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==Recent press coverage==


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<p>{{press citation|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/07/24/smithsonian-releases-images-of-diverse-figures-from-the-history-of-u-s-womens-suffrage-to-wikimedia/|title=Smithsonian brings images of diverse figures from the history of US women’s suffrage to Wikimedia|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|date=July 24, 2019}}</p>
<p>{{press citation|url=https://slate.com/technology/2019/07/wikipedia-fram-banning-editor-controversy.html|title=Wikipedia's “Constitutional Crisis” Pits Community Against Foundation|publisher=Slate|date=July 2, 2019}}</p>  
<p>{{press citation|url=https://www.dw.com/en/making-space-for-female-scientists-voices-online-in-the-media-and-in-person/a-49258608?fbclid=IwAR3-gki11NW445URsBjXRifXfbSqpiYK2x7MTIP69LH4OJ5N6zkrwLboLBs|title=Making space for female scientists' voices online, in the media and in person|publisher=DW News|date=June 19, 2019}}</p>
<p>{{press citation|url=https://www.wnpr.org/post/women-buried-footnotes-scientific-discovery|title=Women Buried In The Footnotes Of Scientific Discovery|publisher=The Colin McEnroe Show|date=April 9, 2019}}</p> 
<p>{{press citation|url=https://onezero.medium.com/meet-the-woman-pushing-for-more-gender-diversity-on-wikipedia-3aea131484f6|title=Closing Wikipedia’s Gender Gap: An interview with Wikipedia editor Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight|publisher=OneZero|date=March 27, 2019}}</p>
<p>{{press citation|url=https://slate.com/technology/2019/03/wikipedia-women-history-notability-gender-gap.html|title=Why Brilliant Women in History Are Denied Their Own Wikipedia Pages|publisher=Slate|date=March 26, 2019}}</p>
<p>{{press citation|url=https://wamu.org/story/19/03/22/righting-the-record-on-women-artists-through-wikipedia-edit-a-thon/|title=Righting The Record On Women Artists Through Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon|publisher=WAMU.org|date=March 22, 2019}}</p>
<p>{{press citation|url=https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2019/03/hernaturalhistory-wiki-projects.html|title=#HerNaturalHistory: Open Data, BHL, and Wiki Projects|publisher= Biodiversity Heritage Library|date=March 18, 2019}}</p>
<p>{{press citation|url=http://www.ip-watch.org/2019/01/25/open-access-advocates-see-end-us-copyright-term-extension-act-win-commons/|title=Open Access Advocates See End Of US Copyright Term Extension Act As Win For Commons|publisher=Intellectual Property Watch|date=January 25, 2019}}</p>
<p>{{press citation|url=https://medium.com/@digitalsci/wikipedia-day-celebrating-wikipedians-across-the-globe-b20be433410|title=Wikipedia Day — Celebrating Wikipedians across the globe|publisher=Digital Science|date=January 15, 2019}}</p>
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==Press releases and statements==

; [[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;]]'''

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