Wikipedia Nearby Lists Interesting Places Around You, Asks for Photos in Return

Wikipedia Nearby Lists Interesting Places Around You, Asks for Photos in Return

The new page is designed to both be informative and improve Wikipedia

Wikimedia Is Looking for New Exec

Wikimedia Is Looking for New Exec

Sue Gardner is stepping down so the Foundation is looking for her replacement

The Real-Time Map of Wikipedia Contributions Is Mesmerizing

The Real-Time Map of Wikipedia Contributions Is Mesmerizing

There are plenty of people contributing to Wikipedia

Wikipedia Gets Notifications to Help Users Keep Track of Their Pages

Wikipedia Gets Notifications to Help Users Keep Track of Their Pages

Notifications are displayed for page edits, thanks, or mentions

Upload Photos to Wikipedia Straight from Your Phone, via the New Wikimedia Commons Apps

Upload Photos to Wikipedia Straight from Your Phone, via the New Wikimedia Commons Apps

You can also use the mobile Wikipedia site or any other Wikimedia site

Wikipedia Already Relies on Wikidata, a Central, Open Repository of the World's Data

Wikipedia Already Relies on Wikidata, a Central, Open Repository of the World's Data

The crowdsourced project aims to provide structured data on any topic

Wikipedia Chooses the Truly Open Source MariaDB 5.5 over Facebook's MySQL 5.5

Wikipedia Chooses the Truly Open Source MariaDB 5.5 over Facebook's MySQL 5.5

MariaDB offers performance improvements but it is a community driven project as well

Wikipedia and Related Sites Reach 500 Million Unique Visitors Each Month

Wikipedia and Related Sites Reach 500 Million Unique Visitors Each Month

Websites under the Wikimedia Foundation reach a new milestone

Microsoft Announces the Windows Phone Next App Star Challenge Winner

Microsoft Announces the Windows Phone Next App Star Challenge Winner

The grand prize goes to Wikipedia, developed by Rudy Huyn

Wikipedia Rolls Out Updated iPhone App

Wikipedia Rolls Out Updated iPhone App

Updated languages / translations, updated user-agent string

French Spy Agency Bullies Wikipedia Editor into Deleting Article

French Spy Agency Bullies Wikipedia Editor into Deleting Article

The article then became one of the most read on the French Wikipedia

Wikipedia Is Losing Its Leader as Sue Gardner Plans to Step Down

Wikipedia Is Losing Its Leader as Sue Gardner Plans to Step Down

She led the site through its biggest growth period but now plans to fight for the open web

"I Am on Wikipedia" Creates Your Very Own Wikipedia Page

"I Am on Wikipedia" Creates Your Very Own Wikipedia Page

The site relies on Facebook data to generate your very own personal page

To Help Computers Understand Meaning, Google's Wikilinks Corpus Has 40M Mentions on 10M Pages

To Help Computers Understand Meaning, Google's Wikilinks Corpus Has 40M Mentions on 10M Pages

The data is the biggest collection of its kind available in the world

Wikipedia Wants to Drop the Wiki Markup in Favor of Pure HTML, It's Harder than It Seems

Wikipedia Wants to Drop the Wiki Markup in Favor of Pure HTML, It's Harder than It Seems

The eventual goal is to store articles in pure HTML, but it's going to take a while

Wikipedia Crowdsources Vandalism Protection to Mobile Users, Mobile Editing on Its Way

Wikipedia Crowdsources Vandalism Protection to Mobile Users, Mobile Editing on Its Way

Wikipedia is building up its mobile tools as more and more people make the switch

Asteroid Gets Named Wikipedia to Honor the Website

Asteroid Gets Named Wikipedia to Honor the Website

The asteroid is in a stable orbit in the main asteroid belt

 
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