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Sam Oye - Wiki Indaba 2017

The insights series: Sam Oyeyele

Interviews with Wikimedians from emerging communities from Africa, Asia and Latin America, sharing their experiences of Wikimedia Conference 2018 and what the free knowledge movement means to them.

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Don’t panic! Build your own Hitchhiker’s Guide with Wikipedia

Enter Kiwix, the offline Wikipedia reader.

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Wikipedia and Hollywood come together for Los Angeles edit-a-thon

More women are now a part of the sum of all knowledge.

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The insights series: Felix Nartey

Interviews with Wikimedians from emerging communities from Africa, Asia and Latin America, sharing their experiences of Wikimedia Conference 2018 and what the free knowledge movement means to them.

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Twitter bots powered by Wikipedia: An interview with Darius Kazemi, internet artist

We wanted to learn more.

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A mockup of the new page previews feature, using the English Wikipedia's article on the Andromedia Galaxy.

Here’s everything we published from the design, development, and data process for the page previews feature

As an open and transparent organization, most of our documentation is placed online, able to be viewed and emulated by anyone. Here's a list of the documentation for one of our recently released features.

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Why I write about women on Wikipedia

Wikipedia volunteer editor "SusunW" delves into the reasons why she has written hundreds of article about women.

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#WeMissTurkey: A year without Wikipedia in Turkey

April 2018 marks one year that Wikipedia has been blocked across all languages in Turkey.

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Wikimedia Canada hits the red carpet, cameras in hand

Canada’s Wikimedia chapter is collaborating with local organizations to coordinate photography sessions with public figures. The results go up on Wikipedia.

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How we designed page previews for Wikipedia — and what could be done with them in the future

Yesterday, we released a new feature for Wikipedia’s readers on desktop—page previews. Here's a few design nuances behind this feature.

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