After 4 years of efforts improving 414 articles, in collaboration with the
World Health Organization Department of Essential Medicines and Health
Products, the list has made the main page of EN Wikipedia. Many thanks to
all involved :-)
Work continues to translate the leads of each of the individuals articles
into as many other languages as possible in collaboration with Translators
Without Borders among others.
James
On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 5:03 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I enjoy seeing this photo that was selected as the
Commons Picture of the
Day to mark World Environment Day on 5 June:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polar_bear_(Ursus)_
maritimus_female_with_its_cub,_Svalbard_(2).jpg
I went to the photographer's talk page on Commons to learn more about him.
He says that he is a resident of Germany, has a Ph.D. in biology, and
enjoys photographing the Arctic.
The photo was taken in Svalbard, which has a nice page on Wikivoyage here
<https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Svalbard>. On that page I learned that
"Svalbard's visitors come mostly to experience Arctic nature at its rawest
and most powerful. The islands have untouched glaciers and craggy
mountains, but also polar bears, caribou, a peculiar short legged reindeer,
polar foxes, whales, seals and walruses. Svalbard is renowned for its
variety of birds, including Arctic Terns, Arctic Fulmar and Puffins. Whales
can be spotted off the coastlines particularly during late summer. Humpback
whales, Orcas, Beluga whales, and Narwhals all frequent the ocean waters
near Svalbard."
What's making you happy this week?
Pine
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