Happy #InternationalWomensDay!
Let's celebrate with action. We present the #ProjectRewrite Checklist: ten steps you can take to get involved and help us close the gender gap on —and beyond. #IWD2022
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📢Marzo con m de mejorar artículos de mujeres en , anímate a editar en la Mujeres y cultura que organizamos con
Registro: ccemx.org/evento/mujeres
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Want to do something AMAZING this #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2022 ??
Yes, anyone can edit Wikipedia BUT too few do and only 19% of biographies are about notable women.
You can write new pages (50-100 words+ with citations) about the lives & contributions of women. #WeCanEdit
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all the amazing and trailblazer women who come together to bring about change, who give us hope & help us collectively heal ✊🏾
Today, we’re launching #VisibleWikiWomen 2022! Here’s what you need to know about this year’s theme & why it matters 🧵
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🎧¿Cómo surgió la iniciativa que busca reducir la brecha de género en ?
Carmen Alcázar() fundadora de nos cuenta más en el podcast Se Oye libre.
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13 editors have added 31.5 thousand words to Wikipedia & Wikidata since 9am today. Making the internet less sexist.
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This #IWD2022 (Tuesday, 8 March @ 16:00 UTC), join us live for "Break the Bias – Celebrating women’s achievement and taking action for equity." Event speakers include our CEO @MaryanaIskander + Wikimedians @metik, @erinamukuta, @GuteMonik, and @Rosiestep
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Welcome to WikiGap! International Women’s Day marks the start of the global WikiGap Challenge, a campaign where we help each other to write, improve and translate Wikipedia Articles about women.
Read more here: meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap_C #IWD2022
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👉🏿 Visit this page to read the full #ProjectRewrite checklist, discover helpful links, and spread the word to your friends. #IWD2022 #WomensHistoryMonth
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There are dozens of campaigns, contests, and groups you can join to make a difference — whether by adding references, uploading photos, creating new biographies on overlooked women, and more! (11/12) #ProjectRewrite
wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/proje
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Maybe you are looking to join a community or expand your skills in editing. Whatever your goal, several events happening in March and the rest of the year welcome, guide, and support new editors. (10/12) #ProjectRewrite
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_ga
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Do you or your institution have freely-licensed photos of notable women? Upload them to Wikimedia Commons through the #VisibleWikiWomen campaign to add the face to the name on Wikipedia. (9/12) #ProjectRewrite
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaign:
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Take a few moments to go through images of women's suffrage activists and write descriptions, captions, and tags related to what you see. The tool was created by to improve visual representation on Wikimedia Commons. (8/12) #ProjectRewrite
isa.toolforge.org/campaigns/54/p
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Many Wikipedia articles about women need small improvements, such as more information or sources. Get started by updating articles on this list from , a project to reduce systemic bias in the Wikimedia movement. (7/12) #ProjectRewrite
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
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You did your reading and you are ready to take action. Next: Start by creating your account. (6/12) #ProjectRewrite
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READ: interviews four amazing volunteers about how they first started editing articles on Wikipedia and how they are now making the online encyclopedia more equitable, one edit at a time. (5/12) #ProjectRewrite
glamour.com/story/the-wome
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While the gender gap problem exists on Wikipedia, the solution requires changes outside of it. Leaders in academia, journalism, and the nonprofit sector discuss how we can work together for change. (4/12) #ProjectRewrite
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What causes the gender gap on Wikipedia in the first place? Tune into the "dot com" podcast to learn about some of the biggest challenges and hear from volunteers working to fix them. (3/12) #ProjectRewrite
play.acast.com/s/dot-com/wiki
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Did you know only 18% of the content in all Wikimedia projects, including biographies on , are about women? One of the first steps in solving the gender gap is understanding the problem. See the latest research and stats. (2/12) #ProjectRewrite
wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/proje
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Timed with #InternationalWomensDay, the Surrey Art Gallery is hosting an edit-a-thon. Learn more about how you can join and help correct Wikipedia's gender imbalance.
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Here's why I'm hosting a Wikipedia editing training this weekend: Wikipedia is one of the most-visited sites on the internet and is edited by volunteers. But there's a big gender bias in who actually edits: surveys show that only about 15-20% of editors are women.
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We sat down with Sherry Antoine from and illustrator to chat about #WikiUnseen, a project that is redrawing the likeness of Black, Indigenous, and people of color whose pictures could not be found on Wikipedia. unseen.wikimedia.org
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This #IWD2022 (Tuesday, 8 March @ 16:00 UTC), join us live for "Break the Bias – Celebrating women’s achievement and taking action for equity." Event speakers include our CEO @MaryanaIskander + Wikimedians @metik, @erinamukuta, @GuteMonik, and @Rosiestep
w.wiki/4uVh
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As part of #WomensHistoryMonth, is partnering w/ , & for a special edit-a-thon (3/16) focused on updating, improving and creating biography pages for female scientists!
Register today!
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Wiki Loves Africa – Home & Habitat – is open for entries! 🏆 1st prize for quality image = USD2000. Entries accepted 'til 15 April.
Enter now! bit.ly/wla22_enter
Follow #wikilovesafrica for updates & inspiration and see events are happening near you.
#photocontest #africa
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New resource alert ➡️ "Wikipedia and LGBTT+ biographies" is a new guide by with strategies and tools for writing more inclusive biographies on .
Learn more and download the guide, available in Spanish on Wikimedia Commons 👇🏽
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"An online future through offline training" ➡️ WikiFundi is reaching people with little or no access to the internet and giving them the tools to write articles about their context, surroundings, and interests.
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"It is not enough for us to expect people to come to Wikipedia," say researchers and . "We should also ask Wikipedia to come to them."
Read how Wikipedia's language geography has changed over the last decade.
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Our first-of-its-kind Universal Code of Conduct was launched one year ago to help volunteers address negative behavior on and other projects.
As the code's Enforcement Guidelines move to a vote, hear four perspectives on their importance.
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This #IWD2022 (Tuesday, 8 March @ 16:00 UTC), join us live for "Break the Bias – Celebrating women’s achievement and taking action for equity." Event speakers include our CEO + Wikimedians , , , and
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Last Tuesday, the Wikimedia Foundation received a Russian government demand to remove content related to the invasion of Ukraine on Russian Wikipedia.
We stand by our mission to deliver free knowledge to the world.
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A new partnership allows active editors access to 's online library—1,600+ journals, 22,000 online books, and hundreds of reference works to use for sources and citations!
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"Wikipedia’s coverage of the Ukraine invasion will continue to evolve as the invasion unfolds and is ultimately written into history."
As the world keeps watching, journalist explores how covers current events.
wikimedia.brussels/wikipedia-cove
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Right now, the number of people reading about Ukraine on Wikipedia is at an unprecedented high—spiking to more than 22 million English page views in the past month versus roughly 290,000 in Feb. 2021.
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The photo contest invites people across Africa to change the visual narrative, close the gaps, and alter global perceptions of the continent on and beyond. This year's theme is “Home and Habitat”.
Learn how to participate 👇🏽
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Standing for free and open knowledge as the information war continues
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These are some of the sketches created by portrait artist @enBoski for #WikiUnseen. He portrayed Senegalese computer scientist Rose Dieng-Kuntz. See more below 
unseen.wikimedia.org
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The invasion of Ukraine has resulted in the senseless loss of life and has also been accompanied by information warfare online. The spread of disinformation about the ongoing crisis affects the safety of people who depend on facts to make life-and-death decisions.
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The Wikimedia Foundation joins those calling for a peaceful end to the conflict in Ukraine, and will continue to support the efforts of Wikimedia volunteers and others contributing to a strong digital commons that keeps knowledge open, neutral, and free. wikimediafoundation.org/news/2022/03/0
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