𝗠𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘄𝗲𝗻 𝘇𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀, 𝗱𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝗹 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮-𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗳𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘃𝗼𝗼𝗿 #𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗩𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘄𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗴.

Op 𝟖, 𝟗 𝐞𝐧 𝟏𝟎 𝐦𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐭 organiseerden Wikimedia België, meemoo, FARO en Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge samen met erfgoedorganisaties hier rond schrijfsessies.

🎥 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!

👩🏻 𝗪𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘄𝗲𝗻 - 𝗻𝗼𝗴 𝗴𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗸𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗲̈𝗻 𝗴𝗮𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘄.

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

📅 8, 9 en 10 maart 2026
📍 16 locaties in Vlaanderen + online deelname mogelijk
✍️ Met begeleiding van ervaren Wikipedianen

Iedereen kan meedoen, ook zonder schrijfervaring.

👉 https://w.wiki/HYSv

#Wikipedia #Gendergap #Erfgoed

🎉 #𝗪𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝟮𝟱, 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗪𝗶𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘀 & 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

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.

📚 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

👉 Read along: https://w.wiki/Hk8D

🔧𝗪𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟯–𝟭𝟰, 𝗔𝗿𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗺 (𝗡𝗟)

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

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
📅 March 13–14, 2026 — Arnhem (NL)
👥 Approximately 100 participants
💰 Free participation (catering included)
📝 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 ➡️ https://w.wiki/HN4X

❗𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬: limited hotel and travel expense grants available via [email protected] (prior approval required).

#Wikimedia #Hackathon

🎉 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗱-𝗼𝗳-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁!

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

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀.

✨ 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲!

👉🏻𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆?
https://be.wikimedia.org/wiki/Newsletter/2025-12

#Wikimedia #OpenKnowledge #PublicDomain

🎄✨ 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀

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

💬 What is your favorite or most consulted Wikipedia page this year?

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

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 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.

#CrosswordPuzzleDay #Wikipedia #FreeKnowledge #WikimediaBelgium

🪜 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘆

How neutral is your writing?

📏Wikimedia Neutrality Test
(0 = not true, 1 = sometimes, 2 = yes)

✅ Sources > adjectives
✅ No judgmental words
✅ Facts > opinion
✅ Be careful with labels (“controversial”)

Total: …/8

Feel free to toot your score!

#Wikimedia #Neutrality

🎁🍫 Even Saint Nicholas doesn't rely solely on his Big Book—he also checks his sources.

So he wanted to “quickly” check whether his entry was still up to date...
Result:
– 12 tabs open
– a discussion page longer than his staff
– and an internal link that took him to Horse → Ozosnel → Transport routes in Spain.

Happy Saint Nicholas! 🎁

#Sinterklaas #Wikipedia #Wikimedia #saintnicholas

𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 #𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗗𝗮𝘆

☑️Got someone excited about Wikipedia
☑️ “Just a quick edit” → 40 minutes later
☑️ Source found → still need another source
☑️ Lemma saved from chaos
☑️ Learned something from another volunteer

𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗢? You deserve eternal fame and our sincere gratitude. 💙

💛 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞.