Movement Strategy/Initiatives/Bridging Content Gaps

Bridging content gaps in high-impact topics

The purpose of Identifying Topics for Impact is to work on bridging gaps in high-impact topics. This can be done by prioritizing resources and providing incentives for filling these gaps. For example, if climate change content is identified as a high-impact topic, specific funding and partnerships may be dedicated to bridging this gap across the different Wikimedia Projects. While respecting the full freedom of Wikimedians to contribute according to their interests, the initiative encourages improving collectively-identified priority topics that impact our world and improve people’s lives.

Map topic areas in close collaboration with projects, partners and local communities to benefit from their expertise and ensure their autonomy and independence.

Implement initiatives and prioritize resources to fill content gaps on topics which may have more impact, while respecting our long-standing principles of welcoming everyone who wishes to contribute to any topic within each project’s guidelines. This might involve community initiatives, outreach, stipends, grants and other funding, partnerships, and employing methodologies supported by technology, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.
— Movement Strategy recommendation #8: Identify Topics for Impact

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Join or start a discussion on Meta or the "Identify Topics for Impact" space of the Movement Strategy Forum.

Create

Apply for a Movement Strategy implementation grant to create a project that advances this initiative.

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If you need help in getting involved, please don't hesitate to get in touch directly with members of the Movement Strategy and Governance Team. They are here to help!

You can write to the team in any of 19 languages (listed on the team's page), by writing an email to: strategy2030wikimediaorg

List of participants

Implementation projects

Initiative	Project	Stakeholder type	Project lead	Geography of the project	Implementation Phase
39. Bridge gaps in high-impact content	Overall Initiative Coordination
39. Bridge gaps in high-impact content	Wiki-Naval Ayiti	User Group	Wikimedia User Group Haiti
39. Bridge gaps in high-impact content	Whose Knowledge?	User Group	Whose Knowledge?		Execution & Implementation
39. Bridge gaps in high-impact content	Wiki World Heritage User Group		Wiki World Heritage	Global	Completion & Reporting
39. Bridge gaps in high-impact content	Harmful Content Portfolio	WMF	Content Compliance	Global	Execution & Implementation

Full list of projects