WikiCredCon 2026/Breakout ideas

WikiCredCon 2026's Sunday unconference will follow four main themes (see table below).

Take a look and consider the themes, and then share share your ideas below (scroll way down!) for unconference-style breakout sessions to work on projects at the conference.

Breakout themes / clusters

Group 1	Tools for Trust	Build, test, or improve credibility tools, detectors, and technical workflows	Prototype, requirements list, roadmap, or shared tool ideas	This group focuses on practical tools that help editors assess credibility more clearly and respond more effectively. Topics include source tracking, trust signals, citation analysis, moderation systems, bias and archive detection, deceptive websites, RSPS infrastructure, and AI-assisted fact-checking.
Group 2	Sources Under Pressure	Reliability, editorial judgment, citation systems, and how source quality succeeds or fails	Source framework, recommendations, taxonomy, or working draft	This group focuses on how editors evaluate sources and make judgment calls under pressure. Topics include source failure, research literacy, RSPS, public trust research, RSP restructuring, source replacement strategies, secondary sourcing, and the challenge of unreferenced content.
Group 3	AI, LLMs, and Xipedia	How AI is changing research, editing, encyclopedias, and trust in knowledge systems	Principles, open questions, experiments, or action memo	This group focuses on how AI is reshaping research, editing, and the wider knowledge ecosystem. Topics include generative AI in Wikipedia workflows, reliable-source search, chatbot citations, editor use of AI, LLM-powered encyclopedias, fake citation risks, and responses to AI-driven source degradation.
Group 4	Trust Needs People	Safety, inclusion, public legitimacy, and the human conditions that make credibility possible	Safety ideas, collaboration plan, community recommendations, or next-step network	This group focuses on the human conditions that make credibility possible. Topics include editor safety, Global South perspectives, platform trust, professionalization, knowledge gaps, inclusion, freedom, youth engagement, civic participation, and strategies to counter harassment and doxxing.

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