GLAMTLV2018/Submissions/Preserving and Defending History: Our Experiences with the Wikipedian in Residence Program at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani
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- Submission no. 59
- Title of the submission
- Preserving and Defending History: Our Experiences with the Wikipedian in Residence Program at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani
- Author(s) of the submission
- Josh Lim, Remi de Leon and Eugene Villar
- E-mail address
- jamesjoshualim
yahoo.com
- Country of origin
- Philippines
- Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
- Wiki Society of the Philippines (formerly Wikimedia Philippines)
- Type of session
- Talk
- Length of session
- 30 minutes
- Ideal number of attendees
- Any number of attendees; best for institutions with WIR programs, or organizations looking to set one up
- Abstract
- In this era of disinformation, it is more important than ever for the Wikimedia movement to be prepared against those who have an ulterior agenda in editing our projects to advance their own politics or points of view. From fake news to historical revisionism, this has played out in the Philippines on Wikipedia over the last 1.5 years, generating mentions in local and international press in the process. Out of concern for the integrity of Wikipedia, some Wikipedians and their allies have brought about means to counter this threat, and one of those is the Wikipedian in Residence program at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, which commemorates victims of the Ferdinand Marcos regime.
- In this presentation, we seek to explain how disinformation has played out on Wikipedia as it relates to Philippine topics, particularly local politics, and how the Wikipedian in Residence program came about alongside other initiatives undertaken by the community at large to counter disinformation. We will be sharing our experiences setting up this program, challenges we faced in getting the Bantayog and its staff onboard with the project, and how the outputs of the Wikipedian in Residence program meaningfully contributes to countering disinformation on Wikipedia and elsewhere.
- Moreover, we also seek to share our knowledge and expertise in fighting disinformation so that other Wikimedia communities can also know how to best counter this in their own way, and how a WIR can play a pivotal role in making that happen.
- What will attendees take away from this session?
- We hope attendees will take away valuable lessons from our experience in the Philippines as to how disinformation can be best countered on-wiki. Given the global spread of fake news, disinformation and the like, Wikimedia communities need to be prepared for that, and we hope this session provides that much-needed blueprint for combating this trend.
- Slides or further information
- Our presentation will build on a lightning talk given at Wikimania 2018, which is available here.
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