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Second Wikimedia Technology Summit brings together knowledge and technolog
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 7 (ANI/Seraphim): International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIITH) and the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia and other free-knowledge projects, successfully concluded the 2nd Wikimedia Technology Summit at II
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Second Wikimedia Technology Summit brings together knowledge and technolog
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 6 (ANI/PRNewswire): International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIITH) and the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia and other free-knowledge projects, successfully concluded the 2nd Wikimedia Technology Summit at
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Wikimedia Foundation urges Pakistan to restore access to Wikipedia
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
This request follows after PTA blocked internet access to 'Wikipedia' in the country on Friday, for failure to remove from the site content deemed "unlawful" by the government.
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Saudi government agents infiltrated Wikipedia, sentenced two administrator
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"The Saudi government's infiltration of Wikipedia with government agents acting as independent editors, and imprisonment of non-compliant editors, demonstrates not only its persistent use of spies inside international organizations but the dangers of attempting to produce independent content
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The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for its sound: Enter the global contes
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 10 (ANI/Seraphim): The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that supports Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects, has launched The Sound of All Human Knowledge, a global contest to find a sound logo for Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects. Submissions are open till October 1
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Wikimania 2022: The festival edition brings together Wikipedia volunteers
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India]/San Francisco [US], August 12 (ANI/Seraphim): Every year, hundreds of Wikimedians - the volunteers who make Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects possible - come together to celebrate free knowledge at the annual Wikimania global conference. Now in its 17th edition, the conferen
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'Wikipedia began in the West, but now witnessing growth in global south'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Wikipedia began in the early 2000s in the West intending to ensure that everyone can share in and access free knowledge and information. Now, two decades later it is witnessing a lot of growth in the global south and non-English languages.
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Wikimedia Foundation launches #KnowWithWiki campaign to promote access to
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India]/ San Francisco [US], May 6 (ANI/ Wikimedia Foundation): The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia, today launched a campaign in collaboration with Indian youth influencers to highlight the power of free knowledge and show people how projects like W
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PIL in SC seeking removal of defamatory references on Ayurveda from Wikipe
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court to direct the Respondent the Ministry of Ayush and the Ministry of IT and Electronics to take necessary steps that compel Wikimedia Foundation to remove references from the articles regardi
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Wikipedia bans 7 mainland Chinese power users over 'infiltration of Wikime
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 15 (ANI): Seven Chinese users have been banned by the foundation that oversees Wikipedia from its websites globally after a report that alleged mainland Chinese Wikipedia editors threatened Hong Kong users. The foundation has also revoked administrator access and o
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