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Wikimedians showed up strong at #RightsCon2025 – tackling AI, media literacy, censorship, infrastructure gaps, and misinformation. From Indigenous knowledge to digital safety, they championed open, inclusive internet futures. 🌐📚 Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/_pD2N

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Want to help shape the world’s knowledge? Wikidata is the backbone of structured knowledge on Wikimedia projects, linking facts and data across Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and beyond. But how does it work? 🧵⬇️ (1/4)

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Wikipedia’s new AI strategy puts humans first. We're using AI to support volunteers, not replace them. By removing technical barriers and enhancing tools, we aim to give volunteers more time for collaboration, context, and consensus. Learn more ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/04...

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Beni makes up 20% of Bolivia’s land – yet it is one of the least represented on Wikipedia. Wikimixtura Beni is changing that with 180+ images and 19 new articles. Local voices are ensuring Beni is on the map – one edit at a time. Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/Dq2W

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Understanding economic and legal terms should not be a barrier. Thanks to a new project by Wikimedia MKD, Macedonian Sign Language users now have access to 199 videos explaining over 200 key terms. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)

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Before a new language edition of Wikipedia launches, it starts here. 🛠️ Wikimedia Incubator is where communities develop new language versions of Wikipedia, Wiktionary, and other projects – building the foundation for more inclusive access to knowledge. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

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From 29 April to 1 May, open knowledge and digital rights advocates in Africa will participate and lead discussions on the importance of free knowledge and digital equity at the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum 2025 in Lusaka, Zambia. Learn more, including how you can tune in online ➡️ w.wiki/DtTr

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Wikipedia receives billions of monthly visits, all while operating on a fraction of the resources that other websites have. Learn what it takes to keep the free encyclopedia running ➡️ youtu.be/1Q8s16b39q8 #AWikiMinute

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We receive several requests to remove content from Wikimedia projects and disclose user data. Our Transparency Report shows how we respond: with an unwavering commitment to protecting free knowledge and the rights of the people who make it possible. Read ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/about/transp...

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The Women and Health Project is improving how women’s health is represented on Wikipedia in Spanish, Catalan, Galician, and Basque languages. With health experts and editors working together, it's closing gaps in knowledge, language, and access. Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/DjYz

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Wikipedia hosts over 64 million articles that are seen more than 15 billion times a month, all while operating on only a fraction of the resources that other websites have. Discover what it takes to run Wikipedia in #AWikiMinute

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🌍 Happy Earth Day! Wiki Loves Earth is a global photography competition celebrating natural heritage. Participants capture and upload images of local nature to Wikimedia Commons. Learn more about Wiki Loves Earth 2025 ➡️ w.wiki/CxiN

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The Indic Writing Systems Campaign 2025 rallied Wikimedians to improve coverage of South Asian scripts across Wikipedia and Wikidata. With more than 1,900 edits and dozens of new articles, the campaign helped bring ancient scripts into digital memory. Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/Dkaf

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What happens when 140 young minds work to save their mother tongues? In WikiKata 2024, students across Malaysia documented Iban, Kadazandusun, and Semai on Wiktionary – adding 3,900 entries and gaining digital skills along the way. Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/Dkav

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Volunteer editors use reliable and verifiable sources to keep the information on Wikipedia accurate. Learn how you can trust the content on Wikipedia, which is added by people from all around the world, in only a minute ➡️ youtu.be/CwZzdOvPcf4 #AWikiMinute

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Before Wikipedia was in your pocket, it was on a CD 💿 Today in 2007, the Wikimedia Foundation released Wikipedia Version 0.5 – a compact disc with almost 2,000 articles. Read the original, archived 2007 press release ➡️ w.wiki/DPDw

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What’s it like to join your first Wikimedia hackathon? For User:Nwonwu Uchechukwu P, Wiki Mentor Africa Hackathon 2025 was a time for creativity, collaboration, and community. Nwonwu worked on UI/UX design and learning tools like Codex and Phabricator. Read more ➡️ w.wiki/Dkbb

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Have you ever wondered how Wikipedia can stay trustworthy if anyone can edit it? Did you know that people from all over the world help keep information on the free encyclopedia neutral? Learn more in #AWikiMinute.

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Sheep jumping, traditional milking, and a master locksmith – Türkiye’s first Wiki Loves Folklore contest captured it all. These contributions helped strengthen Wikimedia projects with local stories, traditions, and knowledge worth preserving. Read more ➡️ w.wiki/DkBa

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📸 Every day, the Wikimedia Commons community votes to spotlight a Picture of the Day from Wikimedia Commons' collection of over 115,000,000 freely usable media files.

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Technology is ever changing, but knowledge remains human. Learn why Wikipedia matters to the internet in the age of AI – in only a minute ➡️ youtu.be/QXSbD091zNs #AWikiMinute

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Spain's Museo Reina Sofía appointed a Wikipedian in Residence to connect culture with open knowledge. From 2022–2024, Carolina Espinoza integrated Wikipedia into exhibitions, training staff and engaging the public. Read more ➡️ w.wiki/DfcN

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Wikipedia is part of a much larger network of Wikimedia projects, each playing a unique role in sharing free knowledge. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

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AI-generated content can be found all over the internet. But did you know that AI tools use information from Wikipedia to respond to people’s questions? Take #AWikiMinute to learn more.

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📸 The results of the world's largest photo contest are in! The winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2024 have been announced and they are spectacular. 🧵⬇️ (1/5)

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For over a decade, Wikimedia Czech Republic’s Seniors Write Wikipedia course has taught 700+ Czech seniors to edit Wikipedia. With beginner and advanced courses, librarian training, and community clubs, it fosters digital literacy and intergenerational knowledge exchange. Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/Dfb6

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In Mexico, mangroves protect biodiversity and coastal communities, but human activities have led to significant deforestation. To combat this, Wikimedia México and partners use open-source tools and drones to map and monitor ecosystems, empowering locals with conservation tech. ➡️ w.wiki/DetG

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The #AWikiMinute series answers frequently asked questions about Wikipedia and free knowledge in short, one-minute videos. Now, this work has been nominated for The Webby Awards! If the videos have helped you understand the Wiki universe, vote for us. It only takes a (wiki) minute ⬇️

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Explore India's Dehing Patkai National Park, the "Amazon of the East", where two explorers documented 135+ butterfly species for Wiki Loves Butterfly. Braving tough terrain and weather, their work on Wikimedia Commons aids conservation and inspires action. Read more ➡️ w.wiki/Dedh

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🌍 Wikipedia is just the tip of the iceberg. Beneath it, Meta-Wiki helps keep everything running! It serves as the coordination hub for Wikimedia projects, supporting multilingual collaboration, discussions, and policy development. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

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Wikipedia is all about neutrality and fact, not opinion. So where do editor perspectives on editing go? Beyond talk pages and community portals, there are also over 2,000 community-written essays. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)

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Accurate information preserves our cultural memory, yet much of it remains incomplete online. #EveryBookItsReader invites people worldwide to enrich details on books, authors, and stories. With growing impact, the initiative ensures diverse voices are heard and preserved. Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/DTU5

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Embark on a journey where community spirit and digital collaboration breathe new life into local heritage. Wikipedia Towns in Japan are preserving history – from Kitagi Island’s Open Datathon to Uji’s Otogi Densha and Osaka’s Labor Archive. Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/DZEs; w.wiki/DZEw; w.wiki/DZEy

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