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    This page provides a listing of current collaborations, tasks, and news about English Wikipedia. New to Wikipedia? See the contributing to Wikipedia page or our tutorial for everything you need to know to get started. For a listing of internal project pages of interest, see the department directory.

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    Welcome to the community bulletin board, which is a page used for announcements from WikiProjects and other groups. Included here are coordinated efforts, events, projects, and other general announcements.

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    • Monthly contest, WikiProject Military history. The contest department of the Military history WikiProject aims to motivate increased quality in military history articles by offering a form of friendly competition for project members making improvements to them. The primary contest available is a simple rolling competition that awards points for improving articles. The contest runs from the first to last day of each month.
    • Guild of Copy Editors' editing blitz. The June 2025 editing blitz was a one-week-long effort by the Guild of Copy Editors to reduce its backlog. The themes were: articles on the GOCE Requests page from March to June 2025, and articles on the backlog from October 2023 and November 2023. It began on 15 June, 00:00 (UTC), and ended on 21 June, 23:59 (UTC). Stay tuned for the next event.
    • Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red 2025 Events:
    Recently completed: Revolutionary women Alphabet run: I & J
    New this month: LGBTQ+ women Alphabet run: K & L
    Ongoing initiatives: Music #1day1woman
    Upcoming events: Alphabet run: M & N Women in Red turns 10 Geofocus: Ten for Kenya Ideas


    Meetups for June 2025
    Melbourne 48 June 2, 2025 (2025-06-02)
    London 217 June 8, 2025 (2025-06-08)
    Lez Wiki Edit-a-thon June 8, 2025 (2025-06-08)
    Singapore 22 June 13, 2025 (2025-06-13)
    Brighton 5 June 14, 2025 (2025-06-14)
    Oxford 112 June 15, 2025 (2025-06-15)
    San Diego 123 June 21, 2025 (2025-06-21)
    Cape Town 49 June 21, 2025 (2025-06-21)
    Johannesburg 18 June 21, 2025 (2025-06-21)
    Aberdeen 3 June 23, 2025 (2025-06-23)
    Exeter 4 June 28, 2025 (2025-06-28)
    Los Angeles Wiknic June 28, 2025 (2025-06-28)
    Lez Wiki Edit-a-thon June 29, 2025 (2025-06-29)


    Meetups for July 2025
    San Diego 124 July 12, 2025 (2025-07-12)
    London 218 July 13, 2025 (2025-07-13)
    Chicago Wiknic July 13, 2025 (2025-07-13)
    Minnesota Wiknic July 19, 2025 (2025-07-19)
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    General notices
    The Signpost
    24 June 2025

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    You can help improve the articles listed below! This list updates frequently, so check back here for more tasks to try. (See Wikipedia:Maintenance or the Task Center for further information.)

    Fix spelling and grammar
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    Help counter systemic bias by creating new articles on important women.

    Help improve popular pages, especially those of low quality.

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    This week's backlog of the week is:

    Category:Wikipedia requested images of extinct organisms

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