For millions of people around the globe, Wikipedia is the first stop in their search to better understand a topic. But what shapes public understanding, opinions, and even decision-making just as much as what’s on Wikipedia? The knowledge that’s still missing. And there’s no doubt that much work remains to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of adult … Continued
To kick off the new academic year, Wiki Education’s Speaker Series will return tomorrow with the webinar “Gen AI and the Wikipedia Assignment: Challenges and Opportunities”! But before our next discussion begins, we’re taking a moment to look back at the powerful conversation between the four panelists who came together in June to explore the … Continued
With the new academic year on the horizon, we’re taking a moment to look back at the remarkable impact made by more than 6,600 student editors in our Wikipedia Student Program in spring 2025. Representing a wide range of disciplines and postsecondary institutions across the U.S. and Canada, the students sharpened their research and writing … Continued
It’s no secret that women’s achievements in STEM fields often go unrecognized, or are even attributed to their male colleagues. Gender gaps persist across society, from workplace culture to academic publishing and media coverage – and despite the ongoing efforts of individual editors, organized groups, and organizations like Wiki Education, Wikipedia’s coverage of women in … Continued
For some students, choosing a Wikipedia article to improve can be a challenge, but for recent Rhode Island College graduate Samantha Cote, picking an article for her Wikipedia assignment was easy – and then the real work began! “I entered the project with the understanding that the article I chose was likely to be a … Continued
Ja’Maira Goodwyn typically isn’t the biggest fan of English assignments. But when the computer science major enrolled in an English Composition course this spring, she was tasked with a new kind of writing project – a Wikipedia assignment – which brought together her interest in representation and her technological skills to drive real-world impact. “Researching … Continued
On the eve of the next Wiki Education Speaker Series, we’re looking back at the powerful conversation between our most recent panelists, each bringing their professional and personal passions to improving a content area all too often neglected on Wikipedia and beyond. Moderated by Wiki Education’s Senior Program Manager Helaine Blumenthal, the panel of scholars … Continued
From AI leaders, engineers, inventors, environmentalists, and designers (just to name a few!), we’ve explored the stories behind the Wikipedia assignments that bring new biographies of historically excluded figures in STEM to Wikipedia. And when it comes to improving representation on Wikipedia, there’s no doubt that adding new articles to the encyclopedia makes an impact. … Continued
Arts of the Arab Spring, West African mosques, Harari Qurans, Almoravid and Almohad textiles, and Abbasid ceramics – until recently, your online search for these topics would pull up links to social media posts, research journals, news articles, and other sources of information, but you wouldn’t find Wikipedia articles summarizing them. That is, until the … Continued
