How we designed page previews for Wikipedia — and what could be done with them in the future
Yesterday, we released a new feature for Wikipedia’s readers on desktop—page previews. Here's a few design nuances behind this feature.
Navigating through Wikipedia articles on desktop just got a lot easier
Page previews, deployed today, is one of the largest changes to desktop Wikipedia made in recent years.
Mexican Ministry of Culture and Wikimedia Mexico partner to preserve Mexican culture and heritage
"We are excited to continue to expand Wikipedia's free knowledge alongside one of the leading keepers of culture in my country," says Iván Martínez, President of Wikimedia Mexico.
Stephen Hawking leads Wikipedia’s most popular articles of March
A list of the ten most popular articles on the English Wikipedia in March 2018, with some notes on why they were popular.
Making women more visible online—with Wikidata tools!
To celebrate International Women's Day and Women's History Month, Wikimedians around the world make a concerted effort each March to add and edit articles about women in Wikipedia. You can also have an impact (and fun!) by adding information about women to Wikidata, Wikimedia's multilingual knowledge base. And there are quite a few interesting and fun, volunteer-developed tools to help you with that.
It’s now easier to craft content for mobile devices: Responsive web design at the Wikipedia scale
A technology for editors to format content for mobile presentation.
Add your photos of spring to the sum of all knowledge
The photo repository behind Wikipedia is running a photo contest themed around spring. Here's how you can join.
Building a better #1Lib1Ref
The campaign's third year was better than ever—here's how you can get involved.
Victory in Italy: Wikimedia wins lawsuit against former Minister of Defense
The Rome Court of Appeals has ruled strongly in Wikimedia’s favor in Previti v. Wikimedia Foundation. It protected accurate, well-sourced articles, and held that when someone has a concern, they should work through community processes, not try to bypass them with legal demands.