Sources: Wikipedia
The Wikimedia Foundation reaches an agreement with the Indonesian communications ministry to comply with the country's electronic system registration rules after discussions addressed concerns over content removal and data disclosure requirements, averting a potential block of Wikipedia in the country. 2026-04-25
All editions of Wikipedia are blocked in Venezuela by state-owned CANTV amid an ongoing political crisis. 2019-01-12
Wikipedia concludes a large-scale operation blocking hundreds of users centered on networks of for-pay edits violating the encyclopedia's guidelines. 2015-09-1
The Wikimedia Foundation and eight other organisations file a lawsuit in the state of Maryland, US against the National Security Agency and the United States Department of Justice regarding the NSA's mass surveillance program. The Wikimedia Foundation is the owner and parent company of Wikipedia. 2015-03-10
The Russian Presidential Library announces plans to establish a Russian version of Wikipedia stating that it would provide more "detailed and accurate" information about the country. 2014-11-16
Edits to Wikipedia made via computers within the United States Congress are blocked for ten days after a series of disruptive edits on pages created by congressional staff members. 2014-07-25
The UK government launches an inquiry after the "Liverpool Echo" reported that Whitehall computers had been used to post offensive remarks about the Hillsborough disaster on Wikipedia pages relating to the topic. 2014-04-25
A main belt asteroid discovered at Ukraine's Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory in August 2008 is named 274301 Wikipedia after the Wikipedia encyclopedia. 2013-01-31
IBM's Watson artificial intelligence program wins on the U.S. quiz show "Jeopardy!", defeating Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings, the series' most successful contestants. [https:--www.pcmag.com-article2-0,2817,2380489,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121 (PC Mag)] "Watson" used Wikipedia, among other sources, as its knowledge base. "[https:--web.archive.org-web-20121021042319-http:--www.vancouversun.com-entertainment-Watson+computer+Ottawa+roots-4290481-story.html (The Vancouver Sun)]" "[https:--www.npr.org-2011-02-11-133686004-IBM-Computer-Faces-Off-Against-Jeopardy-Champs (NPR)]" "[http:--www.ibm.com-ibm100-us-en-icons-watson- (IBM)]"2011-02-16
The online encyclopedia Wikipedia goes offline, with users encountering navigation error messages. 2010-03-24