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
The Arabic edition of Wikipedia is taken offline for one day in protest of the ongoing war in Gaza. 2023-12-23
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
The Russian Wikipedia goes blank for 24 hours in a protest over legislation before the State Duma that would allow the creation of a unified digital blacklist of all websites containing banned content. [http:--en.rian.ru-society-20120710-174509543.html (RIA Novosti)] (Russian Wikipedia)2012-07-10
American billionaire Louis Bacon wins a judgement in the United Kingdom against Wikipedia, the "Denver Post" and WordPress about disclosure of identities of people who published allegedly defamatory comments although the judgement does not apply in the United States. 2011-05-9
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 celebrates the tenth anniversary of its founding. 2011-01-15
Two Israeli groups launch a course in "Zionist editing" of the online encyclopedia project Wikipedia. 2010-08-18