Your privacy, your policy – a call for Wikimedia community input
This post is available in 6 languages: 日本語 Español • Français • Deutsch • العربية • English English Privacy policies serve a central role in protecting user rights. These public, binding commitments...
View ArticleWikipedia Education Program expands throughout Arab World
This post is available in 2 languages: العربية • English In English The group from Egypt and Jordan at Isra University Last month Isra University hosted two full days of events for the Wikipedia...
View ArticleWikivoyage has a new logo
The new Wikivoyage logo We are thrilled to announce that, following a spirited and collaborative process, the Wikivoyage community has selected an official logo. Wikivoyage, a free online travel guide,...
View ArticleWikiexpedition takes Poland for the fifth time
This post is available in 2 languages: Français • English English Wikimedia Polska, the official Wikimedia Chapter in Poland, recently organized the fifth annual Wikiexpedition. The goal of the...
View ArticleWikimedia engineering August 2013 report
Major news in August include: A discussion about using the secure HTTP protocol on Wikimedia sites, followed by a switch to that protocol for all registered users; The launch of the Notifications...
View ArticleWikiSkills helps teachers use Wikipedia in their courses
WikiSkills is a part of the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme, and its purpose is to teach teachers how to use collaborative tools like wikis for teaching. Wikimedia Sverige, the...
View ArticleWhy the student learning aspect matters in the Wikipedia Education Program
Editor’s note: The following is an op-ed, meaning the views expressed herein are the personal views of the author. Jami Mathewson I’ve been working with the Wikipedia Education Program in the United...
View ArticleHTTPS by default beta program
This post is available in 2 languages: Español • English English Now that we’ve enabled HTTPS by default for logged-in users, our next major objective is to enable HTTPS by default for anonymous...
View ArticleWikiSkills teachers share more of the lessons they learned
As I wrote in a Wikimedia blog post last week, WikiSkills is a part of the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme, and its purpose is to train teachers how to use collaborative tools like...
View ArticleVipsScaler implementation by volunteer developer improves image handling on...
A depiction of the Battle of Belmont, Second Boer War. This image is an example of image reduction in VipsScaler. The original file has a resolution of 52 megapixels Loading and resizing large images...
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