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National Museum of Women in the Arts hosts annual Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
NBC 4 in DC, July 21, 2024

Hacks/Hackers, Partners Advance to Phase II of National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator
NewsQ News Quality Initiative, October 3, 2022

Hacks/Hackers, Partners Awarded Funding to Participate in the 2021 National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator
NewsQ News Quality Initiative, September 22, 2021

American Archive 'editathons' enhance Wikipedia with pubmedia content
Current, September 25, 2020

The Internet’s Public Square Is Mostly White and Male. These Groups Are Changing That
Next City, September 2, 2020

Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Helps Close Gaps in Women’s History
Ms. Magazine, August 24, 2020

Covid-19 is one of Wikipedia’s biggest challenges ever. Here’s how the site is handling it
Washington Post, August 7, 2020

Smithsonian brings images of diverse figures from the history of US women’s suffrage to Wikimedia
Wikimedia Foundation, July 24, 2019

Wikipedia's “Constitutional Crisis” Pits Community Against Foundation
Slate, July 2, 2019

Making space for female scientists' voices online, in the media and in person
DW News, June 19, 2019

Women Buried In The Footnotes Of Scientific Discovery
The Colin McEnroe Show, April 9, 2019

Closing Wikipedia’s Gender Gap: An interview with Wikipedia editor Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight
OneZero, March 27, 2019

Why Brilliant Women in History Are Denied Their Own Wikipedia Pages
Slate, March 26, 2019

Righting The Record On Women Artists Through Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
WAMU.org, March 22, 2019

#HerNaturalHistory: Open Data, BHL, and Wiki Projects
Biodiversity Heritage Library, March 18, 2019

Open Access Advocates See End Of US Copyright Term Extension Act As Win For Commons
Intellectual Property Watch, January 25, 2019

Wikipedia Day — Celebrating Wikipedians across the globe
Digital Science, January 15, 2019

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Press releases and statements

Wikimedia DC Statement on Terms of Use Enforcement: JUNE 30, 2019: Wikimedia District of Columbia is deeply concerned by recent events that have occurred on the English Wikipedia, including community controversy regarding a ban imposed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Protecting editors from harassment is crucial to the continued success of the Wikimedia movement. Read more »

Knight Prototype Fund support for the Wiki Art Depiction Explorer project: JULY 19, 2018: Wikimedia District of Columbia is proud to be the recipient of $50,000 in support from the Knight Prototype Fund, an initiative of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Wikimedia DC will collaborate with the Smithsonian Institution on a project called the "Wiki Art Depiction Explorer", an effort to create an interface for museum visitors and other art enthusiasts to crowdsource metadata about visual depictions in museum artworks. Read more »

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+; [[Press:Statement on Terms of Use enforcement|Wikimedia DC Statement on Terms of Use Enforcement]] : JUNE 30, 2019: Wikimedia District of Columbia is deeply concerned by recent events that have occurred on the English Wikipedia, including community controversy regarding a ban imposed by the Wikimedia Foundation.  Protecting editors from harassment is crucial to the continued success of the Wikimedia movement. '''[[Press:Statement on Terms of Use enforcement|Read more &raquo;]]'''
+; [[Press:Knight Prototype Fund support for the Wiki Art Depiction Explorer project|Knight Prototype Fund support for the Wiki Art Depiction Explorer project]] : JULY 19, 2018: Wikimedia District of Columbia is proud to be the recipient of $50,000 in support from the Knight Prototype Fund, an initiative of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.   Wikimedia DC will collaborate with the Smithsonian Institution on a project called the "Wiki Art Depiction Explorer", an effort to create an interface for museum visitors and other art enthusiasts to crowdsource metadata about visual depictions in museum artworks.'''  [[Press:Knight Prototype Fund support for the Wiki Art Depiction Explorer project|Read more &raquo;]]'''
-; [[Press:Wikimedia DC Announces New Institutional Partnerships Manager|Wikimedia DC Announces New Institutional Partnerships Manager]] : MAY 3, 2017: Wikimedia District of Columbia (WMDC) is pleased to announce the hiring of our first employee. Ariel Cetrone has joined WMDC as our Institutional Partnerships Manager, where she will plan and facilitate events with our many institutional partners, including cultural, academic, and professional organizations.'''  [[Press:Wikimedia DC Announces New Institutional Partnerships Manager|Read more &raquo;]]'''
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