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  #DidYouKnow The blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) is a species of Old World #monkey native to Central and East #Africa, ranging from the upper #Congo River basin east to the East African Rift and south to northern #Angola and# Zambia and populations further south down to South Africa. :wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_monkey :wikispecies: https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cercopithecus_mitis :commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cercopithecus_mitis

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  #QuoteOfTheDay on #WikiQuote is by Ogden Nash: The weather is so very mild, That some would call it warm. Good gracious, aren't we lucky, child? Here comes a thunderstorm.

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  Today's featured picture on the English #Wikipedia is Willa Beatrice Player (August 9, 1909 – August 29, 2003) was an American educator, college administrator, college president, civil-rights activist, and federal appointee. Player was the first African-American woman to become president of a four-year, fully accredited liberal arts college when she took the position at Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina. ➡️ More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willa_Beatrice_Player

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  ❓ #DidYouKnow the #Esperantists (Esperanto-speakers), despite not having a country of their own, are a big community with a culture and identity of their own?. 📸 #WikiLovesZEOs 2026 is an international #photographic competition to promote the #Esperanto heritage around the World through #Wikimedia projects (mainly #Wikipedia and #WikimediaCommons). ℹ️ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Wiki_Loves_ZEOs_2026

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  Move over #blåhaj 🦈, did someone say #goatification 🐐‽ Share your favourite :commons: #WikimediaCommons goat photos in the comments.

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  Big 💜 to all the SREs keeping an eye on things — that's quite a spike!

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  A graph similar to this is available at https://www.wikimediastatus.net in case anyone is curious --sf

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  Of course, the German Wikipedia article has a lot more content — https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulaschprogrammiernacht

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  Lots of talk about donating money, which is great, but donating time is equally as impactful — we always need more editors, and it's these volunteers who create and curate our content! :wikilove: --sf

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  Some people start the new year with a kiss. Others refresh English Wikipedia at midnight ET to see Mickey Mouse. Happy Public Domain Day!

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  #DidYouKnow that #Massospondylus is a genus of the #sauropodomorph #dinosaur that lived in southern #Africa during the Early #Jurassic period, between 201 and 184 million years ago. It was described by Richard Owen in #1854 and is one of the first dinosaurs to have been named. :wikipedia: https://w.wiki/wrv

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  #InTheNews on the en.wikipedia front page: 🐧 The #emperor #penguin (pictured) is added to the endangered species category by the #IUCN due to the effects of climate change. 🚀 #NASA's #Artemis II lands in the Pacific Ocean, completing its crewed #lunar flyby mission. 🏀 In #NCAA Division I #basketball, the #Michigan #Wolverines win the men's championship & the #UCLA #Bruins win the women's championship 🇲🇳 In #Mongolia, Nyam-Osoryn Uchral is sworn in as prime ministe...

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  Happy Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️‍⚧️ :progress_flag: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Transgender_Day_of_Visibility

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  💬 #DidYouKnow that the #pianist Alide Topp once responded to claims that women lacked the "biceps of a man" for great music by stating she broke her #pianos as well as any man? :wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alide_Topp

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  Voting in the #WikimediaCommons Picture of the Year 2023 image competition has ended, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on #Wikimedia Commons. This years winning photo was taken by user Trantuanviet, Which depicts #incense sticks being set out to dry, after being dipped in the incense solution, and was taken in Quang Phu Cau village, on the outskirts of #Hanoi, #Vietnam. 🖼️ For all the results https://w.wiki/Bn$r

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  Here's how the "Ship of Theseus" page looked in July 2003 when it was first created! Since then, the article has been edited 1792 times. 0% of its original phrases remain.