Dear all,
We have entered the final week for submissions to the February 2026 edition
of the EduWiki Newsletter. The submission deadline is in *3 days, on 26
February 2026*.
If you have been planning to share your Wikimedia and education projects,
events, research, reflections, or community experiences, this is the moment
to do so. Each contribution helps document our collective efforts and
strengthens learning across our global community.
Submissions are welcome in *any language* and may include images, videos,
or audio.
Please submit your story via the *Education Newsroom
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/Newsroom>* before 26
February 2026. We look forward to receiving your work.
Barakat Adegboye <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:BAdegboye_(EdWH)>,
*Communications Assistant,*
*EduWiki Hub
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group/EduWiki_…>*
Forwarding this invite to additional people who may wish to participate or
watch the recording.
Thanks, Kinneret. These presentations sound very interesting.
Pine🌲
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From: Kinneret Gordon via Analytics <analytics(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Subject: [Analytics] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] AI and Communities -
February 25 at 17:30 UTC
To: <wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <
foundation-optional(a)wikimedia.org>, <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <
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Cc: Kinneret Gordon <kgordon(a)wikimedia.org>
Hi everyone,
The February 2026 Research Showcase will be live-streamed this Wednesday,
February 25, at 9:30 AM PT / 17:30 UTC. Find your local time here
<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1772040600>. Our theme this month is *AI
and Communities*.
*We invite you to watch via the YouTube
stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/qW5IQJv84HY
<https://www.youtube.com/live/qW5IQJv84HY>.* As always, you can join the
conversation in the YouTube chat as soon as the showcase goes live.
This month, we will have two presentations:
*LLMs in Wikipedia: Investigating How LLMs Impact Participation in
Knowledge Communities*By *Moyan Zhou (University of Minnesota)*Large
language models (LLMs) are reshaping knowledge production as community
members increasingly incorporate them into their contribution workflows.
However, participating in knowledge communities involves more than just
contributing content - it is also a deeply social process shaped by
members' level of expertise. While communities must carefully consider
appropriate and responsible LLM integration, the absence of concrete norms
has left individual editors to experiment and navigate LLM use on their
own. Understanding how LLMs influence community participation across
expertise levels is therefore critical in shaping future norms and
supporting effective adoption. To address this gap, we investigated
Wikipedia, one of the largest knowledge production communities, to
understand participation in three dimensions: 1) how LLMs influence the
ways editors gather knowledge, 2) how editors leverage strategies to align
LLM outputs with community norms, and 3) how other editors in the community
respond to LLM-assisted contributions. Through interviews with 16 Wikipedia
editors with different levels of expertise who had used LLMs for their
edits, we revealed a participation gap mediated by expertise in adopting
LLMs in knowledge contributions across knowledge gathering, alignment with
community norms, and peer responses. Based on these findings, we challenge
existing models of novice editors' involvement and propose design
implications for LLMs that support community engagement, highlighting
opportunities for LLMs to sustain mentorship, knowledge transmission, and
legitimacy building by scaffolding and feedback, process documentation, and
LLM disclosure by good-faith editors.*AI Didn't Start the Fire: Examining
the Stack Exchange Moderator and Contributor Strike*By *Yiwei Wu
(University of Texas at Austin)*Online communities and their host platforms
are mutually dependent yet conflict-prone. When platform policies clash
with community values, communities have resisted through strikes,
blackouts, and even migration to other platforms. Through such collective
actions, communities have sometimes won concessions, but these have
frequently proved to be temporary. Although previous research has
investigated strike events and migration chains, the processes by which
community-platform conflict unfolds remain obscure. How do
community-platform relationships deteriorate? How do communities organize
collective action? How do the participants proceed in the aftermath? We
investigate a conflict between the Stack Exchange platform and community
that occurred in 2023 around an emergency arising from the release of large
language models (LLMs). Based on a qualitative thematic analysis of 2,070
messages from Meta Stack Exchange and 14 interviews with community members,
we reveal how the 2023 conflict was preceded by a long-term deterioration
in the community-platform relationship, driven in particular by the
platform's disregard for the community's highly valued participatory role
in governance. Moreover, the platform's policy response to LLMs aggravated
the community's sense of crisis, triggering strike mobilization. We analyze
how the mobilization was coordinated through a tiered leadership and
communication structure, as well as how community members pivoted in the
aftermath. Building on recent theoretical scholarship in social computing,
we use Hirschman's exit, voice, and loyalty framework to theorize the
challenges of community-platform relations evinced in our data. Finally, we
recommend ways that platforms and communities can institute participatory
governance to be durable and effective.
Looking forward to seeing many of you,
Kinneret
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Kinneret Gordon
Lead Research Community Officer
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
*Learn more about Wikimedia Research <https://research.wikimedia.org/>*
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As a researcher, I came across a highly intensive and inclusive book
called "The Internet Ecosystem". The book englobes the whole Internet
history. I have just completed the reading, I will highly recommend it
and it has useful information. The book was reviewed by Vint Cerf, the
founder of the Internet. Use: *INTECO10 *coupon code to get the book at
a discounted price on Payhip: https://payhip.com/b/hfvYg You will find
more information in the email below.
Professor Peter Anderson
Head of Research
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*From:*Â Nikesh B. Simmandree <nikeshbs(a)outlook.com>
*Sent:*Â Monday, August 18, 2025 1:35 PM
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*Subject:*Â Launch of The Internet Ecosystem Book
Dear Community,
I am thrilled to announce the launch of my book, *The Internet
Ecosystem* — a comprehensive exploration of the history, architecture,
governance, and future of the Internet.
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**
*What the Book Covers*
* *The Past:*Â How Cold War research, ARPANET, and packet switching
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**
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Thank you,
Best Regards,
Nikesh B. Simmandree
Hello,
Happy second week of February. This email describes two job postings that
may interest you or your colleagues. Earlier emails were sent to
Wiki-research-l
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wiki-research-l.lists.wikimedia…>
regarding these positions; please disregard the this email if you already
saw the info via Research-l. I'm consolidating info from both posts.
Position 1, posted at
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_6122/jobs_fellowships_1910/postdoctoral…,
is for a *postdoctoral researcher*. Quoting from the posting:
“Applications are invited from candidates *who have, or will soon obtain*,
a PhD in demography, sociology, epidemiology, medicine, health economics,
biostatistics, public health, or a related field.
"The successful candidate is expected to work within one or more of the
following areas:
1.
*Disease Presence and Disease Impact*
1.
Has disease presence become more or less predictive of disease
impact?
2.
How do the timing and patterns of disease accumulation shape the
onset of disease impact and individual health trajectories, including
pathways to death?
2.
*Diffusion of Medical Progress in Populations*
1.
How does medical progress shape health inequalities within
populations?
2.
How are changes in population health linked to how medical progress
is distributed within and across populations, for example through in- and
outpatient care?
3.
*Population Resilience and Vulnerability*
1.
How can population resilience and vulnerability be measured?
2.
Does medical progress make populations more or less vulnerable?”
Position 2 is for a *principal research scientist*. The job posting is at
https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/7597104. Quoting Leila (who
is CC'd on this email): “Please note
that if you have applied for the research scientist position which was
shared
<
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia…>
in December 2025, you are automatically considered for this new position
and there is no need to apply again. We will reach out to you if we need
additional information from you.”
Quoting from the job description:
“We are hiring a Principal Research Scientist to join the Wikimedia
Foundation’s Research team <https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html> to
support the Wikimedia communities and the Wikimedia Foundation in the
continued evolution of Wikimedia projects and their decentralized
governance model, ensuring that the projects become multigenerational
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Multigenerational>.
"Here are some things we’ve worked on that might give you a better sense of
the scope of the work you will be accountable for and part of:
-
Understanding Wikipedia administrator recruitment, retention, and
attrition (Learn more
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_Administrator_Recruitmen…>)
-
A set of recommendations for conducting NPOV research on Wikipedia (Learn
more
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Guidance_for_NPOV_Research_on_Wiki…>)
-
Developing a meta-method for analyzing the state of NPOV on Wikipedia (Learn
more
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:A_meta-method_for_analyzing_NPOV_o…>)
"You can learn more about what the team has done in the past six months by
reading our biannual report <https://research.wikimedia.org/report.html>.
"Please note: this is a fully remote role that requires working with senior
leadership and stakeholders across the organization and the research
community in different timezones. It is expected that the Principal
Research Scientist be available for critical meetings and synchronous work
between 15:00 to 19:00 UTC. It is further expected that the candidate is
open to traveling up to four times per year.”
Leila posted some additional information on the Research mailing list. The
thread is viewable at
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia…
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia…>
Good luck to any applicants.
(Disclaimer: I'm not an employee of either of the hiring organizations.
Please direct any questions to the applicable organization.)
Regards,
Pine🌲
Dear all,
We’re excited to share the *EduWiki January 2026 Newsletter*, our first
edition of the year!
This issue brings together *16 stories* from across the Wikimedia movement,
offering a strong start to 2026. The submissions reflect how communities
are planning their Wikimedia and education activities for the year ahead,
alongside thoughtful recaps of education initiatives from 2025.
In this edition, you’ll also find stories celebrating Wikipedia at 25,
including activities hosted by university clubs and community groups, as
well as reflections on learning, outreach, and engagement across different
regions and contexts.
Together, these stories highlight the diversity of approaches communities
are taking to strengthen education, digital literacy, and open knowledge in
2026.
You can read the full newsletter here: *Education/Newsletter/January 2026
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/January_2026>*
And with that, submissions for the *February 2026 Newsletter* are now open.
As usual, we welcome *stories that are related to Wikimedia and Education*.
You can submit stories here: *Education Newsroom
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/Newsroom>*
Deadline: *February 26th*
Thank you to everyone who contributed and supported this issue. We look
forward to receiving more education stories from across the movement.
*Barakat Adegboye* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:BAdegboye_(EdWH)>
*EduWiki Connectors*
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