* his essay in Open Advice about how not to start a community: open-advice.org
* the story about using a cake to get your project paid by Big Tech: blog.metabrainz.org/2013/12/05/u...
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Today the world has lost a light 😢 Rob was a good friend and amazing human being. His passion for open communities, open data and music was infectious and unmatched. If you never had a chance to meet Rob, please take a moment to read these pieces to understand the difference he made in the world:
Image that shows a photo of Berlin with a caption Linux App Summit, May 16-17, 2026 in Berlin, Germany
We’re excited to announce that Linux App Summit 2026 will take place May 16–17 in Berlin, Germany. Join developers, designers, and open source contributors for two days focused on Linux apps.
linuxappsummit.org/local/
#Linux #opensource #Apps #KDE #GNOME #LinuxAppSummit #LAS2026
Wikidata would not be possible without the ton of Free Software projects it runs on. Thank you to all the communities and maintainers, who built them and improve them every day.
♥️ to you on I Love Free Software Day! You make the world go round and help us share open knowledge.
Wikimania 2026 (Paris) - the Call for sessions is open. Click the link for details.
Wikimania 2026 - Call for Sessions!
Building, researching, or working with Wikidata?
Tell the world how Wikidata connects the world through open knowledge at Wikimania.
🗓️ Submit by: March 1st (anywhere on Earth)
ℹ️ More information:
wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki...
#WikimaniaParis
#Wikimania2026
A bunch of saplings in pots overlaid with the KDE mentorship logo (a gear with a seed over one of its teeth) and the words "KDE Mentorship" below it.
Season of KDE 2026 kicks off with 25 volunteers working on 21 projects.
KDE's mentorship program that introduces new contributors to Free Software. Our mentees will help improve the state of Plasma, apps, games, translations, websites, and more.
mentorship.kde.org/blog/2026-01...
A virtual arcade cabinet featuring various wiki-themed games
For Wikipedia's 25th birthday, I'm sharing Wiki Arcade, a virtual directory of wiki-powered games made by amazing people.
🕹️ playwiki.games
Today, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of @wikipedia.org, which for a quarter of a century has been collaboratively built by unpaid strangers on the internet.
A gif of interconnected jigsaw pieces creating a galloping horse, resembling the ways information and articles of Wikipedia create something bigger and dynamic for the world.
🎂 Happy birthday, big sister @wikipedia.org 🎉
For 25 years now you’ve helped people understand the world better, one article, reference, and edit at a time.
Here’s to many more years of sharing knowledge together, be it triples or prose! ♥️
wikipedia25.org/en
#Wikipedia25 @wikimediafoundation.org
A collage of Konqi and friends showing donor comments for KDE
A collage of Konqi showing donor comments for KDE
A collage of Konqi and friends showing donor comments for KDE
A collage of Konqi showing donor comments for KDE
One of the best activities to wrap up the year with? Reading over 2500 donor comments for @kde.org's fundraiser. Thank you to everyone who donated to make our work over the next year possible! Here are some of my favorite notes donors left with their donation. 💙 🐉
Wikimedia Deutschland is looking for a director of engineering. Want to work with great people to move @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social, Wikibase and more forward? Got people leadership and tech skills? This might be for you: wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/6164656...
A fabulous rant on trust as well as a message of love for #Wikipedia by @hankgreen.bsky.social Love the quote "The fight is always going to be the loud thing. The actual useful things in the world are quiet and invisible." www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
A simple black cube with a white LED in its bottom right hand corner on a beige background. That's it. Sorry it is not more exciting.
Ah! But this is. A cool looking set of black VR goggles with two futuristic looking controllers lay on a beige surface.
Valve announces a desktop machine and VR goggles, both powered by KDE's Plasma desktop.
store.steampowered.com/sale/steamma...
store.steampowered.com/sale/steamfr...
KDE's ISO Image Writer let's you download images directly from the Internet and burn them in one fell swoop
The GCompris educational suite of activities gets an editor so teachers can customise activities
The mathematical frontend Cantor improves its support for Python
The Karton virtual machine manager adds new features
KDE's GSoC report is out!
Read the full report to discover all the work mentees have carried out to improve, Krita, Kdenlive, Cantor, KDE Linux, Karton, and more.
mentorship.kde.org/blog/2025-11...
📢One week until the nominations for the next #EuropeanOpenSourceAwards close!
Learn more about the nomination process and the awards given : europeanopensource.academy/open-call-no...
"Adopt an App" is back! You can now show your love for your favorite apps through our fundraiser.
Pick an app, donate €50 or more, and tell us about your choice in the comments:
kde.org/fundraisers/...
You will appear as a supporter on the apps apps.kde.org page.
Timetable for today's sessions, available at: https://pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025/schedule/
Timetable for today's sessions, available at: https://pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025/schedule/
💫 WikidataCon begins today!
Well we did it again... 9 sessions from lightning talks, presentations, panels and a workshop!
Last chance to join us: w.wiki/EKXz
All times stated are in UTC.
#wikidatacon #wikidata #openknowledge
Timetable for today's sessions, available at: https://pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025/schedule/
Timetable for today's sessions, available at: https://pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025/schedule/
💫 WikidataCon continues as we head into November.
Once again, we've crammed 9 sessions to our daily schedule before we start another round of Wikidata-powered games.
Need the room-link? w.wiki/EKXz
All times stated are in UTC.
#wikidatacon #wikidata #openknowledge
Timetable for today's sessions, available at: https://pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025/schedule/
Timetable for today's sessions, available at: https://pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025/schedule/
💫 WikidataCon begins today!
We have 9 sessions scheduled today, capped off, of course, by some Wikidata games.
Want to join?
Register for access: w.wiki/EKXz
All times stated are in UTC.
#wikidatacon #wikidata #openknowledge
📢Deadline for nominations to the European Open Source Awards has been extended!
Final Deadline : 10th of November, 23:59 CET
Submit your nomination today : europeanopensource.academy/open-call-no...
Thank you to everyone who’s been along for the ride for the past 13 years and those who will be for many more to come! diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/29/b...
#Wikidata has been recognized as a digital public good! Wikidata is always the mostly-invisible powerhouse in the background, so this is especially meaningful to me and a great recognition of the work that thousands of people put into structuring the world’s knowledge every single day.
![Wikidata 13 birthday call at 1700 UTC, visit [[Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday]] for the access link](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tciwtadchl6jl554gmljvso6/bafkreiggps55go3vfhrwfydpcdhs62vkckpjgvjqcwttbuizkt7spudmma)
Wikidata 13 birthday call at 1700 UTC, visit [[Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday]] for the access link
The day has arrived, Wikidata turns 13 years old! 🍰 🎉
What do you think the next 13 years has in store for Wikidata?
🎤 Tell us in the Presents & Messages Call!
🕔 Today, 17:00 UTC on BigBlueButton (access link here: w.wiki/FmFR)
Leave us a message or add a present: w.wiki/FqaY 🎁 🎤
See you soon!
13th Birthday teaser image of candles, fireworks and a ball of shapes in the official Wikidata colours.
🎉 Wikidata is turning 13! 🎂
🎈 Join in the Festivities on our live celebration call 🎈
🕔 17:00 UTC
📅 October 29, 2025
🔗 Access link here: w.wiki/FmFR
👉 Other cool events around the world: w.wiki/FqZQ
🎁 Birthday Presents & Messages: w.wiki/FqaY
🎂💬🧑💻🎈 #Wikidata #WikidataBirthday #OpenData
Why Wikipedia editors have deleted entries from the “List of unusual deaths”: “hippos are extremely dangerous and very aggressive and there is nothing unusual about hippos killing people” “the man was working on the toilet, making his death inherently less strange than if he had been using it” “no longer an unusual or unique occurrence” regarding impalement by beach umbrella “being hit by multiple motorcycles in a race is not an unusual death” “fatalities involving objects or animals being launched into oncoming traffic are considered commonplace” regarding a Canadian couple’s fatal collision with a “flying bear”
recently discovered that wikipedia volunteers have a hilariously high bar for what constitutes "unusual death"
session teaser banner for the Wikidata 4 Social Good panel at WikidataCon
The session I am looking forward to the most for this #WikidataCon is the Wikidata4 Social Good panel with Jan Ainali, Jona Hölderle, Mateus Santos and Friedrich Lindenberg next Sunday. Join us to hear more about their great projects. Don't forget to register at www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:W...
Are you ready for WikidataCon next week? We can't wait to see you there!
Check out the program and register today at:
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:...
#wikidatacon #wikidata #openknowledge
The WikidataCon schedule is released on Pretalx. Click the link to see which sessions are coming
#WikidataCon, the conference dedicated to the #Wikidata community, is taking place on October 31 - November 2, online.
You can check the program and register for the conference!
See the scheduled Program:
pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025...
Register for the event:
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:...
Image "Konqi opens the magic box" by Arctaxia.
Happy Birthday to us 🎂! KDE is 29!
Today KDE is 29 years old and we are celebrating kicking off our yearly #fundraiser. Donate and make KDE's wishes come true.
kde.org/fundraisers/...
