Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2024

In addition to the international days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedias List of Commemorative Months.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 6, 2023

An investigation by parent body Wikimedia discovered that the Saudi government deployed a number of its citizens, some of them by force, to act as agents in the infiltration of Wikipedia. Wikimedia's investigation revealed that the Saudi government had infiltrated the highest ranks in Wikipedia's team in the region," Democracy.

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TechSpot

APRIL 4, 2023

ChatGPT-like chatbots and other "intelligent" algorithms could one day write entire Wikipedia articles, even though that future is still far away.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

Visit a celebritys Wikipedia page and theres a good chance youll be greeted by a blurry, outdated, or unflattering photo. Wikipedia requires all images to be freely available for public use. to capture high-quality, freely licensed images specifically for Wikipedia. Wait, youre from Wikipedia? The reason?

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 22, 2021

There's even a Wikipedia page called "Shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic," that includes not just the titular ketchup packets and yeast. During the pandemic, it seemed like every week there was a shortage of something you just assumed would always be available.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 29, 2013

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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TechSpot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Wikipedia has a new initiative called WikiProject AI Cleanup. It is a task force of volunteers currently combing through Wikipedia articles, editing or removing false information that appears to have been posted by people using generative AI. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

MARCH 3, 2022

The Wikimedia Foundation has issued a statement supporting Russian Wikipedia volunteers after a censorship demand from internet regulators. As ever, Wikipedia is an important source of reliable, factual information in this crisis. As Input notes , Russian authorities have sent a number of complaints about Wikipedia pages in the past.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The auction titled "The Birth of Wikipedia" will run from December 3 to December 15. The highest bidder will be allowed to edit the work as they see fit. Wales said making the work modifiable seem like the right way "to express artistically what was meaningful about that moment.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 28, 2020

According to Wikipedia’s annual list of the most-popular English articles, seven of the top 10 Wikipedia articles of 2020 were about either the pandemic or the election. Topping the list was the entry for “Covid-19 pandemic” which has amassed more than 83 million pageviews (as of December 15, 2020).

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is selling a non-fungible token (or NFT) based on his first edit of the free encyclopedia. Auction house Christie’s will hold a sale of the token from December 3rd to 15th, auctioning it alongside the Strawberry iMac Wales was using around Wikipedia’s launch. Jimmy Wales / Christie’s.

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Digital Trends

JULY 7, 2020

Social media companies aren't the only organizations that would be affected.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

– Wikipedia. – Wikipedia. A blockchain is a decentralized, distributed and public digital ledger that is used to record transactions across many computers so that the record cannot be altered retroactively without the alteration of all subsequent blocks and the collusion of the network.

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TechSpot

JULY 31, 2024

Dark mode bested other proposals such as the ability to allow citations to be edited in the references section with VisualEditor, showing categories on the mobile site for everyone, and enabling notifications for user page edits. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

MAY 25, 2020

Wikipedia plans to crack down on harassment and other “toxic” behavior with a new code of conduct. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, which oversees Wikipedia among other projects, voted on Friday to adopt a more formal moderation process. Wikipedia has struggled with toxicity for years.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Wikipedia has introduced a Universal Code of Conduct that looks to create a global standard for the site and ensure a “diverse, inclusive, and accessible” community of contributors, continuing its efforts to fight harassment.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 6, 2023

While it first officially launched on November 30, 2022, ChatGPT has been the leader in 2023's AI revolution. The fastest-growing consumer application in history celebrated its one-year birthday recently with over 100 million users. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

MARCH 1, 2024

There was plenty of furor last year over Futurism's report that exposed CNET's use of generative AI in some finance-related pieces. The articles started appearing in November 2022 with the byline "CNET Money Staff." That might sound like it was created by humans, but the content was AI-generated, as illustrated. Read Entire Article

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Non Profit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Health crises such as the recent outbreak of coronavirus add a heightened level of urgency to the work that Wikipedia does on a daily basis, and so Marketplace ’s Molly Wood sat down with Katherine Maher, chief executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation , to talk about the challenges of misinformation and the future.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Wikipedia and YouTube to assemble its index. Tiobe, a firm that specialize in assessing and tracking the quality of software, has tracked the popularity of programming languages for the past two decades. It uses queries on popular search engines and websites including Google, Bing, Yahoo!, A total of 25 search.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 30, 2010

And Wikipedia Tabs? So, I searched Facebook for “Arbor Day&# and three Pages came up: 1) Arbor Day :: 79 Likes: www.facebook.com/pages/Arbor-Day/103129336394300. 2) National Arbor Day Foundation :: 99 Likes: www.facebook.com/pages/National-Arbor-Day-Foundation/103799689659272. Oh… so this is what a Community Page looks like.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A search engine that “knows millions of things&# about people, places, and history, Qwiki takes the information from your Wikipedia Page and converts it into a more visual format complete with audio, video, digital photography, and the ability to “Improve This Qwiki.&#

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 11, 2010

Wikipedia :: Deepwater Horizon oil spill. YouTube: Environmental Defense Fund. MySpace: Greenpeace. Flickr: SkyTruth. Related Links: Nonprofits of the Month :: May 2010 :: Holding Corporations Accountable. BP Logo Redesign Contest.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 18, 2012

We're not alone: far larger sites like Wikipedia and Google and hundreds of others (if not thousands). Today, we're joining what is probably the largest online protest in history , by blacking out significant portions of the Benetech website, as well as our Martus and HRDAG human rights websites.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Go to Wikipedia. Search each keyword and mark the wikipedia URL closest to the keyword. Wikipedia results rank top of Google search results more often than not. You’ll be looking for what the Wikipedia pages are ranking for, and if you can fine-tune your shortlist. Create a shortlist of keywords.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

To put that into perspective, the attack generated more requests than the total number of articles viewed on Wikipedia for the entire month of September. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

MARCH 16, 2021

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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A search engine that “knows millions of things&# about people, places, and history, Qwiki takes the information from your Wikipedia Page and converts it into a more visual format complete with audio, video, digital photography, and the ability to “Improve This Qwiki.&#

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The list of Doom ports on Wikipedia should now be updated with a brand-new entry. The recently unveiled doomgpu project aims to run the forefather of modern shooters "almost" entirely on the GPU, requiring a somewhat complex software setup and a Linux operating system to get the job done. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

MAY 29, 2023

For a few years now, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been sending takedown requests to Google for the company to remove YouTube ripping sites, which allow, among other things, audio to be ripped from YouTube videos and saved as music files. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

MAY 5, 2021

A quick check of the Sony A-mount camera list over on Wikipedia reveals that every single model has been. Sony Alpha Rumors was the first to report that Sony’s website no longer shows any A-mount cameras. Similarly, retailer B&H lists the Sony Alpha a99 II DSLR as no longer available.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2013

Wikipedia Public Domain Images – Wikipedia uses public domain images and has organized a collection with information on how the photos can be used and attributed. Photoshare – This collection focuses on images that depict international health as part of the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project and was funded by USAID.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Java is used for a wide array of applications, from games like Minecraft to services like the Wikipedia. The latest version fixes numerous bugs and is available for all platforms.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. The first step is to decide which days to build a campaign upon and add them to your 2019 editorial calendar. 20: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay. 21: Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 7, 2010

And I got to learn why I love him so much – iturns out, according to wikipedia, he’s a “classic allegory of greed and corruption tarnishing all that’s good and innocent in the world&# – so I studied up on shmoo which made it all worthwhile [link] &#.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2017

That said, please also see public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months when planning your campaigns. The first step is to decide which days to build a campaign upon and add them to your 2017 and 2018 editorial calendars. 15: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

takes a distant approach A lot of the movie contains archival images and video of Maron, but it uses these to explain various highlights (and low points) across his life much like a Wikipedia article might. For the most part, it only captures Maron as he wants to be seen. It isn't a film of inquiry so much as simply observation.

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