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WMF Engineering Roadmap: Key Priorities for MediaWiki and Mobile Apps in 2025
The WMF engineering roadmap focuses on modernizing MediaWiki and improving mobile apps for faster, more accessible Wikipedia experiences worldwide-prioritizing reliability, inclusion, and community trust over flashy features.
How to Read a Wikipedia Article Critically: Infoboxes, Lead Sections, and References
Learn how to read Wikipedia articles critically by checking infoboxes, lead sections, and references to avoid misinformation and uncover hidden bias. Stop trusting, start verifying.
How Signposts Guide Academic Research on Wikipedia
Wikipedia signposts guide researchers to reliable information by flagging gaps in citations, bias, or quality. Learn how these community tools help academic work and how to use them effectively.
WikiProject Assessment Guidelines: How to Align Your Wikipedia Edits with Official Quality Standards
Learn how Wikipedia's WikiProject assessment guidelines work to improve article quality, meet community standards, and move your edits from stub to featured status.
Copyvio Detection on Wikipedia: Tools, Takedowns, and Rewrites
Learn how Wikipedia detects and handles copied content, the tools used to find violations, how to rewrite flagged text, and how to avoid copyright issues when editing.
Geopolitical Edit Wars on Wikipedia: High-Profile Cases
Wikipedia's open-editing model is being exploited in geopolitical edit wars, where nations and groups manipulate articles on Ukraine, Taiwan, Partition, and Iraq to control global narratives. These battles shape how history is remembered.
Notable Researchers Studying Wikipedia: Key Scholars in Online Encyclopedia Research
Discover the key scholars studying Wikipedia - from community dynamics to systemic bias - and how their research is reshaping how we understand online knowledge.
How to Seek Consensus on Wikipedia Village Pump Proposals
Learn how to build consensus on Wikipedia's Village Pump to get policy proposals approved. Avoid common mistakes and use proven strategies to make your ideas stick.
Sockpuppetry on Wikipedia: How Fake Accounts Undermine Trust and What Happens When They're Caught
Sockpuppetry on Wikipedia involves fake accounts manipulating content to push agendas. Learn how investigations uncover these hidden users, the damage they cause, and why this threatens the platform's credibility.
Controversial Policy Debates Shaping Wikipedia Today
Wikipedia's policy debates over neutrality, notability, paid editing, and AI are reshaping how knowledge is curated-and who gets to decide. These conflicts reveal deep tensions between global inclusion and Western-dominated governance.
Community Feedback on The Signpost: Survey Results and Reader Insights
Community feedback on The Signpost reveals readers want more global voices, shorter articles, and stories about quiet editors. Survey results show how Wikipedia's newspaper is evolving to better serve its community.
How to Monitor Wikipedia Article Talk Pages for Quality Issues
Monitoring Wikipedia talk pages helps identify quality issues before they spread. Learn how to spot red flags, use tools, and contribute to better information across the platform.
