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Bobby Shabangu makes history as the first African elected to the Wikimedia Foundation Board. A proud moment for Africa in the global knowledge movement. #Wikimedia #AfricaRising #FreeKnowledge

https://newz.africa/2026/01/27/bobby-shabangu-wikimedia-board/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Africa’s First Seat at Wikimedia: Bobby Shabangu Elected to Board

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Newz.Africa

Pustam | पुस्तम | পুস্তম🇳🇵Jan 17

Since 2001, Wikipedia has become the backbone of knowledge on the internet. @wikipedia

Discover 25 years of Wikipedia here: https://wikipedia25.org

https://wikimediafoundation.org/wikipedia25

#Wikipedia25 #25YearsOfWikipedia #FreeKnowledge #OpenKnowledge #InternetHistory #DigitalCulture #KnowledgeForAll #FromDialUpToNow #OnlineLearning #CollaborativeKnowledge #HistoryOfTheWeb #WikiLove #Wikipedia #Wikimedia #WikimediaFoundation #Wiki25

N-gated Hacker News Dec 28

🎨 "Learn computer graphics from scratch" with the elegance of a bulldozer! 🚜 Dive into a #blog for the eternally angry nerds, where free knowledge comes with the charm of a rusty nail. 🌴 And don't forget the book, perfect for those deserted island survivalists who forgot to pack logic and internet! 📚😂
https://www.scratchapixel.com #computergraphics #learning #humor #freeknowledge #desertedisland #HackerNews #ngated

Scratchapixel

scratchapixel: a free resource to learn computer graphics programming from the ground up

Lilli Iliev Dec 27

💫 Der #39c3 beginnt mit Hoffnung und Tatendrang:

Es geht darum, die Gesellschaft gerechter und offener zu machen. Und darum, wie Technik genutzt werden kann, eine lebenswerte digitale Zukunft zu schaffen, »wo Menschen mehr Wertschätzung erfahren, die offene Software, Protokolle und Schnittstellen bauen und solidarische Ideen in Technologie umsetzen als aufmerksamkeitsoptimierte Influencer«
(via @spiegel)
https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/chaos-computer-club-sucht-mittel-gegen-die-ki-overlords-a-9e93ba37-c43c-4f6d-9307-26f5c9886aca
#opendata #opensource #freeknowledge #knowledgeequity #solidarität

Hackerkonferenz 39C3 in Hamburg: Chaos Computer Club sucht Mittel gegen die »KI-Overlords«

Künstliche Intelligenz ist das Thema der Stunde. Die Hacker des Chaos Computer Clubs werfen auf ihrer am Samstag beginnenden 39. Jahreskonferenz in Hamburg einen kritischen Blick darauf, wem die Technik nützen soll.

DER SPIEGEL

Tommi 🤯Dec 26

Federating knowledge: exploring ways to bridge wikis and notes

Join the workshop at #39C3!

NEW DATE: day 4, TODAY at 13:40 @ Free Knowledge Habitat Workshop Area.

Most people and organisations have their very own way of acquiring, organising, archiving, sharing, and collaborating on knowledge repositories. A broad spectrum of opinions and approaches resulted in a diverse and rich ecosystem of knowledge management solutions. Nevertheless, this also implies scattered and disconnected knowledge sources. What would it mean to build bridges among wikis and federate knowledge?

This workshop is going to be heavily centred on a twofold discussion, exploring the challenge of federated knowledge starting from two questions.

What does it mean to federate knowledge repositories?
Instead of pursuing a silver-bullet solution to embrace all use-cases, what would it mean to foster and enable interoperability for different software?

These questions stem from years of questioning and wondering how to integrate my personal note-taking and collective, participatory knowledge management at work, in organisations, institutions, and informal collectives. Recently, I began actively researching this topic as I started playing with the MediaWiki API to cross-synchronise my local Markdown notes and the XPUB wiki, the public learning wiki of the Experimental Publishing master. I am puzzled by taking advantage of the potential of a specific software (in this case, MediaWiki) while fearing of being locked-in.

Some further, more specific, insights and questions:

Local-first approaches and software (e.g. Reflection)
Interesting experiments based on existing protocols, such as Ibis
What do we take of semi-open and obscure yet very cool initiatives like Anytype
The power and the limits of plain-text: how to enable collaboration on simple Markdown files and build on top of it, as Obsidian does

Cc: @modal @p2panda @obsidian @wikimediaDE @dweb

#knowledge #FreeKnowledge #wiki #MediaWiki #API #Obsidian #Anytype #Ibis #IbisWiki #Reflection #CCC #Federation #federatedKnowledge #docs #PKM #knowledgeManagement #personalKnowledgeManagement #collectiveKnowledgeManagement #DWeb #decentralization #ActivityPub

Federating knowledge: exploring ways to bridge wikis and notes Free Knowledge Habitat 39c3

Most people and organizations have their very own way of acquiring, organizing, archiving, sharing, and collaborating on knowledge repositories. A broad spectrum of opinions and approaches resulted in a diverse and rich ecosystem of knowledge management solutions. Nevertheless, this also implies scattered and disconnected knowledge sources. What would it mean to build bridges among wikis and federate knowledge?

Wikimedia Belgium Dec 19

🧩 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟭 = 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆!

The crossword puzzle has a place on Wikipedia—a great example of how knowledge is built collectively.
➡️ https://w.wiki/FQHp

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒛𝒛𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑾𝒊𝒌𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂.

Solve it and share your solution below this post.

As a Christmas gift, we will publish the solution next week.

#CrosswordPuzzleDay #Wikipedia #FreeKnowledge #WikimediaBelgium

Wikimédia France Dec 13

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#don #Wikipedia #Wikimedia #WMFr #Donner #Générosité #Freeknowledge #association #WikimediaFrance

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