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Converting readers into editors: New results from Article Feedback v5
An invitation to "edit this page" is shown after users post feedback on Wikipedia ('Call to Action 1') Since December 2011, the Wikimedia Foundation has been testing a new version of the Article...
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Wikimedia Research Newsletter, June 2012
Vol: 2 • Issue: 6 • June 2012 [archives] Edit war patterns, deleters vs. the 1%, never used cleanup tags, authorship inequality, higher quality from central users, and mapping the wikimediasphere With...
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Wikimedia Commons 2011 Picture of the Year Announced
Winner of the 2011 Picture of the Year: A view of Lake Bondhus in Norway, and in the background of the Bondhus Glacier, part of the Folgefonna Glacier. Wikimedia Commons is an online repository of...
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To keep up with the growth of Wikipedia and its community, one goal of the engineering team at the Wikimedia Foundation for this year is to establish a Quality Assurance (QA) practice for software...
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The value of telling Wikimedia stories
When Victor Grigas first noticed Wikipedia, it was 2005 and it kept coming up in his search results. The only problem, he said, was that he hit too many dead ends. “Those were the red-link days, when...
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Afripedia collaboration expands offline Wikipedia in Africa
This post is available in 2 languages: français • English In English Signing the partnership agreement for Afripedia In mid June, Rémi Mathis, chairman of Wikimédia France, signed a partnership with...
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The many paths contributors take to arrive at Wikipedia
This post is available in 2 languages: português • English In English Wikipedia contributors take many paths to become editors and their motivations are as varied as their stories. For Messias Soares...
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‘Bonti Projjwollon’ – Lighting lamps to celebrate 10 years of...
Banner for Assamese Wikipedia celebrations I made a short weekend trip to Guwahati, Assam (India) to attend the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Assamese Wikipedia on 10th June. Assam is known as...
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Editor survey: Lack of time and unpleasant interactions hinder contributions
Respondents to the December 2011 Editor Survey reported that lack of time and poor interactions with other editors were the biggest obstacles in their way. Editors that primarily worked on more...
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Commons Picture of the Day: Scallop shell on the Black Sea
For Wikimedia Commons contributor George Chernilevsky, the appeal of his Picture of the Day lies in its simplicity. “I liked the colors and very simple composition,” he said. “All the beauty of the...
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