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    36 minutes ago

    I’ve been writing biographies of female New Zealand professors and after almost a year, I believe I’ve got most of them. If you know of any female New Zealand professors who don’t currently have articles, please add them to my worklist at 1/n

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  2. 20 minutes ago

    Only one of these websites is run by a non-profit charity and doesn't monetise your attention through lots of advertising. 🤓

    Most visited websites, 2018. 1. Google 2. YouTube 3. Facebook 4. Baidu 5. Wikipedia 6. Yahoo 7. Qq 8. Taobao 9. Tmall 10. Twitter (Alexa)
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    19 hours ago

    Students in my class this fall will once again be participating in the campaign, creating or revising entries for some 85 fmakers from across the globe. Thanks for all you do!

    The movement seeks to close the on Wikipedia, adding entries such as this one about actor, director, writer, and producer Vera McCord, who started her own production company in 1917
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    Sep 4

    When you click on a citation in , sometimes the original link is broken. We've been trying to fix those, and it looks like it's working! Wow!

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    Sep 4

    There were over 20 million objects inside the . Did you take a photo of any of them? Help us preserve the memories of as many as we can and add them to . Here's how to do it from your desktop:

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    20 hours ago

    Visualizing the citation graph structure (cocitation, coauthorship, bibliographic coupling) of 5000+ papers in the Zika Corpus. A hack with and , all data is CC0. How cool is that? 🤸‍♂️

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    20 hours ago

    Hopefully now that all the Digital Champions know how easy it is to take part in Wiki Loves Monuments and use the interactive map tool, there is no excuse for public libraries not to take part... 😉

    Today we've been turning a few more red pins blue in East Kilbride where were hosting the quarterly meeting for public libraries in Scotland.
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    23 hours ago

    I've just been reliably informed that have recently cancelled their expensive subscription to Encyclopeadia Britannica and are now directing their customers to instead as part of their eReferences. 👏👏👏

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    35 minutes ago

    Hundreds of ORG supporters have told their MEPs to say no to automated in the . Add your voice before the big vote 12 Sept.

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  10. 31 minutes ago

    Take a walk around Central London with us and find out why you should contribute to the photo competition!

    Check out our video about the photo competition and how you can submit your photos and win prizes!
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  11. 33 minutes ago

    Prof Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell 'is to donate her £2.3m winnings from a major science prize she was awarded. The sum will go to fund women, under-represented ethnic minority and refugee students to become physics researchers.'

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    17 hours ago

    Gone but perhaps not entirely lost — we’re seeking images from the to share in perpetuity on

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    3 hours ago

    'Pentre Ifan, fin nos' gan Daniel Phillips. Uwchlwythwyd ddoe. 'Pentre Ifan at twilight' by Daniel Phillips. Uploaded yesterday.

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    3 hours ago

    O! Mam bach! Mae na luniau gwych ar Wici henebion eleni! Dyma un arall gan Daniel Phillips: 'Castell Dinefwr ar Doriad Gwawr'. OMG! Another fine image from by Daniel Phillips. 'Dinefwr Castle at sunrise'.

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    19 hours ago

    in the UK

    Check out our video about the photo competition and how you can submit your photos and win prizes!
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    21 hours ago

    Lovely video from m'colleagues in London. If you've not heard about yet, please take a look!

    Check out our video about the photo competition and how you can submit your photos and win prizes!
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  17. 21 hours ago

    Check out our video about the photo competition and how you can submit your photos and win prizes!

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    23 hours ago

    September month marks India's fifth participation in having won twice among 4 times so far; 2017 and 2012 respectively. Help Wikipedia and win by participating in world's largest photography contest.

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    22 hours ago

    Stats as on 5th day: 30K+ contributions (images) from over 2200 participants. Germany and India sums at ~33% of the total entries. Official contributions from 50 countries so far.

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    22 hours ago

    The draft UK National Action Plan for Open Government 2018-2020 is open for consultation and your comments! Check out the draft plan and share your feedback: Consultation runs until 3 October 2018

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