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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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

Open source is meant to be free and equal, but then why do men continue to dominate open source sites like Wikipedia? In February 2014, groups of artists and tech-savvy folks staged what called they called a “feminist intervention” to Wikipedia. community Community feminism Open Source Open Source sarah mirk Wikipedia Communications'

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TechSpot

JUNE 1, 2021

The ubiquitous non-profit online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, is once again asking its readers to donate. You've likely seen the banners at the top of each page.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 19, 2023

Wikipedia is getting a design refresh, the first major update to the site's desktop interface in over ten years. Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization which hosts Wikipedia servers and other related projects like the MediaWiki platform, has announced the redesign just in time for Wikipedia's 22nd birthday (January 15).

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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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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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TechSpot

APRIL 3, 2025

The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization hosting Wikipedia and other widely popular websites, is raising concerns about AI scraper bots and their impact on the foundation's internet bandwidth.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 27, 2011

It might be Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an incredible place to reach hungry learners and join a community of dedicated researchers who care deeply about making knowledge accessible to everyone. This isn't rocket science, but it's surprising how few museums have gotten involved with Wikipedia. Anyone can contribute to it.

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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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Singularity Hub

MARCH 25, 2025

Daniel Chodowiecki/Wikipedia The Revolutionary Potential of the Digital Age The invention of the computerand more importantly the connecting of multiple computers across the globe via the internetsaw the arrival of another knowledge revolution. The printing press was invented in Germany around 1440.

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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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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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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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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

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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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

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 2018 editorial calendar. 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay.

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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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