wikipedia editors

Mar 8

Feminist Artists Combat Wikipedia’s Gender Imbalance Through Editing Sessions

The group Art+Feminism, a collective of librarians, students, scholars and artists, has hosted over 280 editing sessions on six continents.

By John Bonazzo

Dec 11

Artificial Intelligence Toward a Kinder, Gentler Wikipedia

Artificial intelligence could help Wikipedia turn bad contributions into better contributors.

By Brady Dale

Aug 19

How Wikipedia Upped Its Page Load Speed by Roughly 40 percent—and Why

The key information on a given Wikipedia page is loading 40% faster than it used to, and this should lead to more people around the world contributing to the site.

By Brady Dale

Aug 18

Wikipedia’s Culture War: A Decade-Long Fight Over How to Spell ‘Yogurt’

By Brady Dale

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