WikiCred Demo Hour is a regular monthly online meetup that brings together members of the Wikimedian community, open-data and open-knowledge enthusiasts, academics, journalists, researchers, and professionals from the online credibility space. Our calls are held every month, with ongoing discussions on our Slack channel.
WikiCredibility Initiative is a grant initiative that funds research and MVP products on the diverse Wikimedia platforms (wikidata, wikipedia, wikicite). In 2020, we funded 14 projects with more than 20 collaborators.
In this march edition, we will hold demos from WikiCred funded projects and other members of the Wikimedian community. If you'd like to host a demo during this WikiCred demo hour, please contact us at wikicred.org.
WikiCredibility Initiative has an organized community on Slack and holds regular online meetups on the internet. Participants will be encouraged to join the Slack channel or participate in future meetups.
What is the goal and/or outcome of your session?:The goal of this session is to highlight projects from Wikimedians and on the very different wiki platforms on the topic of content credibility and information reliability. The demos are followed by a live and lively exchange from the audience.
How will you deal with varying numbers of participants in your session?:WikiCredibility Initiative will communicate this next meetup on its traditional communication channels and will aim to attract a large audience to the session.
Ahmed is a Mozfest Wrangler. He works in the space of content and information credibility online. Previous and current work at MisinfoCon, World Economic Forum and Truth and Trust Online.
Simon is is a senior lecturer at University of Technology Sydney. Interested in how people find, evaluate & use evidence. Director of Centre for Research on Learning in a Technological Society.
Kevin is software engineer. He is a board member @ Wikimedia DC. Passionate about open source and accessibility to free knowledge
Emelia Hughs is a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Washington and is a research on the UW of Wikipedia Credibility project (wikicred.org).
Monika Sengul-Jones, PhD, is a freelance researcher, writer and expert on digital cultures and media industries. She was the OCLC Wikipedian-in-Residence in 2018-19.