Friday, July 24, 2026

Wikimania is on and Scholia is off

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Wikimania the wonderful gathering of Wikimedians is on in Paris . I have been there before, I have presented at several Wikimanias. It is tr...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

SignWriting 2025 - A response to a Wiktionary initiative.

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On Diff , the aggregator for Wikimedia news, a case was made to support sign languages particularly for Wiktionary . Sign languages are used...
Saturday, July 04, 2026

Growing exposure for Wikimedia content

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The downward trend in the number of readers and editors of Wikipedia is a big issue but maintenance is imho as problematic. Too many article...
Saturday, June 27, 2026

Professor Commandeur goes to Kenia - A "Wikifind" perspective

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At the celebration of 25 years nl.wikipedia.org  there was a game and the objective was to meet and greet fellow Wikipedians and learn about...
Friday, June 19, 2026

Retracted and outdated sources from a Wikimedia perspective

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A recent article related to the quality of Wikipedia references indicates that when a paper is retracted, the median time for a correction...
Thursday, June 18, 2026

Ziyad Al-Aly, clinical epidemiologist from a Wikimedia perspective

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  Ars Technica featured an article " Heart protection from COVID shots remains amid updates, study finds ".  The article refers t...
Friday, June 12, 2026

About screw worms and the plague, with a Wikimedia angle

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Screw worms and the plague are indigenous to the USA. When left untreated they are deadly. They appear regularly as key in the Youtubes the ...