2026:议程/研究
Liberté, Équité, Fiabilité
今年會議有何研究議程？
2026年是維基百科25歲生日——慶祝維基媒體計畫、自由知識實踐及研究25周年，維基媒體國際會議實在躬逢其盛。
與此同時，網際網路處於歷史轉捩點；生成式人工智慧出世，資訊生態日新月異，乃至言論自由、社群發展與包容壓迫愈加劇烈之際，全球知識創造、驗證及利用形式正在重塑。
所以今年巴黎會議的研究議程，不僅包含論文發表，更可謂邀請各界學者會面廣大維基媒體社群之處。
我們將一同聚焦檢討未來5至10年間，社群及各站點將面臨的關鍵結構變化與挑戰。
Call for Contributions – Lightning Talks at Wikimania 2026 “Research Track”
We invite contributions from researchers and Wikimedia community members to the Research Track of Wikimania 2026.
Format of the lightning talks
We’re inviting two options for Lightning Talks to give presenters more flexibility and creative space:
Option A: 5-minute Lightning Talk
A concise talk that makes one concrete point.
Option B: 5 + 5 minutes (Talk + Creative Plan)
A 5-minute talk followed by up to 5 minutes dedicated to a creative engagement element- this could be an interactive prompt, a short activity, a demo, or another format that helps the audience explore your idea.
Across both formats, our focus is on identifying turning points or challenges (technical, social, legal, or regulatory) and sketching community-oriented solutions. Your submission should center on (i) articulating powerful ideas or creative approaches that (ii) can be communicated effectively to a broad audience. This is not a venue for formal proofs or detailed demonstrations.
In this spirit, submitters are encouraged to:
- Make bold and/or tentative arguments based on their own research experience and background community knowledge.
- Experiment with the format of their talk, in the spirit of getting their message across and fostering engagement from the audience. For example, we invite you to share a prompt that participants can think about, provide a link to a short activity or interactive demo, or anything else.
- Submit regardless of their background. We encourage submissions from researchers, community members, volunteers, and others.
Call for lighting talks proposals
Over three half‑days, each individual day will have a central research question reflecting one theme of Wikimania Paris 2026:
Day 1 – Freedom / Liberté:
How do we keep knowledge free by redirecting human traffic and contributions to Wikimedia projects when AI is centralizing access to knowledge?
We are seeking perspectives on social and technical strategies for protecting open knowledge from potential gatekeepers. We are also interested in ideas around the adequacy of Creative Commons licenses in the age of large-scale AI data scraping.
Day 2 – Equity / Équité:
How can the community rethink the Wikimedia movement to maximize inclusiveness, increase contributor diversity, and improve newcomer retention?
We are looking for perspectives on rethinking participation models and incentives for underrepresented and marginalized groups. We are also interested in solutions around community-led metrics and methodologies for measuring impact and diversity.
Day 3 – Reliability / Fiabilité:
How can we measure content NPOV / content reliability at scale (at the editor or article level, but also for the broader web)?
We are looking for contributions around the technical and social detection of disinformation or bias. We are also interested in perspectives around coordinated manipulation (or editor tracking) detection on wiki at scale.
Submission format and forms
As part of your proposal, you will be required to submit a short (~200–300 words) overview including:
- Title and theme (Freedom, Equity, Reliability)
- Short description of your topic or perspective, including clear articulation of why the topic matters for the Wikimedia movement. This includes explaining:
- how the work relates to Wikimedia projects or communities,
- what challenges, opportunities, or questions it helps address, and
- why the findings or insights are relevant for contributors, organizers, developers, or readers.
- Format or interactivity plan (how you plan to engage participants)
- Your name, affiliation, and Wikimedia community or project involvement
Submissions are closed.
Timeline
Deadline for submissions: March 31, 2026
Notification of acceptance/rejection: May 4, 2026
Final program for the Research Track published: June 10, 2026
Program
The full program can be found on EventYay. A simplified version is provided below.
| Day 1: Liberté (July 23) | Day 2: Équité (July 24) | Day 3: Fiabilité (July 25) |
|---|---|---|
| 13:30 – Open Science Meetup | 13:30 – Meetup/Lunch: 🥗 UK & Ireland meetup | |
| 14:30 – Intro from organizers | 14:30 – Keynote: Sohyeon Hwang (Princeton University) on Wikimedia education and community governance | 14:30 – Keynote: Aaron Shaw (Northwestern University) on assessing content neutrality and reliability |
| 14:40 – Keynote: Elena Simperl (King's College London) on AI and the Wikimedia ecosystem
15:15 – State of Wikimedia Research 2025-2026 + 5 Research Findings and how you can use them in your work. Part 1: Liberté | ||
| 15:05 – Cartographier le fossé des genres dans les ressources biographiques: une analyse à grande échelle avec Wikidata
15:15 – ¿Qué y quiénes están presentes en Wikipedia en español? Explorando patrones de representación del conocimiento |
15:05 – State of Wikimedia Research 2025-2026 + 5 Research Findings and how you can use them in your work. Part 3: Fiabilité | |
| BREAK | BREAK | BREAK |
| 16:10 – What Are Our Traffic Trends Telling Us and Why Does It Matter for the Movement?
16:20 – Are Wikimedians using AI in their work (and if yes, how)? Findings from the 2026 Community Insights survey 16:30 – Is Wikimedia a streamable data commons? From Dumps to Data Flows in the Age of AI Extraction 16:40 – From open data to sustainable data commons: A multilayered ecosystem 16:50 – Construire un modèle de protection des contributions face à l’enclosure des contenus culturels numériques 17:00 – Can Source Reliability Be Predicted on Wikipedia? Evidence from Feature Analysis |
16:00 – State of Wikimedia Research 2025-2026 + 5 Research Findings and how you can use them in your work. Part 2: Équité
16:30 – From Rejection to Retention: Analyzing Bengali Wikipedia’s Largest Article Contest 16:40 – From Wikipedia to AI Answers: Gender Gaps in the Knowledge Pipeline 16:50 – The edit button nobody clicks: short-form video, creator-gen volunteers, and Wikipedia's recruitment gap 17:00 – Beyond Neutrality, or How Editorial Protocols Shape Cultural Knowledge on French Wikipedia |
16:00 – Demo: Visualising Wikipedia: Testing the tool (first release)
16:10 – Invisible Giants: Mapping Fossil Fuel Industry Representation on Spanish Wikipedia and Generative AI 16:20 – Defending Wikipedia as a reliable source in the age of AI 16:30 – Reference Risk: A Research-Based Approach to Source Reliability in Wikipedia 16:40 – WikiSignals.org: Helping editors evaluate reference reliability 16:50 – Citation Location Needed: a case for citing specific segments within sources to improve verifiability on Wikipedia |
Organizing Team
This team coordinates all aspects of the Wikimania Research Track.