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Elliottville, Staten Island - Wikipedia

NYC history comes to life with a new #CUNYpediaFocusArticle on Elliottville, Staten Island, thanks to @CUNYedu @wikimedianyc.bsky.social @craignewmark.bsky.social #WikipedianInResidence project and the #CollegeofStatenIsland: tinyurl.com/4jra74ak

Happy birthday Wikipedia! May Wikipedia continue to be a free 3rd space online and forever available to anyone to anyone with internet access.

“neighbors can build public data together” !

Students & archivists worked w/ @craignewmark.bsky.social #WikimedianInResidence in 2025 across science, arts, & humanities to grow access to free, reliable public knowledge, resulting in 12 #Wikipedia class projects, 222 editors, 182K+ words added, 1.3M+ article views! tinyurl.com/4y33nfjc

no one should have to use a computer alone!

photo of yellow haired, medium/large size dog wearing a party hat with the description "the best picture i have taken of my dog halley. she is no longer with us"

the first pic in the "Animals with paper party hats" category on Wikimedia Commons could make me cry

Test scores across OECD countries in decline

When I argue for the benefits of physical books, people tell me that every generation misses the old ways. But no, this isn’t pure nostalgia. Yes, my dad used to complain about decline back in the 90s, but the scores weren't plummeting then. Today they're in a free fall.

Okay, I've formally signed up for the Giving Pledge, sometimes considered the Billionaire's Pledge, though I've never been a billionaire, particularly after I gave away all my craigslist equity to my charitable foundation.

www.givingpledge.org/pledger/crai...

Happy birthday to Craig Newmark.

Craig, your dedication to the United States of America and to Wikipedia is an inspiration. Thank you for putting your money towards positive and patriotic projects.

@craignewmark.bsky.social

The Mannahatta Project What did New York look like before we arrived?

What did New York look like before we arrived? nyer.cm/RT5N1I4...

Sleep deprivation - Wikipedia

Sleep deprivation, also known as sleep insufficiency or sleeplessness, is the condition of not having adequate duration or quality of sleep to support decent alertness, performance, and health.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_d...

You could try editing this article until you get tired?

Reminds me of CKY/Jackass…

Watch this balding unc fuck up some dudes on his lunchbreak, forearm shiver to make space and hit one foot Kobe fallaways while wearing a tucked in polo

Cucurbita - Wikipedia

I want to talk about how good the article for the squash/pumpkin genus Cucurbita is. It was a featured article 10 years ago and continues to be one of the best articles about a group of plants. And I didn't do this.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita

In 2008, Google created an ad-powered wiki encyclopedia called Knol, seen as a "Wikipedia killer" amid its highly-publicized launch. And the Wikimedia Foundation gave an unbothered response that I quite like: "the more good free content, the better for the world." Anyway Knol instantly flopped

his username is Bremps! also known for "gen z stare" among many other things!!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubrick...

Big announcement at #wikiconferenceNA 2025: Next year's conference will be hosted by @wikimediacanada.bsky.social in the Festival City, the home of the largest urban park in N America (22x the size of Central Park), and Canada's sunniest city... Edmonton! #yeg #wikiconferenceNA

The second day of Wikiconference North America 2025 kicks off today with an enlightening and highly entertaining talk with longtime Wikipedia champion @craignewmark.bsky.social and @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social. Follow along as we post updates today! #wikiconferenceNA

"Wikipedia is where facts go to live." @craignewmark.bsky.social #Wikipedia

So messed up! ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

At #wikiconferencena a man pulled a gun on stage wearing a "non-offending pedophile" sign, aggrieved, seemingly, that wikipedia doesn't allow him to write about that subject. Disarmed by hero Wikipedians Pharos and Fuzheado and arrested.

This is so messed up! Really thankful nothing worse happened.

A Weekend Of Settling Wikipedia Scores

International Day of Older Persons - Wikipedia

On the International Day of Older Persons, I'd like to remind people that I'm entering my mid seventies, got lots to do.

(Actually spent the day working on fighting scams)

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I'll be speaking to 300+ attendees from the US, Mexico, Canada, Central America & the Caribbean @ WikiConference N America '25 in NYC, Oct 16-19! We'll discuss how trustworthy knowledge can empower individuals, encourage collaboration & transform societies. Hope to see you! @wikimedianyc.bsky.social

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college age male spreads toilet papre around dorm room

balloons and boxes stacked in front of a door

this same photographer has ~10 pics on wikimedia commons that are from 2004 and 2005 and all involve pranking. one is the top pic in Indonesian Wikipedia's practical joke article!

Episode 112: “Wikipedia is the CUNY of the Internet” Welcome to Season 9! I am a proud citizen of the CUNYverse and I feel especially fortunate to be here right now. CUNY is in the middle of a three-year, Mellon Foundation-funded project called Culti…

“Wikipedia is the @CUNY of the Internet”—In this Episode of CUNY Indoor Voices Podcast, Ann Matsuuchi, instructional technology librarian at CUNY’s @laguardiacc.bsky.social is joined by CUNY University Archivist Wikimedian-in-Residence Richard Knipel: tinyurl.com/43n7uzez

Something I wish journalists understood better: anyone can nominate an article for deletion on Wikipedia, which kicks off a week-long discussion — even if the article is perfectly acceptable and will ultimately be kept. This does not mean "Wikipedia is trying to delete X!!"