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Videos from WikiConference North America 2025 in NYC
WikiConference 2025 New York City was held in Civic Hall at Union Square October 16–19, 2025, but The Signpost is publishing these video statements from attendees now, for the first time. Along with this video collection, see the WikiConference report for context on the conference and its place in the Wikimedia Movement.
In their own words
[edit]All conference attendees were invited to share any brief video message about Wikimedia projects. See them and hear their own words.
- Governance & Advocacy
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Captain Eek – serious fun in Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee
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Jiaxu Zhao – Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee
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Carwil Bjork-James – Wikipedia preserves human rights stories
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Annie Rauwerda – heroic volunteers risking danger to edit Wikipedia
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Maryana Iskander – Wikipedia editors are heroes
- Language & Translation
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Andres Cruz y Corro – translation between English and Spanish Wikipedia
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Jonathan Jiménez – Wikipedia in indigenous languages
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Fabian Garcia – better representation for Spanish language editors
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Varun Punnam – editing legal and medical topics for general audiences
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Nirvana Garcia – documentation proves reality
- Community & Identity
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Danielle Campbell – WikiPortraits photos with AfroCROWD
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Gabriel Abdul-Brooks – WikiPortraits photos with AfroCROWD
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Juno Maldonado & Oscar Costero – WikiLatinos
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Ian Ramjohn – Wikipedia editing about LGBT people in Trinidad
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Stephen Harrison – who are the Wikipedia editors?
- Technology & Research
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Maximilian Doerr – InternetArchiveBot protects Wikipedia links
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Max Wang – researchers track AI content in Wikipedia
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Brenda Wahler – Wikipedia as the starting point of research
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Patrick McGee – sharing history of a university
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Ann Matsuuchi – students have good experiences editing Wikipedia
- Organizing & Events
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Molly Stark Dean – so few Wikipedia organizers
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Dorothy Howard – neuro-inclusive design at events
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Pacita Rudder – organizing the WikiConference
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Lane Rasberry – Wikipedia editors tell stories
Special thanks for videos
[edit]I can only rally Wikipedians to speak on video with the help of video journalists. Thank you Rabbit Hole Productions, LLC, for recording, editing, and sharing these videos. All these videos were recorded at WikiConference NYC in the context of their producing Rabbit Hole, a documentary on the Wikimedia community's adventures in the wiki rabbit hole.
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