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Starting Off Wiki Loves Earth Malaysia: Photowalk Taman Eko-Rimba Bukit Pelindung, Kuantan, Pahang
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (279+ words) Wikimedia.org By partnering directly with Kuantan’s District Education Office and Forest Office, we managed to bridge the gap between institutional authority and grassroots youth enthusiasm. By uploading their unique captures directly to Wikimedia Commons under open licenses, these students…...
Dagbani Wikimedians User Group and Mabia Communities Advance Indigenous Language Content at AfroCuration 2026
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (433+ words) Wikimedia.org The Dagbani Wikipedians User Group, together with the Mabia language communities, participated in the 2026 AfroCuration article writing contest organized by the Global Open Initiative Foundation (GOIF). This marked the second consecutive year that the user group has taken…...
Wikimedia principled LLMs
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (561+ words) Now I am not an LLM developer myself and only have limited knowledge of how they are built. So if there are other things that are essential (how evals are done?, the weights themselves?, the framework they run on?) to…...
Wikimedia Spain at GLAM Labs Futures 2026: the future of digital heritage laboratories
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (723+ words) Wikimedia Spain took part in GLAM Labs Futures 2026, an international event held on 25 and 26 June at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, which brought together professionals and researchers from galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM) to discuss the future of innovation labs…...
Vic Sfriso: Learning from Trans Memories in Argentina
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (1036+ words) Wikimedia.org Last month, we had the opportunity to speak with Vic Sfriso (1989, Buenos Aires, they/them). Vic, who lives in Buenos Aires, is the Director of Programmes and Community Engagement for the user group Wikimedia LGBT+, a Co-coordinator of…...
Wikipedia’s 25th Birthday Made Me Purchase My First Branded Clothing
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (303+ words) Note: This article is not paid or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation or the Ageless Galaxy and is solely written for the sake of reflection Last Saturday, I found myself navigating the vibrant streets of Jakarta, heading toward an event…...
Making CropTool better for everyone
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (508+ words) Wikipedia hosts its images on Wikimedia Commons, a shared media library that serves all language versions of the encyclopedia. But Commons was built around a text-first content system, and the tools for managing images have never been quite as smooth…...
Behind Better Data: Inside Wikidata’s First WikiProjects Days
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (488+ words) Wikimedia.org Practically anyone can edit Wikidata, but openness at this scale will sooner or later bring challenges: ontological inconsistencies, duplicate entities, non-notable items, unsourced statements and other data quality issues. This is where WikiProjects truly shine. The well-structured areas…...
Reflecting on progress and planning ahead: Dagbani Wikimedians User Group holds its last quarter team meeting
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (635+ words) Wikimedia.org On Saturday, 4 July 2026, members of the Dagbani Wikimedians User Group gathered virtually via Zoom for their last quarter team meeting. The meeting served as an opportunity for the various language communities within the user group to reflect on…...
Botswana on the Wiki Map: My AWW On WikiSkills Mentorship Story
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (221+ words) My wiki journey didn’t start with this program, it started at university. From contributing at the Botho University Wiki Club, where I won 2nd prize in 2024, to gradually finding my footing in the Wikimedia movement, this has been a long game…...