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IT IS OUR 20TH BIRTHDAY! 🎂
Wikipedia started as an ambitious idea. Over 20 years, people like you have made it possible. If you are a Wikipedia reader, contributor, donor, or fan — today is for you.
Join the celebration:
#Wikipedia20
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Because of their naturally friendly dispositions Samoyeds usually make for terrible guard dogs. They don't attack threats; just kind of smile and bark at them.
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It has been one year since Wikipedia has been blocked in Turkey. Today, we commemorate this loss of knowledge. Share this video and let the world know that
#WeMissTurkey
.
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The best present we got for Wikipedia's 19th birthday was being unblocked in Turkey. 🇹🇷 (thread)
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Exo's first album sold over one million copies, making them the best-selling Korean artist in twelve years. In 2015 they released the single "Lightsaber" to promote
#StarWars
: The Force Awakens in South Korea ahead of its release.
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#EXO
(엑소) is a South Korean-Chinese boy group based in Seoul. They performed at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang on February 25.
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Today is Public Domain Day.
This year in the United States, the earliest incarnation of Mickey Mouse enters the public domain through “Steamboat Willie,” an animated short film that served as the character’s debut. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)
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Greek philosopher Chrysippus died from laughing at one of his own jokes.
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The Kurdish language may be restricted in several countries, but dedicated volunteers are working in secret to keep the language alive on Wikipedia.
Thanks to them, Wîkîpediya Kurdî has more than 30,000 articles!
Learn some Kurdish vocab this
#IndigenousDay
🔊
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Fall in love with Pete Edochie again in this short skit, brought to you by Wikipedia, the world's largest repository of knowledge.
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The longest English word in a major dictionary is 45 letters long, but the longest English word ever is the chemical name of the largest known protein, titin.
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There were over 20 million objects inside the
#MuseuNacional
. Did you take a photo of any of them? Help us preserve the memories of as many as we can and add them to
@wikicommons
. Here's how to do it from your desktop:
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Yesterday, we were disappointed to learn that
@thenorthface
and
@LeoBurnett
unethically manipulated Wikipedia. They have risked your trust in our mission for a short-lived consumer stunt. 1/
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Operation London Bridge is the plan that goes into effect immediately after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. It includes details on the announcement of her death, the period of official mourning, and her state funeral.
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In 2001, Wikipedia became one of the first applications of the web in pursuit of free knowledge for all humans. In 2019, we’re still here. And we’re still free.
#Web30
#ForTheWeb
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Most-visited English Wikipedia articles from yesterday:
1. Dale Winton
2. Barbara Bush
3. Gregg Popovich
4.
@iamcardib
5.
@weareoneEXO
6. Irukandji syndrome -
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Wikipedia is the only website in the top-ten most-visited global websites to be run by a nonprofit – and at a fraction of the budget and staffing.
We are not funded by advertising, we don’t charge a subscription fee, and we don’t sell your data.
Read:
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On 8 Sept. 2022 at 18:30 BST, it was officially announced that Queen Elizabeth II had died.
The Queen's Wikipedia article, across 180+ languages, was viewed 19.9 million times. As far as we can tell, this is the most views on a topic in a single day ever. (1/2)
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Since then, people have come to the English Wikipedia over 888,000 times to learn about her death. Around 200 volunteer editors have contributed to this page. (2/2)
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K-pop (케이팝) is a music genre originating in South Korea.
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Why is Wikipedia ad-free? Because ads have no place on an educational resource that strives for balance and neutrality. Help us maintain our independence by making a small contribution today:
#ILoveWikipedia
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It is a big day for Wikipedia: We are getting a new look! 🎉
For the first time in 10+ years, and during our 22nd birthday month, a series of updates to English Wikipedia’s desktop will make the site more welcoming and easier to use for everyone!
Explore the changes🧵⬇️ (1/9)
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Thirteen years old,
@Twitter
! You young rebellious teen you.
Do you take advice from old fogies like Wikipedia? We could teach you about the mystical "edit button"...
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When companies like The North Face take advantage of the trust you have in Wikipedia just to sell you clothes, you should be angry. Their actions have gone directly against the spirit, purpose, and policies of Wikipedia to provide neutral, fact-based knowledge to the world. 8/
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Do you know about Article 13? It's a proposed EU copyright rule that forces platforms to police all uploads just to be safe. You can help stop this from becoming reality. Find out how at
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The Samoyed is descended from the Nenets herding laika, a dog that comes in not only white, but also a wider variety of colors. So like, a cloud dog, but...brown?
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The French Institut national de l'audiovisuel defines K-pop as a "fusion of synthesized music, sharp dance routines and fashionable, colorful outfits." Songs typically consist of one or a mixture of pop, rock, hip hop, R&B and electronic music genres.
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The Russian submarine Dmitriy Donskoi is the largest active submarine in the world. (The cat's size is unconfirmed.)
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Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to have a chat about the noble Samoyed ☁️🐕
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Billie Eilish is the second person ever to win the four main Grammy categories—Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year—in the same year.
She is 18 years old.
#womensday
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For anyone who’s wondering, the full word is ylalanylglutaminylglutamylarginylisoleucylglutamylprolylprolylglutamylisoleucylglutamylleucylaspartylalanylaspartylleucylarginyllysylvalylvalylvalylleucylarginylalanylserylalanylthreonylleucylarginylleucylphenylalanylvalylthreonylisole
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Watch as Emmanuella schools older students in this hilarious skit. Her secret weapon? Wikipedia.
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English Wikipedia was launched on 15 January 2001, exactly 22 years ago. 🎈
#WikipediaDay
Since then, more than 6.5 million articles have been created.
🎂📷 JElder (WMF), Valerie Schandl (WMDE), CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Wikipedia has been blocked in Turkey for over two years now. Today
@Wikimedia
reaches out to the European Court of Human Rights to help end nationwide censorship.
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This Wikipedia article documents the current crisis happening in Ukraine. It is being updated constantly by Wikipedia editors around the world.
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The following is a list of notable individual K-pop artists.
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We can't wait to celebrate our 20th birthday with a fellow source of global knowledge:
@Space_Station
! 🚀
Join our Twitter chat this week, when we'll *launch* an interview with
@NASA
astronaut
@Astro_Kjell
+ Wikipedia volunteer
@DrKeithSmith
.
#Wikipedia20
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It’s been a long time since Michael Scott dropped this knowledge bomb (S3E19, to be exact). And the best part is, he’s still right.
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On January 15, 2001, a new kind of free encyclopedia first went online. Thank you for 15 years.
#Wikipedia15
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Psst...hi. 👋 Show us a picture of the most breathtaking place you've ever visited. We'll share a fact about it!
#TravelTuesday
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"We want all Kurds to add information to the Kurdish Wikipedia so that all Kurds can benefit from it." —User:Bikarhener
Learn more about the inspiring work of
@Wikipedia_KU
volunteers.
#IndigenousDay
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For reasons unknown to us, the over 1.3 billion people in the People's Republic of China have lost access to free knowledge. We regret the Chinese authorities' decision to further limit internet freedom and urge them to restore access to Wikipedia.
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(Unless you play
#FireEmblem
, in which case the 12th-century lyrical poet is actually a mage on a horse.)
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Protests have erupted across Iran following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. Amini was arrested for not wearing a hijab in accordance with government standards, and she died while in police custody. (1/2)
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What would you do if you woke up and couldn’t access Wikipedia?
For 10 months,
@Wikipedia
has been blocked in Turkey.
Turkey, we miss sharing knowledge with you and learning from you. We need your knowledge, your expertise, your voice.
#WeMissTurkey
Unblock Wikipedia.
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In February 2015, Lego replaced Ferrari as Brand Finance's "world's most powerful brand."
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Venn diagram showing which uppercase letter glyphs are shared by the Greek, Latin and Cyrillic alphabets.
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Six months ago today, the main article about
#COVID19
was created on English Wikipedia. It was only one sentence long.
Today, more than 5,200 articles about the pandemic are available in 175 languages on Wikipedia.
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The three monkeys are Mizaru, Kikazaru, and Iwazaru.
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Did you know there is a Wikipedia page specifically about
#COVID19
misinformation? It has over 630 references.
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Want to see something beautiful? İdil Keysan, an illustrator from Izmir, Turkey, created this poster in support of
#WeMissTurkey
:
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one taught me love,
one taught me patience,
one taught me pain
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Wikipedia has been experiencing intermittent outages today as a result of a malicious attack. We're continuing to work on restoring access.
#wikipediadown
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Around the world, various creations enter the public domain, including the poem “Do not go gentle into that good night,” by Dylan Thomas, and the compositions of jazz icon Django Reinhardt.
See a list of what is entering the public domain in 2024: (4/4)
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It is our 21st birthday! 🎉
Celebrate by enjoying the gift of free knowledge together. Click this link for a randomized Wikipedia article, and tell us what you learn. 🎁
The cherry on top: You will get a new result each time you click the link! 🎂
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Just in time for
#Wikipedia20
, a few hours ago, English Wikipedia reached its BILLIONTH* recorded edit. 🥳
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THE "DARK SIDE" OF THE MOON ISN'T ACTUALLY DARK
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Finally! 280 characters! We can share even more facts about animals, minerals, vegetables, food, history, transportation, trees, art, chemistry, biology, geography, geometry, music, volcanos, space, technology, literature, clocks, rivers, oceans, streams, butterflies, moths, snak
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When a creative work’s copyright expires, it enters the public domain – anyone can legally use or reference it without permission.
The legal transition of works into the public domain usually happens every year on 1 January based on the copyright laws of each country. (2/4)
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This happened in Turkey nearly 10 months ago. The 80 million people of Turkey were suddenly blocked from reading or contributing to Wikipedia.
We miss them. A lot.
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Hundreds of thousands of people have donated their time over the years to write, edit, and curate Wikipedia.
If you could say one thing to them, what would it be?
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Canadian drag queen
@onlinekyne
became popular on social media for presenting math tutorials and analysis of the use of mathematics in the news, such as the numerical flaws in bad reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic and race-based crime statistics.
#Pride
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