The CapX platform is continuously being improved by its team to better meet community needs. Recently, it received two major usability updates related to its skills framework.
Now users can translate CapX skills on the new Translate! page, a dedicated interface designed to simplify multilingual contributions. The Capacity Directory also received two new visualization formats, along with an…
The Wikimedia movement has long demonstrated the power of open knowledge in documenting humanity’s shared cultural, historical, and social heritage. Community campaigns such as Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Earth, and Wiki Loves Folklore, among many
others have brought together volunteers from across the world to contribute freely accessible media and knowledge to Wikimedia projects.
Today, I…
Among the many amazing stories from India that went into the pages of science is that of Sindri fort. It is hardly mentioned in India anymore but it was of interest to Charles Lyell whose work was significant for Charles Darwin. This fort sank along with a large area around it on 16 January 1819 around 6.45 PM when the region was struck by an earthquake that also caused a tsunami. While this…
Two weeks ago, I took part in the Wikimedia
Hackathon 2026, which took place on 1–3 May (Friday–Sunday) in Milan, Italy. Like
in
previous
years, I wanted to write a bit about the experience.
I came into this hackathon with one planned presentation / session (T423292):
Cool new things in JavaScript + CSS. This is the continuation of two sessions I did at the
2023 hackathon,
Cool new things…
Engage your curiosity and deepen your knowledge with the Wikipedia app’s 25-day Reading Challenge. Wikipedia is kicking off this app initiative to celebrate its 25th birthday, a year-long event paying tribute to a quarter century of the online free encyclopedia. All that you need to do to participate is open up the Wikipedia app and read at least one article a day for 25 consecutive days while…
On the occasion of International Roma Day, Wikimedia Serbia organized the
seventh global edit-a-thon where Wikipedia volunteers around the world wrote and improved articles on Roma people and their history and culture. This year’s edit-a-thon was supported by Wikimedia
Serbia,
Wikimedians of Albanian Language User Group,
Wikimedia Community User Group Greece, WikiDonne,
Wikimedians of Romania…
Latest tech
news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Weekly highlight
Each year, we publish the Form 990s for the Wikimedia
Foundation and the
Wikimedia Endowment, which provide a detailed look at our finances, governance, and operations. Publishing these filings are an important part of our commitment to transparency and accountability to the Wikimedia communities, donors, and the public.
Below are key takeaways from this year’s filings.
Participating in the
On-Wiki Skills Mentorship Programme organized by African Wiki
Women was a transformative experience that shaped my understanding of open knowledge and digital collaboration.
At the beginning of the programme, I was eager but had limited knowledge of how Wikimedia platforms work. The training provided a welcoming and supportive environment where I…
The future Yes We Tech network of editors has been launched as an initiative driven by Yes We Tech and Wikimedia Spain to promote the creation and improvement of content about women scientists and technologists on Wikipedia. Through the “Women in STEM: training in Wikimedia
projects” programme, both organisations sought to help reduce the gender gap that still persists on the internet and in the…
With local AI agents increasingly writing and executing code autonomously, giving them unrestricted access to your machine is becoming a massive security risk. This is one of the primary reasons that agentic flows have so many flavors of approval that may need to happen throughout an agents course of action, though others include review points and being able to keep the agent on track.
I have…
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2026).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
Technical news
Arbitration
Miscellaneous
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2017 : 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
2018 : 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
2019 : 01,…
13 May 2026 – The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, celebrates becoming a member of the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA), a multi-stakeholder initiative endorsed by the United Nations that promotes the discovery, development, and use of digital public goods (DPGs) — open-source software, dataset, AI models, and content —…
Taukeer Alam, while speaking his language, Van Gujjari.
_This post first
appeared as a part of Global Voices’ April 2026 Spotlight series, “ Human perspectives on
AI,” a series offering insight. into how AI is being used in global majority countries, how its use and implementation are affecting individual communities, what this AI experiment might mean for future generations, and more._
As the…
What does it really take to claim your space and make it count?
For many women in the digital space, the challenge is not just showing up, but being seen, heard, and represented accurately. This question set the tone for the Africa
Wiki Women (AWW) April Skill Up Workshop, themed “Pioneering Her Right.”
Held on 11 April 2026 and moderated by Ann Veronicah, the session brought together 126…
A story about how the effort to fill gaps in an archive can also be a reparative act.
In the end of April in Santa Fe (Argentina), time seems to stand suspended. Autumn in this part of the southern hemisphere usually brings rain, and with it, painful memories of the 2003 flood, one of the greatest avoidable socio-environmental disasters in Argentina’s recent history.
More than two…
Latest tech
news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Weekly highlight
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From the team: How the GLAM Community Can Shine in the 2026–27 Annual Plan
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Albania report: International Roma Day 2026 in Tirana, Albania
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Argentina report: WikiConf Argentina and GLAM projects
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Asia report: Documenting and citing oral knowledge in audio and video
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Australia report: WikiCon Australia, ICIP, Orphan works and Trans-Tasman partnerships
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Brazil report:…
Wikimedia Commons has more than 100 million freely licensed media files, but many photos still lack structured metadata saying who is in the image. On Commons, that information is usually added through Structured Data on Commons, using the P180 depicts property. When those statements are missing, images are harder to find, reuse, and connect to the rest of the Wikimedia ecosystem. That problem is…
This blog post is the fourth in the series about CommonsDB. If you don’t know about the project at all, I recommend checking out the
first blog post in the series which has a video clearly introducing the project.
Imagine you come across an image on social media and you realize it would fit very well on Wikimedia Commons. But it has been shared so much that all metadata is lost and you don’t…
Event flyer
The Igbo
Wikimedians User Group’s 72 hours
virtual marathon edit-a-thon marked another milestone in the preservation of the Igbo language through open knowledge, with a strong focus on maintaining quality over quantity. This project which kicked off in April 2025 has recorded remarkable success from collaborative efforts and participation across our community. And the March 2026…
Participants of the English Wikipedia 101 Workshop hosted by Wikimedia Ghana User Group in Ho. Photo by: Owula kpakpo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Ghana User Group (WMGH) is thrilled to share updates from our _English Wikipedia 101 Workshop_ in Ho (Volta Region, Ghana), the return of our bi-weekly editathons to their usual format, highlights from Earth Month activities and…
Introduction to Wikipedia training session
I participated in a Project under the
Africa Wikipedia Alliance EmpowerHer Project to celebrate International Women’s Day, which focused on improving the representation of women on Wikimedia platforms. The training equipped participants with practical skills in Wikipedia editing and Wikidata contributions.
AWA EmpowerHer Introduction to Wikidata…
At the end of 2025, Wikimedia
Brasil began an ambitious initiative that is still ongoing: the development of an institutional communication strategy to mark our presence in the global movement celebrating Wikipedia’s 25th anniversary. Through actions across multiple platforms and channels, we aim to expand recognition and collective engagement with this digital public good , ensuring that…
Among Wikimedia’s projects, the most active and vibrant one is Wikipedia. For more than five years, I have been writing and translating articles on Wikipedia. In the beginning, I was more focused on translating articles from English into Bangla, but now I mostly write new articles.
An illustration of the full form of GLAM, originally created by SSoster (WMB), translated by MdsShakil,…
_Mike Pascoe is the President of the Lafayette History Museum in Lafayette, Colorado and associate professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Campus._
When I enrolled in one of Wiki Education’s
250 by 2026 Wiki
Scholars
courses, I expected to learn how to edit Wikipedia more effectively. What I did not expect was how quickly the work would evolve into something that felt much closer to…
Event poster
The Volunteer
Supporters Network (VSN) is officially celebrating its first
Annual Meeting since becoming a hub pilot—and we want you to be part of it!
The VSN Annual Meeting brings together volunteer supporters from across the Wikimedia movement to share challenges, opportunities, and strategies to better support our local communities of editors. On this edition, we want to…
WAMSU Logo with Wikipedia Workshop flyer
The Wali
Wikimedians Community continues to expand awareness and participation in the Wali Wikipedia Incubator through targeted outreach in tertiary institutions.
On 15 January 2026 , we organized a Wikipedia workshop for interested students at the University of Business and Integrated
Development Studies (UBIDS) in collaboration with the UBIDS Wiki…
Articles de-stubbing training
I almost gave up.
Not long ago, I sat alone staring at my screen, wondering if anyone actually cared about Dagbani on Wikipedia. The articles were short. The edits were few. The silence was loud.
I asked myself, “Is it too late? Has our language already lost the battle for the internet?”
Then something happened that I will never forget.
**The night everything…
I recently decided to run an experiment on wikibase.world: what happens when you give an AI agent the keys to a live MediaWiki instance and ask it to do some targetting gardening, including edits to Wikibase?
Meet the Jules free tier, though i’m sure you could use any agent. Over the course of a few hours, I tasked Jules with editing wikibase.world, moving from simple API edits, querying SPARQL,…