Artificial Reading for an Encyclopedia Written by Machines: Reflections on a...
Wikimedia Commons, By Mikhail Kryshen, 2013 In the latest edition of Wikimania in Katowice, wikilari Galder González, in a presentation titled: “Abstract Wikipedia and the dream of a Universal...
View ArticleSay hi to temporary accounts: easier collaboration with logged-out editors...
The Wikimedia Foundation is rolling out temporary accounts for unregistered (logged-out) editors on multiple wikis. Their communities have the chance to test and share comments to improve the feature...
View ArticleHow a summer internship started my journey as a Wikimedian
Like many of Gen Z, I have been reading Wikipedia articles for as long as I have been using a computer but, until this summer, I had never created an account or made any edits. Wikipedia had always...
View ArticleWelcome to Wikipedia! Here’s what we’re doing to help you stick around
Someone signing up to edit a Wikipedia page for the first time may feel a bit like a visitor to a new planet—excited, to be sure, but wildly overwhelmed. Many new editors must wonder: Just how many...
View ArticleHow could Wikimedia Commons be improved? A conversation with designer George...
Earlier this year, the Wikimedia Foundation asked designer George Oates, who has worked for Flickr and the Internet Archive‘s Open Library, among others, to conduct a deep dive into Wikimedia Commons,...
View ArticleKids these days: the quality of new Wikipedia editors over time
The proportion of quality newcomers over time. (2006-2011) As part of the 2011 Wikimedia Summer of Research, we uncovered a possible correlation between the decline in new active editors that began in...
View ArticleHow much do new editors actually improve Wikipedia?
Does a constant stream of new editors really make Wikipedia better? Increasing participation is one of the top five priorities in our strategic plan. But when we talk about retention of newly...
View ArticleKids these days: the quality of new Wikipedia editors over time
The proportion of quality newcomers over time. (2006-2011) As part of the 2011 Wikimedia Summer of Research, we uncovered a possible correlation between the decline in new active editors that began in...
View ArticleHow much do new editors actually improve Wikipedia?
Does a constant stream of new editors really make Wikipedia better? Increasing participation is one of the top five priorities in our strategic plan. But when we talk about retention of newly...
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