Category: Online Encyclopedias - Page 14
RfA Trends in 2025: Success Rates and Community Expectations
In 2025, Wikipedia's RfA success rate has dropped to 17% as community expectations rise. Admins now need conflict resolution skills, cultural awareness, and emotional maturity-not just edit counts. Learn what really matters today.
Off-Wiki Canvassing and How It Undermines Wikipedia Consensus
Off-wiki canvassing undermines Wikipedia's consensus by letting outside groups influence edits through social media and other platforms. This violates the core principle of neutral, evidence-based collaboration and erodes trust in the encyclopedia.
Off-Wiki Canvassing and How It Undermines Wikipedia Consensus
Off-wiki canvassing undermines Wikipedia's consensus by manipulating edits from outside the platform. It erodes trust, triggers edit wars, and threatens the integrity of one of the world's most trusted information sources.
Off-Wiki Canvassing and Its Impact on Wikipedia Consensus
Off-wiki canvassing undermines Wikipedia's consensus by allowing external influence on edits. This practice distorts collaboration, erodes trust, and drives away contributors. Learn how it works, why it's banned, and what you can do to protect Wikipedia's integrity.
Affiliations Committee Changes and Impact on Wikipedia Communities
Changes to Wikipedia's Affiliations Committee in 2025 reshaped how global volunteer groups are supported, leading to faster approvals, better funding, and stronger representation from the Global South. The shift is helping revive editor growth in underrepresented regions.
Phabricator: Wikipedia's Issue Tracking and Task Management System
Phabricator is the task and bug tracking system powering Wikipedia's technical infrastructure. Used by thousands of volunteers and engineers, it coordinates code changes, bug fixes, and feature development across all Wikimedia projects. Learn how it works and why it's critical to keeping Wikipedia running.
Reliability of Wikipedia: Myths vs Reality for Scholars
Wikipedia is often dismissed by academics, but research shows scholars use it daily to find context and sources. This article separates myths from reality, showing how Wikipedia supports - not replaces - scholarly work.
Wikipedia Administrators: Roles and Responsibilities Explained
Wikipedia administrators are volunteer editors with special tools to handle vandalism, block abusive users, and protect articles. They don't control content - they enforce policies. Learn how they're chosen, what they do, and how they're held accountable by the community.
Protecting Wikipedia Pages During Crisis and Vandalism Surges
Wikipedia faces massive vandalism surges during global crises. Learn how volunteer editors, protection levels, and community checks keep facts alive when misinformation spreads fastest.
Measuring Knowledge Integrity Across Encyclopedias with Open Benchmarks
Open benchmarks now measure how accurately encyclopedias like Wikipedia and Britannica present facts. Learn how knowledge integrity is being tested, what the results show, and why transparency matters more than ever.
Press Reviews: How Media Coverage of Wikipedia Stacks Up
Many media stories misrepresent how Wikipedia works, calling it unreliable or chaotic. But the truth is more nuanced: Wikipedia's volunteer-driven system often corrects misinformation faster than traditional news. This article breaks down how press coverage gets it wrong - and what good reporting looks like.
Open Questions: Can Wikipedia Survive in an AI-Dominated World?
Wikipedia faces an existential challenge as AI tools outpace human editors in delivering fast, but often inaccurate, information. Can open knowledge survive when no one is left to verify it?
