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Leona Whitcombe

How Wikipedia Updates Its Code: A Guide to Tech Community Governance

Explore how Wikipedia manages its technical infrastructure and code deployments through a unique blend of open-source community governance and professional oversight.

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Trust Frameworks for Online Knowledge: How We Verify Truth in the AI Era

Explore how trust frameworks, cryptographic proofs, and AI verification are redefining truth and accountability in the digital age to combat misinformation.

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Wikidata for AI: How to Build Knowledge Graphs from Wikipedia

Learn how to use Wikidata to build knowledge graphs that eliminate AI hallucinations and provide a factual grounding for LLMs using SPARQL and Graph-RAG.

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Handling PII and Data Privacy for Wikipedia Bots

Learn how to manage PII and data privacy when building Wikipedia bots, including GDPR compliance, PII scrubbing techniques, and secure logging strategies.

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WMF Product Leadership Hires and Organizational Structure Analysis 2026

An exploration of Wikimedia Foundation's product leadership roles, organizational hierarchy, and the balance between volunteer input and staff decisions.

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ORES Models and Machine Learning for Wikipedia Research Guide

Explore how ORES and Machine Learning improve Wikipedia research. Learn about model accuracy, bias, API access, and future trends in automated content moderation.

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Open Source Contributions: Upstreaming MediaWiki Beyond Wikipedia

Learn how to upstream MediaWiki changes beyond Wikipedia. Understand the Gerrit workflow, setting up a dev environment, and navigating code reviews.

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EventStreams and RecentChanges: Real‑Time Wikipedia Data Feeds

Understand the difference between EventStreams and RecentChanges for real-time Wikipedia data. Learn how to implement monitoring bots and analyze edit activity.

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Mastering Wiki Templates and Transclusion: A Guide to Technical Infrastructure

Learn how Wiki templates and transclusion streamline content management. This guide covers MediaWiki parsing, performance tips, and avoiding recursion traps.

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Open Source AI Collaborations: Partnerships Around Wikipedia Data

Explore how AI companies are partnering with Wikipedia in 2026. Learn about licensing, data quality, and ethical implications of using open source knowledge for machine learning.

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Development Tools for Wikipedia: Phabricator and Contributor Platforms

Wikipedia relies on open tools like Phabricator and MediaWiki to coordinate thousands of volunteers. Learn how these platforms keep the encyclopedia running, how you can contribute without coding, and why this model works better than corporate software.

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CDN and Edge Caching: How Wikipedia Delivers Speed Worldwide

Wikipedia delivers lightning-fast page loads worldwide using CDN and edge caching. Learn how it serves billions of requests without slowing down-even in low-bandwidth regions.