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Hoogtepunten van Wikimedia, maart 2015

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Hier zijn deSpecial:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Highlights van de https://blog.wikimedia.org/ van maart 2015

Editatonas photo by Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 4.0. Raspberry Pi photo by Janet Chapman, CC BY-SA 4.0. Terry Gilbey photo by Myleen Hollero, CC BY-SA 3.0. Open data graph by Ellery Wulczyn and Dario Taraborelli, CC0 1.0. Kourosh photo by Myleen Hollero, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fountain of Justice
Photo by Roland Meinecke, GFDL 1.2.

This March, the Wikimedia Foundation filed a suit against the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) of the United States. The lawsuit challenges the NSA’s mass surveillance program. Learn more.

Womens History Month

Art+fem
Photo by Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Last month, we featured a special collection of stories on women and gender diversity in the Wikimedia movement, to celebrate International Women’s Day and WikiWomen’s History Month. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did.


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Growing free knowledge through open data

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London Clickstream

Graph by Ellery Wulczyn and Dario Taraborelli, CC0 1.0.

Open data can help us understand how people find and share knowledge online. The Wikimedia Foundation’s Research and Data Team published 5 open data sets about Wikimedia projects.

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Raspberry Pi in Masekelo: Bringing Wikipedia to a school without electricity

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Masekelo
Photo by Janet Chapman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Students in a Tanzanian high school without electricity can now access Wikipedia via Wi-Fi, using a donated Raspberry Pi computer. Find out how a generous donation is bringing this school into the 21st century.

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Wikimedia Foundation adopts Open Access Policy to support free knowledge

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Library Book
Photo by LSE Library, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Wikimedia Foundation announces a new policy to make all research it directly supports freely available to the public under open licenses.

Welcome new members of Wikimedia Foundation

Guy
Guy
Guy Kawasaki, Board of Trustees

The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce that Guy Kawasaki has joined our Board of Trustees. Mr. Kawasaki is a noted author, entrepreneur and internet evangelist, who will bring a wealth of experience and perspective to our movement.


Photo by Nohemi Kawasaki, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Terry
Terry
Terry Gilbey, Chief Operating Officer

This month, we also welcomed Terry Gilbey as interim Chief Operating Officer, reporting to Executive Director Lila Tretikov. Previously, Terry was Executive Director of Enterprise Operations at Kaiser Permanente, and served in various management roles at IBM Global Services.


Photo by Myleen Hollero, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kourosh
Kourosh
Kourosh Karimkhany, VP Strategic Partnership

And Kourosh Karimkhany joined the WMF as VP of Strategic Partnerships, reporting to Lisa Gruwell. A longtime media executive, Kourosh has worked with leading companies such as Yahoo and Conde Nast — where he spearheaded the acquisition of Wired.com, Ars Technica and Reddit.


Photo by Myleen Hollero , CC BY-SA 4.0.

Andrew Sherman, Digital Communications Intern, Wikimedia Foundation

Fabrice Florin, Movement Communications Manager, Wikimedia Foundation