican footballers on the Spanish-language Wikipedia. Female Mexican footballers had just 43.)
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We're leading off with news from @Wikimedia_mx, who is partnering with like-minded organizations to expand Wikipedia's gender diversity in its coverage of Mexican sports.
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We've published a new community news digest with some great stories: blog.wikimedia.org/2018/02/09/com… 1/
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Want to watch us calligraphy the Wikipedia page for calligraphy? Tune in to our Facebook Live stream now: facebook.com/wikipedia/vide…
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Wikimedia volunteer @Armka has done the #100wikidays challenge nine different times.
That's 900 Wikipedia articles created in 900 total days. blog.wikimedia.org/2018/02/09/arm… pic.twitter.com/ztqAWjJ471
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Thoughts on the mentoring program at last year’s Wikimedia Hackathon in Vienna wikimedia.at/wikimedia-hack… via @WikimediaAT
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For the first time, in 2017, the percentage of users accessing Wikipedia via mobile devices exceeded those accessing via personal computers. medium.com/freely-sharing…
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Between now and 2030, open knowledge advocates face headwinds that include censorship by governments and corporations, internet shutdowns, surveillance of users, information monopolies.... blog.wikimedia.org/2018/02/08/wik…
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The full report is here: medium.com/freely-sharing…
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6. Expect the Unexpected: How can we know what the world will look like in 2030 — and what the Wikimedia movement’s role will be in it? 5/
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3. Misinformation: How will people find trustworthy sources of knowledge and information?
4. Literacy: How will the world learn in the future?
5. Open Knowledge: How will we share culture, ideas, and information? 4/
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The report draws from six comprehensive research briefs which address these topics:
1. Demographics: Who is in the world in 2030?
2. Emerging Platforms: How will people around the world be using communications technologies to find, create, and share information? 3/
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Specifically, the report highlights growing concerns across civil society about the quality of and access to open knowledge online, as well as compounding threats to the Wikimedia movement and its open knowledge allies. 2/
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Today we’re releasing an extensive research report about @wikimedia’s role in shaping the future of the information commons medium.com/freely-sharing… 1/
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#OTD one year ago: @metmuseum announced that they were making 375,000 images of public domain art freely available under the @creativecommons Zero license. blog.wikimedia.org/2017/02/07/the… twitter.com/creativecommon…
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A new podcast about @mediawiki features Cindy Cicalese, Product Manager for the MediaWiki Platform team. betweenthebrackets.libsyn.com/episode-1-cind…
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Do you like @craignewmark of @craigslist? Do you have photos of pigeons, or can you take photos of pigeons? Upload your pigeon photos (or public domain pigeon photos) to Wikimedia Commons!
blog.wikimedia.org/2018/02/05/pig…
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Announcing Bassel Khartabil Memorial Fund Grants and Fellowship, two new opportunities to advance collaboration, community building, and leadership development in open communities ow.ly/o93X30ifZBx
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See the winners from the 2017 Wiki Science Competition in Ukraine: blog.wikimedia.org/2018/02/07/wik…
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The encyclopedia that writes itself? "A model to generate fluent, coherent multi-sentence paragraphs and even whole Wikipedia articles"
Generating Wikipedia by Summarizing Long Sequences. @peterjliu et al.
arxiv.org/abs/1801.10198 #ICLR2018 pic.twitter.com/ACOLHAq5pc
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Or stay on top of Wikimedia research news and discussions through various channels. research.wikimedia.org/news.html 8/8
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You can check the team’s latest publications, data releases, or outreach events such as @wikiworkshop. research.wikimedia.org/events.html 7/
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The study of workflows and technology to help contributors verify information and fact-check, reuse and discuss sources. research.wikimedia.org/structured-cit… 6/
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Research using qualitative and quantitative methods to learn why people read @Wikipedia research.wikimedia.org/why-we-read-wi… 5/
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Methods to identify and target harassment in Wikimedia projects. research.wikimedia.org/community-heal… 4/
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The design of machine learning systems to support auditable content curation and quality control. research.wikimedia.org/scoring-platfo… 3/
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A recommendation system to identify missing content across languages in Wikimedia projects. research.wikimedia.org/knowledge-gaps… 2/
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