The @npub1hdk2...eh5e will switch traffic between its data centers today (19 March) at around 14:00 UTC. This is done twice a year to make sure that #Wikipedia and the other #Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time. More info:
Tech/Server switch - Meta-Wiki
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Citation Hunt - Help find citations for Wikipedia articles!
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⚽ #DidYouKnow that #soccer in #Australia is at least 150 years old this year! An early match took place at the #Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum in suburban #Brisbane, on 7 August #1875, when a team of inmates and wards men from the asylum played against the visiting Brisbane Australian rules football club. πŸ“œβ„ΉοΈ For More History:
Soccer in Australia - Wikipedia
 #AustralianHistory #AusHistory #SportsHistory
πŸ₯³ Ukrainian Wikipedia turns 21. 21 years ago a Ukrainian teenager who lived in Japan created [[uk:Атом]], #Ukrainian #Wikipedia’s first article. Today we have 1,36 million articles – and counting. βœ‰οΈ
[Wikimedia-l] Ukrainian Wikipedia turns 21 - Wikimedia-l - lists.wikimedia.org
After seeing a post about someone who is running a fediverse instance on an ip6.arpa domain, we've gone down the .arpa top-level domain rabbit hole this evening!
.arpa - Wikipedia
The featured picture that appeared the English #Wikipedia front page on the 2025-01-22 from #WikimediaCommons is a Cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosa rixosa) riding on the head of a male #capybara (Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris). image
Did you know we make XML dumps of all our wikis' data publicly available[0], including some which go back to 2001 (the UseModWiki era!)[1] --- [0] -
Data dumps - Meta-Wiki
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Wikimedia Downloads
πŸŽ‰ Wikipedia is 24 years old today!
Wikipedia:Wikipedia Day - Wikipedia
 #Wikipedia
woah :blobhaj:
BlΓ₯haj - Wikipedia
Lots of talk about donating money, which is great, but donating time is equally as impactful β€” we always need more editors, and it's these volunteers who create and curate our content! :wikilove: --sf