Why Tímea Baksa writes about Korean culture on Wikipedia
Thanks to Wikipedia, Tímea Baksa has learned two new languages and met people from all around the world. We asked about what keeps her coming back to Wikipedia, day after day.
Wikipedia iOS app named an Editor’s Choice
The Wikipedia iOS app is among the newest to hold the "Editors' Choice" distinction in Apple’s App Store.
Bringing light to Czechoslovakian history: Jindřich Nosek and the Art Library Project
One man's lifelong passion finds an outlet on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
Winners announced in Europeana’s First World War portfolio contest
"Each of their portfolios," Europeana's Liam Wyatt says, "demonstrated the potential of open-access heritage to help understand European history through diverse, innovative, and qualitative projects."
How we encouraged people to freely license their solar eclipse photos for the future
The recent total solar eclipse captured the imagination of millions. We hoped to get people to share that wonder and joy through freely licensed imagery on Wikimedia Commons—and as it turns out, we only had to ask.
Everything you need to know about photographing the solar eclipse and putting the results on Wikimedia Commons
How should people document the eclipse to remember it for years to come? How might we think about creating a public photographic record of the eclipse so that people in future years can experience the eclipse? That's where Wikimedia Commons and long-time editor Juliancolton come in.
The metamorphosis of Wiki Loves Butterfly
The so-called "Butterfly Wikimedian" created Wiki Loves Butterfly, a two-year effort to improve Wikimedia's coverage of butterflies in West Bengal.
“Filling in the gaps”: Plants and people meet on Wikipedia
A Wikipedia edit-a-thon at the New York Botanical Garden focused on writing women botanists into history.
Two ravens’ ‘song and dance routine’ wins picture of the year
Wikimedia editors from around the world flew to Jubilee and Munin, two amusing ravens from the Tower of London, in the volunteer-run competition.
How a feminist stood up to trolls and measurably changed Wikipedia’s coverage of women scientists
Did the efforts of Emily Temple-Wood ("Keilana") and other editors really make a difference in Wikipedia's coverage of women scientists—especially given the vast expanse of an encyclopedia that has 5.4 million articles in English alone? The answer, one year after the headlines, is an unequivocal yes.