WikiCredCon 2025
WikiCredCon 2025 brought together a global community to focus on credibility in the Wikimedia ecosystem, including volunteers, industry, academics and Wikimedia Foundation staff! It was a gathering at the Internet Archive headquarters in San Francisco, February 14-16 2025.
This convening is a follow-up to the 2019 WikiCredCon held at MIT in conjunction with WikiConference North America.
Registration was at register.wikicred.org.
Schedule
[edit]Friday, February 14
[edit]| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 12 PM - 1 PM | Internet Archive Friday Lunch (pizza, downstairs room) |
| 1 PM - 2 PM | Internet Archive Tour with Mark Graham |
| 2 PM - 4 PM | Explore San Francisco (suggestions): |
| 6 PM - 7 PM | Group Dinner at Internet Archive (Chinese food from Mamahuhu) |
| 7 PM - 9 PM | WMF Round Tables |
Saturday, February 15
[edit]Each session will be 50 minutes long followed by a 10 minute break.
| Time | Activity | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 9 AM - 10 AM | Breakfast and Intros (Pastries from Arsicault and Breadbelly) | Organizers |
| 10 AM - 11 AM | Disinformation, democracy, and human rights: WMAR's work with journalists | Vic Sfriso, Wikimedia Argentina |
| 11 AM - 12 PM | Meet the 8 Trust Indicators®; Design New and Expanded Applications | Sally Lehrman |
| 12 PM - 1 PM | We have credibility tools. Wikimedia isn't able to use them. | Barrett Golding (Iffy.news) & Chris Rusnak (Veri.FYI) |
| 1 PM - 2 PM | Lunch: Fireside Chat with Craig Newmark (Palestinian food from Mama Lamees) | Craig Newmark and Mark Graham |
| 2 PM - 3 PM | AI for fact-checking - challenges and opportunities | Gaute Kokkvoll |
| 3 PM - 4 PM | Coordinated harassment | Yael Eisenstat & Renee DiResta |
| 4 - 5 PM | How Do We Monitor 100 Million Citations? | Jake Orlowitz, James Hare & Kevin Payravi |
| 5 PM - 6 PM | Robust Links and Link Rot | Sawood Alam, Michael Nelson, & Harsha V. Madhyastha |
| 6 PM - 9 PM | Dinner + Lightning talks (Suggest ideas) (Burmese food from Burmese Kitchen) |
Sunday, February 16
[edit]| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9 AM - 10 AM | Breakfast and Intros (Pastries from Arsicault, Cherry Blossom Bakery, Pineapple King Bakery and Breadbelly) |
| 10 AM - 10:30 AM | Tapestry by Bob Stein Views from a New Editor by Bea Phi |
| 10:30 AM - 11 AM | Plenary for Topic Introductions |
| 11 AM - 1 PM | Breakouts (Suggest ideas) |
| 1 PM - 2 PM | Lunch (Vietnamese from Noodle Girl) |
| 2 PM - 4 PM | Breakouts (Suggest ideas) |
| 4 PM - 5 PM | Closing |
What We're Focused On
[edit]- 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—whether through better citation notices or tools to independently verify sources.
- Tackling Disinformation: Create and refine algorithms, bots, and dashboards that will help flag unreliable sources, correct misinformation, and automatically 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 and Supporters
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Funder -
Host, sponsor -
Organzing, support
Friendly space policy
[edit]The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) and the Friendly Space Policy established by the Wikimedia Foundation applies to all participants, organizers, and contributors to this conference. The UCoC sets a baseline of acceptable behavior to ensure a welcoming, inclusive, and harassment-free environment for everyone involved. All attendees are expected to interact respectfully, avoid discriminatory or disruptive behavior, and contribute to the collaborative spirit of the event in accordance with the Friendly Space Policy.