Wikimedia Foundation appoints Bernadette Meehan as Chief Executive Officer
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/12/09/wikimedia-foundation-appoints-bernadette-meehan-as-chief-executive-officer/
The board of the Wikimedia Foundation has selected Bernadette Meehan to replace Maryana Iskander as CEO of the foundation starting 20 January 2026. Meehan is a career diplomat of the United States and most recently served as the ambassador to Chile. Iskander announced back in May that she would be stepping down.
The latest #Wikimedia drama is the Wikimedia Foundation Board intervening in the ongoing Board election for the two open seats to disqualify two of the six shortlisted candidates. As a result, people are calling for a boycott.
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Join me at two events at the British Library later this month:
https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/knowledge-is-human
On 20 October, the British Library is joining forces with Wikimedia UK and the Wikimedia Foundation to explore the impact of AI on ope…
Judge's order blocking removal of man from U.S. wasn't received until after he was deported, DHS says
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judges-order-blocking-removal-man-us-wasnt-received-was-deported-dhs-s-rcna240739
Senate reconvening Sunday after rare Saturday session aimed at ending shutdown (CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/government-shutdown-latest-senate-weekend-session/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251109/p14#a251109p14
Why Trump wasn't awarded Nobel Peace Prize for Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal (Chris Nesi/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/10/10/us-news/why-trump-wasnt-awarded-nobel-peace-prize-for-israel-hamas-deal/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251010/p31#a251010p31
Finally done creating a bookmarklet that lets me do a series of three clean-up #Wikibase edits on #WikimediaCommons files for this notorious user that uploads thousands of files.
The edits replace a creator=<some value> statement into a known value referring to this user’s