๐ Wikipedia wordt 25!
In 2026 viert Wikipedia een kwart eeuw vrije kennis. Met meer dan 65 miljoen artikelen in 300+ talen blijft het een van de grootste collaboratieve projecten ter wereld.
Dat vieren we in Brussel: kom mee vieren!
๐
18 maart
๐ 18:00
๐ Les Ateliers des Tanneurs
Registratie (verplicht):
https://wikimedia.brussels/wikipedia-25-party-invitation/
๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐, ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ-๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐ท๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ #๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด.
Op ๐, ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ organiseerden Wikimedia Belgiรซ, meemoo, FARO en Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge samen met erfgoedorganisaties hier rond schrijfsessies.
๐ฅ Ook aan pers-aandacht mocht het niet ontbreken:
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/kijk/2026/03/08/video-vrouwendag-wikipedia-schrijfactie/
https://www.tvoost.be/nieuws/tv-oost-nieuws-van-maandag-09032026-208886 (vanaf 15:28)
Benieuwd naar de resultaten? Voorlopige cijfers kan je hieronder vinden!
Nog 1 woord: BEDANKT!
๐ฉ๐ป ๐ช๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป - ๐ป๐ผ๐ด ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฒฬ๐ป ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐.
Rond #InternationaleVrouwendag organiseren erfgoedorganisaties daarom opnieuw Wikipedia-schrijfsessies om vrouwen zichtbaarder te maken.
๐
8, 9 en 10 maart 2026
๐ 16 locaties in Vlaanderen + online deelname mogelijk
โ๏ธ Met begeleiding van ervaren Wikipedianen
Iedereen kan meedoen, ook zonder schrijfervaring.
๐ https://w.wiki/HYSv
๐ #๐ช๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฑ, ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป, ๐ช๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ & ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Our first newsletter of 2026 is packed with stories about collaboration, volunteers and free knowledge.
What matters most are the people: from young moderators to heritage professionals, from writers to developers.
๐ What's it about:
* The media coverage #Wikipedia25
* Public Domain Day 2026 in Brussels
* Wikithon Smells Like Circus in Ghent
* Gender inclusion and future-proof volunteering
๐ Read along: https://w.wiki/Hk8D
๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ญ๐ฑ!
๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ:
* ๐ท๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐ with trivia (starts at 4:45 p.m.)
* 25 ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ from 300+ Wikipedias
* ๐ถ๐
๐ to discussion pages
* ๐ด๐๐๐๐made with Wikimedia content
* Wikipedia ๐๐๐๐๐ with special 25th anniversary merchandise
* ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ from Wikipedians worldwide
* ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ via: โก๏ธhttps://wikimediafoundation.org/wikipedia25/birthday-celebration/e) or via โก๏ธ https://www.youtube.com/live/C5rPmv27YzY.
๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ - ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป! ๐
MALebooks e-readers provide an offline library to children in Mali, including the French version of Wikipedia and over 4,000 educational books. This experimental project addresses the serious lack of books for children in Mali, and is made possible by Kiwix developers, Wikimedia Switzerland and other supporters.
๐ง๐ช๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ป ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ - ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฏโ๐ญ๐ฐ, ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ต๐ฒ๐บ (๐ก๐)
Two days of coding, hacking, development, and collaboration - entirely on-site.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป:
๐
March 13โ14, 2026 โ Arnhem (NL)
๐ฅ Approximately 100 participants
๐ฐ Free participation (catering included)
๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
โก๏ธ https://w.wiki/HN4X
โ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ: limited hotel and travel expense grants available via [email protected] (prior approval required).
๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ โ ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ป | ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐
A full day on open heritage & the public domain at KBR:
๐น Keynotes & policy insights
๐น Belgian & European tracks
๐น Creative reuse & hands-on workshops (CommonsDB, Tapestries)
๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐, ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ง.
๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐! https://meemoo.be/en/training-and-events/public-domain-day-in-europe-2026
๐ ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ-๐ผ๐ณ-๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐๐!
๐น Looking back on 2025
๐น Public Domain Day 2026 (January 15, Brussels)
๐น How you can contribute to free knowledge
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
โจ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ!
๐๐ป๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐?
https://be.wikimedia.org/wiki/Newsletter/2025-12
๐โจ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐
Free knowledge is a shared gift.
Thanks to thousands of volunteers, Wikipedia remains free, open, and accessible to everyoneโtoday and every day.
๐ฌ What is your favorite or most consulted Wikipedia page this year?
Want to read more about the history of Christmas? Click here
โก๏ธ https://w.wiki/3jQe
๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐
๐งฉ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ญ = ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐!
The crossword puzzle has a place on Wikipediaโa great example of how knowledge is built collectively.
โก๏ธ https://w.wiki/FQHp
๐ป๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐.
Solve it and share your solution below this post.
As a Christmas gift, we will publish the solution next week.
#CrosswordPuzzleDay #Wikipedia #FreeKnowledge #WikimediaBelgium
