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The treasure behind Görlitz’s age-old walls
Staff from the Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences (OLB) German version can be found here. In early November 2013 in Görlitz, Germany, staff from the Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences (OLB) met with...
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Wikimedia Foundation Report, October 2013
You are more than welcome to edit the wiki version of this report for the purposes of usefulness, presentation, etc., and to add translations of the “Highlights” excerpts. Video of the monthly...
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Wikimedia Highlights, October 2013
For versions in other languages, please check the wiki version of this report, or add your own translation there! Highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation Report and the Wikimedia engineering report...
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On Consortium-Based Wikipedian in Residence Positions
After three and a half months at the Metropolitan New York Library Council, I’m still figuring out what it means to be a consortium based Wikipedian-in-Residence (WiR). METRO is a member-resource...
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Call for input on the new trademark policy
This post is available in: English, العربية, Français, Deutsch, 日本語, Русский, and Español. English: Creating a trademark policy the wiki way The trademark policy was introduced in 2009 to protect the...
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Saudi students join the Wikipedia Education Program
After three successful terms of the Wikipedia Education Program in Egypt, Jordan, and Algeria, students in Saudi Arabia will be contributing to the Arabic Wikipedia this term at King Saud University...
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Wikimedia Foundation sends cease and desist letter to WikiPR
On October 21, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) issued a statement from Sue Gardner, our executive director, condemning the black hat practice of paid advocacy editing and sockpuppeting on Wikipedia. The...
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Learning from patterns: a new way to share important lessons
A learning pattern about how to allow multiple users to create accounts from the same IP address at editing events. A learning pattern about asking for gender identity in surveys. Problem: As a...
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How to make a Wikipedian angry
Rates of confirmed plagiarism among articles written by different groups of users, including both blatant plagiarism and subtler close paraphrasing Adding plagiarism to an article is one of the...
View ArticleWikimedia Foundation is looking for a Vice President of Engineering
Developing and maintaining the code and infrastructure that enable the global Wikimedia volunteer community to contribute to Wikipedia and our other projects is at the heart of the Wikimedia...
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