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Press releases
- 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 »
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HBCU Digest, February 10, 2015
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NextGov, September 12, 2014
Wikipedia tries to mend fences with Congress
The Hill, September 2, 2014
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PCWorld, August 27, 2014
US Congressional Staffs Urged to Update Wikipedia Pages
Voice of America, August 19, 2014
Advocates to Congress: Go ahead, edit Wikipedia
The Hill, August 18, 2014
Cato Institute Experts Call on Staffers to Edit Wikipedia
U.S. News & World Report, August 18, 2014
US National Archives To Upload All Holdings To Wikimedia Commons
TechCrunch, June 30, 2014