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Wikimedia Enterprise Developments and Community Feedback
Wikimedia Enterprise generates millions in revenue by selling Wikipedia data to corporations, but its relationship with volunteer editors remains tense. Transparency, community input, and reinvestment are key to its future.
How Wikipedia's Current Events Portal Selects Stories for Coverage
Wikipedia's Current Events portal doesn't follow headlines - it follows verified facts. Learn how volunteer editors select only significant, well-sourced events for inclusion, and why some major stories are left out.
Consensus-Building Techniques for Difficult Wikipedia Discussions
Learn how to build consensus on Wikipedia during heated edit disputes using policy, sourcing, and calm communication-without escalating into edit wars.
Disaster Recovery and Backups for Wikipedia Infrastructure
Wikipedia's disaster recovery system keeps the world's largest encyclopedia running nonstop. Learn how hourly backups, global redundancy, and automated failover prevent data loss - and what small sites can learn from it.
How the Wikimedia Foundation Manages Press Coverage and Media Relations
The Wikimedia Foundation doesn't rely on ads or hype to build trust - it uses transparent, journalist-focused media relations to ensure accurate coverage of Wikipedia. Here's how they handle press, criticism, and AI challenges.
Reducing Systemic Bias on Wikipedia Through Task Forces
Wikipedia task forces are volunteer groups working to fix systemic bias by adding missing voices, correcting harmful language, and expanding reliable sources. Their efforts are making the encyclopedia more accurate and inclusive.
WMF Annual Plan 2025-2026: Key Priorities for Wikipedia and Its Global Community
The WMF Annual Plan 2025-2026 outlines how Wikipedia will expand access, fight misinformation, and empower underrepresented editors worldwide. It’s not just about tech-it’s about who gets to write history.
Major Wikipedia Controversies Throughout History: Timeline
Wikipedia has faced major scandals from fake identities and corporate manipulation to political censorship and bias. This timeline covers the biggest controversies that shaped the world's largest encyclopedia.
How to Get Local Topics Accepted on Wikipedia: Meeting Notability in Small Markets
Learn how to meet Wikipedia's notability standards for local topics in small markets, avoid common deletion pitfalls, and use reliable sources like archives, government reports, and regional media to get your community's history documented.
The History and Evolution of Wikinews Since Its 2004 Launch
Wikinews launched in 2004 as a volunteer-driven news site using Wikipedia’s open model. Though it never went mainstream, it pioneered transparent, source-based journalism and still operates today as a quiet archive of verifiable reporting.
What Neutral Coverage Means for Polarized Topics on Wikipedia
Wikipedia’s neutral coverage doesn’t ignore controversy - it documents it fairly. Learn how the platform balances polarized topics with facts, sources, and transparency - and why it still works in a divided world.
The Sister Projects Task Force: Reviewing Wikimedia Projects
The Sister Projects Task Force is reviewing Wikimedia's 11 open knowledge projects beyond Wikipedia - from Wiktionary to Wikivoyage - to ensure they remain viable, updated, and accessible to global users.
