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Press releases

2014

Wikimedia DC Launches Wikipedia Summer of Monuments Campaign

JULY 1, 2014: Wikimedia DC is pleased to announce the launch of “Wikipedia Summer of Monuments”. We invite all photographers and historians, individuals and institutions, to join us in documenting the history of the United States by visiting summerofmonuments.org. Read more »

2013

Wikimedia DC announces winning submissions to Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in the United States

NOVEMBER 21, 2013: Wikimedia District of Columbia and the Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 United States organizing team are pleased to announce the winning photographs from Wiki Loves Monuments 2013. The winning images represent the diversity of our national historic places in the United States. Read more »

Wikimedia DC Launches "Wiki Loves Monuments USA" Photo Contest

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013: Wikimedia District of Columbia has launched Wiki Loves Monuments USA, a month-long photography contest. Wiki Loves Monuments USA is part of the international Wiki Loves Monuments contest, certified by Guinness World Records for two consecutive years as the world's largest photography contest. Read more »

2012

Congressional Cemetery becomes the world's largest outdoor encyclopedia of American history

JULY 2, 2012: The 205-year-old Congressional Cemetery in Washington is now the world’s largest outdoor encyclopedia of American history. While touring the grounds, visitors may call up an article from Wikipedia on, for example, the life of John Philip Sousa by scanning a QR code (Quick Response code) with their smartphones. Read more »

Google joins Wikimania 2012 as a Diamond-Level Sponsor

MARCH 30, 2012: Wikimedia District of Columbia (Wikimedia DC) is pleased to announce that Google has joined Wikimania 2012 as a Diamond-Level sponsor. Google’s support of Wikimania helps bring hundreds of people around the world who support open source, open culture, and free access to global knowledge. Read more »

Encyclopedia of Life joins Wikimania 2012 as a Copper-Level Sponsor

MARCH 30, 2012: Wikimedia District of Columbia (Wikimedia DC) is pleased to announce that the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) has joined Wikimania 2012 as a Copper-Level sponsor. Read more »

WikiHow joins Wikimania 2012 as a Bronze-Level Sponsor

MARCH 30, 2012: Wikimedia District of Columbia (Wikimedia DC) is pleased to announce that WikiHow has joined Wikimania 2012 as a Bronze-Level sponsor. Read more »

Mary Gardiner to keynote Wikimania 2012

MARCH 23, 2012: Wikimedia District of Columbia (Wikimedia DC) is pleased to announce Mary Gardiner as the keynote speaker for Wikimania 2012, the international Wikimedia conference. Mary will be speaking at the opening session of the conference on Thursday, July 12, 2012. Read more »

Press:Wikimedia DC and Department of State partner to host Wikimania 2012

FEBRUARY 6, 2012: Wikimedia District of Columbia (Wikimedia DC) is partnering with the U.S. State Department's Office of eDiplomacy to bring the international conference “Wikimania 2012” to the nation’s capital on July 12–14, 2012. The conference will take place at George Washington University. Read more »

Official statement of Wikimedia DC on SOPA and PIPA

JANUARY 18, 2012: Wikimedia District of Columbia (Wikimedia DC) stands firmly with the decision of Wikipedia editors and administrators to shut down the English Wikipedia for 24 hours on January 18, 2012, in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECTIP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. Read more »

Press coverage

2014

• Wikipedia Weekly Episode 112 - Wikiconference USA, Day 2
  Wikipedia Weekly, May 31, 2014
• Wikipedia Weekly Episode 110 - Wikiconference USA, Day 1
  Wikipedia Weekly, May 30, 2014
• How can Wikipedia woo women editors?
  BBC, April 7, 2014
• Wikipedia Holds An Edit-A-Thon To Draw Women Editors
  NPR, March 29, 2014
• Wikimedia DC works with Smithsonian, Cato to expand knowledge of bills, art
  Fedscoop.com, March 21, 2014
• Warming Up to the Culture of Wikipedia
  The New York Times, March 19, 2014

2013

• Laurel Historic Society updates city’s history on Wikipedia
  Gazette.net, November 28, 2013
• Edit local Wikipedia information at Laurel History Edit-a-thon
  The Baltimore Sun, November 12, 2013
• To Fix Wikipedia’s Gender Imbalance: A Big Editing Party?
  The Atlantic, October 10, 2013
• Museum Welcomes Wikipedia Editors
  The New York Times, July 28, 2013
• The Great American Wiknic
  NPR, July 16, 2013

2012

• Wikipedia soul-searches at annual conference
  The Hindu, July 17, 2012
• Wikimania: Wikipedia-Autorenschaft schrumpft, Zahl der Artikel steigt
  Heise Online (German), July 15, 2012
• Wikimania hits D.C. as Wikipedia faces changes
  The Washington Post, July 14, 2012
• Wikipedia: Meet the men and women who write the articles
  BBC News, July 14, 2012
• Wikipedia turns 10, the magic continues
  Times Of India, July 14, 2012
• Yeni "Viki çılgınları" aranıyor!
  Ve Teknoloji (Turkish), July 13, 2012
• Sydneysider to give keynote at Wikimania
  iTWire, March 27, 2012
• Wikimania 2012 Conference in July and Wikimania Takes Manhattan
  HULIQ, March 18, 2012
• Interview with Sarah Stierch, Wikimedian-in-residence at the Smithsonian and Wikimedia Fellow
  Ada Initiative, February 13, 2012
• Wikimedia DC Releases Statement on SOPA, PIPA Protests
  WUSA Channel 9 News, January 18, 2012

2011

• National Archives Names First Wikipedian In Residence
  The Huffington Post, June 1, 2011
• Conversations: Dominic McDevitt-Parks, National Archives connects with Wikipedia
  The Washington Post, June 2, 2011
• How Wikipedians-in-Residence Are Opening Up Cultural Institutions
  The Atlantic, June 16, 2011
• A Wiki-Picnic for online encyclopedia editors
  The Washington Post, June 24, 2011
• Location! Location! Location!
  Smithsonian Institution Archives, July 6, 2011
• National Archives hires 'Wikipedian in residence'
  Baltimore Sun, July 13, 2011
• How the Smithsonian is Helping Wikipedia
  The Chronicle of Philanthropy, August 11, 2011