Wikimedia Foundation/Advancement/Community Growth/Content Enablement
Content Enablement
The team
How we work
[edit]We facilitate volunteers’ contribution of content in three ways:
- Gather—Secure access to source materials and databases through partnerships with publishers, libraries, and media organizations
- Guide—Support organizers to meet their content goals by co-designing and disseminating more effective and rewarding processes
- Grow—Integrate community and partner requirements in the development of high-impact contribution features
The Community Organizing Experience sub-team supports organizers in our movement to build vibrant, resilient communities that can work together on content campaigns, events, and activities.
Services
[edit]- The Wikipedia Library - suggest a collection
- Commons Impact Metrics - request a new category
- Central Notice Metrics - request access
FY2026-27 annual plan
[edit]Reaching new contributors through volunteering programs
[edit]Publishers and news media are also impacted by declines in search referral traffic and have expressed interest in increasing the impact of their partnerships with The Wikipedia Library. We will engage their networks of researchers and journalists as potential contributors to Wikimedia projects. We will also attract new types of contributors by supporting Wikimedia communities to offer training and content challenges through established corporate and youth volunteering programs.
Invited Contributions
[edit]We will support affiliates, organizers, and volunteers to increase contributions and reactivate contributors through shared content goals and collective editing opportunities. We will do this by supporting grantees and partners to effectively use campaign events tools; equipping organizers with data about content quality, knowledge gaps, and reader interests; and collaborating with regional organizers to design mobile-first processes for engaging junior contributors.
Access to Reliable Sources
[edit]We will sustain experienced editors’ access to paywalled sources through The Wikipedia Library by renewing and extending our partnerships with publishers. Through our programs, we will also improve the onboarding experience for newly eligible editors who are trying the Library for the first time.
Recent projects
[edit]- Vital Knowledge community interviews (Punjabi, Telugu, and Uganda) and operationalization
- Understanding organizers in the Wikimedia movement:
