À Brest, le groupe local a fêté les 25 ans de Wikipédia en organisant des discussions et des conférences que nous vous laissons découvrir ou redécouvrir à travers cette vidéo. Nicolas Vigneron, Cyril De Sousa Cardoso, et @Nicolas Jullien nous offrent divers regards sur l'encyclopédie en ligne et son usage à la Médiathèque de Brest
👉 Visionner la conférence Wikipédia 25 de Brest : https://w.wiki/PS7M
#Brest #Wikipédia25 #Freeknowledge #IA #Conférences #WikimédiaFrance #KnowledgeIsHuman
You Got What You Asked For
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — May 20, 2026 — 7:20 p.m. PHST
There was a moment when a simple idea spread:
Information should be free.
It was part of the language of movements. Part of the language of Occupy. Part of the belief that knowledge should not be locked behind institutions, paywalls, or gatekeepers.
Fair enough.
You got what you asked for.
More than 5,000 essays.
Years of work.
Patterns documented.
Systems analyzed.
Available to anyone with an internet connection.
Free.
What “Free” Actually Means
Free does not mean effortless.
Free does not mean costless.
Free does not mean that no one had to build it.
Every piece in this archive required:
Every piece had to be written. Stored. Organized. Preserved.
Free to access does not mean free to produce.
That distinction matters.
The Part That Was Skipped
It is easy to say “information should be free.”
It is harder to ask:
Because once those questions are asked, the answer is unavoidable:
Someone is doing the work.
The Work Is Here
This is not theoretical.
This archive exists.
It is not an idea. It is not a proposal.
It is a working system of long-form documentation built over more than a decade.
And it is available, right now, without charge.
That was the goal.
That was the promise.
What Was Never Solved
What was never clearly addressed was sustainability.
Not access.
Not distribution.
Sustainability.
If knowledge is to remain free to access, then it must still be supported in some way.
Otherwise, it disappears.
Not because it lacked value, but because it lacked support.
A Simple Reality
You cannot have:
without some form of support behind it.
That is not ideology.
That is logistics.
No Abstraction
This is no longer a theoretical conversation.
The work is here.
It is accessible.
It is being maintained.
The only remaining question is simple:
Now what?
The Ask
If you believe in free knowledge, then this is where that belief meets reality.
The work exists.
If it has value to you, support it.
If it doesn’t, don’t.
But the idea that knowledge can be free without cost to anyone was never sustainable.
You got what you asked for.
The question is whether you intend to keep it.
If you read this and it matters, help me keep it going: https://www.patreon.com/cw/WPSNews
For more social commentary, please see Occupy 2.5 at https://Occupy25.com
WPS News archives are available through Amazon for long-term preservation and library distribution.
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Wikimedia d'Italie participera au marathon de Milan le 12 avril. Ils ne courent pas seulement pour le chrono : ils courent pour soutenir la connaissance libre et Wikimedia Italia.
L'objectif : Récolter des fonds pour garantir l'accès gratuit à l'information, soutenir les bénévoles de Wikipédia et promouvoir la culture libre dans les écoles et les musées.
Comment les soutenir ?
https://www.retedeldono.it/en/iniziativa/francescomoro/mens-sana-corpore-wiki
@Wikimediaitalia #marathon #milano #Freeknowledge #don #Wikimedia #cagnottesolidaire
Gut so, warum auch sollte jeder Erfindung dem Verwertungszwang unterliegen? Mit KI sind so viel sinnvollere Dinge möglich als Geld zu verdienen.
#OpenSourceAI #PeopleOverProfit #AntiMonetization #DigitalCommons #DemocratizeAI #NoPaywall #PublicInterestTech #AgainstEnshittification #FreeKnowledge #OpenScience
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
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
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💫 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
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.
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.
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:
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
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?
🧩 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.
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