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News and notes
News and notes
Mozilla gives WMF $100,000 for audio and video support
internet browser project, Firefox 3.1
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Wikipedia Loves Art begins
Wikipedia Loves Art is "a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest among museums and cultural institutions worldwide, aimed at illustrating Wikipedia articles." The event is scheduled at various institutions throughout the month of February, starting at London's Victoria and Albert Museum on February 1. Editors are also encouraged to go on their own any time throughout the month of February. Participating groups of Wikipedians and institutions are located worldwide. For more information on participating, see the project page.
Jimmy Wales is "character approved"
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Patrick Robinson, and Shepard Fairey. Along with the award, the USA Network is donating $10,000 to each recipient's charity of choice; in this case, the Wikimedia Foundation
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Briefly
- Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, has been made freely available in the Help namespace of Wikipedia at Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Milestones
- The Egyptian Arabic (Masry) Wikipedia has reached 1,000 articles.
- The Slovenian Wikipedia has reached 70,000 articles.
- The Cantonese Wikipedia has reached 10,000 articles.
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