Towards a Wikipedia For and From Us All · Wikipedia @ 20

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Summary:

"We love Wikipedia. As readers, and as contributors. But we also hate what it can do to many of us from marginalized communities around the world. Most Wikipedians find it hard to accept that a truly inspiring model of peer-production can sit alongside misogyny, racism, and colonialism, but this has indeed been our experience of Wikipedia’s first 20 years.

Don’t get us wrong: we do love Wikipedia. But for us, our passion for the projects translates into tough love. We believe in speaking up about some of the critical issues of marginalization that have been lurking, invisible, or silenced over the past 20 years. And we believe that acting to change this status quo will make Wikipedia, and the Wikimedia movement, more powerful and relevant over the next 20...."

Link:

https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/nch00j03/release/4

Updated:

10/01/2020, 08:41

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Tags:

oa.wikipedia oa.dei oa.recommendations oa.crowd

Date tagged:

10/01/2020, 12:41

Date published:

07/05/2019, 08:41