Org:Unreliable Guidelines: Reliable Sources and Marginalized Communities in French, English and Spanish Wikipedias
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| Description | In a historical moment typified by concerns about the proliferation of propaganda and misinformation online, we ask to what extent are contributions from and content about marginalized communities affected by guidelines about reliability in three language versions of the world’s largest crowdsourced online encyclopedia? This report takes on this question and addresses how Wikipedia trainers involved in the Art+Feminism movement approach the reliable source guidelines in French, English and Spanish Wikipedias. Based on community conversations and interpretative analysis of the guidelines, the report shows that on Wikipedia source authority is facilitated by social and technical processes which elevate the decisions of a small number of self-selected editors. Trainers play an essential role in translating guidelines and processes, and take on additional labor in managing editorial friction. We also highlight that translations of texts about reliability between different language versions of Wikipedia tend to center Western knowledge formations. This report describes our methodology; our findings; and the effects for marginalized communities and readers writ large. Reliability should not mean exclusion: we end with recommendations for enacting more inclusive and diverse Wikipedias. |
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| Primary recommendation | Unsure |
| Regional focus | Global |
| Language focus | English, Spanish, French |
| Links | https://artandfeminism.org/resources/research/unreliable-guidelines/ |
| Stage | Other |
| Seeking collaboration? | Yes |
| Seeking collaboration with | We would love to have the final research paper translated to other languages. We regrettably did not have the budget to cover this expense when the paper was released. |
| Collaboration needs | Talk about our idea • Partnership for administrative activity • Replicate/Adapt our activity somewhere else |
| Contact person | kiraface, Yhhue91 |
| Wikimedia affiliation | Affiliate (user group, thematic org, chapter) |
| Affiliate | Art+Feminism User Group |
This paper is complete. We're not 100% sure where this activity falls in the Movement Strategy, but happy to talk to more people about this work.