Dear Wikimedians, In the spirit of community engagement, which is critical to all we do, the Core Organising Team for WikiDebate is contacting you as a Key Movement participant or because we believe you are ideally placed to contribute.
The Core Organising Team believes that movement participants know what is important to wikimedians and what should be discussed. We are reaching out to request your perspectives on essential topics our movement needs to discuss. Each of you is uniquely placed to contribute to the topics/themes which will shape discussions throughout our movement. We encourage you to contribute and to participate in what will be an exciting beginning of exchange across communities. We've included below information about the Initiative, the steps to contribute, as well as links to the current proposed themes. We hope you will participate, and we look forward to debating with you. Sincerely, The Core Organising Team, WikiDebates <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Debates> About WikiDebate WikiDebate is a collaborative knowledge-engagement initiative designed to strengthen critical reasoning, public discourse, and community participation across the Wikimedia movement. The program uses structured debate as a tool to deepen understanding of open knowledge, digital citizenship, and the role of Wikimedia projects in shaping informed societies. Program Objectives 1. Promote constructive dialogue on themes connected to free knowledge and public information. 2. Strengthen community members' capacity in research, argument development, and public speaking. 3. Encourage cross-affiliate collaboration and relationship building. 4. Highlight shared movement values such as openness, verifiability, diversity, and community governance. Current Themes You can access the current themes selected by following this link <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Debates/Themes> to the meta. How to submit topics Interested affiliates or movement members can email potential debate topics to: [email protected] Submission Deadline:05 January 2026 *Amb. Olaniyan Olushola*
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