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Leslie Wyche (Photos)

Leslie Wyche  (The Mayor of Harlem)   Leslie Wyche & D. Davis Leslie Wyche Craig Simmons, Thomas DiNapoli, Leslie Wyche, and John Liu Howard Watts, Leslie Wyche, and Fitzgerald Miller William Thompson & Leslie Wyche Dennis Walcott, Joel Klein, & Leslie Wyche

2017 Wikimania Conference Montreal, Quebec

2017 Wikimania Conference Montreal, Quebec The conference was one of those high points in life where you remember it for life, and an experience I continue to pull from, think about, and act on lessons learned. While at the Wikimania conference I participated in a panel discussion with Afrocrowd/NYC and shared my experiences. At the conference I met a lot of Wikipedians. It was a joy to be around so many people with the same drive for creative informational content to share locally, nationally, and globally. I learned more about the vastness of Wikimedia, and that there are so many ways to create content, and to get involved; like Wikivoyage, Wikidata; Wiki education, etc. I learned more about Wikimedia's mission and that Wikimedia is a movement with project goals for the future. I found all of the events that I attended to be very helpful and informative. The strategy sessions were helpful in regards to the many conversations about challenges. Many of the challenges that ...

Understanding Wikipedia and Wikimedia Training Videos & How it Works from the founder Jimmy Wales

Understanding Wikipedia and Wikimedia Training Videos & How it Works from the founder Jimmy Wales 10 Questions with Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=-dXk8wQ4c8w Jimmy Wales: Time to rethink journalism https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=WX2xGS2hzHw Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales on The Alcove https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=e1t88Bul5is Why Wiki in Education https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=405zSk0Qagk     The GLAM-Wiki Revolution is a short documentary about the GLAM programme in the United Kingdom. The GLAM programme is a series of partnerships between Wikimedia UK, a charity which supports Wikipedia and its editors in the UK, and cultural institutions, known collectively as GLAMs (an acronym for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums). Many choose to play host to a Wikimedian-in-Residence, who acts as a liaison between the institution and the Wikimedia community and works to open up the resources held by ...