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Event:Navigating challenging topics; Creating a toolkit for supporting editors

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Start and end time13:00, 17 January 2026 – 16:00, 17 January 2026
Timezone: +00:00
Number of participants52 participants
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At a glance

  • Date – Saturday 17 January 2026
  • Location – Zoom – a link will be sent to participants a few days before the event, please ensure that you are able to receive email updates through your account on meta.
  • Language – English & Spanish

About the event

As Wikimedians, we’re part of a global movement that collaborates to share the world’s knowledge.

We know that some topic areas can be fraught with more conflict than others.

So what do you do when things go wrong, when you disagree, or when you’re targeted for the kind of edits that you’re making? And how can we design work so as to avoid that kind of conflict in the first place?

As we work collectively on pursuing Knowledge Equity, and improving on-wiki coverage of groups and subjects currently underrepresented in the Wikimedia projects, we may well encounter challenges unique to those subject areas. Established editors as well as those new to Wikimedia may feel vulnerable or exposed, or have other negative experiences which leave them discouraged from continuing their involvement with the movement.

This event is intended to draw together advice and best practice both for editors and those supporting editors who work in on-wiki areas which might be considered more challenging.

Following the event, we intend to put together a shareable resource (e-booklet) which will include key takeaways from our speakers’ presentations, including resources, tips, and best practice.

The event will feature short presentations from three speakers, followed by a panel with all speakers. After a break, we’ll split into workshop rooms to pool ideas for other strategies in supporting users who are editing in challenging spaces. Ideas from this workshop session will be anonymised and used in the e-booklet which will be published after the event.

The event will not be recorded.

Event timings

Event timings will be as follows:

SFO MEX NYC EZE UTC BER CPT IST DEL SIN AKL Schedule
5:00 a 07:00 8:00 a 10:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 18:30 21:00 01:00 Room opens
5:05 a 07:05 8:05 a 10:05 13:05 14:05 15:05 16:05 18:35 21:05 01:05 Welcome and housekeeping
5:10 a 07:10 8:10 a 10:10 13:10 14:10 15:10 16:10 18:40 21:10 01:10 Speaker 1
5:35 a 07:35 8:35 a 10:35 13:35 14:35 15:35 16:35 19:05 21:35 01:35 Speaker 2
6:00 a 08:00 9:00 a 11:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 19:30 22:00 02:00 Speaker 3
6:25 a 08:25 9:25 a 11:25 14:25 15:25 16:25 17:25 19:55 22:25 02:25 Break
6:45 a 08:45 9:45 a 11:45 14:45 15:45 16:45 17:45 20:15 22:45 02:45 Panel discussion / Q&A
7:15 a 09:15 10:15 a 12:15 15:15 16:15 17:15 18:15 20:45 23:15 03:15 Introduction to workshop
7:20 a 09:20 10:20 a 12:20 15:20 16:20 17:20 18:20 20:50 23:20 03:20 Discussion in breakout rooms
7:45 a 09:45 10:45 a 12:45 15:45 16:45 17:45 18:45 21:15 23:45 03:45 Feedback and close
8:00 a 10:00 11:00 a 13:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 21:30 00:00 04:00 End

Speakers

  • Sarah Karam will be presenting on Navigating challenging topics - How the Foundation Trust & Safety function can support editors

Sarah Karam is a Senior Community Safety Specialist at the Wikimedia Foundation. In their cross-functional role, a top priority for them both professionally and personally is working together with more vulnerable communities to increase their safety and resilience.

MiguelAlanCS is a Spanish Wikipedia editor since 2007. With over 155,000 edits, 1,850 articles, and significant multimedia contributions, he is now an administrator. His current work focuses on expanding content on sexual diversity and reducing knowledge gaps.

  • Tatjana Baleta will also be joining us to speak about editing on climate change.

Tatjana is a science communicator with a background in environmental and conservation research. She is the Wikimedian in Residence for Climate at the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter, where she works with researchers and students to update and improve climate change information on Wikipedia.

Moderators
  • Sara Thomas is a Programme Manager at Wikimedia UK, with responsibility for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and volunteering across the UK. She was formerly a Wikimedian in Residence at Museums Galleries Scotland, and the Scottish Library & Information Council. She is also co-lead of the Volunteer Supporters Network.
  • Owen Blacker is Chair of Wikimedia LGBT+ and has been an editor on the English Wikipedia since 2004. He lives in Cardiff.

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