Media
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Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a project to build free encyclopedias in all languages of the world.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary is a project to create a multilingual free content dictionary in every language.
Wikiquote
Wikiquote is a repository of quotations taken from famous people, books, speeches, films or any intellectually interesting materials. Proverbs, mnemonics or slogans are also included in Wikiquote.
Wikibooks
Wikibooks aims to build a collection of free e-book resources, including textbooks, language courses, manuals, and annotated public domain books. It aims to help both (self-)instruction of students and teachers in high schools and universities.
Wikisource
Wikisource is a multilingual project to archive a collection of free and open content texts.
Wikispecies
Wikispecies is an open, wiki-based project to provide a central, more extensive species database for taxonomy. It covers living and fossil representatives of Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Bacteria, Archaea, Protista and all other forms of life.
Wikinews
The Wikinews project was launched with the mission to report the news on a wide variety of subjects. Contributors from around the world write news articles collaboratively. Reports range from original reporting and interviews to summaries of news from external sources. All reports are required to be written from a neutral point of view.
- Lost 52 Project announces discovery of wrecked sub near Okinawa (2019/11/14 00:57)
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
The Lost 52 Project announced on Sunday that a sunken World War II-era submarine wreck they found last June was the remains of the U.S.S. Grayback. The wreck was located about 50 miles (80 km) south of Okinawa, Japan at a depth of over 1400 feet (about 430 meters), far from where the Navy's records initially predicted it would be. The United States Navy confirmed the discovery.
The Lost 52 Project, named after the number of U.S. Navy submarines sunk during World War II, has previously located several of those vessels — three or four by varying reports — using data released by the U.S. Navy. However, the information provided concerning the Grayback contained a mistranslation, placing its probable location according to the New York Times about 100 miles from Okinawa, to the east-southeast.
Amateur researcher and systems engineer Yutaka Iwasaki of Kobe, Japan came across military records that showed a Japanese bomber had attacked a U.S. vessel in late February, but the coordinates it gave differed from the Navy's figures for the Grayback by one digit. Lost 52 sailed to the alternative probable location and deployed underwater drones to search the ocean floor using sonar.
The trip was subject to technical problems requiring a return to shore to fix broken equipment. One of the drones began to malfunction, but it was able to send back the data it had collected, which revealed a mass at a depth below 1400 feet. The team subsequently deployed a camera, providing footage of the name plaque on the side of the vessel with the name "Grayback" still legible.
Team leader Tim Taylor told the Washington Post, "It was amazing. Everyone was excited [...] Then you realize there are 80 men buried there, and it's a sobering experience."
The Tambor-class submarine U.S.S. Grayback encountered a Japanese Nakajima b5N carrier bomber while returning from its tenth patrol in late February 1944. The Grayback was short on torpedoes from its recent attack on Japanese cargo ships. The Lost 52 Project identifies February 26, 1944 as the day it sank.
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- Elisha Fieldstadt. "WWII submarine USS Grayback, missing 75 years, discovered off coast of Japan" — NBC, November 11, 2019
- Tim Elfrink. "A WWII submarine went missing for 75 years. High-tech undersea drones solved the mystery." — Washington Post, November 11, 2019
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- Coalition authorities report no casualties from missile strike on Iraqi air base (2019/11/10 20:15)
Sunday, November 10, 2019
On Friday, the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve released a statement saying an attack that day on an Iraqi air base housing U.S. military personnel near Mosul produced no casualties.
A spokesperson told the Military Times the attack took place at about 7:45 p.m. "No Coalition troops were injured. We appreciate the Iraqi Security Forces immediate response and investigation. Coalition forces are in Iraq at the invitation of the Government of Iraq to defeat ISIS remnants;" read the statement; "we will not be deterred by these attacks and maintain the right to defend ourselves." Seventeen rockets struck near the base, according to Iraqi military.
No organization immediately claimed credit for the attack, but some Iraqi militias associated with Iran had made threats against U.S. personnel. The base is home to U.S. troops there to eliminate Islamic State elements in cooperation with Iraqi security forces.
This took place as anti-government protests continue in Baghdad and through the southern part of Iraq. Protesters have claimed Iran, especially, amongst other outside parties, is unduly influencing their government and inducing politicians to act against Iraq's interests. Their demands have included dissolving Parliament, appointing an election committee whose members are selected irrespective of party affiliation, and a clear date set for new elections. Protests are not reported in Mosul, in northern Iraq.
The protests began in early October, then went quiet for a few weeks, before resuming in late October. The news agency AFP has placed the protester death count in the hundreds.
The current government of Iraq was established in 2003 after a U.S.-led coalition ousted Saddam Hussein. Iraq has some of the largest oil reserves of any country in the world, but a large portion of its populace suffers from power outages and lack of economic opportunity. U.S. troops left Iraq in 2011, then at the Iraqi government's request returned three years later. There are reportedly about 5000 U.S. troops now in the country.
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- Qassim Abdul-Zahra (Associated Press). "No casualties in rocket attack on Iraq base with US troops" — Army Times, November 8, 2019
- Jamal Badrani and John Davison. "Rockets land near Iraqi base hosting U.S. forces, no casualties: Iraqi military" — Reuters, November 8, 2019
- Greg Norman. "Iraq cuts off Internet access in Baghdad, southern regions as protests leave 3 more dead" — Fox News, November 5, 2019
- "Deadly violence continues as Iraq protests escalate" — Al Jazeera, November 5, 2019
- AFP. "Iraq cuts off internet as anti-government protests escalate" — France 24, November 5, 2019
- Jane Arraf. "'They Have Stolen Everything from Us': Iraq's Anti-Government Protests Continue" — NPR, November 5, 2019
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Ahmed Aboulenein and Raya Jalabi. "Iraqi forces shoot dead 13 protesters in renewed crackdown" — Reuters, November 5, 2019
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Wikiversity
Wikiversity is a project dedicated to learning materials and learning communities, as well as research. Wikiversity is not limited to university (or tertiary) level materials, but is open to materials and communities of all learner levels. The way it can facilitate learning activities and communities is still being explored, but is centered around the model of 'learning by doing', or 'experiential learning'.
Wikivoyage
Wikivoyage aims to create the world's largest free, complete and up-to-date world-wide travel guide.
Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons provide a central repository for free photographs, diagrams, maps, videos, animations, music, sounds, spoken texts, and other free media. It is a multilingual project with contributors speaking dozens of languages, that serves as a central repository for all Wikimedia projects.
- Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for November 13 (2019/11/13 02:00)
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View from below of Dynamic Mobile Steel Sculpture, an abstract sculpture from 1979 by Canadian artist George Norris (1928-2013). The statue is located in a foyer of the Central Branch of the Great Victoria Public Library (between Broughton and Courtney St), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for November 12 (2019/11/12 02:00)
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Ceiling fresco in the nave of Wilhering Abbey Church (Upper Austria) by Bartolomeo Altomonte: Assumption of Mary (1741) - Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for November 11 (2019/11/11 02:00)
- Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for November 10 (2019/11/10 02:00)
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Coffee bins at Schröers Privatrösterei in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for November 9 (2019/11/09 02:00)
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General view of the village of Monterde, province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. The most important heritage of Monterde, that has a population of 198 (data from 2016), are the church of the Assumption (on the right) of mudéjar-style and erected in the 15th century and its medieval castle (top left) from the 14th century. - Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for November 8 (2019/11/08 02:00)
- Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for November 7 (2019/11/07 02:00)
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Blue hour shot of the south west facade of the Berliner Philharmonie. - Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for November 6 (2019/11/06 02:00)
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High altar of the subsidiary church Pesenbach, municipality of Feldkirchen an der Donau, Upper Austria. Anonymous master (called Master SW), dated 1495. - Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for November 5 (2019/11/05 02:00)
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A specimen of Andromeda satyr (Cithaerias andromeda). - Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for November 4 (2019/11/04 02:00)
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The Étang de Thau and former salt evaporation ponds, in the Lido de Thau, a protected area in Sète, France.
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Wikidata
Wikidata aims to create a free knowledge base about the world that can be read and edited by humans and machines alike. The data available in Wikidata is licensed under the Creative Commons CC0 License to allow third-party users to freely reuse the data available, unlike other Wikimedia projects.
MediaWiki
The MediaWiki open source community maintains several software projects.
Meta-Wiki
Meta-Wiki is a project used as a central hub for various coordination and organization tasks, such as discussions affecting multiple wikis or planning upcoming events.
Wikimedia Incubator
The Wikimedia Incubator is a wiki used for developing new wikis.
Wikimedia Labs
Wikimedia Labs 2) is a project aimed to help volunteers get involved in Wikimedia operations and software development, and to make it easier for system administrators and developers to try out improvements to Wikimedia infrastructure, including MediaWiki.