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Activists call for the release of jailed Wikipedia volunteers.
Wikipedia, which has more than 1,800 Russian-speaking volunteer editors, has long been a thorn in the Russian government’s side.
Until recently, a small Wikipedia edition said Dianne Feinstein was San Francisco's mayor. This project could help avoid that sort of out of date info.
The Broadsheet, Fortune Most Powerful Women by Kristen Bellstrom, Claire Zillman, and Emma Hinchliffe
When people who disagree are forced to work together, something magical happens.
This chapter will focus on the history and impact of LGBTIQ+ contributions to Wikimedia projects through the personal experience of one WIkipedian. This chapter will also explore the global thematic chapter Wikimedia LGBT+ and the community it builds and supports.
The collaborators of the Black Lunch Table discuss their efforts at filling holes in the documentation of contemporary art history on Wikipedia.
We set out to write the sum of all human knowledge. Unfortunately, it's complicated.
To build a Wikipedia that reflects the full breadth and depth of humanity, we must deconstruct the myths that allow misogyny, racism, colonialism and other forms of oppression to flourish in our communities, and build new practices for the next 20 years.
As the largest and most successful online volunteer project, Wikipedia is rightfully celebrated as a triumph of crowdsourcing and volunteerism. However, Robert Fernandez discusses the downsides of volunteerism and how volunteers can contribute to stifling innovation.
Wikipedia’s death has been predicted many times in its twenty years. Reagle groups these dour prognostications into four periods. Though this history shows making predictions is foolhardy, Reagle predicts Wikipedia has many years of life ahead of it.
What have we learned in Wikipedia's two decades?
Contributors are rethinking what Wikipedia’s commitment to neutrality actually means.
Female and LGBTQ editors of the online encyclopaedia have complained of harassment.