New Wikimedia Commons App Makes Photo Donation To Wikipedia A Breeze

New Wikimedia Commons App Makes Photo Donation To Wikipedia A Breeze

Almost all internet using folks have landed upon Wikipedia at some point in their lives. The online encyclopedia has become a vital part of the internet and is heavily relied upon by students, professionals and the average Joe and Jane from around the world. Wikipedia entries not only contain text, they also contain pictures. The Wikimedia Commons project works hard to collect photos and media files that are relevant to Wikipedia pages. They’ve now released new iOS and Android app which lets users submit their own photos to Wikimedia.

The Wikimedia Commons app for iOS and Android offers simple functionality. Users can tag, title and upload pictures from the gallery of their device or by snapping one through the camera. Additional functions are available through the web app, the mobile app simply offers the ability to upload pictures. Though before a user can start uploading pictures through these apps, they’ll need to sign up for an account, and that can only be done online, not through the app. The apps for each platform can be downloaded from iTunes App Store and Google Play Store.

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Wikipedia adds watchlists to mobile web app, plans to release more features soon

Wikipedia updates mobile web features

With over three billion mobile pageviews last month, Wikipedia certainly has the consumption side of information down. Mobile content creation, on the other hand, has been severely limited. Beginning with updates released today, the Wikimedia mobile web team aims to change that. This latest web app refresh includes the ability to log in or create an account to track articles on a user’s watchlists. In addition, new users will see the watchlist star on their mobile devices as an incentive to create an account and join the community. Future updates will allow users to add photos and edit article content on the go, too — but note that the Wikipedia bots will be keeping all you mobile pranksters in check. Hit up the source link to get started.

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Wikipedia’s Sister Travel Site “Wikivoyage” Launched

Wikivoyage logo en TTO attempt.svg Wikipedias Sister Travel Site Wikivoyage LaunchedWe already mentioned that the Wikimedia Foundation will be officially launching its travel site, WikiVoyage, today, the 15th of January. Well, just in time for 12th anniversary founding of Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation is announcing the launch of its free online travel guide today. Similar to its sister site, Wikivoyage is free to edit, free of ads, and built collaboratively by volunteers from across the world. (more…)

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You’re About To See Videos in Your Wikipedia

While there are some videos currently embedded on Wikipedia pages–according to this category, 244 of them–Wikipedia isn’t really known as a place where people upload and watch videos. The problem is that Wikipedia’s old video player only played Ogg files. Which is fine, because we’ve got YouTube and other services for that, but there are a lot of articles where creative-commons licensed video could make a huge difference. Which is why it’s great that Wikipedia is finally pulling their HTML 5 video player out of beta. Your Wikipedia is about to get a lot more multimedia. (more…)

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Google, Mozilla and Wikimedia projects get Maya language translations at one-day ‘translathon’

Google, Mozilla and Wikimedia projects get Maya language translations at one-day 'translathon'

Twenty native speakers of Yucatec, Mexico’s most widely spoken Mayan tongue, met last Thursday to help bring the language to Google, Mozilla and Wikimedia projects. The event, dubbed Mozilla Translathon 2012, was organized to provide translations for Firefox, Google’s Endangered Languages Project, the WikiMedia software that powers Wikipedia and 500 crowdsourced articles, to boot. Finding the right words, however, can often be a tricky proposition. “There are words that can’t be translated,” Mozilla’s Mexico representative Julio Gómez told CNNMéxico. “In Maya, file doesn’t exist. Tab doesn’t exist.” Gómez continues to explain that the group may keep foreign words as-is, or find other terms to represent the same ideas. In addition to software localization, it’s believed that the effort could allow Maya speakers to “recover their identity and their cultural heritage,” according to Wikimedia México president Iván Martínez. If you’d like to peruse wiki articles in the indigenous language, check out the source links below.

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