*Conference*
The 2018 Wikimedia Conference
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018> starts this
week in Germany. The core conference will occur from the 20th through the
22nd.
*WMF Research Showcase*
On Wednesday, the WMF Research Showcase
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#April_2018>
will include presentations on two subjects that I think will interest a
number of Wikipedians:
1. "The Critical Relationship of Volunteer Created Wikipedia Content to
Large-Scale Online Communities"
2. "The Rise and Decline of an Open Collaboration System, a Closer Look"
*Photography*
As often happens, Wikimedia Commons contributors have selected some great
pictures of the day for this month
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Potd/2018-04>. Here are a few
examples:
1.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynx_lynx_-_05.jpg
2.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mezquita_de_Agha_Bozorg,_Kashan,_Ir…
3.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Soyuz_TMA-13_Edit.jpg
4.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rho_Ophiucus_Widefield.jpg
5.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indosylvirana_urbis-Kadavoor-2017-0…
6.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castillo_de_Zafra,_Campillo_de_Due%…
7
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cirrus_front_over_Austnesfjorden,_A…
8
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fr%C3%BChlingsallee_Tulpenbl%C3%BCt…
What's making you happy this week? You are welcome to comment in any
language
Pine
(
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )