Strengthening Wikimedia Collaborations with and for Open Science   – Diff

"But how do we build better bridges between Wikimedians and the open access communities worldwide?

In a recent project, we surveyed all affiliates of the Wikimedia movement to get an understanding of what current open access and open science activities within the Wikimedia movement look like. 

We, of course, already know that many Wikimedians have contributed to open science throughout the years: as Wikimedians in Residence at academic institutions, in collaborations with research programs, conducting Wikipedia trainings with PhD students and scholars, or advocating for institutional change towards openness. 

But no one has had a broad picture of what activities the Wikimedia movement has done, or is currently doing. 

This is why we surveyed all the Wikimedia affiliates, not by statistically representative means, but to explore the general interest and gather input for an initial mapping."