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  "textContent": "\n\n\nOur latest newsletter\n\n6 March 2026, **Ali Smith**.\n\n  _Wikipedia 25 Birthday mascot by CDekock-WMF,CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons_\n\nThis month’s news and happenings includes celebrating volunteer achievements, inspirational projects and new events.\n\n_Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date with the latest from the Wikimedia Australia Community._\n\n## News\n\n###  Open platforms, open minds, respectful practices: ICIP & IDSov Guide for Wikimedia Australia\n\nWikimedia Australia warmly invites you to attend an in-person information session with Dr Terri Janke, in Canberra, exploring how Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) and Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov) intersect with open knowledge platforms such as Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.\n\nEvent details and RSVP\n\n### Get ready for WikiCon Australia 2026\n\n\n\nThe WikiCon Australia program is now live. Join us for a weekend filled with learning opportunities, networking, engaging discussions, and yes, some fun!\n\nRegistration is available to attend in person and also via Zoom.\n\n📍 **Location:** National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory\n\n📅 **Dates:** Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 April 2026\n\n📝 **Registration:** Register on meta-wiki\n\n### Wikipedia 25th anniversary docuseries\n\nThe documentary series celebrating Wikipedia’s 25th anniversary featured nine Wikipedians from around the world, each of whose unique activities was compiled into a video of just under one minute. The videos were then introduced on the Wikimedia Foundation’s social media platforms from January 15th. Read more on Diff\n\n## Online tools powered by Wikis\n\nDiscover and explore games and websites powered by Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons and other wikis.\n\n### Queer Memory - Queer History of the World\n\nExplore LGBTQIA+ histories across every continent, powered by open data from Wikidata, Wikipedia, and Wikimedia Commons. Explore the tool.\n\n### Wikipedia the Text Adventure\n\nA playable text adventure version of Wikipedia. Start anywhere that has a Wikipedia article, and explore the world a step at a time. Go on a new Adventure.\n\n### Gender Bias Detector\n\nSearch for a woman's Wikipedia biography — or an entire category — to generate an instant bias audit. Explore gender bias.\n\n## Events\n\n  * **Introduction to Wikipedia - March 2026** — Wednesday 4 March 2026\nLearn how Wikipedia content is created\n  * **Drop in and Wiki - March 2026** — Thursday 5 March 2026\nJoin us online for a casual drop-in session to edit Wikipedia\n  * **Introduction to Wikipedia: increasing awareness of South Australias unique environment** — Thursday 5 March 2026\nincreasing awareness of South Australia’s unique coastal environments, protected areas and nature conservation issues, and heritage and history.\n  * **2026 International Women's Day Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon** — Saturday 7 March 2026\nIn 2026, celebrate International Women's Day (IWD) by helping Yarra Libraries and the Women's Art Register close the gender gap in Wikipedia articles and editors in our Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon.\n  * **Online Community Meeting - March 2026** — Monday 9 March 2026\nThe Australian Wikimedia community meets online monthly\n  * **Perth Meetup 93** — Sunday 15 March 2026\nRegular social WikiClubWest catch-up.\n  * **Introduction to Wikipedia editing at TTG Library** — Thursday 26 March 2026\nJump in and learn the basics of editing Wikipedia in person\n  * **Drop in and Wikidata - March 2026** — Thursday 26 March 2026\nJoin our monthly Wikidata drop in!\n\n\n\n## Other things from around the web\n\n  * _What we are learning from hub pilots - Diff_\n  * _Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 3 - Diff_\n  * _Why Wikimedia belongs in education - Wikimedia UK_\n  * _Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links - ARS Technica_\n  * _Inside the effort to digitise and translate centuries-old Newa manuscripts - Kathmandu Post_\n  * _The Spark of Linked Data and Libraries: OCLC Passage Project White Paper Translation Report - Diff_\n  * _The architecture of conflict VS the architecture of collaboration - Wikimedia Europe_\n  * _WikiCendekia 2026: Insights from our training of admins in Indonesia - Diff_\n\n",
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