‘A difficult line’: meet the editors tackling Wikipedia’s arms trade pages
A group of roughly 270,000 Wikipedia volunteers, including seasoned editors and newcomers, are participating in 'wikithons'—in-person editing events—to deepen and improve coverage of the arms industry and related topics. The initiative highlights how Wikipedia's content landscape is shaped by volunteer effort, with some subjects remaining underrepresented despite their global significance.
Key points
- Wikithon event brings diverse volunteers together to edit arms industry pages
- Topics include Palantir, Project Maven, and other defence-related subjects
- Effort to address gaps in Wikipedia's coverage of global south and underrepresented industries
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