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Andrew Lih

@fuzheado

Wikimedian-at-large at @Smithsonian, @MetMuseum @Wikimedia strategist, author The @Wikipedia Revolution; Tooting at @fuzheado@wikis.world
Washington, DC andrewlih.com Joined February 2007
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Andrew Lih @fuzheado
Back to in-person @Wikipedia editing events! Join us at @smithsonian to spotlight Black women birders and natural history @NMNH #SmithsonianWomensHistory
Join us in-person @NMNH on Wednesday 5/17 for a #Wikipedia edit-a-thon about black women birders! You can help update and create new articles on the site. No editing experience required. Register to join us! @SIAmericanWomen #SmithsonianWomensHistory etix.com/ticket/p/77774…
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Andrew Lih @fuzheado
Volunteerism and citizen science have been part of the @smithsonian since it’s inception - today the tradition continues with collaborative transcription and content improvement with Wikipedia @TranscribeSI #GLAMwiki #Openglam
In 1848, to understand the weather, the Smithsonian distributed monitoring equipment to volunteers across the U.S. This system gave rise to what we now know as the National Weather Service.

This week, we begin tackling a new challenge—monitoring pollution across the continent.
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