Wikimedia News & Updates

[Sushubh]

Wikiasari: Wikimedia founder to launch a search engine project
Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia is all set to start a new project named Wikiasari. This would be a search engine service that could take on the likes of Google and Yahoo! in the future.
He is working with the ecommerce giant Amazon.com on this project [...]

https://broadband.forum/4904/wikiasari/

 

[Sushubh]

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation donates to Wikimedia

 

[Sushubh]

Wikimedia Foundation gets USD 2 million commitment from Omidyar Network

 

[Sushubh]

Craig Newmark joins the advisory board at Wikimedia

 

[Sai]

Wikimedia chooses Ubuntu for all of its servers | Canonical

 

[GeorgePB]

This news is older than Old Spice :/

 

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[Sai]

None posted that news here . So posted it .

 

[Sushubh]

https://broadband.forum/wikimedia-commons-mobile-apps-ios-android-donate-photos-44215/

By uploading your photos, you can help further the goal of spreading free knowledge around the world. You won’t just be sharing your images with your friends – you’ll be sharing them with Wikipedia’s billions of readers around the globe. This app is 100% ad-free and non-commercial.

https://goo.gl/OHC3b
https://goo.gl/YGQq8

 

[Sushubh]

Wikimedia 2030: Wikimedia’s role in shaping the future of the information commons

 

[Sushubh]

“Visual diffs” make it easier to see editing changes on Wikipedia – Wikimedia Blog

The Wikimedia Foundation’s Editing team announces the launch of visual diffs, which will let users visually review the changes made to Wikimedia sites without requiring knowledge of the wikitext markup language.

 

[Sushubh]

It’s now easier to craft content for mobile devices: Responsive web design at the Wikipedia scale – Wikimedia Blog

 

[Sushubh]

Wikimedia Foundation partners with the GSMA to expand digital literacy in emerging countries – Wikimedia Blog