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Belgium Public Domain Day and Dance Heritage
ByNews from Wikimedia Belgium.
🎶 Looking back on 8 May - Writing session for PhD students in arts and musicology
On 8 May, PhD students from all over Belgium gathered for an inspiring writing and meeting day around research in the arts and musicology. The meeting offered young researchers the chance to present their work and engage in conversation about methodological, historiographical and artistic questions.
The session was not only a productive networking opportunity, but also produced nice concrete results on Wikipedia:
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The day once again demonstrated the potential of collaboration between academic research and free knowledge sharing. Thanks to all participants and faculty present for their commitment and valuable contributions!
🎉 1 January = Public Domain Day! Join Wiki Loves Public Domain!
On 1 January, we celebrate Public Domain Day - the day when copyrights expire and creative works become freely available to all. A wealth of images, texts and music then enters the public domain, available for Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata and Wikipedia, among others.
New this year: Wiki Loves Public Domain (WLPD)
To highlight this moment, this year we are organising the very first edition of Wiki Loves Public Domain: a challenge to make the public domain more visible and available on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. And what exactly will WLPD look like? We will be happy to decide that together!
📌 Consider, for example, activities such as:
- Writing Wikipedia biographies about creators whose work will soon become public domain
- Uploading and adding work by creators who have just become public domain.
Stronger together - international as well
For this project, we are collaborating with Wikimedia Netherlands, Wikimedia France and, of course, partners such as meemoo, Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Belgium and the Netherlands) and Open Nederland.
🤝 Do you want to help?
We are looking for enthusiasts who want to help with:
- Developing the project page and work lists
- Promotion and communication
- Uploads to Wikimedia Commons
- Organising (online or live) activities
Interested? Let us know by sending an email to Michelle van Lanschot: vanlanschot@wikimedia.nl
Together we make the public domain visible - for everyone!
Santé on the heritage of Denderland!
From July 1 to September 30, we invite all heritage and photography enthusiasts to share images of Denderland's heritage via Wikimedia Commons.

🎯 Theme: breweries, distilleries & people's pubs 📍 Region: Denderland incl Aalst, Ninove, Erpe-Mere, Haaltert, Lede, Denderleeuw 🏆 Beautiful prizes & chance at expo as well as national recognition!
More info through: Wiki Loves Denderland 2025
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