@Wikipedia

A free, collaborative, multilingual internet encyclopedia.

wikipedia.org/
Joined October 2009
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Wikipedia is the only website in the top-ten most-visited websites to be run by a nonprofit organization. We are not funded by ads. We don’t charge subscription fees. We don’t sell your data. We operate primarily on donations from people like you. Read ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/news…
7 reasons why you should donate to Wikipedia

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Most people don't know that @Wikipedia is hosted by a nonprofit. The Wikimedia Foundation takes four critical steps to ensure Wikipedia can get closer to its vision of representing the sum of all knowledge. Read on ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/news…
Love Wikipedia? Get to know the nonprofit behind it. Accurate information online is needed more than ever, as is the work of the Wikimedia Foundation.

ALT Love Wikipedia? Get to know the nonprofit behind it. Accurate information online is needed more than ever, as is the work of the Wikimedia Foundation.

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Wikidata is a free and open knowledge base that can be read and edited by humans and machines. It acts as central storage for the structured data of Wikimedia projects like @Wikipedia. Keep learning about this powerhouses behind Wikimedia projects ➡️ w.wiki/4TCt
Wikidata nodes converge. Text reads: Happy birthday, Wikidata! The free, open, collaborative, and multilingual knowledge base has supported Wikimedia projects for the past 12 years.

ALT Wikidata nodes converge. Text reads: Happy birthday, Wikidata! The free, open, collaborative, and multilingual knowledge base has supported Wikimedia projects for the past 12 years.

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Do you ever wonder how Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, protects your personal information so you can read, share, and edit it privately and safely? Watch this #AWikiMinute video to get answers. ▶️
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Volunteers hold many important roles at @Wikimania – they organize, they manage, they speak, they attend, they entertain. In other words, they make it happen. Swipe to see some of the amazing achievements they accomplished with #Wikimania2024 ⭐
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Buckle up ✨ #Wikimania2024 is ON! Take a look at some of the epic highlights of the first day of @Wikimania. There are three more days to go. Stay tuned for more fun!
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It’s here! #Wikimania2024 starts today! 🎉⁠ From 7-10 August, join a global community gathering in Katowice, Poland to celebrate the spirit of free knowledge. Make sure you follow @Wikimania for more updates! wikimania.org
Let the fun begin! Wikimania 2024 starts today.

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Every year during @Wikimania, we recognize and celebrate the extraordinary community members who donate their time and energy to make knowledge accessible for everyone. Join us on 7 August for this year's Wikimedian of the Year awards live from #Wikimania2024. Stay tuned!
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Ever wondered how content gets published or moderated on Wikipedia? 🤔 Or who is responsible for making those decisions? Take #AWikiMinute to learn who is in charge of content on the free encyclopedia ▶️ xitter.cf/Wikimedia/status/18114…
Who is really in charge of content on Wikipedia?

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Do you ever wonder how content gets published or moderated on Wikipedia? Or who is in charge of making those decisions? We have covered those topics and more so you can learn how content governance works on Wikipedia, in only a minute. Take #AWikiMinute to learn more. ▶️
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Do you ever wonder how content gets published or moderated on Wikipedia? Or who is in charge of making those decisions? We have covered those topics and more so you can learn how content governance works on Wikipedia, in only a minute. Take #AWikiMinute to learn more. ▶️
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Happy birthday, Wikiquote! ✨ This Wikimedia project is a free online compendium of sourced quotations from notable people and creative works, available in multiple languages and spanning cultures, eras, and disciplines. Celebrate with a random quote ➡️ w.wiki/6sy7
“Life itself is a quotation.” Jorge Luis Borges, quoted in Cool Memories (1987) by Jean Baudrillard, (trans. 1990), Ch. 5.

ALT “Life itself is a quotation.” Jorge Luis Borges, quoted in Cool Memories (1987) by Jean Baudrillard, (trans. 1990), Ch. 5.

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Get ready for @Wikimania 2024! The annual global conference that unites thousands of Wikimedians to celebrate free knowledge starts next month. Join us from 7 to 10 August, both online and in person in Katowice, Poland. Register: wikimania.org #Wikimania2024
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🎉 Join us in celebrating 21 incredible years of the Wikimedia Foundation! From humble beginnings to becoming a cornerstone of free knowledge on the web, we have come a long way thanks to the dedication and passion of our global community. 🌐🎂
A celebratory graphic commemorating the 21st birthday of the Wikimedia Foundation. The image features a large, bold number "21" in black against a light green background, surrounded by various abstract shapes and lines in a playful array of colors like orange, blue, and white.

ALT A celebratory graphic commemorating the 21st birthday of the Wikimedia Foundation. The image features a large, bold number "21" in black against a light green background, surrounded by various abstract shapes and lines in a playful array of colors like orange, blue, and white.

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Do you care about free, reliable, and open knowledge? Then we need your help ⬇️ 📷 Tiny Big Picture for the Wikimedia Foundation, CC BY-SA 4.0
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The sub-Saharan African population is one of the fastest-growing in the world. But when it comes to the world of free knowledge, there's still a lack of Wikipedia articles about the region. The gap is even bigger when it comes to women. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)
Only 23% of all Wikimedia content related to the sub-Saharan Africa region is about women.

ALT Only 23% of all Wikimedia content related to the sub-Saharan Africa region is about women.

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.@DarcyCarden’s new podcast WikiHole is available now wherever you get your podcasts! Tune-in to fall down a Wikipedia rabbit hole with D’Arcy and a panel of her funny friends as they guess how famous events, locations and people are connected! bit.ly/wikiholewithdarcycard…
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📷 Wikimedia Commons has crossed the 100,000,000 media files mark! The milestone was achieved with this photo of trees next to a road in Poland, by User:Marcinekk2, under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Learn how you can contribute to Wikimedia Commons: w.wiki/azV
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📣 Knowledge. Is. Human. 📣 @Wikipedia was built on this belief. And the Wikimedia Foundation will always champion keeping people at the center of knowledge. Learn more: wikimediafoundation.org/our-… #KnowledgeIsHuman 🔊 Mise Darling, CC BY 4.0
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We work to ensure that our collective knowledge can be freely accessed by everyone, everywhere 🌎🌍🌏, whether from a phone on a remote island 🏝 or a VR headset “in” space 🛰. Learn how: wikimediafoundation.org/our-… #KnowledgeIsHuman 🔊 Quiet Music for Tiny Robots, CC BY 4.0
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By supporting Wikipedia and other free knowledge projects, the Wikimedia Foundation ensures humans remain central to compiling knowledge. 💪🏿💪🏾💪🏽💪🏼💪🏻 Discover how: wikimediafoundation.org/our-… #KnowledgeIsHuman 🔊 Broke For Free, CC BY 3.0
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