A gentle reminder that Wikipedia is a global treasure and that if you dislike what you see on there the door is open to you to contribute to the community.
Radical transparency and cooperation is how Wikipedia works:
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"If the social platforms and LLMs that increasingly shape our understanding of the world are inscrutable black boxes, @wikipedia.org is the opposite...For any sentence, there is a source, and a reason that that source was used, and a reason for that reason" 👏 v @joshdzieza.bsky.social @theverge.com
Happy International Women's Day! Thank you to the @wikipedia.org volunteers writing #women into history. As one of the world's most visited sites Wikipedia shapes people's world views- we need to fill content gaps and make sure women’s accomplishments, experiences, and contexts are represented❣️
Big thanks to Eric Brown for inviting me to share some reflections on the Let's Hear It Podcast! We talked about @wikipedia.org roots, its enduring strengths in the age of #AI, the power of volunteers to build consensus, and more. Take a listen here: www.letshearitcast.com/anusha
Looking for hope and action in this moment of division? Trabian Shorters has answers. Read his piece in @ssireview.bsky.social, done as part of a series on #communications for community-building launched in collaboration w @comnetwork.org
#nonprofit #commsforgood
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Birthday cake adorned with the Wikipedia puzzle globe logo. Text says: Happy birthday to Wikipedia! Thank you to the nearly 260,000 volunteer editors that contribute to Wikipedia every month.
🎉 It is our birthday!
On this day in 2001, Wikipedia was launched.
Over two decades later, it has become one of the largest and most trusted sources of knowledge on the internet, with 63+ million articles in 300+ languages.
Read all about the history of Wikipedia ➡️ w.wiki/KYn
Happy 24th Birthday @wikipedia.bsky.social! So glad you've got the internet's back!
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Thank you, Josh! Knowledge created by humans and in the public interest is exactly it!
I'd set aside Anusha Aikhan's (@nush.bsky.social) latest on how to create a trusted information ecosystem (Wikimedia) in @ssireview.bsky.social when I first came across it.
But I'm glad I read it this week after Meta made clear their relationship to the public interest. 😉
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On the list of "things everyone may not know about Wikipedia" is that search engines, voice assistants, and generative AI tools like ChatGPT all rely on Wikipedia to deliver information.
In short, giving to Wikipedia is important to the internet as a whole❣️ @wikipedia.bsky.social
Yes @louiegilot.bsky.social!
What was the world most curious about this year? 🌏
@wikipedia.bsky.social has got the goods and the not so goods…check it out here:
"The snippet generation:"
"Long-form entertainment is out and snack-sized media is in for the next generation of kids, teens and young adults."
Phones and social networks are "changing the way we think, eroding young people's willingness to focus."
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How do we address polarization? By prioritizing community-building. Here are some lessons from my work @wikimedia.bsky.social on putting the humans that power @wikipedia.bsky.social at the center of #communications
How does @wikimedia.bsky.social keep their community of volunteer contributors engaged and thriving?
In this new article, they share 6 key communications strategies: "To make a mission a reality requires a commitment to building community, and communications is at the heart of it."