This is excellent! I am still holding out for UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage though ;)
On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I hope you're getting ready for a nice weekend, wherever in the world you > are! > > I'm pleased to share a piece of news that will hopefully provide a > positive ending to your week: Wikipedia has officially been recognized as a > Digital Public Good. You can read the full details in this blog post [1]. > > What: Wikipedia has entered the official registry of digital public goods > that is hosted by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA), a > multistakeholder initiative that is endorsed by the United Nations (UN) > Secretary-General in support of open source technologies that contribute to > the advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). > > So what: This status is a very public stamp of approval of the value we've > been telling everyone for 20+ years our projects provide. Wikipedia plays a > unique role in advancing global access to a free and open source of trusted > knowledge, in the public interest, while upholding values of transparency > and personal privacy, and following open source protocols...and we're not > the only ones claiming this. The designation underpins impactful talking > points anytime we're mentioning how our projects contribute to important > topics like media literacy, linguistic diversity online, or the development > of generative AI tools. > > Join us in sharing this good news with your networks! > > Happy Thursday, > Ziski > --- > [1] > https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/02/12/wikipedia-recognized-as-a-digital-public-good/ > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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