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Of course the current global cyber outage has a #Wikipedia article already!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2024_global_cyber_outages
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
If anyone is looking for a nice little wikipedia project, the Ombudsman page desperately needs updating to include news ombudsfolk! (Right now it's all about ombudspeople in government.)
https://www.newsombudsmen.org/the-history-of-ono/
![Source of the Wikipedia page on Beetlejuice:
But <!-- LONGSTANDING CONSENSUS IS TO USE BEETLEJUICE, NOT Betelguese. A NEW CONSENSUS IS NEEDED TO CHANGE IT. SEE TALK PAGE AND ARCHIVES. -->Beetlejuice<!-- LONGSTANDING CONSENSUS IS TO USE BEETLEJUICE, NOT Betelguese. A NEW CONSENSUS IS NEEDED TO CHANGE IT. SEE TALK PAGE AND ARCHIVES. --> quickly offends the Maitlands with his crude and morbid demeanor: they reconsider hiring him, though too late to stop him from wreaking havoc on the Deetzes. The small town's charm and the supernatural events inspire Charles to pitch his boss, Maxie Dean, on transforming the town into a tourist hot spot, but Maxie wants proof of the ghosts. Using the ''Handbook for the Recently Deceased'', Otho conducts what he thinks is a [[séance]] and [[Law of contagion|summons Adam and Barbara, using their wedding clothes]], but they begin to age and decay, as Otho unwittingly performed an [[exorcism]] instead.
Horrified, Lydia summons <!-- LONGSTANDING CONSENSUS IS TO USE BEETLEJUICE, NOT Betelguese. A NEW CONSENSUS IS NEEDED TO CHANGE IT. SEE TALK PAGE AND ARCHIVES. -->Beetlejuice<!-- LONGSTANDING CONSENSUS IS TO USE BEETLEJUICE, NOT Betelguese. A NEW CONSENSUS IS NEEDED TO CHANGE IT. SEE TALK PAGE AND ARCHIVES. --> for help, but he will help her only on the condition that she marry him, enabling him to freely cause chaos in the mortal world. He saves the Maitlands and disposes of Maxie, his wife, and Otho, then prepares a wedding before a ghastly minist](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1211041 "Source of the Wikipedia page on Beetlejuice:
But <!-- LONGSTANDING CONSENSUS IS TO USE BEETLEJUICE, NOT Betelguese. A NEW CONSENSUS IS NEEDED TO CHANGE IT. SEE TALK PAGE AND ARCHIVES. -->Beetlejuice<!-- LONGSTANDING CONSENSUS IS TO USE BEETLEJUICE, NOT Betelguese. A NEW CONSENSUS IS NEEDED TO CHANGE IT. SEE TALK PAGE AND ARCHIVES. --> quickly offends the Maitlands with his crude and morbid demeanor: they reconsider hiring him, though too late to stop him from wreaking havoc on the Deetzes. The small town's charm and the supernatural events inspire Charles to pitch his boss, Maxie Dean, on transforming the town into a tourist hot spot, but Maxie wants proof of the ghosts. Using the ''Handbook for the Recently Deceased'', Otho conducts what he thinks is a [[séance]] and [[Law of contagion|summons Adam and Barbara, using their wedding clothes]], but they begin to age and decay, as Otho unwittingly performed an [[exorcism]] instead.
Horrified, Lydia summons <!-- LONGSTANDING CONSENSUS IS TO USE BEETLEJUICE, NOT Betelguese. A NEW CONSENSUS IS NEEDED TO CHANGE IT. SEE TALK PAGE AND ARCHIVES. -->Beetlejuice<!-- LONGSTANDING CONSENSUS IS TO USE BEETLEJUICE, NOT Betelguese. A NEW CONSENSUS IS NEEDED TO CHANGE IT. SEE TALK PAGE AND ARCHIVES. --> for help, but he will help her only on the condition that she marry him, enabling him to freely cause chaos in the mortal world. He saves the Maitlands and disposes of Maxie, his wife, and Otho, then prepares a wedding before a ghastly minist")
I just finished putting together a Wikipedia article on plant biologist Mary Clutter, who was so instrumental in determining mechanisms for gene regulation and expression through her work with plant hormones.
She also was one of the foremost scientists involved in expanding opportunities for women scientists in the latter half of the 20th century, including getting them the recognition they deserved for their accomplishments.
My daughter snagged this screenshot before it changed. Enjoy
#kissinger #wikipedia #hell #henrykissinger
😍 I was today years old when I learned what bardcore is and I’m here for it! @wikipedia #LivingUnderARock #bardcore #wikipedia #IThoughtIWasCool
With so much of the internet circling the drain, there's a major corner of the internet that's still a good news story - thank goodness for the 22-year-old Wikipedia powering on!
My recent editing there inspired my new post @PLOS:
Some things I like about the expanding Wikipedia universe
Some Things I Like About the Expanding Wikipedia Universe - Absolutely Maybe
About a week ago, I created an English Wikipedia page for a woman who had an extraordinary life, and left a phenomenal…Hilda Bastian (Absolutely Maybe)
Today's featured article on the English #Wikipedia is about Margaret Abbott, the first American woman to win an Olympic event. Except when she died at the age of 76 in 1955, she had no idea that she had won an Olympic event, it would only be discovered by a professor at the University of Florida years later!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Abbott
Congrats to our friends at @debian 
on the successful release of the newest version of the "universal operating system": Debian 12, aka Bookworm
https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20230610
#Wikipedia runs on #Debian because of its commitment to stability, security and software freedom. We'll be upgrading to bookworm soon!
Countering transphobic vandalism on @wikipedia by creating and improving articles on #transgender and #nonbinary people for #WikiLovesPride. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Pride/2023
#Wikimedia #Australia (@wm_au) and the State Library of Queensland announced their First Nations Wikipedian in Residence, Bianca Valentino, to improve the representation of #FirstNations music and musicians on #Wikipedia!
https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Announcing_our_First_Nations_Wikipedian_In_Residence
"I’m tired of the misrepresentation, silencing narratives, & way mainstream media distorts our narrative. I’m here for all the good stuff – truth, decolonisation, cultural resurgence, ancestral connection, community & sharing deadly music!"
Announcing our First Nations Wikipedian In Residence
In partnership with Australia Council for the Arts and State Library of QueenslandWikimedia Australia
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This is an excellent report by @legoktm on @wikipedia ’s experience on the Fediverse.
Experiences and goals will vary for each organization of course, but there are a lot of interesting things in there that could be helpful to you too!✨
Today on #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:%27;_DROP_TABLE_users;_DROP_DATABASE_PROD;_--
I guess that username qualifies as 'otherwise disruptive'
In this week’s #Linux and #OpenSource news video, we have the redesign of #Flathub and their verified apps, big performance improvements coming to the Linux kernel with version 6.3, and the EU cracking down on the biggest internet platforms, which for some reason include #Wikipedia
Hallo Fediverse! 👋
#Wikipedia 
ist eine vielsprachige, freie Online-Enzyklopädie, die von einer Gemeinschaft aus Freiwilligen, bekannt als Wikipedianer, in offener Zusammenarbeit mittels eines Wiki-basierten Bearbeitungssystems namens Mediawiki geschrieben und gepflegt wird.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
Denk dran: alle können mitarbeiten, einschließlich dir! Wir zeigen dir, wie; außerdem teilen wir coole Fakten und Hintergrunddetails!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Star_Trek_Into_Darkness_controversy
Conoce cómo participar aquí ➡️ https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiconcurso/%C2%A1Alto!_Mujeres_trabajando_2023
#8M #MujeresTrabajando #Wikipedia
En esta nota Carmen Alcázar, de Wikimedia México, cuenta las diferentes estrategias de verificabilidad que tiene la enciclopedia libre más grande del mundo👇
https://es.wired.com/articulos/wikipedia-en-espanol-entrevista-con-su-presidenta
Wikipedia en español: cómo combate la desinformación
Entrevista con Carmen Alcázar, presidenta de Wikimedia México, sobre la administración de Wikipedia en español y el combate a la desinformaciónJosé Luis Leguízamo (WIRED)
Es, sin dudas, la mayor obra colaborativa que haya existido en el mundo 💜
#WikipediaDay
🎂📷 JElder (WMF), Valerie Schandl (WMDE), CC BY-SA 4.0
🍄 Download it here: https://velvetyne.fr/fonts/fungal/
#mycotypo
#mycology #typedesign #freesoftware #fungi #wikipedia
Fungal
In 2022, Hato press invited Raphaël Bastide to do a publication part of the zine series. In a wish to revive the “fan” part of fanzine, Raphaël Bastide decided to pay tribute to Wikipedia, a surviving, precious, unequaled place on the open WWW.velvetyne.fr
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/wkxdz9/wikimania_starts_tomorrow_and_runs_til_sunday/?utm_source=ifttt
https://intrabach.wordpress.com/kiwix/
Kiwix
Kiwix es un proyecto de software libre el cual brinda la posibilidad de acceder a Wikipedia sin conexión a Internet y otros portales web basados en MediaWiki. Kiwix es el lector offline de Wikipedi…Jnoptik Intrabach