Wikimedia
Deutschland
Annual Report
2018
Deutschland
Annual Report
2018
Jason Krüger for Wikimedia Deutschland e. V.; adapted by user: David Saroyan (Wikimedia Commons), beschnitten, eingefärbt von Atelier Disko für WMDE, CC BY-SA 4.0
Together we know more
- cultural institutions have provided a total of 218 data sets under a free license since the first Coding da Vinci event in 2014.
- new data metaphor increases visibility of the common good in data policy.
- lexemes were created in Wikidata in 2018 (instead of the expected 5,000).
- visitors came to the Wikipedia day in 11 local community rooms in the German-speaking area to take a look behind the scenes of Wikipedia.
- Cultural institutions from Berlin to Zurich opened their doors in 2018 as part of GLAM on Tour events and other formats.
- members are supporting us in our advocacy of Free Knowledge.
- volunteers and staff members of 9 thematic working groups have been working out recommendations in 2018 for Wikimedia’s future.
- Wikis use the advantages of the new search feature making it easier to find content.
- organizations from the Internet industry and civil society united in 2018 in an open letter against the controversial upload filters.
- pictures were uploaded to the free media archive Wikimedia Commons in Germany alone as part of the photo competition Wiki Loves Monuments.
- audio files in 46 languages were recorded with the Wikibase installation Lingua Libre in 2018.