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๐ŸŽ‰ 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!
๐Ÿ“… 18 maart
๐Ÿ•• 18:00
๐Ÿ“ Les Ateliers des Tanneurs
Registratie (verplicht):
https://wikimedia.brussels/wikipedia-25-party-invitation/

#Wikipedia25

Wikipedia 25 Party Invitation โ€“ Wikimedia Europe

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€, ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ-๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ท๐—ณ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ #๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฉ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ด.

Op ๐Ÿ–, ๐Ÿ— ๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐š๐š๐ซ๐ญ organiseerden Wikimedia Belgiรซ, meemoo, FARO en Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge samen met erfgoedorganisaties hier rond schrijfsessies.

๐ŸŽฅ 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!

๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿป ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป - ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ธ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฒฬˆ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜„.

Rond #InternationaleVrouwendag organiseren erfgoedorganisaties daarom opnieuw Wikipedia-schrijfsessies om vrouwen zichtbaarder te maken.

๐Ÿ“… 8, 9 en 10 maart 2026
๐Ÿ“ 16 locaties in Vlaanderen + online deelname mogelijk
โœ๏ธ Met begeleiding van ervaren Wikipedianen

Iedereen kan meedoen, ook zonder schrijfervaring.

๐Ÿ‘‰ https://w.wiki/HYSv

#Wikipedia #Gendergap #Erfgoed

๐ŸŽ‰ #๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ, ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ & ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

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.

๐Ÿ“š 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

๐Ÿ‘‰ Read along: https://w.wiki/Hk8D

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ!

๐Ÿ”Ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ:
* ๐‘ท๐’“๐’†-๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’š with trivia (starts at 4:45 p.m.)
* 25 ๐’š๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’˜๐’•๐’‰ from 300+ Wikipedias
* ๐‘ถ๐’…๐’† to discussion pages
* ๐‘ด๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’„made with Wikimedia content
* Wikipedia ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’†๐’” with special 25th anniversary merchandise
* ๐‘บ๐’•๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’” from Wikipedians worldwide
* ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’–๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’”

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ via: โžก๏ธhttps://wikimediafoundation.org/wikipedia25/birthday-celebration/e) or via โžก๏ธ https://www.youtube.com/live/C5rPmv27YzY.

๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ - ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป! ๐ŸŽ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6zztv7R_DI

Children in Mali can now read Wikipedia offline, thanks to MALebooks e-readers โ€“ Wikimedia Foundation

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.

Wikimedia Foundation

๐Ÿ”ง๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ - ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ, ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ (๐—ก๐—Ÿ)

Two days of coding, hacking, development, and collaboration - entirely on-site.

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:
๐Ÿ“… March 13โ€“14, 2026 โ€” Arnhem (NL)
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Approximately 100 participants
๐Ÿ’ฐ Free participation (catering included)
๐Ÿ“ ๐‘น๐’†๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’’๐’–๐’Š๐’“๐’†๐’… โžก๏ธ https://w.wiki/HN4X

โ—๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: limited hotel and travel expense grants available via [email protected] (prior approval required).

#Wikimedia #Hackathon

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ โ€“ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ป | ๐—•๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€

A full day on open heritage & the public domain at KBR:
๐Ÿ”น Keynotes & policy insights
๐Ÿ”น Belgian & European tracks
๐Ÿ”น Creative reuse & hands-on workshops (CommonsDB, Tapestries)

๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐, ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐Ÿ• ๐‰๐š๐ง.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐‘ฑ๐’๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’ ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜๐’๐’†๐’…๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š! https://meemoo.be/en/training-and-events/public-domain-day-in-europe-2026

#PublicDomain #GLAM #OpenKnowledge #Wikimedia

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ-๐—ผ๐—ณ-๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜!

๐Ÿ”น Looking back on 2025
๐Ÿ”น Public Domain Day 2026 (January 15, Brussels)
๐Ÿ”น How you can contribute to free knowledge

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

โœจ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ!

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป๐‘พ๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’… ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’†?
https://be.wikimedia.org/wiki/Newsletter/2025-12

#Wikimedia #OpenKnowledge #PublicDomain

๐ŸŽ„โœจ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€

Free knowledge is a shared gift.
Thanks to thousands of volunteers, Wikipedia remains free, open, and accessible to everyoneโ€”today and every day.

๐Ÿ’ฌ What is your favorite or most consulted Wikipedia page this year?

Want to read more about the history of Christmas? Click here
โžก๏ธ https://w.wiki/3jQe

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š

๐Ÿงฉ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ = ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐˜‡๐—น๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†!

The crossword puzzle has a place on Wikipediaโ€”a great example of how knowledge is built collectively.
โžก๏ธ https://w.wiki/FQHp

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’‚๐’•'๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’š ๐’˜๐’† ๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’‚ ๐’„๐’“๐’๐’”๐’”๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’… ๐’‘๐’–๐’›๐’›๐’๐’† ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐‘พ๐’Š๐’Œ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’‚.

Solve it and share your solution below this post.

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

#CrosswordPuzzleDay #Wikipedia #FreeKnowledge #WikimediaBelgium