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This long read in The Verge does a remarkable job of describing how Wikipedia's editing community works, the project's strengths and weaknesses, and the threats it faces.
theverge.com/cs/features/71732…
"In a time of misinformation, in a time of suppression, having this place where people can come and bring knowledge and share knowledge, that is a statement."
How Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks
How the world’s largest encyclopedia became the factual foundation of the web, but now it’s under attack from the right wing, tech billionaires, and AI.Josh Dzieza (The Verge)
Bored? Check out the Museum of All Things and dive into Wikipedia in 3D gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/bore…
Bored? Check out the Museum of All Things and dive into Wikipedia in 3D
Here's a really clever idea. The Museum of All Things is a free to download experience made in Godot that allows you to explore various subjects pulled from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons data.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
![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
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/…
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)
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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!✨
Súmate a la campaña ⚠️¡Alto! Mujeres trabajando ⚠️ y colabora en mejorar la presencia de las mujeres cis y trans en la enciclopedia más leída del mundo.
Conoce cómo participar aquí ➡️ es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
#8M #MujeresTrabajando #Wikipedia
#Wikipedia y desinformación. Si cualquier persona puede editar un artículo ¿cómo se evita que haya información falsa o errónea?
En esta nota Carmen Alcázar, de Wikimedia México, cuenta las diferentes estrategias de verificabilidad que tiene la enciclopedia libre más grande del mundo👇
es.wired.com/articulos/wikiped…
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)
El 15 de enero de 2001 fue presentada oficialmente #Wikipedia, la primera enciclopedia de libre acceso y edición para usuarias y usuarios de internet 🥳
Es, sin dudas, la mayor obra colaborativa que haya existido en el mundo 💜
🎂📷 JElder (WMF), Valerie Schandl (WMDE), CC BY-SA 4.0
We are thrilled to release Fungal, a variable fork of DejaVu Sans that can grow like mycelium. Fungal is the fruit of an ongoing collaboration between @triple and @raphael , and is part of the larger project fungal.page.
🍄 Download it here: 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
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celebramos la existencia de espacios locales como Kiwix, un proyecto de #softwarelibre que permite acceder a #Wikipedia sin conexión a Internet y otros portales web basados en MediaWiki
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