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Wikimedia in education

Education program gaining momentum in Israel

"Great success" in Israel universities is leading to collaboration and editing in high schools.

Traffic report

The World Cup hangs on, though tragedies seek to replace it

Last week I predicted that the World Cup dominance on the report would be over—but I was wrong. The World Cup Final fell on the 13th of July, which was actually the first day of the week covered by this report, not the last day of the last report. Hence, five of the Top 10 this week are again World Cup related-topics.

News and notes

Institutional media uploads to Commons get a bit easier

Galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs) today are facing fewer barriers to uploading their content onto Wikimedia projects now that the new GLAM-Wiki Toolset Project has been launched. The tool, which is the fruit of a collaboration between Europeana and several Wikimedia chapters, relieves GLAMs from having to write their own automated scripts and gives them a standardized method of uploading large amounts of their digitized holdings.

Forum

Did you know?—good idea, needs reform

The English Wikipedia's did you know (DYK) section has been a feature of the site's main page since February 2004. From the beginning, the section has served as a place to highlight Wikipedia's newest articles. But over the last few years, the did you know section has gotten steadily larger and more complex, and non-notable or plagiarized articles have occasionally slipped through the reviewing process, leading numerous editors to call for reforms to the system. We asked two editors to share their views.

Featured content

Why, they're plum identical!

Ten articles, five lists, and 25 pictures were promoted to featured status on the English Wikipedia last week.

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