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A Stage-Win for All of Us
Today, the European Parliament voted against a controversial draft Copyright Directive. Thrilling to the end, finally 328 against 278 with 31 abstentions. The road so far and what’s still at stake.
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Tools for Wikipedians: Keeping track of what’s going on on Wikidata from Wikipedia
Wikipedians see editing articles as their craft. As anyone who takes pride in their craft knows, a well-equipped tool belt can make a difference. Time to look at some tools related to Wikidata that may help you in your everyday life on Wikipedia.
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UNESCO calls for participation: Recommendations on Open Educational Resources
Until June 1st 2018, UNESCO invites you to comment on its first draft recommendation to its member states on Open Educational Resources online. Why we are involved and why it matters.
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Free Knowledge Worldwide: The Faces behind Wikimedia – Part 1
For many people, Free Knowlege is mostly synonymous with Wikipedia. Worldwide, tens of thousands of people, from volunteer communities to staff, work tirelessly to give even more people more access to more knowlege. At this year’s Wikimedia Conference, the annual meeting of the Wikimedia Movement, we interviewed some of them about their commitment to Free Knowlege.
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The countdown to WMCON 2018 is on!
The Wikimedia Conference is the annual meeting of all Wikimedia organizations to discuss the future of the Wikimedia movement. Now we’re ready to share the first edition of a program full of varied and participative sessions: The preliminary program has been published on Meta.
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Walking the walk – Working together for a global movement
Two international workshops took place at WMDE in November: The “Volunteer Supporters meeting” and the “Partnerships meeting”. Read about them here.
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WikidataCon 2017
WikidataCon, the first conference dedicated to the Wikidata community took place in Berlin on October 28th and 29th. How to summarize this event? It was a huge success, both from the point of view of the community and the organizing team, and we hope that you enjoyed the event as much as we did.
arrow_forwardGoing regional – Wikimedia Deutschland at the CEE Meeting
Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar. The Central and Eastern European (CEE) meeting 2017, took place in Warsaw from …
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Data Partnerships with Wikidata: beaTunes
An interview with Hendrik Schreiber of beaTunes about how to use Wikidata in a commercial software product.
arrow_forwardLadies That FOSS — Welcoming 35 women coders into the FOSS movement and that was just the beginning
German summary: Ladies That FOSS war ein Hackathon gerichtet an Frauen, die Interesse an Freier und Open Source Software (FOSS) …
arrow_forwardBeing a Volunteer Developer for Wikimedia projects: An Interview with Greta Doçi
Interview by Sandra Muellrick. This blog post is also available in German. As a volunteer, Greta has been active in …
arrow_forwardSoftware product management as an internship: Learning about the real world at Wikimedia Deutschland
German summary: Glorian Yapinus aus Indonesien hat gerade sechs Monate Praktikum in der Software-Entwicklung bei Wikimedia Deutschland hinter sich. Hauptsächlich …
arrow_forwardSoftware Craftsmanship at Wikimedia Deutschland: Rewriting the Wikimedia Deutschland fundraising application
German summary: Jeroen De Dauw, Software-Architekt bei Wikimedia Deutschland, hat in zwei Blogposts architektonischen Überlegungen hinter einer umfangreichen Refaktorisierung der …
arrow_forward10 cool queries for Wikidata that will blow your mind. Number 7 will shock you.
Dieser Blogpost ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar. Wikidata is an open knowledge base that collects facts (statements) on pieces of …
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