Copy Editor @JDForward. Follow for tweets on (mis)info ecosystems: journalism, @Wikipedia, speech, etc.
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Nov 10, 2023 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
I'm in Toronto this weekend for @WikiConNA! I'll be tweeting out various highlights. #WikiConferenceNA
Kicking off, @selenamarie's keynote asks what we can do to make @Wikipedia persist over generations, and seeks to build ties between @Wikimedia and the volunteer community.
@WikiConNA @selenamarie @Wikipedia @Wikimedia At panel with @Wikimedia Board of Trustees members, some tensions are evident between the online editor community and the affiliate world, as speakers get challenged to defend changes to the election process that'd give affiliates more power. #WikiConferenceNA
Feb 26, 2022 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
Volunteer editors on #Wikipedia have been documenting the Russian invasion of #Ukraine as it unfolds. A look behind the scenes of breaking news editing: 🧵
On Feb. 21, as tensions rose, editors began a discussion at the talk page of the preexisting "2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis" article about whether to split off a separate article for an invasion should one occur. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:2021…