WikiCredCon 2026/Lightning Talks
Lightning Talks
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The following lightning talks have been selected for WikiCredCon 2026. There are four sessions spread across the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday programs. See the Schedule tab for more information.
To scheduled presenters:
- Lightning talks are 5 minutes maximum, with a hard stop / gong sound - we want to keep a fast pace, and make sure everyone has a chance to speak.
- DO update your lightning talk below with relevant links, including to your profile and to resources and slides.
- DO NOT modify your presentation topic; if you need to do so, contact Nevin by email: nevin@hackshackers.com
Session 1 — Friday, April 10
[edit]7:00 PM – 8:30 PM • 11 talks
| # | Speaker | Talk |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rebecca MacKinnon | Credibility and freedom |
| 2 | Sally Lehrman | Trust Project preliminary Europe data on credibility in an age of AI and polarization |
| 3 | Bobbi Rakova | Designing productive friction to safeguard credibility |
| 4 | Peter Meyer | Wikimedia goes pro for credibility |
| 5 | maiki interi | Effective civil engagement strategies for the Wikipedia and credibility community |
| - | Break | \(^o^)/ *** TAKE A BREAK! *** \(^o^)/ |
| 6 | Bea Phi | How diversity and credibility on Wikipedia go hand-in-hand |
| 7 | Oscar Costero | Development of ClanDi — a national sprint with Latina activists using Design Sprint methodology |
| 8 | Emeline Brule | Improving editor inclusivity by building off-platform relationships |
| 9 | Sheffield Hale | Search engines built around reliable sources |
| 10 | Matthew Yeager | Knowledge gap framework presentation for feedback |
Session 2 — Saturday, April 11
[edit]9:45 AM – 10:05 AM • 3 talks
| # | Speaker | Talk |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Villa | LLMs: not necessarily the enemy |
| 2 | Netha Hussain | Introduction to the Gender bias detection tool and the Women in Red Explorer tool |
| 3 | Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight | Experimenting and evaluating the use of generative AI for enhancing Wikipedia biographies |
| 4 | Jennifer 8. Lee | (5 min dinner talk) Moving the RSP list into individual pages |
Session 3 — Saturday, April 11
[edit]5:05 PM – 5:25 PM • 3 talks
| # | Speaker | Talk |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Britta Gustafson | Detecting deceptive websites used as Wikipedia citations |
| 2 | Eureka Endo | Mini case study on unreferenced articles on Wikipedia |
| 3 | Liam Wyatt | Shared Citations |
Session 4 — Sunday, April 12
[edit]9:45 AM – 10:15 AM • 3 talks
| # | Speaker | Talk |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Hannah Clover | Secondary sourcing in a religious context |
| 3 | Ted Han | Annotation, labeling, and moderation systems |
| 2 | Megs Wacha | The Right to Search |
| 4 | Elan Hourticolon-Retzler | Sources Please :) |