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June 2-June 8

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June 2

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Wiki Tour Chile 2014 photo contest in its final stage!   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 23:53, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News #23, from @mediawiki:

June 3

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Egypt's Al-Alsun celebrates four terms of successful work on Wikipedia   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 18:43, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • f/g: Two years ago Egypt’s Ain Shams University launched the Wikipedia Education Program, becoming one of the first three institutions in the region to do so. Since then, Arabic Wikipedia has experienced steady and incremental growth, with students contributing over 7 million bytes of information in the 2013 fall term alone. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/03/al-alsun-celebrates-four-terms-on-wikipedia/

June 4

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Women Scientists Workshop Development Update

  • f/g: The Women Scientists Workshop Development aims at empowering female college students by encouraging them to edit Wikipedia articles on women scientist. Liz Baijalieh, a human services major at Loyola University Chicago, has found that the workshops have fostered a passion in her to contribute content in hopes of bridging Wikipedia’s gender gap, “A month after school ended, I’m still putting new articles together. This is a way for me to make an impact on the world. And I plan to take full advantage of it.” https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/04/women-scientists-workshop-development-update/

June 5

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Global Action Against Mass Surveillance on the Anniversary of the Snowden Revelations   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 00:38, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Metrics Meeting   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 18:08, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • t: The Wikimedia Foundation's monthly Metrics & Activities Meeting starts now! Livestream: [insert Hangout URL] IRC: #wikimedia-office
These two LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 17:38, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

June 6

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Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 at Leipzig

Https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/06/libre-graphics-meeting-2014-at-leipzig/

The Weasel-Lobster Race

June 9-June 15

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June 9

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Tech News #24, from @mediawiki:

Samskrita Bharati and Sanskrit Wikipedia: The journey ahead   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 00:10, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

June 10

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Phabricator announcement:

On our way to Phabricator   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 18:10, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Asking the right questions: Resources for your survey strategies   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 18:10, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

June 11

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Israel's Ministry of Education & Wikimedia Israel Agree on New, Unique Initiative

English Wiktionary Word of the Day

Wikivoyage Destination of the Month

Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Day

Wikisource

June 12

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En Wiktionary

Wikimedia Commons

Wikisource

June 16-June 22

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June 16

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Tech News #25, from @mediawiki:

June 17

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Through Thick And Thin   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 17:18, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • t: What makes leadership at the Wikimedia Foundation so Complex? Board member Bishakha Datta (@busydot) explores:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/13/through-thick-and-thin/

  • f/g: “As WMF trustees, we exercise leadership through a mix of methods, from the invisible to the visible, the implicit to the explicit and the subtle to the evident.” Board member Bishakha Datta explores what makes leadership at the Wikimedia Foundation so complex. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/13/through-thick-and-thin/
  • f/g: Since 2010, Bishakhta Datta has served as a board member for the Wikimedia Foundation. "One of our most commonplace, yet most profound, acts of leadership is upholding shared values and principles, an everyday act that we take almost for granted. Let’s take consensus, which is a movement-wide principle." https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/13/through-thick-and-thin/

es Through Thick And Thin

  • t: ¿Que hace tan complejo el liderazgo en la Fundación Wikimedia? Bishakha Datta, parte de la Mesa Directiva, lo explora:

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  • t: .@busydot explora porque es necesario tener piel delgada como anfibio y escondida la de rinoceronte para ser del Consejo de @Wikimedia <link>
  • t: Exclusiva del proceso de decisiones en el Consejo Directivo de @Wikimedia por una de sus integrantes, @busydot: <link>
  • t: "Un buen liderazgo significa permitir otros dirigir", dice la integrante del Consejo de @Wikimedia, Bishakhta Datta (@busydot) <link>
  • f/g: "Como parte del Consejo Directivo de la WMF, ejercemos el liderazgo a través de una combinación de métodos, de lo invisible a lo visible, lo implícito a lo explícito y lo sutil a lo evidente." Bishakha Datta, integrante del consejo, explora lo que hace que el liderazgo de la Fundación Wikimedia sea tan complejo. <link>
  • f/g: Desde 2010, Bishakhta Datta ha servido como integrante del consejo de la Fundación Wikimedia. "Uno de nuestros actos más comunes pero más profundos de liderazgo, es la defensa de valores y principios compartidos, un acto cotidiano que damos casi por sentado. Tomemos el consenso, que es un principio de todo el movimiento Wikimedia." <link>

Tablet redirection blog post   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 00:21, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

es Tablet

  • t: Los sitios Wikimedia tendrán una nueva apariencia en las tablets: <link>
  • f/g: ¿Visitas Wikipedia desde una tablet? A partir de hoy, verás una nueva apariencia para todos los proyectos Wikimedia. <link>

June 20

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Odia language gets a new Unicode font converter   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 17:47, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Drafts/Wikipedia for Schools Project

  • f/g: “The 2013 edition has 6,000 articles, 26 million words and 50,000 images.” The “Wikipedia for Schools” program is bringing the world’s largest encyclopedia into the classroom for children all over the world by curating specific articles to fit their curriculum. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/20/wikipedia-for-schools-project/

June 23-June 29

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June 23

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Tech News #26, from @mediawiki:

June 24

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Ram Prasad Joshi: Writing Wikipedia from the western hills of Nepal   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 23:50, 24 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • f/g: Editors like Ram Prasad Joshi are bringing exposure to some of the most remote places in the world. "On Wikipedia I write about geography, history and culture of my surroundings," he says. "I am a Hindu so I write about the Hindu religion and Hindu culture. I edit and write new articles on the Sanskrit, Hindi, Fijian, Bhojpuri and Gujrati Wikipedias, as well as in Nepali. I can introduce my village, my locality and my culture to the world." https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/24/writing-wikipedia-from-the-western-hills-of-nepal/
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  • t: Sin electricidad. 3 horas para llegar a la carretera más cercana. Más de 6 mil ediciones a la Wikipedia en nepalí. Un increíble editor y su teléfono: <link>
  • t: "Cuando empecé a hablar sobre Wikipedia, pensaron que me había vuelto loco", explica el wikipedista Ram Prasad Joshi <link>
  • t: "Sentado en una piedra, tomando un descanso o acostado en mi cama". Ram Joshi edita Wikipedia sólo con su móvil. <link>
  • t: Ram Prasad Joshi puede editar artículos en sánscrito, hindi, fiyiano, bhoyapurí y guyaratí, todo desde su móvil: <link>
  • f/g: Wikipedistas como Ram Prasad Joshi están visibilizando algunos de los sitios más remotos del planeta. "En Wikipedia escribo sobre geografía, cultura e historia de mis alrededores", dice. "Soy hindú, por lo que escribo sobre esa religión y su cultura. Edito y escribo nuevos artículos en las Wikipedias en sánscrito, hindi, fiyiano, bhoyapurí y guyaratí, al igual que la nepalí. Puedo presentarle al mundo mi pueblo, mi localudad y mi cultura al mundo". <link>

June 25

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Revamped Wikipedia app now available on Android   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 21:45, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • t: Experience Wikipedia like never before on your Android with the new and improved Wikipedia app, now on @GooglePlay:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/25/revamped-wikipedia-app-now-available-on-android/

  • t: Access to the sum of all human knowledge has never been so fast with the new Wikipedia Android app, available now!:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/25/revamped-wikipedia-app-now-available-on-android/

  • t: Browse, share, edit like never before with the new and improved Wikipedia app for Android. Check it out now!:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/25/revamped-wikipedia-app-now-available-on-android/

  • t: The features for the new Wikipedia app for Android will completely change how you engage with Wikipedia forever:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/25/revamped-wikipedia-app-now-available-on-android/

  • t: Win trivia night against your friends with the new, faster Wikipedia app for Android, available now on @GooglePlay:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/25/revamped-wikipedia-app-now-available-on-android/

June 26

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Wikipedia Signpost report: WikiProject Cities

June 27

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Wikimedia Bangladesh completed the local registration

  • t: Wikimedia Bangladesh (@wikimediabd) is now registered at the Joint Stock Companies & Firms - Bangladesh! Congrats!

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/27/wikimedia-bangladesh-completes-its-local-registration-after-a-five-year-journey

  • f/g: "We were prepared prepared to face difficulties in completing the registration as a non-profit 'society'; however, we were not prepared for the setbacks that came." Learn more about the years of struggle that Wikimedia Bangladesh had to endure to finally get registered locally:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/27/wikimedia-bangladesh-completes-its-local-registration-after-a-five-year-journey/#more-29729

June 30-July 6

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June 30

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Translatewiki.net

  • t: 7 programs, 213 languages, 6,400 volunteers, 1 goal. Discover Translatewiki.net!
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/30/translatewiki-net-in-the-swedish-spotlight/