Wikimedia Australia September 2026 Update
Our latest newsletter
, Ali Smith.
News
What we've been up to in September 2026, plus our events and news from the wider Wikimedia and Open Knowledge movement.
24 September 2026
Privacy law matters to Wikimedia contributors, readers and the future of free and open knowledge.
17 September 2026
A progress update for WikiProject Organised Labour Month - Australia 2026
7 September 2026
Threatened Species Day and Partner Projects 2026-2027.
1 September 2026
A Wikimedia editing campaign for September 2026.
Reading Lists — save Wikipedia articles to read later
Wikipedia now has a "read later" list. If you're logged in, select the bookmark icon near the top of an article to save it, then find your saved articles on the Reading Lists page. It works on desktop and mobile web, and your list is private. The bookmark sits beside the watchstar, which is still there for following changes to a page.
Upcoming events
Events happening online and around Australia in the next few weeks.
- Partner Projects 2026-2027 FAQ session — Wednesday 2 September 2026
A FAQ and advice session for applying for Partner Projects funding - Introduction to Wikipedia - September 2026 — Wednesday 2 September 2026
Learn how Wikipedia content is created - Drop in and Wiki - September 2026 — Thursday 3 September 2026
Join us online for a casual drop-in session to edit Wikipedia - Adelaide Exchange meet up - September 2026 — Friday 4 September 2026
Want to improve articles about South Australia's heritage and environment? - Commons Catch Up - September 2026 — Thursday 10 September 2026
Join us for Commons Catch Up, a monthly online drop-in session for anyone keen to work on and chat about Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository behind Wikipedia. - Online Community Meeting - September 2026 — Monday 14 September 2026
The Australian Wikimedia community meets online monthly - Perth Meetup 97 — Saturday 19 September 2026
A meet up for WA Wikimedians - Wikimedia Australia 2026 AGM — Sunday 20 September 2026
Save the date for the Annual General Meeting of Wikimedia Australia - Drop in and Wikidata - September 2026 — Thursday 24 September 2026
Join our monthly Wikidata drop in!
Other things from around the web
- Wikimania 2027 scholarship applications close 31 October - Wikimania
- Q&A September with Elliott Bledsoe - AANT
- Coordinate Me 2026 wraps up as the largest Wikidata competition yet — Diff
- Wikimedia Foundation CEO Bernadette Meehan named to TIME100 AI 2026 - TIME
- Tim Sherratt links all 1,881 Australian federal politicians in the Parliamentary Handbook to Wikidata - Tim Sherratt
- Writing and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property in an AI world - Australian Society of Authors
- The anatomy of censorship and propaganda: what Russia's Wikipedia clone reveals about authoritarian information control - CEPR (VoxEU)
- Millions of Volunteers Are Keeping the Internet Human. For Now - Tech Policy Press