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wikicred wikimedians strengthening knowledge and news credibility on the internet subscribe keep updated and join us wikicredcon 2026 wcna 2025 wikicredcon 2025 about wikicred wikicredcon 2026 wcna 2025 wikicredcon 2025 about wikicred wikimedians strengthening knowledge and news credibility on the internet wikicredcon 2026 wcna 2025 wikicredcon 2025 about wikicred wikicredcon 2026 wcna 2025 wikicredcon 2025 about wikicred subscribe keep updated and join us wikicredcon 2026 wikicredcon returned from friday april 10 to sunday april 12 in san francisco once again hosted by the internet archive and supported by the wikimedia foundation wikicredcon returned for its second year this april bringing 95 wikipedians researchers journalists and technologists to the internet archive in san francisco to work on one problem how wikipedia stays reliable as the information ecosystem around it degrades the three days moved between lightning talks workshops panels and an unconference organized around five themes media literacy citation transparency disinformation editor tooling and long term collaboration with outside disinformation researchers several sessions delivered results not just ideas lianna davis of wiki education showed how pairing pangram s ai detection with editor training cut generative ai drafted content reaching live articles from a projected 25 to 5 in a fall 2025 study rosie stephenson goodknight presented a structured ai prompting method that improved wikipedia s ores quality rating on 73 of 75 tested biography articles at under seven minutes of volunteer time each netha hussain demoed two tools attendees could use immediately a rule based gender bias detector 48 patterns no ai and a wikidata explorer for finding notable women missing english wikipedia articles the citation tooling landscape also came into focus cite unseen now installed by over 600 editors was joined on stage by the internet archive s new citation engine which matches claims in wikipedia paragraphs against 40 million academic articles and by wikisignals a new reference reliability tool liam wyatt s proposal for a shared citations database sparked follow on work with wmf and wmde teams that s continued since the conference oscar costero introduced clandi which trains latino reproductive rights activists as wikipedia editors to close the english spanish gap in reproductive health coverage a first pilot cohort launched within weeks of the conference margarita trovato brought a wikimedia argentina perspective on operationalizing information integrity and britta gustafson walked through detecting deceptive websites used as citations gustafson would go on to be named a 2026 wikimedia laureate at wikimania sunday s keynote from disinformation researcher joan donovan addressing reliability in an era of information erosion placed wikipedia s credibility work inside the broader fight against platform manipulation a friday fireside chat with wmf ceo bernadette meehan fed directly into a new york times feature on wikipedia published less than three months later the unconference closed out the weekend with attendees surfacing their own breakout topics from ideas raised across the three days wikicred s work continues through monthly online meetups a planned track at wikiconference north america 2026 and a continued push on shared citation infrastructure view the schedule wikicredcon participants are invited to participate in monthly meetups keep updated and join us next time wikicred s focus improving media literacy develop educational resources and training materials that help both editors and readers critically evaluate sources and content enhancing citation transparency explore ways to make wikipedia s references clearer and more transparent through better citation notices or tools to independently verify sources tackling disinformation create and refine tools bots and dashboards that will help flag unreliable sources correct misinformation and verify citation quality empowering editors build tools to help editors access and use high quality sources integrate databases and streamline citation processes including more accurate metadata and citation bot improvements long term collaboration work with experts in disinformation to update wikipedia s guidelines and best practices particularly for contentious or highly edited topics that are vulnerable to manipulation partners supporters 2019 2024 photos of wikiconference north america 2019 by victor grigas licensed the creative commons attribution share alike 4 0 international license contact home cookie use we use cookies to ensure a smooth browsing experience by continuing we assume you accept the use of cookies accept learn more