On Mon, May 4, 2026 at 8:58 AM Felipe Schenone via Wikimedia-l < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi! As we know, Wikimedia's mission isn't to build an encyclopedia (that's > Wikipedia's mission) but rather "a world in which every single human being > can freely share in the sum of all knowledge". Perhaps the new landscape > will slowly strip Wikipedia of its leading role in the Wikimedia movement, > and perhaps (hopefully) some other project will take over. I agree > with Chris in that our core strength is our community, and I also agree > with James in that writing tertiary sources is becoming outdated. How can > we keep striving for our vision, while making the most of our strength (the > community) but through a project that doesn't involve writing tertiary > sources? > Yes! Here's an idea: Wikiversity could become so much more than what it > currently is. > Maybe! Again: even more than usual, we have no idea what the future holds. So absolutely, Wikiversity might be the future! Or it might not. No one knows; anyone who tells you they are certain is wrong. So: We must do *as many experiments as possible*. I hope one of those experiments is Wikiversity! Someone - maybe you, Felipe! - could do that. Maybe that means editors, aided by LLMs, took all the math articles that are really textbook-level, not encyclopedia-level, and turned them all into a coherent math textbook? Maybe CC-licensed state curriculums and work to make them full textbooks? etc. etc. etc. So I hope someone tries Wikiversity. I hope others take other things very seriously, trying boldly, sharing your successes (and the inevitable failures) with all of us. What other experiments should we run? Luis >
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