Gabriel Thullen on bringing offline Wikipedia to West African schools

A chat with Gabriel Thullen, a Wikimedian who worked with schools in West Africa to test the Kiwix offline Wikipedia browser during the 2016–2017 school year.

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The future of offline access to Wikipedia: The RACHEL example

A chat with WorldPossible's Jeremy Schwartz, the developer of RACHEL—"Remote Area Community Hotspot for Education & Learning"—a portable plug-and-play server which stores educational websites and makes that content available over any local (offline) wireless connection.

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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.

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Wikimedia Foundation appoints Toby Negrin as Chief Product Officer

The Wikimedia Foundation is excited to announce the appointment of Toby Negrin as Chief Product Officer. Toby has been leading the Foundation’s product development in an interim capacity since April. He brings nearly 20 years of experience of integrating data, research, and design to produce effective and popular products. The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization….

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Sesame Street Spaghetti Space Chase

From Sesame Street to Maya Angelou, this Wikipedian digs deeper

Christine Meyer, better known to Wikipedians as FigureSkatingFan, has worked on many of the English Wikipedia's articles about Sesame Street. We asked why.

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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.

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Foundation research project learns from Czech and Korean Wikipedia communities

From May to July 2017, researchers conducted in-person interviews with 64 new and experienced editors in South Korea and the Czech Republic. The Czech and Korean Wikipedias were chosen to represent mid-sized wikis.

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Telling the story of Stockholm through Wikipedia: Holger Ellgaard

Passion for Stockholm encouraged Holger Ellgaard to document the city both in words and photographs on Wikipedia. Ellggaard received this year's Wikimediapriset award from Wikimedia Sweden.

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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."

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Research libraries and Wikimedia: A shared commitment to diversity, open knowledge, and community participation

A new project will model community collaboration in the creation of linked open data, focusing on content related to Indigenous communities of North America.

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