Last year was defined by strategic action and Wikimedia CH built on strong foundations established in 2017, while benefiting from key learnings that will shape activities going forward. This year was the first full year that the strategic action plans of GLAM and Education, two of Wikimedia CH’s...
We would like to invite everyone to this year’s hackathon to have fun coding with and for Wikidata. Before the hackathon, you can also sign up for our training workshop (Wikidata Zurich Training 2019) here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikidata-zurich-training-2019-tickets-71352311685?ref=estw In...
In short: Join the Wikidata Hackathon at Wikimedia! Code, collaborate, and learn to create visualizations using Wikidata and Zurich open data sets. Sign up for a pre-event workshop and bring your own ideas! (AI summary)
Free knowledge thrives when people feel safe to contribute their perspectives and expertise. To better support the volunteers who make Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects possible, we offer concrete services to ensure that everyone can participate without fear of discrimination or harassment....
The Wikimedia Hackathon 2020 is a virtual & social initiative on May 9th to 11th 2020 (Saturday to Monday). It is a fully remote alternative to the in-person Wikimedia Hackathon which should have taken place on the same dates in Albania...
Imagine you want to find out the land mass of Switzerland. You type your query in an online search engine and a page opens with your results. What comes up, front and center, is the answer: 41,285 km². This number has been researched and...
In short: Support Wikimedia CH and gain access to neutral, factual information on Wikipedia - the internet's leading source for free knowledge. Your donation helps mai... (AI summary)
In 2017, Wikimedia created a strategic direction to guide our Movement into the future: By 2030, Wikimedia will become the essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge, and anyone who shares our vision will be able to join us. Over a two-year period, people from across our Movement...
The 10th GLAM-on-Tour in Switzerland is all about the world-famous Montreux Jazz Festival and its archives. From 24 to 27 November, participants will experience places where stars aren’t the only ones who want to be there. The glamour and the many photo and film documents will inspire the editing...
In the national “wildlife and nature” category for Wiki Science Competition 2019 there are 2 winning pictures. Both images display birds: swans and a flying redkite. Luis Scarabino who took the picture of the flying redkite was born and grew up in Argentina, but currently lives in Switzerland. He...
Wikimedia CH and the Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts (SAPA) have launched a partnership to promote archives and data about the performing arts in Switzerland. The SAPA Foundation collects, documents, archives and promotes works in the...
Two new faces in the Wikimedia CH staff In June 2023, the team of Wikimedia CH welcomed two new staff members in the field of fundraising and membership management as well as in the Education programme. We are glad to have them on board now. Clara Wiest (on the left) joined us as Operations and...
In short: Meet Clara Wiest and Daniela Mor, new staff members at Wikimedia CH! Learn about their roles in fundraising, membership management, and education, as well as... (AI summary)
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