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The Belgian Wikimedia chapter
Engaging people in free knowledge

๐Ÿ“ธ ๐——๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜!

๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ฌ:
1๏ธโƒฃ Kies zoveel beelden als je wil
2๏ธโƒฃ Selecteer je top 5

โœ”๏ธ Voor bestaande gebruikers (โ‰ฅ75 edits, account vรณรณr 1/1/2026)

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ:
https://w.wiki/Ksxs

๐Ÿ† Vorig jaarโ€™s winnaarโฌ‡๏ธ. Nu is het jouw beurt om te stemmen!

๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐—ข๐—ป๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜„๐˜€๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜!

๐Ÿ’œ 194 vrijwilligers schreven samen 129 nieuwe Wikipediapaginaโ€™s over vrouwen en verbeterden 429 artikels

๐ŸŽ‰ We vierden 25 jaar Wikipedia in Brussel

๐Ÿ’ป In Arnhem bracht de hackathon code en creativiteit samen

๐Ÿ“… En er staat nog veel op de agenda!

๐Ÿ‘‰ Lees meer: https://be.wikimedia.org/wiki/Newsletter/2026-03

#Wikimedia #Wikipedia #VrijeKennis

Campagnebeeld #internationalevrouwendag Iris Van Robays, CC BY-NC-ND

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

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

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

๐Ÿชœ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†

How neutral is your writing?

๐Ÿ“Wikimedia Neutrality Test
(0 = not true, 1 = sometimes, 2 = yes)

โœ… Sources > adjectives
โœ… No judgmental words
โœ… Facts > opinion
โœ… Be careful with labels (โ€œcontroversialโ€)

Total: โ€ฆ/8

Feel free to toot your score!

#Wikimedia #Neutrality