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@lydiapintscher.bsky.social
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Kevin Payravi
about 19 hours ago
For Wikipedia's 25th birthday, I'm sharing Wiki Arcade, a virtual directory of wiki-powered games made by amazing people. 🕹️
playwiki.games
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Freedom of the Press Foundation
about 22 hours ago
Today, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of
@wikipedia.org
, which for a quarter of a century has been collaboratively built by unpaid strangers on the internet.
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Wikipedia’s 25th birthday proves the power of free speech
If the global encyclopedia is going to thrive for the next 25 years, we must maintain and expand First Amendment protections
https://freedom.press/issues/wikipedias-25th-birthday-proves-the-power-of-free-speech/
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Wikidata
1 day ago
🎂 Happy birthday, big sister @wikipedia.org 🎉 For 25 years now you’ve helped people understand the world better, one article, reference, and edit at a time. Here’s to many more years of sharing knowledge together, be it triples or prose! ♥️
wikipedia25.org/en
#Wikipedia25
@wikimediafoundation.org
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One of the best activities to wrap up the year with? Reading over 2500 donor comments for
@kde.org
's fundraiser. Thank you to everyone who donated to make our work over the next year possible! Here are some of my favorite notes donors left with their donation. 💙 🐉
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Wikimedia Deutschland is looking for a director of engineering. Want to work with great people to move
@wikidatacommunity.bsky.social
, Wikibase and more forward? Got people leadership and tech skills? This might be for you:
wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/6164656...
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Director of Engineering (all genders) – Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
We are looking for: Director of Engineering (all genders) , Full Time, Berlin
https://wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/61646562/Director-of-Engineering-all-genders-/
20 days ago
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Siobhan Leachman
2 months ago
A fabulous rant on trust as well as a message of love for
#Wikipedia
by
@hankgreen.bsky.social
Love the quote "The fight is always going to be the loud thing. The actual useful things in the world are quiet and invisible."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
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Wikipedia and the Destruction of Trust
YouTube video by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0ogvPfCA
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KDE
2 months ago
Valve announces a desktop machine and VR goggles, both powered by KDE's Plasma desktop.
store.steampowered.com/sale/steamma...
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KDE
2 months ago
KDE's GSoC report is out! Read the full report to discover all the work mentees have carried out to improve, Krita, Kdenlive, Cantor, KDE Linux, Karton, and more.
mentorship.kde.org/blog/2025-11...
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European Open Source Academy (EOSA)
2 months ago
📢One week until the nominations for the next
#EuropeanOpenSourceAwards
close! Learn more about the nomination process and the awards given :
europeanopensource.academy/open-call-no...
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KDE
2 months ago
"Adopt an App" is back! You can now show your love for your favorite apps through our fundraiser. Pick an app, donate €50 or more, and tell us about your choice in the comments:
kde.org/fundraisers/...
You will appear as a supporter on the apps
apps.kde.org
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Wikidata
3 months ago
💫 WikidataCon begins today! Well we did it again... 9 sessions from lightning talks, presentations, panels and a workshop! Last chance to join us:
w.wiki/EKXz
All times stated are in UTC.
#wikidatacon
#wikidata
#openknowledge
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Wikidata
3 months ago
💫 WikidataCon continues as we head into November. Once again, we've crammed 9 sessions to our daily schedule before we start another round of Wikidata-powered games. Need the room-link?
w.wiki/EKXz
All times stated are in UTC.
#wikidatacon
#wikidata
#openknowledge
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Wikidata
3 months ago
💫 WikidataCon begins today! We have 9 sessions scheduled today, capped off, of course, by some Wikidata games. Want to join? Register for access:
w.wiki/EKXz
All times stated are in UTC.
#wikidatacon
#wikidata
#openknowledge
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European Open Source Academy (EOSA)
3 months ago
📢Deadline for nominations to the European Open Source Awards has been extended! Final Deadline : 10th of November, 23:59 CET Submit your nomination today :
europeanopensource.academy/open-call-no...
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#Wikidata
has been recognized as a digital public good! Wikidata is always the mostly-invisible powerhouse in the background, so this is especially meaningful to me and a great recognition of the work that thousands of people put into structuring the world’s knowledge every single day.
3 months ago
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Wikidata
3 months ago
The day has arrived, Wikidata turns 13 years old! 🍰 🎉 What do you think the next 13 years has in store for Wikidata? 🎤 Tell us in the Presents & Messages Call! 🕔 Today, 17:00 UTC on BigBlueButton (access link here:
w.wiki/FmFR
) Leave us a message or add a present:
w.wiki/FqaY
🎁 🎤 See you soon!
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Wikidata
3 months ago
🎉 Wikidata is turning 13! 🎂 🎈 Join in the Festivities on our live celebration call 🎈 🕔 17:00 UTC 📅 October 29, 2025 🔗 Access link here:
w.wiki/FmFR
👉 Other cool events around the world:
w.wiki/FqZQ
🎁 Birthday Presents & Messages:
w.wiki/FqaY
🎂💬🧑💻🎈
#Wikidata
#WikidataBirthday
#OpenData
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Lydia Pintscher
depths of wikipedia
3 months ago
recently discovered that wikipedia volunteers have a hilariously high bar for what constitutes "unusual death"
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The session I am looking forward to the most for this
#WikidataCon
is the Wikidata4 Social Good panel with Jan Ainali, Jona Hölderle, Mateus Santos and Friedrich Lindenberg next Sunday. Join us to hear more about their great projects. Don't forget to register at
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:W...
3 months ago
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Wikidata
3 months ago
Are you ready for WikidataCon next week? We can't wait to see you there! Check out the program and register today at:
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:...
#wikidatacon
#wikidata
#openknowledge
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Wikidata
3 months ago
#WikidataCon, the conference dedicated to the #Wikidata community, is taking place on October 31 - November 2, online. You can check the program and register for the conference! See the scheduled Program:
pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025...
Register for the event:
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:...
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KDE
3 months ago
Happy Birthday to us 🎂! KDE is 29! Today KDE is 29 years old and we are celebrating kicking off our yearly
#fundraiser
. Donate and make KDE's wishes come true.
kde.org/fundraisers/...
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European Open Source Academy (EOSA)
3 months ago
🏆 Nominations open for the 2nd European Open Source Awards! Introducing the Prize for Excellence in Open Source + Special Recognitions across four categories. 🗓️ Nomination period: 6 October – 2 November 2025 Nominate now:
tinyurl.com/3zar7v5h
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If you've been waiting for an embedding of Wikidata or an MCP for Wikidata, today is your day! I'm looking forward to seeing what people are going to build with it.
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4 months ago
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Wikimedia Foundation Policy
4 months ago
We’re proud to stand with memory institutions worldwide for digital rights. Collaborations like GLAM-Wiki and Wikimedian in Residence programs show how we can preserve and expand open access to free knowledge and cultural heritage together, today and tomorrow!
#ProtectOurFutureMemory
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KDE
4 months ago
Whether you missed it or want to relive the excitement, you can now watch every moment from
#Akademy2025
. Talks, panels, keynotes, and more! Watch now on your favorite platform: PeerTube:
tube.kockatoo.org/w/p/14aypZbV...
YouTube:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#KDE
#Akademy
#FOSS
#OpenSource
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A PeerTube instance for the KDE Community, and like-minded folk and projects -- but you can upload non-KDE related stuff!
https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/p/14aypZbV4wwZxQf5XzkNvS
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Wikimedia Foundation
4 months ago
Wikidata is one of the most significant repositories of open knowledge on the planet. Read this Stephen Harrison interview that explores how this open, volunteer-driven database became the infrastructure for global knowledge ➡️
www.stephenharrison.com/p/how-wikida...
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European Open Source Academy (EOSA)
4 months ago
An important step towards recognition of European open source : European Open Source Academy (EOSA) welcomes nine influential new members to its core structure! Read the complete press release :
europeanopensource.academy/news/driving...
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Lydia Pintscher
4 months ago
I have a bunch of data (Wikidata item locations monthly since the dawn of time) And I want to make map tiles, served in a web app, for nice display, also with a sort of heatmap view the more you zoom our Akin to
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidat...
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Wikidata map - Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_map
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Wikidata
5 months ago
⏳ Time is running out to submit your WikidataCon 2025 proposal! Open until 1 September (AoE), the CfP is accepting talks, workshops, discussions or something else, now's the time to get it in! 📌 Event info:
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:...
📌 Submit proposal:
pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025...
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Wikidata
5 months ago
Wikidata turns 13 this October, and we’re celebrating on the 29th 🎉 Got a birthday gift you'd love to share with the community? 🎁 Check out
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidat...
for ideas on presents, events u can organize, and all the support u might need. Let’s make this birthday one to remember! 🥳
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Only 3 weeks until
@kde.org
comes together in Berlin for Akademy. I'm especially looking forward to the keynotes. Join us!
akademy.kde.org/2025/
5 months ago
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Wikidata
5 months ago
Are you a developer using Wikidata's data in your application with the action API or Query Service? The Wikidata development would love to talk to you to help improve how you can get to Wikidata's data. More details here:
greatquestion.co/wikimediadeu...
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Wikidata's data powers amazing apps. I showcased a few of them at
#Wikimania
last week. Dive into what
@wikidatacommunity.bsky.social
makes possible in the slides here:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wi...
#Wikidata
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2025_-_Wikidata_a_whirlwind_tour_through_the_land_of_Wikidata-powered_apps.pdf
5 months ago
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I had a great conversation with
@stephenharrison.com
about how
#Wikidata
is quietly powering much of the digital infrastructure that we use every day. And the coolest part: you don't need to be a programmer to contribute. Small contributions can spread further than you might imagine.
#OpenData
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How Wikidata is Coding for Humanity
Lydia Pintscher explains how this little-known project powers Wikipedia, AI tools, and civic tech around the globe.
https://www.stephenharrison.com/p/how-wikidata-is-coding-for-humanity
5 months ago
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KDE
6 months ago
Host
#Akademy2026
in your country and be part of something unforgettable. And here’s the best part: Akademy 2026 will mark KDE’s 30th birthday!
akademy.kde.org/news/2025-07...
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Want to hear about some of the really cool things people are building with
@wikidatacommunity.bsky.social
's data? Come to my
#Wikimania
talk for a whirlwind tour.
wikimedia.eventyay.com/talk/wikiman...
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Wikidata: a whirlwind tour through the land of Wikidata-powered apps Wikimania 2025
Wikidata's data is used in thousands of projects and often we don't realize what our work makes possible. In this session we will take a tour through some of the great applications and services that h...
https://wikimedia.eventyay.com/talk/wikimania2025/talk/ZHHQYV/
6 months ago
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KDE
6 months ago
The
#Akademy2025
program is live! Get ready to dive into the future of KDE: discover the latest innovations in desktop & mobile, how KDE Eco is building a greener tech world, and what’s next for Plasma, community growth, and powerful dev tools.
akademy.kde.org/2025/program/
#KDE
#FOSS
#TechEvent
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Sabine von Mering
6 months ago
Have a look at this blog post about our new article "Wikidata for botanists: Benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data" with
@siobhanleachman.bsky.social
,
@joaquimsantos1978.bsky.social
and Heidi Meudt:
blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2025/07/14/t...
#Wikidata
#LOD
#botany
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The power and potential of Wikidata for botany | Te Papa’s Blog
A new paper entitled Wikidata for Botanists: Benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data has been published in the Annals of Botany. This publication is the result of a collaboration of …
https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2025/07/14/the-power-and-potential-of-wikidata-for-botany/
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Martha Wells
6 months ago
The new Murderbot short story is up at Reactor Magazine:
reactormag.com/rapport-mart...
Edited by Lee Harris, art by Jaime Jones.
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Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy - Reactor
Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile takeover… Novelette | 7,540 words They were still three hours out when Perihelion...
https://reactormag.com/rapport-martha-wells/
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Wikidata
6 months ago
WikidataCon 2025: Call for Proposals open! The Wikidata flagship event of the year, Wikidatacon 2025 is ready to receive your proposals! Submit now on Pretalx:
zurl.co/ywiOl
Register (free) to the event:
zurl.co/bnNV9
See the WikidataCon Event page for more information:
zurl.co/G5Vcg
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- pretalx
Schedule, talks and talk submissions for
https://pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025/cfp
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Wikidata
6 months ago
#Govdirectory
and
#AletheiaFact
are pioneering efforts in open data and fact-checking with the help of Wikidata. Find out more in The Register's latest feature:
www.theregister.com/2025/07/04/w...
#OpenData
#FOSS
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Wikidata: Bridging FOSS ideals and direct democracy
Comment: There's more to the Wikimedia organization than the famous encyclopedia
https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/04/wikidata_foss_democracy/
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You know what never gets old? Watching knowledge spread one Wikidata sitelink addition at a time. Today there are already Wikipedia articles about Pope Leo XIV in 123 languages and if you watch the Wikidata Item's edit history you'll see when the next one gets written:
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6109517
8 months ago
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Lydia Pintscher
Denny Vrandečić
9 months ago
Abstract Wikipedia was selected as a finalist for the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition.
diff.wikimedia.org/2025/04/30/a...
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Abstract Wikipedia is a 100&Change finalist
Wikimedia’s vision is a world in which everyone can share in the sum of all knowledge. And yet, some of the biggest challenges towards realizing this goal are the barriers that exist between our 30…
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/04/30/abstract-wikipedia-is-a-100change-finalist/
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KDE
9 months ago
The
#Akademy2025
Call for Participation (CfP) is now open! Don't miss your chance to share your project and present your ideas to the community. The CfP will close on 15th May 2025. Find more details and submit your talk at
akademy.kde.org/2025/cfp/
#KDE
#cfp
#techevent
#foss
#linux
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Are you a great engineer and want to shape the technical future of Wikimedia's knowledge graph? We are looking for a staff engineer for
#Wikidata
!
wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/5506386...
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Staff Engineer Wikidata (all genders) – Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
We are looking for: Staff Engineer Wikidata (all genders), Full or Part Time, Berlin
https://wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/55063868/Staff-Engineer-Wikidata-all-genders-/
9 months ago
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Today
@johl.io
and I are at the 8 years of
@prototypefund.bsky.social
event. Really great to see the outcome of many projects we reviewed in the jury. We need so many more funding instruments like it.
10 months ago
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Lydia Pintscher
KDE
10 months ago
Valve's Steam Deck updates to Plasma 6.2.5! The games console has an update cycle that guarantees stability, but
@valvesoftware.com
announced yesterday that both the Arch base system and the
#Plasma
desktop environment have been updated.
store.steampowered.com/news/app/167...
#gaming
#linux
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Do you want to develop great apps with
#Wikidata's
data but feel a bit lost? You can watch great sessions from the
#DataReuseDays2025
to get started! * Get inspired by what others are building:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKWl...
and
www.youtube.com/live/WFqQlkW...
and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnVz...
10 months ago
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How do we move away from endless algorithmic feeds rotting our collective brains? The better feeds recommendations look like a decent start:
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Better Feeds: Algorithms That Put People First – Knight-Georgetown Institute
https://kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and-commentary/better-feeds/
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