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Community digest: Wikipedia Asian Month wraps up; Remembering Wikipedian John Cameron Deas; news in brief

Wikipedia Asian Month has wrapped up after adding over 7,000 new articles on Wikipedia in 50 languages; The English Wikipedia community remembers veteran Wikipedian John Cameron Deas who passed away last year. In addition, this week's news in brief includes information about scholarships for Wikimania and WikiIndaba, Her Story editathons, and more.

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Mailbag: What is going on with Wikipedia and the monkey selfie? We love monkeys and photographers, let us tell you more…

Answering your questions about Wikipedia, the monkey selfie, and copyright on the Wikimedia sites.

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Media, politics, and the most-viewed YouTube videos: 2017 as seen through the lens of Wikipedia

A good number of Wikipedia's English-language editors in the last year were drawn to news (especially politics), media, and miscellanea.

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Seven translation tools you can use to work in multiple languages across Wikimedia projects

Wikipedia is available in hundreds of languages, which is both a gift and a curse—the latter because so much of our knowledge is locked behind language barriers for too many people. Here are the tools Wikimedia has, to help translators bring the sum of all knowledge to their own communities.

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Eleven community-led projects awarded Project Grants

Selected from a field of 26 proposals, these projects focus on software, offline outreach, and online organizing.

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‘Monumental’ winners from the world’s largest photo contest showcase history and heritage

The top fifteen images from Wiki Loves Monuments, an international photographic competition, span five continents and contain a veritable treasure trove of cultural heritage.

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The reading room at the Boston Public Library

What can we glean from OCLC’s experience with library staff learning Wikipedia?

An exploration of the intersection between Wikipedia and public libraries in the United States.

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Discover a world of natural heritage through the winning images from Wiki Loves Earth

Nearly 132,000 images, all freely licensed, have been added to Wikimedia Commons in the fourth annual Wiki Loves Earth. The photographic contest focuses on protected areas, unique places of natural heritage, to document them for future generations.

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First World War digitization project nets awards for Romanian Wikimedia community

A volunteer project run by six Wikimedians has been recognized for their work.

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Why Tímea Baksa writes about Korean culture on Wikipedia

Thanks to Wikipedia, Tímea Baksa has learned two new languages and met people from all around the world. We asked about what keeps her coming back to Wikipedia, day after day.

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