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Our wiki is the open space where your ideas can be nurtured and bloom!

It is created and maintained to empower experiments in wiki-making forms and new content.

The idea was inspired by a recurring theme that came up at the 2019 NYC Wiknic, that expanding partnerships and diversity requires greater flexibility with the starting of new "spore" mini-projects to support new directions for the Wikimedia movement.

spores

Wikispore consists of spores, which are experimental mini-wikis. Each spore is, or will be, hosted in its own namespace.

The following spores have been assigned their own namespace:

Art Spore - Bio Spore - Civil Society Spore - Crisis Spore - Event Spore - Geo Spore - Org Spore - Sport Spore - Visual Story Spore - Wikilambda Spore
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leaves

Spores consist of pages called leaves. Each spore has its own inclusion criteria and style guide for its leaves.

Leaves incorporate a variety of suitable sources, such as oral knowledge.

Exemplary leaves can be awarded a laurel for excellence through a community process.

tripod

The tripod principles are the practices guiding and defining Wikispore as a project. They are as follows:

• Put down roots... by linking every page to a Wikidata item where possible.
• Dig carefully... by only making extensive use of primary sources and original research when reasonable and well-established.
• No weeds... by not tolerating harmful content or behavior, given the risks of our wider inclusion criteria.

recent

Newest leaf

Event:2025 plastic pollution treaty negotiations

Newest laurel

Art:Richard Demarco Gallery

Recent events

Requests for comment/Sister Projects next steps (July 28 – ongoing)

September Strategy Spectacular (September 5)

Wikispore Day/2025 (August 18)

Public consultation about Wikispore (June 26 – July 28)

join us

There are a few ways to help the project thrive: you can focus on the content of existing spores so they can take root and develop, or you can pollinate ideas for a totally new spore!

Join us and become a Wiki farmer, or learn more with our frequently asked questions!

We recommend you to log in using your existing Wikimedia account. This works through the magic of OAuth!

NOTICE: This is an experimental wiki, not a mature Wikimedia Foundation project.

This site is used for development purposes as a home for content in new wiki genres. This site is not covered by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Terms of Use or Privacy Policy. Do not disclose personal information on this site and do not use this site to post any illegal or harmful content. For more information on this test environment, see Wikimedia Cloud Services .