#wikipedians

[qoolthings]

Love this userbox from Wikipedia

[quirkymarshmallows93]

[useless-catalanfacts]

The Catalan version of Wikipedia (spelled Viquipèdia) was the 3rd Wikipedia to be created, after the English and German ones, though the German version would remain empty for months. For this reason, the first ever non-English article published on Wikipedia was the entry for àbac (abacus) in the Catalan language.

Since its creation in 2001, the Catalan community has been one of the most active Wikipedia communities in the world with the objective of making reliable information in our language freely available to anyone.

In 2010, the Catalan Wikipedia became the first version of Wikipedia to rank high quality in all the articles of Wikipedia’s List of Articles All Languages Should Have, reaching this milestone even before English. On other occasions, Wikipedia has awarded its Catalan version for being the one with best quality of articles. Currently (January 2022), the Catalan Wikipedia has a total of 692,785 articles, 1,722,435 total number of pages, 14,539 local files, and 1,722,435 registered users.

All of this comes from a language with 11 million speakers which has been banned and persecuted, and whose speakers saw the internet as a potential space for all cultures and all languages, including ours, to prosper thanks to its grassroots way of working.

[biodivlibrary]

Calling all Wikipedians! 

Join us for the #1Lib1Ref campaign running from 15 January to 3 February. During this event, people around the world are adding reliable citations to Wikipedia to enhance the quality and reliability of the information. Learn more about this campaign on our blog and how you can add citations from BHLib to Wikipedia!

[johnfkennedaddy]

It’s so important to me that this Wikipedia header image is a gif

[doubleunion]

End of March and April Events

Women in Interaction Design

Thursday, March 27th, 6pm-8pm

Join scholar Erin Malone and the Bay Area Wikipedians User Group to celebrate Women History Month by adding the biographies of interaction design pioneers to the encyclopedia. Working from Malone’s Women of IXD project (https://womenofixd.com/), we will improve existing biographies and write new pages on this history.

This event will be hybrid (link will be sent to registered participants) and is open to existing and new contributors. Training will be provided for new editors. Editors working on similar pages are welcome to join the event.

RSVP at Eventbrite

New Member Orientation

Monday, March 31st, 5:30pm

New members and current members without key access, come for an orientation to Double Union's Florida St location. Prospective members (women and non-binary people) are welcome to come and check out the space.

Women and Non-Binary Handcrafting Project Night

Tuesday, April 1st, 6pm-8pm

Open project night to work on those unfinished objects. This event is open to members, prospective members, and guests of members.

RSVP at Eventbrite

Bay Area Wikipedians Monthly User Group

Thursday, April 10th, 6:30-8:30pm

Join the Bay Area Wikipedians User Group for their monthly meetup. Lightning talks, time to work on your wiki projects, collaborate with other editors, and/or learn how to edit.

RSVP at Eventbrite

Plant Swap Mixer

Wednesday, April 23rd, 5pm-6:30pm

Bring a plant start or cutting to swap. Open to the public, Double Union members, prospective members, and guests.

RSVP at Eventbrite

[extabulis]

Why archivists and librarians should edit Wikipedia

Wikipedia turns 15 today! With over 5,000,000 articles in its brain, Wikipedia is much smarter than I was at that age. But like any teenager, there's still room for improvement.

Go forth and edit!

[extabulis]

42% of all Americans turn to the popular collaborative encyclopedia for information online