Wikizine/EN2011-131

Not done -- cancelled --Walter 09:17, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

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Foundation

[Grant of $3.6 Million] - The Stanton Foundation -, a long term funder of the WMF, donated $3.6 million USD (2,61 Million EUR) to the Wikimedia Foundation. This is the largest grant ever recieved by the WMF. http://tinyurl.com/3qv5grb

[WMF report] - Overview of the recent Wikimedia Foundation activities http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/10/14/wikimedia-foundation-report-september-2011/

Did you know ...

... that it very easy to get a QRcode for any Wikipedia article?

A QR code a square barcode that is used to point to online resources that people can lookup with there mobile device. The website QRpedia.org makes it very easy make a code for any Wikipedia article. The code is language independent. When used it will return to the user the Wikipedia article about that topic in the language of the user based on the language settings of the mobile device. This system is used in several museums to provide multi-language extra information.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QRpedia http://qrpedia.org/

Quote

User: Will You marry me? Siri: My End User Licensing Agreement does not cover marriage. My apologies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siri_%28software%29

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