The Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia’s volunteers have created new features that put contributing to Wikipedia articles within reach of more people around the world. New features on Wikipedia are making it easy for everyone to edit Wikipedia, especially those contributing to the site for the first time. Every time you…

You can almost sense the stillness on a beach in Portugal, feel the fog rolling past the hills in Turkey’s Pontic Mountains, and experience the thrill as a snake stares back at you in Brazil. These are just three of the fifteen winners of the 2021 Wiki Loves Earth (WLE)…

We sat down with the Wikimedia Foundation’s Director of Security, John Bennett, to discuss efforts to solidify Wikipedia’s security and the impact of a new $2.5 million investment from Craig Newmark Philanthropies. The Wikimedia Foundation’s Security team is an often invisible force that works tirelessly to protect the information and…

Discover and celebrate Wikimedia initiatives working to improve the representation of Black people, Africans, and Africans in the diaspora in our movement. October marks the start of Black History Month, in the UK and Ireland. At the Wikimedia Foundation, the month represents an exciting — and ongoing — opportunity to…

In an alternate, COVID-19-free universe, hundreds of Wikimedians — the community of volunteers who make Wikipedia and other free knowledge projects possible — would have gathered in Bangkok, Thailand, in August 2020 for the sixteenth annual Wikimania conference. They would have met in person, no social distancing to worry about…

You probably know Wikipedia. You might know the Wikimedia Foundation. Now, get to know the people behind our nonprofit. This year, Wikipedia celebrated its 20th birthday. It was the subject of over 800 news articles in 79 countries. What is still less-known is that Wikipedia is just one part of…

Out of more than 230,000 submissions from nearly 7,700 participants, fifteen winning images were announced today in the eleventh annual Wiki Loves Monuments photography contest. — Few people were able to travel in 2020, but Wiki Loves Monuments has some inspiration for your next adventure. Eleven years since its founding, the world’s largest photography competition attracted over 230,000 stunning submissions from amateur and professional photographers alike for its 2020 edition.

In the volcanic valleys of Russia, a red fox lies alert amongst chossy boulders; in the treetops of Thailand, an owl precariously slumbers; and in the forests of Bangladesh, a venomous pit viper stalks its prey. As unprecedented as 2020 has been, this year’s Wiki Loves Earth photography competition presents…

In one antiquated brain teaser, a boy and his father, both hurt in an accident, are taken to separate hospitals. The doctor tasked with treating the boy looks at him and says, “I can’t operate; this is my son.” How is this possible? The answer is that the doctor is…