What we've learned so far from the short video experiment on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, and our upcoming Discord bot experiment as a way to interact with Wikipedia.
Past
October 31, 2024
Short video and Add a Fact
What we've learned from more than 85 Wikipedians experimenting with Add a Fact, and launch data from the short video experiment on early launch data from TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube
Intro to Future Audiences – what it is and why WMF is doing it (10 min)
Discussion: LATAM-specific traffic trends: Look at Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan/2023-2024/Reports/Core Metrics Q2/Appendix#By user region together and discuss: what may be contributing to traffic declines in Latin America? What different factors may be at play (for example: country-specific, audience-specific, demographic, technological, other)? How aware are communities of these trends and has there been any discussion/proposed actions? What could be a good next step to continue this discussion with the broader Spanish and Portuguese communities? (30 min)
Other important trends to think about/discuss as a movement (i.e., what's happening in related sectors – i.e., education; digital literacy; advocacy, etc.) (10 min)
Interpretation in Spanish, but anyone is welcome. We are also looking into interpretation in Portuguese.
A collaborative mapping of possible strategies the Wikimedia movement could pursue to ensure that Wikimedia content and communities continue to thrive in the face of changing technology and user behavior trends
A brief recap of some conversations on this topic that began at WikiConference North America last month, then collectively map out and discuss the key features, risks, and opportunities of several potential strategies
