Dear Wiki Community,

A warm welcome to all our new wiki-members who have subscribed to our mailing list through the survey!

Thank you to the 350+ community members who have already completed http://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5pXdPBtl9B5BsDH the survey. If you have not done so yet, please remember that the survey closes on Friday, 19 June at 23:59.

The week in review.

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http://wikilovesmonuments.co.za/wiki/Main_Page Wiki Loves Monuments

Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 is only 79 days away. We are planning many exciting activities around the competition and will keep you informed. Remember to also like our https://www.facebook.com/WLMZA WLM Facebook page to be informed of the latest events.

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Wikimania 2015

South Africa will be represented by 3 delegates at Wikimania 2015, which will be held in Mexico this year - Deon Steyn, Bobby Shabangu and Douglas Scott. To find out more about this international gathering of Wikimedians/Wikipedians, please visit the http://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimania homepage.

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Wikimedia Foundation Board

The Wikimedia community has chosen three new board members for the Wikimedia Foundation - Denny Vrandečić, James Heilman, and Dariusz Jemielniak . To read more about them, please http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results/ visit the website.

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Afrikaans Writing Competition

We will be introducing an Afrikaans Writing Competition during the latter part of this year. We want to engage with the community to brainstorm ideas around subject matter, participants etc. Please send a mail to the mailto:theresa.hume@wikimedia.org.za Administrator.

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Securing access to Wikimedia sites with HTTPS

To ensure that Wikipedia users can share in the world's knowledge more securely, the Wikimedia Foundation is implementing HTTPS, to encrypt all traffic on Wikimedia sites. To read more about this initiative, please http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/12/securing-wikimedia-sites-with-https/ visit the website.

Happy editing!

Wiki Regards

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