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Jan 18, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
It is a big day for Wikipedia: We are getting a new look! 🎉
For the first time in 10+ years, and during our 22nd birthday month, a series of updates to English Wikipedia’s desktop will make the site more welcoming and easier to use for everyone!
Explore the changes🧵⬇️ (1/9)
➡️ Table of contents
The new table of contents helps you know which section you are currently reading and get helpful context. It remains visible as you scroll down the page, making it easier to navigate to various sections. (2/9)
In February, we are highlighting Black voices to be heard, people to be seen, and stories to know.
Keep an eye on this thread for Wikipedia articles all month long 🧵👇🏽
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode buses into the segregated Southern US in 1961 to challenge the non-enforcement of Supreme Court rulings that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. w.wiki/4kwJ
When Olga of Kiev's husband was murdered by the Drevlians in 945, her retaliation made Game of Thrones' "Red Wedding" look like child's play. (thread)
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First: Olga took the throne as regent for her young son. She was the first woman to rule Kievan Rus'. But, the Drevlians soon wanted her to marry one of their princes, and they sent twenty diplomats to make it happen.
So, Olga killed them... by burying them alive. 😬
May 29, 2019 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Yesterday, we were disappointed to learn that @thenorthface and @LeoBurnett unethically manipulated Wikipedia. They have risked your trust in our mission for a short-lived consumer stunt. 1/ wikimediafoundation.org/2019/05/29/let…@thenorthface@LeoBurnett In a video about the campaign, Leo Burnett and The North Face boasted that they “did what no one has done before … we switched the Wikipedia photos for ours” and “[paid] absolutely nothing just by collaborating with Wikipedia.” 2/
Sep 18, 2018 • 65 tweets • 2 min read
The longest English word in a major dictionary is 45 letters long, but the longest English word ever is the chemical name of the largest known protein, titin. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:…
For anyone who’s wondering, the full word is ylalanylglutaminylglutamylarginylisoleucylglutamylprolylprolylglutamylisoleucylglutamylleucylaspartylalanylaspartylleucylarginyllysylvalylvalylvalylleucylarginylalanylserylalanylthreonylleucylarginylleucylphenylalanylvalylthreonylisole
