Hello everyone, 


As we are 28 days away from Wikipedia 20 celebrations and many of you are already working on plans to host an event and/or other birthday activities, we wanted to share some of the resources that may help with your plans! 


Visual materials to use and share:

*Wikipedia 20 marks and designs. [1]

*How to create your own marks for Wikipedia 20. [2] 


Resources shared this week:

*A guide to planning a virtual event. [3]

*A guide to your press/media outreach and community messaging. [4]


More resources that will be shared soon on the Wikipedia 20 portal on Meta:

*Digital swag (presentation template, zoom backgrounds, GIFs, and digital stickers)

*A short anthemic video celebrating “20 Years Human” for use across media and events.

*Birthday video messages from Katherine Maher and Jimmy Wales for local community celebrations. 

*More social media assets in the Resources section. [5] 

*More social media guidance and draft posts in the Press and social media section. [4]


Please watch the Wikipedia 20 discussion page [6], join the Facebook group [7] and the Telegram group [8] to keep up-to-date.


Thank you, and please share any questions you may have via email wikipedia20@wikimedia.org, or use the discussion page. [6]


Samir Elsharbaty and the Wikipedia 20 team


[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Resources#About_the_Wikipedia_20_Mark

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Resources#Making_your_own_birthday_symbol

[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Events/Planning_a_virtual_event

[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Media

[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Resources

[6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikipedia_20

[7] https://www.facebook.com/groups/3028324960606545

[8] https://t.me/joinchat/E1HSNh2q8E-XPzdw3pLUIw


Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)

Brand Associate

Wikimedia Foundation