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324:(a group of fifteen collections in several museums, including some of the German capital's most widely known) and Wikimedia Germany invite applications for a six-month Wikipedian in Residence position. Based at the institution's head office, the Wikipedian will collaborate with the museums to create a "sustainable concept" for the use of Knowledge (XXG) and its sister projects within the museums, for supporting the generation of freely licensed content related to their topic areas, for collaboration between Knowledge (XXG) volunteers and museum staff in curating Knowledge (XXG) content, for the advocacy of free licenses among Berlin museums, and for supporting the museums' PR work. The German Wikimedia chapter and the State Museums will provide a monthly allowance of €1200 for the position. 327: 366: 397: 167: 540: 117: 107: 306: 33: 127: 87: 137: 97: 429:, arguing that Knowledge (XXG) already meets at least three of UNESCO's criteria. "Whilst are indeed valid concerns I would respectfully say that they are UNESCO’s problem, not Wikimedia’s! Yes, to a certain degree this is trolling UNESCO, but equally it’s also such a good idea they’d be mad to ignore it.". 642:
Regarding "the proposal to have Knowledge (XXG) listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site", this is a terrible idea. Being designated as a historical site means that one is subject to oppressive regulation by irresponsible higher "authorities", and would probably make it virtually impossible to make
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the point is not necessarily to be awarded this honour but to engage the world in a conversation about what “cultural heritage” means in the digital era and to contest the idea that it must be something old, that it must belong to one country, and that society cannot be actively involved in
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that the workshop was aimed at roping in more active Wiki contributors. Divided into two sessions, the participants were first familiarised with Knowledge (XXG), Odia Wiki and the various Wiki projects. The second session was meant to prepare them technically to be
493:. Among other items, it states the chapter's result for the 2010–11 fundraiser (299,887.72 SEK from 1382 donors, corresponding to around US$ 47,500), and noted the start of a "Wikipedian in Residence" like collaboration with the 422: 211:) on his "The Wikipedian" blog. He also noted (illustrated by a screenshot) that "in a nod to last fall’s controversial banner ads" a large animated headshot of Jimmy Wales was included on the main page. However, 620: 584: 589: 579: 594: 574: 527: 518: 73: 569: 557: 551: 52: 41: 189: 450:) to achieve this 100K words mark. Kannada Wiktionary has been growing at a phenomenal pace in recent times with 25K words being added in the last six months. Meanwhile, 511:
since the chapter's approval by the Foundation in February, mostly covering numerous conferences and meetups, and formal work to finalize the chapter's incorporation.
387: 223: 744: 185: 182: 179: 21: 719: 382:, a newsletter produced to help keep track of collaboration between Wikimedia projects and galleries, libraries, archives and museums, has been published 714: 709: 263:. It appears that the RIAA may have confused the file with the sample of a new version of the song, to be released as a single for her upcoming album 235: 326: 704: 178:
of "reverse" April fools' jokes on Knowledge (XXG)'s main page – statements which are designed to appear made-up but are factually accurate – was
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on Knowledge (XXG) citing an OTRS request. The 1989 sample has since been deleted on other grounds, as the article where it had been in use was
692: 270: 175: 466: 391: 666:". It's a pity that this tidbit – which really sums up what the whole thing is and isn't about – was left out in the Signpost. :P -- 345: 699: 539: 473:, Orissa, India. An FAQ book on Odia Knowledge (XXG) was also released on the occasion, which was attended by over 35 participants. 264: 246: 192:
played on the ambiguity of the name of one of the article's protagonists, while the "Did you know" section included the US Senate's
46: 32: 17: 344:, a New York-based specialist dealer in fine and rare antiquarian cartography and historic maps of the 15th–19th centuries, has 274: 383: 359:. Community discussion on how to put together something shorter and snappier for next week's Signpost is welcome at the 675: 652: 479: 200: 725: 360: 273:, a sample from the song's new version had been published on Amazon.co.uk; at the time of writing it is still 475: 418: 671: 242: 443: 321: 508: 498: 490: 648: 426: 332:
A New York map dealer has donated their collection of digital images of maps via Wikimedia Commons.
356: 451: 497:, the foundation handling the top-level domain for Sweden, which will fund work to improve the 396: 90: 616: 259: 120: 458: 454: 294: 667: 166: 154: 100: 414: 203:, with the arguments exchanged largely resembling those from previous years' debates, as 130: 446:) crossed 100,000 words recently, becoming the second Indian language Wiktionary (after 365: 644: 462: 348:
of digital images of maps via Wikimedia Commons, encompassing more than 2000 old maps.
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made available in some countries on Kate Bush's official YouTube channel
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necessary changes. I hope that this is just a April fools joke.
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RIAA demands takedown of fair use sample from 22 year old song
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and other non-reverse April Fools' pranks took place.
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1 April activities; RIAA takedown notice; brief news
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