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This Month in GLAM: April 2026

This Month in GLAM – Volume XVI, Issue IV, April 2026 Headlines From the team: How the GLAM Community Can Shine in the 2026–27 Annual Plan Albania report: International Roma Day 2026 in Tirana, Albania Argentina report: WikiConf Argentina and GLAM projects Asia report: Documenting and citing oral knowledge in audio and video Australia report: WikiCon Australia, ICIP, Orphan works and Trans-Tasman partnerships Brazil report: Wikimedia Brasil publishes book on the power and challenges of free knowledge Colombia report: We celebrate Public Domain Day with an expert panel / Celebramos el día del dominio público con un Panel de expertas Italy report: Ongoing and New GLAM-Wiki Projects New Zealand report: Women in Wartime event at Auckland Museum & an update for WiR NZBSI Nigeria report: Wikimedia Commons Upload Campaign North Macedonia report: Wikimedia MKD in Action: Digitization, Wikisource and Educational Workshops Poland report: GLAM-Wiki Developments: Residencies, Partnerships and Audiovisual Heritage Serbia report: April in Wikimedia Serbia Switzerland report: Le Donne di Villa Massimo UK report: A tenth-century Quran and Islamic Art in Urdu USA report: Wiki MIT launches and US meetups Biodiversity Heritage Library report: Update on the BHL Annual Meeting 27 April - 1 May & BHL Day Memory of the World report: Eight new articles on MoW inscriptions Calendar: May's GLAM events Read this edition in full • Single-page To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

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June 2026

Hello, I'm Dafootballguy. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Radical feminism have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. In solidarity Dafootballguy Want to talk? 01:22, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

I pressed undo myself, realizing I misread the sentence as being about the group called Radicalesbians mentioned later in the page and not the group of people described as "radical lesbians" with a space. This is really difficult to describe over text alone lol ✝ barbieapologist (talk) 01:28, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: May 2026

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About This Month in GLAM · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · Romaine 21:21, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

The DCWC is open!

See a    "developing" or    "least developed" country? Write about it to earn points!

Hey Barbieapologist, the third annual Developing Countries WikiContest is now open for submissions. Welcome to the contest! You can now list your work at your submissions page to earn points. We hope that you enjoy participating in this drive to fight Wikipedia's systemic bias. If you haven't done so already, please review the following:

• New to Wikipedia? Many experienced editors are part of this contest and willing to help; feel free to ask questions on the talk page.
• Got open nominations? List them at the review requests sidebar.
• Looking for a topic to work on? Check out suggested articles and eligible reviews.
• Not sure if your article qualifies? See the scoring rules for more information or contact a coordinator.
• Know someone else who might be interested? Sign-ups remain open throughout the contest, so don't hesitate to invite other editors!

On behalf of the coordinators, we hope you enjoy participating and wish you the best of luck! If you have any questions, please leave a message on the contest talk page or ask one of the coordinators: Arconning (talk · contribs), Generalissima (talk · contribs), Magentic Manifestations (talk · contribs), sawyer777 (talk · contribs), or TechnoSquirrel69 (talk · contribs). (To unsubscribe from these updates, remove yourself from this list. Sent via MediaWiki message delivery.) —TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 00:00, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: June 2026

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About This Month in GLAM · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · Romaine 22:34, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

DCWC August update

The 2026 Developing Countries WikiContest has been running for a month now, so let's check in with the competition so far!

As of the time of writing, our top contestants are:

1. Vanderwaalforces (submissions) ahead of the pack with 715 points, with two FAs and many GAs on the monarchs of the Kingdom of Benin;
2. Simongraham (submissions) with 291 points, mostly with GAs on jumping spiders, alongside various GAN and FAC reviews;
3. Jaguarnik (submissions) with 240 points, mostly from an FA on the 1945 film Ivan the Terrible;
4. Grnrchst (submissions) with 215 points, mostly from GAs on anarchist history in various countries, alongside many GA reviews, and;
6. Vestrian24Bio (submissions) tied for 4th with 215 points, with an FL and four GAs on Indian cricket!

These competitors are in the lead, but if past experience is any indication, big shake-ups might still await us in the contest. If you're looking for a way to boost your position, we got a table of review requests from fellow participants—you can rack up a lot of points through reviews, and it might just convince others to review your own nominations! You can also look through the eligible reviews page to find other articles to review, with highlights for articles eligible for the 1.5× multiplier. The coordinators would like to thank Jaguarnik (submissions) for his work to keep this page up to date.

Thank you so much for all your work in the contest so far, dear participants, and keep on the good fight against systemic bias on our wiki! Have any questions? Leave a message on the contest talk page or send it to one of our wonderful coordinators: Arconning (talk · contribs), Generalissima (talk · contribs), Magentic Manifestations (talk · contribs), sawyer777 (talk · contribs), and TechnoSquirrel69 (talk · contribs). (To unsubscribe from these updates, remove yourself from this list. Sent via MediaWiki message delivery.) Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 05:25, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

July 2026 GOCE drive award

		The Minor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Barbieapologist for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE July 2026 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 04:04, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: July 2026

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About This Month in GLAM · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · Romaine 00:03, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: New Bern Firemen's Museum (August 12)

Draft declined

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. Your draft submission to Articles for creation has been reviewed but not accepted at this time.

Feedback

The reviewer, Timtrent, left the following feedback:

This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for organizations and companies. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:

• provide significant coverage: discuss the subject in detail, excluding routine coverage like product launches, staff appointments, or financial reports and listings in databases or listicles;
• are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight;
• are independent: not connected to the subject, such as press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content.

Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia.

Yu may have an uphill struggle to show notability for a specialist local museum. Please research diligently to find useful references and do not resubmit unless you can find them

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• Edit Draft:New Bern Firemen's Museum to address the points above, making sure to publish any changes.
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🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 13:06, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Barbieapologist! Having a draft declined at Articles for creation can be disappointing, but don't be discouraged, it's common when creating your first article. Need help? For an overview of our policies and guidelines see Everything you need to know. To understand why your draft was declined, please read the reviewer's feedback and follow any links to help pages you've been given. If you're still confused, try asking for advice at the Articles for creation Help desk. For peer support regarding all other editing, sourcing, or policies, visit the Teahouse, a friendly question and answer hub for new editors. We'd love to see you there! 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 13:06, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

DCWC September update

The 2026 Developing Countries WikiContest has now been running for two months! We have seen tremendous improvements in the encyclopedic coverage of several underrepresented areas thanks to contributions from a wide range of editors. The coordinators would like to highlight some of the new participants this year who have been making notable contributions to the contest, including but by no means limited to:

• Kisseran (submissions) – 462 points, with a featured article (Ancient Cappadocian language) and various reviews primarily on Chinese topics
• Dragonhawk12 (submissions) – 280 points, who's well on their way to breaking the DCWC record for good article reviews and peer reviews
• Jishara (submissions) – 268 points, with a couple of good articles and a diverse selection of reviews as well
• Rainsage (submissions) – 113 points, with two good articles, notably the Jenin Horse
• Chickenpox4dinner (submissions) – 107 points, largely from their Did you know writing about Caribbean folklore
• Propitheque (submissions) – 105 points, from two good articles about Malagasy lemurs

With less than a month remaining until the end of the contest, it's time to get your last rounds of submissions over the finish line! Please consider picking up one of the review requests or eligible reviews to help out your fellow participants and earn some additional points in the process.

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the contest talk page or ask one of the coordinators: Arconning (talk · contribs), Generalissima (talk · contribs), Magentic Manifestations (talk · contribs), sawyer777 (talk · contribs), or TechnoSquirrel69 (talk · contribs). (To unsubscribe from these updates, remove yourself from this list. Sent via MediaWiki message delivery.) —⁠TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 18:16, 7 September 2026 (UTC)