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Capacity Exchange: A dream platform built by Wikimedians
7+ hour, 56+ min ago (491+ words) At the time, it seemed distant, but not impossible. After all, nothing is impossible for Wikimedians. Moreover, discussions about the need to strengthen capacity-building across the movement in order to make it more resilient and sustainable in the long term…...
Making it easier to join Wikipedia: Account creation experiments to support mobile audiences
8+ hour, 16+ min ago (589+ words) Account creation is the first step toward participation on Wikimedia projects, but for many people on our mobile website, that first step is surprisingly hard to find. Starting July 2, logged-out mobile web readers will see a new account button directly…...
We need to innovate with Wikimedia decision-making " Diff
9+ hour, 1+ min ago (330+ words) This post makes the case that internal decision-making is quietly stuck. A later post will introduce a prototype that introduces a prototype to see if we can do something about it. This post describes a project of a working group…...
Dagbani Wikimedians User Group Strengthens Digital Knowledge Through Training at Bimbico Wiki Hub
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (196+ words) The Dagbani Wikimedians User Group successfully organized a capacity-building training session for members of the Bimbico Wiki Hub on 21st June 2026 at the Bimbilla College of Education. The training formed part of the group's ongoing commitment to empowering volunteers with the…...
Bridging Open Knowledge And Digital Rights: Reflections From DRIF 2026 And The Wikimedia Community " Diff
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (143+ words) As rightly put by my colleague Franziska Putz (Senior Movement Advocacy Manager, Wikimedia Foundation): To better understand the impact of DRIF from a Wikimedia community perspective, I spoke directly with Wikimedians who attended and actively contributed to the conference. Their…...
From Learning to Contributing: My Wikimedia Mentorship Journey
1+ week, 2+ day ago (204+ words) Before joining the On'Wiki Skills mentorship program, my engagement with Wikimedia projects was mostly as a reader. I was curious about open knowledge but unfamiliar with how data works or how contributors actively build and maintain Wikimedia projects. Through the…...
Reducing a 11, 000-Image Commons Backlog: Dhaka Wikimedia Community's Wikimedia Commons Edit-a-thon 2026
2+ week, 1+ day ago (577+ words) The edit-a-thon was conducted in a hybrid format. Nine Wikimedians participated in person at the Wikimedia Bangladesh office, while two additional participants joined remotely. Throughout the day, contributors worked collaboratively to categorize images from the Bangladesh Press Information Department (PID),…...
No Wiki Is an Island: Russian and Italian Editors Collaborate Across Borders
2+ week, 1+ day ago (372+ words) Wikimedia. org Isolated systems cannot exist; otherwise, a perpetual motion machine would be possible. For this reason, we, the North-West Russia Wiki-Historians User Group, actively seek cooperation within the Wikimedia movement. Following agreements reached during CEEM 2025, we held a joint…...
Dagbani Wikimedians User Group Trains TACE Wiki Hub Members on Wikipedia Editing
2+ week, 3+ day ago (559+ words) Wikimedia. org The Dagbani Wikimedians User Group successfully organized a two-day Wikipedia training for members of the TACE Wiki Hub at Tamale College of Education on 13th and 14th June 2026. The training was designed to introduce participants to Wikimedia projects, build their…...
Wiki-Jard'n Valpara'so: Introducing Wikipedia Editing at PUCV
2+ week, 6+ day ago (190+ words) On May 6th and June 10th, 2026, students enrolled in the course'Digital Humanities: The Case of Wikipedia'at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valpara'so (PUCV), Chile, took part in'Wiki-Jard'n Valpara'so, a two-session Wikimedia training initiative integrated into the course curriculum. The programme was designed…...