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A top Wikipedia editor has been arrested in Belarus

The Verge

Image: Wikipedia. The Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of Belarus (GUBOPiK) has detained prominent Wikipedia editor Mark Bernstein, according to the Belarusian publication Zerkalo. Bernstein is one of the top 50 editors of Russian Wikipedia. This has been corrected to over 200,000 edits.

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Google Search Results Now Prominently Feature Nonprofit Google+ Pages

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Data is pulled from multiple sources including Wikipedia , GuideStar and of course Google+ Pages. Sierra Club :: Impact of Google+ Page and Wikipedia. Finally, for those nonprofits that are using Google+ Local , your reviews and location details are now prominently featured in Google Search results as well.

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The Ice Bucket Challenge Epilogue: Data

3rd Sector Labs

Let me offer one piece of advice: let’s not get distracted by the story and instead focus on the epilogue – the Ice Bucket Epilogue: it’s about the data. Did you know that the Ice Bucket Challenge has its own Wikipedia article ? It’s true – Mashable reported this amazing data milestone in September.

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6 Technology Concepts Nonprofits Need to Understand in 2018

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Wikipedia. Data encryption translates data into another form, or code, so that only people with access to a secret key (decryption key) or password can read it. Nonprofit Risk Management Center: Data Privacy and Cyber Liability. Public Interest Registry: What to Do in the Aftermath of a Data Breach.

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Data and Storytelling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

NTEN

By Kurt Voelker, CTO, Forum One Data is the new black. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. And for good reason.

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A guide to getting everlasting traffic with keyword research

The Next Web

Language is a tool you can use to build data about your ideal users, where they are, how to find them and how to attract them. Before you get over-excited though, put these bits of data to the test through the rest of the steps. Export the data. Go to Wikipedia. This is fantastic! Run them through Google keyword planner.

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Wikimedia will launch a paid service for big tech companies

The Verge

The Wikimedia Foundation is creating a new paid service for companies that draw on Wikipedia data. Wikimedia Enterprise , as it’s called, won’t change how current Wikipedia services work. But broadly, it’s like a premium version of Wikipedia’s API — the tool that lets anybody scrape and re-host Wikipedia articles.

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