Wikipedia

A different kind #WikiPoll this week: we've been on the Fediverse for just over a month now, what kind of posts do you enjoy seeing and want more of?

Is there #Wikipedia-related content you want to see that we aren't posting?

Facts: Featured articles or random funny stuff
53.5%
Behind the scenes Wikipedia organizing/strategy
27.8%
Tips of things to edit, ways to get started
16.8%
Something else; leave a reply
1.9%
Poll ended at .
May 14, 2023 at 3:45pmWeb
Show threadMichaelMay 14, 2023
@wikipedia Literally of all those.
Show threadmaltheftMay 14, 2023
@wikipedia
Posts about all things open ex open source, open access, open science, open ...
Show threadhacknorrisMay 14, 2023
@maltheft @wikipedia
Show threadPatMay 14, 2023
@wikipedia all of the above.
Show threadSebastian LasseMay 14, 2023

@wikipedia

To be precise:
My claim “Behind the scenes Wikipedia organizing/strategy” had no concrete sources.
It meant “Gimme a quick connection to the wikidata dev-community and I enjoyed this. And cool videos“ :) Rock on.

Show threadEl DuvelleMay 14, 2023
@wikipedia Love all of these and thank you for being here!
Show threadThe Randomiser PodcastMay 14, 2023
@wikipedia I’d love to see:
Common misconceptions
A random article of the day/week etc
Articles that aren’t read much - to give them some love!
Themed sets of toots - e.g. “Space” or “Etymology” days.
Show threadAswath RaoMay 14, 2023
@wikipedia
One post per day on an interesting article that is least requested. Something like Google Doodle
@tchambers
Show threadSean C.May 14, 2023
@wikipedia little bit if everything from the poll choices
Show threadLed By Gilded FoolsMay 14, 2023
@wikipedia more post like @depthsofwiki
Show threadJoris MeysMay 14, 2023
@wikipedia all of the above. Great having you around.
Show threadMr. Bruno May 14, 2023
@wikipedia You make posts??
Show threadTagazielMay 14, 2023
@wikipedia Looking at the results, that's a whole lot of power users right there.
Show threadWikipediaMay 15, 2023
@Tagaziel what do you mean by "power users" in this context?
Show threadTagazielMay 18, 2023

@wikipedia "Ways to get started" is the least picked option (ignoring comments), which highlights to me that it's either a. people consuming WP content or b. people who already know how to edit MW sites.

(it kind of needed an option "how to deal with entrenched WP editors who squat over specific articles and decide what goes on and what doesn't")

Show threadLabdajiwaMay 15, 2023
@wikipedia Posts like Depths of Wikipedia and behind-the-scenes of Wikipedia are looks good to me.
Show threadDeb has moved! (see profile) 🇨🇦May 15, 2023
@wikipedia pages that serve as fact check of a trending topic. Truth-trolling, the way a dictionary site does on twitter ;->
Show threadAdrian MoralesMay 16, 2023
@wikipedia Wikipedia recommended that I read about the Montserrat slave rebellion of 1768. But then I arrived at this part: "the plot was disclosed by a 《female slave 》 leading to a successful quashing of the rebellion."
Show threadAdrian MoralesMay 16, 2023
@wikipedia Why would a slave turn against their own? What was in it for her? The island's slaveholders were a bunch of hateful jerks who starved their unpaid workers.  They wouldn't have cut a deal with a slave, woman or not. 
Show threadAdrian MoralesMay 16, 2023
@wikipedia In the reference section, there's only 《Bush, p. 67 》What is that supposed to mean? I require clarification. Thank you.