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.
In worldwide vote, Wikimedia users select extraordinary picture of the year
1,322 pictures. 56 finalists. One winner. The vote for Wikimedia Commons' picture of the year is over.
Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, gives to Wikipedia’s future
Craig Newmark has given much to the world of open-source and free information in the past. Now the founder of craigslist and craigconnects is giving to the future of Wikipedia, which he says “is where facts go to live.” Newmark is giving one million dollars—the largest gift yet—to the Wikimedia Endowment, the fund announced earlier this year as a….
Freely licensed magic at Eurovision
Thanks to Albin Olsson, free photographic mastery was on display at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest.
Cross-wiki notifications unite a world of messages in one window
The Wikimedia Foundation's Collaboration team has developed "cross-wiki notifications," a tool that will simplify the editing experience for Wikipedia users by allowing them to get updates from all of the projects they contribute to.
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