Wikimedia Australia July 2026 Update

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, Ali Smith.


This month’s news and happenings include news of Wikimedia Australia turning 18, our new ICIP and IDSov Guide, what you told us about WikiCon Canberra, and a last call for Craig Franklin Award nominations.

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Respecting First Nations knowledge on Wikimedia platforms

Who has the cultural authority to tell this story? That question sits at the heart of two publications Wikimedia Australia released in July - the Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) and Indigenous Data Sovereignty Guide, a practical resource for contributors working with First Nations knowledge on Wikimedia platforms, and CultureStrong Platforms: Setting the Standard at Wikimedia, a white paper examining the challenges still to be resolved.

Both were developed with Terri Janke and Company, an Indigenous-owned law firm, through community consultation — including our First Nations Expert Group and participants at WikiCon Canberra. The work was presented on the world stage at Wikimania 2026 in Paris, where Dr Terri Janke facilitated the First Nations keynote panel.

Read about the project

Wikimedia Australia turns 18

Thursday, 6 August, marks eighteen years since Wikimedia Australia was incorporated in 2008. Somewhere between then and now, we came of age: from the first GLAM-WIKI event in 2009, to some 23,000 images shared from state library collections and Australia's first Wikimedian in Residence, to Noongarpedia, to welcoming our first staff and hosting international conferences. None of it would have happened without the volunteers, members and partner organisations who've built the free knowledge movement in Australia. Thanks for the first eighteen years!

Look back at where we've been.

A tour of the toolbox - Wikimedia tools worth a look

The Wikimedia projects are surrounded by a workshop full of tools built by volunteers — each solving one problem well! Our blog post rounds up fourteen of them, grouped by mood: a Commons workbench, Wikidata helpers, ways to find your next edit, and a few pure rabbit holes for when you'd rather wander. Whether you're a seasoned editor or just curious, we hope you'll find a useful tool to try!

Take a tour

Featured tool - Can I TRUST Wikipedia?

How do you tell whether a Wikipedia article is reliable? Wikimedia Belgium has turned that question into an interactive game. You're shown the features of an article and sort them into green ticks for articles that can be trusted and red flags that should give you pause. It's a fun, five-minute way to sharpen instincts most of us use without thinking, and well worth passing on to students, teachers, or anyone who reads Wikipedia.

Play it!

Upcoming events

Events happening online and around Australia in the next few weeks.

Other things from around the web

Image: Iñaki LL, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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