Wikimedia Belgium

Wikimedia Belgium, association for the promotion of free knowledge, on Wikipedia and beyond. Engaging people in free knowledge.

[Luk De Wilde @lukdewilde]

38 ambtenaren van de FOD Financiën repeteren tot 4 keer/maand tijdens de werkuren voor de Koninklijke Harmonie van Financiën

Samen goed voor 1.022 werkdagen per jaar, oftewel 5 voltijdse krachten

Overheidsharmonie kost overheid elk jaar 1.022 werkdagen

https://t.co/BV4oN6nnzI

[Wikimedia Belgium @Wikimedia_BE]

🌍 Overstap van X naar Bluesky

Wikimedia België heeft beslist om over te stappen op Bluesky en X te verlaten.

Als neutrale organisatie kiezen we voor een infrastructuur binnen social media, vrij van invloed van politiek.

Onze volgers zijn welkom op https://t.co/6WFUFXtdDW

[Wikimedia Belgium @Wikimedia_BE]

🌍Wikimedia Belgique a décidé de migrer vers Bluesky et de quitter X.

En tant qu'organisation neutre, nous optons pour une infrastructure au sein des médias sociaux, libre de l'influence des jeux politiques.

Nos suiveurs sont invités sur le site: https://t.co/aA8cPA0EWu

[Wikimedia Belgium @Wikimedia_BE]

🌍 Switch from X to Bluesky

Wikimedia Belgium has decided to switch to Bluesky and leave X. As a neutral organisation, we opt for an infrastructure within social media, free from the influence of political playing fields.

Our followers can find us: https://t.co/Pfn7zBge6v

[Wikimania @Wikimania]

All the information you need to start working on your program submissions is now available on the Wikimania Wiki! Submission form coming soon!

Read more here: https://t.co/5kV7O4WDJ5

#wikimania2025 #wikimanianairobi

[Wikimania @Wikimania]

Dear all,

Program submissions for Wikimania 2025 are officially open!

Got an idea that will spark dialogue and inspire Wikimedians? Now’s the time to share it. Learn more on the Diff blog post and submit your proposal by the end of March.

https://t.co/6mnSTJSUkJ

[Wikidata @wikidata]

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week: https://t.co/7TGRZZyMuB

[Wikimedia Belgium @Wikimedia_BE]

🌍📢 February 21 = International Mother Language Day!

Language is identity. @UNESCO calls to protect language diversity and multilingualism. You can help by writing or translating Wikipedia articles!

📖 Give your mother tongue an online voice!

👉 What is your favorite word?

[Wikidata @wikidata]

☃️ Day 2 of the #DataReuseDays2025 are about to start. Join us for an introduction to accessing Wikidata's data and live coding a website with Snowman!
For more information about how to join see https://t.co/RgXhudA01k

[Wikimedia Belgium @Wikimedia_BE]

🚀 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲!🌍

Join the Planetary Science Wiki Edit-a-thon to highlight women & underrepresented groups in STEM!

📖 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: Feb 25, Mar 4 2025 | 14:00 - 16:00

📢 Sign up now!
https://t.co/GbAmQuXoGf

[Wikidata @wikidata]

💫 The #DataReuseDays2025 are about to start! Join us for the opening, research results and the opportunity to ask all your questions about building applications with Wikidata's data.
For information about how to join see https://t.co/RgXhudA01k

[The Year of the Graph @TheYotg]

Visualizing RDF knowledge graphs

In the last few days, 2 new open source tools for RDF knowledge graph visualization were released 🧵

#OpenSource #EmergingTech #KnowledgeGraph #dataViz #Visualization #DataScience #RDF

[Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy]

Wikipedia volunteers are making the internet better for everyone!

Wikipedia is now recognized as a digital public good by the UN-endorsed @DPGAlliance, highlighting the volunteer communities' role in advancing free and trusted knowledge in 300+ languages.
https://t.co/2Mjpq6KqlD

[Nathalie Smuha @NathalieSmuha]

It's out! You can now access The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Ethics and Policy of #AI: https://t.co/P0jSgiBsue

20 #openaccess chapters covering topics on AI, ethics, philosophy, legal domains & sectoral applications.

Huge thanks to all the authors who made this possible!

[Ewan McAndrew @emcandre]

Join us @UoE_EFI on 5 March for an afternoon of talks exploring: @Wikimedia in the curriculum; Scottish history and historical #opendata (witches, religious change in early modern Scotland); and opening up the collections of the National Library of Wales!
https://t.co/m72NCdCLQI

[Wiki Loves Monuments @wikimonuments]

Round 3 Begins!
From Photos to Winners! Round 3 of Wiki Loves Monuments Jury Review commences!

#WLM2024 #WikiLovesMonuments #JuryReview

[Wikidata @wikidata]

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week: https://t.co/siALxwnUGS

[Wikipedia @Wikipedia]

🌍📚📈 People spent an estimated 2.4 billion hours — nearly 275,000 years! — reading English Wikipedia in 2024. The free encyclopedia is answering questions and sparking curiosity around the world every day.

[Wikimedia Foundation @Wikimedia]

20 years ago, we installed our first servers outside the US, providing access for a growing international community.

Now, our servers span the globe, supporting billions of pageviews each month and ensuring that free knowledge is accessible everywhere. ➡️ https://t.co/E6YVfakIzf