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Today at #EduWikiWeek2022, we are showcasing 9 community stories from our movement. 🎉📺�?
Join us from 13:00 - 16:00 UTC. Find the agenda here: meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education
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Portrait artist chose to illustrate biochemist Marian Ewurama Addy for #WikiUnseen. She was the first woman from Ghana to become a full professor of natural science and is remembered as a role model for young girls.
See her face, know her story: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Ew
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Sat. 2/26 #HBCU focused editing workshop w/, the guys & special guests from the community English Dept. Sign up at bit.ly/AfroCROWDHBCU #AfroWikiBHM22 #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM RT #Wikipedia
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Far too many articles lack photos. That is why it is exciting to see this initiative from , which went to the Ghanaian Parliament and successfully convinced them to donate photos of all 275 members.
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Amplifying Black and Diverse Histories the Focus of New Wikimedia Foundation Collaboration with Caribbean Artist.�?��?� �?��?�
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New York-based illustrator @bukhtawar_malik is helping recreate the likeness of documentary filmmaker William Greaves. Witness the steps of her process
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International Mother Language Day is observed every year on Feb. 21st to promote Linguistic & cultural diversity and multilingualism around the world.
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for its support of 🇳🇬 Language Oral History Documentation to preserve #endangeredlanguages in #Africa.
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#EduWikiWeek2022 - Day 2, We want to highlight you and your community members for creating impact in work. The work you do in your local communities is so important- and so are the people you work with. Let’s celebrate them today! Reply here!
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#EduWikiWeek2022 - Day 1, Share with us the programs and activities that you have built to engage with teachers and students by providing learning opportunities through projects. Reply here or write a newsletter article! 🦑 meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education
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Feb. 25, 2-5p PST/ 5-8p EST join us University for the Writing the #BlackHistory of the #PacificNorthWest into virtual Editathon! Connect w/others, ace , gain new skills & amplify Black #PNW history.
Register at: beav.ed/wwE
#AfroWikiBHM22 #BHM
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Education is a core part of our work at the Foundation. Our CEO shares with us her experience and the values that Wikimedia projects bring to education. Join us this week to celebrate this virtual festival of #EduWikiWeek2022. meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education
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We started #WikiUnseen to help close the visual knowledge gap on Wikipedia and beyond. New York-based visual artist portrayed William Greaves, a pioneering American filmmaker, producer, and actor.
See his face, know his story: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_G
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International writing competition “Feminism and Folklore” is dedicated to increasing the number of articles related to folk culture and women in folklore. This year's competition is running now to 31 March—learn how to participate.
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The 2022 edition of is open! This year's theme is Home and Habitat. Get your camera, take photos of *your* Africa, and upload entries until 15 April.
Learn more about #WikiLovesAfrica: wikilovesafrica.net📷 Mohamed Elfatih Hamadien, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Thanks to an edit-a-thon organized by , Spanish Wikipedia readers can now learn about "trailblazing labor activist and politician" María Jesús Guirado.
Learn more about the event and its impact.
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#WikiGap's addressing of 's gender gap is "more than just an event: it has grown to be a movement in itself," says , from .
If you are interested in hosting an event and making a difference, take a look.
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With , , and artists, we're expanding the visual representation of Black, Indigenous, and people of color on and beyond. Learn how #WikiUnseen is advancing knowledge equity and making hidden figures seen 👇🏽 #OpenTheKnowledge
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This #BlackHistoryMonth, help create and improve articles about Black women on . New and seasoned editors alike are invited to join all month long!
👉🏿 Learn how you can help: w.wiki/4n3R
📷 WomenArtistUpdates, (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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In 2021, 34 countries and territories joined in, including the United Arab Emirates and Wales for the first time.
📷 Fifth place: Adyagustian, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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WLE aims to highlight the conservation and protected areas of its participating countries.
📷 Fourth place: Engin Tavlı, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Held from May to June, WLE is organized by volunteers in the Wikimedia community.
📷 Third place: Nojos88, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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WLE is an annual contest that produces some of the most beautiful and awe-inspiring photos of Earth, its nature, animals, and more.
📷 Second place: Dario.brollo, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Portugal, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Indonesia are the stage for the winning images of the 2021 (WLE) photography competition, in the "Landscapes" category.
📷 First place: Luis Afonso, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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For #WikiUnseen, we invited , an illustrator from NY, to recreate the likeness of May Miller—an American poet, educator, and the most widely published female playwright of the Harlem Renaissance.
See her face, know her story: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Miller
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Love Culture? ♥️ Share Culture! 🤲
📢 Calling all artists! Today, we're excited to launch #CCSharesCulture, our new Open Culture Remix Art Contest, to celebrate #BetterSharing of cultural heritage throughout the world.
ℹ️ More info👉 bit.ly/3BhWF6G
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"The Wikimedia community doesn't speak about truth and falsehoods. They speak about verifiability, neutral point of view, and original research."
Learn how disinformation is tackled on , via our Kate Levan & , with .
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"We all have something to say and to contribute to Wikipedia," says Executive Director of , Mónica Bonilla-Parra, and librarian and doctoral student David Ordóñez.
For them, it's writing Colombian women scientists into .
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🦉Final stats of the #1lib1ref campaign in Catalan ():
We've DOUBLED our last year's record!
4.425 references added!!
(2.172 in 2021)
6th most active language of the world.
THANK YOU ALL!!!
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Read about Feminism and Folklore, a writing competition from 1st February till 31st March on with the theme of Folk, Women and LGBTQ at Diff Blogs.
diff.wikimedia.org/2022/02/15/tak
#wikimediablogs #FeminismAndFolklore2022
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We’re kicking off the week with good news: we’re launching the first-ever State of the Internet’s Languages report next week, on Feb 23! 🙌🏾
Here's what you need to know about our project with and , with contributions in 13 languages, + how you can join us 🧵
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In partnership with , we are presenting a workshop about the global climate crisis called “Race to Net Zero.” You can join the interactive, team-building session and be a part of the discussion. Learn how.
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In the name of pushing ill-conceived proposals to address online harms, policymakers around the world are putting fundamental human rights at risk. Our legal team explains why this is happening and how it could impact .
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We protect and promote access to knowledge. Like many knowledge spaces, lacks visual representation — esp. of Black, Indigenous & ppl of color.
To change that, started a project w/ and . Discover #WikiUnseen ⬇️
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