Why you should be paying attention to Wikidata and GLAM
As a collaborative project, Wikidata is looking for more partners to fill in data gaps. Every one of the initiatives listed above needs help matching data from important collections to existing Wikidata entries, or help for the Connected Open Heritage community in prioritizing the next source of cultural data to target and improve.
Switzerland’s ETH-Bibliothek is uploading 134,000 images to Wikimedia Commons
"We are trying to bring the material to where the users are": the uploads from Switzerland's largest public scientific and technical library include photos from noted aviator Walter Mittelholzer, who flew to places around the world in the 1920s and 1930s.
No Man’s Sky and the drive to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of video games
Casual readers may not notice that the English Wikipedia's video game articles, like No Man's Sky, usually adhere to a set of stringent guidelines.
Meet Diego Delso, the amateur photographer who has taken the most featured pictures on Wikimedia Commons
Out of 15,084 images Delso has taken and uploaded, the Wikimedia community has rated 306 as 'featured' and 8,696 as 'quality.'
Android app now offers new ways to browse Wikipedia and find trending, recommended articles
The updated Wikipedia app for Android features a completely redesigned home screen, now including the explore feed, in addition to other new features and improvements.
Misuse of Creative Commons-licensed photo leads to public apology
Niccolò Caranti hopes that this "will help clarify that 'free license' is not the same thing as 'public domain'; it does not mean 'you can do whatever you want without conditions.' "
Foundation Board appoints Katherine Maher as Executive Director
In a unanimous vote, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selected Katherine Maher to lead the organization dedicated to spreading the sum of all knowledge.
Jimmy Wales names Emily Temple-Wood and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight as Wikipedians of the Year
Being awarded for the sixth time, this is the first time two Wikipedians have received the honor together.
Wikimedians gather in Italian alpine town Esino Lario for 12th Wikimania
Vassia Atanassova is leaving her home in Sofia, Bulgaria this week, bringing a decade of rewarding collaboration with educational and cultural heritage institutions. Satdeep Gill is leaving his home in Punjab, bringing the languages and customs of the state in northern India. Isla Haddow-Flood is leaving Cape Town, South Africa, bringing with her motivation to….
Individual Engagement Grants program will fund eight community-led projects
Selected from a field of 28 applicants, the 8 focus on tools and online community organizing.
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