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21 links, first saved September 24, 2010, latest December 14, 2015.

• MediaWiki 1.26 released « Wikimedia blogDec 14, 2015

  The latest version of MediaWiki is live. Photo by Zach Dischner, freely licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. The MediaWiki developer community has proudly released the latest version of…

• 10 stunning photos from Ukraine’s Wiki Loves Monuments « Wikimedia blogDec 4, 2015

  In the midst of long-term unrest, Ukrainian Wikimedians took part in Wiki Loves Monuments, a worldwide photo competition that aims to add to the world’s coverage of cultural…

• My life as an autistic Wikipedian « Wikimedia blogJul 31, 2015
• Board service: Every board needs a bit of maintenance Wikimedia blogMar 6, 2014

  Good perspective to apply to boards and board committees. Makes me think about things we should do at minne. We often take for granted that a committee composed of individuals…

• Wikimedia moving to Elasticsearch Wikimedia blogJan 6, 2014
• Researching collaboration for a better world: John T. Riedl (1962 2013) Wikimedia blogJul 18, 2013

  So proud to be able to call John my friend. John made enormous contributions to our understanding of Wikipedia

• Whats missing from the media discussions of Wikipedia categories and sexism Wikimedia blogMay 1, 2013

  Its not always the case, but in this instance the system worked. Filipacchi saw something on Wikipedia that she thought was wrong. She drew attention to it. Now its being…

• Announcing the official Commons app for iOS and Android Wikimedia blogApr 29, 2013

  This is cool. The official Wikimedia Commons app foriOSandAndroidallows you to quickly and easily upload your photos to Commons.You can also upload multiple files and add…

• The Wikidata revolution is here: enabling structured data on Wikipedia Wikimedia blogApr 25, 2013

  By providing Wikipedia editors with a central venue for their efforts to collect and vet such data, Wikidata leads to a higher level of consistency and quality in Wikipedia…

• What Lua scripting means for Wikimedia and open sourceMar 14, 2013
• New Lua templates bring faster, more flexible pages to your wikiMar 11, 2013

  MediaWiki developers introduced templates and parser functions years ago to allow end-users of MediaWiki to replicate content easily and build tools using basic logic. Along the…

• Digital cathedralsOct 19, 2012

  Andrea is a digital librarian in Italy, whose cathedral has neither bricks nor rocks, but the digital fabric of pixels and characters, a network of global information and free…

• Wikimedia Foundation seeks declaratory relief in response to legal threats from Internet BrandsSep 6, 2012
• Lua previewed on Wikimedia blogJul 2, 2012

  The Berlin hackathon 2012 brought a record number of people together who worked together on many technical issues. Some people came to learn about MediaWiki, some came to learn…

• Wikimedia engineering February 2012 report — Wikimedia blogMar 7, 2012
• The message from the Wikipedia Blackout: Please leave the Internet alone — Wikimedia blogJan 20, 2012

  The Wikipedia blackout is over. Our goal was to raise awareness about SOPA and PIPA and to encourage readers to make their voices heard — and we’ve been successful on both counts.…

• Wikimedia blog » Terms of useJan 1, 2012

  Terms of use

• Wikimedia blog » Help test the first visual editor developer prototypeDec 14, 2011
• MediaWiki 1.18 is comingSep 17, 2011

  Update coming...

• Expanded Use of Article Feedback ToolMay 9, 2011

  Today on English Wikipedia we rolled out the Article Feedback Tool – previously featured on 3,000 English Wikipedia articles – to a larger set of 100,000 articles. This initial…

• Four videos of Wikipedias volunteersSep 24, 2010

  Earlier this week we announced the first of four videos featuring Wikipedias volunteer editors, Wikipedia: Username. Today we released the fourth and final video in the series,…