hi, stepping down from the Board after a decade gave me some time for reflection. Apart from writing a book about antiscience<https://www.routledge.com/Anti-Science-Shortcuts-to-a-Big-Idea/Jemielniak/p/book/9781041212980>, as we're celebrating Wikipedia's 25th anniversary, I've gathered some thoughts in a couple of published pieces:
At Age 25, Wikipedia Refuses to Evolve<https://spectrum.ieee.org/wikipedia-at-25> (IEEE Spectrum) Wikipedia at 25: The Encyclopedia That Shouldn't Exist<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/co/2026/04/11459344/2fj9x1H2m1G> (IEEE Computer, mostly about our past, preprint here<https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/shjnz_v1>), and a more bitter follow-up about our present and future: Wikipedia at 25: The Encyclopedia That Might Not Last<https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11503356> (IEEE Computer, preprint here<https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/dkpga_v1>). I'm probably wrong. Mostly wrong. Totally. I hope I am. Still, I've thought that we're at this bittersweet point in our movement, when strategic reflection can help us grow and make open knowledge great again. Sharing as food for thought, hopefully not poisonous. Too much. dj "pundit"
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