(Sept 19) Wikidata Edit-a-thon @ the Schomburg Center. Create Wikidata items for the writers, works, organizations, and other entities referenced in the Schomburg Center’s Transcription Centre Interviews with African Writers audio collection. www.eventbrite.com/e/from-trans...

happy birthday to everyone born today!!!!!! sorry it’s statistically not that special

🗳️ Wikimedia New York City will hold our 2026 Annual Election and Members Meeting on Wednesday, September 30. Members who want to run can nominate themselves until 11:59 pm ET on September 20. 🙋‍♀️ More details: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

The September Wikimedia NYC newsletter is out. The lead story: 🚨 Nominations for our Board of Directors close September 20 at 11:59 pm ET 🚨 Three of six elected seats are up, for two-year terms. Read 🧵 for more details, and more stories:

High-quality school meals can take on hunger, health issues, and poverty at once. See how @dccentralkitchen.bsky.social is doing just that in our nation’s capital, with support from our friend @craignewmark.bsky.social . www.washingtoninformer.com/protecting-s...

Food for Thought: Adequate Nutrition in Neighborhoods, Schools

Community leaders and nonprofits are fighting to protect school meal access following federal funding cuts from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

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On Sunday, Aug 9, WM NYC gathered for a Wiknic on the grass at Southpoint Park. 106 people came out for our annual picnic, gathering near the FDR Hope Memorial on Roosevelt Island from afternoon to early evening. See photos from the day on Wikimedia Commons! commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...

Thanks to support from @craignewmark.bsky.social for the CUNY Newmark Wikimedian-in-Residence program over the past two years, CUNY's archives are free and open to the public on Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata — and one of the best examples is @cunytv.bsky.social. 🧵

"Someone much smarter than me told me that anyone who tells the truth will never be any good dealing with people who lie for a living." @craignewmark.bsky.social talks about "Helping law enforcement, protecting our rights, making amends for stupid sh*t." www.linkedin.com/pulse/helpin...

Helping law enforcement, protecting our rights, making amends for stupid shit

Okay, this is personal, my best try at doing more for the country, why I do it, and, making amends for some stupid shit while doing much better. I was raised in the civil rights era, fifties and sixti...

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I'm at the HOPE conference. Stop by the WikiNYC booth and say hi! @wikimedianyc.bsky.social @hope.net

🇵🇷 📖📸🎉 Edit, Photograph, Celebrate: Wikicurious heads to San Juan, Puerto Rico! Join us Aug 28–29 in Santurce for two days of art, history & culture at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. All experience levels welcome, from longtime editors to first-timers!

Wikimedia NYC is hiring a Membership and Events Manager! You'll run our member gatherings, edit-a-thons, and annual Wikipedia Day celebration. Full-time, remote, NYC region. Apply by Fri, Aug 28. 🔗 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

Our friend @craignewmark.bsky.social, a staunch supporter of @wikipedia.org & the open knowledge movement, has a new Q&A! "Teaching people how to edit Wikipedia [...] is a really big deal because Wikipedia makes user-generated content work way better than anyone does." www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

Reluctant billionaire: The elusive Craigslist founder is ready to talk

SFGATE columnist Drew Magary interviews Craig Newmark.

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. @wikimedianyc.bsky.social is hiring a full-time membership and events manager! www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit...

NEW NEWSLETTER! News, including this Sun, Aug 9: It's our Summer Wiknic on Roosevelt Island, 2-7pm. A picnic anyone can edit, all are welcome. Also in the newsletter: The Athletic covered our World Cup edit-a-thon, plus 1,200+ Wikimedians gathered at Wikimania in Paris. mailchi.mp/wikimedianyc...

🧵🇵🇷 (1/3) Únete a Wikicurious, WikiLatinos y WikiPortraits en San Juan, el 28 y 29 de agosto: dos días de aprendizaje y celebración del arte y la cultura de Puerto Rico. ¡Todas las personas son bienvenidas! 💻 Inscríbete: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evento:Wikicurious:Arte_y_Cultura(Puerto_Rico)

Richard Knipel, @cuny.edu Newmark Wikimedian-in-Residence and board chair of Wikimedia NYC, traveled to the Wikimania 2026 mega-meetup in Paris in July. He organized two events and delivered a lightning talk. Thanks to @craignewmark.bsky.social as always for supporting the WIM project at CUNY ... 🧵

Wikimedia NYC's annual summer Wiknic returns! Join Wikimedians from across on Roosevelt Island Sun, Aug 9 (2–7pm) for a picnic-meets-edit-a-thon. Bring a dish to share, plus your favorite boardgame. All welcome, no experience needed! Register here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:N... #Wikipedia #NYC

Wikimania, the annual conference where free-knowledge enthusiasts from all over the world come together to connect, learn, swap ideas & build new networks, is on! This year it's in Paris. Explore the Wikimania program here: wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Wi... (See alt text for photo credits)

🎉 With Wikimania in full swing, the 2026 Wikimedian of the Year winners have been announced: French Wikipedia's Jules* (top honor), Laureates Dreamyshade & Barkeep49, Community Connector Chlod Alejandro, plus honorees Mari Avetisyan & Hijiri Umemoto. 🌍📚 diff.wikimedia.org/2026/07/22/m...

Meet the Wikimedians of the Year 2026!

This year, once again, we celebrate the people behind the projects!

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Wikimedia Foundation@wikimediafoundation.org · 2mo ago

Meet the 2026 Wikimedian of the Year award winners 🌟 Every year, these awards recognize contributors who have made a lasting impact on the Wikimedia movement. Editors, organizers, developers, photographers... The people making free knowledge a reality!

Highly recommended!

Wikimedia NYC@wikimedianyc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our friends at @dccentralkitchen.bsky.social just got a great feature in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, marking 37 years of turning surplus food into real economic opportunity, with @craignewmark.bsky.social's support also highlighted in the story. Read it here! www.philanthropy.com/news/how-dc-...

Join Wikimedia NYC for our WikiWednesday Salon: "Meet Your Local Wikimedians"! Wed, July 29, 6–9pm ET, hybrid at Prime Produce (424 W 54th St) & online. Hear from local editors plus fresh stories from Wikimania. No experience needed — everyone welcome! Details: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

Our friends at @dccentralkitchen.bsky.social just got a great feature in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, marking 37 years of turning surplus food into real economic opportunity, with @craignewmark.bsky.social's support also highlighted in the story. Read it here! www.philanthropy.com/news/how-dc-...

How DC Central Kitchen Keeps Expanding While Other Nonprofits Shrink

For nearly four decades, DC Central Kitchen has turned food into a tool for economic mobility — training thousands for careers, feeding up to 17,000 people daily, and building a model nonprofits natio...

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Goodnight Bluesky! Would love to wake up tomorrow morning to at least 1 donation to my project, no matter how small. If you can donate or share please do! #STEM #STEAM #edusky #teacher #edtech #tech @craignewmark.bsky.social @stuartmiller1.bsky.social @softtail65.bsky.social

mrjohnsonstem.bsky.social@mrjohnsonstem.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Well I survived #ISTELive26 & came away with so many new ideas for my #STEM classroom. One is an @xtool-official.bsky.social engraver! The lady doing the demo was amazing & it would provide my students so many amazing opportunities. www.donorschoose.org/sl/HWFJGjsTDR I @donorschoose.bsky.social

@craignewmark.bsky.social I am an nyc teacher and would love a digital calendar to stay organized at school with events and meetings. Please repost. Thanks www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

@wikipedia.org is where facts go to live

Wikimedia NYC@wikimedianyc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🗞️ @theathletic.com joined our Wiki Loves Fútbol watch party in NYC on July 10th, as we watched a World Cup quarterfinal + edited @wikipedia.org — part of a campaign organized by WikiLatinos.⚽ Gift link: www.nytimes.com/athletic/744... H/T to @craignewmark.bsky.social for supporting open knowledge! 🙏

@wikipedia.org is where facts go to live

Wikimedia NYC@wikimedianyc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🗞️ @theathletic.com joined our Wiki Loves Fútbol watch party in NYC on July 10th, as we watched a World Cup quarterfinal + edited @wikipedia.org — part of a campaign organized by WikiLatinos.⚽ Gift link: www.nytimes.com/athletic/744... H/T to @craignewmark.bsky.social for supporting open knowledge! 🙏

🗞️ @theathletic.com joined our Wiki Loves Fútbol watch party in NYC on July 10th, as we watched a World Cup quarterfinal + edited @wikipedia.org — part of a campaign organized by WikiLatinos.⚽ Gift link: www.nytimes.com/athletic/744... H/T to @craignewmark.bsky.social for supporting open knowledge! 🙏

Welcome to the high-stakes universe of World Cup Wikipedia editing (Gift Article)

Next time you go to Wikipedia to look up the backup centre-back on Spain, know there are people behind those pages. These are some of them.

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@wikipedia.org is where facts go to live

Wikimedia NYC@wikimedianyc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🆕 🎉 @cuny.edu expands its Open Educational Resource program across Wikimedia! WM NYC's Richard Knipel will work with Lehman College faculty on Wiki-based OER courses, alongside the Wiki Faculty Fellows supported by @craignewmark.bsky.social 🙏 Details: wircuny.commons.gc.cuny.edu/schedule/202...

🆕 🎉 @cuny.edu expands its Open Educational Resource program across Wikimedia! WM NYC's Richard Knipel will work with Lehman College faculty on Wiki-based OER courses, alongside the Wiki Faculty Fellows supported by @craignewmark.bsky.social 🙏 Details: wircuny.commons.gc.cuny.edu/schedule/202...

Last Friday, 25 Wikimedians met at Prime Produce in NYC to watch the World Cup and improve Wikipedia's coverage of Latino fútbol culture. ⚽📝 Wiki Loves Fútbol continues thru July 19: there's still time to earn your stamps! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki_Loves_F%C3%BAtbol #WikiLovesFútbol

Wikimedia NYC@wikimedianyc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

⚽🌍 Join us at Prime Produce on Fri July 10 for a Wiki Loves Fútbol Watch Party + Wikipedia edit-a-thon celebrating the 2026 World Cup! Edit articles, earn stamps, win prizes! It’s free! Thanks as always to @craignewmark.bsky.social & @wikimediafoundation.org for their support ❤️ Details: 🧵