james
I am a long-time Wikipedia editor, having edited Wikipedia since 2005. I am also a co-founder of the Wiki Society of the Philippines (formerly Wikimedia Philippines), a former member of the Wikimedia Foundation's Affiliations Committee, and a community manager in real life.
Session
08-08
10:30
25min
The L2 Conundrum
james, deryckchan
Many small to medium-sized Wikipedias are under-represented compared to those languages' native speaker populations. More often than not, these are in languages where Wikipedia in a larger language is much more prominent. In this session, we discuss the power dynamics between Wikipedias and Wikipedians who speak one language (L1) but primarily edit in another (L2), and what the way forward could look like for these smaller projects.
Diversity & Inclusion
NYERI (Meeting room 6)