*Conference* The 2018 Wikimedia Conference <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018> starts this week in Germany. The core conference will occur from the 20th through the 22nd.
*WMF Research Showcase* On Wednesday, the WMF Research Showcase <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#April_2018> will include presentations on two subjects that I think will interest a number of Wikipedians: 1. "The Critical Relationship of Volunteer Created Wikipedia Content to Large-Scale Online Communities" 2. "The Rise and Decline of an Open Collaboration System, a Closer Look" *Photography* As often happens, Wikimedia Commons contributors have selected some great pictures of the day for this month <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Potd/2018-04>. Here are a few examples: 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynx_lynx_-_05.jpg 2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mezquita_de_Agha_Bozorg,_Kashan,_Ir%C3%A1n,_2016-09-19,_DD_81.jpg 3. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Soyuz_TMA-13_Edit.jpg 4. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rho_Ophiucus_Widefield.jpg 5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indosylvirana_urbis-Kadavoor-2017-05-05-001.jpg 6. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castillo_de_Zafra,_Campillo_de_Due%C3%B1as,_Guadalajara,_Espa%C3%B1a,_2017-01-04,_DD_41-46_PAN.jpg 7 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cirrus_front_over_Austnesfjorden,_Austv%C3%A5g%C3%B8ya,_Lofoten,_Norway,_2015_April.jpg 8 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fr%C3%BChlingsallee_Tulpenbl%C3%BCte_2010_(1).jpg What's making you happy this week? You are welcome to comment in any language Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
