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How Wikipedia Faces Emerging Knowledge with Collective Capital

Non Profit Quarterly

Health crises such as the recent outbreak of coronavirus add a heightened level of urgency to the work that Wikipedia does on a daily basis, and so Marketplace ’s Molly Wood sat down with Katherine Maher, chief executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation , to talk about the challenges of misinformation and the future.

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Want to Get Your Content Out There? Put it on Wikipedia.

Museum 2.0

It might be Wikipedia. If you want people to find out about your unique holdings and knowledge, rather than just sharing them on your own website (findable through Google, but maybe not at the top of the search results), why not also add them to the largest world encyclopedia? Anyone can contribute to it. The exhibition is now closed.

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Great reads from around the web on August 15th

Amy Sample Ward

Wikipedia Rolling Out Article Rating System – What Do You Think? – "Love it or hate it, you can't say Wikipedia is slow to innovate. Article raters have the option of self-identifying as a subject matter expert for whatever article they rate."

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Is Wikipedia Loves Art Getting "Better"?

Museum 2.0

But next month, Britain Loves Wikipedia will commence--the third instance of a strange and fascinating collaborative project between museums and the Wikipedia community (Wikimedians). Wikipedia Loves Art, Take One The first version of Wikipedia Loves Art first took place in February 2009.

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Three Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Diversify Their Brand Online

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In the weeks after Google+ launched I saw a number of blog posts and articles about how brands should drop Facebook and Twitter, and migrate their communities over to Google+. Donors over 40 appreciate a strong website and an e-newsletter. Young, tech-savvy millenials text often and increasing prefer social networks and using tablets.

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Three Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Diversify Their Brand Online

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In the weeks after Google+ launched I saw a number of blog posts and articles about how brands should drop Facebook and Twitter, and migrate their communities over to Google+. Donors over 40 appreciate a strong website and an e-newsletter. Young, tech-savvy millenials text often and increasing prefer social networks and using tablets.

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Learning Resources for Nonprofits and Libraries

Tech Soup

Wikipedia is another frequent starting point. It's good at showing how a particular technical topic relates to other subjects, and you can usually find useful links at the bottom of articles. It has helpful, succinct articles like The Difference Between CRM and ERP. Its specialty is tech advice without the jargon.