Hello fellow Wikimedians!
I wanted to invite you and your communities to participate in a series of
upcoming webinars the Wikimedia Foundation is hosting in collaboration with
the International Science Council examining the combatting of online
disinformation around scientific issues and how the Wikimedia model can be
a tool to share accurate scientific knowledge with the global community.
The first webinar, Managing Knowledge Integrity on Information Platforms
<https://council.science/events/managing-knowledge-integrity/>, will take
place on 16 March at 13:00 UTC and will explore Wikimedia projects as
models for safeguarding the provenance of scientific information online,
including the benefits and challenges of our projects relative to other
models for digital platforms. The second webinar, Building Special Projects
on Wikipedia: The Covid Case Study
<https://council.science/events/building-special-projects-on-wikipedia/>,
will take place on 30 March at 13:00 UTC and will explore how editors and
researchers can mobilize to create content around special themes on
Wikipedia, focusing on the Wikimedia community’s response to the COVID
pandemic as a case study.
You can register and find more information about these webinars at the
links above. Please feel free to share this invitation widely within your
communities and networks.
Best regards,
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*Ricky Gaines *(he/him)
Senior Human Rights Advocacy Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
rgaines(a)wikimedia.org