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UW senior creates new Wikipedia article on oil spill in Nigeria
Thursday, 23 April 2026 16:00 UTC
Marketing and Information
Systems major Tim Qian is a senior at the University of Washington.
As part of his
Wikipedia
assignment
, Tim
created the new Wikipedia article on the
2008 Shell Bodo Oil Spill
Tim, creating a brand new Wikipedia article is a big deal!
Why did you choose to work on this article?
In class, we had a reading on
Oil Frontiers and the Niger Delta, which was a topic new to me. I
remember doing some Wikipedia surfing and eventually coming across
a page containing a list of oil spills which referenced the Bodo
Oil Spill, but it didn’t have an article of its own at this point.
I was really surprised how such a significant spill didn’t have an
article, and because I was curious to learn more, I chose to start
this article for my Wikipedia project.
How did you choose to approach/organize your work on this
article?
My goal for this article was
essentially to lay the groundwork so that future Wikipedians could
also build on it. For my project, I chose to cover three sections:
the spill details, the environmental impacts, and the legal
aftermath. I thought these sections would help me meet that goal
and give readers a comprehensive overview of the spill.
Tim Qian. Image courtesy Tim Qian, all rights
reserved.
What did you especially want to get right about
it?
Something I especially wanted to
get right was the spill details. Data like the volume of oil
spilled and the duration are disputed due to systemic factors and
differing reports between oil companies and independent
investigations, so I made sure to highlight those differences and
what each side reported. Through my research, I also learned a lot
more about the systemic issues in the relationship between the
residents of the Niger Delta and oil companies, and how this
remains an ongoing and relevant topic today. I hope readers feel
encouraged to learn more and explore other articles related to the
Niger Delta.
Did you build any skills along the way? Was the work
meaningful for you?
A skill I definitely developed
was writing neutrally. Through my research, I also got to explore
topics like media framing and environmental justice. It was really
meaningful because it taught me a lot about the media landscape,
particularly around visibility and why some stories are more
visible than others. One of my early questions was why this spill
wasn’t as well known as the
Exxon Valdez
spill, given its similar magnitude. That led me
to learn more about how media narratives are framed and to explore
the gaps in environmental communications when it comes to
highlighting important topics.
How would you describe the power of Wikipedia?
I think Wikipedia is really
crucial in shaping awareness and understanding. It’s a completely
free encyclopedia with reliable, up-to-date information that is
constantly being reviewed and revised by people around the world.
The sheer breadth of coverage geographically and across different
languages is also so fascinatingly mind-boggling to me. There’s so
much one can explore.
What was your favorite part of editing Wikipedia?
I really enjoyed the research
process. It allowed me to build a fuller picture of my topic and
develop a much deeper understanding of what happened and what the
implications might be going forward, since this is still an ongoing
situation in terms of litigation, remediation, and
geopolitics.
What was your least favorite part?
I’d say one of the biggest of
the biggest challenges I had was writing neutrally as it wasn’t
something I was used to. When it comes to writing, I also have the
tendency to spend an hour going through the cycle of writing
something and deleting it over and over again. A mental heuristic I
came up with that ended up being pretty helpful was asking myself
who, what, when, why, and how questions. That really helped me get
actual content down on the page.
What advice would you give to other students starting their
first Wikipedia assignment?
My advice for students starting
their Wikipedia assignment is to surf for a bit and follow your
curiosity. Working on an article is an opportunity to explore a
topic more deeply, so if it’s something you’re interested in, it
can be a lot of fun.
Many thanks to the
Guru Krupa
Foundation
for
supporting students to improve STEM content on
Wikipedia!
Interested in incorporating a
Wikipedia assignment into your course? Visit
teach.wikiedu.org
to learn more about the free
resources, digital tools, and staff support that Wiki Education
offers to postsecondary instructors in the United States and
Canada.
Developer needed to make Wikidata’s geographical data compatible
with GPS tools
Thursday, 23 April 2026 11:02 UTC
Wikidata needs an open-source developer to make its geographical
query results compatible with GPS devices and other geo-spatial
tools. Here’s why…
If you query Wikidata (the database sibling project of
Wikipedia) for geographically locatable subjects (say, a
list of accredited museums in the UK
) the
results are returned in a table.
When the data has coordinates, with a single click (on the
left-hand menu, in desktop view) the results can also be displayed
on a map.
The tabular data can be downloaded (via the right-hand menu) in
a number of formats, such as CSV, HTML or JSON.
The Wikidata community would like users to be able also to
export the data in one or more GPS-friendly formats. These are not
only useful for GPS devices, but are compatible with other mapping
and visualisation tools. I opened a
ticket for this feature
request
—in 2019!
A patch to do this, supporting GPX, GeoJSON and KML, has been
coded. However, it relies on a number of libraries, which in turn
introduce numerous dependencies on other libraries. Because these
libraries all need to be security-checked, and maintained, using
the patch would be cost-prohibitive. As a result, it has been
declined.
We
are told
that it should be possible to code the conversions
directly, so that the libraries are not needed. Or to look at
removing what we do not need from those libraries. This “requires a
developer with a bit more understanding of the formats to look into
it”.
I’m not a developer, and the nuts-and-bolts of this are
mysterious to me.
We need someone with the relevant knowledge and experience,
willing to work on an open-source fix, for the common good.
Who will step up and take on this pro-bono work?
Update:
18 June 2025—WDQS now offers GeoJSON
downloads for results that include coordinates. KML & GPX should
follow. See the ticket link, above, or
try it for yourself here
(works best on
desktop; mouse over right-hand edge to get menu with download
link).
Update2:
23 April 2026—Data can also be
downloaded as GPX or KML (using the first column for name
values).
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Developer needed to make Wikidata’s geographical data compatible
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Documenting Igbo Proverbs and Building Audio Archives 2026
Thursday, 23 April 2026 11:00 UTC
In a significant step toward preserving the rich oral heritage
of the Igbo people, the Igbo Wikimedians User Group sponsored a
group of creatives called Wiki Voice Visuals who successfully
organized
Documenting Igbo Proverbs and Building Audio
Archives
, a Wikimedia project dedicated to the preservation
and promotion of Igbo cultural wisdom through the documentation of
traditional proverbs (
Ilu Igbo
) in audio format.
The project was implemented as a hybrid event, combining online
collaboration with in-person field activities, bringing together
volunteers, community members, and everyday citizens in a shared
effort to safeguard a living tradition.
Igbo proverbs occupy a central place in the life of the Igbo
people. They are the vehicles through which wisdom is passed from
one generation to the next, the language through which elders
counsel, communities settle disputes, and identity is affirmed. Yet
today, many of these proverbs are gradually disappearing eroded by
language shift, rapid urbanization, and the widening gap between
generations. What the grandfather knew by heart, the grandchild may
never hear.
Project Highlights
This project was launched online on the 4th of April 2026, with
the Street and Market Interview Challenge taking place on the 10th
of April 2026 in Awka, Anambra State, it ran from 4th up until the
18th of April 2026. The two-week period yielded significant
contributions across documentation, audio archiving, and community
engagement.
With over 10 dedicated participants, the project was focused on
recording Igbo proverbs in audio format and archiving them on open
platforms accessible to all, the project ensures that these
expressions of collective wisdom are not lost to time but remain
alive, searchable, and available to future generations of Igbo
speakers, scholars, and cultural custodians wherever they may be in
the world.
One of the most vibrant and memorable aspects of the project was
the
Street and Market Interview Challenge
, which
took place on the streets and within the bustling stalls of Eke
Awka Market in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. Volunteers went
directly into the heart of the community, approaching Igbo
indigenes and inviting them to share a proverb they know in their
own words, in their own voice along with its meaning. It was
knowledge drawn not from books or classrooms, but from lived
experience, from what grandmothers whispered and elders declared at
gatherings.
The energy was remarkable. Some participants paused, smiled, and
reached deep into memory before speaking. Others needed no
prompting at all, offering proverbs with the ease of someone
reciting something they had carried their whole life. Each response
was a small window into a world of wisdom that has been passed down
through generations and in that moment, was being preserved for
generations yet to come. It was, by every measure, a wonderful
experience a reminder that the knowledge we seek is not always in
archives and libraries. Sometimes it lives in the market, in the
crowd, in the ordinary person going about their day, waiting only
to be asked.
Key Outcomes
Enriching the Igbo Wiktionary:
Volunteer
contributions resulted in
30
new Igbo
proverbs being created on the Wiktionary,
with
50
new audio recordings attached to
their relevant proverb entries giving the written words a living,
spoken voice.
Enriching Wikimedia Commons:
50
audio recordings of Igbo proverbs were
uploaded to Commons, each accompanied by captions and descriptions
written in both English and Igbo. A dedicated
category
Igbo Proverbs
was created to
house all recordings for easy discovery and access.
Fostering Community Growth:
The Street and
Market Interview Challenge brought the project into public life.
Volunteers went into the streets and into Eke Awka market, asking
people to share a proverb they know and explain its meaning. Beyond
the recordings, the exercise drew
new followers to the
Igbo Wikimedia social media pages
, expanding the
community’s reach organically.
Improved Volunteer
retention:
Participants who are part of the newly
growing community in this part of Nigeria were taught a new
Wikimedia project and were carried along.
hallenges
Declining Knowledge of Igbo Proverbs:
One of
the most significant observations from the field was that a large
number of participants; including native Igbo speakers could not
readily recall proverbs. This points to a growing generational gap
in the transmission of oral traditions and underscores
the
urgency of this documentation
work
The language is alive, but its deeper
wisdom is quietly fading.
Confusion Between Proverbs and Riddles:
recurring challenge during interviews was participants
presenting
riddles (gwam gwam
gwam)
as
proverbs (ilu)
. While
both are valuable forms of Igbo oral expression, they are
distinct.
Looking Ahead
Intensify Documentation Efforts:
Given the
evident erosion of proverb knowledge among the general public, the
project should be scaled up significantly in scope, frequency, and
geographic spread. More communities across Igboland should be
visited, and the documentation drive should be treated with the
urgency it deserves before this knowledge is lost entirely.
Develop Strategies to Engage Men on Camera:
Future sessions should explore approaches to make male participants
more comfortable such as offering audio-only recording options,
conducting group interviews where the camera feels less focused on
one individual.
Take Wiki to the Streets:
The project has
demonstrated that public spaces
markets, motor parks,
community squares
are rich grounds for engagement.
Rather than limiting Wikimedia awareness to
schools
and institutions
, future activations should deliberately
target everyday
public spaces where people
gather.
This approach not only yields richer oral
content but also introduces Wikipedia and its sister projects to
audiences who may never encounter them otherwise.
Expand and Elaborate the Project:
The
enthusiasm expressed by members of the public many of whom urged
the team to continue and do more is a strong
signal.
This project has the potential to grow into
something much larger: a structured, ongoing Igbo oral heritage
archive that feeds not just Wikimedia but schools, cultural
institutions, broadcasters, and researchers. A more elaborate
edition with dedicated funding, trained volunteers, and a
multi-city rollout should be planned for the next
phase.
We invite more
Wikimedians
, Video editors,
Audio editors
to join Wiki Voice Visuals future
projects. Together, we can showcase our african culture to the
world through Audios and Videos.
Join the movement! Create your Wikimedia account today and start
contributing.
Important Links
For more details about the event, visit
Documenting_Igbo_Proverbs_and_Building_Audio_Archives_2026
To read more about Wiki Voice Visuals, visit:
Wiki Voice
Visuals on Meta-Wiki
To join the movement, visit our page on Wikimedia Commons:
Wiki Voice Visuals/Members
Beyond the Final Cut: Wikipedia, Film Archiving and Internet
Feeding
Thursday, 23 April 2026 09:00 UTC
A film may end with a final cut but
its story doesn’t. In today’s digital age, cinema continues to
live, evolve, and travel long after the credits roll. It moves
through archives, platforms, and knowledge systems, shaping how
stories are remembered and rediscovered. This powerful idea took
center stage during the
Nepal
International Film Festival
(NIFF) 2026
, where cinema
met the world of open knowledge and digital preservation.
Held from April 2 to 6, 2026 in
Kathmandu
Nepal
International Film Festival
stands as one of Nepal’s premier cinematic platforms. Since its
inception in 2018, NIFF has grown into a global meeting ground
bringing together filmmakers, artists, and audiences from over 50
countries to celebrate storytelling and foster meaningful dialogue
around cinema and society.
Amid screenings and artistic exchanges, a thought-provoking
session titled
Beyond the Final Cut: Wikipedia, Film
Archiving and Internet Feeding
offered a deeper look
into what happens to films after they leave the screen.
A panel discussion titled: “
Beyond the Final Cut:
Wikipedia, Film Archiving and Internet Feeding
” moderated
by
Alok
Lamsal
and presented by
Nabin K.
Sapkota
The Afterlife of Cinema
Films are often seen as complete once released but in reality,
they begin a second life online. This afterlife is shaped by how
films are documented, archived, and shared across platforms.
Wikipedia plays a crucial role here. As a global, open-access
knowledge platform, it transforms films into structured information
capturing details about production, themes, cultural context, and
reception. This ensures that films are not just watched, but also
remembered, studied, and rediscovered by audiences worldwide.
At NIFF, this perspective challenged filmmakers to rethink their
work, not just as visual products, but as knowledge assets.
Film Archiving: Preserving Stories
Beyond Screens
Archiving is often misunderstood as simply storing films. In
reality, it is about preserving cultural memory. From scripts and
posters to interviews and behind-the-scenes documentation, every
element contributes to a film’s identity. Archiving – in this
sense, is not passive it is an active effort to safeguard
heritage.
What made this session particularly impactful was its
ability to bridge two worlds: cinema and open
knowledge.
Filmmakers were encouraged to think beyond production and
distribution to consider:
Documentation as part of storytelling
Licensing as a tool for accessibility
Archiving as a responsibility
As Nepal International Film Festival continues to evolve, it is
no longer just a space for showcasing films – it is becoming a
platform for rethinking the lifecycle of stories.
This is where platforms like Wikipedia and its sister projects
become essential. They act as gateways ensuring that films are
searchable, verifiable, and connected to a wider knowledge
network.
In an era shaped by AI and data-driven systems, this process
becomes even more critical. The internet feeds on structured
knowledge and what gets documented today shapes what is learned
tomorrow.
Beyond the Final Cut
” reminds us that cinema
doesn’t end in the editing room. It lives on in archives, in
databases, and across the vast landscape of the internet.
Three articles I wrote for the Japan-Korea Editathon March 2026
Thursday, 23 April 2026 07:00 UTC
From March 23 to April 17, 2026, the “
Japan-Korea
Friendship Editing Month March 2026
“, commemorating Wikipedia’s
25th anniversary, was held online. Since the start of editathon in
2024, Wikimedians from Korea and Japan have deepened their
exchanges, including mutual participation in Wikimedia conferences
held in both countries last year. And this spring, a four-week
international editathon was held. I wrote and revised three
articles related to Korea during this editathon, which I would like
to introduce.
The World Cup Bridge
World Cup
Bridge
over the Han River (Glabb, Public domain, via Wikimedia
Commons)
While preparing the
Japanese Wikipedia page for Editathon
, I went to the Commons to
look for a suitable photo. That’s when I found this picture of the
World Cup Bridge. For me, the World Cup refers to the
2002
Japan-Korea joint FIFA World Cup
, and I vividly remember the
excitement at the time. There are other World Cups besides soccer,
and younger people probably don’t remember the 2002 matches, but I
was happy to learn that there is a bridge in Korea named after it.
I felt it was a symbol of bridging between the two countries, so I
translated the English Wikipedia article
into Japanese
. I learned from the comments on the article that
there is also a bridge with the same name in Yokohama, Japan.
Human Acts
To learn about other countries, I make it a point to read their
literary works. Many Korean literary works have been introduced to
Japan since ancient times, but this time I picked up
Human Acts
by
Nobel Prize-winning author
Han Kang
. This 2014
work was translated into Japanese in 2016 and published by CUON
inc., a publisher known for introducing Korean literature. While
there was already an article about this work on the Japanese
Wikipedia, it was rather brief, so I decided to read the book to
add to it.
The work is based on the
Gwangju
Uprising
that occurred in South Korea in 1980, but I knew
absolutely nothing about the Gwangju Uprising. However, this work
depicts what happened there and what became of the people who were
there afterward from various perspectives. Also, by carefully
reading book reviews, I gradually began to see the author’s
position and the state of contemporary Korean literature. I then
edited the information obtained from the work, information found
through internet searches, and information researched at the
library, and
added to the original article
. I wonder if I have been able to
take a step closer to Korea and the Korean people.
Dattan no Uma (The Tatar
House)
Korea appears in various ways in Japanese novels.
Tsujihara
Noboru
‘s
Dattan no Uma
The Tartar Horse
) is
set in Edo-period Japan, Korea, and Mongolia, and was published in
2011. I remember eagerly reading it every day when it was
serialized in the newspaper before that, and being overwhelmed by
its grand scale, so I decided to write an article about it for this
Japan-Korea Editathon. I didn’t have the hardcover book on hand, so
I borrowed it from the library, but as I turned the pages, the
thrilling plot brought back the same excitement, and I ended up
buying the paperback version from a used bookstore.
When I looked into book reviews, I found several, so I decided
to go to the National Diet Library and read them all. I requested
books and magazines to read, and I also checked condensed editions
and microfilms in the newspaper reading room, bringing home copies
of the articles I needed. I brought my laptop with me, but I got so
engrossed in writing another article
Human Acts
that it
was already evening, so I worked from home. I was so happy when I
found book reviews by
Ikuo Kameyama
, a scholar of Russian literature, and
Yuko Tanaka
, former president of Hosei University and a scholar
of Edo culture. When
the article I published
was selected as a “new article” in
Wikipedian’s voting, I was truly glad I participated in this
editathon.
Looking at the Editathon page, you can see that many people from
both Japan and Korea contributed, creating and adding to numerous
articles. It’s wonderful to see this kind of exchange spreading
through Wikipedia.
Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter/2026/5
Wednesday, 22 April 2026 22:23 UTC
News and updates for
administrators
from the past month (April 2026).
Administrator changes
Deepfriedokra
EvanProdromou
Wouterstomp
Interface administrator changes
L235
Chaotic Enby
CheckUser changes
TheresNoTime
Versageek
Oversight changes
Moneytrees
Guideline and policy news
Technical news
Arbitration
The arbitration case
SchroCat
has
been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 15
April.
Per a
recent motion
, appeals of blocks from
the
conflict-of-interest VRT queue
are, by
default, appealed on-wiki through the normal unblock process.
However, they may be heard by the Committee if COIVRTers disagree
on the interpretation of the evidence or believe ArbCom would be
better suited to hear the appeal. Administrators are also advised
that loosening or lifting such blocks without the consent of
someone with access to the queue or ArbCom can be grounds for
desysopping.
Miscellaneous
The
May 2026
administrator elections
are scheduled to run from April 29 to
May 19. The
call
for candidates
ends May 5.
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WikiLiterature 2026: When Book Lovers Participate in the Liberation
of Knowledge
Wednesday, 22 April 2026 16:00 UTC
Recently, the issue of
restricting
access to Wikipedia has been widely discussed again in
Indonesia.
For some, this may seem like a mere technical issue,
simply a website that can’t be opened and can be replaced with
other sources. However, for students, university students, and the
book lover community, this situation is far more serious because it
concerns access to knowledge itself. Wikipedia has long been one of
the easiest ways to quickly and freely understand various topics.
When access is disrupted or restricted, not only convenience but
also learning opportunities are affected. This raises the
realization that reading alone is not enough, especially when
access to knowledge is not always reliable.
Amidst this situation, the book lover community is starting to
take a different stance. They no longer want to be readers
dependent on access, but also want to contribute to keeping
knowledge alive. WikiLiteratur 2026 exists as a space for that.
This collaborative program between
KlubWiki
Universitas Brawijaya
, Readingalam, and Malang Great People
introduced Wikipedia not just as a place to find information, but
as an open space for sharing. For many participants, this was a new
experience that changed their perspective on reading. The two-day
event, held from April 10 to 11, 2026, demonstrated how this
process works. The first day featured a Wikilatih session
introducing the basics of Wikipedia editing, followed by a session
reading a non-fiction book brought by each participant. Reading in
this context was no longer limited to personal understanding but
rather directed towards material to be shared. The second day
continued with a discussion session, where participants presented
their reading and provided feedback, before finally moving on to
editing Wikipedia articles.
However, in practice, participants also immediately faced
various challenges. Many newly created accounts experienced editing
restrictions, while the available time was insufficient to complete
the entire process optimally. Furthermore, access constraints
forced some participants to use VPNs to continue accessing and
editing Wikipedia. On the other hand, account and activity
restrictions also forced the committee to find alternative
solutions, such as allowing participants to upload using friends’
accounts. One participant even ended up uploading their
contribution together with another participant’s account. Some
participants also chose to continue editing after the event
concluded due to time and access limitations during the event. This
situation demonstrates that even in an open space like Wikipedia,
there are still limitations to overcome, both technical and
access-related. However, this experience fostered the realization
that knowledge is not always easily accessible and, therefore,
cannot be simply relied upon as readily available. It needs to be
preserved, cultivated, and shared.
WikiLiteratur 2026 ultimately demonstrated that literacy does
not stop at reading. In conditions where access to knowledge can be
limited, the ability to process and share information becomes
increasingly important. The book-loving community holds great
potential in this regard, and through programs like WikiLiteratur,
this potential is beginning to be channeled into tangible
contributions. From reading, then writing, then sharing, book
lovers began to take part in the liberation of knowledge, ensuring
that knowledge is not only owned by a few people, but remains alive
and accessible to everyone.
WikiCon Canberra 2026: Bringing the Community Together
Wednesday, 22 April 2026 12:00 UTC
A weekend full of
ideas, conversation and connections across the Australian Wikimedia
community
22 April 2026
Belinda Spry
It was fantastic to bring everyone together for
WikiCon Canberra (Kanbarra) 2026
in our nation’s
capital, Canberra! What a wonderful weekend full of ideas,
conversation and connections across the Australian Wikimedia
community.
WikiCon Australia kicking off in the National Film and
Sound Archive Theatrette
This year’s program brought together a great mix of sessions,
from technical deep dives to broader discussions about policy,
culture and where we’re heading next. There was a real sense of
curiosity and openness throughout the weekend, with people sharing
experiences, testing ideas and learning from each other.
We heard from many participants that the event felt
“inclusive and inspiring”
and that the balance between
practical sessions and bigger-picture conversations worked well.
Sessions on topics like AI, Wikidata and evolving community
practices sparked thoughtful discussion, while others offered
hands-on insights that people are already thinking about applying
in their own work, whether that’s editing, organising events, or
trying out new tools.
WikiCon Australia 2026 Keynote Terri Janke
One of the highlights was the level of engagement in the rooms.
There were some really rich discussions, particularly around the
Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) and Indigenous
Data Sovereignty (IDSov) draft guide, where people emphasised the
importance of continuing to build strong relationships with
communities and approaching this work with care and respect.
We also heard loud and clear how much people valued the chance
to connect in person. As one person put it,
“I feel like I’m
with my people.”
The slightly longer format this year helped,
giving more space for conversations to continue beyond sessions and
for ideas to develop more naturally. The beautiful courtyard of the
National Film and Sound Archive provided a great chance for
conversations and connections, mixed with the cool Canberra
sunshine. We’re excited that post-WikiCon, many small groups
are starting city meetups with folks in Canberra and Melbourne
already booking venues for Wiki get-togethers. Let us know if you
are doing this in your area so we can promote it! Don’t
forget you can always jump on our
monthly Community calls
to keep in touch and share
what you’re working on.
We also took a moment to celebrate the people who have helped
build and sustain the Wikimedia movement over many years and
acknowledge the depth of experience within the community.
Our Wikipedia25 celebration cake being cut by our
longest serving Wikimedians.
It was great to recognise two of the longest 'serving' Wiki
editors in Australia (out of those at the conference) who were
encouraged to cut the Wikipedia birthday cake for us. Both of these
Editors Toby and Ash, have been editing for well over 20 years!
Of course, there’s always more to learn. Some sessions felt a
little rushed, and there were helpful suggestions about allowing
more time for discussion or refining formats so they better match
what participants need in the moment. And despite testing the
technology and having IT support on hand, we still had some
glitches, which we are reviewing. We really appreciate
everyone’s feedback - it’s what helps us keep improving.
A big thank you to everyone who made the weekend what it was -
our speakers, facilitators, volunteers, Board members, and all who
attended. Your willingness to share, listen and contribute is what
makes this community so special.
We’re already looking forward to the next WikiCon Australia!
Related
links
WikiCon Australia 2026 Canberra
Wikimedia Commons WikiCon images
Photographs by Gnangarra...commons.wikimedia.org,
CC BY 2.5 AU
, via Wikimedia Commons
Dagbani Wikimedians User Group Joins Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026 in
Ghana
Wednesday, 22 April 2026 11:00 UTC
Across Ghana, Ramadan is a time of reflection, prayer, and
community. It is also a period filled with traditions and practices
that are not always well documented online. Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026
created an opportunity to capture and share these moments on
Wikimedia platforms.The
Dagbani
Wikimedians User Group
took part in the global
Wiki
Loves Ramadan 2026
campaign, joining other communities around
the world to document Ramadan-related culture and experiences. The
contest ran from 16th February to 28th March 2026, attracting
volunteers who contributed through media uploads and
documentation.
The campaign aimed to reduce gaps in knowledge about Ramadan
traditions and Islamic history. It also encouraged participation
from underrepresented communities, allowing people to share their
stories in ways that reflect their local context and language.
During the contest, more than 20 volunteers actively contributed
to the campaign. Contributors focused on uploading images that show
how Ramadan is observed in different parts of Ghana. These included
moments of prayer, food preparation, community gatherings, and
daily life during the fasting period. In total, about 470 images
were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.
The Top Female in the Photo Contest is Wun-nam Rahimatu, while
Ibn Dagara is the Top Contributor. In the Edit-a-thon Contest,
Tenaciuos Ntaawa is the Top Contributor, followed by Tunteeya1 as
the 2nd Top Contributor and SA twenty as the 3rd Top Contributor,
with Tenaciuos Ntaawa also is the Top Female Contributor.
Beyond the numbers, the campaign helped bring forward real-life
experiences of Ramadan in Ghana. It highlighted the diversity of
practices and created space for better representation of Islamic
culture on Wikimedia platforms.
Through its participation, the Dagbani Wikimedians User Group
contributed to a growing collection of knowledge that promotes
cultural understanding, preserves traditions, and ensures that more
voices are represented online.
Readers are encouraged to explore the uploaded images on
Wikimedia Commons to experience how Ramadan is observed across
Ghana and to support the effort of documenting cultural heritage.
Contributors and community members are also invited to take part in
future Wikimedia campaigns to continue sharing knowledge with the
world.
Important Links
Uploaded Images
Best Photo
Second Best Photo
Third Best Photo
Community Sandbox Sessions
Wednesday, 22 April 2026 09:43 UTC
Season 2
By Rupal Karia
– Outreach & Community
Coordinator
22 Apr 2026
We are excited to announce a second season of the virtual
Sandbox Session
and invite community members to
propose sessions they are interested in leading. Community Sandbox
Sessions offer a space for community members to share their
learning, meet other Wikimedians and try new things. They are
volunteer-led events, supported by Wikimedia UK.
Our
first season
featured sessions on the Wikidata tool Duplicity,
how to edit calmly in controversial areas, a wikisource
transcribe-a-thon, smell-related content on Wiki, and being an
en.wiki admin! Huge thanks to all our presenters –
Josef Anthony, Femke Njise, Martin Poulter, Lucy
Moore,
and
Harry Mitchell.
The type or format of an event is open; however, we’d like to
encourage proposals which go beyond the traditional Wikipedia
edit-a-thon. Maybe there is something you do on Wikimedia projects
you’d like to do in community with others? Here are some session
suggestions.
A talk on how to advocate for the release of images from a
collection
Here’s how I overcame hurdles related to adding
under-represented content
Let’s add images to Wikipedia from this collection
My special niche on Wikimedia projects
Let’s spend an hour thanking people on Wikipedia
Let’s build a worklist and find reliable sources for this under
represented topic on Wikipedia
Hints and tips on translation of articles
Here’s a cool Wikidata tool I’ve found, let’s try it out
How to add structured data to images
Add pictures to articles together
If you have extended user rights and are involved in the
governance of Wikipedia tell us about your role
Here’s how I got this article to Featured Article status
We would love to hear any other ideas that you might have.
Support WMUK can
offer
Advice on refining your format
Setting up of Event Registration
Event promotion through UK listings & mailing lists
Hosting on the WMUK Zoom account / Google Meet
Friendly space support from a WMUK staff member (or volunteer)
during the event
Dates and times
Events can take place throughout the year, and can also be on an
evening or weekend. Suggested duration is an hour, but longer
(or shorter!) events could be considered. We’re suggesting that
these events are online in the first instance, to reach the widest
possible audience, and all events should of course be run in line
with the
Wikimedia UK Safe
Space policy.
If you’re interested in running a session,
please submit a proposal here.
Deadline
The initial deadline for submitting proposals is
18th
May 2026.
If you have any questions, please contact
rupal.karia@wikimedia.org.uk
Season 1
By Dr. Sara Thomas
– Programme
Manager
24 April 2025
Do you have an idea for a Wiki-learning session? Have you
found something that you’d like to share with other Wikimedians, or
an idea that you’d like to try out? And would you like some
help from Wikimedia UK in sharing it?
In response to feedback from the community around having
opportunities to improve Wiki-skills, and connecting with other
community members, and as part of the overall training package for
2025, we’re excited to introduce a new strand of event programming,
called
Community Sandbox Sessions.
We’re looking to programme up to 6 virtual events over the next
year, which would be open to all members of the UK community, and
supported by Wikimedia UK. We’re asking community members to
propose sessions that you’d like to lead
Session suggestions
The type or format of any event is open; but we’d like to
encourage proposals which go beyond the traditional Wikipedia
editathon – for example:
Here’s a cool Wikidata tool I’ve found, let’s try it out
Wikisource transcribe-a-thon
A talk on how to run backstage pass events
Here’s how I got this article to Featured Article status
Let’s add images from this collection to Wikipedia
A mobile meeting where we take pictures of our local area for
Wikimedia Commons
Minoritised language work – eg: adding Wikidata labels
Building a worklist & finding reliable sources for future
events
Dates and times
Events can take place throughout the year, and can also be on an
evening or weekend. Suggested duration is an hour, but longer
(or shorter!) events could be considered. We’re suggesting
that these events are online in the first instance, to reach the
widest possible audience, and all events should of course be run in
line with the
Wikimedia UK Safe
Space policy.
Support WMUK can
offer
Advice on refining your format
Setting up of Event Registration
Event promotion through UK listings & mailing lists
Hosting on the WMUK Zoom account / Google Meet
Friendly space support from a WMUK staff member (or volunteer)
during the event
This is very much an experiment, and we hope that the format
will allow community members to share knowledge and skills, and get
to know other UK Wikimedians, as well as test out new ideas!
If you’d be interested in running a session,
please submit a proposal here.
Deadline
The initial deadline for submitting proposals is
Tuesday
20th May.
If you have any questions, please contact
sara.thomas@wikimedia.org.uk
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Cultural Heritage and Notable Figures: documenting Ukraine’s
history on Wikipedia
Wednesday, 22 April 2026 09:00 UTC
The “Cultural Heritage and Notable Figures” campaign is
Wikimedia Ukraine’s annual initiative that brings people together
to preserve and promote Ukraine’s cultural heritage on Wikipedia.
Participants create and improve articles about historical landmarks
and the people who have shaped — and continue to shape —
Ukraine.
In the summer 2025, participants created or significantly
improved 570 articles, including 137 focused on Crimean Tatar
cultural heritage. This is one of the most popular campaigns we
run, and it resulted in hundreds of articles that are now
accessible to readers and help deepen understanding of Ukraine’s
cultural legacy.
Among the newly created and improved articles about heritage
sites are entries on the Brotherhood Building of the Assumption
Cathedral in Kharkiv and the isars of the Crimean mountains —
remains of medieval fortifications, monasteries, and castles
located in hard-to-reach areas.
The campaign also included many articles about notable
individuals. For example, new articles were created about Ayshe
Kokieva, a Crimean Tatar poet and author of children’s literature,
and Olgierd Strashynskyi, a conductor and composer from Mariupol.
These articles help bring a human dimension to history and
culture.
Another important outcome was the creation of articles about
lesser-known cultural heritage sites, many of which were previously
almost absent from Wikipedia — even for Ukrainian readers. These
include castles such as Rohatyn, Pidkamin, Lokachi, Kukilnyk,
Mezhyrich, Novo-Chortoryisk, Novo-Chetvertynsk, Kalush,
Kamin-Kashyrskyi, Dunaivtsi, and others.
A dedicated part of the campaign focused on Crimean Tatar
cultural heritage. Within this category, more than one hundred
articles were created about history, culture, architecture, and
notable figures of the Crimean Tatar people, an ethnic minority in
Ukraine whose home region Crimea was occupied by Russia in 2014.
These are often topics with limited available sources and low
representation across languages, which makes this work especially
important for preserving and increasing their visibility.
Jury member Maryna Chala shared her reflection:
“While evaluating articles on Crimean Tatar heritage, I
followed formal criteria — structure, sources, style. But
sometimes, as you read more closely, you move beyond fact-checking
and begin to feel the story itself. This is especially true when
contributors work with limited sources, where even the smallest
piece of information becomes valuable.
The
article that affected me the most was ‘Denial of Crimean Tatars by
the Soviet Union.’ It is not just about historical events — it is
about the systematic denial of a people’s right to their identity,
and an attempt to erase it, something that is still felt by future
generations.”
The contest took place during Russia’s ongoing full-scale war in
Ukraine. Despite uncertainty and difficult conditions, participants
continued their work. This once again shows how important it is to
preserve cultural memory, even — and especially — in times like
these.
The competition included several award categories:
highest-quality contribution, best new articles, best improved
articles, best newcomer articles, and a special nomination for
Crimean Tatar cultural heritage.
It was especially encouraging to see that some of the best
newcomers were graduates of our training program for people aged
55+.
We thank everyone who contributed — participants, the organizing
team, and the jury for their thorough and thoughtful work.
We plan to continue this campaign in the future, as there are
still many gaps to fill and many stories that deserve to be
documented.
You can explore all articles created and improved within the
Cultural Heritage and Notable Figures
campaign
at this link.
Articles submitted to the special nomination dedicated to
Crimean Tatar heritage
can be found here.
The main campaign page, including information about the winners,
is available
on the Ukrainian Wikipedia
Mozilla Common Voice Meets Wikidata (How the Dagbanli Dictionary
Got Audio Usage Examples)
Wednesday, 22 April 2026 07:00 UTC
Wikidata provides pronunciation audio for words; Mozilla Common
Voice provides spoken example sentences
Mozilla Common Voice has thousands of Dagbanli sentences
with native‑speaker audio. We built a pipeline to match these
sentences to dictionary words, creating audio‑rich usage
examples.
Introduction
Wikidata gave us the bones for the Dagbanli dictionary: Lexemes,
Senses, Forms, and even the pronunciation audio of words. But a
word without context is just… a word. Beyond listening to how a
word sounds, users need to see how it is used in real life. Hearing
it spoken by a real person in an everyday setting is even
better.
Wikidata itself already supports usage examples through the
property P5831. Those are valuable, but they are text only. Mozilla
Common Voice provides something different: thousands of spoken
sentences, each with an audio file recorded by a native speaker. We
built a pipeline to connect these audio‑rich sentences to the right
dictionary entries. This post explains how we did it, the
challenges we faced, and why it matters for Dagbanli learners and
speakers.
1. What Is Mozilla Common Voice?
Mozilla Common
Voice
is a global initiative to create open‑source speech
datasets for any language. Anyone can record sentences from a
prompt, and others listen and validate the recordings. The data is
then released under CC0, meaning it can be used freely for any
purpose.
Dagbanli joined Mozilla Common Voice through community-led
contributions and the documentation work of the Dagbanli datasheet
authors: Emmanuel Ngue Um, Osman Mohammed Nindow, and Hadjia
Natuusamata Abubakari. As of early 2026, the Dagbanli dataset
contains over fourty thousands validated sentences:
Each with a written sentence in Dagbanli
Nearly a quarter have metadata such as the speaker’s gender,
age, and dialect
Over twenty thousand have an audio recording of a native
speaker reading that sentence
For our dictionary, these sentences are a goldmine. They provide
authentic, spoken examples of how words are used in everyday
speech, not just in isolated definitions.
2. From Tar File to R2: Handling the
Audio
Common Voice does not provide an API to stream individual audio
files. Instead, the entire dataset is distributed as a large
.tar
file containing all audio recordings plus a
metadata spreadsheet. We downloaded this
.tar
file,
extracted it, and uploaded each audio file to our Cloudflare R2
bucket. R2 gives each file a unique public URL.
The metadata spreadsheet (TSV) contains the sentence texts and
the corresponding audio filenames. We wrote a script to combine
this information into a single CSV, adding a new column with the R2
URL for each sentence. This CSV became the source for our matching
pipeline.
We also considered using other metadata fields like speaker
gender and dialect. However, the current coverage for Dagbanli is
too sparse to be reliable. In the future, if enough recordings
exist, we plan to add filters for dialect or speaker
attributes.
3. From CSV to Dictionary Matches
Our script,
build‑examples‑from‑csv.mjs
, processes
the CSV as follows for each sentence:
Tokenize the sentence into words (handling punctuation and
case).
Normalize each word by removing diacritics and converting to
lowercase.
Look up the normalized word in our master Lexeme index (built
from the harvested Wikidata Lexemes).
If a match is found, link the sentence to the corresponding
Lexeme ID and store the R2 audio URL.
If multiple words in the sentence match different Lexemes, the
sentence is attached to all of them.
The output is a JSON file where each Lexeme ID points to an
array of matching example sentences, complete with audio URLs and
source metadata. This file is uploaded to our R2 bucket as
cv‑tokenized.json
and eventually synced to users’
devices.
We only include MCV sentences that have audio. If a sentence
lacks a recording, it is not used.
4. The Matching Challenge:
Agglutinative Morphology
Dagbanli is an agglutinative language, meaning words are formed
by adding suffixes to a base stem. For example, the verb “pie” (to
milk or to line up in a row) can take on different forms: pieya,
piemi, piela, piema, piemiya, etc. A simple exact match would miss
“pieya” because it does not equal “pie”. We needed a more
sophisticated approach.
Our solution is a
3‑tier matching strategy
that we will
detail in the next post. In short:
Tier 1 (exact match): The normalized token equals the Lexeme’s
lemma.
Tier 2 (suffix stripping): Common Dagbanli suffixes are
removed, and the remaining stem is checked.
Tier 3 (prefix progression): Characters are trimmed from the
end until a match is found (fallback).
We must be honest: this approach is not perfect. Dagbanli, like
any natural language, is full of exceptions and irregular forms
that do not follow clean rules. Our algorithm catches many cases,
but it also misses some or makes incorrect matches. We are
improving it one exception at a time, by manually reviewing
problematic matches and adding custom rules. This is ongoing work,
and we welcome contributions from linguists and native
speakers.
For the purpose of this post, it is enough to know that the
pipeline works well enough to surface thousands of useful examples,
and we are committed to making it better over time.
5. Audio Integration and UI
Placement
When the dictionary app displays a word, the main card shows
Wikidata‑provided usage examples (text only) at the top. Below
that, in a separate section titled “Mozilla Common Voice Audio
Examples”, we show the matched sentences from Common Voice. Each
example includes a speaker icon. Tapping it plays the audio through
our existing audio player (
see
Post 3
).
6. The Update
hallenge
Since we launched the dictionary three months ago, new Dagbanli
sentences have been recorded on Common Voice. However, Common Voice
does not provide a live API. Instead, it releases new versions of
the full dataset periodically. The current version is
v24.0
(as of early 2026). To get the new recordings,
we would need to download the next major release, re‑extract,
re‑upload to R2, and rebuild our JSON.
This is a significant hurdle. It means our dictionary cannot
instantly reflect new Common Voice contributions. We are exploring
options to reduce this latency, such as setting up a notification
system for new releases and automating the update process. In the
long term, if Common Voice ever offers a direct streaming API, we
would adopt it eagerly.
7. Community Impact
Despite the update challenge, the integration of Common Voice
has already created a positive feedback loop:
Contributors record sentences on Common Voice, knowing they are
helping build an open speech dataset.
The dictionary uses those sentences as rich, real‑world
examples, giving contributors immediate feedback (once the dataset
is updated) that their recordings are being used.
Learners hear authentic speech, improving their own
pronunciation and understanding.
More contributors are motivated to record additional sentences,
expanding the dataset and improving the dictionary.
We have already seen this cycle in action. Several Dagbanli
speakers have recorded new sentences on Common Voice, and those
sentences will appear in the dictionary after the next dataset
release. It is a powerful example of open collaboration between a
Wikimedia project and a community‑driven language tool.
Conclusion
Mozilla Common Voice gave our dictionary something new: spoken
usage examples that bring words to life in everyday sentences. Each
sentence and audio file adds depth, context, and authenticity. The
pipeline we built to match sentences to Lexemes is not perfect, but
it is effective enough to surface thousands of examples.
Common Voice and Wikidata are not our only sources of rich
media. The University of Ghana’s Department of Computer Science
Human-Computer Interaction (DCS HCI) Lab contributed a
complementary dataset that includes visual descriptions as
structured audio sentences. In the next post, we will describe how
we merged these external sources and built the 3‑tier matching
engine that powers our example system.
Episode 206: Sandra Fauconnier
Tuesday, 21 April 2026 17:43 UTC
🕑 1 hour 3 minutes
Sandra Fauconnier is an art historian by training who works on
digital projects in the cultural sector. She has worked at
different times for Wikimedia Nederland, the Wikimedia Foundation,
and Wikimedia Sverige.
Links for some of the topics discussed:
Sandra
Fauconnier user page
on Meta-Wiki
Sandra
Fauconnier user page
on Wikidata
Sandra
Fauconnier user page
on MediaWiki Commons
Structured
Data on Commons
Modeling works on Commons without a Wikidata item
Sandra
reading from the "Paul Otlet" article for WikiReadings
GLAM & Wikimedia in Q1 2026: A World of Culture in Motion
Tuesday, 21 April 2026 13:00 UTC
Alone, we go fast. Together, we go
further.
The first quarter of 2026 has been a remarkable one for the GLAM
(Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) sector within the
Wikimedia movement. Building on the momentum of the
GLAM Wiki
Conference
held in Lisbon at the end of 2025, communities
around the world have been delivering on
Strategic
Pillars
for culture, heritage, and open knowledge. And of
course, the quarter was lit up by a major milestone:
Wikipedia turned 25
— a monumental achievement in
the internet age.
The GLAM Community is receiving support from both the
Content
Partnerships Hub
and the Wikimedia Foundation directly during
2026, to support ongoing activities such as the
Global GLAM
Calls
. These are regular community calls that cover a broad
range of topics each month, which anyone is welcome to join and
learn from or contribute to. The recordings, topics covered, and
presenters are now neatly organised in
Metabase
where you can easily browse the history and find information.
This year we’ve already learned about the Wikidata Requests for
Comments (see below as well), the Global Resource Distribution
Committee, Metabase, a News Archiving Working Group, Wikimedia
Enterprise, the Content Partnerships Hub Helpdesk, Sum of All
Manuscripts Bali, Malay-Arabic Manuscripts,
PattyPan
26.02
, IGO Partnerships with the Content Partnerships Hub, and
new Wikimedia Metrics for the GLAM Sector.
Here’s a roundup of things that have been happening, but of
course there is a lot more to see in the
This
Month in GLAM Archives
as well!
🔧 Robust Technical
Infrastructure
The technical backbone of GLAM-Wikimedia collaboration continues
to grow stronger, with new tools, data models, and policy
discussions shaping the landscape.
Two key Wikidata Requests for Comments (RfCs) are open
and need your input.
Two fundamental policy and scope
changes are under discussion right now that directly affect GLAM
communities:
Mass-editing policy RfC
Notability Policy Reform RfC
These were discussed at the January 27, 2026 Global GLAM Call —
check the call notes for context and summaries
. If your
community’s work on Wikidata or Wikibase could be affected, please
contribute your feedback.
Meeting about Wikidata at the National Library of
Colombia
— On April 24, 2026, a meeting will be held
in Bogotá (with videoconference option) about the project
Highlighting the Colombian Public Domain in Wikidata
and
the contributions of the National Library of Colombia. Free to
attend with prior registration —
register here
NZ
Bioeconomy Science Institute Wikimedian in Residence
(WiR)
— In March, Ambrosia10 published detailed data
models for type specimen Wikidata items and structured data for
Wikimedia Commons specimen image files. This work was done through
the
Wikidata:WikiProject
Natural History Specimen Data Model
, in collaboration with
Dactylantha from Auckland Museum, and documents are published in a
Zenodo community
for broad access.
FILE
NOT FOUND Retreat
— Wikimedia Portugal took part in
this retreat in Lisbon, an initiative by the Goethe-Institut and
GERADOR, bringing together cultural practitioners, artists, and
archival experts to reflect on the role of archives in contemporary
society.
CommonsDB
— Wikimedia Sverige is participating as a content partner
(alongside Europeana) in this EU-funded project, which aims to
create a registry of public domain and openly licensed images. It
uses the International Standard Content Code (ISCC) to detect
similar images even when slightly distorted. Read the
introductory
blog post on Diff
CILIP
Metadata and Discovery Group
Conference
— In March 2026, the periodic conference met at
Engineers House in Bristol, UK. Wikidata and OpenRefine featured
prominently in discussions around advances in library catalogue
metadata work.
Full
programme details here
LD4 Arts Affinity
Group Community Call
— On April 22, 2026, Dorothy
Howard (Pratt LOD Fellow in the MoMA Archives) and Jonathan Lill
(Head of Metadata and Systems at MoMA Archives and Library)
discussed their work publishing MoMA’s international touring
exhibition data in Wikidata. See
Wikidata:WikiProject Museum of Modern Art
WikiProject Natural History Specimen Data
Model
— Siobhan and Brodie created this project to
document the type specimen data model collaboration, proposing
Wikidata properties and creating documentation for both item and
Wikimedia Commons structured data models.
WQ42
— A natural-language interface to Wikidata that can answer
questions about individual Wikidata items, including heritage
inscriptions. A small but powerful illustration of what the
Wikidata dataset enables.
🏛️ Small GLAMs
Activity at the local and regional level has been extraordinary
this quarter, spanning every continent.
WikiProject Museums of Colombia
— A new
WikiProject to identify and update data about Colombia’s museums in
Wikidata, joining a growing family of
Colombia
WikiProjects
Lyon Municipal Archives Edit-a-thon
— On January 15th,
the Lyon Municipal Archives organized an edit-a-thon on
architecture. Nearly 300 images were added to Wikimedia Commons, 6
Wikipedia articles were created, and around 60 were edited. A
birthday celebration for Wikipedia!
Wikipedia 25th Birthday — Wikimedia Germany & Austria
Gifts
— Wikimedia Germany and Wikimedia Austria
invited long-time partner institutions to celebrate Wikipedia’s
25th anniversary by contributing to Wikimedia projects. The full —
and still growing — list of participants, messages, and
contributions can be found at
Wikipedia:25 Jahre Wikipedia/Geschenke
Barindelli Collection on Wikimedia Commons
— As of
January 28, 2026, 965 digitized images from the Barindelli
collection are available on Commons. 570 files (59%) are already in
use across Wikimedia projects, appearing 1,942 times on 1,853
Wikipedia pages in 55 languages, generating over 230,000 monthly
views.
Teatro Regio — MAB Grant Digitization
— Through a MAB
grant, over 2,000 resources — including sketches, figurines, and
costume designs from productions since the 1960s — were digitized
and released on Wikimedia projects, often before being available in
the theatre’s own systems.
Beeldbank Nederlandse Boekgeschiedenis
— On
behalf of the KB National Library of the Netherlands, nearly 1,000
images related to Dutch book history have been added to Wikimedia
Commons.
“We Did Do It” Edit-a-thon — Auckland Museum
Held January 31 at the Auckland Museum research library, this event
celebrated working wāhine (women) in Aotearoa across Arts, STEM,
and Law & Politics. 30 participants edited
over 50 articles and added 120 references
Kaikōura Wikiproject
— Funded jointly by Wikimedia
Aotearoa New Zealand and the Kaikōura District Council, a team of
editors are
working on articles
about the history, biodiversity, geography,
and people of this small New Zealand seaside town. The project
culminated in a
Wiki Weekend on 7–8 March
where Wikipedians visited to document
the town together.
Wikimedia MKD — Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics &
Institute of Macedonian Literature
— In 2026,
Wikimedia MKD continues its cooperation with both institutions.
Work focuses on botanical research, herbarium collections, and
enriching Wikimedia projects with scholarly and literary
content.
Museum of Photography in Kraków
— Wikimedia
Polska
— In January, Wikimedia Polska supported the museum
in its first steps in the GLAM-Wiki ecosystem. Over 60 historical
photographs from 19th- and early 20th-century studios were uploaded
to Wikimedia Commons, followed by an online training for museum
staff.
Wikimedia Serbia — Independent Art Scene Edit-a-thon, Novi
Sad
— In collaboration with
What Could Should
Curating Do
, a workshop and edit-a-thon was held on January 24
to improve content about the contemporary art scene on Serbian
Wikipedia, promoting local artists and strengthening digital
literacy.
Alpine Museum, Bern — Community Space
— Around 12
Wikimedians gathered at the Alpine Museum in Bern to write on
alpine topics. New articles were developed, including
Dania Allenbach
and the
Alpine Museum building
, as well as a
list on cultural heritage in Bern
. More info on the
project page
Bolivia —
“Culture at a Click” Project
— In partnership with the
Flavio Machivado Viscarra Foundation, a registration model for GLAM
institutions across Bolivia’s nine departments is being developed —
a replicable framework for cultural institutions to collaborate on
Wikimedia projects.
Brazil —
Wiki Loves
Folklore
— The 4th edition of the Wiki Loves Folklore
contest, held February 9 – March 9, documented traditions,
festivals, cuisine, and cultural expressions from across Brazil,
mobilizing audiovisual professionals for the digital preservation
of Brazilian cultural heritage.
Czech Republic —
Wikipedie:Wikiporadna
— Lukáš Nekolný works as a wiki-resident for Wikimedia Czech
Republic, serving as a Wikimedian in Residence at the East Bohemian
Museum in Hradec Králové, and supporting beginners through an
online support call service.
Art
History Loves Wiki 2026 — Museum Schnütgen, Cologne
A meeting organized by kuwiki in collaboration with Museum
Schnütgen and Wikimedia Germany took place March 27–29, 2026.
British Library & Bangla Wikisource —
TCIP
Collaboration Resumes
— After five years, the
collaboration between the British Library’s Two Centuries of Indian
Print (TCIP) project and the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group has
resumed, bringing high-quality scanned Bangla language books back
to Bangla Wikisource.
Macedonia GLAM Program 2026 — “Botany of
Macedonia”
— This year’s GLAM Program in Macedonia is
centered around the theme of Botany, with workshops and
digitization aimed at documenting and promoting Macedonia’s
cultural and natural heritage.
PTT-Archive CoCreation Workshop
— On March 27, the
second cocreation workshop at the PTT-archive in Switzerland
explored the fascinating history of telephone books — and the
now-forgotten profession of the “telephinist,” who once served as
the Google of their day.
Lambeth
Libraries Meetup — Brixton Library, London
— The
monthly meetup at Brixton Library on March 30 brought together 7
attendees to write articles on local libraries, local history
archives, and more. The
next meetup is
Monday April 27, 6–8pm
— all are welcome.
#1Lib1Ref — Ukrainian Wikipedia
— Running
February 19 – March 11, 2026, 37 contributors made 389 edits and
improved 335 articles with references to reliable sources, on
topics ranging from the return of Crimean Tatars from deportation
to botanical and mycological subjects.
Oulu Löyly — Open Culture Think & Do Fest
Taking place June 8–10, 2026 in Oulu, Finland as part of the
Oulu2026 European Capital of
Culture
program, this event brings together advocates of open
culture, policymakers, technologists, and researchers to discuss
heritage at risk and digital survival strategies for
under-resourced archives and endangered languages. Applications are
open!
Wikimedia Italia
GLAM Call 2026 Winners
— Nine projects have been
selected, spanning theatrical collections, scientific archives,
LGBTQ+ movement archives, children’s comics, and local urban and
museum heritage. The GLAM call is promoted in collaboration with
ICOM Italy and Creative Commons Italy.
Nikola Tesla Museum & Wikimedia Serbia
— A memorandum
of understanding has been signed with the Nikola Tesla Museum and
Wikimedia Serbia, with the first internship program planned for
2026, lasting one month.
🌐 Language
Minorities
Pap-Wikipedia
— 20th Anniversary
— The Papiamento/u edition of
Wikipedia celebrated its 20th anniversary in March 2026. A shared
platform for the two variants of the creole language spoken across
Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire, this milestone marks two decades of
regional, multilingual knowledge-sharing.
Wikipedia on
Aruba
organized a week of activities to celebrate, including a
Ban Wiki! edit-a-thon on March 23 in collaboration with
Fundacion
Lanta Papiamento
Wikimedia Indonesia —
West Nusa Tenggara Outreach
— In December
2025, the Culture Team of Wikimedia Indonesia held meetings and
site visits in West Nusa Tenggara. They are now partnering with
Bale Agung Ajar Wali to digitize the legend of Princess Mandalika
from its original Lontar manuscript, written in the Sasak language
— a project combining digital preservation with transliteration and
translation.
Memory of the World — Wikidata Data Set Improvements
Ongoing work includes improving data for inscriptions with few
properties (all now have at least seven statements, totalling 8,213
statements), replacing broken links in English Wikipedia, and
writing a paper about the open data set and its research and
visualization possibilities.
New Arabic Wikipedia Articles
— New articles
have been created in Arabic for the
Nāgarakrĕtāgama (1365 AD)
and
Panji Tales Manuscripts
Ukraine’s Cultural Diplomacy Month 2026
— The
sixth edition launched on April 1, co-organized by Wikimedia
Ukraine, the Ukrainian Institute, and the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Ukraine. Wikimedians worldwide are invited to create and
translate articles about Ukrainian culture throughout April.
Docip
Article — English Wikipedia Did You Know
— The Docip
article passed Did You Know review and is scheduled for the front
page of English Wikipedia on April 15th, with images contributed by
Docip themselves.
Colección de Lenguas Indígenas — Did You Know
— Featured on the English Wikipedia front page on March 12, the
article was seen by potentially 3.4 million people on a day when
the front page received 6.8 million views, driving over 7,000
readers directly to the article.
💚 Community
Health
Example activities related to women’s representation and gender
focus from March!
Albania — Wikidata & Women’s Representation
In March 2026, an event focused on Wikidata brought together 14
participants to work on Albanian and Swedish women’s representation
in free knowledge. The group made 221 Wikidata revisions, created 4
new Wikipedia articles, and improved 50 existing ones.
Architecture + Women NZ Walking Tour & Edit-a-thon —
Auckland
— On March 22, a walking tour led by
architect Julie Stout — through the historic
Lopdell House
and
Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery
— was followed by an
edit-a-thon celebrating women in architecture, design, and art with
links to West Auckland.
Women Botanists Edit-a-thon — Wikimedia MKD
On March 6, timed with International Women’s Day, Wikimedia MKD
organized an edit-a-thon with 9 students from Gymnasium “Josip Broz
Tito” in Skopje, focusing on women botanists and their
contributions to the natural sciences.
Women in Academia in Portugal Edit-a-thon
Participants created and improved content about Portuguese women
academics on Wikimedia projects. A highlight was a presentation by
ISEG librarian Lurdes Tavares, who shared her experience writing
her first Wikipedia article — dedicated to economist Manuela
Silva.
Women in Science Edit-a-thon — Wikimedia Portugal & Ciência
Viva
— In March 2026, over 550 images of Portuguese
women in science and technology were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons
before the event, which celebrated International Women’s Day and
focused on improving the representation of women in science and
technology.
🏆 Recognition
The
Global GLAM
Calls
are now
organized on
Metabase
, where you can find a record of all calls, speakers,
presenters, topics, and recordings. These calls are open to
everyone — you can participate by proposing topics, requesting
discussion subjects, or asking for simultaneous interpretation.
What a quarter! The breadth and depth of GLAM Wiki
activities continues to grow, from the mountains of Switzerland to
those of Bogotá and to Indonesia, from digitizing ancient
manuscripts to celebrating Wikipedia’s 25th birthday. If your
institution or community isn’t yet part of this movement, there has
never been a better time to get involved.
1Lib1Ref 2026
Tuesday, 21 April 2026 12:00 UTC
Imagine a world
where every librarian added just one more reference to
Wikipedia.
21 April 2026
Ali Smith
Keywords:
1Lib1Ref
Wikipedia is one of the most-visited sites in the world,
remaining steadfast as a reliable source of information, despite
rises in AI and misinformation throughout the internet. The need
for verified, reliable information has never been greater.
#1Lib1Ref is a global call to action with a simple but powerful
premise:
Imagine a world where every librarian added just one
more reference to Wikipedia.
This year, Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ) and Wikimedia
Australia (WMAU) are once again teaming up to run a joint campaign.
From
15 May to 5 June
, we’re asking Librarians and
Information Professionals to join the campaign, which aims to
recruit new editors by getting 1 Librarian to add 1 Reference (or
more!) to Wikipedia, helping improve the quality of content for
everyone.
Why Librarians?
While Wikipedia is maintained by a dedicated army of volunteer
editors, its reliability rests entirely on
citations
Librarians and information professionals are the natural guardians
of the reliable source, knowing where the facts live, how to
navigate databases, and how to spot a credible source from a mile
away.
How to Join
1Lib1Ref
The trans-Tasman #1Lib1Ref campaign runs from
15 May to 5
June 2026
. Whether you are a seasoned Wiki-expert or have never
clicked the "edit" button in your life, there is a place for
you.
1.
Sign up for
the Campaign
to have your edits counted on Wikipedia
When:
15 May – 5 June 2026
The Goal:
1 Librarian + 1 Reference = A more reliable
Wikipedia.
Who:
Librarians, researchers, and anyone with a passion
for free knowledge.
2.
Join an online workshop
New to editing or need a refresher? We are hosting a series of
free online workshops to demonstrate and walk you through the
basics of adding reliable and accurate citations, and we'll also
delve into using some of Wikipedia's automatic citation tools to
help streamline your editing.
Intro to Wiki
Referencing - 1Lib1Ref
— Thursday 21 May 2026
New to Wiki editing or need a refresher? We are hosting a
free online workshop to walk you through how to add citations to
Wikipedia.
Cite Right:
drop-in Wikipedia editing workshops
— Friday 22 May
2026
Join us for some hands-on LIVE editing of
Wikipedia.
Cite Right:
drop-in Wikipedia editing workshop
— Friday 29 May
2026
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Cite Right:
Drop-in Wikipedia editing workshop
— Friday 5 June
2026
Join us for some hands-on LIVE editing and adding citations
to Wikipedia.
In the
news
A Trans-Tasman partnership for
#1Lib1Ref
News on Diff: this year, Wikimedia Aotearoa New
Zealand (WANZ) and Wikimedia Australia (WMAU) are teaming up to run
a joint campaign.
Building Visibility for African Women on Wikimedia: The EmpowerHer
Fellowship
Tuesday, 21 April 2026 10:00 UTC
AWA EmpowerHer fellowship
reveal design English
In commemoration of International Women’s Day 2026, the
African
Wikipedian Alliance
, with support from
Code for Africa
, in partnership
with the
European Partnership for
Democracy (EPD)
, launched the
EmpowerHer Fellowship 2026
, a one-month fellowship aimed at
addressing the persistent gender and content gaps across Wikimedia
platforms.
Despite the growth of open knowledge, African women remain
significantly underrepresented on platforms such as Wikipedia and
Wikidata. Many notable figures, leaders, professionals, and
changemakers are either missing or insufficiently documented. The
EmpowerHer Fellowship 2026 responds to this gap by mobilising
contributors to create and improve high-quality content that
reflects the contributions of women across the continent.
Engaging Contributors
As an
EmpowerHer 2026 fellow
, my role is to coordinate contributor
engagement focused on documenting notable women from Chad,
Ethiopia, and South Sudan, countries where representation gaps are
particularly evident. This includes recruiting participants,
onboarding both new and experienced editors, and facilitating
training sessions and office hours to support sustained
contribution.
A key component of this work is a structured research process to
identify notable subjects for documentation. This involves
reviewing existing content gaps on Wikipedia, analysing Wikidata
entries, and consulting credible secondary sources such as news
platforms, institutional records, and public archives.
To streamline participation and ensure quality, I will curate a
targeted list of topics for contributors. Each entry will include
essential metadata, such as country and available sources, to guide
contributors and ensure that all outputs meet Wikipedia’s
notability and verifiability standards.
Beyond content creation, the fellowship is designed as a
capacity-building initiative. Contributors will be equipped with
the skills required to identify notable topics, develop
well-sourced articles, and contribute structured data to Wikidata.
This approach ensures that the impact of the project extends beyond
immediate outputs to long-term community growth.
By the end of the fellowship, the project aims to:
Create and improve at least 30 articles and Wikidata items
Strengthen contributor capacity across participating
communities
Foster a more inclusive and collaborative editing
environment
At its core, EmpowerHer is about representation and equity in
knowledge production. It is about ensuring that African women are
visible, documented, and recognised within global knowledge
systems.
As the fellowship begins, it sets the stage for meaningful
contributions that not only close content gaps but also amplify
voices that have long been underrepresented.
Building a Wikimedia research community in Ukraine: a project recap
Tuesday, 21 April 2026 08:30 UTC
Between June 2025 and March 2026, Wikimedia Ukraine ran a
project aimed at connecting Ukrainian researchers studying
Wikipedia and related projects – with each other, with the
Ukrainian Wikimedia community, and with the international Wikimedia
research community. We’ve already
written about the project’s centerpiece
: a one-day conference
in Kyiv on November 15, 2025. This post steps back to describe the
wider effort the conference was part of.
Wikipedia is, among other things, a fascinating research
subject. Ukrainian scholars – across both STEM and the humanities –
study it from many angles, but before this project there was no
organized space for them to meet, share work, or connect with the
Wikimedia movement. Creating that space was the project’s main
goal, made possible by a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation
through the Wikimedia Research Fund.
How the project
unfolded
In June 2025 we launched a public call for researchers working
on or interested in Wikimedia topics, and started preparing the
conference.
Registration for the conference opened in September 2025 and
closed in mid-October with nearly 80 sign-ups, around 30 of whom
applied to present. The event itself gathered over 80 people, split
roughly evenly between Kyiv and online, with 30 short talks
spanning disciplines from computer science to history. We covered
the day in a
separate Diff post
, and
a full recording
is available on YouTube.
A moment from the conference
photo
by Atoly, CC BY-SA 4.0)
The conference was organized in partnership with two major
Ukrainian universities – Kyiv Aviation Institute National
University and Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics.
In the words of Mariana Senkiv, head of the conference’s
organizing committee:
“Ever since I first learned about the international
community of researchers studying Wikimedia projects, I was
inspired by the idea of bringing together researchers in Ukraine as
well as those abroad who work on Ukrainian Wikimedia topics. Over
time, it became clear that this required concrete steps. Together
with the team at Wikimedia Ukraine, we developed a project
proposal, and thanks to the support of the Wikimedia Foundation, we
were able to make this initiative happen.
We brought together a team of motivated people, started
organizing online events, and gradually built a community while
preparing for a larger milestone – the conference. The peak of this
journey was November 15, 2025, when we successfully held the first
conference for Wikimedia researchers in Ukraine. For me, as the
head of the organizing committee, it was one of the most important
and demanding days of my professional life. What stood out most was
the sense of connection – meeting people who share this research
interest, engaging in meaningful discussions, and feeling that this
work truly matters.
We are now finalizing the conference proceedings – a
challenging process for a small team, but an important outcome.
Earlier, it often felt necessary to explain why building a research
community around Wikimedia projects matters. Now, it feels like
this is increasingly understood.
Apart from the conference, we hosted six monthly online webinars
between July 2025 and February 2026. They served three connected
purposes: presenting Ukrainian researchers’ work to the Wikimedia
community, bringing international Wikimedia research to a Ukrainian
audience, and linking scholars with active editors. Each event drew
10–20 participants live, with recordings published afterwards.
The full program:
July 3, 2025
— Carolina Coimbra Vieira on
using Wikipedia to track migration flows during the Russian
invasion of Ukraine
August 5, 2025
— Mykola Trokhymovych on
knowledge manipulation in Ruwiki, a pro-Kremlin clone of Russian
Wikipedia
September 22, 2025
— Laura Kurek on the
experiences of English Wikipedia contributors maintaining articles
about the Russia-Ukraine war
October 30, 2025
— a practical introduction to
Wikipedia, Wikidata, and research tools like PetScan and the
Wikidata Query Service for researchers
December 20, 2025
— Andrii Boida on historical
biographies on Wikipedia
February 13, 2026
— Ira Riaboshtan on
information attacks and narratives about Wikipedia on social
media
Check our
project page on Meta for more details and links
Members of the conference’s
program & organizing committees: from left to right, Oleksii
Boldyriev, Mariana Senkiv, Viacheslav Mamon, Nataliia Lastovets,
Anton Protsiuk (
photo
by Nesanya, CC0)
What continues
The grant period ended in March 2026, but the work doesn’t end
with it. We are finalizing the conference proceedings and staying
in touch with the research community – including by organizing new
online events, like a recent presentation of Wikipedia readability
research by Mykola Trokhymovych, and encouraging participation in
international events like Wiki Workshop.
Wikimedia Ukraine will keep supporting this community through
other programs. The closest is “Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &
Research in the CEE Region”, a conference co-organized with
Wikimedia Polska in October 2026, in partnership with the
University of Silesia and with support from the Wikimedia CEE Hub.
Read more in the
CEE newsletter
and keep an eye on further updates about
registration, program submissions, and scholarships.
If you are a researcher interested in Wikimedia topics and want
to be in touch, write to us at
edu@wikimedia.org.ua
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Sunday, 19 April 2026 10:59 UTC
09/04/2026-15/04/2026
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Coordinates to Wall Art: Stylised Map Posters Online | ©
Yousuf Amanuel
| map data ©
by
OpenStreetMap
Contributors
Mapping
Comments are requested on this proposal:
terminal=yes
to consistently
map
freight terminals and better describe connected transport modes and
handled cargo.
Mapping campaigns
A new MapRoulette challenge in Germany
uses
Mapillary-detected traffic signs to identify and add missing access
restrictions in OpenStreetMap. The initial focus is on German
regulatory signs such as
DE:260
Community
Raquel Dezidério
blogged
about her participation in ‘Mapping Together’, a
virtual meeting of the MapYourGrid project, representing the
Virtual Institute for Sustainable Development – IVIDES.org
(Brazil). The overall objective of the meeting was to demonstrate
the structure of Wikidata and discuss improvements to the
connection between the
MapYourGrid
web map, Wikidata, and
Wikipedia, which have been adopted to document objects related to
the power distribution network map using OpenStreetMap. The project
is
maintaining
the osm-wikidata-toolset repository on GitHub and invites you to
map what is missing for your country on OSM.
A message from CasGroenigen on the
OpenStreetMap Community forum
warned
of possible incorrect OSM edits
related
to
a Pokémon GO event targeting specific landscape types. Mappers are
encouraged to monitor their areas and check suspicious changes
using
tools such as OSMCha.
On Mastodon users have
discussed
open-source Android apps for cycling, including OsmAnd, CoMaps,
BikeRouter, and FitoTrack. The conversation also highlighted a
request for a dedicated cycling layer in CoMaps.
Pierre-Yves Beaudouin
tooted
that OpenStreetMap is now
available
as an official icon in FontAwesome. This makes it easier to
integrate OSM into web applications and designs.
rphyrin
noticed
that MapComplete’s recent new feature of adding pictures to reviews
is very relevant to a September 2025 discussion
thread
by boramalper regarding a crowd-sourced review service
for OpenStreetMap.
Andy Townsend
explained
how vector tile processing performance can be improved by reducing
data volume, for example by delaying the display of smaller
features. The changes halved tile sizes and highlight the
importance of cartographic generalisation for both performance and
readability.
Christoph Hormann
examined
the development and use of tags related to the key
waterway
in OpenStreetMap. Despite regional
differences and ambiguities, the analysis shows that the
classification, which has evolved over time, remains widely used
and functional.
Ruslan Fatih
, an
OpenStreetMap contributor from Kazakhstan,
shared
how he got into OpenStreetMap (and why ‘scary maps’ turned out to
be the most useful hobby).
Imports
Sweety_Kumar stated on the OpenStreetMap
Community Forum that students from IIT Delhi
propose
importing hydrology data from the CoRE Stack project,
such as watersheds and water bodies, into OpenStreetMap. The
ultimate goal is to improve accessibility further to enable
analysis and collaborative enhancement within the OSM
ecosystem.
The Kanach Yerevan initiative has
proposed
importing around 11,000 mapped urban trees into
OpenStreetMap, based on volunteer field surveys. The dataset
includes species and size information and is planned to be
integrated gradually following import guidelines.
Events
Bastian Greshake Tzovaras
presented
how CoMaps can be used for humanitarian use cases with the open
technology and innovation working group of Humanitarian
OpenStreetMap. The presentation slides are
available
online.
The State of the Map Baltics 2026 conference
will take place on Thursday 4 June in Riga, bringing together the
OSM and GIS communities from Northern and Eastern Europe.
Participation is free and talk submissions are
encouraged
thapa prativa
reported
on Nepal’s Inclusive Mapping Week 2025; at the inaugural event
there were over 400 participants who learned, mapped, and
collaborated with OpenStreetMap. A key focus was humanitarian
mapping and the encouragement of women’s participation in the
geospatial space.
Education
More than 20 students from a high school in
Pesaro
(Italy) have mapped their town in OpenStreetMap as part of a school
project,
making
over 30,000 edits within two months. The initiative was
proposed by their teacher
Galessandroni
to promote local mapping through hands-on contribution.
Maps
The OpenStreetMap Ops Team
reported
that the standard map layer on openstreetmap.org is now running OSM
Carto version 6.0.0 (we
reported
earlier).
Daniel Dufour
wrote
, on his LinkedIn account, about the Chattanooga Area
Regional Transportation Authority Route 4, a web map
created
with
OpenStreetMap, MapTiler, JavaScript, and maplibre, which traces a
route with its stops and buses. The source code is
available
on GitHub.
Steven Feldman has published a map gallery on
the KnowWhere portal,
showcasing
series of experimental mapping projects. Each project includes
reflections on what worked, what didn’t, and
tips
for
others creating their own maps.
OSM in action
Hans on the Bike
showed
that KLM uses OpenStreetMap data in its onboard displays for in
flight map visualisations.
mackerski
described
how he used ChatGPT to record GNSS track logs directly from a car
browser to map the Dublin Port Tunnel. He worked in collaboration
with Guillaume Rischard and the solution was tested on a Tesla
model 3 and a Volvo XC90. The experiments show that even without
GNSS signals, dead reckoning can produce useful data, and
highlighted potential improvements to the OSM track logging
workflow.
Open Data
The New York MTA has
released
new open datasets on bus routes and stops, which they
have combined with speed data to analyse and visualise bus traffic
flow in detail.
Software
The BRouter project, a configurable OSM
offline router with elevation awareness,
announced
an
upcoming server migration introducing the new lookups.dat version
11.1, additional pseudo-tags, a modernised library, and improved
elevation data. The changes can already be tested on a
preview
server, with a new
app version also planned.
CoMaps has
received
trust score of 9.6 from
European & Open Source
Alternatives
, making it one of the top-rated map alternatives
alongside OpenStreetMap.
Oliver Wipfli
reported
on the progress of the open-source Mapterhorn project, which
provides global terrain data as PMTiles and is now widely used (we
reported
earlier). The pipeline uses Copernicus GLO30, a global 30 m
resolution dataset, as a baseline and refines it with local models.
A new grant from the NLnet Foundation (which distributes funding
from the EU Commission) will improve the pipeline to include open
aerial imagery, as an extended project titled ‘Mapterhorn Imagery’
OpenTrafficMap
is a new project
with a focus on
visualising
real-time data from traffic signals and C-ITS-enabled vehicles on
top of OpenStreetMap. The current focus is on
Graz
(Austria),
where a higher density of tracked signals and vehicles are already
available.
The OSRM API
documentation
has been
refreshed
with a
cleaner design that provides easy navigation and covers all six
OSRM services: Route, Table, Map Matching, Trip Planning, Nearest,
and Tile. OSRM is a high performance routing engine for
OpenStreetMap data and one of the most widely used in the
world.
The GNOME Maps project is
working
on displaying public transport delays using the
Transitous
and
MOTIS
APIs. In
addition
to scheduled times and real-time updates, status indicators will be
taken into account. MOTIS is the acronym for the Modular Open
Transportation Information System.
Stadia Maps is
offering
a public preview of traffic-influenced routing based
on OpenStreetMap, integrating real-time and historical traffic
data. The feature
targets
use cases where accurate travel times, such as logistics and
ride-hailing, are required.
The ‘WillCycle GPS Art Generator’
allows
users to
turn
drawings into real-world routes by matching them to roads and
paths. It uses BRouter and OpenStreetMap data to generate GPX
tracks for creative cycling routes.
Programming
Cláudio Tereso
demonstrated
how OpenStreetMap data can be integrated via the
Overpass API into Power BI to create interactive maps of wild
swimming locations. Photos and additional information are also
included.
Thomas Derflinger has
developed
a Docker container to run your own local Overpass API instance.
This stateless Docker container keeps OSM data on your host file
system, while providing all the tools needed for data conversion
and querying. It includes a simple shell script to download and
ingest OSM data and it also runs on Raspberry Pi 5. The container
does not implement updates from OSM. We
reported
on
Roland Olbricht’s Docker container earlier and both
Kai Johnson
and
Wiktor
Niesiobędzki
have their own versions.
wielandb’s StreetComplete pull request
proposed
a new quest to capture the direction in which bicycles
may travel on separate pavements and cycleways. The approach
considers country-specific rules and visible signage to avoid
incorrect data.
Releases
[1] Ralph Straumann
presented
Terraink, a web application
for creating stylised map posters based on OpenStreetMap data. It
offers
extensive customisation options for layout, colours, and content,
targeting users who want to design unique maps for print or social
media.
Version 3.16 of OpenMapTiles
brought
improvements to the transportation layer, including
better road connections, additional path information, and enhanced
styling for roads and railways.
Version 2026.04.07-8 of CoMaps
updated
OSM data and fixed several crashes, including issues with routing
and edit uploads. It also introduced map style improvements, such
as better road and tree visibility, and additional POI
information.
The April update of Organic Maps
introduced
elevation profiles for hiking and cycling routes,
improved address search (especially in the US), and enabled
seamless map rendering across the anti-meridian.
MapComplete
announced
several new features, such as adding pictures to place reviews, a
colour-coded
maxspeed
theme, and updates to the
cycle-infra theme.
Yohan Boniface has
released
version 3.7.3 of uMap. This update addressed an issue that occurred
when cloning maps, where layer relationships were not copied
correctly. In addition, a minor bug in the Docker configuration was
fixed, so that nginx is now ready to use right away.
OSRM version 26.4.0
brought
multiple improvements, including enhancements to
routing profiles (e.g., better handling of
cycleway=*
and
sidewalk=*
tags) plus various stability and build
fixes. It also
modernised
the
release process with automated monthly releases and a new
versioning scheme.
Marcus Jaschen
reported
that Bikerouter’s shortlink and QR code service has been migrated
to a new server and that a new web service for generating route
preview images has been developed. Both changes prepare for an
upcoming
feature: a built-in route manager that will allow you
to store, organise, and restore planned routes on the server.
Version 2.0 of
Transportflow
has been
released
introducing a ‘radar’ feature that shows areas reachable by public
transport within a given time. It is based in part on OpenStreetMap
data alongside timetable and real-time information.
Alexis Lecanu (aka ravenfeld)
released
version 1.21.0 of the Baba app, introducing automatic screen
orientation based on camera sensors. This improves usability when
capturing images, e.g., for Panoramax.
Tiri, an independent developer based in
Germany,
reported
on the OpenStreetMap Community forum that he is
building
Xopoz
, an Android
GNSS team tracking app for professional field teams, such as
mountain guides, search and rescue volunteers, NGO field
operations, and adventure tour operators. The app is built entirely
on OpenStreetMap data with zero Google dependency and the
geolocations are end-to-end encrypted.
OSM in the media
The City of
Seattle
has
temporarily
removed
its official bike map PDF in the wake of new
accessibility requirements, according to an article on the
Seattle Bike Blog
. The article highlighted OpenStreetMap
as an alternative, which offers more detailed and up-to-date
cycling infrastructure and is continuously improved by the
community.
Other “geo” things
Attila Bátorfy
wrote
about Dutch ‘cartocubism’, a forgotten attempt to simplify maps
from the interwar period.
The website
trainjazz.com
uses subway train
geolocation data to create a dynamic soundscape, where each train
represents a musical note. The result is an ever-changing
composition that even adapts to the user’s geolocation. Jake Z
commented
on kottke.org that there is a 10 year old application similar to
this called
Conductor
, on
mta.me
, developed by
Alexander Chen
, where
the New York subway system is turned into a string instrument.
Brilliant Maps has
published
their ‘Map of Asia Made Up of its National Animals’. A similar map
for European countries has also been
published
Both maps were created by Ibis_Wolfieand and there is some
discussion
on Reddit about these maps.
The article ‘Real Maps for Imaginary Places: a
journey into the cartography of literature’, written by Neely
Tucker and
published
on the Library of Congress’ website, highlighted how
maps have long played a key role in literature, from
Treasure
Island
to
The Lord of the Rings
. These maps help
readers understand fictional worlds spatially and make the stories
more tangible.
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2026-04-23
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2026-04-23
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What is the utility of Wikimedia projects as seen by its editors
Sunday, 19 April 2026 06:41 UTC
I participated in a survey for Wikimedia contributors. The survey
was first and foremost about traditional Wikipedia and honestly,
there is not much value in my replies.
Over the years I have contributed a lot to many projects. My
efforts have to have a purpose otherwise I lose my motivation. It
has to have utility, it is what I dream about, it is what I strive
for.
Would it not be great when we knew what our community dreams
about, what they aim to achieve and as importantly how these dreams
might grow into a reality or have grown into realities. Would it
not be great when the Wikimedia Foundation builds on what is
already there and grows our public, our relevance? It could start
with a survey.
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Presenting the winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2025
Saturday, 18 April 2026 14:02 UTC
Wiki
Loves Monuments
has the pleasure to present the
winning photos of the international finale of the contest 2025! The
jury completed its work in March 2026, and the winners were
announced on April 17 and 18, the
International
Museum Day
In 2025 almost 228,000 images have been contributed by about
4,000 photographers in 56 national contests. Up to ten pictures
from each of these competitions were nominated to the international
finale. For a complete overview of all nominees, winners and
runners-up, please take a look at
the Winners page on Wikimedia Commons
A huge thank-you goes out from the international coordination
team to the international jury, the national juries and national
organizers, and of course to all the photographers that submitted
their amazing photos that can now be used on Wikipedia and its
sister projects, and everyone that helped make this competition
possible!
Moving Plants
Wednesday, 15 April 2026 01:42 UTC
ll humans move plants, most often by accident
and sometimes with intent. Humans, unfortunately, are only rarely
moved
by the sight of exotic plants.
Unfortunately, the history of
plant movements is often difficult to establish. In the past, the
only way to tell a plant's homeland was to look for the number of
related species in a region to provide clues on their area of
origin. This idea was firmly established by
Nikolai Vavilov
before he was sent off to Siberia,
thanks to Stalin's crank-scientist Lysenko, to meet an early death.
Today, genetic relatedness of plants can be examined by comparing
the similarity of DNA sequences (although this is apparently harder
than with animals due to issues with polyploidy). Some recent
studies on individual plants and their relatedness have provided
insights into human history. A study on baobabs in India and their
geographical origins in East Africa established by a
study in
2015
and that of
coconuts in 2011
are hopefully just the beginnings.
These demonstrate ancient human movements which have never received
much attention from most standard historical accounts.
Inferred trasfer
routes for Baobabs -
source
Unfortunately there are a lot of
older crank ideas that can be difficult for untrained readers to
separate. I recently stumbled on a book by
Grafton Elliot Smith
, a Fullerian professor who
succeeded J.B.S.Haldane but descended into crankdom. The book
Elephants and Ethnologists
" (1924) can be found
online and it is just one among several similar works by Smith. It
appears that Smith used a skewed and misapplied cultural cousin of
Dollo's Law
. According to him, cultural
innovation tended to occur only once and that they were then
carried on with human migrations. Smith was subsequently labelled a
"hyperdiffusionist", a disparaging term used by ethnologists. When
he saw illustrations of Mayan sculpture he envisioned an elephant
where others saw at best a stylized tapir. Not only were they
elephants, they were Asian elephants, complete with mahouts and
Indian-style goads and he saw this as definite evidence for an
ancient connection between India and the Americas! An idea that
would please some modern-day Indian cranks and zealots.
Smith's idea of
the elephant as emphasised by him.
The actual Stela
in question
"Fanciful" is the current consensus view on most of Smith's
ideas, but let's get back to plants.
I happened to visit Chikmagalur
recently and revisited the beautiful temples of Belur on the way.
The "Archaeological Survey of India-approved" guide at the temple
did not flinch when he described an object in the hand of a carved
figure as being maize. He said maize was a symbol of prosperity.
Now maize is a crop that was imported to India and by most accounts
only after the Portuguese reached the Americas in 1492 and made sea
incursions into India in 1498. In the late 1990s, a Swedish
researcher identified similar carvings (actually another one
at Somnathpur) from 12th century temples in Karnataka as being
maize cobs. It was subsequently debunked by several Indian
researchers from IARI and from the University of Agricultural
Sciences where I was then studying. An alternate view is that the
object is a
mukthaphala
, an imaginary fruit made up of
pearls.
Somnathpur carvings
. The figures to the
left and right hold the puported cobs in
their
left
hands.
(Photo: G41rn8)
The pre-Columbian oceanic trade
ideas however do not end with these two cases from India. The third
story (and historically the first, from 1879) is that of the
sitaphal or custard apple. The founder of the Archaeological Survey
of India,
Alexander Cunningham
, described a fruit in one of the
carvings from Bharhut, a fruit
that he identified as custard-apple
. The
custard-apple and its relatives are all from the New World. The
Bharhut Stupa is dated to 200 BC and the custard-apple, as quickly
pointed out by others, could only have been in India post-1492. The
Hobson-Jobson has a long entry
on the custard
apple that covers the situation well. In 2009, a study again raised
the possibility of custard apples in ancient India. The ancient
carbonized evidence is hard to evaluate unless one has examined all
the possible plant seeds and what remains of their microstructure.
The researchers however establish a date of about 2000 B.C. for the
carbonized remains and attempt to demonstrate that it looks like
the seeds of sitaphal. The jury is still out.
Hobson-Jobson
has an interesting entry on the custard-apple
I was quite surprised that there
are not many writings that synthesize and comment on the history of
these ideas on the Internet and somewhat oddly I found no mention
of these three cases in the relevant Wikipedia article (naturally,
fixed now with an entire new section) -
pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
theories
There seems to be value for
someone to put together a collation of plant introductions to India
along with sources, dates and locations of introduction. Some of
the old specimens of introduced plants may well be worthy of
further study.
Introduction dates
Pithecollobium dulce -
Portuguese introduction from
Mexico to Philippines and India on the way in the 15th or 16th
century. The species was described from specimens taken from the
Coromandel region (ie type locality outside native range) by
William Roxburgh.
Eucalyptus globulus? -
There are some claims that Tipu
planted the first of these (See
my post on this topic
). It appears that
the first person to move eucalyptus plants (probably
E.
globulosum
) out of Australia was
Jacques Labillardière
. Labillardiere was surprized by
the size of the trees in Tasmania. The lowest branches were 60 m
above the ground and the trunks were 9 m in diameter (27 m
circumference). He saw flowers through a telescope and had some
flowering branches shot down with guns! (original
source
in French) His ship was seized by the
British in Java and that was around 1795 or so and released in
1796. All subsequent movements seem to have been post 1800 (ie
after Tipu's death). If Tipu Sultan did indeed plant the Eucalyptus
here he must have got it via the French through the Labillardière
shipment. The Nilgiris were apparently planted up starting
with the work of Captain
Frederick Cotton (Madras Engineers) at Gayton
Park(?)
/Woodcote Estate in 1843.
Muntingia calabura - when? -
I suspect that Tickell's
flowerpecker populations boomed after this, possibly with a decline
in the Thick-billed flowerpecker.
Delonix regia - when?
In 1857, Mr New from Kew was made Superintendent of Lalbagh
and he introduced in the following years several Australian plants
from Kew including
Araucaria
Eucalyptus
Grevillea
Dalbergia
and
Casuarina
Mulberry
plant varieties were introduced in 1862 by Signor
de Vicchy. The Hebbal Butts plantation was establised around 1886
by Cameron along with Mr Rickets, Conservator of Forests, who
became Superintendent of Lalbagh after New's death -
rain
trees
, ceara rubber (Manihot glaziovii), and shingle trees(?).
Apparently Rickets was also involved in introducing a variety of
potato (kidney variety) which got named as "Ricket". -from
Krumbiegel's introduction to "Report on the progress of Agriculture
in Mysore" (1939)
[Hebbal Butts would be the current day
Airforce Headquarters)
The following have been listed as pre-1861 introductions in Lal
Bagh (from the
centenary souvenir
, 1957):
Grevillea robusta (1857, presented. by Y. Rohde.)
Araucaria excelsa (1857)
Amherstia nobilis (1859)
Anona muricata
Averrhoa Bilimbi
Poinciana regia
Cassia florida
Carica papaya
Parkinsonia aculeata
Eriobotrya japonica
Casuarina equisetifolia
Castanospermum australe
Araucaria Bidwilli
A. cookii
A. cunninghamii
Cupressus species,
Damara robusta,
Bixa Orellana,
Hibiscus rosasinensis,
Gossypium barbadense,
Coffea arabica,
Vanilla aromatica,
Pisum sativum,
Arachis hypogaea,
Medicago sativa,
Daucus carota
Brassica oleracea
Lactuca sativa
Solanum tuberosum
Beta vulgaris
Myrtus communis
Corypha umbraculifera
C. australis
Ammomum angustifolium
Macadamia sp.
Podocarpus longifolia
Pinus longiolia,
P. sylvestris,
P. pseudo-strophilus
Allamanda cathartica
Achras sapota
Persea gratissima
Java fig
Swietenia mahogani (mahogany was first introduced into Bengal in
1795 from the West Indies)
litchi
guava
pineapple
tobacco
Introduced between 1861 and
1874
Averrhoa carambola
Swietenia mahogani
Parkia biglandulosa
Joannesia princeps (Anda gomesii )
Kigelia pinnata
Crescentia alata
Filicium decipiens
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Ceratonia siliqua
Magnolia grandiflora
Theobroma cacao
Lantana odorata
Fragaria vesica
Prunus persica
Prunus communis
Pyrus malus
Pyrus communty
Eugenia jambos
After 1874 (by John
Cameron)
Boehmeria nivea Hooker (1874)
Coffea liberica
Helianthus annuas Linn, (1875)
Adansonia digitata Linn., from Calcutta
Bursaria spinosa Cav. Tristania conferta R.Br., both from.
Adelaide
Clausena Wampi Blanco from Ceylon (1876)
Couroupite guranensis
Enchylaena luxurius,
Bambusa vulgaris from Calcutta (1877)
Prosopis juliflora
Pithecolobium saman from Ceylon
Trapa bispinosa from north India (1878)
Mahinot Glaziovii from the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta
(1879)
Colvillea racemosa (1880)
Erithryxylum coca
Barringtonia speciosa trom Ceylon (1881)
Cyphonandra betacea
Cola acuminata (1884)
Artocarpus incisa (1886)
Castanea vulgaris
Hevea Spruccana
Carissa edulis from Kew
Sechium edule from Ceylon1
Monstera deliciosa from Kew
Myroxylon penniferum from Kew
Glycine hispida
Landolphia watsoni from Kew (1887)
Albizzia moluccana from the Moluccas (1892)
Paspalum notatum from Calcutta (1900)
Further reading
Johannessen, Carl L.; Parker, Anne Z. (1989). "Maize ears
sculptured in 12th and 13th century A.D. India as indicators of
pre-columbian diffusion". Economic Botany 43 (2): 164–180.
Payak, M.M.; Sachan, J.K.S (1993). "Maize ears not sculpted in
13th century Somnathpur temple in India". Economic Botany 47 (2):
202–205.
Pokharia, Anil Kumar; Sekar, B.; Pal, Jagannath; Srivastava,
Alka (2009). "Possible evidence of pre-Columbian transoceanic
voyages based on conventional LSC and AMS 14C dating of associated
charcoal and a carbonized seed of custard apple (Annona squamosa
L.)" Radiocarbon 51 (3): 923–930. - Also
see
Veena, T.; Sigamani, N. (1991). "
Do objects in friezes of Somnathpur temple (1286
AD) in South India represent maize ears?
". Current Science 61
(6): 395–397.
Rangan, H., & Bell, K. L. (2015). Elusive Traces: Baobabs and
the African Diaspora in South Asia. Environment and History,
21(1):103–133. doi:
10.3197/096734015x1418317996982
[The authors however
make a mistake in using Achaya, K.T.
Indian Food
(1994) who
in turn cites Vishnu-Mittre's faulty paper for the early evidence
of Eleusine coracana in India. Vishnu-Mittre himself admitted his
error in a paper that re-examined his specimens - see below]
Dubious research
sources
Singh, Anurudh K. (2016). "Exotic ancient plant introductions:
Part of Indian 'Ayurveda' medicinal system".
Plant Genetic
Resources.
14(4)
:356–369.
10.1017/S1479262116000368
[Among the claims here are that
Bixa orellana
was introduced
prior to 1000 AD - on the basis of Sanskrit names which are
assigned to that species - does not indicate basis or original
dated sources. The author works in the "International Society for
Noni Science"! ]
The same author has rehashed this content with several
references and published it in no less than the Proceedings of the
INSA
Singh, Anurudh Kumar (2017)
Ancient Alien Crop Introductions Integral to Indian
Agriculture: An Overview.
Proceedings of the Indian National
Science Academy 83(3). There is a series of cherry-picked
references, many of the claims of which were subsequently dismissed
by others or remain under serious question. In one case there is a
claim for early occurrence of
Eleusine coracana
in India -
to around 1000 BC. The reference cited is in fact a secondary one -
the original work was by Vishnu-Mittre and the sample was rechecked
by another bunch of scientist and they clearly showed that it was
not even a monocot - in fact
Vishnu-Mittre
himself accepted the error - the
original paper was
Vishnu-Mittre (1968).
"Protohistoric records of agriculture in India". Trans. Bose Res.
Inst. Calcutta.
31
: 87–106. and the re-analysis of the
samples can be found in - Hilu, K. W.; de Wet, J. M. J.; Harlan, J.
R. Harlan (1979). "Archaeobotanical Studies of Eleusine coracana
ssp. coracana (Finger Millet)". American Journal of Botany.
66
(3)
:330–333. Clearly INSA does not have great peer review and
have gone with argument by claimed authority.
PS 2019-August. Singh, Anurudh, K. (2018).
Early history of
crop presence/introduction in India: III. Anacardium occidentale
L., Cashew Nut.
Asian Agri-History
22
(3):197-202. Singh
has published another article claiming that cashew was present in
ancient India well before the Columbian exchange - with "evidence"
from J.L. Sorenson of a sketch purportedly made from a Bharhut
stupa balustrade carving - the original of which is not found
here
and a carving from Jambukeshwara temple
with a "cashew" arising singly and placed atop a stalk that rises
from below like a lily! He also claims that some Sanskrit words and
translations (from texts/copies of unknown provenance or date)
confirm ancient existence. I accidentally asked about whether he
had examined his sources carefully and received a rather
interesting response which I find very useful as a classic symptom
of the problems of science in India. More interestingly I learned
that
John L. Sorenson
is well known for
his affiliation
with the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints and apparently part of Mormon foundations is
the claim that Mesoamerican cultures were of Semitic origin and
much of the "research" of their followers have attempted to bolster
support for this by various means. Below is the evidence that
A.K.Singh provides for cashew in India.
Worth examining the motivation of Sorenson through the life of a
close associate -
here
Trying Something New: Faculty reflect on first time teaching with
Wikipedia
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 16:23 UTC
Teaching with Wikipedia for the
first time can be a daunting prospect. Adopting any new pedagogical
endeavor takes time, planning, and careful thought, and the
Wikipedia assignment
has the added complexity of a public-facing
project. Wiki Education regularly turns to its incredible returning
faculty to provide firsthand advice to new faculty considering
running a Wikipedia assignment, but often these individuals have
been teaching with Wikipedia for many years. Their experience and
expertise are invaluable to our program, but their long tenure with
the program means that they may not quite remember what it was like
to do the project for the first time.
And that’s why in March, we
hosted a Speaker Series webinar to feature faculty who taught with
Wikipedia for the first time in the fall term, giving us the
opportunity to capture and share their firsthand perspectives while
their experiences were fresh.
Several of our panelists
explained that they decided to adopt the Wikipedia assignment
because of its far-reaching impact. As Jennifer Bernstein of Texas
Tech University put it, “Microsoft Word is where ideas go to die.”
Unlike a traditional writing assignment, student contributions to
Wikipedia have the potential to be read by millions and more than
that, their work lives on beyond the class.
Top (L-R): Allison Marsh, Jennifer Bernstein. Bottom (L-R):
Taneisha Means, Rodrigo Pedroza Llinas.
We often refer to the Wikipedia
assignment as an open pedagogical resource. This isn’t simply
because students are engaging in the construction of openly
accessible knowledge, but because the Wikipedia editing community
itself takes on a pedagogical role. While speaking about the
Wikipedia assignment and AI, Allison Marsh of the University of
South Carolina remarked that when her students get feedback from
the Wikipedia community, the lessons she’s trying to impart hit
home in a way that she alone cannot achieve. There’s an extra layer
of accountability baked into the Wikipedia assignment that both
motivates students and reinforces learning outcomes.
While the public-facing nature
of the project serves to inspire many students, it can also
engender anxiety, something several faculty on the panel had to
grapple with as they introduced the project to their
students.
To address any nerves, Rodrigo
Pedroza Llinas of Kenyon College assured his students that this was
the first time he was learning to edit Wikipedia as well, and that
they would all learn together. In fact, this is a common refrain
among faculty — that they learn alongside their students, creating
an atmosphere of collegiality and mentorship in their
class.
While some students may feel
anxious about contributing to Wikipedia, Dr. Bernstein offered a
different perspective.
“One thing that really attracted
me was that it was an inspiration,” said Bernstein. “It was a
positive story that I could tell students. I feel that students
feel like they’re drowning in information, information inaccuracy,
they’re barraged by AI, anxiety, and searching for truth. In this
assignment, they’re interacting in a safe, supportive,
collaborative space that through working together, we make
information better rather than worse.”
In an increasingly unstable
information landscape, Wikipedia may offer students solid footing
and reassurance that they can play a positive role in crafting and
sharing knowledge.
The panelists readily
acknowledged the challenges of teaching with Wikipedia for the
first time, but remarked on how well-supported they were by Wiki
Education. “The dashboard has this great little button that says
‘Get Help’,” explained Marsh. “If you hit that button, someone from
Wiki Education’s staff will get back to you amazingly quickly to
answer your questions.”
In addition to Wiki Education’s
support, Dr. Taneisha Means of Vassar College offered other
strategies that proved helpful, such as multiple rounds of peer
review and having her students meet with a social science librarian
to help them as they began their research. Dr. Pedroza Llinas
mentioned that he built in regularly scheduled time to meet with
his students about the Wikipedia assignment to quickly head off any
issues as they arose.
And the Wikipedia assignment not
only benefits students, but has positive outcomes for faculty as
well.
“I would say for me as a person
who studies democracy and representation and thinks about political
inequality, I’m really excited always for my students to introduce
me to new people, policies, and historical moments,” remarked
Means.
Faculty often comment on how
grading the Wikipedia assignment is more enjoyable and that they
too learn new concepts and ideas as their students delve into their
contributions.
If you’re thinking of running a
Wikipedia assignment for the first time, consider Bernstein’s
reflection:
“It’s really well scaffolded,
the Wiki Education team is incredible, and it’s really flexible,”
said Bernstein. “It can be scaled to face-to-face, online,
asynchronous, synchronous, and different learner levels. I would
just say there’s a lot of ways and options to easily modify it
using the interface that’s already there to serve your
needs.”
Thank you again to our amazing
March webinar panelists. We look forward to welcoming more faculty
to the Wiki Education community next term!
Join our next Speaker Series webinar tomorrow, April
15!
Earth Day, Every Day: Preserving Biodiversity on
Wikipedia
Wednesday, April 15
, 2026
11 am Pacific / 2 pm Eastern
Zoom Registration
Interested in incorporating a Wikipedia assignment into your
course? Visit
teach.wikiedu.org
to
learn more about the free resources, digital tools, and staff
support that Wiki Education offers to postsecondary instructors in
the United States and Canada.
weeklyOSM 820
Sunday, 12 April 2026 11:53 UTC
02/04/2026-08/04/2026
] An
assessment of neighbourhoods using OpenStreetMap data | ©
L_J_R
| map data ©
by
OpenStreetMap
Contributors
Mapping
Comments on the following proposal have been
requested:
Deprecate
railway=narrow_gauge
The following proposals are up for a vote:
man_made=cable_landing_station
, to
standardise
the mapping of submarine cable landing station
locations in OpenStreetMap. The tag is intended to more accurately
help map this important infrastructure for international data
connections (voting until 14 April 2026).
aerodrome:classification=*
, to
classify
aerodromes more precisely according to their use and
significance (e.g. international, regional, or local) (voting until
16 April 2026).
Community
SeverinGeo, one of the French editors on
weeklyOSM, has started a subjective review of weeklyOSM on Mastodon
threads in
French
and
Portuguese
highlighting relevant information or extending articles with
commentary.
Pieter Vander Vennet
provided
an overview of the reviews made using MapComplete
(2026 edition). Most reviews are located in Europe and focus on
categories such as food, shops, and leisure activities.
Engelbert Modo
published
, on
LinkedIn, about a new initiative titled ‘CityMAPPER Externship
2026’, which aims to develop local capacity on mapping with
OpenStreetMap and using open data, with initial focus on urban
mapping in Cameroon. This initiative is a pilot project of the UN
Mappers, a programme of the United Nations Global Service Centre,
and has the sponsorship of the companies IVIDES DATA and TomTom,
and the NGOs Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, GeOsm Family, and
Geospatial Girls and Kids. You can
read
a prospectus of the UN Mappers Chapters Programme, the
umbrella of the local initiatives.
JDL09Organic, in a diary entry,
presented
a collection of
Android apps for mobile mapping, including StreetComplete, Every
Door, and MapComplete. The post provides a practical overview of
their use cases and differences for efficient mapping on the
go.
juminet
provided
an overview of
mapping photovoltaic installations in Wallonia and explains the
correct usage of tags such as
power=plant
and
power=generator
. The analysis identifies several
thousand mapped installations while highlighting gaps, especially
in smaller setups.
mbuege
shared
his experience capturing 360° imagery for Panoramax and
has
created
a wiki page with tips on equipment and workflows. The
guide is intended to be expanded and improved collaboratively by
the community.
watson
reported
on the discovery of a previously unmapped island in the Weddell
Sea, which is now being
discussed
and
mapped
in
OpenStreetMap. The community is debating the correct representation
and positioning, as the feature is gradually added to maps and
datasets.
Events
Around 100 students at Brigham Young
University
took
part in a mapathon to contribute OpenStreetMap data for
humanitarian purposes. During the event, more than 13,000 features
were mapped, mainly in regions such as South Africa and
Myanmar.
The organisers of State of the Map 2026 in
Paris have
opened
their
call for presentations, workshops, and panels, with a submission
deadline of 27 April 2026. Contributions are invited across topics
such as mapping, software development, community, and data
analysis.
Manuel is
offering
a workshop on the JOSM editor at the Augsburg Linux Days 2026 on
Saturday 2 May, which will teach beginner and advanced users how to
edit OpenStreetMap data. While using practical examples and
exercises, the participants will learn how to work efficiently and
error-free with the editor.
OSM research
HeiGIT and the Federal Agency for Cartography
and Geodesy have
investigated
how OSM data quality affects routing outcomes.
Thirty city-to-city routes were computed across several countries
and benchmarked against Google Maps, Bing, Apple Maps, and
Graphhopper using two criteria: distance and travel time.
Maps
[1]
L_J_R
presented
via their OSM user diary,
Strado
, a web map that scores
neighbourhoods across 50 European cities using OpenStreetMap data.
Based on around 78 million POIs, it uses an H3 grid to analyse
liveability and activity. There is also a city dashboard where you
can
browse
all cities with their
neighbourhood rankings.
Frederik Ramm
reported
that Geofabrik now provides GeoPackage files alongside
shapefiles, combining multiple layers into a single file. The
datasets have also been
expanded
with new content such as administrative boundaries, protected
areas, and additional POIs previously only available in paid
datasets.
Users can explore the application
built
using python-maps-vis that
visualises
river basins
and watersheds across North and South America on an interactive
map.
OSM in action
Carlos Carrasco, the developer behind
NIMBY
Rails
, a game with a railway design simulator that allows users
to plan and build railway networks on real-world geography, has
announced
a shift away from the proprietary file format in favour of open
standards, specifically Protomaps PMTiles and MapLibre MLT. The
change is intended to make it easier for players to generate their
own in-game map files.
The OSRM project
noticed
that
both OSRM and the OpenStreetMap project are properly credited in
the Tesla Model Y owner’s manual.
Open Data
HeiGIT
introduced
OpenAccessLens, a platform
analysing
global accessibility to healthcare and education based on
OpenStreetMap and openrouteservice. The open
dataset
is intended to support
research, humanitarian work, and policy-making.
Software
Craig
announced
that Wandrer, an OpenStreetMap-data-based exploration
game, now has ‘100% routing’ tools which lets you create in one go
a route covering every road in an area.
Tobias Knerr
introduced
, on the OSM Community forum, the
OSM2World Object
Viewer
, a viewer that allows inspection of individual OSM
objects in 3D, such as buildings, highways, waterslides, German
traffic signs, and
more
than 200 other types of OSM objects. It fully supports Simple 3D
Buildings, fetches up-to-date data on demand, and even enables
local tag edits with instant visual feedback.
The project OpenCourseMaps has
introduced
a web-based editor designed specifically for mapping
golf courses in OpenStreetMap, thus reducing the complexity of
doing this in a general purpose editor. It aims to engage golfers
in detailed mapping of features such as fairways, greens, and
bunkers while ensuring correct OSM tagging and geometry. The
YouTube video
explains
how to map with the editor.
Michael Reichert
presented
Wamy (an
acronym for ‘Where are my ways’), a prototype of a web map which
reconstructs and maps the ways deleted from OpenStreetMap in
Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It displays geometries of ways
removed since 12 September 2012 (when OpenStreetMap changed its
licence to the Open Data Commons Open Database Licence). It is
helping to reveal changes in the dataset and potential conflicts
around path usage. You can
read
more in
the ‘About’ section.
Programming
Sander de Snaijer
presented
‘Map Gesture Controls’, browser-native hand gesture controls for
OpenLayers, powered by MediaPipe and without a backend. A
JavaScript library enables gesture-based interactions for web maps
and the project enhances map usability with more intuitive
controls, especially for touch and trackpad input. The source is
available
from the GitHub project map-gesture-controls, under a MIT
licence.
Marcos Dione
described
in his OSM user diary, a small Python 3 script that
scans
a local osm2pgsql database for rare and likely wrong tag
values and opens the affected objects in the editor for manual
review. The approach deliberately targets the long tail of uncommon
errors, so corrections can be made directly and in a controlled
way. The errors include typos, street names instead of type, and
some others.
Ralph Straumann
described
on
Spatialists – geospatial news
, a demo
workflow by Riccardo Klinger, which converts OpenStreetMap street
network data into vector tiles using GDAL/OGR and integrates them
into ArcGIS Enterprise. The pipeline runs on Kubernetes in the
ArcGIS Notebook Server. You can
read
the tutorial on LinkedIn.
The new iD tagging schema release v6.16.0
includes
34 new icons, 4 new presets
shop=piercing
amenity=kitchen
natural=arete
advertising=sign
), new
matching fields in various presets, fixes of bad text, avoidance of
iD issues, and more.
Tom Hodson
outlined
his
experience of compiling and running a local copy of the Overpass
API on a Mac.
Releases
Kevin Ratzel
introduced
Map2Go, a new OpenStreetMap editor for iOS, designed to simplify
on-site data collection through suggestions and favourites. The app
is
currently
in early
beta and available for
testing
via
TestFlight.
The OSM-based web map
Cartes.app
is now
available
in English (in addition to the original French
version), as announced by maelito2000 in the OSM Community forum.
Further translations are planned, while current performance issues
are caused by the overloaded Overpass instances.
The DBeaver Community Release 26.0.2 has
fixed
the ‘access blocked’ error in Spatial Viewer when loading
OpenStreetMap tiles and provided other improvements. It is now
using a local web server and your firewall might ask you to accept
the connection to this server. DBeaver is a free, open-source
database management tool which connects to PostgreSQL/PostGIS and
other geospatial (and non-geospatial) databases, including MariaDB,
DuckDB, MySQL, and SQL Server.
Zeke Farwell
announced
that the josm-strava-heatmap version 6 updates the
extension to work with Strava’s current heatmap site and cookie
requirements for imagery access. Unfortunately this means support
for iD editor had to be removed, but you can
use
the
julcnx/strava-heatmap-extension instead, which was designed to be
used with iD.
Rphyrin
announced
the release of
Altilunium
LocationPad
v26.4.6, introducing several features aimed at
addressing personal pain points encountered in the past. This
lightweight web app has its focus on mapping, labelling, and
revisiting meaningful places on an OpenStreetMap-based map.
Designed for quick place logging, personal mapping, and spatial
note-taking without accounts. The source is
available
on
GitHub.
Tracestrack has
introduced
Tracesmap, a
new
iOS
app for recording and uploading GNSS traces to OpenStreetMap. The
app supports multiple map styles and aims to contribute to
improving OSM data quality.
Pablo Brasero reported on the OSM Community
forum (in posts [
and [
])
about the multiple updates to the OpenStreetMap.org website made in
March 2026, including UI refinements, better small-screen layouts,
and upgrade of iD to version 2.39.5. They have also introduced
anti-abuse measures such as Cloudflare Turnstile on sign up and
laid groundwork for a future notification system.
Zkir
released
version 2.0 of their UrbanEye3D, a JOSM plugin, which significantly
improves 3D rendering of OSM data directly within the editor. New
features include a 2D ground layer, tree visualisation, and
improved background processing for large datasets.
Did you know that …
… there is a special
offer
for AI
companies: in exchange for a modest
donation
to the
OpenStreetMap project, the donor company will receive a direct
download link to OSM data in a machine-friendly format. For a
larger donation, the OpenStreetMap Ops Team will provide the full
history data via a fresh weekly torrent download, under the ODbL
licence.
OSM in the media
Arshak Ahamed
wrote
about how the delivery company they work for in Oman has
replaced Google Maps with OSM-based services, in order to stop
paying $8,000 a month.
In a blog post, PeopleForBikes
described
how mapathons help update bicycle infrastructure in OpenStreetMap
and improve the accuracy of their City Ratings. Around 60
participants from North America have learned how to use iD and JOSM
to map bike lanes, speed limits, and key destinations.
Other “geo” things
Jet Lag: The Game
is a travel competition video series by Wendover Productions
channel. Every season is built around a game format that is
tailored to its filming location, while taking into account
regional geography and available modes of transportation. The
challenges vary widely, including tasks such as claiming
territories across countries or continents, circumnavigating the
globe by air, playing large-scale tag, racing between a country’s
northernmost and southernmost points, and staging cross-country
games of hide-and-seek, among others.
Jake Godin
reported
that the access to open source visuals of the current
Iran conflict, which has spread to many parts of the Middle East,
continues to be sporadic. In past conflicts satellite imagery has
provided a vital overview of potential damage to infrastructure,
but nowadays imagery from commercial providers is becoming
increasingly restricted and expensive. After the war in Gaza (began
in 2023), Bellingcat introduced a free tool authored by University
College London lecturer and Bellingcat contributor, Ollie
Ballinger, that was able to
estimate
the number of damaged buildings in a given area.
Bellingcat is now introducing an updated version of the open source
tool, the Iran Conflict Damage Proxy Map, focused on destruction in
Iran and the wider Gulf region, which can be freely
accessed
Upcoming Events
Country
Where
Venue
What
When
Berlin
Wikimedia e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24,10963 Berlin
OSM Hackweekend Berlin-Brandenburg 04/2026
2026-04-11 – 2026-04-12
Armadale Park Cafe
Social Mapping Sunday: Armadale Train Station
2026-04-12
Milano
Editathon e mapathon alla Milano Marathon 2026
2026-04-12
Antwerpen
Camera’s in kaart brengen
2026-04-12
København
Cafe Bevar’s
OSMmapperCPH
2026-04-12
Meerut
Haldiram’s, Garh Road, Meerut
OSM Delhi Mapping Party No.28 (Meerut)
2026-04-12
Missing Maps : Mapathon en ligne – CartONG [fr]
2026-04-13
Grenoble
La Turbine
Atelier d’avril 2026 du groupe local de Grenoble
2026-04-13
臺北市
MozSpace Taipei
OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #87
2026-04-13
Salt Lake City
Woodbine Food Hall
OSM Utah Monthly Map Night
2026-04-14
Online
Mappy Hour OSM España
2026-04-14
München
Echardinger Einkehr
Münchner OSM-Treffen
2026-04-14
Hamburg
Online (Link s. Wiki)
Hamburger Mappertreffen
2026-04-14
Oloron Sainte Marie
Une cartopartie dédiée à la mobilité durable dans les Montagnes
Béarnaises
2026-04-15
Oloron-Sainte-Marie – La Friche
Cartopartie à Oloron-Sainte-Marie – Projet SYSTOUR
2026-04-15
MJC de Vienne
Rencontre des contributeurs de Vienne (38)
2026-04-15
Online Mapathon von ÄRZTE OHNE GRENZEN
2026-04-15
Karlsruhe
Chiang Mai
Stammtisch Karlsruhe
2026-04-15
Freiburg im Breisgau
CCCFR, Adlerstr. 12a, Freiburg (Grethergelände)
OSM-Treffen Freiburg/Brsg.
2026-04-16
OSMF Engineering Working Group meeting
2026-04-17
Potsdam
Kellermann
Potsdamer Mappertreffen
2026-04-17
Golem, Avane, Empoli
Mapping Day ad Empoli
2026-04-18
Dijital Bilgi Derneği
OSM-TR Meet-Up – OSM League Pit-Stop
2026-04-18
Chennai Corporation
Mapping Party @ Chennai
2026-04-19
Liège
ULiège-RISE
Understanding the OpenStreetMap ecosystem
2026-04-20
Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng]
2026-04-21
Lyon
Tubà
Réunion du groupe local de Lyon
2026-04-21
Chemnitz
Kaffeesatz, Chemnitz
OSM-Stammtisch Chemnitz
2026-04-21
Derby
The Brunswick, Railway Terrace, Derby
East Midlands pub meet-up
2026-04-21
Bonn
Dotty’s
199. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn
2026-04-21
City of London
The Globe pub, Moorgate
London pub meet-up
2026-04-21
Online
Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online)
2026-04-21
Richmond
Richmond, VA USA
Capital One TPM Summit Global Mapathon
2026-04-23
Bratislava
Prírodovedecká fakulta UK Bratislava
Missing Maps mapathon Bratislava #13
2026-04-23
Richmond
Virtual
MapRVA Virtual Map & Yap with LaToya Gray-Sparks, VA DHR
2026-04-23
Tours
Étape 84
Rencontre locale Touraine
2026-04-23
Catania
Verso Coffice
Modifichiamo Wiki e OSM insieme!
2026-04-23
Rapperswil-Jona
OST RJ See-Gebäude 6, Rapperswil (SG)
18. Mapathon & Mapping Party Rapperswil 2026
2026-04-24
Pinneberg
Hamburger Mapping-Spaziergang (in Pinneberg)
2026-04-25
Mumbai
OSM Mumbai Mapping Party No.9 (Central Line)
2026-04-25
B of A – EC AM’s Mapathon -Global Service Month
2026-04-27
Brno
Kamenice 753/5, Brno, Kamenice 753/5, Brno
Dubnový Missing Maps mapathon na Ústavu botaniky a zoologie
2026-04-27
Missing Maps : Mapathon en ligne – CartONG [fr]
2026-04-27
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MSF, drones, a hospital and what is not in the news - also NOMA
Sunday, 12 April 2026 09:31 UTC
You may know
MSF
as
Doctors
without borders
. They are not beholden to the whims of
politicians. They provide emergency medical care in too many
countries, in countries ravaged by war like Palestina, Lebanon,
Iran, Sudan..
On
2 April 2026
, a drone attack struck the Al-Jabalain hospital
in White Nile state, Sudan. Seven medical staff were killed.
It is shocking and at the time I predicted that it would not be
covered in the news. It did not.
What to do? I read the MSF website and learned about a disease
called
Noma
. In 2023
noma was added to the World Health Organization's list
of
neglected tropical diseases
I am in the process of deepening the information about
Noma in Wikidata
. It
involves tagging papers with "noma", attributing papers to people.
Finding new papers and adding them as well. For a recent "
systematic scoping
review
" I am adding all the citations, adding many more papers
relevant to the subject. It results in
an informative Scholia
on the subject
When the news is this bad, doing something positive is a way to
cope.
Thanks,
GerardM
Episode 205: Wandji Collins
Thursday, 9 April 2026 19:50 UTC
🕑 52 minutes
Wandji Collins is a software engineer and engineering manager at
Tech Chantier, as well as a volunteer MediaWiki developer.
Links for some of the topics discussed:
Tech Chantier
Between the Brackets
Episode 36: Derick Alangi
Wiki
Mentor Africa
Lexicographical
data on Wikidata
Page
Forms
MediaWiki extension
This Month in GLAM: March 2026
Thursday, 9 April 2026 18:24 UTC
From the team
: GLAM in Equinox
Albania report
: Wikigap 2026 in Tirana, Albania
Aruba report
: Celebrating 20 Years of Papiamentu/o
Wikipedia
Bolivia report
: The Family Treasures Project Returns, with New
GLAM Partners
Brazil report
: Wiki Loves Folklore Brazil defines six
categories to represent Brazilian culture on Commons
Colombia report
: Architecture in the public domain in libraries
in Nariño/Arquitectura en dominio público en bibliotecas
nariñenses
Czech Republic report
: Main Wikimedian in Residence report for
2025 is here
Germany report
: Art History Loves Wiki 2026 – digital/local.
collection loves wiki
India report
: Collaboration resumes with the British Library
for Bangla Wikisource
Italy report
: 2026 winners projects
New Zealand report
: New Zealand Bioeconomy Science Institute
Wikimedian in Residence update, a letter published in Nature &
Architecture + Women NZ
North Macedonia report
: Wikimedia MKD’s GLAM Highlights: Botany
and Beyond
Portugal report
: March in Portugal
Serbia report
: March in Wikimedia Serbia
Sweden report
: Looking for similar images
Switzerland report
: GLAM Wiki Group, Donna, CoCreation
PTT-Archive
UK report
: CILIP MDG 2026 Conference, Library meetups and the
World’s Enamels
Ukraine report
: Spring 2026 news from Ukraine – Wiki Loves
Folklore & more #1Lib1Ref
USA report
: MoMA’s International Traveling Exhibitions and
Wikidata on the LD4 Arts Affinity Group April Community Call
Biodiversity Heritage Library report
: Updates on work by
BHL-Wiki Working Group members
AvoinGLAM report
: Oulu Löyly
Memory of the World report
: Indigenous languages on the Main
Page
Calendar
: April’s GLAM events
Wikimedia Australia welcomes the passage of the Copyright Amendment
Act 2026
Thursday, 9 April 2026 12:00 UTC
Australia has taken
a significant step forward with its world-leading orphan works
scheme.
9 April
2026
Wikimedia Australia celebrates the passage of the
Amendment Act 2026
through the Australian Parliament. This long
awaited and much needed reform represents an important step forward
for access to knowledge, sharing cultural heritage and legal
clarity for volunteer Wikimedians across Australia.
For many years, Australia’s copyright laws have created
significant barriers for everyday people wanting to share
historically and culturally valuable material online – particularly
orphan works
. Orphan works are materials that are still in
copyright but whose rights holders cannot be identified or located.
Despite genuine efforts to trace ownership, these works have often
remained inaccessible, limiting their educational, cultural and
historical value. Without permission from the copyright owner, they
can not be shared publicly by a member of the public.
The passage of this legislation provides a practical and
balanced pathway for the use of orphan works after a diligent
search has been conducted. This reform strengthens Australia’s
knowledge ecosystem while respecting the rights of creators.
Contents
Why This Matters for
Wikimedians
Advancing Open Knowledge
in Australia
Looking Ahead
Useful links
4.1
Previous submissions
Why This Matters for
Wikimedians
Wikimedia projects, including Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and
Wikisource, are built and maintained by volunteers making knowledge
freely accessible to all. Until now, the legal uncertainty
surrounding orphan works has created risks for contributors seeking
to share important Australian historical materials, photographs,
documents and recordings. Only major institutions were able to
share under section 200AB of the
Copyright Act
, leaving
members of the public with no options to share orphan works without
leaving themselves open to potential financial penalties should a
copyright owner later come forward.
The new orphan works scheme limits remedies available when an
orphan work is used in good faith and the copyright owner comes
forward and asserts their rights in the future. To be afforded
protection under the scheme:
the user of the orphan work must have undertaken a reasonably
diligent search to identify the copyright owner of the orphaned
material,
the search took place within a reasonable time before using the
material,
a record of the search was maintained for a reasonable period
of time,
they were unable to identify and locate the copyright owner at
the time of the infringing use, and
notice that the material is being used for the purposes of the
scheme was made in a clear and prominent manner.
The
Copyright Amendment Act 2026
provides greater
clarity and safeguards for Wikimedians and members of the public
who act in good faith. It creates a more secure environment
for:
Publishing historically significant but untraceable
materials
Sharing family or community archives that would otherwise
remain inaccessible
Expanding representation of Australian stories and
communities
Supporting GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums)
partnerships
For Wikimedians, this reform offers a safer pathway to preserve
and publish important works that reflect Australia’s diverse
cultural heritage.
Advancing Open Knowledge in
Australia
Wikimedia Australia has long advocated for balanced copyright
reform that supports creators while enabling public access to
knowledge. This legislation is leading global best practice and
recognises that access to information strengthens education,
research, innovation and participation.
By unlocking orphan works, we open doors for:
Historians and researchers seeking primary sources
Educators enriching classroom materials
Families and community organisations digitising and sharing
collections online
Community contributors documenting local and First Nations
histories
This reform also supports greater participation in digital
knowledge spaces by reducing unnecessary legal uncertainty.
Importantly, WMAU recognises and supports clarification about
the scheme that makes it clear that:
There is an expectation of greater search effort when an orphan
works includes Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property
(ICIP), including that a scheme users should, where possible,
engage with the cultural groups to whom the ICIP relates and seek
free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) for the use.
The new scheme works in tandem with section 200AB – the
flexible dealing provision GLAM organisations have been using to
digitise, publish and make publicly available digital copies of
orphaned materials.
It also coexists with the educational statutory licence,
meaning parties to that licence can opt to rely on it or the new
scheme to make use of orphan works.
A scheme user still has obligations under Australia’s moral
rights scheme, and should be respected to the extent it is
reasonable to do so.
That it is not intended to allow the bulk use of orphan works
for AI training.
In addition, WMAU welcomes the Act’s updates to remote learning
measures, the amendment of the definition of ‘archives’ to capture
all relevant holding institutions and offices, and clarification of
section 180 on the duration of Crown copyright in specific
situations.
Looking
Ahead
With the Copyright Amendment Act 2026 now in force from 2 April
2026, it is not simply a technical legal update. It’s a meaningful
step toward a more inclusive and accessible knowledge commons in
Australia.
WMAU looks forward to working with policymakers, cultural
institutions, and the Wikimedia community to ensure the effective
and responsible implementation of these reforms. Together, we can
continue building a digital environment where Australia’s history,
culture, and knowledge are preserved and shared for generations to
come.
We sincerely thank the many advocates, organisations, and
community members who have contributed to this important reform
journey over many years (even decades!) and we celebrate with them
the opening up of more of Australia’s history and knowledge.
Open knowledge thrives when the law enables respectful and
responsible sharing. And Australia has taken a significant step
forward with its world-leading orphan works scheme.
Useful
links
Copyright Amendment Act 2026
(Act Number 29,
2026)
Previous
submissions
Wikimedia Australia supports proposed reforms in the Copyright
Amendment Bill 2025
WMAU submission in response to the Senate Legal and Constitutional
Affairs Legislation Committee inquiry into the Copyright Amendment
Bill 2025
(PDF File)
Submission to
the National Cultural Policy 2022
Response
to the Copyright Amendment (Access Reforms) Bill 2021
Submission on
Australian Digital Future Directions 2009
From uncertainty to insight: Student helps bring unknown painter to
light
Wednesday, 8 April 2026 16:00 UTC
By Kaelynn Ross, student at
the University of Alaska Anchorage
Trying to figure out a direction
for my
Wikipedia
assignment
last term proved to be tricky. I hadn’t spent much
time on Wikipedia previously, and all of the things I was
interested in also seemed to be loved by many other editors, so
finding additional sources to bring to those articles would be
difficult. But when I followed my professor’s advice to find a
female artist who didn’t have much information on Wikipedia, I
landed on
Ellen Thesleff
, a Finnish expressionist painter. And while
it was a challenge to navigate the language barrier in most of the
available sources about her, I learned some really interesting
ideas through my research, like the median of modernism that Ellen
practiced, and how important the experience of travel was for her
artistic perspective.
Kaelynn Ross. Image courtesy Kaelynn Ross, all rights
reserved.
I also learned a great deal
about Wikipedia itself. At its core, it’s a place for people to
share verifiable information about things they love. Wikipedia has
tons of information on almost anything popular, but it also gives
someone the opportunity to use their unique expertise to bring an
unknown topic to light when the world isn’t yet aware of it. When
using Wikipedia, I learned how to find articles that used
high-quality sources, and then use those sources to find other
research avenues. I found that looking for information about a
young, unknown woman artist like Ellen can be difficult — it is
hard to find any scientific articles, books, or even websites about
her. This made me dig deeper than just a simple Google search of
her name. I looked for the people who found Ellen interesting and
used what they shared about her to further my research,
guiding me to books by Finnish artists or to articles from their
country that could be translated.
When I discovered it, Ellen’s
Wikipedia article had only four references, which provided vague
information about who Ellen was and what her life was like. When
searching for my own references, I was blessed enough to find two
books and a lengthy article on Ellen’s artwork and life. It was
wonderful to add these sources into the Wikipedia article,
contributing more information about Ellen’s life.
Contributing to this Wikipedia
article taught me to critically analyze articles and use the
references within related articles to uncover more information
about a topic. This assignment was more than typical research; it
required real curiosity and exploration to bring attention to
someone underrepresented. My experience showed me how Wikipedia
helps illuminate less recognized artists, encouraging diverse
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